The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

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A, r the 61" 3h war,, I ited N a pier 4 , it great t; Governm eo utility the g er ' 0/' , reVeutie bid mmernet t Y itility I , that v:4 ur s rohls ;pest to r-Gene rßi ' REsVS I SUN. of tality of 101 b re tloo , ,, m i n tke,r,lol soznetbu'' llect • co io l ti night. / f e el world ad be resP °° the onbio A vir 0., seeing, jeeo r is 11 ' 0, CAT se .e h earls o ef° yal s ot ; of 51 0° yal sui„ tg ,:iscp a A ncess 00tre rnor lel3 )yal nt o cOO.l, , e rr I Pan ia6 ',lo o as, Si r ht. mcaloP t b 0 ErdaS iith ha a er rutt, f h the RJZ,gbi aa with erview ce. • bi h the -.is ,ffic• of e ColojJ Coylov , TI 30 t°ll of heard fl° thouson_A nss oo th e ,/ e for o p a citiO : l b e r? fc 411 ' 0 1' race ble :x ha es' 0 NO . the lie bf o , ends " 'lB adralr: o r MOS 6• n reP ti # alredf s o ' LAN D the ivg b 0 go t .s. ter f; xisting rt g the ett.° Tbeitreet .1 , 0; loll e ` o te IL 13111 efl as; t 3 der d gl" k red, 36 eo dal ffi ; 0 1) Ma il ' f at 110 • I'o ried • ,r ' laic e1;e1 ad oot: • ire a rePfi' ho in en up, , ' l i be wi P.; e pr gad 41).d,513 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The Cotton market at Liverpool on Saturday was dull, and prices were rather in favour of buyers. The sales were 3,000 to 4,000 bales, including 700 bales 0! Surat on speculation. 1,000 bales Surat realised 44d. to Sid. per lb., and American sold at 6d. to 7id. per lb Railway Shares were rather better. There are very cheering accounts again from the Cape of Good Hope and New Zealand, which show the SUMS of our arms at the Cape, and the virtual termi• nation of the war. The New Zealand dates are to Beßtember 19, and they notice a revival of confidence, Which cannot but be pleasing to all friends at home. A correspondent writing from Trincomalee, observes : -"•" Everything rendering a port important for the pur po4 Trincomalee possesses, or could obtain in time. Its harbour is unequalled in India, and affords secure arkehorage at all seasons of the year. As in-Colonibo. °cats from or to the ship have not to voyage a mile or two, nor in any season are the waves so high as to en danger the boats° crews and cargoes. Ido not hesitate to say that there is no harbour in the island that affords „,tke same f ac ilit y - to exporters and importers of goods. 411 e, distance being so small from the ships to the shore, the damage done in the rainy season will be infinitely less than that of the driest season in Colombo. 'rile repairing of the fortifications and building new bane Ties here has been a very fruitful topic of conver sation among the natives. There have not been want ng I,ersons to attribute an expected invasion of the star id by a foreign nation as the cause for taking such stet , s ; some of the deluded peopl e h ave l e ft t h e p l ace, ,' o_VI era are preparing to go , a ll are secur i ng t h e i r va l ua- Sa fast as po ss ible. " rile Ma trade in Mark-lane this morning has been 'rta, and the advance of Friday last is fully maintained. Of I arley the supply continues very short, and it is now !nail stained that there will certainly be a great deficiency fl fee quantity required by the brewers, and that there e very probability of permission being given to use loge a! in distillation, &c. T !he English Stocks are to-day rather quiet, though 93- idy, at about Saturday's rates. Consols have been for transfer to-morrow, the New Three-and-a trter per Cents. have been 958 and the Three per Cel Its. 934 to 94. Exchequer-bills have been marked ha- to 15s. premium, a further improvement, arising, as may' be presumed, from the reduction in the " de loey" bills effected by the investments therein of tirl3qus revenue, and w hi c h ma y cause th e ot h er bill s to e taken up by th e B an k of E ng l an d , w h ere t h ere i s a n EastiSsity for placin g th e i r assets. The premium upon Indi a B onds is quoted 21s. T here has been a m o d era t e b us i ness d one i n t h e Fo -I.oTau Inv es t ments, b ut pr i ces are again rather heavy. improvement at the Paris Bourse on Saturday h as at3se it not had much influence here. Spani s h Fi ve p er a ts. have been quoted 251, and the Three per C en t s . 'he a market for Railway Shares has in some cases been a little firmer to-day. Aberdeen, 25* ; Birming ham and Oxford, 12* to 138 ; Eastern Counties, 224 to 23 ; Great Northern (London and York), 3 to 34 ; and• g i aton, 58 to 58* ; South-Western, 6.5 ; Manchester Leeds, 112 ; Midland, 128 to 1288 ; Newcastle and Berl rick, 344 to 35* ; North British, 35a ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 5* ; York and Newcastle, 384. ONE CLOSING I:RICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O't LOCK. PRICES. • Per Cent. Reduced Anns 93% 94 94 Per Cent. Consols Annuities 93%% 93% ew 314 per Cent. Annuities Z ongAnnuitiesto expireJan.lB6o 9 13-16 % Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 9% 9-16 9 2-16 udia Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,000/... ( Consols f or O pen i ng 9 3 4% 93% 'Exchequer Bills, 10001.1%d.... 15 12 —— p 15 p Dit:o, 500/ Ditto. Small ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN fUNDS. O'CLOCK Buenos Ayres Bonds. 6 per Cent. 42 Chiller' Bonds 6 per Cent Ditto Deferred — Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. 2O Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 — Ditto, Account 23%% Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account 3B 37 3 4 Russian Bonds SPanieb 5 per Cent. 1840 Do., 1838-40, div. frna. May, '4l D 0.... 1844 AWL% Passive Ditto, Deferred — Ditto 3 per Cent. Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 4O Dividends on the above payable in London- Dutch 2 1 ,E per Cent. . Ditto, Account 5 9 14 b 9 14 raiilEs or BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONbl O'CLOCK. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Ea stern Junction 2 %..... 2 3 4 j 8 2% Belfast & County Down 4% ...... . Birmin. find Gleucester..loo CLOSING PRICES 42 Birmilagham and Ox ford Junction Birnfinglaam, Wolver hi!.mpton, and Dudley 42s 68/4 p firm ing., Wolverh'pton, an d Stour Va11ey..... ........- irkirk enhead, Lancashire, ar id Cheshi re Junc.... 2 3 4 Bost on, Stamfd, & Birm. 225. — 13 rial '4l and Exeter 75 Di tto, Ne w , CErin al and Gloucester... 32 , ki . ..nghamshire 30 . .... 29'1% 30 ...... Dit t o H a lf Sh ares • 2% flit ;to, Clyd es d a l e J ane 25 Chu' ;er and H o lyh ea d... 27% 2 5 14 'X i 4 Chel teiehain and Oxford 2 ...... • Clare nce lOO Do .Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 — Do .2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do . Government Loan, 1. per Cent. Cork : and Killarney ... 21,4 Cork . and Waterford ... 1% et•rniwi all Ditto, Half Shares ... 2%..... .... pi...t N.a7:thern Scrip.. 2% 22g Dublin etNorwich u üblin wadi Belfast June. 121. i Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Easterne.ounties 14/. 16s 22' 78 23 22%... Ditto / few l2l. 16s 7 l /2 p Ditto ' Perpetual, 5 per • Cent, No. 1....... 6/. 13s. 4d... Ditto' litto, N 0.2... 61. 13s. 4d... VA p Do., YOrk Extension.. 2 ...... 3% Eastern I Inion Ditto, / Zuarter Shares 10 Do. Es iten.(Harwich) 1 7 A 8 ......... ...•• Do., C; smb. and Ely.. 2 % East Lai icashire - •• •• Ditto. New Do., d .0., New Scrip... 1 1 % East Li ncolnshire ... - - 1 1 4 — 3% Edinbu•i•gh and Glasgow 50 ...... ........ ... Ditto, Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% Ditto, New- •t. 5 Port Ditto, ditto, New .... • Edinb u , /2 rgh and Perth... 3 ...... Ely and, Huntingdon ... 12 1 ,2...... 131 13 Exeter, Yeovil, & Do rse t 2 ,- ; 1 1, Glaagovr, Dumfries, arid Carli Ede 5 — Glasgovr Kilmar., & Ayr 50 ...... Ditto, New . Do., 1.4 Shares (5 per per cent. guar.) ......4. 12 1 /...... Great bliorthern (London and 'York Regd. ) 2%..... 3 1 1 4 3 Do. (Direct Northern Great g t3ou .) th —— 3 % 4 l / 84 4 ...... ... . and West. (Ireland) Great North of England..loo Ditto New 5 — bit to, New . . l5 Dit to, New Great; Western 85 Di tto % Shares Ditto 1 4 Shares. . 12 Fir 2% • D'itto fifths 20 — D itto, New .. 4% .... ••...... ...... Huilderslield & blanches. 13 ...... Ditto, Extension 3 Roll and Selby 5O IDo. Half Shares 25 — - ••• • ......... :Ditto 14 Shares Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 Do., do., and Norwich 5 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New ............... 5 77 ...10 .... ...•• .. 10 . Leeds and B radford...... 30 Leicester and B e df ord... 168. • % 1 4 dis s 4 ~ die. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 271 ....._ Do., Branch 1 / 2 Shares 2%.. ... Do., Branch (Bl ue ) ... ..... Do. Extension( Green) 2 1 / 2 2% ... ... _... . Ditto, New 5 Leeds and Thirsk ..... . ........ .. Do., Prefer., 6iper Ct. 3%...... 5 Liverpool, Crosby, and ...... Southport .... ..••••••• 2 ... —. Liyerp., Alnchstr& New castle Junction 2l/6...... 2 4... ........ ... London a n d Blackwell. 16/. 13s. 4d 8 I .............. Do. New Ditto Extension London, Brighton, and 50 .. .. 58% 58 ... ...... South Ditto, Coast Fifths ...... Do. C onsul. Eighths lO ••• • .......... ...,••• ). De. G uarant. 5 per ct. 9 I•And onandGreenwich 12115 s 4d 9% . Do. P re f erence ...18117s 2d —_ , k fondon:and N. W esternloo 19 , 1A 19 ,., . .4 Do. Quarters .. 2 Do., do.. New ......... 2 Ditto Fifth s 5..... .. ...... .. D° 14 Shares (G. J.) 10 o 404 Shares (L. M.) 8 Do. 404 M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 1 0/. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do. 10/, (M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 101. el. & B.) C. 1 London, Oxford, and Cheltenham ............ 2 .. ••• ••• ....... - Load. & S.Wetern 411 64 1 0d 65 ••• Do. New D o. New Coneol. Bths 40 Do. New .............. 2 , n ' i Q. ........ . 18 :. .... -- D itto Tenths ...... .. 5 ... .. ... Ditto Te nt h s .. 5 % •.... 4 Ditto Scrip . . . 5 ..7 ...... J s 6... Ditto ditto . 3 ..... .... ... 1 ...... raoradon and Yot; Scrip 2 1 ,4 .. ... 3 1 4 1 ‘ • ••••••••-• . Extension .... 2 1 ilt ... 2j ''. ... ..... London. Salisbury, and . 11••• • don :fry_ - d oleraine . 1- ...... ••••••• 111:12:11idg'Inien:ditil. rrY.:::BE.ajlir. ............. : iii ...... 1 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MO_RNIN a, JANUARY 12, 1847, 22 1 % 15% ..... 111 REMOVAL OF WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. to which the destruction of this bridge would in a greater or less degree prove fatal.—(hear.) In behalf of the Chapter. at the head of which he had recently hal the honour to be placed, he rose to state that they con sidered that a very large amount of their property, on which their maintenance depended, and which they had inherited from their predecessors—the ancient members of the Abbey, would be most materially injured if the bridge were destroyed; and besides it would pre vent the improvement of that portion of Westminster lying between the Thames and St. James's-park—a region which required better ventilation and better drain age, and on which the Dean and Chapter had expended large sums of money. These improvements would at once be annihilated, and from 50,000 to 60,000 persons would remain without that ventilation and drainage, and that same lack of improvement in which they had stood so much in need, for more than a a century.—(Cheers.) He rose also on behalf of the working classes, who would be much more perma nently injured by the removal of the bridge than pro prietors of scores of houses in any part of the district to which he had referred—(Cheer)—for he had met at least 20,000 labouring men crossing the bridge to their residences after their work. 'The total number crossing the briffire daily on foot might be computed at 63,000, or 23,000,000 in the course of the year, who would.have to, go half a mile about to effect the same object, and more over, would have to pay a toll. It wls monstrous that such amass of people should be put to this great inconvenience and that those living in other parts of the metropolis should also be seriously inconvenienced for the purpose of carrying out a project which the public necessities did not require.—(Cheers.) He should like to see another bridge at Charing-cross, but why they were to be de barred from using the present bridge he was perfectly unable to understand. Sir J. Rennie thought there wa an immense conflux of traffic at Westminster-bridge. He thought that the present site of the bridge was so affected by it s present coffer dams that it would be im • politic to rebuild it upon it. If it was erected about 150 yards from its present site, as far as Derby-street, only about twelve houses in Parliament-street would be affected, and the best situation possible would be ob tained. The Right Rev. Gentleman concluded by pro posing the first resolution, which was to the following effect:— felt bound to say, that he thought it so indefensible, that ha had very little doubt when the day of battle came, if it ever did come, of which be had great doubt, there would be no difficulty in overcoming their un known assailants. Such were hie opinions, and his in tentions. His Hon. Friend the Member for Lambeth sat on his left hand, and he had no doubt he would tell the meeting what was the cause he intended to pursue. Mr. HAWES, M.P., and Under-Secretary for the Colo nies, then rose to address the meeting, and was most en thusiastically received. When silence had been some- what restored, Mr. Hawes said that he would re spond to bis Gallant Friend's call, in few but positive words—he would back him in every motion, and stand by him in every division against this mon strous measure.—(Tremendous cheers.) After all that had been said that night, it was almost a waste of time to address any further arguments to the meeting against the measure.--(Cheers.) He should have been glad to have heard who were the parties that were op posed to them, or what was the reputation of the in dividuals whose proposition, whose monstrous proposi tion had made this meeting necessary.—(Cheers.) He had done all in his power to find that out, but had been unable to do so.—(blear, hear.) A short time since he had had the honour of presiding at a meeting for a similar object on the other side of the water, and at that meeting he was happy to say they were just as unanimous as they had been that night in offering their opposition to the measure.—(Cheers.) He was most happy to joie his fellow citizens on that side of the water in opposing the measure after having done all he could in the same direction on the other.—(Cheers.) He was glad to hear his Gallant Friend in the chair, quote the report of the Committee against the erection of a new bridge on a new site—(Cheers)—because ho was convinced that if any one would refer to that report, they would find it altogether opposed to the alteration of the site of the present bridge. —(Cheers.) Strong as was the arguments of his Very Reverend Friend the Dean of Westminster against the posibility of building a new bridge upon the site of the old one, he could not but feel that its present posi tion was the best, if not the very best that could be selected. He thought the engineering skill of the pre sent day would be at a very low ebb indeed if it could not get over the difficulty, in a geological point of view, that his Very Reverend Friend had pointed out.— (Cheers.) He was for maintaining the bridge on its present site—(Loud cheering)--and when he made that statement, he did so advisedly, because at whose expense were they going to build the new bridge ? Not at their own, but that of the public—(Cheers)—and such being tke case, it was their duty to do it at the least possible expense, and on the least expensive and most eligible site. Now, that its present site was the best and the least expensive, ho thought all present would admit.—(Cheers.) If any other site were selected, some hundreds of thousands would require to be expended, and he thought that such a sum might be much better laid out in buying up existing bridges for the convenience of the public, than in purchasing new approaches for a new Westminster bridge.—(Cheers.) Added to this, he had been informed, and he believed it to be the fact, that the amount that could be procured for the materials of the old bridge, would be amply sufficient to construct a tem porary bridge while a new one was erecting on the site of the present bridge.—(Cheers.) He was astonished at the temerity of those who could propose the erection of a new bridge in the vicinity of so many others—(Cheers)—a bridge, he would venture to say, that would do noshing but obstruct the navigation of the river. —(Cheers.) He looked upon the proposed Bill for the erection of the new bridge to Charing-cress as a private one, and as such he should treat it, believing that the Woods and Forests would never lend their name to so absurd an undertaking.—(Great cheer ing.) But supposing that they should, he was sure another department of the Government never would, and that was her Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer. —(Cheers.) He called, in conclusion, upon the inhabit ants of Lambeth and Westminster to exert themselves in a cause that was entirely their own, fur they might depend upon it if they did so they would hear as little about this absurd measure in future as they knew at pre sent of its projectors.—(Cheers.) Thanks were then carried unanimously to the Chair man, and the meeting separated. A numerous and respectable meeting of the inhabit• ants of Westminster, Pimlico, Lambeth, and the adjacent districts, was held last evening, at seven o'clock, at the Westminster Literary and Mechanics Institution, Great Smith-street, Westminster, to consider the proposed erec tion of a bridge at Charing-cross, in lieu of Westminster bridge. General Sir De Lar.v Evans occupied the chair. Amongst those on the platform we observed the Dean of Westminster, B. Hawes, Esq., M.P., P. Wood, Esq., Q.C., Whateley, Esq., Q.C., Charles Cochrane, Esq., Rev. Mr. Ripston, H. A. Hunt, Esq., G. Trollope, Esq., J. Wilkinson, Esq., Carter Wood, Esq., W. Frewen, Esq., W. Hallett, Esq., and a number of other gentlemen. Mr. TROLLOPE, the hon. secretary, stated that letters had been received from Mr. Antrobus, M.P., and Mr. D'Eyncourt, M.P., expressing their inability to attend, and their desire to support the determination to which the meeting might arrive. The CHAIRMAN, who was received with loud cheers, said there were several gentlemen on the right and left of him, who might have been advantageously called to the chair, and who would have discharged its duties with more propriety, or at least have been able to give more effect to any determination to which they migt come, than he could. However, he had been called to that po sition on the present occasion in consequence of having the honour to represent that city in Parliament, and also, he presumed, because he was one of the Commissioners of Westminster-bridge. It was not usual on such occa sions for the Chairman to enter at length into the details of the subject to be discussed, that duty devolving upon those who proposed and seconded the resolutions ; but really he could not on that occasion withhold from them some observations, in consequence of a double capacity in which he found himself placed, independently of his situation as Chairman.. They had been called together, not really to consider whether there should be another bridge at some other part of the river, in the place of the existing bridge, hut to consider whether it was politic or judicious, or just, or right, that that bridge should be abolished, and to adopt the best means for preventing its removal.