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V. Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Map, &c., 313.6 d. bound, NARRATIVE OF A. JOURNEY ROUND the WORLD, PRINCIPALLY OVERLAND. By Sir GEORGE SIMPSON. C,,vssaor-in-Chief of the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories in North America. lit airy Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Vow Deafly, 'Vols. 111. and IV., Completing the Work, of TIM HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF NAPOLEON, AT ST. lIELENI. ay GENERAL COUNT MONTROLON. .4 Theo odlurnes conclude this very interesting work. The most valuable portion, although not, perhaps, the most interesting, is that In which the Count records the opinions of Napoleon upon events in which he had himselt been a prominent actor. These records are most valuable, as elucidations 01 the conduct of the Emperor in posi tions let which history has either misconstrued him, or been at fault so assignithe true motives of his actions."—% eekly Chronicle. Henry Caburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3farlberough-street. ow ready, with Illustrations by Leech and George Cruikshank, mad two Portraits of the Author, price 10s. 6d. bound, THE NZW AND CONCLUDING VOLUME OF THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS; Or. MIRTH and MARVELS. And other POEMS. With a MEMOIR of the AUTHOR. EDITED by his SON. Wew Editions of the First and Second Series are now ready. " Of the school to which he belonged Ingoldsby may well be called Poet Laureate. It is long since the town has been presented with so PaeY a body of anecdotes as are to be found in his life."—Athenaeum. " Alive with epigram, and anecdote, and fun, and merriment in all Its whhnsical varieties. We must confess we have found the work prodigiously diverting."—English Review. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Third appearance of Mdlle. JENNY LIND In this country. THIS EVENING. Saturday, May B th , will be performed Meyer to•erl Opera, ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Allis, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Isabella, Made. Castellan ; Roberto, Signor ' , resent' Rambaldo, Signor Gardoni ; Sacerdote, Signor ISouche ; and Bertram, Herr staudigl. In the Second Act as Incidental Divertissement, in which Mdlle. 'Rosati will appear. To conclude with a Divertissement, 'UNE SOIREE DU CARNIVAL. Ix whlsh will be introduced a Grand Pas by Mdlle. Gratin, supported by Mdliee. Casson, James, and Honore ; and " La Manola," by Mdlle. Cerito and St. Leon. Pas de he Rosiere, by Mdlle. Marie Taglioni. The Tree List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. The doors open IS Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'eloek. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectflilly in armed, that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY aext, May 13, when will be performed Bellini's Opera, entitled LA SONNAMBULA, Amino, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Lisa, Madame golari . ; Count Rodolpb, Signor F. Lablache ; and Elvino, Signor Gardoni. With various h ntertalunsents in the BALLET DEPARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. M. Taglioni, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, Mdllee. Honore, Cassan, Julien, La mourenz, and Wile. L. Grakn. M. Perrot, M. P. Taglioni, and M. St. Leon. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. on THURSDAY next, May 13, an EXTRA NIGHT, on which deeasion the combined strength of the Company will perform. The OPERATIC PERFORMANCES will embrace the talents of Madame Gr,Bl, Madame Persian', Signora Alboni, Signor Mario, Signor Salvi, Signor Rovere, Signor Marini, and Signor Tamburini. The BALLET will be supported by Wile. Fanny Elisler, Mdlle. Dumilatre, Mdlle. Baderna, Mdlle. Demelisse, Mdlle. Auriol, Ma dime Delchaus, M. Petipa, M. Croce, M. O'Bryan, M. Delferier, &c. The Doors will open at Half-past Seven o'clock, and the Opera will commence at Eight. Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes to be obtained at the Box-office, Bow street ; and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. 13. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be perfbrmed Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE, Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance, Mrs. Nisbett. After which the Grand Astronomica l Extravaganza, called THE FEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. To conclude with a Faree, by J. R. Planche, Esq., called SPRING GARDENS. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVENING Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford ; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, 3iadame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which the sew Opera Buffa Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullentord, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Mr. Frampton. Mr. Worrell; Sam Hobbs, Mr. Lambert; Dick Dumpy, Mr. Munyard; Miss Leslie, Miss Harding; Nancy Scraggs, Mrs. Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, solo Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Wynn, and Compton ; Miss Winstanley, ikilem. Stirling, Mrs. H. Hughes, Miss S. Flower, Miss Anne Romer, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. After which, the Comic Opera, called THE BARCAROLE. In which Messrs. Walton, Bodda, Leffler, Allen, Miss E. Harmer and Miss Anne Romer will appear. To conclude with the Farce, entitled A WIFE FOR AN HOUR. Principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Granby, Vining, Cowell, Co►npton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING b• Performed the new Drama, called THE CREOLE ; (sr, 'm y ''' . Fetters. Damn-on, Mr. F. Mathews; Alphonse, Mr. Murray, Hyacinthe, Miss Dickinson; Bokes, Mr. Keeley; Latour, Mr. Emery; Virginia, Miss M. Keeley; Louise, Miss May; Bellona, Mrs. Keeley._ ,ott. er which, the entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JrNNY LIND AT LAST ; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. IClnloch, Mr. Bellingham, Mr. Bender, Mr. Yarnold, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravanza, called THE WOOD DEMON; or, One o'Clock, In which Messrs. Keeley. A. Wigan, F. Matthew:, Bellingham, Kinloch, xis, Daly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. Silver, Miss Dickinson, FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. MONDAY EVENING Will be performed the amusing Comedic, entlled L'ENFANT TROUT-E. Delbar, M. Regnier ; Casteivine, M. Cartigny ; Hen rlette, Mdlle. Vallee ; Marianne, Mdlle. Rhin. To conclude with the popular Comedic of LES DEMOISELLES tr,s• a r c , VR_ DaboUlpir. ➢I. Reinter; Charlotte de Merian, 33, Bond-sttect ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, wuicn is open daily front Eleven till Five. I.:THIOPIAI.UERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated t•'PIIIOI'IAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre, THIS EVEXING (Saturday), and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Doors open at Eight o'clock. They will also give aDAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, May 12, com mencing at Halt-past Two o'clock. Boxes and Stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond•street ; and at the Box-office. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager Mr. William Batty. Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. . _ _ THIS EVENING Will be performed Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE Olir ABYDOS ; or, The Corsair. Unequalled SCENES in the CIRCLE, with the performances of Messrs. Jameson, Stevens, Thorn, and Hemmings; also Mr. Betts. 'With his trained Steeds, Firefly and Harebell. To conclude with ZA.RAH ; or, The Gipsy Tribe of Bohemia. Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ' • Upper Boxes, 33 ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d. Commence every evening at Seven o'clock, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Managementof Mrs. FrancesDavldge, Lessee. lngagement of the original and celebrated Tableau Vivants and Posts Plastique Male and Female Artistes, for six nights only ; and last six nights of the Female 6erenaders. THIS EVEN ING WI:1 he performed a Nautical Drama, called AMY, TILE SKI rrEn's DAUGHTER; or, The Lilly of Devon. Supported by the whole strength of the Company. After which THE BUFFALO GALS; or, Female Ethiopian Sere naders. To be followed by the HALL OF ROME, by the celebrated Tableau Vivants and Poses Plastique. To conclude with TILE CASTLE SPECTRE. Boxes, 35., Plt,, It.; Gallery, €l - 1;oors --- ;Pen at Six, commence at llalf•past ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Win be performed a new Romance, entitled THE QUEEN OF POLAND; or, The hunters of Moldavia. Characters by , Messrs. Hicks, Dale, Searle, Bird, Howard, Raymond, Gardner ; Miss Vin cent. Mrs. Risks, Mrs. G.Lee, Miss Burroughcliffe, &c. . . Aft r which the Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. nicks; Ghost, Mr. Osbe.ldiston. To conclude with JANNET.TE TER BEEK ; or, The Dutchman's Daughter. Boxes, Is. ; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. WEATHEIL—SUN OPTICS, MAY 1. TazrtmomiTErt, Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 60 ; Noon, 57, BAROMETER, 29.44.—W1ND S.; showery. III•HH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 9 minutes after 7. Evening .. 42 minntxs rtte , 7. 4 A : 41{-lt ii+,ll ''''',-. .4. ;r.?:4 ;4 I " .. ;IIC . A WI''' 44 .1:. \ :?'"Si " .4,0" .- • , 004 ., .• . , ... .„...Q.... 0 „.... 0,.....,-,,i, -.- .. ,„... : ~..7:„:,....,.. . : . f . r , ~,,, - • 4.. lit s ' ••• ._. ~, fe- •µ 0 i" , ;,.." , .44 , 1. tit a 4 i , ; ~: ' ll 41,). .'• '• - , .. • ' ...