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measures sent up by the Commons ; but
then these were mea ures not of the first magnitude
(with the exception of that which provided for the ap-
propriation of ecclesiastical revenues to secular pur-
poses), and one and al had only been passed by ma-
jorities far below the number of piacemen having seats
in the popular branch of the Legislature. The corn-
law is a measure second to none in its importance. Its
necessity is felt to be so great, that it has
effected a revolution in the sentiments of the
Premier—a man whose mind is of . the highest
order, and whose individual interests are bound
up with the proprietors of the soil. A similar
change has been wrought upon the minds of many oth'er
senators. And the conviction is the more valuable
from having been arrived at free from the excitement of
, candidates upon the hustings. The Duke of WEL-
LINGTON is a similar convert. His Grace stands aloof
from any other influence save that of a patristic desire
to act for the good of his country. Other Peers, like
Lord ESSEX, &c., are daily swelling the ranks of the
disciples of free trade. The country at large, as
stated by the Minister, has within the last twelve months
raised its Voice in the same cause. That vast associa-
tion—the League—already confident in the . speedy
triumph of the great principle it embodied, seems con-
tent to remain passive-. On the other :land, their oppo-
nents have tried every means, and tried them in vain,
to turn the scales of public, opinion by any counter-de-
monstration. These are matters the House of
Peers will not heedle'sly refl.:et upon, and are
to us assurances that their judgment will
unite with that of the House of Commons.
What the Whigs will do in the month of July, and after
the Corn-law Bill shall be enrolled on the statute-book,
it is not perhaps so easy to predict, though this also
has been made subject of speculation. Considering,
however, the honourable support they are now giving
the Ministry, in opposition to the banded supporters of
monopoly, it argues the improbability of their hereafter
taking a line of policy tending politically to strengthen
those whose discomfiture is as marked as their
views are selfish and narrow. If these and
-uch hairbrained speculations are the only vouchers for a
dissolution, its rumour is a ricketty abortion indeed.
Such Members, also, of the House of Peers, as might
desire a continuance of the corn-laws, must feel uneasy
under the weight of the cumbersome and spurious ar-
-;uments by which their cause is thus wantonly upheld.
If ever they have felt themselves coaxed, flattered, and
,raised by their auxiliary of the press, and, in turn,
have lent their approving smiles, they must already be-
;in to be sensible that zeal may degenerate into indis-
cretion, and recognise the full force of the adage—
" Pessimum genus inim'corum laudkintes.",

It has been said, as a proof of the keen, plodding,
and wary habits of the Scotch, that a Jew is a very rare
sight north of the Tweed, and that the huekstering
Hebrew, if he chances to cross the river, hurries back
with the most inconceivable speed, in order to escape
death from starvation. On the cause of this singular
phenomenon we will not venture any suppositions, but
about the paucity of the Jews in the north there can be
no doubt—the very small numbers of that industrious
race found in Scotland forming only exceptions to the
general rule. There is another point, however, in
which a similarity of manners and customs are infinitely
more striking, and which has excited the wonder of an-
tiquarians as well as learned philosophers. In their ob-
servauce of one day of the week as a day of rest a
considerable portion of the Scotch follow the example
set by the Jews, and consider it a heinous crime to do
my work on that day. They forget altogether the
new dispensation, they disregard the precepts of the
great FOUNDER of our Religion, who was persecuted to
death by Sabbath-worshippers, and perversely consider
it one of the great objects of Christianity to render the
first day of the week, which ought to be observed with
loy and gladness, a day of sorrow and punishment. Our
readers will remember the heaps of petitions that were
poured into Parliament during the days of Sir ANDREW
AGNEW, praying for the better observance of the
'abbath in Scotland, a countey where all foreigners,
yen the Jews themselves, consider it would be im-
tossible to make the observance mare strict. Some of
hem will also remember that wh n the first important
ine of railroad, that between Eainburgh and Glasgow,
vas opened, the most strenuous and unfair means were
ulopted by the Agnewites to influence the directors alio
shareholders, and compel them to stop the trains on
iunday. We look back with satisfaction to that period,
because The Sun took an • active part in defeating a
,theme which, if established in that instance, might have
peen math applicable to all the lines throughout that
'cingdom. We showed from the best of all authority,
he New Testament, that the Jewish observance of the
.irst day of the week was at direct variance a ith its pre-
:epts, as well as the example of the Apostles, and the
more rational portion of the directors, we are glad to
say an overwhelming majority, took the same view of
the question. A Glasgow clergyman, after a silence of
three months, attempted to refute our arguments, but he
could not refute matters of fact, nor language plain to
the commonest understanding, nor the direct injunctions
!aid down by divine authority. But still this party
interferes with the more liberal habits of the great body
of the people, and have fallen upon a new scheme to effect
their purpose. They now pour petitions into Parliament
praying that the license granted to toll. bar houses to
furnish refreshment for travellers may all be withdrawn
by an Act of the Legislature ; and one of their most
weighty arguments for this harsh step is, that the
Sabbath is desecrated at these places by drinking
spirituous liquors. We find, however, from a number
of petitions presented to the House of Lords on Tuesday
evening, by Lord CAMPBELL, that this step will not sa-
tisfy them, and that all houses licensed for the sale of
spirituous liquors on Sunday must be forthwith closed.
We cannot say that it is an electioneering scheme, bat cer-
tainly it has all the appearance of a trick of thatdescription
The Earl of MINTO was the determined supporter of a
Bill to abolish licenses for toll-houses, which the Com-
mons manfully rejected. It was brought forward by
Mr. Fox MAULE, and mainly supported by Mr. P. M.
STEWART, two pillars of the Free Church ; and the
parties who are bent on a still further encroachment on
the liberty of the subject entrust their petitions to such
Whig Lords as BREADALBANE, MINTO, and CAMPBELL.
The Tory peers seemed to take little interest in the
matter, and the Bill was allowed quietly to pass. But
in the other House that party acted a more noble part.
The Scotch Tory Members, though few in propel-
tion to their opponents, mustered strongly, and threw
out the Bill. Sir JAMES GRAHAM and the Lord Advo-
cate, who ought to know something about the interne]
Government of the country, voted against it, and could
see no reason for believing that there was any truth in
the arguments urged by Mr. Fox MAPLE, or that the
Sabbath could be desecrated more at occasional toll-bar
houses on the high road than at the thousands of places
open for the same purpose in large towns. To meet
this difficulty, these meddlers with the rights of private
emscience—those men who are eternally seeing motes in
their brother's eye, but consider not the beam in their own
eyes, have adopted a more comprehensive scheme, and
are determined to forbid refreshments on Sundays to all
parties except those who have well-stocked cellars at
home, or can afford to pay the high charges of a hotel.
This is an abominable attempt to tyrannise over the
lower classes ; it is one of the most glaring instances of
class legislation, and we consider it therefore our
bounden duty to the unrepresented classes to do all in
our power to protect their rights, and put down bare•
feoed schemes of oppression, which never would have
been broached by Whig Lords or Whig Commoners,
under a more extended system of representation.

