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With an Illustration by Leech. The Elves in Windsor Forest : a Twilight Reverie. Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Brougham. By W. C. Taylor. The Adept. By Dalton. Story of a Picture. By Mrs. R,‘mer. With an Illustration by Leech. Summer Birds. By James White. THE LAST LINES OF THOMAS INGOLDSBY, With a Memoir and Portrait from a Drawing by R. J. Lane. The Penalty after Death. Thou art Sleeping, Brother 1 By William Jones. The New Magistrate—Old Scratch—The Gaol Chaplain ; or, a Dark Page from Life's Volume. OUTPOURINGS OF D. CANTER, Libation the Fourth. C, Kemble—Jones—Emery—Blanchard, &c.—Laughable mistakes by Mrs. Davenport and Mrs. Gibbs—Mrs. Jordan--Her mysterious end—Hamilton Rowan—W. Farren—Miss Walstein—Miss &c.—Kean's first appearance—Humours of the Gallery—Tom Moore—Sir Andrew Agnew —Peter Coxe—His dinners—Jokes— Reminiscences of Garrick, Henderson, Wilkes, &c.—Oliver Pyne, &c.—Peter's ruling passion—Extraordinary Instance of it, &e. Richard Bentley, Ne " Burlington-street. HER, MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Last Appearance but Two of Mdlle. Tagllonl. (BY DESIRE.) TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed (last time) Bellini's Opera LA SONNAMBULA. Amina, Madame A. Castellan; Terese, Madame Bellini; Lisa, Mdlle. A. Rosati ; Count Rodolfo, Sie. F. Lablache ; Elvino, Sig. Mario. Between the Acts a Divertissement, in which Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Gratin, M. Perrot, and M. St. Leon will appear. To conclude with last Ulric) the admired Ballet Divertissement, DIANE. Diane, Mdlle. Taglioni ; Endymion, M. Perrot. Aiiplications for Boxes, Stalls, and 'rickets to be made at the Box () nee, )pera Colonnade. Doors open at Half-past Seven o'clock ; to commence at Eight. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. 3ldPe. TAGLIONI respectfully informs the Nobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, that TIER BENEFIT and Last Appear ance but one, previously to quitting the Stage, will take place ON THURSDAY, JUI.Y 31, When will be performed (last time) Rossini's Opera, IL BARBIERE DI .41VIGLIA. Rosina, Madame Grisi ; Bertha. Mdlle. Benin! ; 11 Conte d'Alniaviva, Sig. Mario; Bartolo, Sig. Lablache ; Basin°, S. biache ; Figaro, Sig. Foruasari. With other Entertainments, in which Madame Anaide Castellan, Brambilla, Nldlle. Rossi Caccia, and Sig. Moriani will appear. Mdile. Cerito, 31d11e. Lucile Gralin, M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot will lend their valuable aid. In addition to which Mdlle. Taglioni will have the honour of appearing in Selections from various of the Principal Ballets which have been honoured with the most siFs, awl comprising the principal Pas of " La S.llphide," " La Bay ," " Gitana," " Li. Chasse de liiane," and "La 'fyrolienne." kppiic.v;ols icr Boxes. Stalls, And Pit Tickets to be made at the Box-office, 0 ,Tti.Colonniid-. Doors open at Seven ; the Opera to commence at Half-past Seven. TREAT RE ROYAL, HAYM ARK ET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated, compressed into Three Acts, Morton's Comedy of A SCHOOL FOR GROWN CHILDREN. Old Revel, Mr. W. Far rep; Young Revel, Mr. Hudson Frank Ryeland, Mr. Webster ; Lady Stanmore, Miss Jolla Bennett; Mrs. Revel, Miss Fortescue ; Dame Ryland, Mrs. Clover. After which, USED LIP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Webster ; Wurzel, Mr. J. Bland ; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutter buck, Miss Carre. To conclude with THE DEAD SHOT. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and one Guinea and a-Half each. Ticket and laces to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office. fr,in Ten till Five o'clock. THEATaE ROYAL, ADELPHL LINDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF. THIS EVENING Will be repeated MARIE DUCANGE. Edward Lascelles, Esq., Mr. flovve ; John Rawdon, Esq., Mr. 0. SmPh ; Charles Claude Prong, Mr. Wright ; Marie Ducange, Madame Celeste. After which, an Original Terpsichorean Bisletta, called POWDER .AND BALL ; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr. Lambert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby ; Jacob Gerkiii, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mrs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knobbs, Miss Woolgar. To he followed by (for three nights only) NORMA. Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. To conclude with the highly successfill and Original Farce, called TIIE IRISH DRAGOON. Mr. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby; Paddy Murphy O'Brallaghan, Mr. Hudson. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon. E ATM: ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER TILE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING _ . Will he performed a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, Meadows, Kin loch, and urner ; Miss Hicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan. To be followed by a New Farce, to be called AN OBJECT OF INTEREST, in which Mrs. Keeley will perform. After which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. To ,hich will be added an apropos Ragatelle, in One Act, entitled sirn4. c tint.fv , . CURTAIN LECTURES. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Mea dows, Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fery, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDERELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keel , f, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. %V. Collier, Mrs. geeley, Miss Yillars, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs. Woollhige, Miss Grove, hiss Howard, &c The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORI)-STREET. LE.+SEE, MR. J. M. MADI)OX. THIS EVENING Will be performed DON CLESAR DE BAZAN. Don Cresar de Bazan, Mr. Wallack ; Maritana, Mrs. Stirling. To which will b: added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos tume, with the Original Music. After which (first time here), THE NERVOUS MAN. M`Shane, Mr. Collins (his first appearance at this i heatre). To be followed by a New Dramatic sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE ; or, Curtain Lectures. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Compton ; Mrs. Candle, Mr. Oxberry. Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack t Stage Director, Mr. Emden ; ach nil , Mr. Edmund Bradwell. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPlllTrit• ATRE. PRO?r,IETOR, MR. W. BATTY. THIS EVENING Will he performed an entirely New Grand National Spectacle, em bracMg the chief features of the heroic achievements of the British Arms in Northern India. called THE CONQUEST OF SCINDE ; or, The Siege of Hyderabad. New an,l Elegant Scenes in the Circle, by the whole of the French Equestrians. To conclude with IL DIAVOLO DI ABBRUZZIO ; or, The Chief and the Dog of the Chateau. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Last Week of the Opera Season. Tills EVENING, Will be performed LOVE IN A VILLAGE. Young Meadows, Mr. Barker ; Hawthorn, Mr. 0. W. King; Rosetta, Miss Collett. After which, the Second Act of LUCIA ; or, The Brittle of Lammer moor. Lucy Ashton, Madame E. Garcia ; Alice, Miss Collett ; Edgar, Mr. D. W. King ; Colonel Ashton, Mr. Weiss ; Arnold, Mr. Barker ; Norman, llr A. Harris; Allan, Mr. M'Mahon. An increased Band and Chorus from the Theatre Royal Drury-lane. To conclude with a New Drama, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., called FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY. In which Messrs. Hughes, Hicks. Helmer, Cowell, Johnson, Heslop, Miss Martin, Mrs. R. Homier, &c., &c , will perform. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Boz o Tice. from Eleven to hour. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. A DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACH SEASON. COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS. ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE. EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE. COLOSSAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Acme of Scenic Illusion. The ROCK lIARMON ICON from Three till Eight. dind on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY of FIREWORKS. Admission, One Shilling. Feeding the Carnivora at Half-past Five : Pelicans and Polar Bears at Rix : Concert at liall-paFt Six ; and Fireworks at Half-past Nine On _llo\ )AY and TUESDAY, ♦ug. 4, and 5, A SYLVAN FETE of most extraordinary and varied Attraction will take place, 111ustrai ive of the Rural Games and Sports of By-gone Days. THE WEATHEIi.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 26 TUFILMOMETER, Lowest. 51; Highest, 65; Noon, 63. BAROMETER, 30.03.—W1ND, S.E. NOTt.—The figures which tbllow the words "Lowest" and Highest" denote the lowest and highest gate o' the Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .• 40 minutes after 8 Evening •• 14 minutes after 9. ... . , .. Tic . _ ' - - .- * _ f. ... , , , 4 ,,,,,, , 11,. • M.. 1,. . ,,, \ . N r-1) • % A, I' *' . • /MA )( 1. .1 F : r ' ::, :.s4lllllai " . moS xtr ..,, ' t • iUorufng: 7l ' ji-JA* LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1845. We have often protested against a monstrous and cruel anomaly in the practice of our police-courts, under which poverty and destitution are recognised, on the one hand, as palliating or extenuating circumstances strong tnougltto %arr an t th e commutat i on o f a punishment, or the mitigation of a penalty is left to the option of the magistrate ; but, on the other, are not allowed to exenspi a delinquen t p arty labouring under them, from fees of courtnnd eo.