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Ultimately the motion was agreed to.
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auxiliaries, and the unexpected occupation of Lahore,
caonmd,plettaeklyingsileanlcledctihrceummsutarmneuerss oifntotheadcicsoaupnpto,inttehde,
conduct of Sir HENRY HARDINGE met at last with
very general approbation. The themes, however, are
again brought before the public in the reviews
and magazines, and the main topic for discussion is—
was the Governor-General justified in maintaining only
a small force on the banks of the Sutlej, unequal to
repel a large army of Seikhs, who might or might not
invade the British territory on the left bank ? With
one exception, as far as has fallen under our observa-
tion, the question is decided in the affirmative, on the
ground that we had no right to invade the Punjaub.
and that the assemblage of a large force between Feroae-
pore and Loodianah would have been an immediate
challenge to battle, which the Seikhs could not refuse.
This appears so evident, that the parties hostile to the
peaceful policy of the Indian Government, but whose
ire is entirely directed against their distinguished re-
presentative in Hindostan, cannot deny the conclusion,
and therefore have recourse to another ground of ac-
cusation, and blame the Governor-General, because
he is not a prophet, and could not foresee, what to
these wiseacres appears, after the event, a fact
about which a sound statesman and a prudent general
could not possibly have had any doubt. Sir HENRY
HARDINGE is, therefore, denounced by this party as the
most dangerous Governor ever sent out to the East, as
totally unfit for his situation, and the India Boad as well
as the Home Government are, with all due solemnity,
warned that to them will be owing the loss of our Indian
possessions, if they do not forthwith supplant this Quix-
otic ruler. These attacks, made in a periodical that occa-
sionally obtains correct foreign intelligenee, would hardly
require any refutation ; but as they, possibly, may lead
those who will not, or cannot, form an opinion themselves,
to adopt those of the accuser, we are happy to give a
brief quotation from another periodical of high cha-
racter—the IVorth British Review—which disposes of the
question in a very concise and conclusive manner.
" The whole case," says the writer, " as between the
Governor-General and his assailants, may be thus
briefly stated. It was desirable above all things to pre-
serve peace. There was nothing to warrant the supposi-
tion that peace could not be preserved. To have posted
a large army, sufficient to prevent the Seikhs from
crossing the river at any point on the immediate banks
of the Sutld, would have provoked the collision which
it was so desirable to avoid. Therefore, Sir HENRY
HARDINGE did not move up the main body of his dis-
posable troops to the immediate banks of the Sutlej. In
other words, he did not, to avert an evil which there was
no just cause to anticipate, bring down upon himself
another of far greater magnitude, as certain and
as present as the other was conjectural and remote."
But if this dues not satisfy the assailants, and if they
are capable of attaching any importance to the opinion
of a military man, when running counter to their own
preconceived opinions, they may, perhaps, doubt the
soundness of their own arguments, when they learn that
Major BROADFOOT, less than a month before the first
battle, stated distinctly that the "frontier was too long to
be defensible on all points by any force we can move,
and that our two posts on the frontier are strong
enough to maintain themselves till relieved." 'The
latter point is the main one at issue, and experience
has proved that they could maintain themselves. Ilad
Sir HENRY HARDINGE adopted the policy recommended
by such warlike writers, he would, hy the middle t f
Oe tot:0 r, have posted fifty thousand men on the Sutlej.
There, they could net remain idle ; they could do no-
thing else than invade the Fur:jaub. In other words,
the Governor-General would have disobeyed the spi.eific
instructions of the India Board and the Government, and
must, like his predecessor, have been recalled before his
time. There was no alternative. We cannot close
these remarks without giving another extract from the
z eview already quoted, because it contains so much
truth, conveyed in a Christian spirit, and because this
periodical, established by the leaders of the Free Church in
Scotland, may be supposed to express the sentiments
of a very large portion of the religious community,
not only in the north, but in England. It adopts not the
absurd principle that all wars are unjustifiable, but ad-
mits that they are consistent with Divine authority, when
undertaken in self-defence, aad thus pays a high cum•
pliment to one wlio, though accustomed to battles from
his youth upwards, and still desirous of military glory,
could sink his own personal prepossessions in the accom-
plishment of a great Christian principle:—
"The British possessions in the East are already suffi-
ciently extensive. We shall do well to avoid further exten-
sion. Whether it lies in our power to say this or that line
shall be our bounday, and saying it, to go no further, God
alone can declare. We have nothing to do with inevitable
tendencies'—nothing to do with those doctrines of inherent
expansiveness which some writers are so fond of preaching.
Such tendencies, such doctrines, are beyond our control—be-
yond our comprehension. But human duty is clear and in
telligible. Iu resolutely abstaining from measures calculated
to plunge the country into war, at a time when the pros-
perity of the empire imperatively demanded the continuance
of peace, Sir Henry Hardinge dig his duty as a Christian
statesman; and when the unprincipled presumption of our
enemies had precipitated the collision which he wasanxious to
avoid, and a series of triumphant victories bad placed the
Punjaub at his mercy, he declared that he never had been
actuated by lust of conquest—that be had never sought to
extend the limits of our British posseseions in the East, and
that now, in the hour of victory, he was determined to prove,
by his actions, the sincerity of his professions, he placed him-
self in the proudest position ever occupied by a Governor-
General, and nobly vindicated the character of Great Britain
from the charge of over-weening cupidity, as evidenced in
the aggressive spirit which has too often characterised its
dealings with neighbouring states. To such forbearance--
just, generous, and politic, equally Christian and statenian-
like—history will do ample justice. Of such forbearance
Englishmen have reason to be proud." ,

A Message from her Majesty was brought down, recom-
mending Viscount HARDINGE and Lord GOUGH, for some
special mark of favour.

The Earl of RIPON said, on Thursday next, he would
move the consideration of the subject.
The Railway Deposits Bill was read a second time, and
ordered to be committed on Thursday next.
The Commons Enclosure Bill was read a second time.
Their Lordships then adjourned till Thursday.

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The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
The Clerk of the Crown attended at the table, and
amended the return for the borough of Bridport, by inserting
the name of Mr. JOHN ROI:ILLY, for that of Mr. B. COCH-
RANE.

Mr. Romumv took the oaths and his seat.
Sir R. PEEL brought up a message from her Majesty, re-
questing the House of Commons to confer some signal mark
of their favour upon Viscount HARDINGI and Lord Gouuu,
independent of those she had already conferred upon them.
Mr. EBTCOURT brought up the report of the Committee
in Group 11, reporting that Mr. Swaim O'BRIEN had not at-
tended the Committee to-day.
Mr. S. O'BRIEN had no explanation to offer, and was de-
termined to persevere in the conduct he had pursued. The
Right Hon. Member then withdrew from the House, and
some discussion took place, when