Genera CONCHA'S treatment of the prisoners taken in the
battle with IMARTE, at Ostorga. MM. MON and PIDAL
condemn CoxcnA fur not at once shooting the prisoners ; ISTU-
HITZ and CANELIA, on the contrary, approve of his humanity.
There have been also, it is said, differences in the Cabinet on
the question of the law of the press, and it was also rumoured
that the Presidency of the Senate had been offered to NAR-
VAEZ. It is, however, to be recollected that all these ru-
mours appear only in the Herald, the organ of NARTAE;
and that, therefore, they cannot be implicitly reied on.
Letters from Madrid, dated the 15th, treat them as entirely
unworty of credit, and state that the question of the press had
not even been mooted at the recent meetings of the Cabinet
The iladrid Gazette, of the 15th, states that the whole of
Galicia is tranquil, with the exception of Lugo and Santiago.
CONCHA, however, has demanded reinforcements ; and, on
the 15th, the regiment of Asturias and a company of artil-
lery had left Madrid to join him. This looks as if Galicia
was not quite so tranquil as the Government represent it to
be. These reinforcements are to be commanded by Briga-
dier BLAMER, who is promoted to the rank of General.

MADRID BOLSA, APRIL 15.—Three per Cents.,-31% for
Money ; Five per Cents., not quoted ; Bank of St. Ferdinand,
280; Bank of Isabella, 170; Company of Probity, 185;
Company of Iris, 130 ; General Assurance, 84 ; Alliance, 170;
Anchor, 168 ; Gas Company, 600. Exchanges--Londun, 37 i 3;
Paris, 16 3.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The Court of Peers assembled on Monday at one o'clock
to consider the course to be adopted to carry out the ordon
nance of the 17th inst., constituting them a Court for the
trial of LECOMTE. There were. 229 Peers present, and
constituting the Court, be,ides BOYER, the President of

the Court of Cassation, and Lieutenant-General Count
MULL; who were excused further attendance on the
ground of ill-health, and Count MONTALIVET, who was
also excused attendance, as he would have to be
examined as a witness. The Chancellor having taken the
chair, the Court was addressod by M. HEBERT, the Procureur
General, who described the circumstances attending the
attempt of LECOMTE to assassinate the KING. The Court
then deliberated, and eveutaally came to the following de-
cision :

" The Court of Peers, taking into consideration the royal
ordinance of April 17—taking into consideration, mereovi r.
Article 28 of the Constitutional Charter—having beard the
requisitory of the Procureur-General, and having deliberated
thereon, acknowledges the presentation by the said func-
tionary of a copy of his complaint against the perpetrator
and accomplices of the attempt against the King's person.
committed at Fontainebleau on the 16th of the present
month—does hereby order, that by the President of the court,
and by such Peerias he may designate to replace him in case
of absence, there shall be forthwith proceeded to the previous
examinations required for carrying en the prosecution; does
moreover, order, that in the course of such examinations the
functions attributed to the Council-Chamber by Art. 128 of
the Code of Criminal Instruction, shall be filled by the Pre-
sident of the Court, Count d'Argout, Baron de Barante,
Count de Pontecoulant, Count de Bondy, Baron de Fraville,
M. Laplange Barris, M. Persil, President de Gascq, Presi-
dent Bonnet, Baron de Ciouseilles, President Legagneux,
and M. Mesnard, which aforesaid Peers shall draw up the
report : does also order that the rules and proceedings of the
criminal instruction, in such cases laid down, shall not be
departed from ; does further order that the letters, gun, and
all other articles relating to the present case, be without delay
lodged with the Regritrar of the Court: does further order
that the citations and other acts performed by ushers of the
ordinary courts of justice shall be performed by the ushers
of the Chamber;, and, finally, does order that the present
decision shall, with all diligence, be carried into effect by the
Procureur-General.—Deliberated on, and ordered at the
Court of Peers, at Paris, this 20th day of April, in the Coun-
cil-chamb,r, by us, the undersigned."—(Here follow the
names of the Peers present, 229 in number.)
It would appear that the journals were in error in announc-
ing the arrival of LECOMTE in Paris on Saturday. He was
not taken to the Conciergerie until Monday.
"It was only thin morning," says the Constitutimmel,
" that Pierre Lecomte arrived at Paris at ten o'clock; the
prison van, in which he was conveyed from Fontainbleau,
under% strong escort of gendarmes, reached the Court of
the Conciergerie, and. he was immediately lodged in one of
the cells adjoining the female ward. He is guarded by two
keepers, who never lose sight of him an instant. That pre-
caution was deemed the more necessary as Lecomte is a man
of a sombre and energetic character. At Fontainbleau some
of his expressions induced a belief that he would contrive by
a voluntary death to avoid the pain of the trial
and the consequences of the sentence. The King's At-
torney at Fontainbleau, M. Aignan Desaix, was the first to
interrogate him, and he underwent a second examination on
the arrival of Chancellor Pa,quier and the Attorney-Gene-
ral Hebert. A minute search was made in the swell park of
Avon, and on the different points of the forest which Le-
comte mentioned having visited. The particulars of the in-
quiry are unknown, but we do not hesitate to affirm, from
what has transpired, that it is fully proved that the assassin
had no accomplices. Lecomte evinces still the same tirm-
ness. He is extremely rese ved, has a wild, staring coun-
tenance; and his livid complexion, sharp profile, and hasty
movements denote boldness and resolution. It is thought
that his trial will cone on during the first fbrtnight of May.
Our read rs may recollect that the attempt of Alibauil was
committed on the Ist of June. and that fifteen days after-
wards he was tried and executed."

