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YEW WORK Elf THE AXTHOR.OF WILD SPORTS OF THE
WEST," Sec.and asked the Home Se
and fiX; day for bring-
:km. may, in 2 vol.. post Bvo., with Illustrations on Steel and ing forward such measure.
Wood, by Leech and G. Measorn, 21s.„bTu!d.
Sir G. GREY said that he had hoped to introduce
ITILL •SIDE and 808 DLit SKETCHES ;
with LEGEND'. of the CIIEYIOTS and the LAMMER- the measure last night, but he would now fix Monday
for the introduction of the Bill, and would take the
discussion on the second reading.
On the motion for going into Committee on the
Railway, Harbours, and Piers (Ireland) Bill, Mr.
ROEBUCK quoted the expressions made use of by
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER against the
motion of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK a short time
since and contended that this measure was the same in
principle, though not in extent, and that it was brought
forward at a time when there was a panic in the money
market, as if to add to the monetary difficulties under
which the country was labouring. The people of
England, he was assured, would no longer suffer such
unwise proceedings as this, of lending 620,000/. to
Ireland, after they had already advanced 10,000,0001.
He would therefore move as an amendment, that the
other orders of the day be read.
After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER, the House divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment l4
Against it 203
Majority for Ministers — 189
The House then resolved itself into Committee, and
The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER said that as
he had made his statement the other night on the
motion for the second reading of the Bill at so late an
hour that very few Members were present, he would
now repeat it ; and he thought it would furnish a
complete answer to the assertions which had been
brought forward against the Bill. The Right. Hon.
Gentleman at great length repeated his statement.
The House was subsequently addressed by Mr.
GOULBURN, Sir W. CLAY, Mr. ROEBUCK, Mr.
SPOONER, Sir R. PEEL, Lord J. RUSSELL, and some
other Hon. Members, when the House divided, the
numbers being—
For the resolution .. 2OB
Against it
Majority -133
Several other votes having been agreed to, the
House resumed, and the remaining orders having
been di-posed of, adjourned at Two o'clock.

accts.

W. H. M AXWELL, En.

Author of " Wild sports of the West," " Stories of Wa:erloo,"&c.
" These volumes are sure to be welcome and popular. They are
in the best maaner of the author of 'Stories of Waterloo' "—Lite-
rary Gazette.

A delightful and very attractive work ; as agreeably and tho-
roughly pleasant as could t,e de,ired, It must become a favourite
hopk."-3lorning Advertiser.

Rich rd Bentley, New Burlington -street
(Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty).

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE-
The Sobility, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are re-
spectably informed that

MDLLE. JENNY LIND
will make her first appearance in this country on TUESDAY next
the 4th of May

HER 'S .
THIS EVESZNG, Saturday,MAJESTY May I, wiIITHEATRE be performed Verdi's
celebrated Opera,

I DUE FOSCARI.
Lucrezia, Madame Mo .tenegro ; Jacopo, Signor Fraschini ; Lore-
dano, Signor Bouche ; and Il Doge, Signor Coletti.
After :which a DIVERTISSEMENT, in which will be presented
Pas de Cinq from " Rosida," by Mdlle. Cerito and M. S. Leon, as-
listed by Wiles. Cassan, James, and Honore. Grand Pas by Mdlle.
Gralm, SUPPorted by Wiles. Honore, James, and Cassan. And "La
Manola, by Mdlle. Cerito and St. Leon.
To be followed by a SELECTION from Donizetti's Opera, " La
Favorita, by Signor Gardeni and Douche.
To conclude with the admired new Ballet (by M. Paul Tagliom
entitled

THEA ; on, LA FEE AUX DES FLEURS.
By Mdlie. Rosati, :Mlle. Marie Taglioni, Mdlles. Cassan, Uonort,
Montford, Jultien, Lainoreux, and M. Taglioni.

HER AI AJES CY'S THEATRE.
The Second appearance of M elle. JENNY LIND in this country.
The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfhlly In-
formed, that an EXTRA NIGHT will take place on THURSDAY
nett, May 6, when will be performed Meyerbeer's Opera,
ROBERTO IL DIAYOLO.

Alice, Mdlle. Jenny Lidd ; Isabella, Made. Castellan ; Roberto,
Signor Fraschini ; Rambaldo, Signor Gardoni; Sacerdote, Signer
Tiouehe ; and Bertram, Signor Staudigl (his second appearance at
this Theatre).
With various Entertainments in the Ballet Divertissement, coin
prising the talents of Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie
Taglioni,Mdlle. Petit Stephan, Mdlle. Grakn, M. Perrot, M. P. Ta-
glioni, and M. St. Leon.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
LAST NIGHT OF THE GRAND SPECTACLE.
THIS EVENING

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Will be performed the grand Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL.
Count Aniheim, Mr. Bovani ; Florestein, Mr. Harley ; Thaddeus
Mr. Harrison; Devilshoof, Mr. Stretton ; Queen of the Gipsies, Mrs.
Hughes; Arline, Miss Raintorth.
After which the New and Original Oriental Spectacle, called THE
DESERT; or, The Imaun's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants,
upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear. Ihe Imaun
Useph, Mr. Howell; Hat ez, Mr. Ratter; Barek, Mr. W. H. P,.yne ;.
Fuzel eels, Mr. Herncastle ; Maleck. Mr. T. Matthews ; Ahabeck,
Mr. Hutchison ; ICazliraga, :Ir. L. Lea ; Princess Ipoma ye, Miss Mei,-
sent ; Nada, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss R. Isaacs.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING

There is a vast distinction between the principle of
the measure introduced by Lord G. BENTINCK, fcr
the advance of sums amounting to no less than
16.000,0001. sterling, by instalments of 4,000,0001.
per annum, to be distributed indiscriminately to all
railways in Ireland, in the proportion of two parts
from the State for one provided by the companies,
and which was deservedly rejected by an overwhelm-
ing majority; and that which was last night brought
forward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the
loan of 62.0,000/. to three railway companies in that
country, (in sums of 500,0001., 83,0001., and 36,0001.
respectively), which are already in progress of con-
struction, and which, in two of the three cases, have
a portion of their lines now open and in daily use,
with an average traffic yielding returns sufficient to
afford ample security for the sums they are about to
borrow, and which was sanctioned by an equally
clear and decisive majority. The first proposition, it'
carried, would introduce a new precedent, would
impose new duties on the Government ; give enor-
mous advantages to speculators in Irish railways ;
deteriorate the property of those who had made in-
vestments in similar works in this country, and prove
a weighty drain on the finances of the country. The
second proposition, which has been approved of, is
merely an extension of a principle that has long been
recognised, and the results of which have proved
highly beneficial to the country. In fact, itis placing an
additional sum at the disposal of the Public Works Loan.
Commissioners, a body many years constituted, and
who, if they had had sufficient funds at their disposaY
for the purpose, would have themselves made the
advance without any application to the Legislatures
As the Right Honourable Baronet said, " there is,
indeed, a wide difference between the Government
appearing as money lenders in the market, and their
advancing a sum to the Commissioners in addition to
the amount annually placed at their disposal by Par-
liament, for the purpose of enabling them to make
loans for the construction of approved works of this
description." No injury is dune to any other
class of speculators. If the undertaking in which
they are interested requires assistance so urgently,
that unless that aid is granted its progress must be
stayed— if its immediate completion is calculated to
prove so advantageous to the kingdom in general, to
effect such public benefits, and if, above all, the par-
ties seeking aid can show such ample security for its
repayment, the Commissioners will be ready to re-
ceive their applications, and to make the advances, if
they have it in their power, and, if not, a new appli-
cation may be made to Parliament to enable them to
do so ; and if similar advantages can be shown to
follow therefrom, we doubt not that a similar
sanction will be given to the advance. Each
case must stand or fall by its own intrinsic merits.
Again, there is no additional charge on the Exche-
quer occasioned thereby. It is simply a different
mode of application of a sum that was intended to be
devoted to the relief of Irish distress, to the promo-
tion of Irish industry, and the development of Irish
resources. In 'Ate of being expended in the recla-
mation of waste lands, it is to be applied, together with
an equal sum provided by the companies, in the actual
construction of earth-works and brick-works on
the lines by instalments, the second instalment not
to be paid until full proof is afforded that the first and a
similar sum paid by the company is properly expended.
The debate was in many respects a very satisfac-
tory one. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, although
he admitted the grave aspect of affairs, and that the
panic that had set in was not utterly and altogether
without foundation, gave his decided opinion " that
the apprehensions went far beyond any measure
of caution or prudence." He announced also
a decided improvement in the condition of the
Bank of England ; that her returns showed a diminution
of her liabilities and an increase in her securities,
and that he had that morning heard from the Go-
vernor that the Bank had on two days during the
last week been enabled to give additional facilities to
the money market ; so that he felt himself justified
in announcing that the extreme pressure of the last
fortnight might be said to be at an end. This is, in-
deed, a consolatory statement, coming from such a
quarter, and we doubt not its good effects will be
manifested in an universal activity in commercia
affairs.

Will be performed Sheridan IZ;OwlesVComedy of TIIE LOVE
CHASE, Sir William f',.tinlove, Mr. Tilbury; Master Waller, Mr.
Howe ; Widow Green, Mrs. Glover ; Constance, Mrs. Nishett.
After which the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, called THE
NEW PLANET ; or, Harlequin -ut of Place.
To conclude with the Comic Drama, called A CABINET QUES-
TION.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
nder the direction of Madame l eleste
THIS EVEN. NG
Will be performed the original Drama, called TILE FLOWERS
OF THE FOREST ; a tliosy Story. Chew-, John, Mr. Wright ;
Ishmael. Mr. 0. ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne,
Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste; Lemuel, Miss Woo.gar ;
Starlight Bess, Mrs. ; Lady Agnes, Miss Harding.
After which will be produced an Opera Buffa apropos sketch, called
JENNY LIND. Principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul
Bedford, Lambert, Selby, Cullentord, and Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS.

I•RINCESS'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, j'.
Fisher, Wynn, and Compton ; Miss Winstanley, Mrs. Stirling, Mrs
H. -Hughes, Miss S. Flower, Miss Anne Homer, Miss Marshall, and
Miss Smithson.
Atter which, the new Farce, entitled, A. WIFE FOR AN HOUR.
Principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Granby, Vining, Cowell,
Compton, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Stanley.
To be followed by the new Drama, entitled ANGELINE. Angeline,
Mrs.
To conclude with the Farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE.
Spihespur, Mr. Granby ; Crocus, Mr. Compton; Dorothea Danvers.
Mrs. Fosbroke ; .idr. Miss Laporte.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley.