—(Loud cheers.) He was sure, unless there were seine of the representatives pre sent, of what he could not help characterising as a job, to persuade them to the contrary; they would be of but one opinion.—(Cheers.) It was one of the most extraordinary jobs that he had ever heard of in the whole course of his experience. —(Hear, hear.) Many present were, no doubt, aware of the general outline of this matter; but, nevertheless, it was his duty to state it learl y to them. It was now exactly one hundred years since Parliament passed an Act authorising the con struction of the present bridge and the creation of funds for its maintenance. It appeared, however, that much wisdom was not exercised in its construction. Tio.: piers were, he believed, originally intended for a wooden bridge of slight weight, but in the course of its erection the original determination was abandoned, and it was resolved to build the bridge of stone. It was then pr , posed that the piers should consist of a re " That the proposed abolition of Westminster-bridge and the application of funds appropriated by Parliament for its maintenance to the erection of another bridge near Charing-cross is unjust and injurious to the public, to the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, and to in dividuals, for the following principal reasons : " Because it would abruptly close the long-established thoroughfare from Surrey to the city of Westminster, St. James's-park, and the daily increasing neighbour hood of Pimlico and Chelsea, and leave no communica tion whatever across the river west of Charing-cross free of toll ; and also, because the cost of approaches to a bridge on another site alone would suffice for the erec- tion — of a new bridge on or close to the present site. " Because it will entirely put a stop to the opening of new streets through the notoriously crowded, ill-drained, and dilapidated portions of these parishes (one of which streets has already received the sanction of Parliament) and prevent all improvements therein. lative substance. in order to support increased weight ; and, he believed, that one of the scientific gentle men concerned, proposed that piles should be inserted in the bed of the river to secure the slighter piers, which would have involved an expense of from 5,000/. to 6,0001.; but the Government of that day thought it better to save the expenditure of such a small sum— thus acting in contradiction to the well known saying— " penny wise and pound foolish," and consequently those piers became insecure, on account of not being sufficient to bear the increased weight. However, with the aid of repairs, it remained in a good state for sixty or seventy of the removalpreseni ofold r.nd state o he bridgeoo.bridge; was reallyyears attributablesetothe the removal having given greater rapidity to the current b of oth during theb,,tt the oolof flo t od he and ri re flux carried portion edalvay and thereby rendered the bridge insecure; and in conse quence of the expenses that had been incurred in repair ing it, a Committee of the House of Commons was ap pointed last session to consider what steps should be adopted. It consisted of several of the ablest men in the country, and sat for six months. It included some of the members of the Metropolitan Improvement Commission. The names of the Members were Lord Johnßussell, Lord Palmerston, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir R. Inglis, Sir G. Clarke, Sir H. Douglas, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Wise, Mr. Stafford O'Brien, and a great number of other Members, whe had paid great attention to the sub ject. The fourth resolution in their report which was laid before the House stated " that, irrespective of the approaches, the expense of a new stone bridge near the site of the present bridge, and retaining the present bridge for temporary use; would not exceed 360,000/., according:to the highest of the estimates furnished, either in 1844 or in the present year ;" whilst the sth resolu tion states " that the bridge estates would furnish a clear surplus of at least 100,0004 in aid of the funds." Such were the decisive resolutions of that Committee.--(Hear, hear)—from the evidence adduced before whom, it ap peared that no less than about 20,000,000 of people passed over Westminster- bridge in the course of a year, and that the increase of both persons and carriages had been very great of late years ; in fact, that a greater amount of traffic passed over it than over the four other bridges, with the exception of London-bridge.—(Cheers.) In fact, the result of this evidence was, that from 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 of horses passed over the bridge, and about 20,000.000—nearly the 'whole population of this kingdom—in the course of a year. Perhaps the bridge in its original state, 100 years ago, was wide enough for the traffic that passed over it ; but. it was not so now. Mr. Barry, he believed, had planned an iron bridge for the same site, to cost, some said, 260.0001., but objections had been made to it, in conse quence of its being considered inadequate for the im mense traffic, and the committee appeared to consider a stone bridge preferable on the same site, or near it, , at a simila r cos t. Th e estates of the bridge would trheealbisreidagbeorwitas the 170,000 L, so that the expense to the Ex fact he chequ er wou ld b e comparatively small. The traffic over the reiterated Legislature, in might .3 say, g with theexception re te t bridge traffic in of Lo the empire— inodon b ridge—the traffi c was greater than over any ot h er i n the to the wh o l e world—(Loud cheers) ; and this being recommendations teastouishmi ~ot o o ftfh every e v c e o r m y m on it e te l e vh t o o knew anything of Parliamentary proceedings, they were informed that some parties during the recess, arid with the apparent sanction of the Woods and Forests, but who they were it was hard to divine, proposed constructing a new bridge, to w a ll up i n fact this great communication, and to put an end to all these important interests which had been congregating together in its vicinity for 100 years.—(Cheers.) He had been seventeen years in Par liament, and he never met with anything so astounding, so totally opposed to the recommendations of that com mittee, and so totally unheard of, in the history of Par liamentary proceedings. He was aware in making these remarks, that he was in some degree speaking harshly of the [lon. Gentlemen who were members of the Me tropolitan Commission, the head of which was Lord Morpeth, for whom he had the greatest respect, and he was sure that they would agree with him, that every act of Lord Morpeth's life had been guided by the most enlightened and generous motives.—(Cheers.) But he was perfectly convinced that his name had been im eroperly used, and that he had been imposed upon in the grossest manner.—(Hear, hear) But they had fallen upon speculative times, in which there were au immense number of railways and orrailway committees, and did not know but what the project might have originated with some of those interested in the railway termini of the two great railways to be constructed near the spot from which the proposed new bridge was proposed co branch, and who, it was possible, having a large pe cuniary interest in those railways, might have set their engines at work, and having got the ear of some influential person, induced him, at all events, to allow the notices to appear in the name of the Commis sion.