The Constitationnel adds the following strange anecdote:—
' A curious circumstance has been rwated to us, as having
happened almost at the moment when LECOMTE fire.l at the
KING. MILES, the groom, who was preceding the royal
carriage on horseback, saw LECOMTE taking aim, and think-
ing that the Comte DE M9NTALIVET (who sat nearest the
assassin) was the person who would be shot, cried
out, almost involuntarily, Ah ! M. Le Comte!'
The assassin, hearing this exclamation, fancied that MILES

had recognised him, and this circumstance, among others,
tended to derange his aim, and thus aided in saving the life
uf the KING. MILES has, by his promotion to the place of
piqueur, a large increase of wages. He has now 4,0001. a year,
whereas, as groom, he had wily 1,200 f.
The following account of the conduct of LECOMTE imme-
diately after his arrest, is given by the Journal de Fontaine-
bleau :

"To the first questions addressed to him, Lecomte replied
proudly that he wad the author of the attempt, and ttn.t he
did not wish either to escape or to conceal himself. It is
since known that when he said so he thought he had struck
his Majesty. When, subsequently, he discovered his mistake,
he expressed his deep regret at not having effected his ob-
ject. Since his capture, Lecomte has refused to taste any
description of food. He merely drinki pure water, and
passes his entire time lying on his bed, his bead covered with
the skirts of his frock coat. He asked for a razor, and ap-
peared much disappointed that he was refused. Oa Satur-
day he was taken from his prison and conducted to the spot
where he committed the crime, and he there described his
preparations with the most imperturbable coolness. He had
even taken the precaution to cover the barrel of his gun with
leather, to prevent the reflection of the sun from betraying
his position."
" During the journey of Lecomte to Paris," sa3,s the Presse,
"he exhibited the greatest sang froid. Ile conversed
with the officer of gendarmery respecting the details and
preparatives of the crime. He attribntes his missing to the
precipitation with which he got up on the heap of faggots
when he hoard the royal carriage coining sooner than he ex-
pected. Fir three days be refused all food, and it was only
in the carriage on his way to Paris that ha consented to eat
a morsel, and drink a glass of beer."

Immediately on his arrest he underwent a preliminary
examination, which was conducted by M. AIGNAN DEsatx,
Procurour du Roi, and M. BANDELAIRE, Juge d'lnstruction.
On the arrival of Duke PASQUIER and M. HEriEnT, the in-
closure in which LECONITE had stood when he made the
attack, and the different points which it appeared
from his answers he bad passed over, were most minutely
examined, but although the exact details of that examination
have not been reported, the Constitutionnel affirms that the
result has been to show that he had no accomplices. He is
at present confined in the Conciergerie, as the prison in the
Luxembourg is not yet completed.

The KING was every day receiving numerous congratu-
latory deputations from the various public bodies of the
kingdom.
The officers of the National Guard of Paris, being at the
muster on- Sunday last, got up impromptu a dinner, to cele-
brate the KING'S happy escape from assassination. The
most loyal toasts and speeches were given, and received with
the greatest enthusiasm.
According to the Constitutionnel a proposition for a general
review of the National Guard of Paris had been discussed in
the Council of Ministers, but had been rejected in conse-
quence of the opposition of M. GUIZOT and M. Duct! ITEL.

The same paper announces, that no change has taken place
in the projected journey of the Duke and Duchess de
NEMOURS to England. They intend to leave Paris a few
days after the accourhement of' Queen VlcTontA.
A report of Marshal BUGEAUD, dated Algiers, March 13,
enclosing another from General LAMORICIERE, has been re-
ceived by the Minister of War. On the 6th, General Jous-
SOUI, after a forced march of fourteen hours, overto.,k a large
column of Ouled Nayl emigrants, and captured an
immense booty. " The demoralisation," says the General

Constantinople papers to the 6th, and Athens papers to the
9th, have been received. Everything was tranquil at Con-
stantinople. The Ministry bad paid up a considerable por•
lion of the arrears due to the troops, and were progressing in
their measures of reform.
At Athens the Minister, COLETTI, had obtained from the
Chamber a vote for a provisional credit for four months, by
a majority of 69 to 33. A motion for an address, praying
the KING to dismiss his Ministers, was lost by a similar ma.
joritv. On the 6th the anniversary of Greek independence
was observed with all the usual solemnities and rejoicings.
On the 7th a curious scene took place in the Chamber. The
Deputy for Syra, M. DAR S, informed the President that he
had just been assaulted in the Chamber itself, by General
Ginziorri. M. GRIVAS said that the General intended only
to inflict a little corporal discipline upon M. DARAS, but
that he bad interfered and prevented any blows being given.
M. DAttAs wished to make a speech on the occasion, but the
President informed him that he could not allow hint to do
so until the affair should have been regularly inquired into.
Several of the Deputies complained of this conduct of the
President as partial, and demanded that M. DARAS should
be heard. Great confusion ensued, and eventually the sitting
broke up in most admired disorder.