THIS EVENING will he performed a New Drama, called THE
CP.EOLE. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews. Leigh, Murray. Emery,
Kinloch, and Keeley, Miss Dickinson, Miss May, Miss M. Keeley,
and Mrs. Keeley.
Alter which, an entirely new occasional Dramat'c Sketch, called
JENNY LIND AT LAST; or, The Swedish Nightingale. Charac-
ters by Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingnam,
31r. Bender, Mr. Yarnold. and Mrs. Keeley.
Mr. WILLIA.II BATEMAN, the celebrated BLACK MINS-
TREL, will give a Vocal and Instrumental Selection l'rem his
American Entertainments, concluding with his greatly admired
Concerto on the Piccolo. _

To be followed by the New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called
CRISSOE TILE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley ;
Miss Dickinson, Mies Turner, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with the LOAN OF A WIFE. Characters by
3letsrs. F. Mathews, k. Wigan ; Mrs. Woollidge.

FRENCH YIAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell.
MONDAY EVENING
Will be performed (first time in this country), SANS NOM , ou,
DraileS et Romans.
After which, the popular Comedic of LES DEMOISELLES DE
ST. CYR.
To conclude with the principal Scenes of the Petite-Comedie, en-
titled LE MARRIAGE FORCE.
Boxes. 6s. ; PR. 33. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Gallery, 'As.
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.

F.TICOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
The celebrated ETIIIOPIAN SERENADERS. Pell, Harrington.
White, Stanwood. and Germon, will have the honour of repeating
their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS at the St. James's Theatre,
THIS EVENING, Saturday, May 1. Doors open at Eight o'clock.
They will also give a DAY PERFORMANCE on Wednesday neat.

May 5.
Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond•street
and at the Box-office.

NEW STRAND THEATRE.
THIS EVENING

Will he performed an Original Pictorial Drama, in Four Parts,
entitled, HOGARTH'S MIRROR. Principal characters by Messrs.
Darcie. H. Lee. Butler, Payne, H. Reeves, Ayliffe, Deighton; Miss
Love, Mrs. Griffiths, M iss Harcourt, &c.
To be followed by an Eccentric Vaudeville, called, CAPERS AND
CRUSHERS.
Atter which, a screamer, in One Act, entitled, ARE YOU
COMING TO BED?
To conclude with a new Ballet, introducing upwards of 60 Cory-
phees, founded on and entitled, THE ARABIAN NIGHTS' EN-
TERTAINMENT.

Stalls, 35.; Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is,: Gallery, 4d. Half-price t
half-past Eight o'clock.
Box-office open from eleven till four o'clock.
Applications to be mule at the liox-office of the Theatre.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,

..„ ,
Under the patronage of the Queer., Prince Albert. and the
Royal Family.
Proprietor and Manager Mr. W. Batty.
Extraordinary Novelties and gran•.' Equestrian Feats every night,
THIS EVENING, FOURTH WEEK OF THE SUCCESSFUL

The Bill for the reclamation of the waste lands has
been postponed for the present. We regret this ne-
cessity; we believe that there is no single measure
so well calculated to benefit our sister kingdom, or
which would yield a more ample return for the ne-
cessary outlay. The Government, however, decided
to abandon the compulsory clauses of the Bill, and
in doing so abandoned a great portion of that which
made it practically available in the parts of the
country where its operation would be most useful.

They found great difficulty in framing a Bill that
could be made to work efficiently this year, and they
consequently gave it up, we trust, only, for the
present session. One-half of the million intended to be
applied to that purpose has been added to the. fund
for the improvement of landed estates in Ireland.
The remaining 500,000/. remains available for the
purposes of relief works, or any other mode of
encouraging private enterprise in that country.
The reduction of the number of persons em

cloyed on the public works from 734000,
the number employed in the month of March,
to 284,000, or little more than uns third of the
number, so occupied after this day, is also satis-

esuumsefuolf
543,0001. last year voted for the p
factory. A sum of 40,0001., part of th
• n The
the Fishery Piers' Act of last
essio . question promotion of
works in Ireland, is to be applied to the carrying out
how far the Bank Charter of 1844 had really
answered the objects for which it was intended was
I have incidentally discussed. Our opinions on this subject
been clearly and distinctly expressed ; we are
convinced that until a thorough change is effected
the industry of the country will Le liable to
become paralysed, and its com mercial operations
ect must be useful and
checked and impeded. Every discussion on the sub-
j, tend to the advancement of
truth and the exposure of the faults of the present
system.
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In our remarks of yesterday upon Mr. Rustes mo-
tion, relative to naval architecture, we objected to the
sweeping nature of the condemnation passed by Mr.
Huai and others upon the expenditure we have in-
curred in endeavouring to improve •ur system of