—(Hear.) It was right to state that the Com mittee had not given any doubtful opinion, but had, as he had said, reiterated their opinions in favour of a bridge on the present site. The Gallant General then read a series of resolutions and extracts from the report, which were to the effect that the completion of the new Houses of Parliament was a matter concerning the com forts of the Members of both Houses only, whereas the bridge was a matter of paramount importance to hun dreds of thousands; that the traffic had so much in creased that it was difficult at times to get over it. It was obviously immense. Sir James M`Adam had stated in 1844, that he caused to be counted the number of horses which passed Charing-cross annually, and that it had been ascertained that the number amouoted to 6.600,000, and though there was no record of the proportion that passed over the bridge, he considered that by far the larger proportion did, particularly the heavier carriages. Then, Mr. Rendall stated, in 1844, that no part of the Thames was better suited for a bridge than the site of Westminster bridge. The approach to the existing bridge from the Middlesex si le, was along Bridge -street, almost the whole property on the north side of which, comprised part o r e ; of the b r id ge estate; therefore anew bridge on the exist h ehad bridgesexist ing sit e coul d b e erected with little sacrifice of that pro n t h h e e torepr eseTha mesntatives the o of f chhe Westminster,lafn c a e dozenio r o new perrydn h As o ahbejeo c of across f the Exchequer, undoubtedly, would. He was sure if Lord Morpeth had read the words, " obviously immense," he would not have allowed his name to have gone forth in connexion with the project. Then, again, it was little more than twelvemonths since the Commissioners of Woods and Forests were authorised to expend 50,000! t o construct a new street from Westminster-bridge to Pimlico—(Hear, hear)—and the parishes of St. John's and St. Margarets, had, with great public spirit and generosity, allocate43o,ooo/. in aid of its construction, but it the new bridge were made, it could not be expected that they would incur this expense. After expressing his determination as a representative of that city, and as one of the Commisioners of the bridge, (whom the pro moters of the new one had not thought proper to consult —to inquire whether they considered it consonant with their duty to support the erection of a new bridge t eewere, - - 'h ) should feel it his duty he iu I on cenjunetion with his . Friend (Mr. Hawes), and no doubt with other metropolitan members, to do his utmost to negative the measure, should it come before Parliament, which he doubted. He resumed his seat amidst gt Aral cheering. The Very Rev. Dr. 13ucKnaerie (the Man of West min ter) in proposing the first resolution, said he had felt it his duty to attend the meeting, on behalf of the Property and of the vested interests which it was his duty to maintain.—(Cheers.) And on behalf of public convenience, of public improvements, which it was his duty to promote ; and on behalf of the comforts an d interests; of the working classes, to which it IVB3 his duty to attend.—(Loud cheers.) With respect to the in jury threatened to public and private property, and to investments of an almost incalculable amount , fou nded on the faith of Parliament, pledged now a century ago, when the bridge was completed, in 1737, he would first address himself. During the century just passed three generations had, on the faith of Parliament, ventured to lay out large portions of their fortune in investments, " Because the streets in connexion with the present bridge were laid out by Commissioners appointed by Parliament, and a very large amount of property has been therein created under an implied agreement that a bridge should be maintained by Parliament on this spot for ever, and that the substitution of a bridge on a dis tant site (involving an enormous depreciation in the value of such property, and almost ruiu to many indi viduals) would be a breach of faith Which ought not to receive the sanction of the Legislature." Mr. WHATELEY, Q.C., seconded the resolution. Ho could not understand how any person could for a moment assign any reason for removing Westminster- bridge; who was desirous of making a bridge to Charing-cross?— (Cheers.) What, he would ask, was to become of the property at both ends of the present bridge if it was to be removed, and its site changed to Charing-cross?— (Cheers.) Why the owners of it would all 'be ruined, and the inhabitants of Charing-cross would not only not he benefitted, but greatly inconvenienced. It used to be said that the world was made for those who rode in coaches.—(Laughter.) He hoped there were better feelings existing now.—(Cheers.) He hoped that the feeling that existed at the present moment was, that the poor man, who had to carry his tools to his work, ought to have the nearest way of doing so, and not be com pelled to go upwards of a mile out of his way--(Cheers) —which would be the result if Westminster-bridge was to be abolished.—(Cheers.) He had no objection to the erection of a bridge to Charing-cross, provided it was found to be necessary.—(Cheers, and cries of "It is not ")—but he objected in toto to the removal of Westminster-bridge.—(Cheers.) If the site of that bridge was important, as it was undoubtedly considered a hundred years ago, how much more important he would ask was that site at the present day ?—(Great cheering.) Buildings had risen up in every direction about it, to whom its removal would be total ruin.— (Cheers.) Added to which, what he would ask, was to become of the great street for the improvement of West minster for which an Act of Parliament had been ' obtained, and the construction of which would be at tended of such benefits to the 'city in which they then were?— (Great cheering.) For what was that great plan of improvement to be sacrificed which, there could be no doubt it would be, if Westmin ster-bridge was to be removed?—(Cheers.) No one,he believed, could answer that question, unless it was some party connected with a railway terminus.—(Great laughter.) Mr. Barry, the architect of a building that would carry his name to posterity, so far from being unfavourable to the continuance of the bridge on its pre sent site, was anxious for its continuance there, as was proved by the plan of the iron bridge that he had pro posed.—(Cheers.) The report of the Committee of the House of Commons was in favour of its present position, and why that report was to be stultified, he could not, t'or the life and soul of him, tell.—(Cheers:) he Hon. and Learned Gentleman concluded by most cordially and heartily seconding the resolution. After some observations from Mr. COPE, The CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, and declared it to.be carried unanimously. Mr. PAGE WOOD (the son of the late Sir Matthew Wood) proposed the second resolution, which was to the following effect : " That independently of the most important conside rations contained in the former r esolution, n,and of the questions financial, local, and architectural, involved in the proposal for erecting the bridge near Charing-cross, and making the approaches thereto o pinion that its substitutio n f o r a bridge on raeetin the gis of present site would be productive of manifest public inconveni ence, because it would th row the traffic of Westminster-b r id ge , a p that now using Waterloo bridge, and ultimately portion o enormous carriage the h tr io a h ffic is f n ro o m w all the South of England railways on a spot at times impassable by rea son o f the immense w traffic from the City to the West- en d an d western s uburbs of the metropolis." He did not see that there was any necessity for a bridge at Charing - cross—(Cheers)—but supposing was, he thought it would be the height madness to f that there o se traffic attempt to draw off to that locality the llama''happy to Westminster-bridge.—(Ch ee rs.) He was very ppyd to see the Very Rev. the Dean of several members of the Chapter, attending at that meet ing,Westminster, and several own not only for the purpose of protecting their was but interests but that of the poor.—( C h eertshlt protecon they were an act of justice for him to greatly indebted to that body forage room in which they had met—(Cheers)—and for the liberality they hal shown to forward to the utmost the great object of education.—(Cheers.) For they had r ecently spent no less a sum than 10,0001. in support of theoof Westminster parish.—(Cheers.) If the present Sit bridge was to be removed, it wouldp t he metropolis ; revent hundreds of thousands from enjoying the lungs of he alluded to St. James's park. Mr. JAMES WILKINSON second ed (cheers.) th e resolution. He was sure, if they only acted i certain.—(Cheers.) When first he con cert, success was he entered that room, he was disposed to think that the repair of the bridge would be the best course _(llear)—but after the observations of the "Very R eve rend the Dean, he was free to confess that the best course would be to take down the present bridge,. and erect a new one as le_(Cheers.) He had no objection to the multiplication near its present site as P o sal of bridges across the Thames when it was shown that they were necessary to meet the wants of the p ublic, but such structures ought to be erected with a d ue iregard to existing interests-- (Cheers.) Of what interest s uch a brid g e as that pro posed to Charing-cross could be to any one he could not imagine.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the resolutions t o t h e meeting and declared it to be carrie d unanimously. Mr. CARTER WOOD mo ved the third resolutio n e That a co py of the foregoing resolution be forwarded and lbr that arded to the Commissioners o f Wes . ninster • bridge, the Members ter the c it y of _Westminster t and th e b o rough of Lambeth be requested, as the mem b ers of the Commission and ou r representatives_ in Parliament, t to oppose the appropriation of . _ the property set apart f that_ a committee threatened e re f a o t r e m ne e d d maintaining the present bridge, to th e erection of a bridge on a distant site ;and to ccnsider the best means of opposing th e measure, and if expedient, in concert with other opposing parties, that a subscription beg commenced to d e f ray the necessary expenses.°—(Cheer.) He felt no doubt that the large mass of the manufactur ing aed trading community would suffer the greatest inconvenience if the bridge was to be removed from its present site.—(Cheers.) lie had seen enough of the would he ruinous rs.) b effects of closing it for a short period to warrant him asserting, that to remove it altogether in to parties in its particular l oca lity.