has reached the highest
of Tittery. The
occupies a very large portion of the Desert
excercise a
blow we have just inflicted upon them must.
of . .
rs sunlit's-
salutary influence. Notwithstanding the olle
to
•;ion which are sent in from every quarter, I
continuedesert,
country,becatise iatnliyasso theyl()ng
swuhpoporitneNditeadnd Abd-
pursue and chastise the Arabs or that part of the .
pitch amongst that trite, which
means of invading the Tell, and descending into the valley
of the Isser." The point where General Joussouf attacked
furnishedelh atle
himr with
t ttilttehier
the °tiled Nayls is fifteen leagues to the south of Ksar
Zaccar, or about a hundred leagues from the sea coast.
Letters from Algiers, dated the 15th, state that Marshal
BUGEAUD, who hal been confined to his bed by illness, had
otlnte
received instructions from the Government to resume his ne-
gotiations with Morocco, and that his proposed excursion to
the west would probably be abandoned in consequence.
The Sentinelle of Toulon, of the 17th, says :
" The Russian squadron is making its preparations for
departure. It is probable that if the slightest wind succeeds
towards FranceTitioe Prince
appears to carry away with him an exalted idea of our marl-
rince
appear,
time power; and in this point of view, as perhaps in other
night. In quitting our port, the Grand Duke Constantine
tchael:::this afternoon, it will sail this evening or to-
respects, the two nations ought to congratulate themselves
he seemed so much the
eaansidly
more touched with the reception given him, that it was
stripped of all the ceremonial used on such occasions. The
officers of the fleet are animated with the same feeling.
allowed his sympathies
Their voyage to France appears to have excited in them only
sympathetic sentiments and all desired, so to speak, to carry
away a remembrance of the country. Surprise is felt here
at the facility with which the Russian officers speak our lan-
guage, at the manner in which they are acquaLited with our
literature,i and at their appreciation of our manufactures.
The Prince gave orders that the men should be paid, and
almost all the money that the received was laid out in ar-
ticles of French produce.
The Grand Duke, before quitting
our town desired to leave it a mark of his satisfaction, and
in doing so he exhibited as much delicacy as generosity. In
handing to the Sub-Prefect a sum of 5,000 f. for the poor
and the several benevolent institutions of the town, he ap-
peared to excuse himstlf fur supposing that it \VtIA possible
to find unfortunate persans to assist, in the midst of so many
ha ppy
faces, testifying to the general comfort, ' but,' said

he, human misery cm;
zomputations'"

A letter from St. Petersburgh, of March 25, states that a
deputation of the nobility of Livonia has been summoned to
that city to draw up a new set of regulations between the
nobles and peasants of Livonia. Some high functionaries
have been joined to them to direct their labours.
The disturbances in Austrian Galicia still continue.
The Universal German Gazette sa3 s that the cholera had
entered Russia from Persia, and bad broken out at Casan and
Orenburgh.

Madrid papers to the 15th inst. have arrived. The lle-
raldn, the organ of NAR VAL; says that it is not improbable
that another change of Ministry may take place, inasmuch
as differences !lave arisen in the Cabinet on the subject of

to Paris.

THE sry:sr, LOW DON, THITRSnAY_ EVENIN4I APRt IL 23, IP4B,

gilt always to Imre its glare :It cur

. .
M. KISSEL EFF, the R:issian Charge d'Affaires, who pro-
ceeded to Tuition to receive the Grand Duke, has returned

Lord and Lady Palmerston dined on Monday with the
Duc de Broglie.
The report of Colonel Allard on the two Bills for the ma-
ritime improvements, and the fortifications of the port and
town of Havre, has been distributed to the Deputies. The
Bill has been entirely approved of by the Committee, into
which it has introduced only one amendment, increasing the
grant for the fortification cf Havre by 2,500,000 f. This
amendment was made upon the recommendation of the Com-
mittee of Fortifications, with the assent of the Minister of
War. The Bill would thus cox.plise 16,000,000 f. for the
maritime improvements, and 24,000,000 f. for the fortifica-
tions of Havre.

The Courrier de St. Etienne of the 17th says At the
moment of going to press, we learn that several miners were
arrested in the nigh: before last, and clove t more yesterday
morning. It is certain that some of the miners were armed,and it was among them the prisoners were made. They did
not attempt any resistance to the soldiery, whose officers con
ducted themselves with great forbearance. Yesterday, at
Outre Furens, a man in the middle of an assemblage of
miners, fired two pistols at a detachment headed by a Com-
missary of Police, but as there were at least sixy yards be
tween him and them, it was probably a mere bravado. We
have now in the arrondissement of St. Etienne 600 infantry
and about 110 cavalry soldiers.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday at
83f. 55c. ; the Five per Cents., 119 f. 95c.; the Orleans Railr tad
shares, 1.2231.75 c ; Rouen, 1,035 f. ; Havre, 745 f. ; Great Northern,
760 f. ; Avignod, 915 f. ; Vierzon, 670 f. ; Bordeaux, 620 f. ; Boulogne,
505 f. ; Bole, 2351.; Dieppe, 4571. 50c ; P.ris and Strasbur ,
515 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 5451.; Paris and Lyons, 5701.; Spa-
nish three per Cents., 36% ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 30%.
The tbllowing are the quotations for other lines:—
Lyons and Avignon Definitive, 5331. 75c.; Bordeaux and Cette
(Mackenzie), 501 f. 50c. ; ditto (Espeleta), 509 f. ; Charleroi, 475 f.
BUSINESS I,ONE LN FOREIGN RAIL WA YS AT 'lli
LONDON STOCK EACHANGE, Aram 22.
Boulogne and Amiens, I2',—Dutch Rhenish, Sze—East In-
dian, %—Loitvain and Jemappe, ltd—Lyons and Avignon, 2-
Namur and Liege, 11.4 —Orleans and Vlerson, 164 Orkans and
Bordeaux, 101—Paris and Rotten, 404 —Paris and Strasbourg
Constituted, 5% —Rouen and Havre, 29%—Tours and Nantes Con-
stituted, 6%—West Flanders, 2%.

ILWAY COMM ITTEES.
(THIS 1A1.)

GROUP XXXIV.
There not being a sufficient number of Members present to make
a quorum. the Committee was a tjourned till to-morrow.

, Sul,committee No. 1.
This Committee met again at twelve, in Room No. 7, when there
were present Mr. Strutt (Chaliman), Mr. Beckett, and Mr. It. Clive.
The only Bill upon the Est was the

YORX AND LANCAST k.R.

The evidence in support of the allega:ions of the petition before the
Cominitttee was resumed.

