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WEATHEIL—Sax OFFICE, MAY 1. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 49 ; Highest, 60 ; Noon, 57. BAROMETER, 29.44.—W1ND S.; showery. , ...- Nov ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Map, ac e.' 315.6 d. bound, NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY ROUND the WORLD, PRINCIPALLY OVERLAND. By Sir GEORGE SIMPSON. Governor-in-Chief of the Hudson's Bay Company's Territories in North America. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ,- ;ow ready, Vols. 111. and IV., Completing the Work, of THE HISTORY OF THE APTIVITY OF NAPOLEON, HELENA. By GENERAL CO GNI-r-MONTHOLON " These volumes conclude this very interesting work. The most valuable portion, although not, perhaps, the most interesting, Is that In which tha Count records the opinions of Napoleon upon events in which ho had himself beEn a prominent actor. These records are most valuable, as elucidations 01 the conduct of the Emperor in posi tions ire which history has either misconstrued him, or been at fault to asr_fig4the true motives of his actions."—Weekly Chronicle. HeriFy Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, with Illustrations by Leech and George Cruikshank, aad two Pottraits of the Author, price 10s. 6d. bound, THE NEW AND CONCLUDING VOLUME OF THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS; Or, MIRTH and MARVELS. And other POEMS. With a MEMOIR of the AUTHOR. EDITED by his SON. , ;i'ew 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 lung since the town has been presented with so racy a body of anecdotes as are to be found in his life."—Athenmuru. " Alive with epigram, and anecdote, and fun, and merriment in all its whimsical varieties. We moot confess we have found the work prodigiously diverting."—English Review. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. HER m AJES rY'S THEATRE. The Third appearance of Mdlle. JENNY LIND in this country. THIS EVENING, Saturday, May Bth, will be performed Meyer beer's Opera, ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO. Alice, Mtllie. Jenny Lind ; Isabella, Made. Casten= ; Roberto, Signor Fraschlni ; Rambaldo, Signor Gardoni ; Sacerdote, Signor Bondy.: ; 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. In which will be introduced a Grand Pas by Mdlle. Grahn, supported by Mdlles. Cassan, James, and Honore ; and " La Manola," by Mdlle. Cerito and St. Leon. Pas de la Rosiere, by Mdlle. Marie Taglionl. The Free List is suspended, the Public Press excepted. The doors open at Seven. The Opera to commence at Half-past Seven o'clock. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectftilly in formed, that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY next, May 13, when will be performed Bellini's Opera, entitled LA SONNASIBULA, Amino, Mdlle. Jenny Lind; Lisa, Madame Solari; Count Rodolph, Signor F. Lablache ; and Elvino, Signor Gardoni. With various Entertainments in the BALLET DEPARTMENT, combining the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. M. Taglioni, Mdlle. Petit Stephan, 31dlles. Honore, Cassan, Julien, La moureux, and Mdlle. 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 occasion the combined strength of the Company will perform. The OPERATIC PERFORMANCES will embrace the talents of Madame Grisi, Madame Pennant, Signora Alboni, Signor Mario, Signor Salvi, Signor Rover 3, Signor Marini, and Signor Tamburini. The BALLET win be supported by Mdlle. Fanny Elssler, Mdile. Dnmilatre, Mdlle. Paderna, Mdlle. Demelisse, Mdlle. Auriol, Ma (time Deichaus, 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, HAYMA.RKET. Under the Managem THIS EVENING Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE, Sir William F,,ndlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance, Mrs. Nisbett. After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin out of Place. To conclude with a Farce, by J. It. 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 ICinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; Starlight BM, Mrs. Fitrwilliam ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding. After which the new Opera Bun Sketch, called JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullenford, and Miss Woolgar. To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Mr. Frampton, Mr. Worrell ; Sam Hobbs, Mr. Lambert ; Dick Dumpy, 31r. 3funyard ; Miss Leslie, Miss Harding ; Nancy Scraggs, Mrs. Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole 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, Mrs. 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, Borlda, Leffler,. Allen, Miss E. fanner 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, Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Stanley. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING Will he performed the now Drama, called THE CREOLE ; or, Love's Fetters. Damiron, Mr. F. Mathews ; Alphonse, Mr. Murray, Hyacinthe, Miss Dickinson ; Bokes, Mr. Keeley ; Latour, Mr. Emery; Virginle, Miss M. Keeley ; Louise, Miss May ; Banns. Mrs. Keeley. er which, the entirely new occasional Dramatic Sketch, called JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, 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, Silver, Miss Dickinson, Miss Daly, and Mrs. Keeley will appear. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THRATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. MONDAY EVENING Will bo performed the amusing Comedie, entilcd L'ENFANT TROUTE. Delbar, M. Regnier ; Castelville, M. Cartiguy ; Hen ri tte, Mdlle. Vallee ; Marianne, Mdlle. Khin. To conclude with the popular Comedic of LES DEMONELLES DE ST. CYR. Dubouloy, M. Reguler ; Charlotte de Merian, Mdlle. Denain. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 35.; Gallery, 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN >ERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Gormon, will have the honour of repeating their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre, THIS EVE4ING (Saturday), and every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. IYoors open at Eight o'clock. They will also give aDAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday Morning next, May 12, com mencing at Half-past Two o'clock. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond•street ; and at the Box-office. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Proprietor and Manager. Ar. William Batty. Under the - patranage of the . Queen, Prince Albert, and the _ • Royal Family. THIS EVENING Will be performed Lord Byron's Dramatic Poem of THE BRIDE OF 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.RAII ; 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 Management of Mrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee. Engagement of the original and celebrated Tableau Vivants and Poses Plastiqua Male and Female Artistes, for six nights only ; and last 81x nights of the Female Serenaders. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Nautical Drama, called AMY, THE SKIPPER'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 ROSIE. by the celebrated Tableau invents and Poses Plastique. To conclude with THE CASTLE SPECTRE. Boxes, 25., Pit, Is.; Gallery, lid. Doors open at Six, commence At Half-past Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will 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. Hicks, Mrs. G.Lee, Miss Burroughcliffe, &c. Aft r which the Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Hicks ; Ghost, Mr. Osbaldiston. To conclude with JANNETJE TER BEER ; or, The Dutchman's Daughter. Boxes, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. WATER AT LONMON-IitLIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 9 minutes after 7. I Evening .. 42 minntis *net 7. , Ja \ .... st o 0U1•114, . . _ I ~.--"ri t.,.. ) " • t , ~ 4.et..., ;il7 4 , , . ‘,., . ... : - _ 4. ... T• ,4.0 . 4 ' , I , . ' —IEu ~,‘ , A ..., SECOND EDITION. Otc.reninAlilt LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY s, 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. o stateme n t ye t made by the Chancellor of the Excheque r is at all comparable in explicitness with the one uttered last night, in reference to the existing financial embarrassments. Ther e is no mistaking the meaning of Sir C HARLES AVOOD and w e thank P the Right Hon. Ba ronet f ur the plainness such nnesswith which he has spoken out upon a matterenormous i m p o rtance. We thank th e Ch ancellor of the Ex chequer for the nakedness of his proposition, thuositili s that very nakedness of manner only impress m ore with a sense of its deformity. If th e Ch ancellor e of the Exchequer confides in the restoration of con fidence to the Money-market simply because more gold and silver bullion to the amount of 400,000. has been deposited in the coffers of the Bank of Engla n d since Saturday last, he will find himself deplorably deceived. And he will find him self deceived because even under those auspicious cir cumstances the dark phantom of the Bank Restric tion Act will be still looming over our insular com merce. Until the scarcity of provisions had driven us to the granaries 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 imported grain in specie, the evil necessarily resulting from the measure of 1844 was unperceived; and consequently undreaded by the majority of the THE SITI4,_ LONDON', SATURDAY E,VEIVING, MAY 9, 11147:a 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 wayofdiscoun t, 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 thing more be necessary to enforce our argument ? Surely nothing. We can only repeat again, more emphatically, our 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 iLg 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 a.sume 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 todamage 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 altelation 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 preventing 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 u suffi c i en t powers to se i ze everyt hi ng th e unfor tunate man m ay possess, to w i t hh o ld emp l oymen t, thus compel him to have recourse to assistance, without which he cannot live ; and thus a cheap and easy mode of ejectment will be available. We now know sufficient o f t h e Irish landlords as a body , to induce us to yield an easy credence to the opinion, that everything sanctioned by the lm forwardv will, i n t oo many instances, be put in force darling object, the clearance of their to estates, eviction of the starving wretches who have her n e d the b ob tained a shelter , but who m ay their a not be the 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 STANLET'S amendment last night for the rejection of the 1 lth 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 620,0001. 