— (c el He be hoved that all that had been said of, the great disadvan tages that would result from removing thebritlg eha . d o been understated and that they had an advantage the existence -of the bridge where i t at presentl stood that could never be over rate would ay s , d u --(Cheer s.) ppart the bridgeiei was one of those who al.v that had carried him safely over it ; and notwithsta.ne what had been stated by his Very Reverend F rierd the l)ean of Westminster, he thought the -resent of the brida,e was quite equal to the erection of au other one. It was the first interests o f the inhabitants of Lambeth and Westminster to use th e i r greatest' exer tions to pr -vent the carrying out of so abominable a measure as that proposed, by parties who m no ole knew anything of, or whose objects could hardly be guessed at—the removal of Westminster br i d ge an d the er ction of a new one to Charing Cross.—(ch eers.) Mr. FREEMAN seconded the resolution, which was put and decla re d b y hi m to by the Chairman to the meeting, be carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN said that the real business of the meeting was now over. He was glad to see such unani mity as had been displayed in the adoption of the reso lutions, b•cause it gave bum every hope that their efforts in this cause would be attended with complete success.— (Cheers.) As a Member of the city of Westminster he could assure his constituents that every exertion should be used to resist this extraordinary, uncalled for, and unnecessary measure.—(Cheers.) At the same time he SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.— MONDAY. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. The only bet worth notice was 300 to 10 agst Mr. Cab bert's Queen of Tyne. CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst Captain Pettet's Newcourt—taken 2000 to 40 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. S. Herbert's Antler—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Crim. Con. 2000 to 25 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Flitch—taken 50 to 1 was laid to 30/. agst Newcourt, and two or three parties endeavoured to get on at the same price, but failed, all the books being full. DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp 12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—take 17 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—taken 33 to 1 agst Lord Caledon's Wanota—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port 45 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken 45 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—taken 45. to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart 50 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Projectile—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Christopher—taken 50 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Bingham—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Marpessa colt—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle—taken 130 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian—taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone—taken. 13 to 1 was taken in three or four quarters about Epirote, and afterwards 12 to 1 ; a further advance may be looked for. Planet was backed at 17 to 1, in hun dreds,. Glentilt at 25 to 1, Allertonian at 40 to 1, 35 to 1, and 1,000 to 30, to between two and three hundred pounds—all decidedly in force. 1,000 to 30 was laid against Wanota. 45 to 1 each, to about 50/, against Conyngham and Red Hart ; 1,000 to 20 each, two or three times, against Projectile and Christopher; 50 to 1, in fifties, against the Marpessa colt ; 2,000 to 25 and ' 2,000 to 30 against War Eagle ; 1,000 to 10, twice, against Oionian, 4,000 to 40 against Limestone, and 450 to 10 against Van Tromp and Epirote. • OAKS. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina 10 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander 10 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's Farmer's Daughter 16 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Miami—taken. 12 to 1 was taken eagerly about the Farmer's Daugh ter ; 250 to 25 each about the three favourites, and 160 to 10 about Miami in one bet, and 800 to 50 about the latter singly. The room was well attended, but the betting on the whole was dull HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Sir C. Constable's staghds. meet Wed., at West Newton —ll. Sir J. Gerard's stghds., Fri., Black Brook-11. Albrighton lids., Thurs., llinnington ; Sat., Chaddesley Valley, Smith Berkshire lids., Fri , Bradfield. Sir J. Cope's hds., Wed., Bulmerst Court; Fri., Silchester Dials-10 1 A. Craven hds., Wed., Bedwin. Brail ; Fri., Heathangers ; Sat., Great Shefford-10 1 A. Goggerdon Ids., Fri., Aberaggon. Hambleden hds,. Wed., Idsworth Park; Fri., Upham Pond —lO l / 2 . H. H., Thurs., Chilton Old House ; Sat., Sutton Common East Kent lids., Wed., Elham Park; Fri., Sunnyfield Park —loi. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jaw. 11.—Wind this day at noon E.N.E., light breeze, and fine clear weather.--A north country built-brig, of 200 to 300 tons, with painted ports, gilded work round the stern, two stars, and the letter T, in German text, in the middle of the archboard, and the port to which she belonged round the rudder-case, was passed, abandoned, 31st ult., lat. 50 N., lon. 13 W., by the Choice de Caen, arrived at Liverpool. DEAL, JAN 9.—Wind E.S.E. and S.E. by S. 10.—5.5. E., moderate.—Sld. Theresa, Bacon, Adelaide, South Australia; Maria Hardy, Cragg, Algoa Bay; Emily, Dring, Cape Coast Castle; Nereid, Slaught er , D om i n i ca; A ustralia, Harrison, Colombo; J. F. Foord, Darke, Bombay; Carthagena, Jacks, New Orleans COWES, -- JAN. 6.—Wind E.S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Sylphide, Kahle, Africa; Beaufort, Bartlett, Havannah. Off port, Marian, Van, Rotterdam ; Batavia, Bremen. OFF SNOREHAM, JAW. E.S.E.—Arrd. Lucknow, Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 9, 10.—Wind E.S.E., fresh. —Arrd. Herschell, Lamke, Havannab, for Hamburgh ; Amelia, Lund, Rio Janiero. Sid. Thomas Arburthnot, Thompson, Port Philip ; her Majesty's steamer Penelope, west coast of Africa; her Majesty's ship Naiad, South America. Off, Bengalore, Acton, Elsinore ; Bengal, Gray, Madras. FOWEY, JAN. B.—Wind E. to S.E.—Arrrd. Alicia, Quebec. BEAUMARIS.—Arni. Ann Davies, Hughes, Richebucto. DUBLIN, JAN. 9.—Wind E.S.E.—Frances, Elliot, Deme rara; Catherine Pitcairns, Beeker, ditto. LIMERICK. JAN. B.—Wind S. E.—Sid. Eleanor, Groves, Baltimore ; Thetis, Hugigil, New York. OFF SUNDERLAND, JAN. 9.—Bathurst, Belize. STOCKTON, JAN. 9.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Jarrow, Quebec. MILFORD, JAN. 9.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Commodore, Wi therick, St. Jago de Cuba. HOLYHEAD, JAN. 9.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd. Ann, Read, Liverpool for Virginia, leaky, having struck en the Orklow Bank. PLYMOUTH, JAN. S.E.—Arrd. Mary, New Zealand; Portley, Reed, Mauritius; Rosebud, Gate, Hon duras; Xenophon, Rowchester, Pugwash. FALMOUTH, JAN. 9 AND 10.—Wind S.E. to E.SE., strong breezes.—Arrd. Boyne, Osborn, Calcutta. Off port, Alida Wilhelmina, Samarang ; Louise, Hartman, Rio Janeiro. JERSEY, JAN. B.—Sid. Columbus, Legisby, Rio Janeiro. MUMBLE Roans, JAN. 9.—Arrd. Ellen Simpson, Calcutta. RYE, JAN. 9.—The Slater Rebow came on shore this morn ing, but got off, apparently without damage. ISLE ORNTAY (SKYE), JAN. s.—The Jane, Gandie, has been got off the rocks without material damage. EXMOUTH, JAN. 7.—The Hirendelle, Pierce, from Middles borough, arrived here on the 4th instant, with loss of bow sprit, cutwater, &c., having been in contact with a brig near Whitby light. LONDONDERRY.—Arrd. Marian, Campbell, New York. Sld. Marquis of Abercorn, Hegarty, New Orleans. OFF CORK, JAN. 7.—Pakedham, Jamaica. STOCKTON, JAN. 9.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. Jarrow, Quebec. Hum, Jnx. 10.—Wind S. to S.S.E.—Arrd. a Bremen Barque, on qu arantine. B EL FAST,JAN.9.--Wind E.—Sid. Caithness-shire, Loggatt, New Orleans ; Yarmouth, Howe, New York. Meow, JAN. 9. —The Culzean Castle, Mulligan, hence to Malta, went on the rocks on the Lady Isle, near here and remains. RAMSAY (I. M.), JAN. 7.—The Providence. Small, from Workington to Ardglass, sprung a leak, and was run on shore yesterday morning is expected to go to pieces. OFF SUNDERLAND, JAN. 9.—Wind S.S.E.—Bathurst, Belize. CLYDE, JAN. 9.—Wind N.—Arrd. Sultan, Main, Batavia ; Unicorn Mowatt, Demerara; Christianna, Quebec; Mira !nick, Boyd, Quebec; Lady Anderson, St. John's, New BrunssA ick ; Columbian packet, Simpson, Mauritius ; Nancy Murdo, Cochrane, Demerara; Packet, Havannah. Sld. Panama, Gillespie, New Orleans; John Wood, Rose, Mauri tius ; Richard Browne, Dunlop, Demerara; Northesk, Allan, Jamaica; Agnes, Gillies, Port Rico. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday being Plough Monday, a Court was held for receiving the presentments of the several ward in quests, and for swearing in the constables. The Foreman of Bishopsgate ward made a present ment in which there was reference to a number of non freemen, who carried on trades to the prejudice of the freemen. He begged to call the attention of the Court to that fact, which in his opinion, was an inroad upon the constitution of the city of London. Several years ago he had paid between 301. and 401 for his freedom, and if parties were allowed to carry on trades in the City without having submitted to that process, the in terest and principal were his property, instead of being converted to the use of the Corporation. The subject of complaint was one of a very serious nature, for it was excessively hard that the man next door to a freeman should derive all the advantages of a citizen without hav ing contributed anything whatever as a counterpoise. The Loan MAYOR said the subject was under the consideration of the Court, and would certainly receive their most attentive consideration. The Foreman of the Inquest of Coleman -street ward, in making a presentment, begged to be informed whether the duty of an inquest-man was a compulsory duty? He made the inquiry, because all the inquest of the ward he represented had to do was to go about begging for the poor, and he thought that office might be transferred to persons who had not their various occupations to at tend to. The Loan MAYOR—It is a compulsory duty certainly. Alderman WILSON said if the foreman would read the charge, he would find that the inquest had a very im portant duty to perform, and that there was nothing at all about begging in it. The Foreman—We are tired of going to the top of stories of houses for nothing, and would rather pay to be excused the performance of a duty which is, after all, a mere nullity. A gentleman has refused to serve on the inquest, what are we to do about him? Alderman WiLsox said that in his ward a gentleman who refused to serve bad been ordered to be prosecuted by the City solicitor, and he soon afterwards came for ward and offered to pay the penalty incurred, and to serve next year. The LORI) MAYOR, having learned the name of the recusant, stated that he should be summoned, and if an adequate explanation was not made, the necessary pro ceedings would he adopted. The Foreman of Cripplegate-Within Ward made a presentment complaining that non 'freemen carried on business in that ward. Alderman CuALLis (the Alderman of the ward) said there were an hundred people keeping shops in that ward who would have voted at the last election, but they were not free. Another Member of the Court said if that was the case there would be no constituents at all. THE COMMON COUNCIL RETURN OF FARRINGDON WITHOUT __ WARD. The Foreman of the Farringdon Without Ward mace presentment, to which was annexed a petition against the return of Messrs. Lyas and Obbard as Common Councilmen for that ward, upon the ground that they were not qualified as resident householders. The peti tion stated that the two persons whose names ought to have been returned were Mr. Harding and Mr. Carpenter, and prayed that Counsel might be heard before the Court upon the subject. Referred to the next Court, and intimation was given that due notice of the day on which the appeal should be heard would be given to the parties interested. _ _ SANATORY REGULATIONS REQUIRED. The Foreman of the precinct, Mary of St. Dunstan's, made a presentment against certain old houses in Fetter lane, belonging to the City of London, which were made depositories of filth to the great shame and injury of the neighbourhood, and other h,,us• si❑ the same vicinity in which the lives of the crowded inhabitants were in constant danger on account of the enormous accumula tion of offensive matter in and about them. It also re lated to dilapidated houses. Sir JAMES DUKE (the Alderman of the ward) said there was abundant medical evidence to show that the densely crowded state of the neighbourhood, and the want of sewage, produced fever to an alarming extent, in close localities, to which the presentment alluded. The dangerous state of other houses, as regarded the building of them, should be also particularly alluded to by the Court of Aldermen. The LORD MAYOR said the Livery ought to apply, in the case of the apprehended fall of any house, to the district surveyor. He should himself take care that the other matters alluded to in the presentment should be attended to. The City Solicitor said, that in consequence of the recent alteration in the law, any person who appre hended danger from a building, could apply to the dis trict surveyor, and at once oblige him to move in the business. Alderman JOHNSON said a vast deal of the filthy nuisance spoken of in the presentment was attributable to the neglect of draining those narrow and closely po pulated places, for great care and pains had been taken to make the most extensive and efficient sewers. He considered that it would be a great point to be informed how the inhabitants could be compelled to make drains from their houses into the common sewers, which had been so largely formed throughout the city. The CITY SOLICITOR said if a nuisance of this kind was occasioned by the misconduct of an individual, that individual was liable to prosecution by the Court. it assumed the public character of a nuisance, the Commis• sioners of Sewers were the authority to which application ought to be made. In the first case, the prosecution was instituted by the City Solicitor, at the expense of the city, under the direction of the Alderman of the ward. The foremen of several other wards made present ments, complaining of the crowds of persons who carried on business, without being freemen. It was understood that the subject would be resumed with all convenient speed in the Corporation. FRENCH PLAYS. ST JAMES'S THEA TRE. Frederic Lemaitre commenced his engagement here last evening, in the character of Don Cesar de Bazan. He was the original Don Cesar, and he is d >cidedly the best. Between Lemaitre and Wallack, the English re presentative of Don Cesar, it is almost impossible to institute a comparison. Wallack makes him a gentle man, in difficulties it is true, but still such a joyous, effervescing, high-spirited gentleman, that although the spectator feels an intense interest in his adventures, he feels no great interest for the Don himself. For in stance, in the scene in the condemned cell, as acted by Wallack, it is impossible to doubt for a moment hut that some means will be found to rescue him from his impending fate ; it is impossible to doubt for a moment but that he himself believes that his shrewd mother-wit will be sufficient to save him. Curiosity as to how he is to he saved is excited in a high degree, because the imbroglio is perfect ; but interest in the fate of the Don is not excited, because it is impos sible in Wallack's version of the part for the spectator ever to bring himself to believe that Don Cesar is in danger. In the Don Cesar of Lemaitre, on the con trary, the most intense interest is excited in the fate of the man. Lemaitre is a reckless dare devil, it is true, but he has no sense of enjoyment, he is thomme blasé— careless, to a certain extent, of life, because he has well nigh exhausted it, but yet there is an under current of deep feeling, although apparently careless of life, he does not wish for death. He would rather live than die, although, when death comes, he is prepared to meet it. Wallack gives the lights of these characters. Lemaitre the shadows. Wallabies picture is a brilliant Turner—Lemaitre's a rich Rembrant. Which is right? The spectator must judge, and the suffrag(a will be nearly equally divided. Wallack makes Don Caesar the hero of high comedy, Lemaitre of high melo drama, and each is perfect in his version. Mdlle. Clarisse, who also made her first appearance for the season, was the Maritana, and she acted the charac ter in the most fascinating style imaginable. It would be an act of injustice to close this notice without men tioning the Lazarille of Mdlle. Vall6. Her Lazarille is the best we have yet seen. She made up and acted the character perfectly. All other Lazarille's have been evidently girls masquerading. Her looks, her actionF, her dress, were those of a boy. Her voice alone be trayed her sex. The House was crowded to excess in every part ; so crowded that it was warm, notwithstand ing the severity of the weather. THE WEATHER ABROAD.-It appears by a letter which a contemporary has published, that even in Genoa, so much resorted to by invalids for winter quarters on account of its Mild ermate, there has been extremely severe frost, and all the adjacent heights, and even the shipping in the harbour, were covered with snow. The orange and lemon trees, and almost all the produce of the gardens, have been destroyed. This intense cold was preceded by a fearful and destructive hurricane, which took place on the 14th ult. REPEAL OF THE MALT TAX.—OR Friday, the Bth instant, at a meeting of the Cheshire Agricultural Protection Society, held at Crewe, it was resolved that in the present state of public affairs, it is inexpedient to promote any movement fair a repeal of the Malt Tax. THE BARNARD-CASTLE MURDERS.