-sts Fully equal to those which would have b.visited on a p :rty convicted of a similar Offence under a much mor e aggravated form, or of some other offence of a different an d much graver class and cha racter. The illustration o f t hi s anomaly will occur r to every reader who has perus e d th e reports of thisyY common clsss of cases. For ex am pl e: a wretched, house - less, perishing outcast is det ec t e d i n the act t; carrying away from a roadside copse a f ew fragments of dead twigs, wherewith to kindle a fire under some hedge-row to protect him from perish ing under the inclemency of the weather. A man out of work, and tramping he scarce knows whither to seek it, with a wife and a couple of children at his heels, equally famished and desolate as himself, is seen to purloin a turnip from a field. The sticks, in the first instance, are, even at the value put upon them by the over-zealous bailiff who brings the charge, worth less than three farthings—the turnip, in the other, by the valuation, even of the angry farmer who has determined to make an example of the offender, at one penny. Each offender is adjudged to pay the value so assessed of the article ho is froved to have taken ; but each has to pay in addition from three to five, six, or seven shillings '' costs," and in default of making such payment is committed to prison. If the perfection of the law were really " common sense," as some legal sages have taught, common sense would surely suggest that any party who had three shillings in the world to call his own would not commit a petty larceny to the amount of three farthings, the penalty of which must be fine or imprisonment, with costs to the full amount, at least, of his three shillings. If common mercy were the basis of the law which magistrates and courts of session administer, they would feel that where the law was satis fied by the payment of a fine equivalent to the damage done, or the property taken, the official subalterns of the tribunal which adjudges it can, on no principle of reason or equity, be entitled to exact from the offender, in the shape of "fees," from eighteen to thirty times the amount of such fine. So, again, where a needy cottager or a small householder is summoned for poor rate (the party summoned being only distinguished from the paupers whose support he is made to contribute for by the circumstance of "not" receiving parochial relief, and with honest pride preferring, at whatever privation, to remain under his own homely roof, instead of that of the " Union)—what is the course taken ? This : to pay, say, four shillings for a rate which he cannot raise for his own subsistence. A benevolent bystander the other day stepped forward and paid that very sum for a poor woman in this condition. But there were some eight or nine shillings costs and fees which the benevolent stranger could not contribute ; and so the petty sessions which heard the case granted a warrant of execution against the goods, the last remaining resource of the poor woman, who, when they had been sold up, would be turned out a destitute beggar on the world. If you give an option to magistrates and justices to mitigate the penalties to guilt, according to the character of the facts under which the act is established before them— why not give them at least as large an option to mitigate penalties to misfortune and poverty unaccompanied by guilt ? that such w;:s the action of his monetary sys tem, that the Bank had in round numbers 18,600,000 of bullion in its cellars. Three weeks ago this amount had declined, by almost regular gradations, to 16,050,0001 By last Friday night's Gazate we perceive that this bas further decreased, till the aggregate of gold and silver bullion in store is only 15,393,7001. About three weeks ago the gold in store, coin and bullion toge ther, was 13,911,607/.; on Friday last it was 13,394,3061. At the former period silver bullion was 2,140,0081., at the latter only 1,998,3941. The symmetry of the bul lion proportions of our model currency is fast approach ing to its development, " small by degrees, and beau tifully less." A more melancholy exhibition than Sir ROBERT'S defence against Mr. SPOONER'S demonstration that the present monetary derangements were not owing to, but the inevitable results of his own unskilful tamper ing with the currency, we never heard. It was too good an exhibition, however, not to deserve a special notice ; a compliment we shall assuredly pay to it, when we have a litte more space to spare for that purpose. But we must remark, in passing, that the coolness of his attack upon Mr. SPOONER was only to be equalled by the bad taste with which he introduced some coarse allusions to that gentleman's commercial con nexion ; to Warwickshire men, and (ye gods !) to Castor and Pollux ! ! Perhaps—a joke. Sir ROBERT PEEL'S facetiousness is always the most ponderous levity imaginable. One joke of his would suffice, at any time, to ballast Mr. GREEN'S monster bal loon. But one of his currency pleasantries would as suredly bring down the aerial navigator nearer to earth than the stoutest grappling iron that was ever wielded. To pass from Sir ROBERT to his Chancellor of the Ex chequer—Mr. GOMM:MN was much too discreet to be wiser than his leader. In answer to Mr. HUME'S com plaint that Government had done nothing to protect the poor from these periodical losses on light gold coin, he gravely uttered this defence:—He contended that the Government had taken measures to protect the poor to the utmost of their power ; but that, in truth, Govern ment had very little power over the coinage. That to provide district surveyors for great towns and for the metropolis, with proper weights and measures to test the coin on application, would be a process most incon venient and expensive, since every little village and town would be claiming the same accom modation ; that the Government had used every precaution to protect the poor by issuing orders to all the Postmasters throughout the Kingdom to take the gold coin at a deduction of threepence each sovereign, if the parties tendering it chose to part with it on these terms—and that, besides, every post-office was instructed to provide itself with an accurate machine to detect light gold. Admirable scheme for the permanent establish ment of a sound, safe, and indestructible gold currency ? Marvellous measures of protection for the poor from taking light gold ? These talismanic post-office scales of course are to operate to prevent the poor from being previously defrauded by payments in the market place, or at the work table, or in the pay room ? Had we not witnessed the inconceivable apathy with which the Com mons have passed such ruinous measures as those of 1819, 1822, an• 3 1844, on the currency, we ,hould be unable to imagine how sensible :nen could listen to such twaddle as this. the truth must be told. The fault lies in the profound ignorance of the Legislature itself on this all-important subject. The education of the mostcultivated of our pub lic men has, in very few instances, been such as to afford them an opportunity of mastering the elementary prin ciples even of our monetary system. In after-life, men very generally entertain a sort of traditional distaste for—a caste-like prejudice against—i'l iove...ti3ations connected with the currency. In this way only can one account for the facility with which Hon. Members have been brought to sanction whatever extravagances Sir R. PEEL has thought proper to propose in relation to cur rency. To the cause of sounder views on this great question, we hail with unmingled satisfaction the acces sion of such champions as Mr. SPOONER and Mr. NEW BEGAT& The former , profoundly observed that " Agriculture, manufactures, and commerce were never in a prosperous condition at one and the same time, within the period during which the present standard of value had prevailed." The latter, after a dignified re buke to the Premier for the levity and personality with which he had attacked those who opposed and exposed his attempt at fixing a gold standard of value, concluded with these remarkable words.—They involve an appeal so eloquent and forcible that they must be successfully responded to. " To proceed, year by year, with free-trade enact ments, accompanied by measures like the Currency Act of 1844, would be to cause such a pressure upon the people oP'this country as had never been equalled in any civilised state. He called upon the country and men of hi:3 own standing not to be backward in obtaining a proper knoaledge and understanding of this question. It aas impossible for men to legislate on great questions of taxation upon articles of consumption without under standing it." We are well please& to observe that the question was incidentally raised, last night, in the House of Commons, on Mr. Escorr's moving the committal of the Fees (Criminal Courts) Bill. Its object, the Hon. Gen tleman said, was to relieve accused persons from the necessity of paying exorbitant fees prior to obtaining their right of pleading and right of trial. If any such party have not the money, the practice is in the session courts of several of our counties to refuse him the right of pleading. Thus, a man charged with misdemeanour is refused, it seems, the right of ph ading " not guilty," unless he first pays the fees ; and the consequence is that the prisoner is often remanded without trial, and brought up in a subsequent session, or on repeated occasions, till the worthy func tionaries who have the control of these matters are satis fied that he cannot pay. Although it appeared by re turns which the House has called for, that in thirty-two counties of England and Wales the practice has been abandoned, it seems to obtain in the other twenty. In Somersetahire, Devonshire, and Dorsetshire espe cially, Mr. Escort could speak to its being persisted in at the present day, and if the House would affirm his Bill, it would have the effect of assi milating the proceedings of these courts throughout England and Wales, by making it the universal practice to discontinue the practice (which was clearly an illegal one) of extorting the fees in question. As to the dis tinctio❑ which it had been attempted to take between the cases of a party acquitted and a party convicted, he could not detect it, and he was sure the House would not recognise it. Now let us remark how aptly this point was illustrated. He supposed an instance of a man acquitted and another convicted, on a similar charge of misdemeanor ; the convicted man being fined one shilling. If the costs, in each case, be 3/., and the amount of the convicted party's fine be deducted therefrom, the balance of the difference will be just one shilling. The innocent man will pay 3/. costs on being tried for an offence which he has not committed ; and the guilty man 2/. 