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 i 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. RIGBY 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. It is not the province of the Government, neither is it desirable, as a general rule, that they should appear 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 rate 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 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 NARVAEZ 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 BORTHWICK. The harangue delivered from the tribune by M. GuizoT 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 swer 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 OTHO, we cannot but coincide in the bitter and sarcastic sentiments with which that enthusiasm is listened to by the Constilittionnel : " 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. He declaims triviali ties with emphasis, imagines grand theories to cover wretched argumentation, and dazzles his auditory. He 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 find 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 bit y ! Listen to the insidious ejaculations ofAl says h e , " we will. GUIZOT " Th e suppor t w hi c h we h ave a ff or d e d Greece," persevere in bestowin we will conti nue to give her apolitical support, we g will continue to give her a financial support; if it be ne- ' 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 her 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 !—at once!" 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 :Foreign policy, without any appreciable advantage accruing to France in compensation for that expendi ture. M. GUIZOT 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 succ3ssful 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 die Montpensier, 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 anent 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 25,000,000 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 E ; Avignon, 770 f.; Vi erzon, 587 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 512 f. 50c.; Boulogne, 405 f.; Bask, 193 f. 75c.; Dieppe, 325 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 425 f. ; Tours and "lentos, 415 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 432 f. 50e.; Lyons and Avignon, 450 E; Spanish Three per Cents., 35 1 4. The following are the quotations for other lines : LYONs, MAY 4.—Paris and Rouen, 954 f. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 781 f. 25c.; Northern, 625 f.; Paris and Lyons, 440 E VIENNA, APRIL 29.—North, 163 1 / 2 ; Glognitz, 121 ; Milan, 107 5-16; Leghorn, 87; Pesth, 98; Budweis, 194; Sienna, 69 1 / 2 ; Grosetto, 94th. FRANKFORT, MAY 3.—Louis-Bexbacb, 98 1 / 8 Frederick- William, 70% ; Taunus, 357. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 7. Boulogne and Amiens, 164—Dutch Rhenish, 4—Lyons and Avignon (Constituted), DA—Northern of France, 11% —Orleans and Bordeaux, 6 1 / B —Paris and Lyons, 4% — Sambre and Meuse, 7%. 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'cLocx..—The indications of improvement still continue. His Excellency is better and cheerful." CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) This was the last day of Easter term, and the Lord 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. Henry, having been remanded upon a charge of stealing a book from a stall in Holywell-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. 1 - Ixsfor 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, he would be transported, but not if he were committed to the Middlesex sessions, where he was not known. Ile hoped his Worship would give him an opportunity of getting out of the country. Mr. HZNLY was at first disposed to accede to this re quest, but, after a moment's consideration, he said lie thought the prisoner had another motive for asking to be sent to the Old Baily. The prisoner—l have, Sir. If lam sent to the sessions I'll go " down there " (meaning to the Tothill-helds prison), and they will keep me by myself, and that punishes me so. Mr. HENRY—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. HENRY thought the ends of justice would be better answered by committing him to the Middlesex sessions. He might be transported there as well as at the Old Bailey. Committed accordingly. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.— 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. wall is, 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 probability that the theatre will be thrown into Chancery. ELECTION MOVEMENTS.—The friends of Mr. John Simeon and Mr. Fleming are busily employed canvassing the electors of the Isle of Night; 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 TELEGRAPIL—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 station at Gateshead, as at present, they will deliver them at the offices, where messengers will be kept for the purpose of taking them across. It is the intention of the company to extend their wires from the various railway stations to the Exchange, so that when the telegraph is completed on that part of the North-Western line between London and 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 KM a aevere cold, with inflammation of the pleura. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. _ _ _CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,080 bales, at about previous rates. Shares were dull, but with rather less stock pressing on the market. The quantity of cotton sold 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 defined 1 4 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. andNewcastle-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.... 9 5 0 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 besi, 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 th 6 Bank lends a portion of it out again. As to the advance of the interest upon the unfanded 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 funds 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 Is. to ss. premium. Bank Stock is worth 189. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 87 1 4 14. The Foreign Bonds have been heavy, but very quiet. Spanish Three per Cents. have been 33 3 / 4 ; Mexican, 110% ; and Brazilian New, 82% ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been 571. x. Shares have been fiat, and the business doing is limited. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock .. .. • • .. .„ 189 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 85% % Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • . • • 86% % 44% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 87 414 4 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 • • 9 1-16 8 15-16 Consols for May 27 .. • • • • .. .. 87 86% Exchequer Bills. I%d. 2d. 1,000/. .. 15 1 p 500/. 1 4 p Ditto, Small .. .... 4 p par 5 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • 82% Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. Ditto, 3 per Cent .. 51% Equador Bonds .. .. • • • .. Mexican, 1846, 5 per Cent .. .. 20% Portuguese Bends, 5 per Cent. • • 82% Portuguese Four per Cent .. .. 35 Ditto, for the Account .. 34% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. 22% Ditto, for the Account .. 22% Ditto, Passive Bonds 4% 5 Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • 333 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. .. 38% Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent. 91 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 57% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Birmingham sad Oxford Junction • • 10 •• • • 17 .... to Caledonian • • .. .. • . .• •. 30 .... 23%.. .. to 24 Ditto, Half Shares .. • • • • • • 2% •• • • 1X%,. to Eastern Counties • • • • • . 20 ..,, 18%X • • to Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d. •• .. % p.. to East Lincolnshire .. • • • • • • • • 6% •• • • 7X • ... to— Great Northern .. • • • • • • .. 3% •• • • 2% ••.. to Great North of England .. • • • • 100 •• • .230 .. ••to Ditto, New • .. • .• • • • • 1 ••• • 18 ••.. to Great Western .. • • .. 85 ....112 .... to Ditto. Fifths .. .. • • • • 20 .. .. 25 .. • • to Ditto. New • • . .. • • .. 4%.... 6%.... to Hull and Selby • . • • • • .. • 50 .. .. 102 .. • • to Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 .... 59 .... to London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 .. •• 51 50% to 51% London and North-Western .. • . 100 ...171 •• • • to Ditto, Quarters .. .. L. and B. 7 .... 21 .... to Ditto ditto New .. • • .. • 2 .... 11%14 .. to Ditto, Fifths • • • • • • • • • • 2 •• .. 15%.... to Ditto, 401. Shares .. M. and B. .. 40 .... 66 .... to London and South-Western 411. 10d. .... 6114 .... to Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. 50 -. • . 51% .... to Lynn and Ely • • • . 25 .... 26%14.. to Manchester and Leeds . • • • • 82 .• .... to Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) • • • • • .71. 45..... % p.. to par Midland ..100 ....114 .... to Newcastle and Berwick .. • • 20 .... .... to Ditto, New • • • • • • • .. 5 •• • 6% to Norfolk ..100 . 122% .•to North British .. .. 25 30%.... to Northern and Eastern .. .. 50 55% . • • • to North Staffordshire • • • • • • • • 5 ...• 6% %%to Preston and Wyre .• • . • • 25 .... 3414.... to Ditto, Half Shares (A) •• • • . • 8% •• • • 12 •..to Reading, Guildford, and Reigate • • 5 •• .. 4% to Royston and Hitchin • • • • • • • • 1% •• • • 1% • • to Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) • • 354 • • 3%.... to iouth Eastern and Dover • • .. —331.25.4 d. 36% to Ditto, New (do. 151.) No. 4 .. .. 5 .• .. 4% •• • • to South Wales .. .. 10 .... 7 •• .. to 6% West Riding Union .. .• • .4/. 2s. •• .. %p.• to par Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 425. •• .. 1% p.. to Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth.... 20 .... 11 ...• to York and Newcastle . • .. .. 25 .... 34% .... to Ditto, New .. . • • • • . 10 .. . • 13% •• .. to Ditto, Preference • • • . • • • . 4 .... 6% .. ••to York and North Midland .. • • 50 .• .... to Ditto. Extension .• • • 25 .. • • 40 % .... to Ditto, Preference • • • • .. .• 2 10% •••• to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Demerara .. .. • • • • . • • • 2% 2%,... to Northern of France • • .• .. • • 8 .... 11% .. to Paris and Lyons West Flanders • • • • • • • • • • 8 •• • . 4 .... to MINES Real del Monte. Unregistered • ... 314.. • . to COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Amsterdam .. .. C.F. 12 9 Gibraltar.. .. •• .. Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 6 Leghorn ............ • 30 90 Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 9% Genoa .. •• • • ...... •• .. 26 50 Antwerp...... flamburgh M.B. 14 Venice .... .... •• • • .... &Rona. Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 26 40 Lisbon... Marseilles - . .......... 26 50 Oporto .... • • 80urdeaux......... .. 26 40 Rio Janeiro • • ...... • • 26% Frankfort on Maine.... 124 Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • . Buenos Ayres ........ Berlin . Vienna, effec.flo— .... 10 16 Philadelphia .... • • .... Trieste, ditto lO 16 PRICTS OF BULLION, PER Os Madrid .... • • ........ 46% Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Cadiz ........ 47% New Dollars ••.. • • 0 4 9, Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Barcelona • • .... • • Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver ha bars 0 4 10% Seville.. • ... ....... • • .• LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY B.—Wind S.S.E., fresh breeze and cloudy, with rain at times. DEAL, MAY 7.—Wind E. to E.S.E., calm.