ship-building; and we indicated that where-reasonable
experiments have and ought to be made, with the
view of rendering our ships of war more efficient for
their every purpose, it is puerile to denounce the ex.
penses thus incurred as " wasteful," seeing it is in
the nature of things, and indeed is implied in the
word " experiment" itself; that the results are consi-
dered doubtful until the necessary trials have been
completed. We showed also, that in considering the
amount of money spent in the prosecution of different
experiments, we should not only place on the credit
side certain benefi!s which have undoubtedly
been obtained, but likewise the advantages derivable
from the negative knowledge which we may be said
to have acquired at the same time. Upon the other
hand, it is manifest from what has transpired, that a
sufficient regard to economy, under this important head
of national expenditure, has not been observed by former
administrations, of which the presentßoard of Admiralty
evidenced their conviction by appointing a Committee
of Reference. In forming this Committee, composed
of some of the most eminent members of the late
School of Naval Architecture, the object of the Admi-
ralty was and is, by a preliminary investigation, con-
ducted by scientific men, into the merits of every
new plan, to impose a check upon the late expensive
system of ship-building. The benefit to accrue to
the public from the services of this Committee re-
mains to be seen." It is evidently a move in the right
direction. It imposes a species of control upon the
Surveyor of the Navy, Sir W. Srmosns, against
whose excessive influence in the construction of our
ships for the last fifteen years the public has heard so
much. A dead set was made at this public officer by
Mr. HUME and others in the recent debate, an attack
in'. which Sir C. NAPIER himself most honourably
refused to participate. The gallant Commodore re-
pudiated the personal character ;which was infused
by many into the discussion, and confined his stric-
tures to the system which has hitherto regulated
the building of " our men-of-war. There certainly
are very discordant opinions as to the merits of
some of the ships which have been built from the
lines drawn by Sir W. SYMONDS. Upon a review of
the different facts elicited we may deduce, first, that
in the construction of ships of the smaller class Sir
W. SYMONDS may be said to have gained an almost
unanimous approval, whilst in that of the larger his
.aiecess is very equivocal; and we think it not impro-
bable that his failures may be in a great measure
attributable to his having been indifferent to the
advice tendered to him years ago by Sir JAMES
GRAHAM, to whom he was indebted for his appoint-
ment. The Right Hon. Baronet gave the purport
of that advice on Thursday night in the following
worth

" A person introducing a new theory under such circum-
stances as those to which he was alluding was under the
disadvantage of being difficult to be convinced of any faults
which might appear in carrying it out, and he therefore ad-
vised Sir W. Symonds to apply his attention to the objections
which might be made to his ships, for he was satisfied that
there was much wisdom in giving consideration to such ob-
servations, as calculated to remove any disadvantages result-
ing from the adoption of such theory."
Every ship of war should sail well, and be capable
of being fought advantageously in all weathers.
These are two essential properties. In the former
respect, Sir W. SYMONDS' vessels are, generally
speaking, entitled to considerable merit. Except in
rough weather, and particularly when called upon to
breast a head sea, they sail admirably. But this ex-
ception is of the gravest character, for, from the
manner in which they are represented to roll and
pitch under the above circumstances, it is clear that
we should at times be liable to engage an
enemy under great disadvantages, from our being
unable to fire with precision, or to keep
the lower ports open. This seems to be the chief
defect alleged against the Surveyor's ships by Sir C.
NAPIER, and it certainly is one from which every
effort should be made to free our present and future
men-of-war. The question of stowage, though of
considerable importance, is not now-a-days so much so
as it was formerly, seeing that, by the introduction of
steam, the supplies to our squadrons can be furnished
with a speed and accuracy unknown to our ances-
tors. Vessels built of iron are excellent for packet
service. Their bottoms, liable to become
fouled, are easily cleared in tidal harbours,
but with iron war-steamers the case is different;
they are constantly requiring to be docked. Again,
in action, iron steamers are easily destroyed, which,
both in point of safety, expense, and especially for
the great end of all, victory, renders the substitution
of iron for wood far less efficient for warlike pur-
poses, and exceedingly dangerous. We cannot con-
clude these remarks without suggesting whether,
considering the extent of the duties incidental to the
office of the Surveyor to the Navy, the prejudices
w hien every titan is liable to entertain in favour of
his own system, and the jealousies, heartburnings,
and misgivings to which their almost inevitable
indulgence naturally gives:rise, the Surveyor should
not be prohibited from submitting any drawings of
his own for the building of ships and vessels. With
this restriction he would be enabled to take a more
impartial view of the merits of the different plans
of competing architects, and being thus, to a certain
extent, practically divested of prejudice, he might be
found a tnore valuable assistant to the Lords of the
Admiralty, on whose fiat alone the construction of
ships should continue, as now, to be ultimately de-
pendent.