19s. costs, for an offence which he has committed, and is. penal fine. It is scarcely possible to imagine a higher reach of legal absurdity than this. The only escape from such absurdity will be found in the adoption of the conclusion that Mr. Escort arrived at—namely, that justice cannot be done unless the law be more dis tinctly declared, that no money in the shape of fees shall be demanded of any person charged with a crime, except the amount of that penalty which the court shall, under due authority, have legally imposed upon him for such offence. We contend that by strict analogy this principle should be extended to costs ; for the reasonable pre sumption is that the sentence embraces the whole scope of the penalty it has been in the contemplation of the ; law to decree for the specific offence. To aggravate this penalty by costs or by fees is not only a positive increase of punishment, but may in a thousand caseiOlke converted into a machinery of the most tyrannous in justice, as well as severity beyond the law. And it is not a little remarkable that the Right Hon. Secretary who, in an earlier part of this discussion, declared that he must dissent from the opinion of Mr. ESCOTT en tirely with regard to the extension of his principle to persons found guilty, because he (Sir J. GRAHAM) H as of opinion that persons convicted should pay, at any rate, a portion of the expenses which the prosecutor of the offence so proved against them had entailed, re tracted this view of the case, in point of fact, at a sub sequent period. He gave notice that if the House would reject Mr. ESCOTT'S Bill (which it immediately did), he would be prepared that evening to lay on the table a Bill to abolith the taking of all fees in criminal cases, both from parties against whom the finding of the court will be recorded, and from those who shall have been acquitted of the charges brought against them. This is really a step in the right direction of sound criminal ju risprudence, on which we heartily congratulate the Right Hon. Baronet and the country. Some persons think that Captain BOLDER° has been hardly treated; none will doubt that Mr. WRAY is lucky man. Captain BOLDER°, to Whom nothing worse than indiscretion can be imputed, is forced to resign his office, while Mr. WRAY gets off with a reprimand. But then Captain BOLDERO'S indiscretion is of this year, while Mr. WnAv's malpractice dates as far back as 1836. This is Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S distinction. If Mr. Wnay's detection had been postponed for some years longer, the same logic would transform his sin into a virtue. Any how, there is inconsistency in the course which has been taken by the Government. If Mr. WRAY, whose offence is greater than Captain BOLDER°, has been treated with more lenity than the Captain, Mr. Bomum, who is worse than Mr. WRAY, should have been dealt with the most leniently of the three. But Mr. L'ONHAM fares as ill as Captain BOLDERO. Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S letter, conveying the repri mand to Mr. WitAv, has been laid on the table of the House of Commons, on the motion of Mr. HAWES, and we have already printed it in e.ztenso, When Sir JAMES GRAUAM determined, for reasons best known to himself, to let Mr. WaAv off with a reprimand, he should have determined also to resist all applications for the publi cation of his letter. Did our readers ever see such a specimen of the " rigmarole ?" Mr. WRAY'S chief offence is not alluded to, viz., the payment to Mr. BON HAM. Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S " regret" and " disappro bation" are confined to Mr. WRAY'S having been "the paid agent of a private company," and " having been engaged to canvass Members of the House of Coinmons,'' in favour of that Company's Bill. But the three hun dred pounds to Mr. BoNnAm. Oh, no l we never men tion it. Here is the document : Mr. HUME deserves the thanks of the public for direct ing the attention of Parliament, on Friday, to the new ‘• Proclamation for calling in Light Gold," and the re marks with which he illustrated his question were well calculated to elicit direct answers, had he had to de:,l with Ministers who were disposed to give any. 'The smart debate to which Mr. HUMei speech gave rise may make amends, however, for this disappointment. Mr. liumE, adverting to the effect of the proclamation, showed that the poorer classes of consumers were pecu liarly exposed to the losses which the holders of light coin had now to meet; tradesmen, public offices, &c., (1( ducting from each light sovereign tendered from fourpence to six pence each. He calculated the average loss sustained through these fluctuations in the value of the gold coin at not less than 75,0001. Mr. SPOONER showed that this loss was aggravated to tradesmen in the country from their being compelled, at the end of the week, to collect their light gold and send it up to London, in order to get it exchanged at the serious discount in question, and then remitted back to them in the country with the superadded charge for carriage. Mr. JOHN ABEL SMITH entreated the attention of the Government to tha extraordinary scarcity of silver coin, which pre vaili d in some parts of the country to such an extent as to have rendered difficult, and almost interrupted, the payment of wages. Upon this extreme scarcity he was induced to express his hope that the Government would institute immediate inquiries, with a view to regulate the weight of the silver coin. Whitehall, July 19, 1845. forward to you, for your information, in the event of your net having already perused it, a copy of the report of the Select Committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the allegations of a petition from the South-East ern Railway Company; together with the minutes of evidence taken before that Committee. I have learnt with regret from this report, that you were, in the year 1636, while holding a responsible office under Govern ment,' retained as a paid agent of a private company to pro m:)te the success of a Bill introduced into Parliament on their behalf; and that you were engaged to canvass Members of the House of Commons in favour of that measure during its pro gress through Parliament. It now becomes my duty to convey to you my strong disap probation of the course which you thus pursued. Ido not think it necessary, on the present occasion, to express any opinion whether the due performance of the duties of Receiver- General of Police might or might not have been, in the first instance, compatible with private practice as a barrister ; but I can entertain no doubt that your interference, especially as a paid agent in canvassing Members, must tend to weaken the confidence of the public in the impartiality of the Government, whose officer you are, and materially to impair your efficiency in the performance of the official duties which are entrusted to you. I am informed that for some years past you have abstained from accepting any professional engagement as a barrister. I approve of your having done so, and I expect that for the fu ture the same course will be invariably pursued by you. The duties of your office are onerous and important, and I consider it absolutely necessary that henceforth the Receiver- General of the Police should confine himself entirely to those duties; and any departure from this rule will be regarded by me as a sufficient ground for your removal from the appoint ment which you now hold.—l am, &c., (Signed) J. R. G. GRAHAM. John Wray, Esq., Receiver-General of Police. If the House of Commons and the public are satisfied with this letter we shall be greatly surprised. We und,r stand that Mr. WRAY, who is here cautioned to confine himself entirely in future to the duties of his office of Receiver-General of Police, is the resident Director of the University Assurance Company, and, if so, he holds an office which must take much time, and the holding of which is quite inconsistent with Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S in-tructions. This should be inquired into. We hear that Mr. WRAP has been useful to the Tories in Uni versity elections. This may be a good reason for Uni versity Tories to put him into a good berth in their In surance Company and to keep him there ; but it is no reason for shielding him as a public officer from the punishment due to his misconduct. We conclude, after the strong opinion expressed the other night by Lord RussELL on the impropriety of retaining Mr. Witiot in his office, that this matter will not be allowed to drop. To any of our readers who bear in mind the pom pous announcements of the Premier last year, that by his famous complement of the Bill of 1819, he had put the currency of the country on the soundest of footings, and by his notable scheme of turning the Bank of Eng land into a see-saw establishment of deposit and issue, the state of things on Friday night brought under the view of the House of Commons, must supply matter fur instructive reflection. Sir R. PEEL has applied to the cur rency of this kingdom the same intuitive principle which Sir Wm. SvmoNns has been allowed to experimentalize with on her MAJESTY'S navy, and with much the same success. Disregarding all the lights of experience, all the protests and remonstrances of practical men of the highest authority, they have each of them broken in upon a great system that they found long established and working admirably well for the purposes of its own constitution, and the best interests of the empire. Each projector has been successful in inducing Government to allow him to work out hi s own favourite crot chet , iind h e has hacked and hewn down, reduced and altered, and enlarged, with very little skill and less judgment, to qualify his unbounded self-confidence, till upon llthe the one a s h e ad s , well nigh left us wi thout any ships of war as the other will, ere l on g , leave us without money in our coffers. That the go ld coin should once in every ad two n r o a r p t i h d d ree eel y in e e, years be justhesitzheed fate which w a h sweating w a s predicted sickness, from the hour of its birth for Sir ROBERT'S ricketti bantling. It was seized with hideous convulsions in 1825, befor e s i x y ears o ld ; i n 1 833-38-39 it all but perished under various forms of commercial and American col lapse. Sir ROBERT long since announced himself as a doctor who had been called in to consultation upon the state of the country. We are at full liberty, therefore, in exposing hi s emp i r i cal treatment of the unfortunate patient, to contend that when he dubbed himself doctor, he dropped administered w hieh posterity t modestlytewriallti onevea alteratives in na certain e4a sure rned tiun r distinctive leBs4tos m e n , r e p h rihst patient o . lle is wasting at both extremities. In plain language, or figures at least, let us contrast a f ew of the symp toms at the different periods. In 1844, he boasted Swiss journals to the 21st have been received. They an nounce the murder of M. JOSEPH LEW, of Ebersol, member of the Grand Council of Lucerne, on the night of the 19th, at his country house. M. LEw had been a violent partisan of the Jesuits, and it was he who forwarded their designs at Lucerne, and created that feeling which has spread through the whole of the republic. It has not been ascertained whether this arose from private fl - :lings of revenge, or from political animosity. The Goven.ment has offered a reward for the apprehension of the murderer. A letter from Zurich, dated July 20, says : " The cession of the . Swiss Piet will not, in all probability, be TNE SUN, LONDO \', MONDAY