= Oilfield:llg •51tit 2.ONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1847. CABINET COUNCIL. Summonses were issued yesterday from the Foreign - office, Downing-street, to all the Ministers, to attend a Cabinet Council this afternoon, at the Foreign office. Three o'clock was the hour of meeting, and the whole of the Ministers were expected to attend. No statement yet made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer is at all comparable in explicitness with the one uttered last night, in reference to the existing financial em b arrassments. There is no mistaking the meaning of Sir CHARLES WOOD, and we thank the Right lion. Baronet fur the plainness with which he has spoken out upon a matter of such enormous importance. We thank the Chancellor of the Ex chequer for the nakedness of his proposition, though that very nakedness of m anner only impresses' us the more with a sense of its deformity. It\the Chancellor of the Exchequer confides in the rest ora ti on of con fidence to the Money-market simpl y because more gold and silver bullion to the amount of 400,000 i. has been deposited in the coffers of the Bank of England since Saturday last, he will find himself deplorably deceived. And he will find him self deceived because even under those auspicious cir eurnstances the dark phantom of the Bank Restric tion Aet will be still looming over our insular com merce. Until the scarcity of provisions had driven us to the grtanaries of America for assistance, and the corn-dealers of the United States had driven us, through the excess of our necessities, to the payment of that imporPd grain in specie, the evil necessarily resulting from the measure of 1844 was unperceived: sad eonsequently undreaded by the majority of the c N "*"--‹ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1847.' trading population; for the: majority of our traders judge not of the merits of a financial problem by an ticipative calculations ; they only become aware of the miseries consequent upon a specious enactment like that of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S when they have actu ally experienced its malign operation. When the in terests of the community are paralysed by the influence of an erroneous law, or when, as they are at this moment, the whole mercantile transactions of the kingdom are thrown into confusion by the effects of a fallacious principle—then, but certainly not till then, do the majority recognise the injurious cha racter of a scheme so illusory as the one concocted by the financial experimentalists of the late Adminis tration. Well, we have suffered grievously from the enact ment of 1844 —we are at this very moment suffering from the enactment of 1844. The bubble has ex ploded ; the vision—the beautiful vision of the Peelites has " melted into thin air." The confidence of the public is utterly destroyed. The flaw is de tected. Some sweeping measure of reformation is, therefore, absolutely necessary, in order to re store to the commercial interests of this great com mercial country that salutary consciousness of safety which has been filched from them for the sake of mak ing a gigantic experiment. It has become notorious that the market will be always endangered, even in times of indisputable monetary security, by the arti ficial panics produced by the Bill of 1844. The banking world is thoroughly convinced of this ; every individual who is engaged in barter to the ex tent of twenty pounds sterling is aware of it; the fact is blazoned forth in the public funds, in the private banks, in the railway offices, in the canal offices—everywhere, in short, where credit is essential, and ultimate payment is essential, and moderate dis count is essential. The thing is beyond all dispute. There is no blinking it; and matters cannot be re stored to their original position of confidence and se curity until the bugbear that has caused, and is still causing, these involvements has been manfully as sailed and utterly destroyed. But the Chancellor of the Exchequer announces that no movement of the kind is intended by the Go vernment. A change in the currency law is not enu merated among the intentions of the Administration. But, in lieu thereof, Sir CHARLES WOOD moves that on Monday the House of Commons shall resolve itself into Committee for the purpose of considering and au thorising an allowance, by w ayof discount, on the prompt payment of instalments upon the recent loan, and the motion is formally agreed to sub silentio. To explain this matter in the simplest language possible, the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposes to allow the Money-market generally to "right itself" in the best way it can, and by an exquisitely selfish ar• rangement make his own department safe amidst all existing dangers, and independent of any possible panic. Sir CHARLES WOOD prefaced his statement upon this point by observing that on the 18th instant of the present month, the Government would give the customary notice for the exchange of Exchequer-bills, but that a necessity being felt for the advancement of the rate of their interest, it would then be determined that Exchequer-bills shall, from the day of exchange, bear interest at the rate of 3d. per diem. Having explained thus much of the ulterior intentions of the Government, the Chancellor of the Exchequer entered into the details of his mar vellously selfish project. The exact character of this proposition cannot be given more briefly, or more explicitly, than in his own language, when he re marked that— " The day for payment of the instalments was either the 18th or 19th of June (he forgot which), and the plan pro posed was, that any person who paid up previous to the 18th or 19th of June—whichever it might be—any portion of the instalments due subsequent to the day of payment, should receive an allowance by way of discount. If a person, for instance, paid in May the June instalment, he would receive a discount of one month. If in May he paid the July instal ment, he would receive two months' discount; if the August instalment, he would receive three months' discount, and so on in proportion." In other words, the nation will here, as in multitudes of other instances, have to " pay the piper" for the blundering legislation of a mistaken statesman. The discounts received by the persons making these early instalments will, of course, come out of the public pocket, and they are rendered necessary by the present difficulty of obtaining discount, and the difficulty of obtaining discount springs solely and exclusively from the evil operation of the Bank Restriction Act. Can any- L 41, ;Tv e —earag y n i egmtr a ktB enforce our argu ment ? 11111tC s. j, arta& obligations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for his very fortunate explicitness. The opposition that has been offered to the progress of the Irish Poor-law Bill in the House of Lords may ultimately be productive of benefit. The public will be made fully aware of the impossibility of conciliat ing the Irish landlords, of inducing them for once to give up their own selfish views, and to legislate for the general good apart from personal and party con siderations. Much has already been done for them. Assistance has been afforded with no stinted or nig gard hand ; they have been loaded with benefits in order to induce them to co-operate with the Govern ment in rendering an act of justice to their poorer countrymen, and which must eventually tend to their own great and permanent advantage. They have hitherto been treated like wayward and petulant children, who must be coaxed and bribed to take the salutary medicine which their unhealthy condition so urgently demands; and, like those children, they re ceive the offered sugar-plums, but reject the wholesome accompaniment. The malcontents may derive an instructive lesson from the ordinary termi nation of contests such as we have described. The offered rewards are withheld when it is found that they will not induce a patient acceptance of the necessary remedies, while the latter, rendered tenfold more nauseous and disagreeable by the very resis tance, is forced on the unwilling recipients. We trust that the moral will not be lost on those children of a larger growth, but that, while there is still time for repentance, they may retrace their steps, and, with a good grace, yield to that which the unanimous voice of the people so urgently demands, and which it is manifest to any unprejudiced observer is inevitable. No struggles on their part can get rid of the measure. They may retard, but they cannot avert it. Its ulti mate success is certain, and, if it is kept back for the present session, it may probably on its re-appearance asume a still more formidable shape, and come up to their Lordships, without those clauses that have been inserted in the vain hope of the landlords being thereby propitiated, their hostility appeased, and their acquiescence obtained. The real nature and object of the amendment which was carried on Thursday evening, and the inextricable scene of confusion in which the House was thereby involved, were well exposed by Earl GREY. He stated " that the truth was that the Noble Lord wished to give a damaging blow to the Bill on the very first day of the discussion, and would not wait until the proper time for introducing the amendment, and his Noble Friend had availed himself of the first opportunity, trusting that many of their Lordships, not being so expert in Parliamentary tactics, would not clearly perceive that the object was to damage and preju dice the Bill." Lord CAMPBELL said, " that although a lawyer of some experience, he certainly was at a loss to know what was the legal interpretation of the words which had been introduced into the Bill by the amendment." 