—Sld. Victoria, Hobart Town ; Ariatus, Singapore, &c. ; Lord William Ben tinck, Calcutta; Kirman, Finlay, and William Gillies Bom bay; Warlock, Mauritius; Harriet, Sierra Leone; Susan King, St. Lucia; Islander, Barbadoes ; Tutor, St. Croix; Vere, Jamaica; Thomas and Robert, River St. Lawrence. Powrsmourir, MAY 7.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrd. American Eagle, Chadwick, New York, sld. 16th ult. Off port, Duke of Cornwall, Whitehead, China; Minerva, Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, MAT 7.—Wind S. to S.S.E., fresh.—Arrd. Leo, Rees, Rio Janeiro; Mereiditus, Certino, Matanzas; Georgiana, Higgins, Philadelphia; Navigation, Putman, New York; Exchange, Duskers, ditto. Ott port, Isabella, Demerara ; Yorkshire, New York, sld. lith ult. John R. Skiddy, ditto; Anne Jane, Kisma, and Sea, Sld. 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. The 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, M an illa ; Peggy, Smith, Jamaica. Sid. Chusan, Bombay ; Juno, Quebec. N ou n; KNAPDALE, BY LOCHOILPIIEAD, MAY s.—lt blew a gale from S. to S.S.W., 27th ult., veering to W. '1 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-board marked "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. Hinswictc. (LEnwicic), Aram 29.—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.—Sld. Aberfoyle, Cape of Good Hope and Singapore. OFF LEIIWICK, 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. PowrAsKAIG, ISLAND OF IsLAY, MAY 3.--The Hyd r a , of Copenhagen, Sligo to Maracaibo, put int o Whitefarland , Bay, Sound of Islay, with loss of boats , b ulwarks, sails, one man overboard. &c. and MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT -GARDEN• Apples, 5s Gd to 16 s per bushel ; Oranges, lOs to 16s ; and Lemons, 9s to 15s per 100 ; Greens, 2s to 3s p Summer per dozen bunches ; Cauliflo wers, Is 4d to 33 6d ; and Cabbages, 2s to 2s 9d per dozen ; Forced Frwch Beans, is 9d per 100; Potatoes (old), 8s to 13s per cwt; ditto, (new). Gd to 9d per lb ; Turnips, Is 9d to 2s 6d; and Carrots, 5s Od to 7s per dozen bunehes Horseradish, Is 6d to 3s per bundle; and Celery, Is to 2s 3d per bundle; Aspa ragus, 53 to 841 per 100 rtuaurabers, 33 6d to 83 each; Brussels Sprouts, 2s ; and Turnip Greens, is Cd 1 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 fid to ss; Lamb, 56 6d to 6s 4d; Veal, 4s to 5s 13d; and Pork, 4s to 5s per Sibs. WHITECHAPEL. 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 81bs. BXLLINGSGATE. Pull average supplies of Fish were on offer to-day, yet the demand was steady, at full prices. NUNGERPOrLD. Fair average supplies of most articles were on offer here, yet the general demand was steady, at improved quotations. NEWGATE AND LEADENUALL. There was a full amount of business doing here at full prices. Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s ; Lamb, 5s 3d t o 6 s 4d ; V ea l, 4 s 4d to 5s 4d ; and Pork 3s 10d to 5s per Blbs, by the carcase. The supplies of Poultry here were small; vet the demand was heavy, at barely stationary prices. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from lld to lI%d; of household ditto, 9d to 10 1 / 2 d per 41bs loaf. HIDE M.&YLKET. ---- - Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2 1 / 2 d to 2 3 / 4 d per lb ; do. 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3 1 0 ; do. 721 b to 801 b, 3 1 / 2 d to 3z 3 / 4 d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 4d to 4%d; do. 881 b to 961 b, 4 1 / 2 d to sd; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 5 1 d to Gd ; Calf Skins, each, 4s Gd to Gs 6d ; Horn Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 5s Gd to 6s ; Kent and Halt breds, 4s 8d to 5s 6d; and Downs, 4s to 4s 8d; Shear lings, Sd to 10d; Lambs, 2s to 2s 3d. HAY raltlitlLETS. SMITHFIKLD.— Meadow Hay, 2/ 125 to 3/ 183 ' • Clover ditto 3/ 15 to 4/ 18 s ; an d St raw , 1/ lO s t o 1/ 14 s p er load. Supply good, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 14s to 4/ ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4l 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 16s per load. Trado rather dull, at but little variation in prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 10s to 3/ 18s ; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 51; and Straw, 11. lOs to 11 16s per iota 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 (chairinan), Viscount Newport, Mr. Muntz, and Mr. Trollope. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE, AND GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR (No. IV.) The Committee passed the clauses of this Bill. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM 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 WRANGAM, 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 (WISHAW AND COLTNESS PURCHASE, OR LEASE). Mr. HOPE 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 bad secured the Garnkirk, and Polio; 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. WHATELEY—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, though:under 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 HON. SIR C. WOOD, BART., M.P. Sin,—When I endeavoured to establish the expediency of "reclaiming the waste lands in Ireland," as one of the very 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 I 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. 150,000/. only would be employed in labour, and 450,0001. 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 IN. 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. PLAN I PROPOSED. 600,000/. advanced ; 150,000/. 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 adai pted and even only the best of to the strength and sex of the them, employed. ipeople. Next year a railroad party Next year an addition of completed. 