MO,RNING, ''L 20, _1646,.. stow a long one, for snore than half - the business has been alresdy got through. As to the questions of the Jesuits and the convents, the President feels disposed to place only the latter on the order or the day, in order to avoid the irritation which could not fail to be caused by the former, and which might impede other b.isiliess. Much sensation has been caused here by the sudden departure of the first deputy of Lucerne, M. Siegwarl-Muller, who lately declared himself so warmly in favour of the Jesuits, and who has, consequently, not met with a favourable recep. tion when he has appeared abroad. His excuse for his present act is, that be did not consider himself secure from per sonal injury at Zurich. The Jesuits bad scarcely been installed in Lucerne than they sought to acquire possession of land in the ad joining cantons. They have just purchased a large building near Mencingen, in the canton of Zug, in order to convert it into an establishment, either avowed or disguised, of their society. This act only too well justifies the fears of those who declared that, if once the Jesuits placed their foot in the principal Catholic town of the Vorort, they would soon overrun the whole of primitive Swit zerland. The members of the clergy who offer the slightest oppo sition to their designs become the objects of persecution. Dr. Steiger has decided on fixing himself at Berne, where he is ex. pected at the end of July. His presence in Switzerland is still the great cause of alarm to the Government of Lucerne." Madrid papers of the 18th instant have arrived. The Gaceta contains the following official document : " All the accounts received by the Government from various points of the Peninsula, and from foreign parts, clearly reveal the existence of vast combined plans, which the premature rebellion in Catalonia has probably frustrated." The route which the QUEEN would take in quitting Bar celona was still matter of conjecture. It was, however, considered probable that her MAJESTY would proceed by Tervel to Saragossa and the Basque provinces, and the He raldo deplores it in the most mournful tei ms. That Govern ment print calls the journey an "extravagant" one, and adds that all Madrid has learned, with " sorrowful surprise," the postponement of her MAJESTY'S return to the capital. It is reported that all the ➢linisters will assemble at Sara gossa on the 24th. The Femento of Barcelona, of the 18th, states a steamer to have been dispatched to Valencia, in order to bring back some of the QUEEN'S equipages, which had already been sent thither. A private letter says, " That on learning that it would be difficult to establish in some places the new system of taxa tion, without giving rise to serious disturbances, the Minister of Finances has deemed it prudent to instruct the loten dientes to content themselves with the old system wherever the new may encounter opposition. The utmost moderation is recommended to all the agents of the Treasury." Another letter states that NARVAEZ has expressed his de termination to resign rather than allow the QUEEN to pro ceed into the Basque provinces from Saragossa. The Esperanza states that the Marquis DE VILLumA and the Baron DE MEER had been sent for by the QUEEN, but the statement was not genetally credited. We have received the French papers of Thursday. Their contents are not of much importance. The Moniteur pub lishes official accounts of various successful expeditions in Algeria, and the other papers comment on the effect likely to be produced by the reappearance of ABD-EL. KADER. The Duke and Duchess DE NEMOURS left Paris on Thursday for the south of France. According to their detailed itineraire. published in the Globe, they are to arrive at Bordeaux on the sth of August, and to make an excursion to Spain. The Presse says that it is at Bilbao that their Royal Highnesses are to have an interview with the QUEE-N and Royal Family of Spain. Count BRESSON, the French Ambassador at the Spanish Court, is to repair to Bilbao on the occasion. Don CARLOS and his consort left Lyons on the morning of Wed nesday before last, by the steam-boat fur Avignon, whence they were to proceed to the Greoulx waters. The Augsburg Gazette states that there will be a complete diplomatic Congress on the occasion of the meeting between the Queen of ENGLAND and the King of PRUSSIA, on the Rhine, as France, Russia, and Austria will send representa tives there. According to the French papers considerable alarm is felt at Rome, in consequence of the precarious state of health ni the POPE, who is suffering from a cancer in his nose MAURO-CAPELLI GREGORY XVI., appointed Cardinal in 1825, was raised to the apostolic chair on February 2, 1831. He was born in 1765, and is consequently now nearly 80 years of age. A letter from Trieste of the 14th instant, published in these journal, , , says:— _ " The insurrection of the Montenegrians and the mountaineers of Jakova (Albania) still continues. The latter, to the number of 8,000, conveyed their wives, children, and socks into the valley of the Bellaja, wtnch is surrounded by inaccessible mountains, and then divided themselves into bands in order to attack the Seraskier. without coming to a geLeral engagement. the Turkish com mander has, it is said, met with such a vigorous resistance that he has sent for a reinforcement of 3,000 men from the Pacha of Scu. taxi. Advices from Ragusa state that a Turkish squadron, corn. posed of a frigate, a schooner, five brigs, and several transports, had anchored in the port of Durazzo (Albania) on the 25th June. The appearance of this force has given rise to various conjectures. Ac cording to some it is destined to assist the Seraskier, while others state that it is intended to embark Albanian troops fcr Syria and Tripoli in Barbary. Letters from Agran (Croatia) state that Aus trian troops had been ordered to march towards the Turkish fron. tier, where some disturbances had taken place, and an irruption made on the Austrian territory." The Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 50c. ; the New Loan at 83f. 90c.; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 80e. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,200 f. ; Rouen, 1,050 f.; Vierzon, 755 f. Havre, 870i'. ; Avignon, 995 f. ; Basle, 270 f. 75e. The following are the quotation* for the new lines :- Orleans and Bordeaux, 185 f. prem.; Boulogne, 122 f. 50e. ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 15f. ; Paris and Lyon, (Latlitte), 31f. 25c.; ditto (Calon), par ; ditto (Ganneron), 61. 50c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 451.; ditto (Itosainel) 1 lf. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 12f. 50c. ; ditti, (Drouillard), par; ditto (O'Neill), 3f. 50c. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre), par ; Lyons and Avignon (Leceinte), 121. 50c.1 ditto (Talabot), 31f. 25c. ; ditto (Compagnie Aleridionale). 51.; Bordeaux and Toulouse (Mackenzie), par; ditto any! Cette (Espeleta), 6f. ; Creil and St. Quentin, par ; Puri, and Strasbourg (Ganneron),lol. ; Dijon and Alulbouse, par ; Dieppe, 21f. 50c. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. gem The Sive of Saturday Evening.) The Cotton market at Liverpool yesteiday was firm again. Shares were quiet. and prices tending downwards. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCIIANGE, JULY 25.—The sales are —Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 10 3 4 ; Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Junction, 2% 3% prem. ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 5% A ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 28 25 ; Cambridge and Lincoln, 3 1 / 2 ; Churnet Valley, 5%; Clitheroe Junction, 434 %; Derby and Crewe, 234 3 ; Direct Northern, 24 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 80 1 % 2 ; Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 24 2; Glas gow and Dumfries, 1 1s ; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester, 14 ; Grand Union, 2 1 15-16; Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 44 ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 12 1 /.x 1 / 4 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 8%; Leeds and Thirsk, %; Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 23 26 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, %; Leicester and Bedford, 4 1 / 2 %; Leicester and Bir mingham, 425. 6d. 435. ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4%; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 14 3.16 ; London and York, 634 %; Lynn and Dereham, 2%; Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 7 6% ; Manchester and Birmingham, 62%; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 10; Ditto, New Quarters, 7%; Manchester and Birmingham Continua tion and Welsh Junction, 2% 4 ; Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 12s. 15s. prem. ; North Staffordshire, 5 ; North Wales, 2% ; North Western, 54 1/ ; Nottingham and Mans field, 1%; Nottingham, Erewash, Ambergate, and 'Man chester, 4 3 3 / 4 ; Oxtbrd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 9 1% 9 ; Preston and Wyre, 32 ; Ditto, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 3234 ; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 2% 5-16; Shef field and Manchester, 7 prem. ; Shrewsbury and Hereford shire, 1% ; Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union, 234 3 ; South-Eastern and Dover, No. 3, 84 ; South Midland, 3X 3 ; Southport and Euxton, 2%; Trent Valley Ccntiuuation and Holyhead Junction, 2 ; Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 2414 3 / 4 ; West Lancashire and Coast Line, 43% prem. ; West Yorkshire, 7%; Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union, 2% 3 / 4 ; York and Carlisle, 4; Dutch Rhenish, 9%; Paris and Lyons, English, 34. There was not any general arrivals of importance in the City to-day, but we have been informed that by a private ,hip later accounts have come to hand from New Zealand. to the eGct that Captain Fitzroy had succeeded in tranquilliz ing the colony by a treaty with the natives. It will be a source of gratification to find this statement contirmed. The returns of the Bank of England fur the past week show the following results : A decrease in the circulation of 288,261/. An increase in the Rest of 16,260/. A decrease in the Public Deposits of 62,156/. And a decrease in the General Banking Department of 1,017.022/. The stock of bullion is now 15,679,32/. By the last return it wa- 16,196,2861.