WITH TWO ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH, AND A PORTRAIT
OF LISTON, THE COMEDIAN, FROM THE ORIGINAL BY
JACKSON.
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BRIAN O'LINN ; OR, LUCK IS EVERYTHING.
By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq.,
batboy of" Stories of Waterloo," " Wild Sports of the West," &e.
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION BT LEECH.
CHAPTER X.—London—Meetings with old acquaintances—Brian
leaves town on a visit to his mistress, and falls in love with a lady
&cross the street.
CHAPTER XL—Visit Richmond in company with the Colonel's
widow—What happened at the " Star and Garter" and during the
drive home—Briaa's journey to Holmesdale, and the reception he
met with there.
The City of Lahore, by Louis A. Stuart Costello.
Parting and Meeting, by C. H. Hitchins.
The Yard of Clay, by G. Lennnus Banks.
Hans Brenzel, the Smuggler, by W. H. G Kingston.
Tea-Table Talk, by Mrs. Mathews, with an Illustration by Leech.
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Mr. ESTCOURT moved that it be deemed that Mr. SMITH
O'BatEN had committed a contempt of the House in not at-
tending the Committee.
Mr. O'CONNELL said that it could not be considered
that the Honourable Member had committed a contempt
of the House in not attending the Committee, Until the
present session it was not made compulsory in any Member
to attend a Committee.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could see no other course open
to the adoption of the Horse but that which had been proposed by the Honourable Member for Oxford, for
it never could be said that an Hon. Member was at his own
pleasure to come to the determination not to attend any Com-
mittee except it related to matters connected with
his own country. The House having come to the
resolutions it had done, the Honourable Member for
Limerick was as much a party to them as any other Member,
and he would grossly neglect his duty unless he attended
to the Committee to which hewas appointed. The Hon. Mem-
ber having refused to attend any Committees except those con-
nected with Ireland, the question was what course the House
ought to pursue. In his opinion the House ought to sup-
port the decision of its Committee of Selection, adopt
the motion of the Hen. Member for the University. of
inth on. M Member Oxford,o declaringm'ttedacont thatempt disobeying
t the rorfodre rLolfm thereichkiouhsaed
c.
A long discussion then ensued in which Mr. Warburton,
Mr. JohnO'Connell, Sir R. Peel, Mr. H. Grattan, Mr. E wart.,
Mr. Hume, Mr. C. Powell, Sir Thomas Wilde, Mr. Disraeli,
Mr. Charles Buller, Sir R. Inglis, and Mr. Fitzgerald, took
part, after which the House divided upon the question,
whether Mr. Smith O'Brien had been guilty of a contempt
or nut, which they decided that he had by a majority of 120.
Mr. ESTCOURT then moved that the Hon. Gentleman be
committed; and after some discussion, it was agreed to ad-
journ the debate on the motion to Thursday.
Mr. P. SCROPE then rose to bring forward his motion for
the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland.
Leave was given to bring in the Bill.
The orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House
adjourned at a Quarter to One.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
MadH.?. LUCILE G RAHN respectfully informs the Nobility, Sub-
scribers, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place on
TO-MORROW EVENING, APRIL 30,

When will be Periormed-(for the first time this season),

Opera, entitled
DON PA.SQUALE,

Norina, Madame Grisi ; Dr. Malale-sta, Signor Fornasari ; Ernesto,
Signor Mario ; Don Pasquale, Signor Lablache.

A case of considerable interest, involving the question
of the privileges of the City of London, was heard before
the Learned Recorder on Monday last, in continuation of
proceedings commenced on the previous Monday. It
was an action brought by the Chamberlain of the City
of London, in his official capacity, against a Mr. STURT,
a highly respectable gentleman, trading as a wholesale
warehouseman, dealer, and chapman, at 90 and 91,
Wood-street, City, to recover certain penalties alleged
to have been incurred by him for carrying on such
business within the City, without having faet take', out
his freedom.
Although the amount sought to be recovered was
only 51,, yet the principle was looked on as so impor-
tant. teat the plaintiff secured the valuable services of
Sir THOMAS WILDE, while the defendant was supported
by the Solicitor-General. As might, therefore, have
been expected, all that legal ingenuity could pos:,:ibly
effect was exerted on Either side. The entire of the
first day and a considerable portion of the second n a
consumed in the consideration of certain technical points
respecting the constitution of the jury before whom
the case was to be investigated, and which,
from the ability with which it was argued, and the man-
ner in which it was finally placed upon the record for
the purpose of having the opinion of a higher tribunal
taken, in the event of the decision being unfavourable to
the defendant, must be highly interesting to the profes-
sional reader; but, to the public generally, the important
question was, whether any bye-law of the Cor-
poration can take away the common law right
of the subject to have a trial by his peers,
and by those uninterested in the matter
in dispute, of any question affecting his person or pro-
perty, and more particularly so when those proceedings
arc of a penal character. We have here the Corpora-
tion of London the complainants, and we have the case
tried in their own Court, before their own officer, who
was appointed by themselves, whose express duty it is
to support their privileges, and who, as he stated him-
self; might have to defend elsewhere, in his official
capacity, the right of the Common Council to pass the
bye-law on which the entire proceedings were founded.
Here, then, in the first instance, we have a Court
which must necessarily be prejudiced, any decision of
whieh in favour of the defendant might hereafter he pro-
duced when the Learned Recorder was arguing as an
advocate for the very privileges on which he had now to
decide as a judge. Again, the jury, whose duty it was
to decide on the evidence, and to return a verdict ac-
cording thereto, were empanelled from amongst the
body of the complainants, and of course interested in the
result. Let it not be supposed for a moment that
we impute any partiality either to the Recorder
who presided, or to the respectable and upright gentle-
men who constituted the jury. Far from it, we feel
that a case of far greater importance might safely have
been left in their hands ; but if the principle be once
' admitted, the grand palladium of British liberty, the
trial by an uninterested jury, is infringed upon. The
point might arise under circumstances far more unfa-
vourable to a defendant than in the present instance,
and we must protest against the existence of a power
so contrary to the first principles of natural justice of
the constitution under which we live—it is not because
the practice has existed for centuries that it is to be
permitted to remain in force, when its injustice, its
impropriety is ao manifest. Happily of late years the
rust of antiquity has furnished no defence to acknow-
legged abuses. The Reform Bill, and other valuable
enactments recently passed, show the existence of a dif
ferent feeling in the Legislature ; and we are quite sure
that, if unfortunately the decision of the Court overruling
the challenge of the jury in this case, should be well
founded, a prompt legislative remedy will be applied
to abolish so mischievous a right ; for the present, how-
ever, the case must remain in abeyance, the decision of
the jary in favour of the defendant obviates the neces-
sity of hit taking the case before a superior Court,
perhaps, that of ultimate jurisdiction, the House of
Lords, as we are assured by the Solicitor-General
he would have done if adverse to him. Mr. STURT
deserves well of the public for the spirit and liberality
with which he defended their social rights
when attacked in his person, and we hope
that eneler this question may again arise, the then
defendant may be actuated by a similar spirit.
We are no enemies to the Corporation of London.
We hope they may long possess the immunities and
privileges which they have so long possessed, and which,
for the most part, they have exercised for the benefit,
arrays ave in all
not only of the citizens, feut of the nation in general.
great questions been generally found
t on the- side of emestitntional freedom. No
voice leas been more loudly raised foe the re-
moval of all civil and relieous disabilities, and
the extcylLsion of equal rights to all elastos of their fellow-
subject s. None more loudly called upon tlle Legislature to purify one of its branches from the excreaceeices which
during a, series of years had arisen, and which rendered
it not a. just representation of the people, as it couNtitu-
tionally ought to have been. None have more loudly
called for the admission of cheap food, the removal of
all rest' is lions on commerce, the prostration of monody,
the abolt.it ion of what has been termed protection to agri-
culture, w.hich we have the valuable authority of thePritne
Ministc r, supported by the great majority of the intelli-
gence o S The country, for designating as not merely im-
politic, but also as unjust; and why should a body, so
conspic mous for their intelligence said liberality, seek for
their o van benefit to furnish err argument to the oppo-
nents c d free trade? Why shoul d they, the head of the
greates e; commercial body in the w orld, suffer themselves
to be put forward as desirous of enforcing some'
of the , tw etiquatedgrestrictions on cc ,mmercial enterprise?

In the course of the Evenin: will he revived the Ballet Diver-
tisseme,t, by M. Perrot, entitled, LE DELIItE D'UN PEINTIZE,
Stephan°, M. Perrot ; Blanche trOviedo, Maine. L. Grahn
Together with a Selection from the admired Ballet, CATARI2.'s-.1;
on, LA FILLE DU BANDIT.