'We find, in fact, that the effect of the alteration is something different from what its sup porters intended, and that it limits the duration of the entire Bill to the Ist of August, 1848. In that time, the clause preTenting any relief being afforded to any man holding more than a quarter of an acre of land, will have enabled the landlords to clear their estates of every cottier tenant. They will have sufficient powers to seize everything the unfor tunate man may possess, to withhold employment, and thus compel him to have recourse to assistance, without which he cannot live ; and thus a cheap and n t easy o ow in d ki. n u c o e dw eu sufficient of f o eject men t w ill b e ava il a bl e . W e y iyield of an the easy e lrish red e la n n c d e l t o o rd te s h as op a ini bo o d n y , that everything sanctioned by force who have the law will, i n t oo many instance s , be put i n to for w e t a hr eob tained r e d their , and darling object, th e c l earance of their eviction of the starving wretchesw a shelter, but who may not b e sta th te e s most de sirable or profitable occupants. The only inducement that could operate to prevent parties from being guilty of this inhumanity has been taken away by the success of Lord StArmzes amendment last night for the rejection of the 11th clause, which provided that whenever the ex penses chargeable to an electoral division exceed fif teen-pence in the pound, the surplus is to be charged to the union at large. So long as this remained a por tion of the statute the landlords could not obtain the full benefits of the clearance system; accordingly it has been expunged, and there is now nothing to restrain them from carrying their wishes into full execution. In the meantime it is gratifying to perceive that the Ministry have nailed their colours to the mast, and that they will not yield to the attempts to " deaden " the effect of the Bill. They will have it in its integrity, or not at all. They will insist on the Bill, the whole Bill, and no thing but the Bill.. The postponement of the Railways Bill for Ireland, by which 620,000/. was about to be granted as a loan to certain railways in that country, until Friday is peculiarly significant, and the observations of the Premier on the Punish ment of Vagrant's Bill, prove that the Cabinet will be firm. There is no question on •which they can have the sympathies of the country more strongly excited in their behalf. It requires no prophet to say, in case there should unfortunately be a collision between the Houses, which must give way. If an appeal to the country should be rendered necessary, that appeal will be promptly and efficiently responded to. If an overwhelming majority at present exists amongst the representatives of the people, that majority will be materially strengthened and augmented in the new House of Commons. We trust, however, their Lordships may not be so blind to the real interests of the country as to persevere with wilful obstinacy in their opposition, but that they will rather imitate the conduct of one of their number (Lord SHREWSBURY), who honestly avowed that his vote on Thursday was given in error, and expressed his belief " that it would be highly advantageous that the measure should return to their Lordships as speedily as pos sible for reconsideration." We give in another column a letter addressed by Mr. RIGBT WAson to the Chancellor of the Exche quer, with reference to the withdrawal of the measure for the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland. A com parison is drawn between the merits of the plan of the writer and of that which the Government has ultimately considered, under all surrounding circum stances, as the best to be adopted. Upon the abstract merits of Mr. RIGBY WAson's scheme we have al ways expressed a strong opinion in their favour; and it is observable that the Government have intimated their concurrence in the same. The announcement that it would not be persevered in during the present session was not unaccompanied by the acknowledg ment that the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland would continue to be regarded by the Admi nistration as a most important object for legis lation. The Government intimated their regret at having ascertained that the objections to the com pulsory powers contained in their measure were held in such force by many, as to establish the expediency of their being expunged; and yet, divested of these powers, it has been adjudged, and, to our thinking, wisely, that the utility of the Bill would be seriously compromised. Our hope, however, is, that the con tinued deliberations of the Executive will enable them to devise some efficient and unexceptionable machinery, so that early in the next session a measure may be introduced calculated to secure as rapidly as possible the redemption of the millions of Irish acres which, although confessedly of a most fertile character, are now wholly unproductive. Looking, then, to the difficulties which the Government thought would at tend the task of persevering with their Waste Lands Bill, in the mutilated form to which we have adverted, and to the necessity, at this period of the session, of augmenting by legislation the sources for providing both immediate and permanent employment to the peo ple, the diversion of a portion of the loan of 8,000,0001., to the extent of 620,0001. for promoting the comple tion of certain railways, is, perhaps, as wise a recom mendation as they could have submitted to Parlia ment. We have often before remarked that, compre hensively viewed, railways are of themselves repro ductive works. No railway is laid down except where the population and trade at its different termini will induce a given amount of traffic ; and experience shows that lands in the vicinity of a rail way in operation are rapidly brought into cultivation. ir • a., r 'pant rul;ther as money lenders in the market. But, nevertheless, extraordinary exigencies imperatively require, at times, deviations from established rules, and when such a conjuncture of affairs has to be dealt with the point to be regarded is, that the deviation is not wider than the public contingencies seem to warrant. The course adopted is the least objectionable, and, under the circumstances, the most commendable. They fosterpri vate enterprise ; they aid it without superseding it. We think Sir ROBERT PEEL was in error in the excep tions which he took to the recent plan of the Govern ment. We cannot participate in the fears he ex pressed. In 1844 Sir ROBERT himself, on the part of the Government, aided a railway company, consi dering it only just to do so when the company had completed and opened a certain portion of their line, and had thereby created ample security to the Treasury ; and he stated last week, in the House of Commons, that " he should be bound, the circum stances being the same, to adopt a similar course with regard to other railways of a like description; but," he added, " the time and mode of the application would necessarily influence its extent." The mode of the application in reference to the railways selected by the Government for public aid is identical with that which met with the direct sanction of the ex- Premier ; and with regard to its time, humanity and' wisdom alike combine to vindicate its seasonableness. The intelligence received from Madrid, up to the Ist instant, inclusively, is of the meagerest de scription. On the preceding evening a Cabinet Council had I been held, at which General SERRANO was present. In her MAJESTY'S approaching visit to Aranjuez, it is rumoured that the KING-CONSORT will be conveni ently left behind in Madrid. On the very day of the departure of our dispatches from the Spanish capital, General NARYABZ had started on his journey to Paris, attended by four aides-de-camp. As we have elsewhere observed, the projected removal of Queen CHRISTINA from the immediate vicinity of the Tuileries augurs well for the futurity of the Iberians. The principal matters of consideration in the Paris papers of Thursday, which have reached us as usual, are the lengthened discussion of the preceding fore noon in the Chamber of Deputies, and the observa tions on Greece uttered in the House of Commons by Lord PALMERSTON, Lord JOHN MANNERS, and Mr. PETER BORTIIWICK. The harangue delivered from the tribune by M. GuazoT is alternately lauded as a magnificent effort of oratorical skill or derided as a shuffling piece of elocution, according to the political partialities and prejudices of the different organs. By the supporters of the wily Minister it is considered, of course, that M. GUIZOT has given a conclusive au svver to the statements of Lord PALMERSTON. Clever as is the assumed enthusiasm of M. GUIZOT, when speaking of the anxieties experienced by his Adminis tration for the liberal independence of the kingdom of OTIIO, we cannot but coincide in the bitter and sarcastic sentiments with which that enthusiasm is listened to by the Constitutionnel : " Yesterday," says our contemporary, " M. Guizot had his turn, and he came out of the discussion as bruised, as over whelmed, as his colleagues by the demonstration of his errors, his rapacity, and his incapacity. There was merely this difference. M. Guizot, who is a very clever actor in the tri• bune, amuses and interests the assembly by his talent, his attitudes, and the sound of his voice. H. declaims triviali ties with emphasis, imagines grand theories to cover wretched argumentation, and dazzles his auditory. lie regards it as convinced by what he says, commands, instructs, raises his voice and moves his arms with a tragic air. Do not notice his attitudes, shut your eyes to his acting, dive to the bottom of his grand words, compress his inflated phrases, and you will always rind only wretched arguments, miserable acts, puerile excuses, and the most insolent disdain for the good sense or the memory of his auditors," Is there not the profoundest truth in these latter assertions ? Is there not ? Listen to the presump tuous impertinence with which the French Minister for Foreign Affairs endeavours to cajole the Deputies of the people by clap-trap phrases, by tawdry pre tences of disinterestedness, and by a miserable assump tion of pr o bity ! Li s t en t o th e i ns idi ou s ejaculations of M. G uizoT ! " The support which we h ave a ff or d e d Greece," says he, " we will persevere in bestowing ; we will conti nue to give her a political support, we will continue to give her a financial support ; if it bene- ' cessary we will even come again before the Chamber to demand of you, gentlemen, the pecuniary means of ensuring the Hellenic salvation. But," continued the diplomatist, rising in confidence as he pro ceeded, " but I trust that Greece will never experience that necessity ; I trust that, strong in har constitutional rights, strong in her nationality, strong in