—Decrease, 316,954/. The Funds have been very steady to- day. Consols for the Iccuunt have been done only at 93i/, and tbr Money at 99% -rod at 98%. Exchequer-bills are at 545. to 565. premium. fire value of Bank Stock is well maintained. In the Foreign unds the dealings have been very limited. Not a single transaction has been done in Spanish Bonds to lay. The other prices are almost nominally the same as yesterday. The Share Market has a firm appearance this morning, with a considerable amount of business doing. ONE CLOSING PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES :Sank Stock ...... 0 11 1 /._, 211% t per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 99% 98% 98% few 314 per Cents 102 % 1 /2 102% Ditto, 5 per Cent 126 126 4outh Sea Stock Consols for Account ....... 99% 99% xchequer Bills, 1,000/., 1%d.... 54 56 pm. 56 Ditto 5001. . Ditto Small ... 56 58 pm. 58 ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. 'RICES OF FOREIGN FONDS Brazilian Bonds Colombian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 17 3 / 4 Chili= Bonds 6 per Cent..., . ...... 103 103 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 3 B l /2 38 1 / 2 Russian Bonds Belgian 4 1 / 2 per Cent. ...... 101 161 'Dutch, 2 1 / 2 per Cent - ,2 Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 9 9 3 / 4% 99% PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK . PRICES. i A.ILWAY SHARES . .rinagli, Coleraine, and Portrush l% li 1 irming. and Gloucesterloo Birmingham and Ox ford Junction ._.... aledoman Ditto Extension C onbridge and Lincoln 1%...... 3 2% 3% 2% liester and Holyhead... 15 Cheltenham and Oxford 2 ;bichester and Brighton 20 ~ ;oventry and Leicester 1 1 4 2 orect Northern Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2 1 ,4 9 8% , )üblin and Galway 91 / 2 2 IA I AI. :Istern Counties l4/. 165...... 203; 1 211 8 Ditto New 4/. 16s. 4 1 / 2 10 5 / 8 2 5 / 8 21 3 A 3 % 29 1 7 44 Br Yti 2 21 1 / s 71 /s P 24 ;3 .... 21. stern Union Ditto Extension . ... 1 1 ,4 2 IA .. ~ dinburgh and Glasgow 50 :ly and Bedford Great South. and West. (Ireland) Ditto Extension 'great Munster 2 l/0 ...... _l% 21% 12% ly s 219 •.••• 1 1 9 1 / 2 48 2 1 7 8 11 / 4 107 21 1 / 4 55 1 / 2 243 34 114 80 274 i7 B 2414 80 ~reat Western Bo' 22l' - Ditto 1 / 2 Shares 50 .... Ditto, Fifths ;uildford, Fare'm, Ports 2 l /2 larwich thin and Selby Do. Half Shares `,•,ricaster and Carlis1e... 25 Leicester and 13edfard... 225. ondoil and Birminghtn (Stock) — Do. 1 4 Shares Aindon and Blackwall. 161. 13s. 4d. 10%1/ % 11 IA . °Eldon and Brighton... 50 Aindon and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d 2 6 1 / 2 14 27 , Do. New l3s 4d ° ' / -4 Y p, • ,ondon and Greenwich 1211554 d... Ditto, Preference l B l% 2 4 3A Lond. & S. Western 411 6; lid 79 80 .......... 6% 4% Do. New .ondon and York 2 l /2 . 7 6 1 /.... Londonderry&Coleraine 21,:,...... Londonderry and Ennis killen 2 l/j 3 14 .ynn and Ely , . Lynn and Dereham l ) .,i 2% •ancliester and Leeds... 76 Do. Quarters Manche:ter and Birmin. 40 Do. New Quarters ... 2 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock 22s. A dland... 100 lB6 187 182 Do. New Midland,Birm., Derby...loo 143 145 140/ 2 Ne w cast 1 e and Darling ton Junction... .. 25 .....„ Do. New Brandling... 10 Newcastle and Berwick 1% 2O 21 Newark and SLeffield .. 1 1 / 2 2 l,‘ 3 ..... ....... North British Do. New North Staffordshire 225....... 3.7 4 p Nottingm., Erewsh. Val ley, and Manchester Oxford and Wnrcestcr... 2% 7% 8 7 . % r erth and Inverness ... 2% Portsmouth Direct 2 16 6 l /2 6 Preston and Wyre Richmondand West End Junction Rugby, Worstr, & 'fring 1 Scottish Central -cottish Midland 1 1%...... 2% Shrews., Wolverhamp., Dudley, and Birm Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union South Devon 2O South Midland 22s. - • • • • •Aouth Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d 4 6 14 Do., No. 3 ... •••• ..... South Wales 2 l /i 5%1 4, 6 Trent Valley and Holy head Junction Waterford and Kilkenny I ...... 2% Welch Midland York and Carlisle 2% 3% _ fork and North Midland 50 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25 Do. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAY Boulogne and Amiens... 6 Dendre Valley East Indian ... ..... .... ss. tireat North. of France (Laffitte's) Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 ...... Jamaica Juncti0n......... 1 1 ,4 — Do. South Midlnd. June. 1 Lyons and Avignon Orleans and Vierzon ... 6 ...... Orleans and Bordeaax... 4 Over Yssel - 413 s 4d 1 1 4 1 4 % I ) •••• Faris & Lyons, Laflitte's 2 Paris ard Lyons, Gan neron's, i'aris and Strasbourg (Ganneron's) Sambre and Meuse ..... 4 West Flanders 2 31% 61 4 2 1 4 179 1 ; 28 184 28 141% 314 7 3 /i 2 1 % 61 / 321/2 5 1 63 % 214 10 7 X 3 2 1 / s 054,4 We understand that no successor to Capt. Boldero has yet been appointed. Captain Sir Thomas Hastings cer ' ainly succeeds AIL Bonham as storekeeper of the Ordnance..— Observer. CONCERT Room MANNERS.—Madarne Dorus Gras is warbling one of those exquisite arias from Aleyerbeer's Robert le Diable, in the execution of which we thought she was unrivalled, until we heard the more voluminous voice of the gifted Laborde in the same thrilling passages ; now sour friend, although not a very frequent visitor of the concert room, nor remarkable for the accuracy of his judg ment in musical matters, is riot backward a, giving his opinion; when the niece is concluded, therefore, he waits till the ap plause is over, and all bring quiet, he remarks to you, in a loud self-satisfied tone, that it was very well sung, but that for his own part he preferred Staudigl's rendering of that com position ! A half-suppressed titter is heard around you, and again you become conscious of the eyes of your neighbours. You look about to see if there is any possibility of escape--but the company have closed you completely ir., and you resign yourself to your tormentor with the patience of a martyr. Presently, during the performance of a vocal quartet, your friend in the coloured gloves turns round to you with the inquiry, 44 Who are these? Are they the Distin family ?" What is the use of a programme to such an " uncom fortable man !" he makes you at once his programme and his scapegoat, and instead of enjoying a pleasant evening, you are sensible that your friend is making himself look very much like a fool, and that you, his ♦ictim, are perhaps by this time beginning to obtain a small portion of pity from the half amused half-disgusted persona by whom you are surrounded.-- Dramatic and Musical Review. At the Marylebone Police-office, Major Richard son was held to bail in 5001., with two sureties in 250/. each, to keep the peace towards Mr. Collett, M.P. for Athlone. It ap peared that a dispute, relative to a policy of insurance, had led to an angry correspondence between the parties, in the course of which Mr. Collett had received a letter from the Major, which he considered as calculated to lead to a breach of the peace. SUICIDE BY A SOLIGITOR.— Fli'lny an inquest was held at Upper Norwood, on the body of Edward Mantle, aged thirty-five, solicitor (place of business in Gracechurch-street), who committed suicide on Tuesday afternoon in his own bed.room, at Norwood. . It was proved that the deceased was subject to nen ous excitement of the brain, and the jury returned a verdict that he had taken his own life, having been at the time in a state of tem porary insanity. LLO D's SHIPPING LONDON, JULY 26.—Wind S.E., light airs and hazy. LIVERPOOL. JULY 25.-IVind variable.—Arrd. Columbus, Green, Macao and Pernambuco ; Sir C. Campbell, Pentcost, New Orleans ; Pugwa,h. Columbo, Byrwell, Savannah; Aljonquin, Caller, Quebec; Tom Banks, Jones, Alexandria. Sailed 25, North Pole, Sims, Acton, Maneo, Mickels, Boston; Gloucester, Pollard, Boston; Compton, Chapman, Quebec. Off port, kluron, Bahamian, Rodalist, Intrinsic, and Mersey. Five square bales of cotton floating on the water, were passed on the 18th, hit. 48, ion. 9, by the Tom Banks, arrived here. PENZANCE, JULY 24.—TINeri,tyladyl.: 3 A i rr im d ;n l ic 't h it i o . r, O W tr a p k o e r h t a , na . Q A u d eb a e m e . Ef;tjCa,nliJe7LdliYl2;'sn.,—Slit. Perseverance, Robson, Richebucto. S 1 Valparaiso L MaryNEWPORT,uGLOUCESTER, o ; JULY 25.—Sid. Echo, be Quettiville, Jamaica. ST. IVES, JULY 24. Me Reward, of this p or t, f rom Ply mou th, was carried on the stones in the Bay by the tide, during a calm last evening, and immediately sunk. DYCE SOMBRE.—Colonel Dyce Sombre, whose affair has occupied so much attention in the fashionable world, is again before the public. Since his arrival here he has synvathy ; hi s c a se h as un d e rgone before th e h ig h es t me di ca l autho rity of this city , wh o are unanimous in pronouncing him to be in perfect mental health. This opinion has been before given the much scru t o by the medical faculty of St. Pete rs b urg h, w h o were ca ll e d to gether under the immediate direction o f th e E mperor, an d a ce rtificate was accordingly signed by thirteen professional gen tlemen of that city. We understand that the affair will be again brought before the public in Lo n d on , an d w ill no doubt so me of the vacation hours of th e gen tl emen of the lung occupy robe. M hat the re,ult w ill b e we are at present una bl e t ' osay,but from the very strong case which Colonel Dyce Sombre ha has talent, , assist e d as h e i s by energe tic in. comparable n to expect that it will once more put him in possession of his princely fortune.—Brussels British Gazette. made there out, d reason THE GENERAL. POST LETTER-CARRIEItS--On l et t er - car riers of the General Post-office, was held at the Owen G , st:eet, for the purpose of preparing a T Re u nt r dv i s t, d io a r A p,to the y a Postmaster e.Gr a meeting, attended by nearly 200 General, expressive of the grievances under which this body of men consider they labour, and praying his Lordship to abolish the system of payment by fees, and to esta blish a graduated scale of permanent salary. Mr. Robert Grapes. being unanimously called to the chair, the draft of a petition, pre viously prepared by a committee chosen for the purpose, was, after considerable amendments, adopted, and arrangements made for placing it in the hands of the inspector of letter-carriers without delay for presentation to his Lordship the Postmaster-General. The business of the meeting was no t conc l u ded before twelve o'clock, at which hour the body of letter-carriers quietly separated. TIIE LATE EXTENSIV E SEIZURE BY TILE EXCISE IN TIIE GLOBE-ROAD. STEPNEY.