During the !Evening, various Dances and Pas do Caractcre by
Maiille. L. Gratin, Madile. Taglioni, and M. Perrot.
To be followed by the last Act of Verdi's celebrated Opera, enticed,
N I N 0,
Nouns, Signor Fornasari ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor
Botelli ; Fenena, Corbari ; Abigail, Mdlle. Sanchioli.
To conclude with Se:ections, including the Dryad° Scene trout
the admired Ballet of EOLINE ; ou, LA DIIYADE. Eoiine,
Mdlle. Lucile Grain.
Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box
ofll,'°. Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to cont-
inence at hah'-pait Seven o'clock,

'tHtA THE
Rosr
THIS EITENf NG
Will be performed a :,ew Opera, entitled THE, CRUSADER
The prineip.il characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. ita
r:s m, l.terrani, lorncastle S. Jones, Weiss, zttretton, D. W. Kin;
'Mi., Romer, and Miss Raintorth.
After which will be pronved ia New and Original
entitled IMELDA.. The Drke, Mons. Adrien ; Count Alberti. N
M•Atbis Go,ertior, Mr. T. Matthews ; Fabric o, Mr. W. li. Pa, tie
Maulle. Sall.

ls?
::.A.TRIZ etk .4A1.11.141.
THIS EVEN ENG
he performed a New and Oripinal Comely, called, A
nEII4:AR ON HORSEBACK. Cyinon Foxall, Mr. Webster; Moro-
i:ran, Mr. W. Farren z Sir John Coveraale, Mr. liloury; Er:iest
'everlale, Mr. IC Holl; Horace Wald4rare, Mr. Hudson ; lerinarn, J Thomas, Mr. Erindal ; Lady Cov,r,lale,
Mrs. clover; Selina Coverdale, Miss Julia Bennett; Enamel.he,
Seymolr.
Tile Land will perform the Overture, " La Sie,"
Fraitasie, " Fra Diarolo ;" he " Post Horn Galop." Anymphontoin ihe
ette,"
• _'ellarites Waltz ; 1114 “Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " Brunow

Stier which, an experiment will he tried upon THE BIRDS OF
AItrATOPHANES on which occasion they will be present,l
to
:,te public with new Nathes, new Feathers, new Songs, and new
Tales. Principal characters by MessN. James Bland, Hudson,
Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. athews, and Miss P Hort.m.
To concde with the Comic ama, eitled E ISII
POST. Inlu which Messrs. Bland,Dr Tilbury,nt HudsoTn,H I-,and rs.
Glover will appear.

v)DER TTHEATRE—
MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY
L^st Six Nights of the justly celebrated General TOM THUMB.
Tills EVENING
The performances will commence with a New and Original Farce,
entitled A FRIEND INDEED
Atter which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND ThICKS. Prin-
ohml characters by Ikles,..rs. P. Matthews. F. Vinieg, Wigan,
Diddear,and Keeley ; Miss Villars, Mrs. A. Wigan. and Mts. Kc,.aiy.
Tu be followed (for the last Six Nights) by the Hurlesque, en.
titled HOP 0' THUMB or, The Ogre and his Seven-Le ,gue
Idouts. Hop 'o My Thumb, General Tom Thumb.
To conclude with a New Extravaganza, entitled TIIE MAINLE
NI A l inf.N. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Kecioy,
gild Mil; Leidlaw.

aF.,1Tk.14: Kr) yAL. A bEL Pf-t
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. WRIGHT.
THIS E VENING
Will he performed a popular Comedy. entitled EXCHANGE NO
ROBBERY; or, Who's toleather Misse am Swipes, Mr. Wright ;
Mrs, Swipes, Mrs. F. MattheWs; Melrose, Miss Chaplin ,
Lair ranberry, Miss Xoolgar.
After which a New Farce, entitlad, DID YOU EVER SEND
Y R WIFE TO CAMBERIVELL ? Chesterfield Iloneybtuf Mr.
Wight; Isaac Crank, Mr. G. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews,'
Mrs. Iloneyben, Miss Emma Hauling.
To be followed by- a Farce, entitled TILE UNFINISHED G
hN-
TLE SIAN, Bill Downey, Mr. Wright ; Louisa Bloomfield, Miss M.
Taylor ; Mary Chintz, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with the Burlesque, entitled PETER WILKI.).TS ; or,
Tire Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters
be Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr.
Paul Bedford, Mr. Mutt) ard, &c.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Sheridan knowles'a Play of VIRGINIUS.
Virginius, Mr. Macready ; Dentatus, Mr. Cooper ; Icilius, Mr.
Murray; Lucius, Mr. J. Vining ; Virginia, Miss May; t ervia,
Mrs. Tertian.

To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled LADY
.30DIVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY. In which
Messrs. Walton, Wynn, Compton, Granby, Oxberry ; Miss Taylor,
Miss E. Stanley, Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss limier, &c., will appear.

Again has the Prime Minister of England given evi-
dence of the noble liberality of reason and of heart with
which he is actuated in the exercise of his political in-
fluence. Again has he displayed the excellence of his
title to popularity ; and so full and generous are the
principles of his policy that that popularity will be
genuine and enthusiastic—it will be for the present
age and for posterity. It should be so, and
it will be so. Sir ROBERT PEEL has no little
felicity in disproving the calumnies and repuls-
ing the aspersions of his antagonists : and he
possesses this felicitous capacity for refutation, because
he also possesses a vast moral valour. His escutcheon is
integrity—his motto is " Open to conviction?' We are
not uttering an eulogium upon the Premier ; adulation
would be as inapplicable to him as the exercise of it is
abhorrent to ourselves : we are simply recording a Par-
liamentary fact, and endeavouring—as an organ of that
people whose interest have been so daringly and ad-
mirably consulted by the Ministry—to render a tribute
of applause to one to whom such a tribute, in its most
earnest, and comprehensive, and heart-born sense, is
due. Affected panegyrics are for the party man ; but
words indicative of honest estimation and plain-spoken
regard are some amongst the almost innumerable re-
compenses of legislative probity. Sir ROBERT is now
no party man—he has flung personal considerations to the
winds—he has regarded selfish interests, when compared
with public interests, as only something to be trodden
into the dust and wholly contemned. What may be
considered as the noblest prerogative of a statesman's
power is the prerogative of acting boldly, with an eye
only to the welfare of the multitude submitted to its
government. That prerogative has been gloriously
exercised by the great statesman now presiding
over the council of our gracious SOVEREIGN.
Through " good report " and " evil report,"
through the jeers of a disappointed and
avaracious faction, and the confusion of vituperative
cries incident to great political revolutions, he has had
the courage to proclaim the exigencies, not of the mo-
ment, but of all time, not of this, but of every nation.
bas
piaruetheiseathede ofnulrythseirgnianl ofhheisdemnuoruanleeininternept iudfitya:vhile.
lanous abuse, and the substitution of a bold remedy he
agrasped
etrhaeti
eonl de
isvhdelolehefturtireth
—he
wooden-headedhas 4jlaoken the
had bent with reverence and submission—he has un-
cloaked its juggles, divulged its impotency, and de-
nounced
nopoly hus been rolled into the mire, and by his
mediation a more wholesome an I rational commercial
creed has been substituted. But it is not alone upon its
commercial effects that the merits of such a proceeding
are based : its excellence consists more in the fact that
by its instrumentality a humanising spirit will pervade
society; assistance will be afforded to the helpless; Go-
vernment will be regarded in its true light, not as the
stern enforcer of penalties, but as the guardian and
protector and cherishes of the million; and men of all
religious tenets, of all complexions, of all countries will
ipr these reasons that the courage of the Premit.):r.
Sae nsdlienho not be re
e-
bo blended together in one harmonious system of
a:nit
queu
e es
o admiration.t. h t
slt
measure,
abs eucraeu,
It is
were-
the
cause his own individual interests were bound up is its
aossreowredortheyouosfe
adoption ; it wa because he saw in that measure an
assurance of the general welfare, and not because he
i
recognised in ii: ibe promise of any personal emolument,
that Sir ROBERT 14...x:F.L dared to defy the animosity of a
faction and to bnive The convulsive opposition sl a
ae sacrificed the most fostered
despairing "party." ----
associations of his careerxeer simply because he perceived

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEA.Trz._
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Patronised by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert,
and the Prixcess Royal. Unparalleled attraction. Mr. Leman
Itede's New Equestrian Spectacle of " The Arab and his steed."
THIS EVENING
A ND
Will be performed the Grand- Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB
HIS DESERT STEED • or, the. Pearl of the Euphrates.
Li which the whole resources of the Estabßshment will be brought
hue requisition.
New
To conclude
with the favourite Drama of the POST BOY OF ST.
AUSTLE ; or, The Fatal Snowdrift.
Clowns to the Circle, Barry, Wallet, and Rochez.
Box-office open from eleven till llve o'clock.—Doors open at six
and commence at seven o'clock.