The remahalng alhgations of the several petitions against the Bill
having been discussed at great length, the Committee finally de-
clared the standhig orders not complied with.
They then adjourned at about quarter-past one till twelve to-
morrow.

Sub-Committee No. 2.
The members assembled at twelve precisely, Sir J. Y. Buller in
the chair. There were but two Bills on the list, namely, the Thames
Haven, Dock' and Railway (No. 2), and the Bideford and Tavistock,
both of which stood over from yesterday.
TECAIVIES E AVER', Docz, AND niumwAy.
The refractory witness, whose absence caused this Bill to be ad-
journed yesterday, having been brought to his senses by a summons,
the case was proceeded with, and the standing orders declared com-
plied with.

xsznErortm AND TAVISTOCIE.
The case for the opposition was resumed.
The evidence and discussions as to the allegations against the Bill
occupied the Committee up to a quarter past two o'clock, at which
hour they adjourned till to-morrow at three o'clock, in order to give
time for an arrangement to be made between the parties concerned,
as to which of the allegations should and which shuuld not be ad-
mitted. Upon some of the all gations the standing orders were de-
clared not complied with.

Sub-Committee No. 5.
This Commitee was to have met this day, but at twelve o'clock
Mr. T. Egerton was the only Member present, and the Committee
stood adjourned till Tuesday, the 28th inst.

Sub-Committee No. C.
The Committee met shortly after twelve, Capt. Jones in the Chair.
There were three Bills on the list, viz.: 1. Trent Valley, Mi.:-
lands, .nd Grand Junction. "2. Warwiek and Worcester (both which
Bills stood over from yesterday), and 3, Birkenhead and Llangollen.
TX ENT VALLEY, MIDI, aNDS, AND GIZAND
.71TaCTION.
The formal proofs, the deficiency of which caused the case to stand
over, were now completed, and the standing orders were declared
complied with.

WA ILWICH AND WO NC ESTER.
aLThis
ions Bill was again culled en. i:d the evidence for and against the egat of the petitioners againast the Bill was giv: nat great length.
Mr. Fitzgerald, civil engineer, from the office of Mr. Hughes, was
examined to disprove the allegation. of the petition, and the Com-
mittee declared sever. I of the allegations proved and others not
proved. The discussions on the points raised occupied them up to
the time we went to press.

BLACKWALL RAILWAY. •
(THIS DAY.)
A special general meeting of the directors and proprietors
of this railway was held at twelve o'clock this day, at th,•
London Tavern, for confirming the draft of a Bill for widen -
leg
the line from Stepney to Fenchurch-street, and titr
amending the Acts relaing to the 'ailway, J. A. Daniell.
Esti , in the chair. A considerable number of proprietors
were present.
The SEC R ETA RY read the Bill for widening the line, from
which it appeared that a capital of 240,000/. was required,
of which 60.000/. is to be rai,ed by new shares, and the re-
mander by loan.

A IIIAREIIOI-DEl{ considered that it was quite unnecessary
to widen the line, as the traffic was dinnishing instead of in-
cre ;sing. At the present time they were losing about I,OOU
a month. He moved as an amendment, that the project bt.
deferred until the increased traffic on the line rendered it
necessary.

The amendment having been seconded,
The CHAILIAL'IN defended the directors, •tvho were large
propriet,rs themselves, fn.m any desire to widen the line, ii
totally unnece&ary. There could be no question -that a
great accession of traffic would take place if the line was
widened. Besides, they were simply asked to contirni a re-
solution passed at a previous meeting. II they did it
adopt this plan now, they would perhaps not have another
opportunity.
Dr. Bowntrw, M.P., also defended the directors, and in
doing so drew attention to the fact that the line was barely
sufficient to accommodate their present traffic. How then
could they accommodate the increase which would take
place when the junctions and extensions which they were
empowered to make were carried out ?
Mr LEA considered that they ought not to raise any addi-
tional money by mortgage until they had completed the line
to the Eastern Counties.—(Hear.)
Mr. CuAwLEY was .4-opinion that the directors had made
out a good case for widening the line. He wished to know
whatarrangement had been made with respect to the stations
if the project was carried out. _

The CiummAN slid any alterations which would be ren-
dered necessary were included in the estimates. After ob-
taining the consent of Parliament to the Bill a meeting of
the proprietors would be called, in order te obtain their sanc-
tion to its construction. At the present moment the direc-
tors had no intention of calling on the proprieturs to contri-
bute money towards the object which the meeting had been
called to confirm. Independent of the traffic which they
could not fail to obtain from the Eastern Counties, they con-
fidently anticipated a great increase.of traffic from Bow and
the neighbourhood of Stratford.

The amendment having been withdrawn, at the request of
the proprietors, a motion, confirming the one passed at a pre •
vious meeting, for widening the line, was unanimously
agreed to, and the meeting separated

SOUTH LONDnN FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY.—
[he first exhibition of this thriving and highly interesting Society
took place on Wednesday, in the large room of the Horns Tavern,
Kennington. This season has beets remarkably favourable to the
growth of lair Flora's gifts; so at least no one could doubt who
viewed the gorgeous exhibition of the South London Association,
" a It ilderness of sweets " redolent of a thousand penhines.
The prizes awarded were of a very liberal character, riz.,
—the Royal Adelaide Cup. value five guineas, presented by her
Majesty the Queen-Dowager for the best collection of miscellaneous
plants in the room, in lieu of the medal offered by the Society
gained by Mr. Bruce. A silver cup, value five guliieas, offered by
Mr. James Dickson, for the best four auriculas, namely, green, grey,
white-edged, and se'f-coloured, obtained by W. Sandilans, Esq
Gold Adelaide Medal, by W. Trailer, to J. Dickson, for the best
collection of auriculas. By J. Betham, Esq., a large sliver Linnx.tit
medal for the best six asaleas. Large silver Victoria medal by Mr.
Ivery to Mr. Young, for the best twelVe elnerarlas. The prizes to
the first and second classes were—large silver Adelaide medal
to Mr. Trahar, for the best pair of aurictilas ; small silver
Victoria medal to Mr. Chapman, for second best ditto:
small silver Unman medal to Mr. Ginger, for third best
ditto; gold medal to Mr. Ayres. for the best collection
of
the us plants ; large silver Litinmitit medal to Mr. Young,
for second best ditto ; small silver Victoria medal to Mr. Kaye.
for the third best ditto ; small slyer Victoria medal to Mr. Dickson.
for the best pair of auriculas; small silv, r Lintivean merle to Mr.
Gaines, fir second best ditto ; large silver Victo:ia toed :1 to Mr.
Pampliti, for the leaf Collection of miscellaneous plants; aod srnali
silver Victoria medal 7ind small silver Linerean medal to Messrs.
F.:dawn, for the first and second hest specitnen plant. The extra
prizes given were :—Victoria medal to Mr. Dickson, fur a collection
of our colas ; Adelaide medals to Messr-. Thompson and Brown, for
heartsett,t s ; Linnrean medal to Br. Stamp, for miscellaneous plants;
Adelaide metal to Mr. l'amplin, for single specimen ; Adelaide
medals to Messrs Cuth:ll and Allituft, for cuctimbera ; Lintiman
medal to Mr. Wood, fir alpine plants ; Victoria medal to Mr. Chap-
man, for collection of auriculas. Certificates were also given to
Messrs. Dickson and Chapman for see. ling auriculas, and to Mr.
Ivery for seedling cinerarias. Several very fine specimens of heath
were exhibited, among the principal of which were erica vestila,
growls by Messrs. Fairbairn ; erica intermedia, by Mr. l'amplin, &c
The show was highly satisfactory, and gave tokens of g eat improve-
ment. During the exhibition an excellent band performed several
well-known and popular pieces. The room was crowded to excess
by a very fashionable company.
FRESCZIBING BY TELEGRAPH.— ThP (-kettle tele-
, grnd aph is far more extensively difffised in America than with us,
ais commonly applied to the purposos of the every-day Business
of life ; but we wee not prepared to hear that the personal visits of
physicians are dispensed with, electricity answering every end. The
Lockport Daily Courier says, early in the thienoott yesterday a gen-
tleman stepped into the Telegraph office at Buffalo, and desired to
have Dr Stevens, who resides in this village, called Into the office,
as he wished to have some conversation with hint. The Doctor was
summoned, when the gentleman at Buffalo said his with was ill, and
desired Dr. Stevens to prescribe for her. The physician obtained a.
full and accurate statement of the patient's symptoms
and
izndl
Bons, and then telegraphed his prescription. It is
presumaesd i,.
havepa-
tient
did well, as the local journll stated the Doctor
been consulted again in the afternoon if the morning'a prescriptions
were were not effectual.

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY.—We Inesday nearly
twenty houses in Great Saffron-hill, Saffron-street, and Lilly-street,
on the line intended for the new-street Rona Farris, don-street to the
back of the Sessions-house, clerkenwell, were disposed of by auction,
by order of the Clerkenwell Improvement Commissioners, and are to
be removed for the contemplated alterations. During the last twelve
months the commissioners have been in treaty with the Bishop of
Ely and Sir 11. Englefleld, Bart., who have estates between the
above rites and the Sessions-house, to purchase the property, fOr
which th-y have borrowed funds to the amount of ab..ve 60,0001.;
but they have not succeeded, and it is expected that a jury will have
to decide upon the respective claims. Some houses have been bought
by the Commissioners to form a new street into Charles-street,
Ilatton-garden, by !mans of which vehicles will be able to pass and
avoid the declivity of Ilolborn hill, as it is intended to continue the
line into Cow-cross.

An effort h bc,en made to restore John Day, jun ,
the hor e jockey, to his duties on the course, by presenting a memo-
rial, slaied by Lord Palmerston and Lord John Fitzroy, and many
gentlemen, to the stewards of the Jockey Club for a remission of the
sentence passed by Mein. An answer has been returned that the
stewards of the Jockey Club cannot rescind the sentence pronounced
by them on John Day.

SUDDEN DEATH IN AN OMNIBUS.—Last evening, at
eight o'clock, an inquest was taken before Mr. W. Payne, the City
Coroner, at the Ship, Stones'•end, Borough, on . the body of Mr.
James Langley, aged thirty-nine, lately filling the situation of a
confidential clerk in the firm of Messrs. Teasdales, Symes, and Co.,
solicitors, Fenehurch-street, who died under the following circum-
stances:—About nine o'clock yesterday morning, the deceased
entered a Camberwell omnibus at the Elephant anti Castle. When
the vehicle reached Stones'-end, deceased was suddenly taken ill.
He was immediately attended by Mr. Alcourt, shipowner. Coal
Harbour-lane, who stoved the omnibus, when he was conve)ed to
the surgery of Mr. Olding, where he died in a few 'ninnies. The
brother of the deceased was passing at the time, and Identified him
as he was being conveyed in. Deceased had been attached to the
above firm from his boyhood. Ver4lo., "'Visitation of God."

avid CO NI itCl
CITY. QUARTER TO ThREE.
The sales of Cotton at;Uvorpool yesterday were about 6,000
bales, including 2,54:;0 on spec elation. The market was quiet,
but prices were without any change. There was a fair do mend
fOr Railway Sit ides 3 estet day, but almost exclusively fur good
divilend paying stock.
There are no ship arrivals to-clay.
It is pleasing to observe that the gallantry of some of our
countrymen has been ree.ignised in a recent instance, as well
as their humanity. The South Li.,lland Mercantile Associa-
tion, in consequence of the assistance rendered to the Dutch
East Indiaman Twee Cornelissei, on the 28th December last,
in Pevency Bay, under circumstances of pecular
danger, has awarded to the intrepid men of East-
bourne concerned in the salvage various rewards propor-
tioned to their merit, to be forwarded through Mr. May.
Consul for the Netherlands in London. Lieutenant J. H.
receives a gold medal and a vote of thanks, and his
companions have silver medals and a written acknowledg-
ment of their humane exertions, with a gratuity in money
also. Tile widows of such of the crew as lost their lives on
the occasion will be provided for. Instances of recipnical
good feeling like this, whether in rendering aid or acknow-
ledging it, are alike creditable to all parties.
There is some doubt apparently whether Sir Robert Peel's
resolutions upon new railway schemes will be adopted in
Parliament. because, as is contended, they are contrary to
the usual spirit of legislation, and throw overboard even those
companies which have complied with all the onerous regula-
titms imposed last year, and by showing theirsubscript lon deed.
properly signed, have already made out a proof of" assents."
Ills is of course true as far as it goes, but the only alternative
now is to do somelhing that will prevent set iousetnbarrassmetit
in the money market, even at the risk of a certain degree of
injustice towards the railway companies, and if it were even
necessity to postpone all Bills till next session, that extreme
measure would doubtless be adopted by Parliament, which
frequently has had to step in with some appearance of arbi-
trary, and even unconstitutional power, in order to remedy
an urgent evil.

