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LONDON, TIIURSDAY, MAY 22, 1845.

The House of Lords did not sit yesterday.

The House of Commons met at Four o'Clock.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin, attended by two of the
Aldermen, appeared at the Bar, and presented a petition
from the Corporation, praying that the Ilibernian Bank-
ing Company, and other new joint• stock-banks in Ireland,
might be included in the provisions of the new Irish
Banking Bill.

The second reading of the Malt Drawback Bill was
postponed fora week.

Capt MANGLES put a series of questions to the Go-
vernment on the subject of the occupation of Sinde, in
reply to which,

Sir R. PEEL stated that at present the government
of that territory was placed under the superintendence
of the Secret Committee, and that as soon as he could
do so without prejudice to the public service he would
give the House all the information on the subject that
it was in his power to give.
The adjourned debate on the third reading of the
Maynooth Bill was then resumed by Colonel VERNER,
who opposed the Bill, and accounted for the apparent
apathy of the Protestants of Ireland on the subject
by saying that they were deterred by appre-
hensions of danger from stating their feelings
with regard to the measure ; and that they con-
sidered it useless, after seeing how petitions on
this subject had been treated, to petition the House. He
wished to know at once how far the Government in-
tended to go, that he might be prepared for the worst ;
for he knew that this measure, wrung as it was from the
fears of the Government, could not conciliate the repeal
party of Ireland.

Lord H. VANE asked if the Gallant Colonel wished to
govern Ireland by force ? That system had been tried
and failed. He supported the measure because as Roman
Catholicism was the religion of the large majority of the
Irish people, it was the religion best entitled to endow-
ment, and how those gentlemen who were favourable to
religious endowments on principle could oppose this
measure he could not understand.

Mr. COLQUHOUN, in opposing the motion, said that it
the Conservative party wished to maintain a character
for consistency they should, now they were in power,
adhere to those principle; which they had maintained in
Opposition. He alluded to the state of France as
a proof of the danger of endowing the Roman
Catholic religion. The Right Honourable Baronet
had, in 1838, adopted the views of the Right Honour-
able Member for Selkirkshire, who to his honour had
preferred principle to place, a somewhat more creditable
course than that pursued by another Hon. Member
who had preferred place to either principle or rea-
son. In 1838, the Right Hon. Baronet had expressed
his fears of that section of the Roman Catholics who
wished to render civil Government subordinate to eccle-
siastical rule, and he felt curious to know would the man
who told them in 1838 that his fears were justified, tell
them, in 1845, that those fears were groundless, unwor-
thy, and fanatical ? The Hon. Gentleman then attacked
in bitter terms, the Roman Catholic priesthood in Ire-
land, and concluded by reiterating his determination to
oppose the Bill to the utmost of his power.
_ _ _

Mr. F. MACKENZIE complained that his speech at the
Peebles-shire election had been misrepresented. What
he had said was, that the small grant to Maynooth bad
done mischief, and that he would support the large grant
as an experiment. Tie had further recommended the people
of Ireland on that occasion to cherish the Union as the
people of Scotland had done, to repudiate agitation, and
to devote themselves to the cultivation of the land. This
was a slight sketch of his speech at Peebles, and such
were still his opinions.
Mr. WYSE did net recognise, in the number of the
signatures to the petitions against this grant, anything
like an expression of the universal will of the people of
England. Ireland contributed to the support of
English and Scotch ecclesiastical establishments. Ire-
land was taxed for the English National Debt
The Presbyterians enjoyed the Regium Donum, and yet
when it was proposed to make this grant for the educa-
tion of the Catholic clergy, it was opposed with all the
virulence of religious fanaticism, and the Catholic
Church was charged with all sorts of fanaticism.
This was going back to the.days of Lord GEORGE GOR-
DON, when all the violence of sectarian zeal was let forth,
in order to crush the freedom of religious opinion. By far
the better plan would be to sink all those differences,
and to avoid those disputes which plucked out of the
Gospel the bright gem of charity, and tended to divide
men from each other, and to excite those points of dif-
ference and division which was opposed to every interest
of humanity.

The House was subsequently addressed by Mr.
DARBY, Sir J. GRAHAM, Mr. SHEIL, Mr. PLUMPTRE,
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY, Mr. FERRAND, Captain LA-
YARD, Mr. M`LEAN, Sir R. PEEL, and Lord J. RUSSELL.
after which a division took place, when the numbers
were, for the the third reading 317, against it, 184—
majority 133.