"S ROYAL 61IEY TH EATE.
Immense Novelty! DAVIDOL
Roars of laughterßß at "On the Tiles." Second
Wee:t of the Virginian Harmonists, with entirely new Songs.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed THE LAS r KISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave.
Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, Heslop, IVII-
- Mesdms. Vining and Martin will support the principal
enaracters.
To be followed by WHERE DID THE MONET COME FROM ?
Panchette, Miss Lydia Pearce.

After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, ON
THE TILES ; or, A Night at Greenwich.
To conclude with THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE.

ROYAL VICTORIA" THEATRE.
o.•eat Success of the New Drama of "Laid up in Port," and " The
Bride's Journey." Immense attraction and Novelty!
THIS EVENING
IN
Will be performed an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID UP
F PORT ; or, Sharks along Shore. Principal characters by Messrs.
•ederlcits, Saville, Rymond, Tindell, niggle, Searle, Burton ;
Ulu Vincent. Hiss E. Terry, &c.
A -1 li Afterd
:Yeti ich. THE IsRIDVA JOURNEY ; or, the Escapes of
0 1 ureaden. In which Mists Vincent ill
perform.
T cone lode with a New.uranu4y.
__ entitled THE FACTORY LADS;
or, The Worluialut's Sat
will appear. litght. In vrhleh the whole Company

EW B TRANI)
ENTIRE CEEANGE.--.NovELT laiD RATuE.
" La gaiete eat late
nte der•
MAMAGICLa trisstesse en eat le poison."'
Tuts EVENING
3f. PIifILLIPPE b leav to announce in
the Triumphant Successegs thate has attendedthat his, EA consequence que
ENn
TAI 'M they will be repeated every Wednesday and
TP
turday Morning. and every Evening until Mrther notice.
M. PHILLIPPE will commence the Entertainment by Lighting
Two Hundred and Fifty Wax Candles by a single Pistol Shut !
This unique and brilliant Experiment was originally performed by
Mons. Phillippe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in Paris.
M. Phillippe will also have the honour of introducing IIIS
GRANDMOTHER'S CAP, with all its laughable and rapid Trans-
formittlons.

The Entertainmeata will be varied by the Dancing of the
CHIARINI FAMILY, and the Olympic Gambols of the AME-
RICAN BROTHERS.
The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the
Evening at a quarter to Eight.
Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ; revate Boxes,
U. Is., and 10s. 6d.

THE WEATHER.—Surt OFFICE, APRIL 29.
TLIERNOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 58; Noon, 49,
BAROMETER, 30.26.—W1ND N. N.E. ; fine.

IWI WAT.Eic AT LONDON-Br:thug THIS DAY.
2 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 21 minutes after 4.

If it is: as competent to one Common Council to

grar.t .ch a bye-law it is compvtent for another to

carry
.itt: repeal. We trust that the Corporation will

be the fast to set the example of rescinding such Alf
their p tivileges as may not be for the public benefit,

t ere &nig a motion fur such a purpose may be

brow;

forward by some of tl to free-traders who are

mmbe;:s thereof; if not, we I rust that tha attentin
(
of the . Legislature sou be ea11e,..! thereto, and that we
shall haiwe the gre;-tt principles, the odoption of which
by the FAgislature has rendered t In:4 sess!on so remark-
able, sp aechly extended tothe rem c Tai of such privileges
of the ' corporation as may")3o fo,a ad to press unfjrly
upon th,air fellow-subjects.

The beat les on the Sutlej, an i
______--...i.t.- ----- .
the. a
—"en tor-General previous . ;to the invasion of the
Setlchs, for a. short time formed . Wks of discussion in
t.lie public jotTnals, but the raj ititt Y
ftige policy adopted by
bri.es, the.h.lppy math of the hi& lesi. military skill, con,
ined with the bravery of the, j3riti.. 'i) army, and its
of succesive victo-
ries,

such was an imperative debt to society, because the age
required such a moven:m.4. lie had climbed the Chico_

•
borazo of Experience, and his survey was consequently
unclouded and enlarged. That was the motive of his
behaviour ; those were the principles to whose united
impulse he became obedient; that was the innate bra-

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESD A-T"ESTMNI NG, APRELI29, 1846.

very of soul consequent upon a sense of rectitude,
which has already acquired for him the admiration, and
will ultimately acquire for him the love of his fellow-
countrymen. And yet inuendoes have presumed to
question the solidity of those principles, the unswerv-
ing determination of that courage, and the actual per-
manency of that extraordinary alteration of policy.
Sir ROBERT PEEL'S emphatic rebuttal of those charges,
uttered on Monday night, amidst an incessant interrup-
tion of cheers, is a matter of the most lively satisfaction
to all interested in the furtherance of the free-trade
principles, inasmuch as it leaves the belligerent few no
single peg upon which to hang their imputations. The
last unstable inch of ground is struck from under their
feet ; they are now abandoned to a state of the most
powerless incertitude. Nothing could be more resolute,
or undaunted, or unprevaricating than the language of
the Premier. In allusion to the assertions which had
been made as to his insincerity, and particularly the one
imputing to him the motive of retarding the progress of
the Corn Bill, by interposing a first reading upon the
Irish Coercion measure, Sir ROBERT exclaimed—" Sir,
in answer to that statement, I will only say, without any
unnecessary boast, that I shall be prepared to give what-
ever proof may be required of the sincerity of my in-
tentions." Surely such a declaration was sufficiently
clear and decisive ! "I will not deny," however, he
continues, " that during the debates on the questioli'my
opinions on the subject have undergone a change, and
it is this—that restrictions which I at first believed to be
impolitic, I now believe to be unjust !—(Cheers.)" And
nobly were those acclamations deserved ; for the sen-
tence then crowned with applause was at once a testi-
mony of the real excellence of the liberal principles
adopted, and a fresh instance of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S
moral bravery in a great political emergency—and a
bravery which is exercised in one of the noblest causes
upon which statesman ever ventured. It is this triumph
of truth which we are anxious to commemorate, and it
is to this new token of the Prime Minister's magnani-
mity we are desirous of rendering some tribute.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE:
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7,000
bales, including 2,000 for export. Of this quantity 1,300
bales were American and 700 Surat. The market was steady
and prices were well supported. The Share market was
pretty good, and prices were more encouraging than for some
days. Good stock was in improved demand.
There are no arrivals to-day from any quarter.
The Public Securities have been steady, and there is no
alteration in the quotations. Consols are 95% to 96 for pre-
sent transfer, and 96% for Account. The premium on Exche-
quer-bills has been 235. to 265., and on East India Bonds 295.
to 82s. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been
963/4 to 97. Bank Stock is worth 20512.
The Foreign Investments have been very quiet. Spanish
Three per Cents. realise 363/4 ; Mexican Bonds are 313/4 ;
and Dutch Four per Cents. 917;3 to 9214.
In Railway Shares there is a steady business doing, and
prices are rather buoyant.

BRITISH FUNDS.

CLOSING
PRICES.
205%
94%
95
56%
10 3-16
9 15-16
10 7-16

ONE
Bank Stock .. . • • O'CLOCK.
.. .. 205%
Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 95% 94A,
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96 95%
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 97 96%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 3-16
Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1849 .. 9 15-16
Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 10 7-16
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. • . .. .. 29 32
Ditto, under 1,0001. .. .. • . . 33 29
Consols for Account .. .. .• .. .. 96%
Exchequer Bills. IN d. 1 %d.
1,0001... .. .... 26 23 26 pin. 26
5001. ~ .. .... 26 23 26 pin. 26
Ditto. Small .... 26 23 26 pm, 26
ONE
O'CLOCK.