The Funds have been very buoyant to-day, and there is a
dkposition to invest. The Government broker buys now
for unclaimed dividends, as well as for the savings banks.
Consols have been 95% to 931/s for present transfer, and 961/i
to 14 for time, being an advance cif a gum-ter per cent, on the
quotations of yesterday morning. Exchequer-bills have
been quoted 235. to 26*. premium. Bank Stock has been
tirm at 2051%. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.
have realised 963/ 97.
There has been a slight increase of business in the Foreign
Market, and the quotations have been more firmly supported.
Spanish Three per Cents. have been 3634 to 37, and the Pas-
sive, 5% to 1,4. Poriuguse Four per Cents. have been
Tr. at ked 57. Mexican Five per Cents. have been quoted at
31-5 A 34, and Grenada, 213/ to %. Dutch TWO-and-a-Half
per Cents. are 59%.
Shares are rather firmer in some instances, and the French
=trips seem likely to benefit by the breaking up of so many
English companies, for the calls upon the former wit be
comparatively light for the next twelve months. The Bide•
t)rd and Tmistock Company, which has called fur the extra
5 per cent. to go to the Lords, has not had its call responded
to by a dozen shareholders, it is said. What a prospect for
due payment of " calls."
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY ATONE O'CLOCK
(From the Official List.)

Bank Stock .. •• • • • • • • • • • • 20514
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 94% 95%
Three pvr Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96 953, 96% 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 9673 b 97
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10 3-16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .• 9 15-16 10
South Sea Stock .. • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto, New Annuities . • .. 95
Consols for Account .. • • 96% g
Excl.equer Bills. 134 d. I%d.
1,0001. • • .. •• .. • • 26 23 pm.
5001. • • .• • • •• • • 26 23 pm.
Ditto. Small •• 26 23 pm.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Granada, 1 per Cent. .. • • • • 21 71,
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account
Portuguese Four per Cent
Sluttish Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..
Ditto, Passive Bonds .. • • • •
Ditto, Three per Cent .. ..
Ditto. for the Account .. • • 37
Dividends on the above payable M London.
Dutch Two-and•a-lialf per Cents. 59%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certincates .. 92

•• •• 31%%
•• 57

5%%

BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE o'cLocr:
RAILWAYS. PAID
• PER SHARE

Aberdeen • • •
Birmingham and Gloucester • • • • 100 ....123 .• .. to
•
Bristol and Exeter .. 75 82 to
1115% to 6
t.,aledonlan
Chester and Holyhead • • . • • • 22% .. • . 21% to -
Direct Manchester (Remington's) .. 2% ... to
Direct Manchester (Itastrick's) .. • • 51% ...• 3% .
.. • • to -
Dublin and Galway . 4 •• to
~astern Counties .• •• 14/. 16s. 0d...•• 22% ... to 23
Ditto, New • • .. •• .• 8/. 16s. 0d... • 734 % pto
Ditto, York Extension 10s. •• • • 1%% • • to
EdiliburAh and Glasgow -. •• •• 50 •... to
Ditto, Halt Shares • • • • • • 10 .... le% • • ... to
'ireat North of England •• • • 100 ... •_ to
Ditto, New • • • • • • •• • • 154 •• .. 1336 .. •• to
.. 85 .... .... to
Great Western
Ditto Half Shares •• - • • • 50 .... 86 _ to 8534
Harwich & East. Crunties Junction • • 2 .. . 1% .... to
liull and Selby , • • • • • •• •
Ditto, Half Shares •• •• • • • • 7 •• 25 .... to
Lailesster and Carlisle • • • • •• 35 ... _to
Idtto, New •• • ' •.••59% .. • • to
Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Junct. 2%.... 1%,, _to
I.*.ndon and Birmingham .. -100 .. -223% .. to 222%
Mit°. Thirds .. • • .. 24 .. 61 ..
Ditto, Firths •• •• " 2 •• 24 ..
• • to
London and Black% all • • 161. 13s. 4d. • • 8 .... to
mu, Brighton •• •• •• •• • • 63% .... to 04%
Ditto ditto Fifths 20 .. • • 28% %i to
London awl Cloydon •• 131. 15s. 9d. • • 22% 21% to 22% London and South .Western . 41/. 6., 10d. •• Idtto, New Consolidated Eighths. 34 .... 50 . .
... to
Ditto,
New •• •• •• 12% .. • 21% .•• to Ditto, New ..
.. 10 .... 17 .... to
Ditto,Lointoti and York .. .. • •• 2% .... 15494 .. to
half Shares •• .• •• •• 2% ...• 11(2.... to
Lynn and Ely .. •• •• •• •• 10 .. •• 6% •• to
Lynn and In.rel.am •• •• 10 .. •• 6 . •• to
Niaintesier and Leeds •
.. •. •• 82 •• •.- to Ditto, Firths •• •• •
•• 3 ..•• .. to
--
Manchester and Virmingtam •• 40 77 .• •to
Ditto, Quar.er Shares (It) •• 4.. •• 12% to
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) •• •• -1 •• •• 8% •••to
Midland •••.. • • • • • -160 .• -145% .... to
Ditto, New •• •• •• 18 •• •30 ..•• to
Midland Great Western (Irish) .. 10 .... .... to
eweastie and Darlington Junction .• 25 .. • • 44 •• .. •,o 45
Newcastle and Bet wick • . • . • • 10 ... ,19 .•• to 18%
Ye,. ark, Sheffield, and Boston .. • • 2% .... 1 •.to
North British • • • • •• 20 .• 25%,..• to
Ditto, Half Shares .. . • • • 6 .. • • 8% .. ••to
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .• . 1% .• .. ••to
North Staffordshire • • • • 425...., 21,4 p.. to 2 p
Norwich and Brandon •• 18 to
Ditto, New.. .. • • • • 5
.... to 8
Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12%
•• •• to
l'erth and Inverness •• •• •• • • 2% .... 1%.• •• to
Scottish
Midland • .• •• •• '•• 10 •• 6 •• to
slirewsbury and Birmingham • 2%
.. to 2
Shropshire Union .• .. •• • • 425....• 1 dis .• to
Shiewsbury and llereford •• •• 2% ...• 1 •• to .4outh Devon .. •'••35•• •• 30 .... to
South Midland • •• •• •• •• 421. .. •• dis- to South Eastern and Dover .. .
" 33%•• • • 37% %• • to
Ditto, New, No.l .. •• •16 . . 10%.. •• to
Ditto, New, No. 2 .. ••••10 .. • 11%.- •• to Ditto, New, No. 3....•• • • 15 •• • 14A, •••• to
Ditto, New, No. 4 .. •• .. •-
• 2Yi •• • • 2% %••
South Wales .. .• .. • • •• •• 5 • • 11,, t,
West Riding Union .. .. • • • . 425..... • p
Worcester, Herefd., Ross, & Gloucester 425. .. •• 1 dis. York and North Ilidland .. 50 .• .
Ditto, Extension .. •
.. 15 .. • • 33 .. . to.•
Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... 834% • to
,„ to
8•011EIGN RAILWAYS. -
Boulogne and Amiens .. • • .. 12 .. •. 12 .... to
Dutch ',hellish .. •-• • • • • • 5 .• • 6% ••
to 6
Great ertheni of France Constituted 5 .. •• 15 14%• to 15%
Lyons and Avignon .. .. • • • • 2 .. • • 2 .. ••to
Over Yssel .• • • • • 4/. 3s. 4d... 3% dis to
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted .. 5 .. • • 5% ••to
Sambre and Meuse .• • • .. .• 8 .. •• 5 .. ••to
Tours and Nantes Constituted •• • • 5 • • 6% •••• to
West Flanders .. • • • • • • 4 • • 2 ••to
MINES
Real del Monte. Unregistered ..