the good opinion of the vast majority of Europe, which is in accordance with our own, she will save herself—that she will liquidate her debts towards all her creditors—that she will acquit herself of further liability—to-morrow I—at once 1" M. GUIZOT cannot reasonably expect that the bare utterance of such aspirations, when they are no toriously opposed by the Gallic representative at Athens,: will inspire the dubious gentlemen of the Chamber of Deputies with the confidence which has very nearly evaporated. M. BILLAULT has plainly taxed the Government with a profligate expenditure in the furtherance of its nwceitihnoutanyappreciable advantage compensation for that expendi faocrceriuginng p t o o li F cy ra , ture. M. GUJZOT has endeavoured by a prolonged and unquestionably brilliant explanation to justify the conduct of the Cabinet in regard to the recent em barrassments in the Hellenic metropolis, and he has likewise attempted to account satisfactorily for the ejection of French influence from the councils of the Spanish SOVEREIGN. Among those journals which indulge in vitupera tions upon this statesman and his efforts at extenua tion, the National speaks out perhaps the most em phatically. Its language is as follows: " M. Guizot again yesterday played the game which he has found successful during the last seven years. Only, if there be retrenched from his speech the parts relating to Greece and the Bey of Tunis, all the oration is empty, sig nifying nothing. False or hyperbolical in his facts, he was, as he always is, hollow and illogical in his theories. Look, for instance, at what he says of Spain, and then regard the present position of that country. At present Christina is at Paris—lsturitz in disgrace—the French Ambassador absent—at present the most marked reaction has set in and stigmatises every Spaniard suspected of friendship for M. Bresson • they whom his influence had maintained in power are overturned ; they who were placed by him in the palace have been turned out of doors; the King wished to invoke ' the name of France, and at once the Queen ordered him to . be lodged in the apartment formerly occupied by the Duke de blontpensier, finding in that step two advantages—one to place him at a distance from herself, and next to intimate how offensive to her was this appeal to French influence. England, whom the marriages were for a length of time to exclude from all preponderating influence at Madrid, now exercises its power more than ever. She took only three months to drive out Christina, Pidal, Isturitz, and M. Bresson from the positions which they occupied; and sbe is about to hold possession of the Peninsula both by Madrid and by Lisbon. With such things before us, we may ask where are the promised results of the double marriage ? Let us be shown what France has gained ? And yet M. Guizot expresses himself well pleased! Truly, the Chamber must have but little sentiment of its own dignity, when a Minister thus dares to contradict himself after a lapse of only three months, and when it listens to him as he so openly mocks her by his assertions. To be un able to touch any question without lying, and then to come every three months and narrate some new theoretical piece of nonsense—such is the wretched part which this man is condemned to play." Enough, however, in all conscience, of this state juggling and political charlatanerie. A rumour is afloat that Queen CHRISTINA and the royal tobacconist, her spouse, are about to leave Paris for a sojourn in the Italian peninsula. Some fairer prospect arises, therefore, of an abate ment in these perpetual misunderstandings in refer ence to Spanish affairs. No Ministerial changes are now anticipated, ar rangements having been made for the postponement of the modification of the Cabinet until after the close of the present session. The Semaphore of Marseilles says— " The great agitator of Ireland, who embarked on the 29th ult., at Avignon, in the steamer Aigle, for Arles, arrived on the Ist inst. at Marseilles. O'Connell is accompanied by his son, his chaplain, and a physician. According to these gentle men, the health of the illustrious patient is much improved since his arrival at Avignon. His conversation, we have been assured, has become more animated than it had been since his departure from England, a circumstance which leads us to indulge a strong hope of his recovery." Besides his lengthened oration from the tribune, the exertions of M. GUIZOT in the Chamber of De puties were directed to another great pecuniary con sideration : the Foreign Minister, in the absence of his colleague of the Interior, laid on the table a pro ject of law for authorising the city of Paris to con tract a loan of 24,000,000 f. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Thursday at 78f. ; the Five per Cents., 115 f. 80c.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,236 f. 25c.; Rouen, 945 f.; Havre, 666 f. 25c ; Great Northern, 610 f. ' • Avignon, 770 f. ; Vi erzan, 587 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 512 f. 50c. ; Boulogne, 405 f.; Basle, 193 f. 75c. ; Dieppe, 325 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 425 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 415 f.; Paris and Lyons, 432 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 450 f.; Spanish Three per Cents., 354. „.TheS9llosying_are the quotations for other lines:- 440 f. VIENNA, APRIL 29.—North, 163%; Glognitz, 121; Milan, 107 5-16; Leghorn, 87; Pesth, 98; Budweis, 194; Sienna, 69 1 ; Grusetto, 94%. FRANKFORT, MAY 3.—Louis-Bexbach, 98 1 / 8 Frederick- William, 70%; Taunus, 357. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 164—Dutch Rhenish, 4—Lyons and Avignon (Constituted), 2 1 / 2 —Northern of France, 11% —Orleans and Bordeaux, 6 1 / B —Paris and Lyons, 41 — Sambre and Meuse, 71/2. THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND, DUBLIN, MAY 6.—There is no change for the worse in the state of his Excellency; on the contrary, the official reports announce a continued tendency to improvement, although nothing has occurred to warrant any very favourable antici pation as to the ultimate result. The following bulletin was issued this morning:— " His Excellency passed a good night, and the cough which, for some days past, had been troublesome, has abated." The Dublin Evening Post has the following announce• ment : _ _ " THREE O'CLOCK.—The indications of improvement stil continue. His Excellency is better and cheerful." CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) This was the last day of Easter t erm , an d th e L or d Chancellor took appeal motions, none of which possessed any points of interest except to the parties concerned. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) James Fanning was placed at the bar before Mr. llenry, having been remanded upon a charge of stealing a book from a stall in Ilolyn•ell-street. The prisoner was met by a policeman with the book un der his arm, and, as the officer knew him of old, he took him in charge on suspicion. It was afterwards identified by the bookseller. Mr. HaNny having declared his intention of committing him for trial to the Middlesex sessions, The prisoner begged of the magistrate to commit him to the Old Bailey, saying, that as he had been convicted there, and sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, ho would be transported, but not if he wore committed to the Middlesex sessions, where he was not known. He hoped his Worship would give him an opportunity of getting out of the country. Mr. lIICNAY was at first disposed to accede to this re quest, but, after a moment's consideration, he said ke thought the prisoner had another motive for asking to be sent to the Old Baily. The prisoner —I have, Sir. If lam sent to the sessions I'll go " down there" (meaning to the Tothill- fields prison), and they will keep me by myself, and that punishes me so. Mr. lIENRY—That is your own fault. You have brought it upon yourself, and you must put up with it. He begged very hard to be sent to the Old Bailey, and not " down there," but Mr. lIENur thought the ends of justice would be better answered by committing him to the Middlesex sessions. lie might be transported there as well as at the Old Bailey. Committed accordingly. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CiiEsr.—Yesterday evening a meeting was held in the board-room of the institution, Edward Speers, Esq., in the chair. After the disposal of the usual routine business, it was stated that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge would preside at the forthcoming anniversary festival. Among the stewards are the distinguished names of the Duke of Montrose, the Marquis of Aylesbury, Earl Corn. wallis, Earls Eldon and Effingham, Viscount Sidney, Viscount Newport, M.P., and several other noblemen and gentlemen of influence and distinction. THE ENGLISH OPERA House.—The shareholders of this theatre having waited some eight or ten years without getting a farthing of interest, or even obtaining a statement of the accounts, meet on Friday morning in the saloon of the theatre for the purpose of determing on the best means to be adopted for the purpose of recovering the arrears. The mortgage on the property does not exceed 8,0001., and as it has been let for several seasons at a large rental, it does seem rather strange that it should have been unproductive to the proprietors. In the event of satisfactory explanations not being furnished, there is every p ro b a bility that the theatre will be thr own i nto Chancery ELECTIO N MOVEMENTS: The friends of Mr. John Simeon and Mr. Fleming are busily employed canvassing the electors of the Isle of Wight ; but the electors seem quite indifferent about the matter. There are no committees formed, nor is the subject even talked about but by the officials. It is the general opinion that not more than half the electors will poll. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The Electric Tele graph Company have taken offices in the Central Exchange, at Newcastle•upon-Tyne, which will be a great accommo dation to the inhabitants of that town; for, instead of having to send their messages to the railway s t a tion at Gateshead, as at present, they will d e li ver them at the offices, where messengers will be kept for the purpose of takin g them across. It is the inte nt i on of the compan y to extend their wires from the various railway stations to the Exchange, so that when the telegraph is completed on tha t p art of the North-Western line bet ween London an d Rugby, and be tween Newcastle and Edinburgh, Newcastle will be brought into instantaneous communication with all the principal cities and towns of Great Britain, a circumstance which must be of infinite importance to the commercial public, especially of that locality. VIENNA, MAY I.—The Vienna Gazette announces the death of the Archduke Charles—the hero of Wagram— which took place yesterday about four o'clock in the morn ing. The immediate cause of his death was a severe cold, with ilafiAmmatioh of the pleura. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. ! CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. 1 The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,000 bales, at about previous rates. Shares were dull, but with rather less stock pressing on the market. The quantity of cotton so!d during the week is 27,070 bales, and the stock is 530,830 bales against 794,890 bales at this time last year. Prices have delined %d. to %d. per lb. on American sorts. There was no change worthy of note in the Railway share Market yesterday. The following are a few of the principal sales of Railway shares by Messrs. Lamond and Co. : Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire .... £0 7 6 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 10 0 Calcutta and St. George's Point 0 1 6 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1 0 0 North Staffordshire Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston-- 1 9 0 Royston and Hitchin Manchester and Southampton 0 14 0 Northern Counties Union 1 5 0 London and York Extension Newmarket and Chesterford Shropshire Union and Canal 0 5 0 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate. 4 12 6 There has been very little satisfaction expressed at the statement made last night by the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, who seems indeed to have a very curious notion of the best method of alleviating a money pressure. The proof of this is that he intends to offer a bonus to those who pay up quickly upon the new loan, instead of easing the Money-market by making the payment as gradual as possible. The plan of Govern ment might probably be termed a measure for their own relief, and will possibly assist the Bank too, and so far enable the latter to aid the public; but this is merely " robbing Peter to pay Paul," for the public advance their money to the Chancellor, and the Bank lends a portion of it out again. As to the advance of the interest upon the unfunded debt, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had not adopted that course, he would shortly have had them half paid in. There are some more favourable points in the Bank of Eng land return for the week to the Ist inst., and the general result is some reduction of liabilities and increase of assets, without the accommodation afforded to the public having been diminished to any extent. Notes issued now ... £22,506,585 Decrease ... 42,555 Rest, increase 11,924 Public Deposits, decrease ... 335,364 Other ditto, increase ... 186,639 Seven day and other Bills, decrease 31,684 Other Securities, increase ..• 33,049 Notes reserved ... ... 2,741,080 Increase ••• 22,085 Government Securities ... ... 10,727,319 Decrease 390,000 Bullion ... ... 9,337,716 Increase .. 123,826 Active circulation from Notes issued, decrease 64,640 The accounts, one day later from New York, notice a further improvement in the rates of exchange, and on the continental cities there was a steady advance here again yesterday. The 14unds have been heavier to-day, but there has been very little business doing. There is not much probability of the instalments on the loan being paid in advance to any extent, ,or of the holders who do pay, and who must, very likely, be " strong men from that especial circumstance, selling their stock at the present low prices. Consols have been 86% 3 / 4 for transfer, and 87 to 86 3 / 4 for time. Exchequer-bills have been ls. to ss. premium. Bank Stock is worth 189. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 87% The Foreign Bonds have been heavy, but very quiet. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 33 3 / 4 ; Mexican, 20% ; and Brazilian New, 82%; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 57M. Shares have been flat, and the business doing is limited. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock .. .. • • 189 189 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 85% 34 853! Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 86%34 % % 86% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 87343 a % 87 1 4 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 9 1-16 8 15-16 8 15-16 Consols for May 27 .• • • • • .. .. 87 86% 86% Exchequer Bills• t d. 2d. 1,0001... •• .. 13 1p 1p 5001. 1 4p 4p Ditto, Small .... 4 p par 5p 5 p ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. 82 34 82% Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . Ditto, 3 per Cent .. • . 5134 5131 Equador Bonds .. Mexican Bonds. 1846, 5 per Cent .. 20% 2034 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 8234 82% Ditto, 4 Der Cent .. • • .. • . 35 35 Ditto, for the Account .. 3434 3434 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 22% 22 Ditto, for the Account • • • . 22% 223 y Ditto, rassive Bonds .. 4 74 5 5 Ditto, Three per Cent .. 33% 33% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. 38% 38% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 91 91 Dutch Two-and-a-Hall per Cent .. 57 %% 57% BUSINESS PRICES OF CLOSING PAID. DONE AT RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction .. .. • • 2% 13( Birmingham and Oxford Junction 10 .... 17 .• Caledonian 30 .... 23% 24 .• .... 23% Ditto, Half Shares .. 254 1 %• . 1% Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 18% 3a .. •• .. 18% Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. 34 p• • •• .. 34 p Ditto, ditto.. .. .. No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. % p Ditto, York Extension .. .. 634.• .. East Lancashire .. .. • • .. 17 .• •• .• • Ditto New .. 7 . 6 East Lincolnshire .. 634 .... 7% •• • • Great Northern .. .. • . 3% .. 234 .. •• .. 2 34 Do., London & York Extension 234 • • ...... • • 1% Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 30 .... Great North of England . ..100 .... 230 ••• • .. 2313 Ditto, New .. .. • • .. 134 18 _ 18 Great Western .. 85 ....112 .. • • .... . 112 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 1251. .. •• .. 1534 Ditto, Fifths .. 20 .... 25 Ditto, ?few 454 X • • • • .. 7% Hull and Selby .. 50 ....102 Lancaster and Carlisle .. 50 .... 59 • • _ • 0 7s London, Brighton, and S Coast •• 50 .• 51 50% 511 A London an North-Western • • 100 .• ..171 .... •• • • Ditto, Quarters L. and B. 7 .... 21 21 Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 11% %••• • .. 1 1 34 Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 15% .........• 1531 Ditto, 40/. Shares M. &B. • • 40 .. • • 66 .. ••• • • • London and South-Western-41/. 65. 10d.. • 61% • • Ditto, New .. 27% . . . • Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) •• 50 .. • • 51 % . ...... Lynn and Ely .. 25 .... 26% IA Manchester and Leeds .. .. • • 82 •• .. • .. • • - Ditto, Thirds (It eg.).,. .. 71. 45... % p par •• • • paii Ditto 14 (late }Judders. & Sheff.) 28 ...... 28 Manchester and Southampton .. 2 . Midland .. ..100 ....114 ........ • • 113 Ditto, New .. 36 .... 38% .. •••• • • • 38% Ditto, New .. 6 .... 8% 834 Ditto, Consol. Bristol and Bir mingham 6 per cent. .. ..100 . • ...• .. • • 124 Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 20 .. •• .. •• • • 24 34 Ditto, New . . 5 .... 6% Norfolk •• .. 100 • • .•122(..•,...... 122% North British.. .. •• 25 3031 • • 30% Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 .... 5531 5514 North Staffordshire .• • • 5 •• .. 6% % % . • 634 North Western .. .. • • 4 .•• 134 Preston and Wyre .. •• •• 25 .... 34% • • ..... • • 34 % Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. 8 34 .. .. 12 • • •• . • 12 Reading, Guildford. and Reigate 5 .. • • 4% ...... •• .. 4% Royston and Hitchin . • • .. 1% 1% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 331 .... 331. • • .• .. 355 Ditto, Class B .. • • • • • • 3 • • 2 k . • 21 4 South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 33% .. • • 36% .......• • . 36% Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 5 .... 4% • • • 4% S,,uth Wales .. .. 10 .... 76% • • 6% West Riding Union • • • • .. 4/. 25... .. % p par par Windsor, Staines, &S. Western.. 425..... 1 • • 14 p Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth 20 .... 11 .• •• .. • • 1 York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 34% ••.• • . .... 343 5 Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 .... 13% .. • • ...... 14 Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 .... 634 .. • • ...... 6% York and North Midland .. .. 50 • • ........ Ditto. Extension • • .. 25 .... 40% ••.. • • • • 40% Ditto. Preference .. .. .. . • 2 2 .... 10% • • 10% FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Demerara .. . 214 234 .. 2% Northern of France . • .. 8 .... 11% X .. •• . • 11 Rouen and Havre . .. 20 .... .......... 25 Paris and Lyons • . 8 .... 5 .......... 5 West Flanders . 8 •• • • 4 ••••• • • • • • 4= LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G--(THIS DAY.) LoxDON, MAY B.—Wind S.S.E., fresh breeze and clo ud y , With rain at times. MAT 7.—Wind E. to E.S.E., calm.—Sld..Vict_oria, ; A K ri i a ma tus a , ,, S , inf ,in ap ia o;e , Singapore, v L il o li r a d n, W G il i 1 1 1 175 B B o e n n i ay • Warlock, Mauritius; Harriet, Sierra Leone; Susan i i n °D c b ic EatL'r, Calcutta n King,' St. Lucia; Islander, Barbadoes ; Tutor, St. Croix; Vere Jamaica ; Thomas and Robert, River St. Lawrence. PORTSMOUTH MAY 7.