60,000 acres of land bearing corn. Profit to shareholders in use Profitable example to other of stock. landlords and tenants. __ Injustice practised to share- Establishing many exam holders in other lines, unless plea of that useful distinction similar advances are made'between a tenant and ala under similar circumstances, bouring class, whichevery tpheirnsgonnheeadsfdu.elclared to be one Many—many other advantages will your mind ; but the plan would havebeen d g st g a e r s t t ed o _ne p resent ii,icu i t t h o e t m e x s themselves to —difficult indeed ! Why, it would be ditliclultozysu ur more easy, unless difficulties had been an unwise one difficult indeed !—a bad excuse for ally man 1:1 I re l a nd have only for a statesman. Your ditlicultibees the harvest you must begun. However bounteous h mln probability con again feed the people; mall il - sears—yet you have neglected the tinue to do so for some system osterem only plan which you could have increased the quantity of by food, employed the people, and Lnitrhotalyuceetdhealli)oenttoeurr in the social condition of Ireland. main your most obedient servant, RIGBY WASON. -Y e sterday morning, betwee n E FigE. YTENSIVE f ir e was discovered in the shop of Mr. Cloak, two and three, a Great St. Andrew's-street, Seven-dials. Au oilman,an narm was raised, and a vast assemblage of persons, even at that early hour, was present, and in a few seconds the fire and engines from Crown-street and Chandos-street were in attendance. The firemen, with great difficulty, obtain e d 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.—ROCI IES TEa, MAY s.—An a w f u l instance f th e un certainty of life occurred here to-day. M r. A. ,- - o Broadfoot, the stage manager of our theatre, after having which . erasbeen a appointed in matters connected with bis benefit, 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. Accompaniedl i by Mr. Scott, the sce nic artist, he proceed e d to Dr. imme diately came into the surgery, when he found the unfortunate gentleman lying ontlie eNvs i, E floor a T corpse. An i nquest was held J. B in the evening by coroner for Roche s t er , an d from the evidence o f the medical'l attendant it appeared that death arose from an attack of apoplexy. N WAKEFIELD C MARKET, FRIDAY.—Our ar rivals this week are s O n ß ia 11, with the exception of oats. The demand for verywheatpirses animated at 7s. to Bs. per quarter prices. above last week' s Barley continues scarce, and has a ready sale at 2s. advance, and malt in consequence is more in request at an improvement of 2s. to 3s. per load. Oats are fairr. peria finale e a stone, and shelling 3s. per load higher. Beans meet a IS. per quarter more money. THE NEW ASYLUM FOR INFAN T, ORPHANS. The third anniversary of this truly excellent institution was celebrated on Thursday evening at the London Tavern, by a dinner, to which about 200 gentlemen sat down. Dr Right Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., presided, in the unavoidable absence of Lord Robert Grovesnor, who had prorniSe,n to take the chair, on account of the recent death of DI! father-in-law. The Right Hon. Gentleman was supported on his right by Charles Lushington, Esq., and on his left bY William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Amongst those present we observed D. W. Wire, Esti' ; Edward Baines, jun., Esq., of Leeds ; Francis Bennoch, Esq. R. Twentyman, Esq. ; W. Benjamin, Esq., of New Yory,; J . P. Foster, Esq.; Josiah Conder, Esq. ; P. Saloraons,e. Hunter, Esq. ;S. Moseley, sq. ; Dr. Carlisle, th ed, 11 ' Mr. Wodehouse, the Rev. G. Rose, Rev. Dr. Re WGreest, at justice having been done to the superior viands the as superior wines, and Non nobis Dwaine chaunted Smith, ! ! ' vocalists—Messrs. G. F. Taylor, Kenny, Binge, F.,_.„ and Miss Thornton (who contributed greatly - lee he lularnaity. of the company)—and the loyal toasts and gs given a en The enthusiastically resnded to, The aLAIR MAN proceeded to propose the toast o f f t t h li s "Army and Navy." In doing so he said he knew pereenc. well that the pursuits and wishes of those present tended towards the preservation of peace—(Loud present but in asking them to respond to overflowing bumpers, he did not do so 9 11 _„t ground that the forces of this country were part of its muf_ enviable machinery, but simply as machinery necessary 1", maintain this country in that position which everyboeneers.e) her sons must wish to see her maintain.—(L oad c that He was sure, also, that it was their wish, as it was his,dered the service should ' be humanized by education, the toast thea a nd rep_ __ as more inviting to a better class of the community than it at present.—(Hear)—yet, at the same time, be hoped that they wight be enabled to ward off from this country horrors of war for many a day. The toast was warmly responded to. who are At this part of the entertainment the children, - fed, clothed, and educated in the asylum, were introdueede t e ci f the company, and paraded round the room, two ocsutlijtrne the stewards dandling the youngest babes ",,„ po in much care and certainly as well as if they haaTh o cler the arms of the softer sex.: They were all loof a eight years of age, and several of them being littleoeir than twelve months old, were, of course, in a rta t.siittld• healthy, clean, and neat anpearance was perfectly d i e2: l a nd After they had been passed round the room an d ,_ d neat patted, and the youngest, in pretty white frod- 3 1 - b s , the frilled caps, having been nearly caressed to deal." „„e n tion ladies in the gallery, the whole, with the e,' 11 7, e ad of the infants in arms, were placed upon a table at, "nlayed of the room, and, with the accompaniment of a vieh e ' A r more by an old gentleman, they sung a pretty hYm ° ' reflec t heart-stirring sight we never beheld. The children -Tateea the greatest credit upon the institution, and upon the and others entrusted with their care. f • gl were The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said, if their rings the to be measured by their glasses, they would thin a t i n the toast which he was about to propose was a burnper . t °l- t he de highest sense of the word, because he knew, after rightful scene which they had just had exhibit ed to fevat but one feeling could exist in the minds of all PDiest namely, that the charity was one of the highest andhat the ever instituted.