• • • • • 3N —• • to

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1 LTIVOUTH, APRIL 22.—Wind S.--Sld. her Majesty's ship Wan •
derer, 'terra Leone.
GUERNSEY.—Arrd. Sorcerie, Jansserand, from London, with loss
of bowsprit, &c., having been in contact, 18th insta• t.
SHIELDS, APRIL '52 —sld. Adeline, Downing, Quebec.
STOCKTON, APRIL 15.—Std. Friends, Addison, Quebec; Saphiras,
Brown. aitto. IS. Teasdale, storey, Quebec.
I ENZANCE, APRIL 21.—The Lady of the Lake, of Bideford, broke
her warp, and went on the sand at Chyandour, but will be ,tot off
next tide with little damage.
BALLINA, APRIL 21.-1 he Caroline, of Sunderland, from Slim to
Quebec, put into Killala Harbour yesterday morning, making 17
inches waver per hour.
DEAL, APRIL 22.—Wind A M., Sto 5.., P.m., E. flne.—Arrd.
Margaret Ha, ward, Lagu, a for St Petersburgh; Hettriette, Pajaken,
Puerto Cabello, and old. for Bremen ; Louisa 11115 s, Crichton, New
Orleans ; Virginia, Janssen, New Orleans, mid sld. for Gothenbers: ;
Genzie, Christotr Laguna. and ski. for Bremen ; Kronprinssesan,
Schloss, New York, and aid. for Gothenburg •; WeßefTeden,
Batavia, and sld. for Rotterdam. Ski. "Eneas, Townsend, Calcutta;
Bangrna,
Yare, Harding, BarbadoeS.
OFF DOVER, APRIL 21.—Juniata, Child, 11081011 for Antwerp; Email
Doane, Charleston for Hamburg!' ; Thirak pack& t, Jainalci.
DUNGENESS ROADS, APRIL 20 .—Arid. Sir Robert Campbell, Beard,
Pernambuco for Antwerp.
for
OStockholm.FF DutistENEss, APRIL 19.—Mathilds, Cederberg, Rio Janeiro
OFF BEACH!' HEAD, APRIL 17.—Humboldt, Wahrten, Mobile, and
sld. for Amsterdam.

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ALL, APRIL. 22—We had a full average sup of ac kind
of tat stock on sae to-day. Generally speaking thpe dly
em emdh ruled
inactive at but little variation in pr me. !leer from 2s 10(1 to 4s 2d ;
Mutton, 35, Gd to ss; Lamb, 5s 8d to Gs 8,1; Veal, 4s 4d to 58 4d ;
and Pork, 4s to 4s iOd per Sibs.
ROMFORD, APRIL 22.—Although the supplies of stock were not to
say extensive, the trade was in a sluggish state at previous quota-
tions. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d, Mutton, 3s 8,1 to 58 ; L ahmlbsbt:
•
5s Gd to 7s ; Veal, 4s 4d to ss;aitirte d so
and Pork, 4s to
1440. 16, 20s , 103 per
Suckling Calves, 188 to 308 ; Q
demand. to
5)(1
and Mitch Cows, with their small Calf, 141
I.llttoi 3set
taeht;
I.EwEs, APRIL 21.—Beet, trout 2s 1( 3s 8,1 to
5s ; Lamb, 6s to 6,8 d ;
Blbs. A moderate supply, and a slug..ish dems
Veal, 4s 4d to ; and. Pork, 4s to 4s ad per

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