charges, the process of expropriation against the company
cannot commence for three years, and the process itself
would occupy another year ; so that the rigorous system
would cause the loss of four years. Are we not already suf
ficientiv behind other nations ? As regards the company
from Lyons to Avignon, the same argument presents itself
with even greater force. The company of the Paris and
Lyons line has commenced its works not only from Paris to
Tonnerre, a distai.ce of 200 kilometres, but also on some
other points. The company of the Lyons and Avignon line
has not given a single blow with, a pickaxe. The only hold
there is on it, if rigorous measures be adopted, is in its cau-
tion-money, which is 10,000,000 f. But it is certain that
the temptation of a subsidy of 10,000,000 f., arising from
the confiscation of the caution-money of the present com-
pany, would not determine the formation of a new com-
patty under present circumstances. It may even be supposed
that so long as the embranchnaent to Grenoble (which will
cost 40,000,000 f., and for which the least advantageous of all
the directions has been adopted) shall remain annexed to
the principal line, it will be impossible to find any substan-
tial company to undertake it. Thus the line from Lyons to
Avignon would be indefinitely adjourned. Yet it is a line
of vast importance. The extreme dearness of grain at pre-
sent seems to have come expressly to demonstrate its utility.
If communication by railway had existed between Lyons
and Marseilles, the population of Lyons, and ef all the country
which has received the corn of the Black Sea through that
city, would have paid from 6f. to 7f. per hectolitre less.
It is from this point of view that political men ought to
judge the railway question, and particularly the two railways
between Paris and Avignon. If the Government does no-
thing, or announces the intention to do nothing, we are
threatened with the breaking up of the two companies.
This would be onerous to the shareholders, but less onerous
than the pure and simple maintenance of the conditions of
the adjudication ; and, what is important—what ought to
decide the conviction of the Government and the Chambers
is, that the consequence would be a cessation of the works,
which would be doubly disadvantageous to the public inte-
rest. First, it would be the delay to an unfixed periol of
the most important line of railway that it is possible to esta-
blish in France, that of the greatest traffic in Europe. be-
tween the Mediterranean and the Channel or the North Sea,
that of the most important interior traffic. Secondly, it
would be the closing of works which must offer immense re-
sources to the necessitous populations. Deduction made of
the cost of the land, it would be a capital of 400,000,000 f,
which would be almost entirely disbursed in labour. To the
public powers anxious for the maintenance of order, and de-
sirous to assure the existence of the people, it is a piece of
good fortune which cannot be allowed to escape. To relieve
the misery of the people the Minister of the Interior pre-
sented, and the Chainissts voted with universal acclamations,
two bills for creating work to the amount of 3-2,000,000 t. in
all. What would be thought if, the day after the vote of
these laws, a renunciation were made of enterprises causing
an outlay of 400,000,000 f. ? In this point of view, which
under present circumstances is deserving of serious consi-
deration, the two enterprises which we now signalize are
not the only ones to which regard should be had. All
those for which capitals have been united and companies
constituted merit that efforts be made to prevent their die-
organitatkn."

The Union iWonarchique, the organ of the Parti-
prefre, is endeavouring to:excite a persecution against
the Jews, more particularly those of Palestine, by
publishing a pretended letter from Beyrout, reviving
the old calumny against them of murdering a Chris-
tian at the celebration of their Passover. We hope
that M. CREMIEUX and the other French Hebrews
will take measures to trace these falsehoods to their
source. It is worthy of observation that these Jesuit
revivers of exploded calumnies are the persons who
complain that the University deprives them of the
liberty of instruction—a false accusation be it re-
membered—yet still it is well that those who join in
the cry shoull know the species of instruction which
these learned and most Christian men demand liberty
to impart to their pupils.
The Reforme announces that the price of the 41b
loaf in Paris is to be raised 4c. from the Ist of May.
The price of flour ro.,e in the Paris market on Wed-
nesday 2f. the sack.

The Three per Cents. closed at 78f. the Five per
Cents., 115 E 90c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,233 f. 75c. ;
Rouen, 932 f 50c.; Havre, 670 f. ; Great Northern, 6:df. 25c. ;
Avignon, 772 f. 50c. • Vierzon. 582 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 516 f.
25e.; Boulogne, 425 i. ; Basle, 193 f. 75:.; Dieppe, 327 f. 50c. ;
Paris and Strasburg, 430 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 4381 75c. ;
Lyons and Avignon, 445 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 445 f. ;
Spanish Domestic Deb*, 301,ig.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

Madrid journals of the 24th ult. have arrived.

As an outward and visible sign of their reconcilia-
tion, the KING and the QUEEN visited together on
that day the church of Atocha.

The Eco del Comercio says that Senor MAR-
TINEZ DE LA ROSA has sent in his resignation as
Director-General of the PresKlios.

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MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 24.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 31i for cash ; the Five per Cents. at
19i ; the Debt without Interest at 5i ; and the
Coupons at 16.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
The " progressive Conservatives," if we may judge
from the language of their organ, have completely
thrown off their allegiance to M. GUSZOT. The at-
tacks of La Presse on the Ministry are more unceas-
ing and more bitter than those even of the Nationa-
ittrelf. In the Presse of Thursday we find the follow-
ing bill of indictment against the Ministry :
" The Ministry has existed for seven years, and not one
session has been signalised by any of those able measures
which alleviate the position of the tax-payers without dimi-
nishing the public revenue. Twenty departments suffer
from the unequal division of the taxes, and impatient]) wait
for the more equal partition that has. been so long promised
them. The measure concerning the cadastre (registry of
lands) is yet to be presented I The Pension Bill, badly con-
teived at first, has gone on from report to repoit ; the Sugar
Bill has to be remodelled; the reduction in the price of salt
will not take place; the Bill on the liberty of instruction
is still only a promise of the charte:r ; postal reform is threat-
ened with the fate of electoral reform ; the Ministry which
fund it inopportune in 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1845,
will find it still more co in 1847. There was only one measure
which could ensure the execution of railways; it was that
which should adjudge the works to private industry, and re-
serve the working of the lines to the State. But this is pre-
cisely the only one which was altogether avoided; all the
most false, most complicated, most contradictory systems
have been engaged in ; at one time they were all amalga-
mated together, and at another opposed to one another.
All
is a chaos! a perfect Tower of Babel! Now, too, they do not
know how to get out of the scrape, and aid the companies of
which the shareholders refuse to pay up the legal calls. They
dare not restore the caution-money, and dare not confiscate
it. They do not, in fact, know what to do; they are wait-
ing until the evil be sufficiently aggravated so as to spare them
the trouble of ,eeking for an efficacious remedy."