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. American Eagle, Chadwick, New York, sld. IGth ult. Off port, Duke of Cornwall, Whitehead, China; Minerva, Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, MAY 7.—Wind S. to S.S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Leo, Rees, Rio Janeiro; MereidituF, Certino, Matanzas; Georgiana, Higgins, Philadelphia; Navigation, Putman, New York ; Exchange, Duskers, ditto. Oil port, Isab e ll a , Demerara; Yorkshire, New York,l sld. 17th ult. John R. Skiddy, ditto; Anne Jane, Kisma, and Sea, Sid. Eliza Moore, Hong-Kong ; Thomas Fielden, Bombay ; Elizabeth, Rio Janeiro; Enterprise, La Guayra ; Escal dims, ditto ; John Currier, Boston ; Sirius, Pictou. The Caspian, from Philadelphia, to this port, was abandoned on the 20th March, in lat. 42, lon. 36, with ten feet water in her hold; crew taken off by the Levant, arrived at Baltimore. The Concordia (British brig) was passed on the 19th March, in lat. 44, lon. 40, getting up jurymasts. The Doy, Lime rick to New York, was on shore on the 17th ult., below Sandy Hook, and was expected to become a wreck. The Tartar, bound to Cork, put back to Boston, with cargo shifted, leaky in upper works, and pumps choaked. The Susquehanna, from hence, arrived at Philadelphia, with damage from stress of weather, The Daniel (supposed to be the David), Liver pool to Norfolk, was spoken on the 2d ult., in lat. 36, lon. 54, with decks swept and leaky, steering for Bermuda. Th e Eliza Stewart from this port, on shore near Calcutta, was floated off on the 22d March, making very little water, and discharging cargo in good order. CLYDE, MAY 6.—Wind E.—Arrd. Isabella Cooper, Guthrie, Manilla; Peggy, Smith, Jamaica. Sid. Chusan, Bombay; Juno, Quebec. NOILTH KNAPDALE, ItY LOCIIGILPHEAD, MAY 5. It blew a gale from S. to S.S.W., 27th ult., veering to W. 'I he wreck of a large ship, empty flour barrels, staves, and flour the lid of a small packing box, marked in italics, " Captain Jackson, ship Tyrian, and a head-bo ar d mar k ed " Tyria," in gilt letters, have been picked up in the Sound between this place and Jura. Mem. The Tyrian, Jackson, cleared at Boston, 25th March. Himswick (Lratwick), Aran, 2 9.—Arrd. Wm. Ward, Gravill, Greenland, with 10,000 seals and 90 to 100 tuns of oil, with considerable damage from the ice ; reports the Anne, Dean, with 7,000 seals. LEITH, MAY s.—Sid. Aberfoyle, Cape of Good Hope and Singapore. OFF LERWICK, MAY 3.—Hebe, Greenland, full. GLASGOW, MAY 4.—A box containing seamen's papers has been cast ashore west side of Jura. There is a ticket of a James Smith, born at Leith in Nov., 1822, and his discharge from the Jessie Anne, in Aug., 1846. PORTASKAIG, ISLAND OF IsLAY, MAY 3.—The Hydra, of Copenhagen, Sligo to Maracaibo, put into Whitefarland Bay, Sound of Islay, with loss of boats, bulwarks, sails, &c., and one man overboard. MARKET NEWS.---(THIS DAT.) COVENT-GARDEN. Apples, 5s 6d to 16s per bushel; Oranges, lOs to 16s; and Lemons, 9s to 15s per 100 ; Greens, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches ; Cauliflowers, is 4d to 33 6d ; and Summer Cabbages, 2s to 2s 9d per dozen ; Forced French Beans, is 9d per 100; Potatoes (old), Bs to 13s per cwt; ditto, (new). 6d to 9d per lb; Turnips, Is 9d to 2s 6d; and Carrots, 5s 6d to 7s per dozen bunches • Horseradish, is 6d to 3s per bundle; and Celery, is to 2s 3d per bundle; Aspa ragus, 58 to 88 per 100; Casurabers, as 6d to 88 eAch; Brussels Sprouts, .2s ; and Turnip Greens, is 6d per bushel; Parsnips, 6d to Is 6d per dozen; Onions, 9s to lOs per bushel ; Young Radishes, 9d to is per dozen hands; Young Onions, 8d to is per bunch. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 4s 6d to si; Lamb, 5s 6d to Gs 4d; Veal, 43 to 53 Gd ; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Blbs. WI ITECILEIPEZ. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 4s to ss; Lamb, 5s 6d to 6s 2d; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. Full average supplies of Fish were on offer to-day, yet the demand was steady, at lull prices. RUNGERFORD. Fair average supplies of most articles were on offer here, yet the general demand was steady, at improved quotations. NSIVZGATE AND LEIADENIIELLI. There was a full amount of business doing here at full prices. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 4s to 5a ; Lamb, 5s 3d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and Pork 3s 10d to 5s per 81bs, by the carcase. The supplies of Poultry here were small; yet the demand was heavy, at barely stationary prices. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from Id to 111/ 2 d; of household ditto, 9d to 10%d per 4lbs loaf. BIDE MAXILET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, dto 23gd per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3%d ; do. 721 b to 801 ii, dt o d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4%d; do. 881 b t o 961 b, 4 - %d to M; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 5%d to 6d; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, 13s ; Polled Sheep, os 6d to 6s lid ; Kent and Half breds, 4s 8d to 5a 6d; and Downs, -Is to 4s 8d; Shear lings, 8d to 10d; Lambs, 2s to 2s 3d. EAT IVI.A.UKETS Smrimmia.D.--Meadow Hay, 2112 s to 3/ 188 ; Clover ditto, 3/ 15 to 4/ 18s ; and Straw, 11 . 10 s to 1/ 14s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. CUMBIttILAND.—Meadow Hav, 2/ 14s to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 3/ 108 to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 11 12s to 11163 per load. Trade rather dull, at but little variation in prices. WIIITECNAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 31 18s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 51; and Straw, 11. lOs to 1/ 163 per loaf. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP XLIX. This Committee met at eleven o'clock this day, in Room D; present, Mr. Cripps (chairman), Viscount Newport, Mr. Muntz, and Mr. Trollope. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE, AND GLASGOW, PAISLEY, MILMARNOCIE, AND AY& (No. TV.) The Committee passed the clauses of this Bill. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM proposed an additional clause, to the effect that the traffic of the Caledonian and of the Dumfries should, as the Committee might decide, either go free over that portion of the line between Glasgow and Paisley which was jointly used by the companies, or that an equal rate (mileage, or as agreed upon) should be levied on both companies. Mr. ANDREWS objected, on the ground that it would have the effect of setting aside not only the original agreement of 1838, but also the subsequent Acts of Parliament. After a reply from Mr. Sergeant IVRANGAM, The Committee decided that the clause should be inserted in the Bill. CALEDONIAN, GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK AMALGAMATION. The clauses of this Bill were then proceeded with and agreed to. Both Bills were then ordered to be reported to the House. CALEDONIAN (WISHAVZ AND COLTNESS PURCHASE, OR LEASE). Mr. Hors opened the case for the promoters. The object of the Bill was to enable the Caledonian Company to obtain a proper access into Glasgow from the east and south-east. In order to effect this, it was necessary to acquire a portion of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway. The only petitioners that now appeared before the Committee were the Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction Railway Company, who alleged that, if the Bill was passed, it would oc casion a diversion of their traffic, especially mine rals, and deprive the citizens of Glasgow of certain ad vantages they at present possessed. At present the Wishaw and Coltness line constituted a portion of the Caledonian main line, and it was to get rid of the divided management, or to prevent a rival company from getting possession of the railway, and obstructing the Caledonian traffic, that the present Bill was required. Mr. Errington, C.E., was called and examined—The Wishaw and Coltness line at present constituted a portion of the main scheme of the Caledonian, and along it the great body of their traffic would have to pass. Already they had secured the Garnkirk, and Polloc, and Gavan Railways, in order to effect eligible entrances into the south and north of Glasgow, and now to make the connexion complete, the lease, or purchase of the Wishaw and Coltness was required. From London to Glasgow the connexion was complete, except the break of this small line, and, unless the Caledonian had full control of the mineral traffic on it, it would be impossible to work the passenger traffic through to Glasgow efficiently. They had at present a lease of the line for six years, and already arrangements were made for altering the gauge. and laying down heavier rails in order to assimilate the line to the Caledonian Railway. Cross-examined for the Airdrie and Monkland Junction by Mr. WHATELsY—The Caledonian had at present access to both the northern and southern side of Glasgow. The Airdrie and Monkland Junction went to the east of Glasgow, which was an important manufacturing district. The Wishaw line was one of what was called the Monkland mine ral lines, thoughunder distinct management. He believed that last year Bills were proposed to amalgamate the Monkland and the Wishaw lines with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way, but they were thrown out. Last year the Caledonians proposed the amalgamation with the Scottish Central, and also proposed a running clause similar to the one which the Airdrie and Monklands now proposed for the present Bill. WASTE LANDS IN IRELAND. - TO THE RIGHT HOS. SIR C. WOOD, BART., M.P. /fen unThrg - tne T ymiteYat'Llg'ilVeltiliti!' h EgAotre'Zii i 6nYe/ best modes that could be devised with the two-fold object of employing the people and enabling the proprietors to meet the pressure to which they will most assuredly be subject for some years, I most carefully abstained from depreciating any other plan; because I felt that such depreciation could not prove that mine was proper to be adopted, and it