—Considerable curiosity was excited during the whole of Thursday and Friday in persons passing through the Excise yard at the arrival at very short intervals of the stock, materials, stills, worm.tubs, and other articles se i zed by the officers of Excise and Customs a few day s ago in the Globe.road, Stepney. Upon a more mi nute examination of the premises than was at first given, it has been found that the value of the prize has been considerably underrated. In addition to the 400 gallons of spi r it s f ound in bulk at t h e t i me o f the officers entering, t h e prepared materials and forfeited wash have since been w or k ed off ' , and have y i e ld e d p ur e spi r it to th e extent, with th at seized, of 1,000 gallons, 50 per cent. over hydrometer Proof. It has since been run off into carbons of 15 gallons eac h , as being the mos t con v e nient qu a ntiti es when sold fo r p urchasers. Besides the a b ove p l a i n s pi r i ts, severa l hundred gallons of sp i r i ts of laven d er , spirits of nitre, and oxalic that it has lately been made gnu,' a‘e of, it is only necessary to state f r ont its unwieldy size. To show that it has been asc.rt a i ne d t h a t 34 tons of coals oave been burnt out since February last, and that a consumption has taken place within the same period of 60 tons of molasses A large still, made of copper, cap a ble of containing 300 gallon s, with w orm:tub (the worm eight inches in dtamettr), have also been deposited, together with a steam-worm fitted in a vat 10 feet in diam eter , with th ree earthen st ills used for rectifying, fitted in woodwork,, sev era l hundre d f ee t of iron piping for the Passage of st eam, patent fiat worms, 200 mollasses barrels, s everal register and other stoves .^nd furnaces, cupboards, tables, tre ssels, shoots tar water, yeast tu b s. t i n cans, a new cart, bri c k s, arc,, making alb gcther the most extLusi v e cap. Lure known to th e Excise author i t i es for several years past. The fine o f 3 01. on each of the men found on t oe premises, inflicted by the magistrate at the Thames P o lice.odice, was im mediately paid, b ut i t is expected that t h e y will be non est inventus when the cas e comes on for hearing before t h e C omm i ss i oners, and that the unopposed condemnation of th i s va l ua bl e se i zure w ill follow as a m atter of course as the Comm i ss i oners h ave t h e p ower, in addition t o the condemnation, to inflict such other penalties on ft - ties as th ey may deem expedient. \ ILU E OF L AND AT TIIE CAPE OF G OOD H OPE .- On Friday a sa l e b y auction took place at t h e A uc ti on M a rt , o f aa farm for she e p at the Cape of Good Hope, cmprising about 24,000 English acres of land. It was situated on the east side of the river Hope, an d on the north, south, and west was bounded by Go vernment land, bei ng i n the sou th e rn part of the division of Beau fort, call e d Van Rooyens Kreel of Shoorstein. It was held under the Crown at a quit r'nt of It: 6s. per annum. The au c tio neer stated that the C ape wools were near ly on a par with the best Austr alasian crops ' and that the lowest price of Government l and was two shillings an acre. At that value the property was worth 2,400/. I t was a district well known to all those w h o h ave b een at the Cape, an d f avourable to those w h o desire to emigrate. The first offer was 2501. The bidaitigs went oil at 10/., and the pro perty WAS disposed of for 5001. `Olll4l His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, accompanied by his Royal Hiuhness Prince Albert, arrived at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, at twenty minutes past five o'clock on Friday atterm on from town. The Lord Chamberlain, the M as t e r o f the Horse, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, Viscount. Hawarden, Lord in Waiting, and the Honourable Captain Hood, Groom in Waiting, attended the King. His Excel lency Baron Dodel, his Excellency M. Boud, Col. Baron Coe hoorn, and Count Bylandt, were in his Majesty's suite. The Royal party occupied three pony carriages. The Queen, attended by the Lady in Waiting, received her august visitor. Her Grace the Duchess of Buccleuch arrived at Osborne House on Friday afternoon, and joined the Royal party at dinner. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken out on their ponies on Friday afternoon. Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice were also taken airings in the pleasure-grounds. The King of the Netherlands and suite and the Earl of Aberdeen dined with her Majesty and Prince Albert. A detachment of the Bth Regiment arrived at Osborne house in the afternoon, from Portsmouth, under the command of Lieut. Leslie, in the Comet steam-packet, accompanied by the band of the regiment. The hand attended at Osborne-house during dinner, and performed the following pieces :-- Overture to Inez de Castro—Persiani. La Valse a deux tems—Jullien. Selection from the Bohemi an Girl—Balfe. Variations on Swiss Airs for the Corno Bassetto—by E Guillaud. The Chinese Quadrilles—Jullien. Duo, " I Puritani"—l3ellini. Cavatina, " Marino Faliero"—Donizetti. Fantasia " I Puritane,—Bellini. Mons. E. Guillaud was the Director of the Band. Lord Adolphus Fit;clarence had the honour of joining the royal circle at Osborne House in the evening. The King of the Netherlands and suite afterwards went to Norris Castle. On Saturday morning, at ten o'clock, the Queen drove from Osborne House to Norris Castle, in a pony carriage, to pay a visit to the King of the Netherlands. Prince Albert accompanied on horseback, attended by Colonels Buckley and Bouverie. His Majesty returned with the Queen in the pony carriage to Osborne House. The illustrious party and the royal suites went in four carriages to Meade's Hole, and em barked on the royal yacht, for an excursion towards the South ampton Waters. Shortly before two o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, the King of the Netherlands, Baron Dedel, M. Boutl, Colonel Baron Coehoorn, Count. Bylandt and the royal suite returned to Osborne House. A Dejeunc was served at two o'clock, the band of the Sth Regiment performing during the repa,t. The King afterwards took leave of the Queen, and em barked for tio , port on his return to town. His Majesty was attended by Baron Dedel, Viscount Hawarden, M. Boud, Count Bylandt, Honourable Captain Hood, and Colonel Baron Coehoorn. His Royal Highness Prince Albert ac. companied the King to Go port, and there took leave of his Alajesty, returning to Osborne House at five o'clock. Her Majesty and her Royal Consort afterwards rode out on horseback. The juvenile royal family were taken an airing in a carriage at an early hour on Saturday morning. The Earl of Aberdeen took his departure on Saturday for town. The detachment and band of the Btb Regiment left Osborne House on Saturday afternoon on their return to Portsmouth. Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the royal suite, attended Divine service in Whippingbam Church. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken a walk on the beach yes terday. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands returned to town via South-Western Railway on Saturday, from Osborne-house, Ile of Wight. The King, attended by his Excellency Baron Dedel and his Excellency M. Boud, honoured the Earl and Countess of Jersey with his company at dinner, at their resi dence in Berkeley-square. His Majesty afterwards honoured the performance of the Italian opera with his presence ; the boxes of the Queen and of the Queen Dowager being placed at his Majesty's disposal. The King was attended by Baron Dedel, Viscount Hawarden. M. loud, Colonel Baron Coehoorn, Count Bylaudt, and the Hon. Captain Hood. Yes terday morning, at an early hour. his Excellency Baron Dedel visited his Majesty at Mivart's Hotel. General Fagel also paid a visit to the King. His Majesty received at an audience Sir H. Johnson, Bart. At half-past twelve o'clock yesterday the King left town, quite unaccompanied, in a royal landau and four, for Bushy House, Bushy Park, to pay his respects to her Majesty, the Queen Dowager. The King partook of a dejeune with the Queen Dowager and their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, and the Princesses Anna and Act elie of Saxe Weimar. His Majesty afterwards returned to Mivart's Hotel. Yesterday evening the King of the Netherlands dined with their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge House. His Excellency Baron Dedel, and his Excellency M. Boud were in his Majesty's suite. A select circle, including her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouces ter, Count Kielmarisegge, the Hanoverian Minister, the Duke of Wellington and General Fagel were present to meet the King. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yes terday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. Lady Augusta Cadogan was in waiting on fly, royal Duchess. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. A deputation, including the Earl of Effingham, Lord Sandon, Lord Robert Grosvenor, the Bishop of Winchester, Sir Francis Lawley, and Mr. Kingscote, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Mr. J. M'Queen had an interview with the Earl of Dal housie on Saturday at the office of the Board of '1 rade. Dispatches from the Governor of Ceylon, from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and from the Gover nor of Malta were received on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were received yesterday from. the Governor of Gibraltar. Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, left town on Saturday for the Isle of Wight. Sir Robert Peel hada dinner party on Saturday at his resi dence in Whitehall Gardens. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Treneh at. t?nded the early Service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Sermon was preached by the Rer. J. C. Haden. The Duke of Leeds, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lords Wilton, Hawarden, and Cantilupe, attended the early Service yesterday in the Chapel Royal. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. Prayers were read by the Rev. C. Packman, the Lessons by the Rev. J. Haden. The anthem, " By the waters •f Babylon" (Boyce) was sung by Messrs. Francis, Bennett, and Bradbury. Mr. Turle presided at the organ. THE KING OF HOLLAND. His Majesty rose early on Friday morning, and after breakfast had interviews with several persons. His Excellency M. Dedel visited his Majesty at an early hour. Dispatches, conveying in telligence of his Majesty's safe arrival in this country, were for warded by special courier during the morning to the Hague. At twenty.five minutes to two o'clock the royal carriages were ordered to convey his Majesty and suite to the Nine Elms terminus of the South-Western Railway, en route for the Isle of Wight, on a visit to her Majesty and the Prince Consort. His Majesty rode in the first carriage with his Excellency M. Dedel, Viscount Hawarden, Lord in Waiting, and the Hon. Captain Alexander Hood, Groom in Waiting to the Queen. The suite followed in another royal carriage. Preparations for his Majesty's reception at the terminus had been made by the officers of the Company during the morning, and Mr. W. Chaplin (the Chairman of the Board), Mr. Boothby, and a large party of the Directors, arrived at half-past one o'clock, for the purpose of being - in attendance to receive his Majesty. On alighting, his Majesty was received by the Directors of the Company, and conducted through the booking•office on to the platform, along which the King walked, conversing in the most affable manner with Mr. Chaplin on the subject of the railway, and remarking that the present was the first occasion on which he had had an opportunity of travelling on a railway in Great Britain. The beautiful saloon carriage, belonging to the Company, came in fur a full share of his Majesty's admiration. Its gorgeous appear ance was evidently a matter of some astonishment to the King, and before entering it his Majesty walked up and down the platform several times, examining both its external and interior ar aangetuents. The royal luggage having previously arrived at the station, no time was lost in starting the train. The King, in company with Earl Delawarr, his Excellency M. Dedel, Colonel Baron Coehoorn, and other members of his suite, had no sooner taken his seat in the carriage than the signal was given, and the train was instansly set in motion, Mr. Gooch, the superintendent of the locomotive department, taking the direction of the engine. Mr. Martin, the superintendent of the line, and Mr. Beattie, the chief of the carriage department, were among the officers of the company who accompanied the royal party, ARRIVAL AT THE ISLE OF NVIOHi. COWES, FRIDAY EVENING.—The King of Holland arrived here this afternoon, on a visit to the Queen and Prince Albert. Pre parations had been made at IsTotris Castle for the reception of his Majesty and suite, the accommodation at Osborne House not being sufficiently extensive. His Royal Highness Prince Albert left Osborne House and em barked in the steam yacht Fairy shortly before three for the purpose of proceeding to Gosport to meet his Majesty on his ar rival, and accompanying him to the Isle of Wight. The Marquis of Exeter, Lord Aberdeen, and Lord Jersey pre ceded the King of the Netherlands from London, whence they took their departure by the express train at half-past twelve o'clock. Upon the special train arriving at Gosport, his Majesty was re ceived by the military commander-in-chief of the district, Major. General Pakenham, and the other military authorities. Guards of honour were stationed at the railway terminus and at the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard. On alighting from the train the troops presented arms, and the band struck up the national anthem. His Majesty, after courteously acknowledging the attentions paid him by the authorities, entered the royal carriage that was in waiting to convey him from the terminus to the Clarence yard. He was loudly cheered by the persons assembled in and about the railway station, and graciously acknowledged the en thusiastic reception with which he was met—an enthusiasm cer tainly not diminished by the recent records in the press of the gallant services of his Majesty during the Peninsular war and in the field of Waterloo, side by side with our own illustrious Wel. lington. His Majesty recognised Major-General Sir Hercules Pakenham as an old military acquaintance, and shook hint heartily by the hand When his Majesty alighted from the carriage, at the place of embarkation in the Clarence-yard, he was received by the naval commander in.chief, Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, and by the other naval authorities and the officers commanding the ships in harbour. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was also waiting here to nicet and welcome his Majesty. The meeting between the royal pair was most cordial. The forts of the garrison fired a royal salute upon his Majesty's arrival, and when the royal party were on board the steam-yacht the Dutch standard was hoisted, and saint, s were tired from her Majesty's ships Victory and Excellent, and the Victory manned her yards. His Majesty and Prince Albert, and some of the noble personages accomp .nying them, were conveyed on board the royal yacht in Admiral Sir Charles Howley's barge, the rest of his Majesty's suite following in other barges. As the steamer, with the Dutch and English standards at the mast head, proceeded on her course to the mouth of the harbour, the men who were aloft mantling the Vic. tory's yards gave three cheers, which his Majesty acknowledged in the most gracious manner. The shore on either side was thronged with the inhabitants of the garrison, who Ws° cheered his Majesty as he passed out of the harbour. There was no man-of.war at the anchorage at Spithead. The royal party arrived here a few minutes after five o'clock. As the steamer neared Cowes roads salutes were tired from the toi t at West Cowes Castle, and from the Royal Squa,iron Club-house battery. Several of the yachts belonging to the Royal Yacht aqua. droll also saluted his Majesty. Carriages were in waiting at the landing place, in which the royal party were conveyed to Osborne House, where the meeting between her Majesty and the King would take place. Report , ' or a curious ',attire have reached us respecting the forthcoming work entitled " The „cry of a Royal Favourite." We understand it to be an autobiography, abounding in piquant anecdotes and palpable hits at the men and manners of the day, though less grave of purpose than $6 Sybil" or " Self." Ili LA NI) RAIL, A. 0 " THE HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING. DERBY, FRIDAY EveeiNea This afternoon, at two o'clock, the half-yearly general ineeting of the proprietors of th e Midl an d R a il wa y C om p an y was herd t the station, Derby. George Hudson, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Director', took the chair. The Secretary (Mr. Bell) having read the advertisement by which the meeting had been convened, read the following re ' port : " The Directors have again the satisfaction of recornrnea dinlr that a dividend be paid of 31 upon each 100/. o f the consolid ated stock, 31. upon each 1001. of the perpetu a l s tock, and 21. 3 %., 8 d. upon each 100/. of the Birmingham and Derby consolidated stock. The receipts, including those from the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, have exceeded those of the three eor°P s ' vies in the corresponding half of last year 65,115/. Bs. 6d., arising from the following sources :—Passengers, 33,8931.; parcels and i mails, 2,3021.; cattle, 2,414/. ; merchandise and minerals, `2 6 ,r 40, te d So large and increase in the receipts could not be exPec without a corresponding addition to the working expenditure; and when it was recollected that a considerable extra accommodat° has been afforded, and the speed of the trains accelerated, tha t ill• crease will not appear disproportionate. ved "The carriage, waggon, and engine stock is in a very inane state, and in a very good working condition. et, " The increase in the merchandise and mineral departM e a fully equals the expectations of the Direct ors , b r i ng a fter the rat "' of 27i per cent. upon the corresponding half-year. " Since the last general half-yearly meeting the Directors baso: arranged for the lease and ultimate junction of the Birming ba ep and Gloucester, and Bristol and Gloucester Railw a ys, and of th- . Leicester and Swannington Railway, the Ashby Canal, the O ham Canal, the Erewash Valley Railway, and jointly with the Ne i " castle and Darlington and the York and North Midland Rail/ I ' l6 of the Great North of England Railway. • tol " The agreements fur the Birmingham and Gloucester and 13ro and Gloucester Railways, the Erewash Railway, and the Gres t North of England Railway, have been confirmed by special gen e '" il meetings. a to " The Bill for the extension of the line from Nottingha m Leicester, and from Syston to Peterborough, and for the a ra ' f : gamation of the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway with the 5 " field and Manchester Railway, have received the royal assent. " Since the last meeting, Mr. Youle has resigned, and Si , lig •0 Morley has been elected a Director in his place." n et The CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, you have just heard the re. read. It is short, but I trust that it contains such a satisfe el°l . statement of facts as will induce you to give it your approbetOatio In one of the paragraphs of the report, reference is made to toed increased expense of working the line. It must be remembe red that the expenses of the Sheffield and Rotherham line arc no w , eluded in those of the Midland line. We are now working see engines on the Sheffield and Rotherham line, which will in se ° , measure account for the increased expendit ure i n the locoinotiv; department. But there is another reason for that increase, In n. that has been the demand of the public for an increase of accorat, dation and increased speed of the trains. Every one wh o lately travelled on the Midland line trust have seen the 8";,, effects of the exertions of our superintendent, th a n whom a b elt s , servant in any company cannot be found. To the carriage delta ment the directors have turned their serious attention. We ha ve ; o f new carriages, and extensively repaired the old ones; but w e "' IA . reasonably hope that in this branch of the expenses there wi ll rd. a diminution. We have had an increase in the coach deparl i T e p as we have redeemed the pledge which this company gave sr , they effected a considerable reduction in the incomes of the ent persons employed by us. Ido not mean to say that the snleb.st is very large, but it is something added to the expenses of m il department. We should have felt ashamed of ourselves if we not taken the very earliest opportunity which the affairs of w ed company would allow of placing those who are being eiloPlYo around us in a comfortable position. I need hardly refer to t..." 0 I paragraph in the report which alludes to the leasing of the wt), which have been taken by this company. They have all been sn ot milted to you at the special meetings, when the reasons were giv to you for the course which the directors have thought it auv io , able to recommend you to pursue. We have, as you are awar e ' troduccd to Parliament a Bill for a line from Swinton to L in a c ,f r to , and also a Bill for a line from Lincoln to Ely, but we have hi t "" e al been prevented from giving any evidence respecting them. I should fby be unworthy of the position which I hold, and also unwe'stif of your confidence, if I were now to shrink from h °n b e e eti and plainly stating to you the position in which we ha ve a „oe placed by the House of Commons' Committee in reference to v;3a two Bills. No person entertains a higher respect for the ra le ' t ta regulations of Parliament than Ido myself. lam not o ° o ol make any observations upon that subject. lam about to h od to you facts. On the conclusion of the case of the Lond on 01 , York, the Direct Northern, and the Cambridge and Lino° l ° o re way, we appealed to the Committee to permit a line which W ai ii re sidered to be in a great measure a competing line with the T o d, don and York—to permit the counsel for this line to b e bC o orl This, however, was refused. They refused us a hearitiga. would not allow us to state our case--a right never denied io, :eo English court.