—Thanks to the pains -taking vigilance of Mr. Snowden, the gentleman who conducted the prosecution of the parties accused of this revolting case of double murder, the repugnance of the jury to take away the life of a fellow-creature will not be allowed to result in so heinous a crime going wholly unpunished. The verdicts in these cases were . so great a surprise to those intrusted with the prosecution that they determined to make a further investigation, and the result is that evidence further corroborative of the statement of Ann Humphreys, the principal witness. has been obtained, and other facts have come to light which we are not at liberty to disclose at the present time. The magistrates of the division have, however, determined that the case shall undergo a legal investi gation, and, under the requisite authority, Barker mid Raine were, yesterday week, re-apprehended and elm mated to Northallerton House of Correction on a le mand for further examination. We suppose the charge preferred against them will be that of stealing from the person of Yates—for whose murder they have already been acquitted, after much diff:rence of opi nion on the part of the jury w h o tr i e d the case, and, as some of them subsequently declared, solel • be cause of the certain death that awaited the accused in ca ' llSe of conviction. We have already stated our belief ( th Ps a ° t the same amount of evidence adduced' against pri soners on their trial for murder would hve bee t :lld sufficient to warrant a verdict of guilty if the charge had involved a lesser punishment than death ; whereas, shuddering at th e contemplation of being the i tr u m en ts whereby three of th e i r fellow -mortals wouldinstruments precipi tated into et ern i ty unprepared, and with the blood of innocent persons upon their souls, the jury who tried them preferred th e l esser evil of gain throwing upon society men against wh om suc h rec k less and i nhuman atrocities had been a ll ege d . T he truth of that op i n i on yet remains to be p rove d ; b ut we enterta i n no mis givings that in th e d ue course o f events i ts ent i re ac curacy will be shown ; and if it does, to what a start 1. line' array of arguments a ga i ns t ca pi ta l pun i s h ment will it give rise !—Leeds Times. Lynn and Ely Lynn and DeYeham ls Manchester and Leeds 82 Ditto 1% Shares . ... 38 Do. Quarters l2 Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths 6 1% — Do. Extension 42s. 1 % 14 p.... Do. Liverp. and Bury 21 Do. do. Fifths 1 lifanchester,Buxton,and Matlock 425....... 11A1/2 p Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 8 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... 2% — Ditto and Grimsby.— 15 - ..... .. Ditto ditto Ditto ditto . ... Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire Manchest. & Southampt. 2 Midland lOO 128% 128 Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Ditto, New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle end I3erwick 20 Newcastle and Carlisle...loo Ditto New Ditto Quarter Shares 6 4... ••• .. ....... .., Newmrket &Chesterfrel 5 Do. Extension 2l 12s. — Newport & Abergavenny 2% Newry and Enniskillen 7 .•. Newry, Warrenpoinb, and Rostreror lO "4Torfolk Ditto Half Shares .. 9 - Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 Northern Counties Union 2% 1 % 34 North British ... .... ... 25 Do. Half Shares ll ..... 15 _ „.., Do. Quarters ...... .. 1 1 ,4 3'/ % ..... ...., Do. Extension Ditto Thirds 1 ... 33/ , Northern and Eastern... 50 Do. Quarter Shares... 1212 — Do. New North Staffordshire a ..... 9 North Wales - • Northern and Southern 17 5 / , 8 114 1 4 P 1,{•• 1 1 /':2 p • ... 2 ~..• 128 38 61)4 3C4 ,• ... ... 1 3 4 .. 36 15) 1 1 , 2 ,•• vii 43 9 Connecting North Western 2l 3 14% ...... .... Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.. Portsmouth Direct ...... 3% 4% Preston and Wyre 25 Do. I% Shares Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 12s. Roystcu and Hitchen ... 1% — Scottish Central Scottish Midland ... . Sheffield, Rotherham, 121 / 2 --- . ' and Goole Shrewsbury- and Birm... 3 .... . 5 1 / 4 Ditto ditto, Class B. 1% 2 IA . Shropshire Union South Devon 4O South StaffordslireJunc. 11.135. 4d 1 1 ,4 p South I,antern & Dover. 33 1 4 4O Do., No. 1 Do., Nc '2. Do., No 3 1)o., No. 4 South W a l es .. 5 mouth Yorkshire, Don- _. . ••• •••••• 3A .•• 4% .. 6 1!^8 . 1 4 dis , . 1 1 / 5 p 237 A ..... •••• •• •• •••• 17 caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca- meron's Sun - . Coal. ... 2 ...... •. Taw Vale Extension ... 3 Trent Valley, Midland, & _ Grand Junction 4°s — Vale of Neath ... .. 2 Wakefield, Pontefract. & Goole ..... 321/2 R aterford and Kilkenny 11 . — .. Waterford and Limerick 27 1 , — Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, bb aterford, and Valentia West Riding Union ...... 42a. West Cornwall ...... 2 ... .. Windsor, Staines, and. South Western ..... ... 425. Wilts, Somerset.& Wey mouth York and Newcastle. ... 25 .. Ditto New Do. Preference York and North Midland 50 - ••• , Ditto 1 ,4 Shares-- ... 23 Do. Selby .. . Dn. Extension 2O Ditto, Preference Do. East and Westßici log Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS Anglo-Belgian ... 4 Barbadoes 1 Belgian Eastern Junetn. 2% Boulogne and Amiens... 18 15% Bordeaux,Toulouse. and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 ..... Do. (Espelete's) ..... 2 . Calcutta and Diamond Harbour ....... ....... 7s. Central of Fret i ce (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 10 Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon Demerara Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and o• .. 31/s ~ 2% - - 31/i .. - • 2 1 / 1 p 103 / 4 38 LA • 12 1 4 7;y, ~ 331/8 • 1N _ Madras Dutch Rhenish 7 — East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great We,tern Canada... 3 !-,i ... Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... Jamaica S.slid.Juuction 1 Louvain a!a Sambre ..: 6 ... Luxembourg...... ..... .. 6 Lyons and Avignon 2 Nradras ...... 1 •• Malr as. Nel lore, and Arcot v s — ....... Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Mauritius Naniar and Liege Northern of France 5 ..... 10 t A il,i North Jamaica... ...... ... 1 ..... Orleans and Borde aux . .. .. 6 •••••• 8 .. Over Yssel Paris and Lyons ... .... 8 ••• .. Paris and ( )deans 2O .. ... Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg 5 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... 43 8 WA........ Strasbourg and Bale ... 14 15 3 , 4 2% 10 1 % 5% Fours and - Nantes Con stituted ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan- den, and flasseit. 8 ...... Trinidad Wpet Flanders .. 6 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North A mer i can 50 National of Ireland 9, 1 /2 — Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of London... lO London & Westminster. 20 Commercial of London 20 Colonial London Joint Stock lO • • National Prov. England. 35 Union of Australia MINES Real del Monte Unregd. 44% THE CITY OF LONDON LIFE MSURANCE SOCIE PY. The proprietors held their first annual meeting on Wednesday last, at the London Tavern, in Bishopsgate street. The meeting was very fully attended, and the Rev. CHARLTON LANE, M.A., having been called to the chair, stated at leng . h the various steps taken by the board to place the affairs of the society in a position to merit the flattering encouragement and gratifying sup port it had received from its friends an , ' the public. The directors had already granted 187 policies, the annual premiums on which amounted to 2,300/., and the board had declined 24 proposals, for an aggregate sum of 16.050/.; thus the total number of proposals to the hoard within the Last year was 211. _ _ _ A vote of thanks to the directors for their highly satisfactory and efficient management was then unani mously passed, the mover remarking that he had been at some pains to ascertain the experience of twenty-five of the leading old life offices, and he could assure the meet. ing that the City office had effected its full average share of business in its first year. Colonel ROWLAND, R.A., returned thanks for him self and his colleague 3 in the directory. Dr BENNETT, the Physician of St. Thomas's Hos pital and of the society, in acknowledging the vote of thanks to the medical officers, which followed, offered some very pertinent remarks on the constitution and prosprcts of the Society, and observed that no death had yet taken pLee among the assured. Mr. J. M. RAINBOW, the society's Consulting Actuary, congratulated the society on the gratifying and encou raging state of their affairs. He could speak with some little authority in these matters from au active experi ence of twenty-five years in the working of life offie( s. Mr. G. FARRANCE responded to a vote of thanks to himself awl brother auditors. Enc)uraging as the number of policies issued the first year was, he consi dered it only as an instalment of what may be effected during the current year, when the society's 220 local agencies, recently established, would come into operation. He would impress upon all interested in the society the value and importance of their personal exertions. A cordial and unanimous vote of thanks was , hen passed to Mr. Leeks, the Secretary, for his exertions as the originator and the zealous and indefatigable promoter of the interests of the B,,ci e ty, G. DownEswELL, Esq., barrister, then addressed the meeting at seine length and with much effect, dwelling strongly on the special advantages and conveniences of the accumulative assurance system, introduced by this society. It was then resolved that a dividend of four per cent. on the subscribed capital should be paid, leaving the question of increased interest to another year. The retiring directors and auditors were then unani mously re-elected, and other routine business having been gone through, concluding with a cordial vote of thanks to the Rev. Chairman for his gratifying conduct in the chair, the meeting separated. 94% 54 23 5 / 8 38 111% 253(i 174 35 3 / 4 .40 12% 6 % p 1 p 81 121,i 34 p 30 3 1 / 8 251 A 2 7 4 22% 7 % P l A P 8% 8 14 3 3 I/a - 151/2 - 131,-i 19% 20 3,4 4 1, { 169 5 1 4 4% 58 47% 197 23 t 4 14% 1 , 35 , -is 64 3, 4 49 ..... 