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Amu. 30.
Northern of France, 121/2—Orleans and Bordeaux, 63e—
Paris and Lyons, s%—Paris and Rouen, 36%—Rouen and
Havre, 264.,

After half a column of bitter vituperation, the
article conclude, by declaring that the Ministry must
either arise and be doing, ,or retire.
On the subject of railways the Journal des Debats
has following, which is important as announcing the
intentions of the Government with regard to tho%a
companies who are unable to execute their con-
tracts :

" If it be desirable to make an example of the companies
and to show mute que conte, that for the future no one shall
contract lightly with the State, the law must be maintained,
and the companies, after having been summoned to con-
tinue the works, must, if they refuse to do so within the
periods fixed by the eahier des charges, be subjected to the
loss of the caution-money y.nd to the confiscation of the
works already executed. i':,ut if, above all, it be desired, as
we belive it is, that we shall have railways, these Draconian
or Napoleonian measure
-s will not be adopted. It is easy, in
fact, to understand t'oat such acts of severity would not
advance the terrain/
.tion of the railways, but, on the
The company
con-
trary, would retail' . it. For the Lyons Railway, the works
yet, in the prest
executed and the caution-money represent about 30,000,000 f.
'6114.06„c°,,,,rnP,anY would, therefore, obtain a premium of
'w hich should take the place of the pre-
-3°.0-l-`"••„,„‘, The expense for it would be reduced to
27°'
•'''''''''"• '.The diminution is not to be disdained ; and
lief, that an . • ' be found
to charge
thJee
cosunsLeuded ,•
„as sociation of serious capitalists could
,nt state of affairs, there is no reat•on to h.,
270 000 000 f
unless trvtqnselves with the railway to Lyons for
effect' t. 'l.l, .. Coercive measures therefore, would have no
I would v
..e co nstruction of the railway from Paris to Lyons
but then
it would be suspended indefinitely,
tf it is -ranch more simple to change them in favour of
.I 0 present crnpapy, Moreover,according

MAT II MT,

MONEY and COMMERCIAL .NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was steady,
at the previous decline. The business done was inac-
tive. Railway Shares were firmer, with a moderate bu-
sine,s doing.
The stock of cotton at Liverpool is 539,820 bales,
against 801,300 bales at this time last year.
The Share Market has participated in the rise in Cowes,
and buyers having more confidence, prices have rallied, in
some instances, considerably. The following are a few of the
principal sales of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. La-
mond and Co.:—
Manchester and Southampton .£0 15 6
Louvain ala Sambre 1 1 0
Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire .... 0 9 6
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 3 14 0
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock ll7 0
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 7 6
West Riding Union
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.
North Staffordshire
Great Northern

Buckinghamshire „, 5 6 0
Eastern Counties, York Extension ... 5 8 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 18 0
North British, Extension 0 19 6
The debate in the House of Commons last evening
upon the present condition of the money market, raised
upon the proposed vote for Irish railway extension,
has been read with very deep attention in all City
circles this morning. Those who have most cavilled
at the measures adopted by the Court of
Directors of the Bank of England, now are
more quiescent in their complaining. Notwith-
standing some show of complaint was made by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer at the conduct of the
Directors of the Balk of England, the monetary and
mercantile interests do net blame them for delay in
putting on the screw until imperative necessity called
:or it. Had it been done earlier, the prospects of any large
supplies of flour or grain from the United States would
have been much damaged. As to the probable effect upon
our Money Market, by the very generally received
opinion that it fractional part of the masses of gold and
silver in Ruisia
,is to be laid out in our funds, a definite
opinion for future reference can scarcely be formed; but
there must be some relief afforded.
The Bank is certainly better able to accommodate its
customers, because last week its total liabilities were
reduced by 1,295,185/. The bullion was not much re-
duced, and the circulation was lessened, an object which
the directors have for some time been striving to accom-
plish. The worst feature is the great reduction in the
other securities, showing the diminished accommodation
to the trading community, but which we hope may soon
be reversed.
Notes issued
Decrease
Public deposits decrease
Other deposits decrease 879,290
Other securities decrease
Government securities decrease ... 560,500
160,680

Notes increase
Active circulation (not including
seven-day bills)
Decrease
The Funds have been unsettled to-day Consols opened
at 874 for Money, and have since been down to 878.
Time bargains have been made at 88 to 878. Exche-
quer bills have realised 2s. to 7s. discount. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 881 I. Bank
Stock is firm at 190.
There is scarcely any business doing in the Foreign
Market. Spanish Three per Cents. are 35. and Portu-
guese Four per Cents. 34. Mexican Stock has been
at 20. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have been
251.

Shares are looking better again, and there is an ad.
Vance i❑ several lines.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock .. • • .. • • • • 190
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 8634
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • 87% %
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 88% %
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5. 1860
Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859
South Sea Stock .. • .
Ditto, Old Annuities .
Consols for May 27 .. • • • . .. • • 88 87%
ExcLequer Bills. I%d. 2d.
1,000/. • • .. .. .. • . 2 7 dis
Ditto, Small • • .. .. • • 6 1 die
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican, 1846, 5 per Cent .. .. 20
Portuguese Four per Cent • • .. 34
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Passive Bonds .. • • • • b;4,
Ditto+, Three per Cent .. • .
Ditto, for the Account 35
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Thrush Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 583{s
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 883( 69
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK
ZAILWATS. PAID. P 55 MAIM
Aberdeen • • . .. • • • • • • 30 .• •• 26 ex int. to
Amber.. Notting.,Boston, & Eastrn Jn. 2% .. to
Birmingham. w elver.. and Dudley •. b .. •• 10%.... to
Caledonian .. .. .. 30 ~ 24%.... to 25

••
•• 8 13-16

Eastern Counties .• • . .. 20 .... 19 to
Ditto. York Extension .• • • - • 6M •• • • 5%14 • • to
East Lancashire .. • • .. 17 .. • • 17 .. • • to

Great Northern .. .• • . 3% .. 2%3/4 to
Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 30 2514 to
Great Western •. .• •• 85 —114% 113% to 114%
Ditto. Fifths •• • • • • 20 •• . • 26% .• • • to
Ditto, New .. .. • • •• 8 .... to
Hull and Selby .. • • .. • 50 ....103 ...• to
Leeds and Bradford .. 40 .... 83%..., to
Leeds and Thirsk • • .. .• • • • • 22% .. • • 2114 ••• to
London and Blaekwall ~ 161. 13s. 4d. •• . • 7% to
London, Brighton, and South Coast • • 50 . •• 51% .. to
London and North-Western • • • • 100 .• .. 174 172 . to 17314
Ditto, Quarters .. .• L. and B. 7 .. • • 2214 .. • • to
London and South-Western 411.6.. 10d. .. • 6313 .• • • to 6213
Ditto, Tenths (Consolidated) .. .. 50 •• . • 52 .... to
Lynn and Dureliant .• • • .• 20 . .. 21% .. • • to
Manchester awl Leeds • 82 .... •• .. to

Ditto, Thirds (Reg.) • • • • . • 71. 45..... p. tO..—
Manehester, Buxton, and Matlock 425. .. • • par .... to
Manchester and Southampton .. • • 2 •• • • %••• • to
Midland •• •• •• •• ••100 •...116 .... to 117
Ditto, New .• .. • • • • • • 36 .... 39% .... to
Ditto, New • . .• • • • • 6 .. • • 814 to
Ditto, Consul. Bristol & Birmingh.
6 per cent. .. . • • • • .100 ....124 .... to --
Newcastle and Berwick .. 20 .... 26 .... to 25%
Ditto, New .. • • .. 5 .• • • 7% 7' to 6%
North British .. • • • • .. • • 25 .. • • 31% .... to
Ditto, Quarters ..........24 34 . .. to
Ditto, Extension . • • • • • • • % • • 1% .. ••to
Ditto, Thirds • • • • • • .. • • 1 .... 2% to
North Staffordshire • • .. • • • • 5 .. • • 74..• • to 7
North Western • • .. • • -. .. 4 .• • • 2% •••. to
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 223{ .... 134 .... to
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate • • 5 •• .. 4% •• .. to
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) • • 3% •• • • •• .. to
Ditto, ditto (B) • • • • • • • • 3 .. • . 2% •• .. to
youth Eastern and Dover • • • • .. 33/. 2s. 4d. 36% to .. to
Ditto. New (do. 331. Gs. Bd.) No. .. 12 ... 12% ... to
Ditto, New (do. 301.) No. 3 .. 15 -... 15 • • to
Ditto, New (do. 151.) No. 4 • • • • 5 ..........to
South Wales .. • • • • • • • • •• 10 .• • • 7% • • to
West Riding Union .. .. • • • • 4/. 25.• •.• •Xp • • to
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western 425. • • • • p• • to
York and Newcastle • • • • • • 25 .. • . 34%14 .• to
I)itto, New .. .• • • • • • • 10 • • 144 %.. to
Ditto, Preference • • .• .. 4 .. • . 7%14 4to
York and North Midland . • .. • • 50 •• .. 82% .... to
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Dutch Rhenish •• •• 7 •• .... to
Northern of France • • , • .. • • 8 .. 12%••.. to
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Rouen

MINES
Real del Monte. Unregistered •• to
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 7 Gibraltar.. • • ...• •••• .
.: 70
Ditto. at sight • • .... 12 4 Leghorn 3O
Rotterdam ...... 2U. 11 7% Genoa .. •• • • 26 25
Antwerp ....... ....... 26 20 Milan
flamburgh ......M.D. 13 13 Venice...
&Rona . • Naples ...... •• •• 40
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 80 Palermo, peroz
Ditto, 3 months...—. 26 15 Lisbon......
Marseilles •
Bourdeaux . 26 20 Rio Janeiro ........ • . 26%
Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Bahia . ..... ........
Petersburgh, 3Us — Buenos Ayres .. ••
Berlin •• • • New York, 21 days' sight
Vienna, effec.fio.... • . 10 12 Philadelphia
Trieste, ditto lO 12 PRICES OP BULLION, PEA oz
Madrid .... • •
Cadiz : . ......
• — Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Barcelona .. — Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Seville.. ...... ••• • • Sliver in bars ...... • • 0 0 0

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAT I.—Wind this day at noon W.S.W., fresh
breeze, and cloudy, with rain at times.
OFF MARGATE. APRIL 29.—Marys, Forrest, Berbice.
DEAL, APRIL 30.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W., moderate.—
Arrd. Ellen, Irving, Moulmein. Sid. Seringapatam, Madras;
Anna Mary, Valparaiso; Regina, Monte Video; Annabelle,
Prince Edward's Island. Arrd. from the River; Nautilus,
Falkland Islands; Alice, Jamaica. The True Blue, of and
for Plymouth, is on shore in St. Margaret's Bay, but ex-
pected off on the flood without damage.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 30.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Co.
lumbus, Webster, Porto Rico; Dianthe, Brown, Baltimore;
British Merchant, St. John's New Brunswick. Sld. Jane,
Gans, and Waterloo, New York. Put back, Antoinette, New
Orleans; Lady Milton, Quebec. Off port, Treasurer, Porto
Rico • Swordfish, Leander, Mary Jones, and Portland.
The Union. of Whitehaven, foundered off the Calf of Man,
this morning ; crew saved and taken into Douglas, by the
Emily, hence to Genoa.
CLIFDEN IN CONNEMARA, APRIL 28.—The Olivia,
Mclntyre, New York to Galway, was wrecked this morning
to the southward of Sline Head; master and mate previously
washed overboard.

The Kangaroo, Limerick to Newport, was totally wrecked
this morning, at Aughriah ; crew saved.
COWES, APRIL 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Benjamin Greene,
Lane, Mauritius and Pernambuco.
TORBAY, Arm 30.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Ealing Grove,
Falconer, Dominica.

FALMOUTH, APRIL3O.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Intrepid, Quebec.
BRISTOL, APRIL 30..—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Eling, Tucker,
Havannah.

W TERVILLE, IRELAND, APRIL 37.—The Mariner of Ply-
mouth, was run on shore this morning near here, during a
heavy gale; two men drowned.
MILFORD, APRIL 29.—The Mary Isabella, of Whitehaven,
founded off Lundy yesterday ; crew saved, and brought
here by the Clara.
DONFANAGTRY, APRIL 28.—The Messenger, of Aberyst-
with, went on shore in Downing's Bay, county Donegal,
yesterday ; is leaky. and discharging. The Emily, from
Glasgow to Sligo, is also on shore there, but expected off
without damage.
HARTLEPOOL, APRIL 29.—S1d. Royal Saxon, Ceylon.
slumps, APRIL 30.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Favourite, Quebec;
Two Sisters, Quebec ; Tagus, Quebec ; Keepsake, Montreal.
W.s.ntinnroinr, APRIL 29.—S1d. Orlanda, Quebec.
BELFAST, APRIL 29.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Rigolette,
Francis, New Orleans ; Democrat, Howes, New -York ;
Onceta, Cunningham, Petersburgh, Nova Scotia. Sld. Anne,
Quebec ; Olga, New York ; Wenham, New York ; Niger,
Norfolk Island.

THE COURT."--It is expected that her Majesty and
the Prince Consort, accompanied by the Royal Family, will
pay a visit of a few days to Osborne House, previously to the
full-dress ball to be given by the queen at Buckingham
Palace en the 14th mot.

MARKE T NE WS.-( T HIS DAY.)
COVENT-GAR-DEN.
Apples, 5s 6d to 15s per bushel ; Oranges, 103 to 16s; and
Lemons, 9s to 15s per 100 ; Greens, 23 to 3s per dozen
bunches ; Cauliflowers, 2s to 4s per dozen ; Forced French
Beans, Is 9d per 100 ; Potatoes (old), 8s to 13s per cwt ;
ditto, (new), 6d to 9d per lb; Turnips, Is 9d to 2s 6d; and
Carrots, 5s to 7s per dozen bunches; Horseradish, Is 6d
to 3s per bundle; and Celery, is to 2s 4d per bundle; Aspa-
ragus, 5s to 8s per 100 ; cucumbers, 35 6d to 8s each ;
Brussels Sprouts, 2s to 2s 6d; and Turnip Greens, is 6d to
Is 9d per bushel ; Leeks, Is 6d to 2s 3d per dozen bunches ;
Parsnips, 6d to Is 6d per dozen; Onions, 93 to lOs per
bushel ; Young Radishes, is per dozen hands ; Young
Onions, 10d to Is per bunch.

NZIVTGATE AND LEBDENBBX.2..
Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s ; Lamb,
5s 2d to 6s 2d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and Pork
4s to 5s per 81bs, by the carcase. Very limited supplies of
Poultry were on offer to-day, yet the demand was heavy,
at barely stationary prices.
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EtUNGERPOZD.
Short supplies of most articles were on offer here, to-day ;
while the general demand was steady, and prices had an
upward tendet cy.

NEWPORT.
Beef, from 3s 2d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d ; Lamb,
5s 6d to 65 4d; Veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d
per 81bs.

WHITECHAPEL.
Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 10d to ss; Lamb,
5s 2d to 6s 2d; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; and Pork, 4s to 5s
per 81bs.

zuzianwasGATE.
Turbots, lOs to 22s ; Brills, 3s to 4s; Cod Fish, N
to 8s; Haddocks, 6d to is 6d; Whitings, 4d to Ed; and
Lobsters, is to 3s each; Soles, 8d to 3s per pair; Eels, 4d
to Is, and Crimped Scate, 9d to 10d per lb; Mackerel, 15s to
22s per 100; Salmon, is 4d to 2s; and Salt Fisb, 2d to lad
per lb.