appeared to me clear that circumstances had arisen, and were likely to continue, which would render it wise to adopt every remedy which could bear the test of public discussion ; and although believe it was most . unfortunate that Lord Morpeth's plan respecting railroads in Ireland was not adopted, yet you have forced upon me the necessity of comparing the plan I proposed with that which you have asked Parliament to sanction. At first sight it appears strange that, when the end all par ties desire is the same, and the best means to be employed is principally a question of figures, the difference of opinion should be so wide. In the case of the reclamation of waste lands, I attribute this difference to that want of practical ex perience in agricultural affairs which was so painfully exhi bited by the sarcasm of Sir Robert Peel, whose Taurine liberality had led the public to believe he was a skilled prac titioner in Bucolic lore, and only waited his turn to be called in to administer the proper remedy. He sneered at the " reclamation of waste lands," as being the drainage of bogs, thus proving his total ignorance of the subject, or, which I should be sorry to impute to him, a wish to depreciate a saga cious plan because he had not brought it forward. I take as correct your own estimate in the discussion on Lord George Benticck's motion, viz., that one quarter of the sum actually expended upon a railroad is paid in wages to the labouring class; and I ask for no deduction on the ground that you are about to lend money to companies, whose works being in a forward state, have probably laid out a considerable portion of the quarter required for mere labour, taking in round numbers the sum you propose to lend at 600,0001. 150,0001. only would be employed in labour, and 450,000/. in other objects. By the reclamation of waste lands to the extent of 600,0001., every shilling of your outlay would have been spent in labour; and reckoning the cost of reclamation to be 101. per acre. you would have an additional 60,000 acres bearing corn next year. Can you doubt the advantages such an expenditure would produce in a moral, a social, and a political view. A week has hardly elapsed since you ventured to appear in the character of a prophet of good; the result has not been equal to your wishes. Try again. What will be the condition of the Irish people during the next winter with the best of harvests? While you are con sidering this important question, let me compare the plan you have adopted with that which I proposed. PLAN YOU HAVE ADOPTED. I PLAN I PROPOSED. 600,000/. advanced ; 150,000/J 600,0001. advaneed ; every spent in employing the people. shilling expended in employ. ing the people. The labourers thrown out of A perpetual demand for la employment when the works hour on 60,000 acres of land. are finished. None but the able-bodied, Agricultural labour adapted and even only the best of to the strength and sex of the them, employed. people. Next year a railroad party, Next year an addition of completed. 60,000 acres of land bearing corn. Profit to shareholders in use of stock. Profitable example to other landlords and tenants. Establishing many exam ples of that useful distinction between a tenant and a la bouring class, which every person has declared to be one thing needful. Many —many other advantages will present themselves to your mind ; but the plan would have been difficult ofexecution —difficult indeed! Why, it would be difficult to suggest one more easy, unless difficulties had been purposely started — difficult indeed I—a had excuse for any man, an unwise one for a statesman. Your difficulties in Ireland have only begun. However bounteous may be the harvest you must again feed the people; and in all human probability con tinue to do so for some years—yet you have neglected the only plan by which you could have increased the quantity of food, employed the people, and introduced a better system in the social condition of Ireland. —I have the honour to re• main your most obedient servant, Injustice practised to share holders in other lines, unless' similar advances are made under similar circumstances. RIGBY WASON. EXTENSIVE FIRE. —Yesterday morning, between two and three, a fire was discovered in the shop of Mr. Cloak, oil an G rea t Sc. Andrew's - street , Seven - dials. An alarm ni varm - ias 'raised, and a vast assemblage of persons, even at that early hour, was present, and in a few seconds the fire men and engines from Crown-street and Chandos-street were in attendance. The firemen, with great difficulty, obtained the mastery, and the fire was extinguished, but not until considerable damage had been the consequence. The cause was unknown. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. BROADFOOT, THE COME DIAN.—ROCHESTER, MAT s.—An awful instance of the un certainty of life occurred here to-day. Mr. A. Y. Broadfoot, the stage m appointed ana ger of our theatre, after havizg w b a e s en a in matters connecte d with his benefit, which to take place on Monday next, apparently in his usual health and spirits, returned to the theatre about noon, when he complained of being unwell. Accompanied . by M r. Scott, the scen i c artist, he proceeded to Dr. Ely's. D r . Eli. imme diately came into the surgery, when he found the untortunate gentleman lying on the floor a corps e . A n i nquest was held in the evening by J. Lewis, Esq., coroner for Rochester, and from the evidence of the medical attendant it appeared that death arose from an attack of apoplexy. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, i"RIDAY.--Our ar rivals this week are small, with the exception of oat s . Th e demand for wheat is very animated at is. to Bs. per quarter above last week's price s . Barley continues ready sale at 2s. advan ce , and malt scarce, and has a in consequence is more ii request at an improvement of 28. to 3s. per l oa d. O ats are ston e,fair plaiereitl. ti a nd _ tr shelling 3 8 . per load higher. Beans meet a per quarter One 140ney, THE NEW ASYLUM FOR INFANT ORPHANS. The third anniversary of this truly excellen t institution was celebrated on Thursday evening at the London Tave!'.ll, by a dinner, to which about 200 gentlemen sat down. .e Right Hon. Fox M a uls, presided, in the unavoidabl absence of Lord Robert Grovesnor, who had prom hi to take the chair, on account of the recent death of i father-in-law. The Right Hon. Gentletnan was supported on his right by Charles Lushington, Esq., and on his left by William Ewart, Esq, M.l'. Amongst those present we observed D. W. Wire, Esq. ; Edward Baines, jun., Esq., of Leeds ; Francis Bennoch, Eaq• R. Twentyman, Esq ; W. Benjamin, Esq , of New York; P. Foster, Esq.; Josiah Conder, Esti.; P. Salomo.,, Rev. sn• ; —•Hunter, Esq.; S. Moseley, Esq. ; Dr. Car lisle, the Mr. Wodehoase, the Rev. G. Rose, Rev. Dr. Reed, Dr. West, &c. &c. Great justice having been done to the su perior viands an. as superior wines, and Non nobis Domine chaunted by Te , vocalists—Messrs. G. F. Taylor, Kenny , Binge, F. and Miss Thornton (who contributed greatly to the hilarity. of the company)—and the loyal toasts and enthusiastically responded to, the The CHAIRMAN proceeded to propose the toast of • "Army and Navy." In doing so he said lie knew perfe well that the pursuits and wishes of those present tended glees given and, towards the preservation of peace—(Loud cheers). but in asking them to respond to the toast the overflowing bumpers, he did not do so on ground that the forces of this country were par t of its most enviable machinery, but simply as machinery necessary of maintain this country in that position which every one .! her sons must wish to see her maintain.—(Loud cheer%) He was sure, also, that it was their wish, as it was his, that the service should be humanized by education, more inviting to a better class of the conununity than it at present.—( Hear)--yet, at the same time, he hoped that they ii ight be enabled to ward off from this country the horrors of war for many a day. The toast was warmly responded to. are and rend wreetee At this part of the entertainment the children, who fed, clothed, and educated in the asylum, were introduced too, the company, and paraded round the room, two or three a, the stewards dandling the youngest babes wi th i n much care and certainly as well as if they hc a ll u nder been the arms of the softer sex.; They were eight years of age, and several of them being little Th e than twelve months old, were, of course, in arms Tu e n h healthy, clean, and neat anpearance was perfectly delightsind After they had been passed round the room and kissed eet . patted, and the youngest, in pretty white frocks an" n t h e frilled caps, having been nearly caressed to death bYtion ladies in the gallery, the whole, with the ell of the infants in arm, were placed upon a table at th,_ e of the room, and, with the accompaniment of a violin, Plg o e te by an old gentleman, they sung a pretty hymn. A fl e et heart-stirring sight we never beheld. The children re.,„,0 the greatest credit upon the institution, and upon the MS" - and others entrusted with their care. were The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said, if their feelings to be measured by their glasses, they would think tha.t the ' toast which he was about to propose was a bumper-toast 10 ',"_„ highest sense of the word, because he knew, lightful scene which they had just had exhibited to th but one feeling could exist in the minds of presr, namely, that the charity was one of the highest and after th! e ae , ho the ever instituted.—(Cheers.) When they reflected that charity was instituted upon feelings of the greatest lib —(Cheers)—and that that Christian principle was d est „ r en ts, he did trust that they would see it flourish for manY ho s spreading round it, to the orphan and the fatherless, !, blessings which it had been instituted to bestow'. cheers.) Amongst all the charitable institut so in this charitable country, lie knew of re f e t i e od replete with charity as this one, whose object was to " e he ad the hapless orphan. In this respect it was mu ch ton or mired; but it had a greater claim even than that 11P°. benevolence, inasmuch as it confined its natur e not ellen to the orphan, but to the orphan at the earliest of ages , it was least able to assist itself.