Madrid papers of the 21st instant have arrived. The
Gazette publishes a dispatch from the Political Chief of
Orense, dated the 17th, announcing that the expeditionary
column of the commander of the province entered the town
at eight in the evening, and that some hours after a column
of insurgents, about 700 strong, made its appearance at the
bridge. The advance guard of this column and the National
Guards of Guadalajara and Murdinedo exchanged some
shots, after which the insurgent body retired, leaving an
advance-post at some distance from the bridge. A second
dispatch of the 18th, from the same Political Chief, states
that the insurgents, finding their attempt to be without any
chance of success, had withdrawn towards Vigo. General
CoNcir.t was within seven leagues of Orense. The Political
Chief of Oviedo announced, on the date of the 16th, an at-
tempt at pronuneiantiento on the part of the sergeants of the
provincial regiment of Salamanca. The attempt was unsuc-
cessful, and the sergeants were arrested.
It was reported that Corunna and Ferrol had pronounced,
but it does not appear that there is any good foundation fir
the rumour. Nothing has been heard of General PCIG
SAMPER since his entry into Santiago on the 11th, and the
consequent retreat of the insurgents upon Vigo and Ponte-
vedra. On the part of the insurgents this retreat was a well
calculated and prudent movement, as at Santiago they
were in an open town, while at Vigo and Pontevedra they
were defended from attack on the land side by strong forti-
fications, and they have the sea in their rear, by means of
which they can either obtain supplies or escape.
It was feared in Madrid that EsrAnTEno would make his
appearance either in Galicia or the Basque Provinces, which
latter are now almost bare of troops, and place himself at the
head of the movement, and in a letter from Valladolid, received
in Madrid on the morning of the 21st, it was stated that
General NocuEnAs had entered Pontevedra, with a rein-

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent
Equador Bonds .
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Deferred ..
Ditto, Debentures ..
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, for the Account
Ditto, Deferred ..
Ditto, Three per Cent
Ditto, for the Account ..
Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent .. ..
Ditto, Deferred ..
.. 12
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. 98
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates

.. 31'
. .. 16104

forcernent of 180 men, and that the insurgents, both there
and at Vigo, were daily receiving supplies from Portugal by
sea. Four ships of war have been ordered to cruise off
Vigo, in order to prevent any landing, and the autho-
rities at San Sebastian have been ordered to observe.
the utmost vigilance in regard to all foreign vessels,
and likewise to be very strict in examining the passports
of travellers. The guns upon the batteries facing the sea
are kept loaded, and every precaution is taken to prevent a
descent being made on the coast.
Symptoms of a revolt had manifested themselves, it was
said, both a Malaga and Carthagena, and a letter from Bar-
celona, dated 21st, states a military conspiracy had been dis-
covered there, and a number of non-commissioned officers
arrested in consequence.

.. - .. 36%

The garrison of Madrid was reviewed on the 21st by the
Minister of War and General PEZUELA, the new Captain-
General. All the Ministerial differences have been arranged.
MADRID BOLA, APRIL 21.—Official Bulletin.--Neither
the Three nor Five per Cents. are quoted. Exchange on
London, 371. Out of doors the Three per Cents. were done
at 31% for cash.

9234 91% 91%
PRICES OF BUSINESS
CLOSING
DONE AT
RAILWAY SHARES. PAID. PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen .. 10 .... 3% ...... ••
Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush 1%..,.. • •
Birmingham and Gloucester.. ..100 ....125 125
Bristol and Exeter .. .. 75 .. 74 ...... • 74
Buckinghamshire 425. .... %.1;4, dis... par
Caledonian • • .. .. 10 .... 6% %•••• • • • • 7
Ditto, Extension .. 2% 1% % . 1%
Chester and Holyhead 22% 213 i 221 A .... 221 A
Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2% .... .......... 134
Direct Manchester (Remington's) .... 11%
Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. 5.....
Direct Northern 234 .... 1%34 234.... 2%
Eastern Counties .. 141. M 5..... 24% 24 24% 24%
Ditto New .. 8/. 165..... 8% 14 p-• • • • 83% p
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. I. 6/. 13s. 4d. .... •
Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. %3p.• • • • •
Ditto, York Extension 10s. 2% 2 2%
Eastern Union .. 25 .... ..........
Do. Ipswich & Bury St.Edmunds 6% 434
East Lincolnshire .. .. • • • • I Ts ••••• • • • • •
Ely and Huntingdon
.. . • .. 7% -
Goole, Doncast., and Sheffield, &c. 42k. %34 di5.....
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... 25 ..
Great Western .. .. 85.,151 150....
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 ... 18%
Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 40 .... 55% 58 . .
Ditto, New . .. 5 .... 10
Leicester and Bedford 225. • • • • •
Leicester, Tamworth, &c. ...... 425. .... 1% dis.
Liverp., Stanch., & Newc. Jtuict. 234 -••-• • • • •
•
London an Birmingham . —lOO .... 226% . • .•• • •
Ditto Thirds
.. 24 .... 62% • •
Ditto Quarters • . .. 2 .... 29
•
Ditto Fifths
.. 2 .... 25 .. •• • .
London and Blackwall 10/. 13s. 4d. 8
Ditto, .New 23{ .. ••3%•••• • • • • • • 3%
London and Brightok .. 50 .... 65 LA 64% 65% 663
Ditto ditto Fifths .. .20 .... 30i,4 31 ...... 31%
London and Croydon .. .. 13/. 15s. 92. 22% 23U .• .. 23%
Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... 9%
London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. 80 81
Ditto, New . 123! .. 24% 23% 23%
Ditto, New .. .. 10 .... 19 19
London and York .. ~ 2y .• .. 21% 21/2
e

4%;
14 dis.

•••• •

Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • 2%- • • •
London and Windsor .. . • .. ....
Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82.
Ditto, Quarters .. • . .. 2 .
.... ..
• ....
Ditto, Fifths .. 3 .... 1214 12% ...
Ditto, Sixteenths .. • . 6m .... 9%
Ditto Extension 425..... 2% p ..
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 .. 80
Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) 4 .... 13
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. I .. • • 8% • •
Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. ... • % p••• • • •
Manchester and Southampton .. 2
.... 11,4 .
Midland .. .. .. • • .. .. 100 .... 152 153.. • •
Ditto, New
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 25
.... 47
Ditto, New . • I 1034
Ditto, New, Brandling 25 .... 46 453 ...... 4
Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .. •. 21 2214 21% • • 2.
Newark, Sheffield, and Boston .. 2% .... I% .
North British . • .. .. 20 .... 27 28%
Ditto, Half Shares •6
.... 10 ...... •• • • 10
Ditto, Carlisle Extension •.. 1M 1% 2M
Ditto, Dalkeith 25
Ditto, ditto .. ••.. 5 .... 6% . 6%
Northern and Eastern . • •• 50 .. •. 73 71%
North Staffordshire .. • . • • 425. .... 3% 2% 3m •p
3% p
Norwich and Brandon .. . • lB .... ...• .• • •
Northmpton,Banbury,&Chelthm. 2 .... 1% • • ...... 1%
Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolverhmptu, 12% .... 8% • • ..... •
Pertk and Inverness .•• • 2% ... 1%
Portsmouth l)irect .. • • •• 3% ... •3%2%• . • •• 3M
Scottish Central .. . .. 10 .... 14 14 •• • • 1414
Ditto New . • • • • 214 ••.•6••. • • •• • • 6
Scottish Midland .. .. • . .. 10 .... 6%
Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2 2% 3M • ..... 3
Shropshire Union .. •425. .... %%s dis 1 dis.
South Midland .. 425.....• 12 p.
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 3334 .... 3934 39M
Do.. New (do. 33/. Gs. Bd.) No. 2. 10 .. .. 13 12% . 12%
Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 15% 15%
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 233 % 2
Vale of Neath .. 2 ....
Welsh Midland .. 234 15j
West Riding Union • . • • .. 425. p...... 2M
York and Lancaster •.... .........
York and North Midland .. 50 ...-
Ditto, Half Shares .. 25 .... 50 ..........
Ditto, Selby ..
••30 .... 75 ••
Ditto. Extension .. 15 .... •• • •
Do. E. and W. Riding Eaten.— 1 10% •• .