—(Cries of "Shame, shame.") After the d ecl og iit had been given yesterday morning by the Committee, We the be' it was a fitting opportunity to test—l will not say the fairness' i fs cause that would be casting something like an imputation a ° t he Committee—we thought it a fair opportunity, then, to t e ' t the principle, if principle it could be called, upon Wh ich , pre' Committee acted in coming to their d ec i s i on . We ha- tho motet' a line from Milford to Doncaster, and a Bill for dare line we believed was an unopposed Bill. We l her t r a ied proposed to the Committee to take this Bill, being an unc) , P. 0 01 one first. As soon as we made the application, up got th , e ; : l ;g: ' for the London arid York line, and said, " We oppose t", Mr. Austin, who appeared for us, said, " How can you ° P,, r- e ' n e eP as the Committee will not allow us to oppose you ? .„aya ° mile! with the York and North Midland for twelve miles, s : e 10 refuse to hear us; hew then can you claim to oppose us *" i : it te€ come before the Committee ?" One member of the C °°l ,, &lo g itnniediately said, " But the Bill is not before us." We We r e : o tel? us, of course, excessively surprised at this, and we ila tn produced the reference from the House, and we of cours°o fac t s, that the Bill had been referred to the Committee; se that, ha d the Committee have come to a decision without knowing w ha it is been referred to them. There is no exaggeration i n tbisi eit really and truly the case. The Committee, of cour se, ;der it. position in which we were placed, and re ti re d to co os ' ..4 oe After being away some time they returned into the Cool;oberit room. And what was the reason the gentlemen, th en' t o. of the Committee, gave • for not p rocee di ng with opP°r and for giving the London and York Comparl, a nt s was ,: trinity of being heard against us? Why, th ey said that - ang fto"" competing line with the branch of the L on d on an d York Doncaster to Wakefield. Could any set of men conceive s uc hs d reason ? But such were the expedients which these gentler ° t dig' recourse to. Under these circumst anc es we felt that the 1 0 ° fo ol nifled course for us to pursue would be to withdraw at tm ee , th , the Committee altogether. We determined net to interfere l_oof passing of the clauses, although it must be known that then'onol in which the London and York line will come into the etas' York will endanger the safety of the public. We felt that 0 0 ' e r no chalice of being heard before such a Committee, and weol; sod fore directed Mr. Austin to protest, on behalf of the I° _,„enft North Midland: Company, and the Eastern Counties Cewsroott against the course the Committee had taken. He via iv esti ° however, allowed to do so. No one who has ever seen AD,' e sll before Committees of the House of Commons will say that mittenor those Committees with anything like disrespect. The Cola to ge e would not allow him to open his mouth. He did manag e ei the words " I protest" out, and then the Committee bolte d fr° , he st : room.—(Laughter.) On their return they said they cou ld I ri o te o , Mr. Austin. Surely no precedent in the annals of F ar n ps n . , l can be found for such proceedings as these. We are a representing thirty millions of capital, and I trust that the,r rhel of Commons will see that justice is d one t o us . I trust tn' t o eve will fairly meet the appeal which we intend to make to the° o trs ia , endeavoured to state everything that is true, and I w ill a r r etl o : the feelings which rise in my breast. I have stated ev` v ," do" fairly, and I leave you to judge whether the decision of the ;, 1 36' ; and York Company is worth a rap.—(Cheers). I am quaeir all fled that those Hon. Gentlemen who promote the l ' w. ,, d i e y el York line will be the first to vote, when the question e — o rtie; fore Parliament, that a hea r i ng b e g i ven to t h e o pposing ' lls' We could have sho wn th e C omm i ttee t h at our li n e wou ld o u t t he saved a million and a half of m o n e y i n i ts construction. gins via; real fact is, the C om mitt ee gave us no oppo rtunitY. heard. They were in the most bre a thl ess haste to r o ,re preamble of the London and York Bill, and the? wo ver, breathless haste to report the Bill to the House. I , Ain', , firmly believe that the House will send them bac k order that the opposing parties may be heard. o u r pas s is justice; we wish to have an opportunity of stating ", to the Committee, and if this be refu s ed, it will be a alci d - e a $ l O infliction. How can such a decision as that on the 1 1, York Bill ever stand, given in the way it has been ? on e point of fact, only come to by two of the Committee• st t ee ° c e ; tleman refused to vote at all, and the other voted eZ a ' h s, cision. This great question was therefore decided bY100,,, IP in the meeting—" By nobody.")—(Laughter.) I k at ee. it is very difficult to meet the decision of a Cornr W aa ill o have heard that it is perfectly hopeless to contend ; i t ° goal, decision; but I think it would be unbecoming in t, hic h of Commons to sanction such a principle as that " so; I ', l io involved in this decision. The House will never d ° poD ir they should, their decision will not carry wit h of 0 ' Inn feeling or public opinion. I will say nothing more oPij'all London and York line now. I have often given my upon it, and the opinion which I gave six or e i g — t olte° , - 0 ago has been confirmed by the evidence which has been rt of e r fore the Committee. We shall take ou r s tand in auPP o. wiol' position which we now occupy. It is the most anaW us se bef Ot t myself and colleagues that during the time that must elsP oi lifi e t o f Parliament re-assembles for u s t o u se ever y means t ° re adf position.—(Cheers.) I am not an alarmist, but always C epie l f OC o meet any difficulty that may arise. Our Company now av arol very high position, and Ido b e li eve th at nothing wi ll ebs e th e Ga l l injure its power of usefuln es s t o th e p u bli c . These ar e or ce,t vetions which I have to offer to you. I may have anclter n i e val' aj and strongly, but I feel that we have suffered a great e re 1 ", 0 and that we have not been fairly treated. I now beg to d r° the report of the Directors he received and adopted , an. that ",oa say that I shall be happy to give a n y further informat iol to be required of me. The Hon. Gentleman sat down am eolf' cheers. The resolution having been seconded, was carried u° a he WI o f The CHAIRMAN said there was another subject wh ich aie riel to bring before the meeting. Th e y were a ware that f"'" of - the ' l OO , had a gentleman in their service who acted as manag er i,et•-a dc eeS but who left them at a time when his doing so ifi ce liese o r siderable inconvenience upon them. Himself and a ,,:a VP , e ve had duly considered how this vacancy should be „ e ying ;e t they had come to the determination that instead er tb " e c orri lo t general manager it was better to have two heads of for the o v and coaching department, and having tried this elon ed l os t too t four months, they had found that it had w ork ulf° ot mirably. Those two gentlemen had very proPel „g poitnee of some two or three of his colleagues should Ma em anti t no te attending in Derby once in every week, and act as a e the rev - ae management, taking upon themselves moat a t. 14 0/4 „eri sibility which originally attached to the manager' th e , r ieJ thought they were indebted to these gentlemen : I poen ear` efficient manlier in which the business of the line bad to e Di re : h ese on. He, therefore, wished the meeting to authoriay_ cra tang . ti ed to et aside annually the sum of 5001. for ran: P oo r/Iw(' gentlemen; and he might here state that the ge nt . : e biefloat acted on this committee were his friends, Mr. 11 " off alorgatroyd, and Mr. Lewis. the de ' th e Ew, The proposition was seconded by Mr. Jowl dotes' chairman. The resolution was then unanimously A cO l4. meeting. c.P0 14- in te TESTIMONIAL TO MR. GEORGE ST- - his .4 00 The CHAIRMAN said at the last meeting he intirna"'" osit ieri, 0 0 ta tion to bring forward on the present occasion a Pr ° _ l) tee tiole n ta" was received with the utmost kindness, relating troe; to a 3 r n g e ar d , Mr. George Stephenson. He was now PrePa to v °te sola ti ; sum which he thought it necessary to ask them e d the re _ too O ta the testimonial.—(Hear, hear.) He would rea r tw o re , o ,i . he intended to move, and then make one ° AO upon it. It was to the effect that this comanYD"adingtooeiS tire York and North Midland, the Newcastle ;„g land tribut" — t ror ca c ti son, F . , ing of a !, a ,ti o " the Newcastle and Berwick Companies, in con on P e el the erection of a statue to George Stephen bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle, and the preset: deep obl i tri , of plate to that gentlemen, in testimony of t t, who le e , o o " e o ir• which the above companies, in connexion with leeaateeator._ CO re. were under to that eminent person, and that theama, maniboi thorised to subscribe the sum of 3,000/. On p cs ' j ent i cOn: pany towards the above purpose. The Hon:4: ctep hens_ ol , l e EP e passed a high eulogium on the character of . 1 , , 1 n l wo old e v te l eluded by saying, he hoped that his testi t m e 06 )1 means of stimulating young, un aertaa Prof e ss ng a ia - ,o Mr. George Stephenson to attempt similar Fra nce . _ ve te_ Mr. Stephenson been connected with France.; with ",sit Mown a loin as e a son, he would have been covere o...boe thr oed e toO ri a,„ which the Government of that country l a allowed to Pr ° , r , gi men engaged.in h ki hint ; but Mr. George Stephemon had been _ gthis a eon . , f he his unvarymg course without the Governmett °Lawn. teach '',_ a ta tri th eta Let them tic him any mark of their approbation. vet - meta that if they did not know how to