Mr. DUNCOMBE then moved that the powers of the
Bill should be limited to a period of three years, upon
which, after some discussion, the House divided, and the
proposition was rejected by a majority of 98.
The House then adjourned at Half-past Two o'clock.

The division of last night decided the fake of the
Maynooth Bill. This result is not the triumph of any
sect or faction, it is the triumph of the sacred cause of
Justice —an acknowledgment of Ireland's rights and
England's duties. We gladly receive this measure
for its own sake, but, above all, we hail it as the
harbinger of better things—as the first step in
a system of legislation, which, not based on the
shifting sands of expediency, but founded on the
solid rock of principle, shall not veer with every breeze,
and quail before every storm, but remain firm and in-
vincible as truth. It is another triumph for the cause
to find those very men who once were chiefs in the
ranks of oppression—they who were first amid the arbi-
trary and intolerant—should now be foremost in the cause
of justice—become conciliators, and messengers of peace.
They have been taught in the stern but effectual school of
experience—they have learned that right is more power-
ful than might—that tyranny may control for a time,
but that justice alone can eventually conquer. Ireland has
been- the " difficulty" of every British statesman, and no
wonder—it must ever be difficult to rule a sister country
like a
_conquered province ; it must be, and, thank
Heaven, it is, not only difficult but impossible to govern
a free and generous people by any laws but those of
justice and equality; to say to an entire nation "our
opinions shall be your opinions, our religion shall
be your religion," and " our ways shall be your ways."
The power of conscience is the strongest feeling in the
human breast. A man that dare not worship his CREATOR
without coercion or control has lost his greatest and
noblest privilege; his actions may be free, but his spirit
is fettered— he is a slave indeed! Would that men
of all sects and all religions could concur, in the
tolerant words of Lord FRANCIS EGERTON last night,
" I believe, indeed, there is light for my guidance,
but I do not walk with sufficient confidence
to say that others, who pursue different, parallel, or
possibly widely divergent paths, are under a sad de-
lusion, or are rushing to their ruin ; our goal is a com-
mon one. I hope, I pray, I believe, that many of us
may reach it in common." Let us trust the reign of in.
tolerance is past. The Government have entered upon a
course which friends and foes must alike admire ard
approve, they have commenced by acknowledging
officially, the just claims of Ireland ; they are
about to treat English and Irish, irrespec
tively, as the common subjects of a common Sove-
reign—the common worshippers of the same CREATOR.
They will proclaim to the neglected and oppressed,

"Ye are brothers, ye are men,
And we govern but to save."
A distinguishing feature in this debate is the absence of
party spirit. Last evening the chief of the Govern-
ment and the leader of the Opposition both de-
clared their intention to follow their own opinions
regardless of friend or foe. Sir ROBERT PEEL
spoke as became his proud position—he boldly
declared himself the Minister of England, not the
chief of a faction. We know not if his former promises
led his friends to think otherwise, but we are sure that
every one must agree with him, that a Minister must do
his duty to his country without any regard to indivi-
duals.am " It seems to me," he observed last night, " that
ual6Prehension is entertained in some quarters with

respect to the position of a Minister of the Crown. I am
proud of the confidence, as any man can be, which a great
party has placed in me ; still I never can admit that he owes
any personal obligation to those members who have
placed him in a certain position, and I should consider
it as the happiest day of my life when I was permitted
to act merely as an indvidual Member of Parliament,
unconnected even with party, rather than continue to
hold office by the servile tenure of the advice I give to
my Sovereign upon every subject being exactly in con-
formity with every opinion which every member of that
party might hold." Lord JOHN RUSSELL, after ap-
proving of the measures of the Government, declared
that no party views should induce him to oppose what
he thought right, and added:—

" I would say to the Government, ' Do net stop short with
this measure, as you see you have no party differences fear when
you bring forward measures really advantageous to Ireland. What-
ever obstacles you may meet with, you will not be encountered by
the anxiety of those who have lost power to possess themselves of
office; expect a majority of this House to go with you if you
fairly and boldly declare your intentions, and rely, as the Right
Hon. Gentleman declares he will, on the value of those measures
themselves for the support and acceptance they will receive.' "

From these sentiments we are led to anticipate the
dowufal of all those narrow party views which for so
many years have disgraced our Li gislature, divided states-
men into placemen and expectants, caused questions of
right and wrong to be regarded but as factious disputes,
and given rise to that fatal system of expediency, the curse
of modern legislation, which has proved alike destruc-
tive to the fame of Parliaments and Ministers, and op-
posed to the happiness and welfare of the people.