We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The
Moaiieur of that day publishes the following:—
'Yesterday the King received a deputation commissioned
to present the address voted by the English now residing at
Paris, on the occasion of the attempt of the 16th April. The
deputation consisted of the Duke of Montrose, Lord Grey,
Lord Ducie, the Right Hon. M. Ellis, Lieutenant-General
Sir John Doveton, and Lieutenant-Colonel Saunderson. The
King expressed his sense of the step they had adopted, and
requested them to convey his thanks to the subscribers of the
address."
Ills MAJESTY addressed the deputation in English, and
was visibly much affected. His MaJusTy, in the course of
his address, alluded to the hospitality that had been shown
to him in England, and to the cordial reception he had met
with from all classes in that country, which could never be
effaced from his heart and memory. The satisfaction of the
gentlemen who presented the address was much increased by
the following circumstance :—His MAJESTY having noticed
that the QUEEN'S name was included in the address, had
commanded the aide-de-camp in waiting to repair to her
MAJESTY, and make this known to her. The QUEEN gra-
ciously condescended to appear, and the committee were
presented to her by the KING, individually. After the reply
of the KING, her MAJESTY addressed the committee, ex-
pressing to them, in the most feeling manner, the high grati-
fication that she derived from the cordial sentiments con-
tained in the address.
The Queen of the Fromm entered her 65th year on
Sunday.
, the basis of a new com-
meArecicaolrdceinngventotiethnehCaodns
beentitagreedution ne l
on between France and
Russia, the object being to introduce modifications in their
respective tariffs.
In the Chamber of Deputies the debate on the Bordeaux
and Cette Railway Bill was resumed OR Monday, and had
net been brought to a conclusion when the post left.
The Journal des Debats states that the Parliamentary ses-
sion is at present so far advanced, that it will be impossible
that the nineteen Bills before the Chamber of Deputies can
be passed. "It is probable," adds tile Debate, " that the
Chamber may vote nine projects of law—viz., the Western
Railroad Bill, which is on the order of the day, and on which
the discussion may commence on Tuesday next; the Dijon
and Mulhausen Railroad Bill, which is likewise on the orders
of the day ; the extraordinary and supplementary credits ;
the extraordinary credits of Algeria; the fortifications of
Havre; the improvement of the ports of France; tho Bill
relating to political refugees; and, in fine, the definitive re-
gulation of the public accounts. The report on the budget
of expenses will not be distributed to the Chambers until
Wednesday or Thursday, the 30th of April. It is probable
that at the same period the Chamber will be summoned to
to fix the last day for the conclusion of the session."
IBRAHIM PACHA was received by the KING and Royal
Family, at the Tuileries, at one o'clock on Monday. Four
carriages of the Court conducted the Turkish Ambassador
and his suite. The Turkish Ambassador presented lI3RABLII,
as he is not considered as a a prince of the blood, but as a
Paella, vassal of Turkey. It is said that Inn Aunt feels highly
flattered by being lodged in the Elysde Bourbon, the favourite
Palace of Napoleon, and being permitted to repose in the
Emperor's bed.

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .. I`2 12
Hord., Tout., & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 ••. . • •• • •
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) .. 2 • •
Demerara .. • • .. 2% .
Dutch Rhenish .. 5 61,4 %%
East Indian .. . ss.
Grt. North. of France Constituted 5 . 15 ......
Great Western Canada • • • • 314 .... 4
......... ....
Louvain and Jemeppe .. 4
.. ..........
Luxembourg
Namur and Liege • • • • • • 4 .... 1%
Orleans and Vierzen 10 .........
Orleans and Bordeaux .. • • 6 .... 10% 11 .
Paris and. Lyons Constituted .. 5 7% 8 .. . .
Paris and Orleans .. 20 ....
..........
Paris and Strasbourg Constituted 5 .... 5%
Rouen and Havre -. .. 20 .... 30 29%
Sambre and Meuse: .. .. 8 .... 5%

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster .. .. 20 .. 26% %

MINES.

British Iron .. .. .. .. .. 10 .... ..........
Real del Monte, Unregistered .. .... 3N ..........

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY

28.—Wind N.W. to S.—Arrd. Maria , mes_
for Bremen. Sid. Familien, Gloersen,
Charleston. Arrd. from the River, Margaret , Clark,
IL M. steamer, Gladiator,
and sailed for westward. Put back,
Seringapa, tam Turnell, from Madras, to repair damages.
LONDON, APRIL 29.—Wind N.E., light breeze and
finAei
DEAL, APRlLbinia
Loop, New York, and sailed
L
AtoNca, .Hw
.N .IV..—en Sydney,Arrd.Ann,
jNcelitivsw South Wales ; Panama, M`Leod, Hong-Kong ; Gemini, Beun,
Calcutta ; Storm. King, Robinson, Valparaiso ; Trinity yatch, Houn-
sell, St. Thomas ; Waterloo, Allen, New Yolk ; Consul, Rabe, Bos-
ton ; Wm. • Penn, Stephenson, St. John's, New Brunswick ; tzoanp, LIVERPOOL,
raAnPhßat; 28.—Wind51 13 t i ult.
Avoca,
Sap-
phiras, Johnston, Quebec. Arrd. Leander, New Orleans.
Coax, APRIL 26.—A dreadful hurricane from S.W. was expe-
rienced on the coast of Patagonia on the 7th January, and continued
until noon of the next day. The brig Malay, of London, has been
condemned, at Port Desire, having struck on a reef off Penguin
Island ; the Thomas Leeck, Slaughter, off Liverpool, drove on shore
on Long Island, in Sea Bear Bay, Patagonia, 7th Jan., and was
wrecked with 200 tons of guano on board ; the Acapulco,
Harrison, of Liverpool, was wrecked on Penguin Island, 19th
Jan., with 410 tons of guano ; the ship Anthony Anderson, Eaton,
barque Nightingale, Hunter; brigs John, Henry, and Stewarts,
Fisher, and Gazelle ; schooner Smith, all of Liverpool ; brig Bride,
Clark, of London ; barques Ocean Queen, Oliver, and Harper, Murphy,
of Belfast, and Charlotte, Locke, of Portsmouth, were driven on
shore on Sea Lion Island, Patagonia, during a very severe hurricane,
Jan. 7, and totally lost ; crews saved. The brigs Eliza Haywood, Payne,
and William Henry, Stickney, both of Liverpool ; and brig Richard,
Hopkins, of Newcastle, were driven on shore on Penguin Island reef,
during a very severe hurricane Jan. 7, and totally wrecked ; crews
saved.
WATERFORD, APRIL 27.—Wind N.N.E. to E.N.E.—Arrd., 26th,
Barbara Catharina, Bohn, .Antwerp, for Liverpcol, with loss of jib-
boom and sails, bows stove, and bowsprit sprung, having been in
contact with a vessel off Tuskar.
CORE, APRIL 26.—Arrd. Steadfast, Merritt, Sea Bear Bay., Pata-
gonia, left Feb. 7 ; Eliza, Hammond, Barbadoes ; Lord Glenelg,
Martin, St. John's, N.B. Off, Hanover, Honduras for Liverpool ; her
Majesty's ship Crocodile.
WESTPORT, APRIL 23. Sld. Congress, Sewell, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 28.—The Severn, from Aricati to this port, w wrecked on the bar of the former place previous to the 18th ult. Tile
Commerce, from Patagonia, has arrived at Pernambuco with 40 pas-
sengers, crews of vessels wrecked on the coast.
DUNMORE EAST, APRIL 25.—The Laurain, from Liverpool, put in
with loss of bowsprit, some sails, and ether damage, having been run
into by a large ship east of Tuskar.
SHIELDS, APRIL 28.—The Betsey and Ann Sydney, of Berwick,
hence to the Frith of Forth, foundered yesterday 13 miles off the
harbour ; crew saved.
WIVENHOE, APRIL 28.—The James and Eliza, of Couthwold, was
lest on the Buxey Sand 26th inst. ; about 40 casks of porter (barrels
and kilderkins), branded Reid and Co., and Traman, Banbury, and
Co., London, have been picked up in the Wallott, and landed here to
day, supposed to have been part of her cargo.