—(Cheers.) When they reflected ! rarity charity was instituted upon feelings of the grea test d ilbe irabl e ' —(Cheers)—and that that Christian principle was earst he did trust that they would see it flourish for MIN loose spreading round it, to the orphan and the fatherless, blessings which it had been instituted to cheers.) Amongst all the charitable inst tna: so in this charitable country, he knew of 2befrien d replete with charity as this one, whose object was _their the hapless orphan. In this respect it was much to mired; but it had a greater claim even than that un eip ty bestoW.l4_l4ol benevolence, inasmuch as it confined its nature not °when to the orphan, bur to the orphan at the earliest of agef; lst i to . it was least able to assist itself.—(Cheers.) Such s it taug ht tion read to the world at large the best lesson, as i t . era sion them that it was their duty to teach the rising ge' l thin their duty to God and to man.—(flear, hear.) institution they taught children unfettered' by attenttn t°o( creeds—(Loud cheers)—but they inculcated those lessdn'r,„A Christia duty whi would make them good men subjects— n (Cheers) ch but they did more than that; w,l lBl . teaching the children their duty to their neighboull blase used their utmost endeavour, and he trusted Goenwithout them, to remove from the ranks of crime many who, would such fostering care as that which they m any need roust' inevitably fall into its snares. (Cheers.) 'OO therefore, be gratifying to them to learn that the instilwas flourished beyond the expectations of those by wh° u ;rfronl founded, and who had continued to support it sa well fro year to y ear.—(Hear, hear.) It must also be gra tt ,'L them to learn that the number of children in the asY. l° S at greatly increased—(Hear, hear)-- and it mat t the further source of gratification to know that loon exertions which had been made to sustain it " put ample and sufficient for that purpose.—( they must not stop here, for the gates of such an 10s ,„„ s t be s hould ought to be shut against none—(Hear) —and they '" opened by a key forged from that gold which they s hould supply—(Cheers)—and forged upon that prix ciP informs while it extended scriptural teaching and religi elis a tions o f illation, it should do so restricted by no consider roaring Loud cheerstitution sect.—(Hear.) Much depended, however, upon exertions the key of this gate, and this was to be done bY f o nds from time to time, on their part, to raise the necessar.! „„, o f for the efficient support of the institution. That was " the occasions, peculiarly English, to the pocket in the name of charity, It had been e full-- Englishmen fought best when their stomachs wile wand theythey certainly were more charitableter____nd they were in a like condition—(Renewed laugh_ . 01 : tr i., when appeals wergild that therefore he hoped they would not be slow. Mil, and buting to an institution which had a ccorard l3l l 7 - g ood. which would continue to accomplish, He belonged to a country in which a gr eet d e rl ).... cof a in nd en th eY e was given for religious principles-4 more they gave the more they were inclined to bear.) And he might say to every one there that yd . t they might give to such an institution as this would not D g i v e,.....(llear a f missed, but that which they might cast upon the waters would hereafter be returned to them manyfold--H iner Loud che rs hear)—and therefore, in a full bumper, he begged to drill& ‘. Prosperity to the New Infant Orphan Asylum." ' The toast was drunk with acclamation. C. LUSIIINGTON, Esq., rose to propose the next toast"' namely, "The health of the Chairman." He said he con ceived that he could not propose the toast under more favour able circumstances, because he presented himself to them at the very moment when their feelings had been softenew when their minds had been elevated, and when their heart ° had been rejoiced by the noble and generous sentiments whit had just proceeded from the lips of his Right Hon. Fria e He had eloquent] advocated the cause of the orphan—tb cause of the institution—and it was needless for him to sag that he cordially agreed in all he had said. His lion. Frienu held an office under the Government of a very formidable character—Secretary at War I nevertheless be had stood for. ward and repudiated warfare except in defence of his count*the —(Hear.) That the army and navy should be kept for°- purpose of protection—not for the purpose of aggresei°:( (Cheers)—in short, whether he had advocated the cause.,_ helpless infancy, of humanity, or of the improvement of t il l' s service, he was sure they would allow him to prePae s health, and to cordially second and agree in that send: la in which be said that no creed should be required learnt, and that no catechism should be extorted from h to whom misfortune had placed in a position to compel t he sit seek aid from their charity.