The accounts from Madrid, which are to the 14th inst., are
without interest. The Chamber of Deputies had adjourned
to the 16th, when it was understood the Cortes would be
prorogued by the QUEEN in person. The Court was to leave
for Barcelona about the 24th.

The Three per Cents. closed at 34 3-16 for cash, and 35 at
60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 24d for cash, and 25i for 60
days; the Coupons at 27 for cash; and the Debt without
Interest, at 8i at 60 days.

In the French Chamber of Deputies, the Minister of Fi-
nance, in reply to questions put to him relative to the propo-
sition of M. GANNEIZON to raise the sum of 28,000,000/. on
certain conditions fur the construction of railroads, said he
could not accept such an offer. The demands were exor-
bitant, and he had too good an opinion of the
credit of France to contract loans on such disad-
vantageous terms. The adoption of the line by Haze-
brouck and Fampoux had caused unbounded joy among the
delegates from the department of Pas-de-Calais. One of the
Paris papers says-" Scarcely had the President declared the
amendment adopted, when they fell into one another's arms,
and tumultuously rushed to the Salle des Pas-Perdus, which
the members for the north and Pas-de-Calais were
at the time entering. The latter were immediately
seized and embraced. The ladies from Fampoux and
Hazebrouck, unable to resist so much enthusiasm, fell
into the arms of the lion. Gentlemen. At length the emo-
tion subsided, and the Delegates, storming a table allotted
to the officers of the Chamber, who draw up the reports of
the discussions in the Committees, hastened with every paper
and pen they could pounce upon, to transmit the glorious
news to Fampoux and Hazebrouck." At the opening of the
sitting on Tuesday the Minister of Public Works presented a
Bill for regulating the police of the Channel fisheries, and
also two other Bills, one demanding a vote o
5,000,000 francs to construct a wet dock at St. Nazaire
and the other 3,000,000 f. for works on the Adour, between
Bayonne and St. Esprit. The Chamber then resumed the dis.
cussion on the northern line, when it was proposed that the
condition of the contract for the branch line from Haze-
brouck to Fampoux should be the same as for the St.
Quentin and St. Creil line, and that the security
should be fixed at 1,500,000 f. This clause was adopted
as well as another, of some importance to Boulogne and Ca-
lais, that no reduction of fares or charges for goods should
take place on the lines to these towns which should not be
common to both. The debate on the fourth clause relative
to the duration of the concession was going on at the hour of
post. The Government had proposed a period of 45 years, and
the Committee on the Bill had reduced it to 33.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tues-
day, at 86f. 25c. ; the New Loan, at 86f. 65c. ; the Five
per Cents. at 122 f. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,252 f. 50c. ;
Rouen, 1,130 f. ; Vierzon, Bf. 300. ; Havre, 917 f. 50c ; Avig-
non, 1,065f'. ; Basle, 275 f. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. 62 20; Spanish Active, 40; Spanish Three per
Cents., 42 ; Spanish Passives, 8.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :-
Orleans and Bordeaux, 235 f. premium ; Boulogne, 140 f.
ditto ; Troyes and Montereau, 751. ; Paris and Lyons (Laffitte ),
22f. 50c. ; ditto (Calon), lf. 50c.; ditto (Ganneron), 20K ;
Northern line (Latiitte), 32f. 50c. ; ditto (Rosamel), 14f.
Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 12f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouil-
lard), par ; ditto (O'Neill), 15f. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre),
par ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 25f. ; ditto (Talabot),
35f. ; ditto (Compagnie lderidionale), 12f. 50c. ; Bordeaux
and Toulouse (Mackenzie), sf. ; ditto and Cette ( Espeleta),
17f. 50c. ; Creil and St. Quentin, If. 25c. ; Paris and Stras-
burg (Ganneron), 15. ; Dijon and Mulhouse, 4f. 25c.