51/2' ~~"a . •',1,, '''-' , t \.'' .., N i :•;::-:,; i , • , r: A PLEA FOR TITE SUFFERING HIGHLANDERS. BY MRS. CHARLES TINSLEY. Forget them not, the sufferers By glen and mountain side, The thousands that now pine in want, Where crowds in want have died ; They send no loud complsinings forth— They work no deed of wrong, Nor tax a nation with the woes In silence borne so long. They pour not forth, as did their sires_. In headlong foray bands, Leaving the track of lawless war On cattle-pilfered lands ; They keep within their fastnesses, — We scarce have heard the cry That tells us how they daily live, Acd how they daily die. Think of those homes that Ho apart, Some on the wide bleak moor, Some bedded in the mountain clefts, Where snow wreaths hide each door; The hearths within are dark and cold, The meal-tubs empty lie; And children there, to anguished hearts, In vain for succour cry. Their wants are simple, frugal, few, No luxuries they crave ; They waste not time or substance, yet They have no means to save; And stern inched is that distress That pileth up the way Whence men are wont, for daily bread, To look from day to day. Those unfrequented solitudes No chance relief afford; The scattered dwellers there are wont To lean upon the Lord: Pastor and flock alike are bowed Beneath one common For in those regions lone, remote, All men are brothers still. They suffer not the less because They send few wailings forth; Alas! life's ills fall heaviest On hearts of quiet worth! O ye that for imagined woes Can boast the power to feel, Turn to these living wastes of earth, Where there are woes to heal! And ye that in the summer sheen Have wandered with delight, Amid those old, song-haunted hills, Now crowned with sorrow's night,— Remember how, by Highland hearths, Ye still found welcome true; And let the hearts that hailed ye then Find meet return from you. So when ye seek those scenes again, In brighter days to come, A right good welcome ye shall find In every Ilighland.horne! And may be then yell hear some tale Shall make your hearts rejoice, Not baying coldly turned away From sorrow's earnest voice! IRISH SEA COAST FISHERIES. (From the Dublin Evening Post.) FOOD—E MPLOYMENT. We are glad to find that practical measures have been taken by the Board of Works to render the fisheries immediately, and we trust permanently, available as a source of food and employment in this season of un exampled distress. It is quite notorieus that although there is abundance of the best kinds of fish on our coasts, the market supplies are miserably deficient ; and it is equally beyond doubt, that this deficiency is mainly attributable to the want of a steady demand and a re munerating price, near the site of the fisheries, for the produce of the fisherman's labour. Create this steady demand— render the fisherman secure of a market—and you will increase to a vast amount the stock of food, at the same time that you will employ the fisherman in the way most natural and best understood by him. Fully aware of this, the Board of Works have established three stations on the western coast—one at Roundstone, county of Galway ; a second at Belmullet, county of Mayo ; and the third at Killybegs, county of Donegal. The agents there (as far as the means at their disposal will admit) to keep up a constant and equable demand by purchasing, at a moderate, but, at the same time, a remunerating price, the produce of each day's labour, without interfering with private traffic. All the fish not required for consumption in a fresh state will be cured on the best principles, and in such a ay as to re rider it edible with bread or cakes made of Indian or other meal. But the good. to he extensively ffective, must not stop here. The course undertaken 1.37 the Board is not t er manent, but an eirperiment to meet an emergency—it is necessarily confined in its operations, and entered upon with a view that p r i va t e i n di v id ua l s , having been taught the advantages of such a system in a commercial way, may be induced to purchase and cure an ample supply of fish in the more remote districts. We hare before us a pamphlet published by the Board of Works on the subject of fish curing, from which we beg to lay before our readers the following extracts:— " The Board of Public Works, as Commissioners of Fisheries in Ireland, having received from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Bart., the annexed papers, have directed them to be printed and distributed amongst the fishermen, and other persons interested, with a view to promote the establishment of a system of curing, as the most certain - basis for the permanent improvement and extension of the sea fisheries. " Whilst'the Irish coast abounds with fish, it is a well known fact, that a very great portion of the salt or cured fish consumed in Ireland is imported from Scotland, where a spirit of trade and enterprise has generally led to an extensive, distinct, and profitable investment of capital, skill, and labour in the curing of fish. " The formation of curing establishments, where judi ciously managed, affords a steady daily market for the fruits of the fisherman's labour, and affords extensive employment in the various trades connected therewith. " In the present season of distress and privation arising from the failure of the potato crop, it appears to be essentially necessary to call attention to dee teat supply of food of nutritious quality that surrounds the island, and which a moderate degree of local energy, foresight, and enterprise might readily make available in aid of the pressing wants of the country ; whilst the result of pro perly directed exertions would be the permanent ime provement of the fisheries, and profitable employment to a large portion of the coast population. " During this season large quantities of fish taken on the coast have been lost or sold at a nominal price for manure, for the want of local energy to provide suitable means of curing, or even a sufficient supply of salt ; and this has taken place in portions of the country where it has since been reported that men have died of starvation. "The curing of fish is a trade that may advantageously be pursued on a large scale, with a considerable invest ment of capital, or which may be profitably followed in the cabin of the fisherman's family, when properly in structed. " The preparation, washing,salting, drying, or smoking of the fish, with its subsequent transmission to market, and its sale, would afford profitable employment to great numbers of women and children, as well as men, whilst the offal will sell well as a useful manure, and valuable oils in addition may be extracted from the fish. " The establishment of curing stations, especially for round fish, which may be had almost without intermis sion throughout the year, producing a steady daily mar ket for the fishermen, will lead to increased exertion on their part ; and the certain success attendant on perse verance., and increased industry, notwithstanding loug established habits, will enable them to procure improved tackle, end to adopt improved modes of fishing. The fisherman when encouraged by a fair steady price, will proceed to sea to look for and follow the fish, rather than wait, as is too frequently the ease at present, forth" fish to come to them. "Where a wholesome and even delicate article of foo4 for home consumption, and for keeping during a p e ned! of two to four weeks can be prepared by an ho ur '4 immersion in pickle, and a few hours' jog with even turf fuel, s d e ry l i o n s g s o an r n am uid ok iy - fi ! the sustainedtotal neglectby the peopleany be calculated. iaiist systemhaen y i o m f t parts u e r n i n o g f c r e a l n a n d scarcely a smallo outlay amply ywould effect mu c h remunerative.' whilst there can be little doubt, that if the trade be entered good, l n and, any jcuadsieelo even managed, b upon in an enlarged spirit of enterprise end skill, and with; sufficient capital, the Irish merchant might soon need no,, other " official brand" than his own name, to render hie cured fish acceptable at the highert price in the English, or other markets of the world. " It is hoped that the many useful observations in the annexed p . epers, m a y b e carefully considered and acted upon, as tar as practicable, at least by the fisherme4 thernselvas, to whom the Commissioners present the work with the best wishes for their instruction and; improvement." This invaluable little book, presented to the fisher men, contains the instructions prepared by Mr. Ffennelli one of the Board's Inpeciors ~f Fisheries, who had visited the curing establishments in Scotland, and made himsel4 thoroughly acquainted with the several modes of curia;,, adopted there, more especially those practised by the fishermen in their own dwellings. The Commissioners of the Beard of Works, weights'. down as they are by the ovcr‘vbtluiing labeurs of the' office, yet have contrived to carry out this project te, the permanent amelioration of the condition of the isi• mense popul4Con who stir atm teemed our coasts. It• • thus that the C:mulis,'.oners, carr3ing ow the views(' a government devoted heart and soul to the welfare (4 the Irish people, have been working practically and e , festively, whilst they have teen daily end hourly assailt4 by shallow and factious scribblers, who, whilst helpless • ignorant about the really perilous condition of tl' - country, do all that lies in their small way to aggrava all the evis affecting the landed proprietor as well as ti peasant. We hear with much regret that Mrs. Marshall, 1- venerable widow of the late John Marshall, Esq., extremely ill at her seat, liallsteads, Cumberland.—Lt( Mercury. t ' r