Tues-
day morning.
Lord and Lady PALMERSTON were to leave Paris on
It is finally arranged that the Duke and Duchess DE NE-
-310111111 will pay a visit to the English Court in the course of
the ensuing month.
The French funds and shares opened on the Paris Bourse
on Monday at a rise,
Saturday, but declined towards the termination of business
without any alleged cause.
I.l..avre, 75af. ; Great Northern,s -r6essf • Avignon, 920 f. ;
as compared with the closing prices on
The Three per Cents, closed at 83f. 55c ; the Fire per Cents.
119 f. 80c.;
_the Orleans Railroad ha 1,23.51.. ; Rouen, 1,037 f. 50c•
6,2ef. 50u.; Bordeaux, 620 f ; oullogne, 500 f. ; Basle, 232 f. 50c. ;
5412?."50c465f. ; P4ris
and Strasburg, 518 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes,
30,,
. ; Paris and Lyons, Spanish Domestic Debt,
,4 572 f. 50c.; Vierzon

Lyons and Avignon Defialtives, 5601. ;
The following are the quotations for other lines :
Detlnitioes, 540 f. Charleroi, 495 f. 50c.
3leasziuts, APRIL 22.—Marseilles and Avignon, 902 f. 50c. ;
Northern, 755 E; Paris and Lyons, 3721.50 x. Bordeaux and Cette
Lvorrs, APRIL 25.—Marseilles and Avignon, 9251. ; Paris and
Orleans, 1,236 f. 25c. ; Lyons, 572 f. 50c.
IiCSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AP" 2s.
Bordeaux,
'Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 2 —Dutch Rhenish,
61—East Indian, li —Great Northern of France Constituted, 159 —Great Western Canada, 4—Luxembourg, 21A Namur and Liege,.
I% —Orleans and Bordeaux, 11!4—Paris and Lyons Constituted, S.

Steam Navigation Company's packet the Magnet
—_____.
ANOTHER WRECK IN THE CHANNEL.— The General
terday in towing into harbour the wreck of a large vessel discovered
Vaisal-road,
on Monday In the English Channel, about thirty miles off Brighton.
At post time yesterday Lfternoon, the smoke of the steamer was
visible, but both vessels were hull down.
PEDESTRIANISM.—YustenIa the one-mile race be-
y was engaged yes-
tween Marshall, of Brixton, and Laker, of Loudon, came off in the
the start the former took the lead, and at four hundred yards was at
an advan • '
tage , 11,3 opponent pressed him closely, and the half mile
was performed in two minutes and thirty-three seconds. Baker
then Showed in front, and a spirited race took place. Both men
ibsylsfiviemyranrdullea,
13"-tton• •The men were snatched for 101. aside. At
struggled hard, and after a close contest, Baker ran in the winner
the exchange at Paris en 1
and ten seconds.
PRICE C,I, (TOLD,_ . on gold at Paris
umaalieechoTaptlisthhe:Etililgeliosiliel
Mintml opire:od; 13111.11:
7e
sn. slionizt:tdes.
The premium
per ounce for standard gold,gives- change of 25 52 ' slid
lowa that gold is 0.57 Per cent. London
ill 1-011(101l than ill Paris.
By .advices from Haniburgli ti •0 of gold is 436 per mark,
Which, at the English Mint prliecellroti'c3l. 17s. 10%d. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10% and the exchange at Ham-
burgh on London at short being 13 11%, It follows that the price of gold Is 0.46 per cent. dearer hi London than tit iiamburah.
l ant
exchange
being 25 75, it fol-

RAILWAY COMMITTEES

(THIS DAY.)

lIOUSE OF LORDS.
IRISH NOIZTE rTxDLIurD.
The Committee to which this Bill had been referred met this morn-
ing, at 11 o'clock, at No. 5, Abingdon-street, the Marquis of Salisbury
in the chair, and after the usual formal proofs had been handed in
adjourned, at 2 o'clock, until 11 o'clock to-morrow. ,

ROUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP VII.
. .

This Committee met at twelve in room No. 24. Present, Mr. Pal.
mer (in the chair), Lord J. Chichester, Colonel Powell, Mr. H.
Staunton, and Mr. Seymour.
They proceeded with the ease of the
EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (STIZA.TIII.

3ARNE DEVIATION) LINE.

The preamble of which was declared proved_
A long discussion on the subject of the clauses, in which Mr. Lang,
on the part of the promoters of the Bill, and Mr. Austin for the pro-
moters of the Scottish Central line, took a part, ensued, and occu-
pied the Committee for a considerable time.

A clause, to be numbered as clause 7, was proposed by the Chair-
man, the object of which was to provide, that compensation should
be given to Captain Hay, for any injury that he might sustain from
the passing of the line through his property. It was proposed, by
Mr. AUSTIN, that this clause should stand over till Friday, in
order that the Committee might hear the decision of the Committee
ou Group No. 6, as to the Dundee and Perth line, in which a point•
had been raised which resembled this. This proposal was assented
to; but, after some fhrther discussion, it was agreed that the Com-
mittee should adjoarn until Friday, and they accordingly rose at
about half-past one o'clock, and adjourned till that day.

GROUP VIII.
The Committee assembled at the usual hour this morning, Mr.
Hawes (chairman).
EDINBURGH AND LEITH ATMOSPIIER,IC.
Kr. HATO! applied on the part of the promoters of the Bill for the
postponement of its consideration. He founded his request on the
ground that the consideration of this line could not be proceeded
with until the Leith and Granton Bill (the competing line) was in a
fit state to come before the Committee.
The application was objected to by the opposing counsel, but ulti-
mately they agreed to the delay asked.

The Cneranian then pronounced the Committee adjourned until
Twelve o'clock on Monday next.

GROUP XI.
NORTH BRITISH.

The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, Mr. Herres in
the chair.

The clauses of this Bill could not be proceeded on account of the
petition, which had been deposited at the Board of Trade, not being
forthcoming. The subject was therefore adjourned till Monday.
EDINBURG'S AND ZEITIC ATMOSPHERIC•
This Bill was also postponed until Monday.
The Committee then adjourned till that day.

GROUP XXIx.
This Committee assembled to-day at eleven o'clock—present, Mr.
Labouchere, Sir W. Molesworth, Sir J. Duckworth, Colonel Rawdon.
and Sir J. Smyth.

BOSTON, smarvaroran, AND DICRMINGHAIVI,
(STAMFORD TO WISBECIi) LINE,
The Committee went through the clauses agreed to by the corpo-
ration of the Bedford Levels, and the promoters, for the purpose of
securing the drainage of the land, and the reversion of the
property through which the line was to pass to the original pro-
prietors at the price for which it was sold, should they be desirous to
re-purchase, in case of the railway being abandoned.
The amended clauses were then read seriatim, and received the
signature of the Chairman.

The report was also read, and signed by the Chairman.
The Committee then separated, this being the last Bill referred to
them.

GROUP XXX.
This Committee assembled to-day shortly after twelve o'clock.
Present, Lord Charles Wellesley (chairman), and the other members
of the Committee.

CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD.
The evidence in favour of this Bill was adduced.
The Rev. Charles Jenne, Head Master of Pembroke College, Oxford,
examined—Was acquainted with the Cambridge and Oxford Railway.
He considered that undertaking would be of the greatest advantage
to the students of the respective Universities, and would tend to
advance the interests of science. It would not affect injuriously the
property of either Universities.
Dr. Ingram, President of Trinity College, was examined, and cor-
roborated the preceding testimony.
Cross-examined by Sir JOHN Ban.ky—Considered that the line by
Bletchly was not as desirable as the present line.
Mr. J. W. Harley, M.P. for Oxford, examined—The line would be
of great advantage in his neighbourhood (Waterperry). He under-
stood that the gentry in the neighbourhood had assented to the Bill.
It would give his neighbourhood communication with the Birming-
ham
Railway, and with London. Their only communication at pre-
sent to London was by Aylesbury, and thence by the Birmingham
Railway. Coals were 30s. a ton in the neighboarhood. It would be
of great advantage if they could get coals from Newcastle, which
could be procured there for 11. 6s. a ton. The proposed railway
would act less injuriously on the property through which it would
pass than any other lime with which he was acquainted.
Cross-examined—Dissented from all railways some time ago.
Would not avail himself of the Great Western Railway, even were
the rates on the same reduced. He had been informed that the
cheapness at which they could procure coal would, next to the con-
veyance of passengers, be the greatest substantive benefit they would
reap from the proposed railway.
Mr. J. Ashurst examined—Was a magistrate of Oxford, and
eldest son of Mr. Ashurst of Watercress, and expressed
the opinions of his father. Watercress, where he resided, was nine
miles from Oxford, and between that and Thame. The proposed
railway would increase the value of property- in the county, for they
would have an increased facility for the transit of their agricultural
produce, and would be enabled to procure coals at a moderate price.
The farmers in the county were in favour of the railway, and he
considered that the same would be of the greatest benefit to them.
Knew the propose line between Thame and Oxford. There was a
number of populous villages around that place, and he considered
that it was the most desirable situation that could be selected.
Cross-examined—Neither he nor his fatlier were provisional di-
rectors, or possessed any shares in the proposed railway. His opi-
nions respecting the railway were siada with reference to Oxford and
his own neighbourhood.
The Rev. Mr. Hughes, rector of St. Clement's, Oxford, is a mem-
ber of the University and resident at Oxford, he considered the rail-
way would be most desirable. For literary and social purposes he
considered that the inter-communication which it would produce
between the students of the two universities would be most benefi-
cial, and unattended with the disadvantages which had been some-
times stated would accrue.
Mr. W. Ekin examined—Was brewer and maister at Cambridge.
Remembered that in 1824 and 1825 there were two coaches run-
ning in opposition from Oxford to Cambridge. The fares were
lowered, and this increased considerably the number of
passengers, and when one of them ceased to run, and the fares
rose, the number of passengers decreased:considerably ; from which he
inferred that the proposed railway would Increase to a great extent
the number of passengers between Cambridge and Oxford. If the
proposed railway were established, from the caleulations he had
made, he had no doubt that there would be fifty passengers a day
from these two points.
There was some additional evidence to the same effect, after whic
the Committee adjourned.

GROUP XXXVII.
The Committee met this day at one o'clock, in No. 37 of the new
Committee Rooms. Present Lord Seymour (chairman), Lord E bring-
ton, and three other Hon. Members.
The petitions were put, the names of the counsel, agents, &c., were
taken, and the preliminaries gone through in respect to the several
Bills set down in this group for the day.
Ronnuny MUDGE AND CALDER.
Thi. Hill was withdrawn, as was also the
MANCHESTER., HUDDERSFIELD, AND
GREAT
The Committee then proceeded with the
SHEFFIELD, ROTHERHAM, BARNSLEY,
WAKEFIELD, lIIIIIDERSF/ELD, AND
GOOLE.
The formal evidence was gone through, and the resolutions of the
Standing Orders Committee were put in.
Mr. TALBOT addressed the Committee, on behalf of the promoters
of this measure, and said he believed the Committee would perceive the
importance of the district to which it was proposed to give accommo-
dation. The Bill would afford a convenient exit for the mineral pro-
ductions of the district. The Manchester and Barnsley project was
objected to by the Lords' Committee, on the ground that it would not
sufficiently open up the Barnsley and Silkstone coal fields. The length
of these beds was about thirty-six miles in length, and from Sheffield
to Wakefield, from ten to fifteen miles in breadth. The produce of
these beds was equal to the best Durham coals, and the seams were
considered by eminent geologists to be a reappearanee of the Durham
seam. The existing lines did not give sufficient accommodation to
this rich mineral district, in which there were railways, indeed, but
these did not touch the coals. The present Bill would completely
supply the deficiency, which was at present so great, that the manu-
facturers of Sheffield were obliged to take their coals from Derby-
shire, instead of raising it, as he might say, at their own doors.
But independently of the coal traffic, the promoters would derive
large returns from the iron trade, and other kinds of traffic. In an
agricultural view, also, the railway would be a great advantage to
the district, as it would enalbe the cultivators of the unkind soil
(which, as usual in countries rich in minerals, forms the principal
part of the surface), to obtain an abundant and cheap supply of the
lime which they wanted so much for manure. The passenger traffic
was calculated to be very profitable. The extent of the line was
nineteen miles, with branches of three miles in length. The esti-
mated cost for the whole twenty-two miles was 800,0001., and
the engineering facilities were very great. There was some
opposition on the part of landowners, but he left that matter to the
witnesses, and called the attention of the Committee to the petitions
of the vast majority of occupiers in favour of the Bill. He then pro-
ceeded to call witnesses.
Mr. G. Chambers, a coalowner and member of a local geological
Society, gave evidence very strongly in favour of the measure, on
account of the facility it would afford to, perhaps, the largest coal
field in England, the coal being of the best quality. There was also
a great deal of iron ore of good quality, and the several ironworks a
present established would be greatly benefited by the line.

MPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS,
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
THE EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAIL
WAY (EXTENSION AND BRANCHES).
This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be corn.
mitted.

GROUP No. IV. •
Mr. G. HOPE moved that the Committee on Group No.
IV. have leave to proceed as recommended in the report
from that Committee, presented 28th April.
The motion was agreed to.
RAILWAY BUSINESS.
Mr, R. HODGSON moved that the order, dated 23d
April, " That it be an instruction to the Committee on every
private Bill originated in this House, relating to any rail-
way, before proceeding with the merits of such Bill, to re-
quire to be produced before them and verified by the
promoters," &c., be discharged, and in lieu the following
resolution be introduced, viz. :--" That it be an instruction
to the Committee on every private Bill originated in this
House relating to any railway, to require to be produced be-
fore them and verified by the promoters," &c.
Mr. DUNCOMBE objected to the original order being dis-
charged. He could easily understand that some of the reso-
lutions might be inconvenient to some of the railway com-
panies; but they were intended to be inconvenient, in order
that those bubble schemes, which could not stand the test of
a scrutinising examination, might be exposed. He had no
objection to the resolution so far as to allow the Committee to
report immediately after the preliminary inquiry on any
scheme, without keeping the report back.
Sir G. CLERK had no objection to the alteration of the
resolution as far as regarded those particular Committees
which had not been appointed until Monday last. He thought
those Committees might be allowed to proceed with the
merits of the Bills before them, without specially inquiring
into their compliance with the resolutions of the House. It
was due to the promoters of bond fide schemes that some dif-
ference should be made between those projectrosonn.tarnmitditoeinmothndboaoesyref
bubble schemes which were intended solely to promote the
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Mr. HODGSON was not disposed to press his resolution
any further, and proposed to withdraw it.
Mr. GREENE. before the House came to any decision in
the matter, thought it extremely desirable that the services
of counsel in the preliminary inquiries before the Committee,
as provided by the resolution of the Hon. Member for Fins-
bury (Mr. Duncombe), should be dispensed with. It would
only contribute to increase the expenses of the inquiry.
Mr. DU.NUOMBE was of opinion that the services of
counsel on most occasions should not be dispensed with, as
by their assistance the truth of the documents required to be
produced was more likely to be ascertained.
Sir G. CLERK thought that if there was any doubt as to
the truth or authenticity of those documents, there would be
ample opportunity afforded before the Committee to prove
their authenticity by the parties either appearing themselves
or by counsel.
After a few words from Mr. T. Duncombe, Mr. Cardwell,
Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Wakley, Mr.
Gisborne' and Sir R. Peel, Mr. Entwisle, the St.eaker, and
Sir John C. Hobhouse, the motion was withdrawn.
Mr. ESTCOURT moved that Committees have leave to sit