—(Loud cheers.) Nv,t e in n oio ns-- by the side of his Hon. Frind in the House of Commons-- by liberal (Hear)—he remembered that he always pp liberal men ; measures, and that he was always on the side of ; ereater jus. d o and he thought, therefore, thev could not do h.m tice than recognise his merits in a bumper. The toast was warmly responded to. said' he The CHAIRMAN brie - fly returned thanks. He had always upheld the principles of civil and religio us and trusted that he should always uphold the p rinciples the distinguished man after whom he had been named... Mr. Fox. Although the office he held sounded somewhat of war, he could assure them that all his inclinations tenav" towards peace, as that which promoted the prosperity of • nation far more than all the fictitious triumphs of war.; (Loud cheers.) He concluded by proposing the health °` Lord Robert Grosvenor, which was drunk with enthusiast' Edward Baines, jun., Esq., 'who was loudly cheered, Prr posed w . E " w T A hneT, Esq.,Presidents m .p a „ n r d e tnr n Vice-Presidents edthan kn I t o w t a t the e n g S r o a c t i j e f t f y i . o g fact, and an evidence of the expansive charity of the inst i Z tion, that noblemen and ge n tl emen who belonged to Church of England, to the Church of Scotland, to the Fr: e Church, and to the diff eren t Di ssent i ng congrega tions, wer e supporters of the institution. The following toasts were then given in rapid successloO —" The ministers who plead for the charity," acknowle -,- s by the Rev. Dr. Carlisle, who pronounced a high eulog:w7a "on Dr. Reed, the f oun d er o f t h e i nst i tut i on • " The i'd' es L responded to by Mr. D. W. Wire, Esq. ,•" The stewards, The company did not separate until a late hour. to In the course of the evening the • • ons amounted about 8001. Mr. Toole was the toastmaster. subscriptions The institution is at Stamford-hill. It prov ides for orpho children who have lost their father, and those only without pr o, , party or friends equal to their maintenance, under eight yea, of age, and until they shall be eligible to enjoy the aid vi those institutions which provide for children above that Age' The education is strictly religious, " no denominational cal' techism being introduced, and no par ticular form imposed'll: any child contrary to the religious convictions of the surety ing parent or guardian." INNER TEMPLE, MAY 7.—A further call to the bar of the students of the Society of the Inner Temple hag been made, and yesterday evening the undermentioned mem bers were duly sworn in before several of the benchere, 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. Yowls,w a rcls , Esq., of Brasenos o College,M.. ; J c o l li m n r 0 r e d o , p pi n i e . A r N ; V L y i n t t i l i Martin Joseph Routh, Esq., of Pembroke College, Oxford , e e to E n d Esq., of Catheri ne hall, Cambridge, M.A. . BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.—THE ELECTRIC TELE' GRAPH ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.. —Negotiations are in progress for having the electric tele graph carried along this line, not only from the ma ° tropolis to Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester , but als along all the branches connected with and running into this important trunk railway. The taken place delay which h as has been occasioned by the wish of the directors to o btain e s_ telegraph of the best construction with the latest doubt a n l i l ents ; and, from the progress made, there is no doubt L 1 1? the advantages which l • unication with the me te egraphic com d upon all tropolis can afford will speedil bee onferre the northern counties of England. y THE This LATE MURDER NEAR MANCHESTER.-- , MANCHESTER.- - in on the body of Francis Dakin, who was stabbed 9.1.• Chorlton-cum-Hardy, near Manchester, on Wednesday after noon, by George Leach, was held on Thursday evening, be: fore Mr. W. S. R u tt er , coroner for the hundre d of Safora. The particulars of this d r eadful case have alrea d y been given.: The accused and deceased, with other parties, had be e ' drinking together at the house of Leach, who keeps a beer' drinking house, for several hours on the day of the murder. A occurred between Leach and his wife, when Dakin inter posed, and Leach, becoming exasperated, seized a large knife from the kitchen drawer, and plunged it into the holly of poor Dakin, who dropped dead on the floor. Immediately, after perpetrating the atrocious deed, Leach became alarmic.ia_ and expressed sorrow for what be had done, desiring atvi.L.° same time that a surgeon should be sent for. Several ral.,, nesses were examined, and deposed to the above-n ex' facts. Mr. George Greaves, surgeon, stated that he had . , 2 _', amined the body of the deceased, and the wound infli.crrieeuf must have produced instantaneous death. After U # a 'ct o f address from the coroner, the jury returned a verclail " Wilful murder" against George Leach, who was i li T_',„ diately committed to Kirkdale Gaol for trial at the mis s 116 . as,izes. The prisoner seemed much affected, and wa __7,. moved by the police-officer in a state of mental a n g. ol _ l Y. A R o th the prisoner and the deceased were neighbours, a a (1„ 11 , , 0 7 lived in perfect friendship up to the hour When, in I,t at drunken frenzy, the murder was committed. It issaid that Leach was jealous of his wife, and that his suspicions on tu , ' score had rendered him furious and almost mad. ¶t iii BY tb E hate ad vi ___ VI The i n ( lenerei The Ai t°l?beries organi deem: