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subsistence, that it was their duty to step forward and
assuage his or their sorrows.—(Cheers.) Do not let
them believe that there were not many men of talent
who were not thus prostrated. Let them remember
Coreggio, whose. health and life were bowed down by the
heavy blow of unappreciated and unrequited labour.
He-was an example that, even with the greatest talents
and Towers, and with the greatest claims to public gra-
titude, and to immortality, a man might be neglected
during his existence, and that he might die and leave
those dependent upon him in absolute want. It was
because he believed that this was an institution which
had claims not rarely upon their charity but upon their
justice, not upon their individual generosity, but upon
the public—upon national support—that he called upon
them to drink prosperity to the institution with three
times three, and with an additional cheer, to show that
they heartily wished it unbounded pi osperity and sue •
cess.—(Loud chem.)
The toast was drunk with the greatect enthusiasm.
Mr. MANN returned thanks. He said, if they could
accurately estimate the advantegt s which the institution
had conferred—the groans which it had suppressed, the
cheering influence which it had produced, the widows
hearts which it made leap with joy, the aid which it had
given to depressed artists, whose life it had revived—
they should present an account of good work which
would be perfectly astonishing.—(Cheers.) No institu-
tion, which had ever met within these walls, had a
higher claim to support.—(Hear, hear.)
The following toasts were then drunk in succession :
—The chairman ; S. J. Lloyd, Esq. ; the British Asso-
ciation, for the Advancement of Science, (responded to
by Sir R. Murchison) ; Sir A. M. Shee, the President
of the Royal Academy, and the Royal Academicians ;
Mr. Reinagle, II.A. ; the Royal Companies for promot-
ing the Fine Arts ; the British Institution, and all other
institutions for the promotion of the Fine Arts ; the
Artists' Annuity and Benevolent Fund ;
den ; Treasurer, &c. &c.
From the cash account, made up to the end of the
year, it appears that the total investments amount to
13,1041. 3s. id., that the total receipts, including the
balance from 1845, were 1,7021. ss. ; and that 6801. had
been expended in donations, many of the recipients
having received as many as twenty donations, one
twenty-four, another twenty-one, and two eighteen.
Balance at bankers 549/. 12s. 6d. 995 cases have been
relieved by sums amounting to 10,5631. 73. 101.
Among the subscriptions announced by the Treasurer
(which, in the course of the evening amounted to 5601.
Ifs.), were the following donors and donations :
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, 501.; British In-
stitution, 501.; Duke of Sutherland, 10 guineas ; Earl of
Ellesmere, 101. ; Duke of Norfolk, 5 guineas ; Earl
Ashburton, lb/. ; Sir John Swinburn, 10/.; the Lord
Mayor, 5 guineas; Lord Charles Townsend, 101.; Sa-
muel Jones L(.yd, Esq., 20 guineas ; Thomas Baring,
Esq., M.P., 21 guineas ; Sir Charles Forbes, 20/. ; Sir
J. A Slice, P.R.S., 5 guineas ; Sir R. Murchison, 101. ;
Chales Barry, Esq., R.A., 5 guineas ; George Jones,
10/. ; C. L. Eastlake, Esq., R.A., 5/. ; C. It.
Cockerell, Esq , R.A. 5 guineas ; Sir William Ross,
ILA., 5 guineas ; David Roberts, Esq. R.A., 5 guineas;
Thos. Webster, R.A., 5 guineas,; Philip Hardwick,
10 guineas ; W. Wyon, R.A. 5 guineas ; Thos.
Creswick, R.A., 5 guineas ; Mrs. Pbillipps, 2 guineas ;
Lady Chantrey (her 6th:donation since her husband's
death), 201.; James 11. Mann, Esq., 5 guineas ; Robert
Vernon, 5/. ; Henry Ross, 5 guineas; Messrs. Coluaghi,
5 guineas.
The company did not separate till near eleven.

THE UNITED STATES.
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.-The arrival of the packet-
ship Minstrel, Captain Duane, from Boston, enables us
to give American news two days later than that brought
by the Montezuma. We do not find any political news
of interest, and the commercial interesting to the Euro-
pean reader is confined to the following extracts from a
Boston commercial paper of the 7th :-
The market since our last report has not been very ac-
tive, but continues firm for nearly all articles.
Flour has improved and is now full as high as previous
to the last steamer's advices, and is held with even more
firmness. This is owing in some degree to the very light
stick in market, which has become very much reduced.
In other articles but very little change.
Grain-The receipts of corn have been large within a
few days, great part which was sold previous to ar-
rival. The transactions have been light at 92c. to 94c.
for southern measure, and 95c. to 96c per bush., weight
of 561b5.; northern has been sold at the railway at 1 dol.
to 1 dol. 3c. per bush., measure. Oats are also arriving
pretty freely and sell at 46e. to 47c. for northern, and
42c. to 45c. for southern. In white pea brans there have
been sales at 1 dol. 62c. to 1 dol. 75c. per bush.
Ashes-But very few pearl ashes in market, and prices
have again improved. We notice sales at, 6c. to 61,c. per
lb., the market closing firm. In pots the sales have been
light, at 44c. to sc. per lb. cash.
Cotton-We have reduced quotations to conform to
sales, which amount to 680 bales sine our last, at the
quoted rates, and in some cases ie. below. Yesterday
our market was more animated. The purchasers are
very prudent, and a little over cautious. The total re-
ceipts of cotton at the different ports of the country,
from September, 1846. to latest dates, are 1,248,606
bales; same time last year, 1,190,584. The exports of
cotton from the United States, from September 1, 1846,
to latest dates, are 506,287; same time time last year,
507,168; decrease in exports to Great Britain this year,
110,013; decrease in exports to France, 6,962; increase
in exports to other foreign ports, 26,194; stocks at the
several ports, 628,513; same time last year, 486.224.
Drugs and Dees-There is no change of consequence
to notice in articles uuder this head since our last.
Turkey opium is held by the dealers at 5 dolls. 50c. to.
5 dolls. 75c.; superior carbonate of soda is very scarce,
and it is held at 15c. to 16c.; camphor is also firm at
33c. to 34c.; 30,000 lb. sal. soda sold at 3i-c. for 80 per
cent.; Prussiate potash is in few bands, and is held
higher. Sales of India gum arabic at 20e. 220.; liquo-
rice root at sc. to 51c.; Bichromate potash at 20c.; and
hydriodate potash at 9 dolls. to 9 dolls. 50c., six mos.
Iron-There is no change to notice in the market.
Small sales of Gartsherrie brand Scotch pig at 37 dolls.
50c., and American pig at 32 dolls. to 39 dolls. per ton,
six mos., as to quality.
Lead-The market is not quite so firm. Sales at 41c.
per lb cash, and some lots a shade under.
Naval Stores-Prices of spirits turpentine, have been
rather unsettled, and have had a downward tendency.
Sales have been made to airive at 50c. to 52c. per gal.,
six months. In other descriptions of naval stores no
operations of any importance.
Oils-Not much doing in American Linseed Oil, and
it is generally held at 80c., cash. In English Linseed
there have been further considerable sales, t arrive, at
80c., cash, on speculation. In Sperm Oil a further im-
provement has taken place in prices. Sales of crude
have been made at 1 doll. 10c , and some at 1 doll. 12c.,
to be delivered at a southern port ; winter, bleached and
unbleached has been in steady demand, at 1 doll. 17c. to
1 doll. 22c. per gal. Lard and Fish Oils have been sold
in the range of quoted rates.
Provisions-For pork, since our last, there has been
a steady demand to meet the wants of the trade. Sales
'at 14 dolls., 16 dolls., to 18 dolls. for prime, mess and
clear, 4 mos. In pickled sides pork there have been
further sales fur the English market at Bic to 9c. per lb.
Beef has been sold at 12 dolls. to 13 dolls. per bbl., for
good and extra quality mess, 4 mos. For lard there has
been considerable inquiry, and it is held firm at 101 c.
cash, and 11c. 4 mos., at which rates sales have been
made, in hbls. and kegs, some holders asking a still fur-
ther advance. In western smoked hams sales have been
made at 10c. per lb. cash. In butter and cheese no

change.
Rice—This article has been arriving more freely, but
prices are firm. Sales have been made to the trade and
tor export at 4ic. to 410. per lb., cash, and for the best
quality holders are firm at sc. Arrived since our last
453 casks.
Salt—ln Liverpool fine there have been sales of 700
bags at 1 doll. 40c. per bag, cash.
Wool—Domestic wool continues to be in steady de-
mand, and further sales have been made at full prices.
In foreign the sales have only been small lots of Smyrna
in the range of quoted rates.
Freights—Owing to the scarcity of vessels but little
has been done in freights since our last. Rates remain
about the same.

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.
MR. F. CHATTERTON'S CONCERT.
Mr. F. Ci,atterton gave his first concert for the season
at this theatre on Saturday evening. The following
were the vocal performers engaged :—Miss Birch,
Madame F. Lablache, Miss Moriatt O'Connor, Miss
Allen, Miss Ste, le, and Miss Mary Rose ; Mr. Brehm,
Mr. Henry Smith, Mr. Harrison, Mr. G. Genge, Mr. N.
J. Sporle, Mr. John Parry, Signor Furtado, and Signor
F. Lablache. These performers are all, with one excep-
tion, so well known, and so justly appreciated, that to
dwell upon their merits would be a work of supereror.-
don. That exception is Miss Mary Rose, a young lady
who made her clibcd on Saturday evening. This young
lsdy possesses a sweet yet powerful voice, and has been
well taught. It is evident that she is a thorough musician,
and, with her powers, her science, and her exquisite
taste, she cannot fail to attain to a high rank in the pro-
fession she has chosen. The house was crowded, and
the concert seemed to afford the greatest satisfaction to
all present.

THE NEW JUDGES UNDER THE
SMALL DEBTS ACT.
We believe that the following may be looked upon as
a correct list of the Judges under the New Small Debts
Act, as far as the appointments have taken place, with
the respective districts assigned to them :
DISTRICTS. JUDGES.
1. Northumberland
2. Durham H. D. Stapylton
3. Cumberland & Westmoreland Theophilus Ingham
4. North Lancashire T. Addison
5. South West Lancashire Wm. A. Hulton
6. Liverpool
7. West Cheshire J. W. Harden

Manchester
. East Cheshire 1
). South East Lancashire
1. Bradford
2. Halifax
,3. Sheffield
[4. Leeds T. H. Marshall
15. York R. Wharton
16. Hull ...
17. Lincolnshire J. G. Stapleton Smith
18. Nottinghamshire R. Wildman
19. Derbyshire
20. Leicestershire and Rutland-
shire
21. Birmingham Leigh Trafford•
22. Warwickshire
23. Worcestershire B. Parham
24. Herefordshire and Mon-
mouthshire J. M. Herbert - •
25. Dudley and Wolverhampton Mr. Sergeant Clarke
26. Staffordshire R. G. Temple
27. Shropshire
28. North Wales A. J. Johnes
29. Mid Wales
30. South East Wales
31. South West Waless J. Johnes
Norfolk ...............

32. ortolk
33. Suffolk
34. The Fen Circuit
35. Bedfordshire and Cambridge-
J. Collyer
shire
36. Buckinghamshire and North-
amptonshire
37. Berkshire.and Oxfordshire J. B. Parry, Q.C.
38. Home Circuit
39. Essex
40. Whitechapel
41. Shoreditch and Bow .
42. Clerkenwell T. Starkie, Q.C.
43. Bloomsbury .. . D. D. Heath
44. Brentford, Brompton, and
Marylebone
45. Westminster D. C. Moylan
46. Surrey
47. SouthWark
G. Clive
48. Greenwichcnet and Lambeth
49. West
J. Espinasse
1 50. East Kent

51. Sussex
52. Hampshire and Isle of Wight C. J. Gale
53. Bath and North Wilts
54. Gloucestershire
55. Bristol
56. South Wilts and Dorsetshire E. Everett
57. Somersetshire
58. East Devon
59. West Devon W. M. Praed
60. Cornwall • . Kekewich.

The Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of
Commons gave his last Parliamentary banquet this session
on Saturday last, at his residence in Eaton-square, when the
guests who honoured the Right Hon. Gentleman with their
company comprised—the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Vis-
count Barrington, Lord R. Grosvenor, Lord J. Chichester,
the Hon. E. Bouverie, the Hon. A. Cole, the Hon. J. Dundas,
the Hon. E. Mostvn, the Hon. Captain W. Fitzmanrice, the
Hon. Captain J. P. Maxwell, Sir P. Grey Egerton, Bart., Sir
G. Staunton, Bart., Sir A. Brooke, Bart., Colonel T. `ood,
M.P., Mr. C. E. Rumbold, Mr. T. D. Arland, Mr. G. Philips,
Mr. J. A. Smith, Mr. Smith, Mr. W. H. P. Carew, Mr. R.
Prime, Mr. M. Gaskell, Mr. H. Lambton, Mr. S. Crawford,
Mr. R. Currie, and Mr. C. B. Wall.
VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S RE-
umoN.—Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston gave a sump-
tuous entertainment, on Saturday last to their Royal Hip-
nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at their mansion
in Carlton-gardens. Their Royal Highnesses were attended
by Baron Snesebeck and Lady Augusta Cadogan, and the
distinguished guests at dinner to meet their Royal High-
nesses included his Excellency Count de St. Aulaire, his
Excellency Count Dietrichstein, the Marchioness of • Ayles-
bury, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl and
Countess Granville, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn,
Viscount Cantilupe, Lord Brougham, Lady Beauvale, Lady
Mallet, the Hon. Wm. Cowper, &c. Her Ladyship, in
honour to the royal visitors, received a select circle at a sub-
sequent period of the evening.
We are glad to learn that the Marquis of Clanri-
carde has presented one of the sons of Mr. John A. Heraud,
the epic poet, with an appointment in the Secretary's de-
partment of the General Post-office; such recognitions, on
the pdrt of Government, of literary merit, are at all times
gratifying.
MR. O'CONNELL IN PARIS.—Mr. O'Connell, who
as we announced on Saturday, arrived in Paris on Friday,
does not seem to have suffered from his journey; and the
only thing of which lie complained was great personal
fatigue from the effects of his journey, and considerable
mental depression. We learn from Paris that the twelve
medical gentlemen who have seen Mr. O'Connell have given
it as their opinion that he has no organic disease; and that
the depression of spirits from which he suffers will probably
sbteagrenag from business.
by change of climate and by totally ab-
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companied by only one secretary, and his personal servants.
Captain Fremantle, appointed to her Majesty's ship Raleigh,
Raetnitlbearr,kshede pyuetsttoersdeaaysoona
and Mr. Grant, secretary to Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert,
who commands the naval force in the Brazils, went out in
tl, e Rattler.
The prayer for the removal of the present prevail-
ing scarcity was read yesterday at SL Paul's Cathedral and
in most of the metropolitan churches.

ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WEST-
ERN RAILWAY.— BIRMINGHAM, SUNDAY.—Last night con-
siderable anxiety was felt here, in consequence of the non-
arrival of the train which was due from London at a quarter
past seven o'clock, and the express train which arrisss in
about half an hour after. At nine o'clock a special train
arrived from Coventry with a great number of passengers,
and by it intelligence was received that some stoppage had
taken place above Coventry, but at the time of the departure
of the train no further information had been received in that
city. This morning, however, it was ascertained that a very
serious accident occurred on the line, but fortunately unat-
tended with any fatal consequences. Ist,autearilthdat
in the
gage train, consisting of many gg
withinon about
. three miles of
wtfraom the Kilsby tunnel, at a
Rugby,cour s course fatnthde daa
ree of one of the 1 t
quarter to six o'clock, when the ax e
darisrtivanedcaa
disorder. The
r. usual
wag-
gons broke. and threw the train into
day,
td
notices were given by the men, and every effort made, but in
vain, to stop the engine. The waggons one after another
ran off the line, and were thrown in all directions for a con-
siderable distance, and two of them rolled down a small em-
bankment. The engine-driver and the rest of the
to men
escaped, and with the exception of the damage done the
waggons and a great quantity of the merchandise, no further
loss has been sustained.
DISCovERY OF A SUPPOSED MYSTERIOUS ,
DER, COMMITTED ELEVEN YEARS SINCE.--Saturday's Govern-
ment Police Gazette contains the particulars of a supposed
murder, under most mysterious circumstances, committed
-eleven years since. In the month of August, 1836, a mare
was found tied in a coppice at Sedgberrow, Worcestershire.
She was of the following description; viz., dark brown with
switch tail, star in the forehead, long in the back, about fif-
feen hands high, three or four years old, and a fast trotter.
She had on a bridle and saddle, the latter a good one, with
two new stirrup leathers and girths attached, maker's name
on the saddle, "C. Reeve, Malmesbury." In consequence of
human bones having been recently discovered near to where
the mare was found, it is thought that the owner of the
mare was murdered, and that he was a dealer. A person
suspected of the murder has given away an antique double-
linked silver watch chain,and affixed to the chain is a watch-
key, in the body of which is curiously worked in silver the
figure of a man, seated on a barrel, smoking a pipe. It is
believed that the chain and key belonged to the deceased,
and every endeavour is being made to ascertain who that
individual was.
The General Steam Navigation Company's mail
steam sl.ip, " Countess of Lonsdale," arrived in the river
yesterday morning with the Hamburgh and Bremen mails.
.Fog prevailed during the greater part of the passage, which
occtipied forty-eight hours only from Hamburgh. She
passed the Lord Strangford, schooner, Saturday morning,
just below Cuxhaven, bound up.
The Genoral Steain IN'avi,.:lll-I,:n Company's mail
ste,un ship, "I:Ainbor.," arrived at ill aVeSa:d, at ten o'clock
last evening, with the Holland mail; the passage from Rot-
terdam was performed in fifteen hours.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDA `TriitE v Nit / (71
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Saturday evening was a glorious evening for her Ma- •
jesty's theatre. It was the evening of the day of the
Drawing Room, and her Majesty herself, with Prince
Albert honoured the theatre with her presence. Around
her were grouped the elite of the most glorious Court in
the world. The coup d'eeil was magnificent, and on Sa-
turday was realised the imagining of him to whose taste
we are indebted for the bouton d'a decorations of the
boxes. Every box was occupied, and each box looked like
a framed picture. The Opera presented was worthy the
occasion. It was Ernani with Fraschini as the hero. The
part was originally composed by Verdi, for Fraschini,
arid whether we consider him as an actor or as a singer, his
performance was perfect. His opening air, " Come
rugiada alcespite," was exquisitely given ; there was a
tenderness and pathos about it that quite carried the
House by storm. It was evident that an English au-
dience—albeit Moriani's interpretation of the character
was, in parts, beautiful—had never before heard Er
nani. Fraschini went on from triumph to triumph, and
secured not only his own fame, but made the opera.
Madame Castellan was the Elvira, and she, too, was as
superior to her predecessor, Madame Rita Borio, as
was Fraschini to all who have preceded him
in the part. There was a grace and a pa-
thos about her interpretation of the charecter of
Elvira which left nothing to be desired. Superchi, as
Carlos, was very fine, his " Meco Vieni," in the second
act, was most deservedly encored. Ernani is an opera
which, perhaps, depends more upon its choruses, its con-
certed, and its orchastral music than any other. It is one
which tests to a superlative degree the powers of the
chorus and the orchestra, and never was it performed
better than on Saturday evening. The choruses were
given in a manner infinitely superior to that in which they
were either last season or the season before. Musically
they were magnificently executed, and they were acted as
well as sung—a vast improvement upon the impaisable,
immoveable. semicircular arrangement of the old chorus
singers. The orchestral accompaniments were superbly
given. There was a feeling, an intelligence, about the
rendering of Verdi's music by the orchestra on Saturday
night, which imparted to it a vitality and a spirit for
which mere mechanical hand-organry cold correctness is
a very poor substitute; not but that musical correctness
was also present. It was impossible to have the music
performed more correctly ; but there was spirit superadded
to correctness. It was, taken for all in all, perhaps, the
most perfect performance ever heard within the walls of
her Majesty's 1 heatre.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert were attended by the
Duchess of Sutherland, the Marquis of Ormonde, the
lion. Miss Murray, the Hon. Miss Napier, Lord Clifden,
Colonel Grey, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain Seymour.
Amongst the other distinguished visitors were the Duke
of Wellington, Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and Lady
Rachel Russell, the Marquis of Aylesbury. the Duchess
of Victory and Madile. Espartero, the Duchess of Hunt-
ley, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Marquis and
Marchioness -of Douro, the Marchioness of Ormonde,
Earl of Falmouth, Earl of Lonsdale, Earl of Belfast,
Earl Cardigan, Earl and Countess of Sheffield and Lady
Susan Holroyd, Countess of Jersey and Lady Clemcntina
Villiers, Baroness Brunnow and Mademoiselle Olga
Lochner, Countess of Blessington and the Misses Power,
Viscount Drumlanrig; Lords Ernest Bruce, Saltoun, W.
Lennox, H. Lennox, A. Fitzclarence, Gardner, Sandys,
the Lord Mayor, Mrs. Carrol and the Misses Cerro],
Lady Charles Wellesley, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Count
Kondriaffsky Conde de Montemolin, Sir Richard Vivian,
Sir John Lowther, Col. Upton, Sir George Wombwell,
Mrs. Parke Reading, Mr. and Mrs. E. Phillips, Capt.
and the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, Hon. Mrs. Norton,
Capt. Greville, Hon. F. Chichester, Captain Meynell,
Hon. George Byne, Major Berkley, Mr. and Lady
Augusta Wentworth, Sir H. Webb, Captain Reynolds,
Mr. Tollemache, Major Baring, &c.

GROUPS ON RAIL
The following groups are appoh.
commencing Monday, the 12th of A,
GROUP, No. 5. Railway
world
Great Western (Branches to West Timid,
nation. —o*J
London Brentford and Great Western Ju k •
Great i'estern (Branches to Egham, Stain, )
Windsor Railway.
London and South-Western, widening thereo .ts f;;'
to
'-
Windsor, Staines and South-Western (Rh.
Windsor).
Windsor, Staines and South-Western (S ttlines to
Ascot, &c.) _

',WAY BILLS .
atsci to sit in the w eek,

GROUP, No. 6.
Bristol and Exeter (Branch from Bleadon t Wells,

Glastonbury, &c.)
Bristol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Cary B rat ich).
Great Western (Extension of the Berks and Han is Rail-

way, &c.)
Yeovil and Bridport to Exeter, with Branches..
Wilt; Somerset and Weymouth (Amendment, NC). 1.)
Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth (Amendment, N 4), 2•)
Chard Canal and Railway Company.
Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch' )•
Salisbury and Yeovil (London and South-Weste n, , with

Brandies to Shaftesbury, &c.)
Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway Branch s,
Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act Amendment.
Blandford and Bruton.
Great Western (Amendment and Extension).

GROUP, No. 16.
London and North-Western (St. Alban's, le, It on and
Dunstable).
Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford to Hitchin, „&c.)
Great Northern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield aad St.
Alban's).
Enfield and Edmonton Railway Extension.
GROUP, No. 18.
London, Oxford and Cheltenham Railway and B r Inches

(Cheltenham to Triug, &c.)
Cheltenham and Oxford Railway (Great Wester n June-
don, &c.)
Midland Railway (Gloucester and Stouehouse Ju ti ction).
Midland Railway (Branch from Dlangolsfield tai Bath,
&c.)

GROUP, No. 21.
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Lea: 10 to the
London and North Western).
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley (.No. 1).
London and North- Western Railway (Bescot a Ins 1 W ol-
verhampton).
London and North-Western Railway (Portol 10110 and
Wolverhampton Branch, &c.)
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Stour Valley (N 0.2).
Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Dudley Act (Stour-
bridge and West Bromwich, &c.)
Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Shrews' bi try ,to

.
Worcester).
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Ame ailment

and Branches
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (
.7go. 2).
GROUP, No. 47.
Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle (Branches, No.
Wishaw and Coltness (Branches to Auchenhea th. and
Canderside).
(a). Caledonian Railway (Branches to Wilsc 43 town,
Fauldhouse, &c.) Second half of divided I see
Special Report of Group 46.
Caledonian (Branches to Douglas, Lismahag a, and

Strathavon).
Caledonian (Extension with Branches to the ' iirishaw

and Coltness).
Airdrie and Bathgate Junction (Amendment and. Devia-

tion).
Wilsontown, Morningside and Colinas (Brae whes to
Benhar, &c.)
Edinburgh and Bathgate (Extension of B wrack's
Branch, &c.)