—(Cheers.) Such an : ~.- o gh t tion read to the world at large the best lesson, as it .7.tiort them that it was their duty to teach the rising gee`", - t his their duty to God and to man.—(Hear, hear.) to institution they taught children unfettered by atte eitlial a of creeds—(Loud cheers)—but they inculcated those lesson Christian duty which would make them good men subjects--(Cheers)—but they did more than that; fo r teaching the children their duty to their neighbours, d bles s used their utmost endeavour, and he trusted God scout ~.h net them, to remove from the ranks of crime many who, vilf:',dd such fostering care as that which they extended. w."st. inevitably fall into its snares. (Cheers.) It .t ni tt '..: therefore, be gratifying to them to learn that the insti it ta; flourished beyond the expectations of those by wiw ni , i f r ont and loyit: w tinz founded, and who had continued to support it so year to 3 ear.—(flear, hear.) It must also be gat . "'" 'had them to learn that the number of children in the asylun4 greatly increased—(Hear, hear) and it m th at the further source of gratification to kn ow been exertions which had been made to sustain it had Bu t ample and sufficient for that purpose.—(Loud cheers.?,_,ien they must not stop here, for the gates of such an inmusttu' be ought to be shut against none—(Hear) —and they a bola opened by a key forged from that gold which they whic h, supply—(Cheers)—and forged upon that principlorins while it extended scriptural teaching and religious 1 0 . 1 0 _ o f "nation, it should do so restricted by no considers tifrieg sect.--(Hear.) Much depended, however, upon P_ ort ioos • the key of this gate, and this was to be done by hinds from time to time, on their part, to raise the necessary on e of for the efficient support of the institution. That was_ Trade the occasions, pecaliarly English, when appeals veer!, t hat to the pocket in the name of charity.. It had been Englishmen fought best when their stomachs sv a er! _ hen (Laughter)—but they certainly were more charit they were in a like condition—(Renewed laugh! I_ ooo 4_ therefore he hoped they would not be slow i h n ed, an d buting to an institution which had accomplisa. ffi:po d. which would continue to accomplish, Inco"f He belonged to a country in which a great deal and the was given for religious principles=-( Loud cheer)„ . _(lears more they gave the more they were inclin ed togs lthat what hear.) And lie might say to every cue ththseresv ou ld not be they might give to such an institution as — i the water° missed, but that which they might cast would hereafter bereturned them to h „,„•ged to drink hear)—and therefore, in a full bumper,. he - . l l° "Prosperity to the New Infant Orphan Asyl um. The toast was drunk with acclamation. C. Lvsnriacrrosr, Esq., rose to propose the next toast-- i n u a P n7fold .- ( Hear, namely, "The health of the Chairman." He said be con• izi6e circus that he could not propose the toast under more favo ur. fit , stences, uectinse he presentea nimseir to them 0 the very moment when their feelings had been softened , when their minds had been elevated, and when their beats had been rejoiced by the noble and generous sentiments which had just proceeded from the lips of his Right Hon. Friend. He had eloquently advocated the cause of the orphan.-4h6 cause of the institution—and it was needless for him to nay that he cordially agreed in all he had said. His Hon. Friend , held an office under the Government of a very e formidab r l character—Secretary at War nevertheless he had stood fo ward and repudiated warfare except in defence of his countrY• —(Hear.) That the army and navy should be kept for the purpose of protection—not for the purpose of aggression-of hCheers short, whether he had advocated the ca use elpless infancy, of humanity, or of the improvement of the service, he was sure they would allow him to prePse health, and to cordially second and agree in that sentiment in which he said that no creed should be required those learnt, be learnt, and that no catechism should be extorted f rom whom misfortune had placed in a position to compe l them to seek aid from their charity.—(Loud cheers.) When be Silt by the side of his Hon. Frind in the House of Commons-- (Hear)—he remembered that he always sup ported libe ral measures, and that he was always on the side o f liberale in.% r j - and he thought, therefore, they could not do bin: g reat tice than recognise his merits in a bumper. The toast was warmly responded to. ge said, be The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks• hail always upheld the principles of civil and religious liberty, and trusted that he should always uphold the principles of the distinguished man after whom he had been name- Mr. Fox. Although the office he held sounded somewhat of war, he could assure them that all his inclinations tended towards peace, as that which promoted the prosperity of a nation far more than all the fictitious triumphs of war. (Loud cheers.) He concluded by proposing the health of Lord Robert Grosvenor which was drunk with enthusiasm. Edward Baines, jun.:Esq., who was loudly cheered, pro. posed " The Presidents and Vice-Presidents of the Society." W. EWART, Esq., M. P., returned thanks. It was a gratifying fact, and an evidence of the expansive charity of the institu tion, that noblemen and gentlemen who belonged to the n t Dissenting Church o f Scotland, congregations,ot land, to the were Free oh C Ch hn u r rch , o e f n E d n to gla t n h d e , d t i o ffe t r h e e sup i po l r t i e o r l s l o o w f in t h g e t i o n e s s t t i s t u w tin. were then given in rapid succession —" The ministers who plead f or the charity," acknowledged by Dr.the RReeve.d,Dtrh.e founderCarlisle who ,pronounced a high euloglani, on ofthe institution ; The ladies , responded to by Mr. D. W . Wi re, E sq. • " The stewards," /AC. The company did not separate until a 'ate hour. In the course of the evening the subscriptions amounted to aboutDl r. B T O 'Toole was the toastmaster. The institution is a t St am ford-bill. It provides for orphan children who have lost their father, and those only without pro perty or friends equal t o th e i r ma i n t en ance, under eight yea rs of age, and until they shall be eligible to enjoy the aid of these institutions which provide for children above that age" The education is strictly religious, " no denominational ca techism being introduced, and no particular form imposed on any child contrary to the religious convictions of the surviv lig parent or guardian." INNER TEMPLE, MAY 7.—A further call to the bar of the students of the Society of the Inner Temple ha 6 been made, and. yeaterday evening the undermentioned mein-. hers were duly sworn in before several of the benchers, and called to the degree of barristers at law :—Alexander Walter Marcher, Esq., of Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A.; John Gardner, Esq., of Trinity College, Cambridge, LL.B.; Charles Joseph Parke, Esq., of Oriel College , Oxford , M.A. ; M ar t in Joseph Rou th, Esq., of Pembroke College, Oxford, M.A. ; John Copner Wynne Edwards, Esq., of Brasenose College, Oxford, M.A.; Littleton Powys, Esq., of Catherine hall, Cambridge, M.A. BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.—THE ELECTRIC TELE. GRAPH ON THE LONDON AND NORTN;WESTIRN RAILWAY. —Negotiations are in progress for having the electric tele graph carried along this line, not only from the me tropolis to Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester, but also along all the branches connected with and running into this important trunk railway. The delay which has taken place has been occasioned by the wish of the directors to obtain a telegraph ot' the best construction with the latest improve meets ; and, from the progress made, th ere i s no doubt that aladvantagesl t he canafford w ill which i te legraphic communication wit h the l metro p olis spe e d il y be conferr ed upon al bed AiyußoDf the northern counti es o f E ng l an d. The THE LATE EFRranNciEsADßakAinf,AwNhco was stabbed inq u est on the 8 s t a bbed at Chorlton-cum-H ar d, near Manchester, on Wednesday after noon, by George Leach, was held on Thursday even ing, be fore Mr. W. S. Rutter, coroner for the hundred of Sal ford. The particular s o f t hi s d rea df u l case h ave a l r eady been g iven. The accused and d ecease d, with other par t ie s, had bee n drinking t oge th er at the house of Leach, who keeps a beer house, for several hours on the day of the murder. A qu arrel occurred between L eac h an d his wife, when Dakin inter posed, and Leach, becoming exasperated, seized a larg e knife from the kitche n drawer, and plunged it into the body 01 poor Lakin, who dropped dead on the floor. Immediately after perpetrating the atrocious deed, Leach became alarmed , and expressed sorrow for what he had done, desiring at the same time that a surgeon should be sent tor. Several wit nesses were examined, and deposed to the above-named facts. Mr. George Greaves, surgeon, stated that h e had ex • amined the body of the d e ceased, and the wound inflict ed must have produced instantaneous death. After a brief . address from the coroner, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against George Leach, who was imme diately committed to Kirkdale Gaol for trial at the ensuing assizes. The prisoner seemed much affected, and was re moved by the police-officer in a state of mental agopY: Roth the prisoner and the deceased were neighbours, andfihtsoo; lived in perfect friendship up to the hour when, in a i drunken frenzy, the murder was co mmitted. It s said tha t Leach was jealous of his wife , and t hat his sus p icions on th at score had rendered him furious and almost mad. .. c ..:" . i 0 i , 1 'V'''. ' , .. s ).... 1 , . A , ..., '4 1 rkt*i 'I k ',4 t .'l .' ; ~ .' ‘`., • ' t i' . J \ 4 4 :: •:,,, ' '!'", . p ersomft e ,...... Till lio n.