The following groups are appointed to sit in tl to week
commencing Monday, 19th April :
GROUP, No. 11.
Braintree and Halstead Railway.
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead I tailway
(Stour Navigation Purchase).
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead I halway
(Extension to Milford, Lavenham and Clare).
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstes xi (Ex-
tension from Lavenham to Bury St. Edmund's)..
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury and Halstead Pistilway
(Lease to the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's)..
Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway (Sale to
the Eastern Union Railway Company).
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Branch frorm Stow
Market to Sudbury).
Eastern Union and Hadleigh (Alteration and Extension

to Laveuham).
Eastern Counties Railway (Maldon, Witham, and Brain-
tree Railway Purchase).
Easter Union and Ipswich and Bury Amalgamation.
GROUP, No. 28.
Boston, StaMford, and Birmingham (Peterborouei and

Thorney Line).
Eastern Counties Railway (Peterborough to Folkinehara).
Easter Counties Railway (Spalding to Newark).
Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Peter-
borough, Boston, and Doncaster), the Bill No. 2, as
proposed in the Special Report.
Great Northern Railway (Branches to Sleaford).
The Committee recommend that the Great Noirthern
Railway Bill (Deviations between Peterborough, noston,
and Doncaster) be divided into two Bills, the one to
contain the Deviations near Doncaster, the other the
remaining Deviations, and that the first Bill be referred
to Group, No. 81, the second Bill to Group, No. 28..
GROUP, No. 34.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway
(Branch from Aldham to Ashton).
Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (sta-
tion approach in Manchester).
Rochdale Canal (sale to Manchester and Leeds Rahway
Company).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Ash-
ton Canal purchase).
Uuddersfield and Manchester Railway (branch from Old-
ham to Ashton).
London and North• Western Railway (Lease and Pur-
chase of Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, &c.)
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (Deviation and
Alteration, &c.)
Oldham Alliance Railway (Lines from Oldham, &e.)

GROUP, No. 50.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr (Branches, No. 1.)
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr (Branches, No. 2.)
Glasgow Paisley,Kilmarnock and Ayr (Branches, N 0.3).
Glasgow, Kilmarnock and• Ardrossan (Deviations and
Amendments).
Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilston (Amendments, Devia-
tions, Branches, &c.)
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Amendments and
Branches).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, No. 2—vide Special
Report.
Paisley, Barrhead and Hurlet (Branches).
Paisley and Renfrew (Improvement).
Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct. •
GROUP, No. 51.
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle (Branches, No. 1).
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle (Branches, No. 2).
North British (No. 2), (Extension Hawick to Carlisle,
&c.)
Caledonian (Branches to Canobie, &c.)
Caledonian, Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle (Lease of
part).
Ayrshire and Galloway.

The following Groups are appointed to sit in the
week commencing Monday, the 26th of April
GROUP, No. 9.
Liskeard and Caradon Railway Act Amendment.
West Corrwall Railway Branches and Improvement.
Cornwall Railway Act Amendment and Deviation.

Plymouth and Dartmoor Branch.
Falmouth and Helston.
GROUP, No. 13.
Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (Alteration near Need-
ham).
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Extension to Yar-
mouth).
Norfolk Railway (Branch from Wymondham to the
Norwich Extension of the Ipswich and Bury St. Ed-
mund's Railway).
Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Extension from the Sta-
tion).
Norfolk Railway (Thetford to Lowestoft Railway, &c.)
GROUP, No. 20.
London and North-Western Railway (Kenilworth, Lea-
mington, &c.)
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway (Warwick
and Stratford Line).
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Amendment
(Deviation of Line).
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Birmingham,
Wolverhampton and Dudley Railways Amalgamation.
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton (No. 1).
Midland Railway (Cheltenham, Warwick and Leaming-
ton Line).
GROUP, No. 22.
Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Deviations.
Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway (Exten-
sion to Taff Vale Railway).
Midland Railway (Worcester, Hereford, Malvern and
'Cheltenham Lines, with a Branch to Ledbury).
Gloucester and Hereford Railway and Canal Purchase.
GROUP, No. 23.

Llynvi Valley Railway Extension.
Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway and Aust
- Ferry.
Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway (Construction of
Docks, &c.)
DutTryn, Llynvi, and Porth Cawl Railway, and Llynvi
Valley Company Amalgamation.
Vale of Neath Railway (Branches and Amendments)..
Swansea Valley Line and Branches.
South Wales Railway (Deviation Branches and Amend-
ment).
Swansea and Amman Junction Railway (Yousemond to
Nantmelynn).

MARCH 29,