DIVISIONS ON THE MAYNOOTH BILL.—The number of
Members who divided on the third reading this morning
were :—Ayes, 317 ; Noes, 184 ; Tellers, 4—Total, 505.
The number of Members present at the division on the
second reading, which took place on the morning of the
18th of April, was 503, being two less than in
the last division, and were arranged as follow.; :

Ayes, 323 ; Noes, 176 ; Tellers, 4. So that the ayes on
the second reading exceeded those of the third by 6, and
the noes were less by B—a very trifling difference after
so many speeches, both in the House and out of it.
On looking over the lists we can discover the names of
only three Members who have changed sides. These are
the Hon. CRAVEN BERKELEY, Mr. JOSEPH BROTHERTON,
and Admiral DUNDAS, who reversed their votes. Mr.
POULETT SCROPE voted for the second reading, but was
absent at the third. Mr. ALEXANDER PRINGLE voted
against it, and was also absent at the division this morn-
ing. Mr. WAwN voted consistently at both divisions in
support of the measure.

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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
any, QUARTER TO THREE.
The
1,500tt0 were
n atLiv
on Liverpool
. There was no
l yesterday. were 10,000
bales,speculation.
change in prices, but the market had a firmer tone.
Shares' exhibited a continued improvement, but the
osfalweshicohf Cotton
demand for heavy stock had in some measure subsided.
Barnsley Junction, 4:% % ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and
Cheshire Junction, 914 9 ; Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton,
5% %; Blackburn and Preston, 19 ; Belfast and Ballymena,
83/4 % ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12% ; Caledonian,
1134 2s. ; Ditto Extension, 23/4 3 ; Cambridge and Lincoln,
71/ % ; Chester and Birkenhead, 54% 533/ ; Ditto, Half
Shares, 27 263/4 ; Churnet Valley, 53A 6 ; Clitheroe Junction,
2% ; Dublin and Galway, 4%; loundee and Perth, 3%;
Dundalk and Enniskillen, 5 ; Eastern- Counties, 19%; Ditto,
New Shares, 89s. ; Ditto, Perpetual No. 2, 245. 6d. ; Edin-
burgh and Northern, 13/4 ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% 245. ;
Great North of England, 30/. Shares, 25 ; Great North of
Scotland, 3; Great Southern and Western Extension, 13% ;
Great Western, Fifth Shares, 42 ; Goole and Doncaster, 21s. ;
Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 714 7 _
; Huddersfield and
Sheffield, 714 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 401/2 ; Liverpool,
Orraskirk, and Preston, 2% ; London and Birmingham, 235 ;
London and Brighton, 64 ; London and Windsor, 6s. 6d. 7s. ;
Londonderry and Enniskillen, 5% 4% ; London and York,
4% % ; Direct Northern, 3% ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 10% % ;
Leeds and Thirsk, 18s. 9d. ; Leeds and West Riding
Junction, 9% 10; Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junc-
tion, 6% ; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shrres, 71 ; Ditto,
Quarter Shares, 22 ; Midland Railway, 168 ; Ditto, 401.
Shares, 20% 20; Ditto Consolidated Birmingham and Derby,
131 ; Newry and Enniskillen, 4% 3/4 ; North British, Half
Shares, 4%; North Western, 4%; Preston and Wyre, 30%;
Ditto Extension, 23/4 ; Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1 ; Shrews-
bury and Grand Junction, 6% % ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry,
and Cheshire, 935. 6d. ; South-Eastern and Dover, 41 ; Ditto,
New Shares, No. 3, 63/4 ; Scottish Central, 6%; Trent Valley
Continuation, 19s. 21s. 9d. ; Welsh Midland, 335. ; West
Yorkshire, 465. ; Worcester and Tring, 4%; York and Car-
lisle, 21% ; York and North Midland, New Halves, 18%;
Bordeaux and Toulouse, 2%; Lyons and Avignon (English),
58s. ; Louvain and Jemeppe, 4%; Northern of France
(Laffitte's), 6 5% ; Ditto (Rosamel's), 2% 48s. 6d. ; Orleans,
Tours, and Bordeaux (English), 12; Paris and Lyons (Eng-
Laffitte's, 61s. 6d. 3L; Paris and Lyons ((xanneren's),
61s. 6d. 3/. ; Paris and Rouen, 421 A.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAT 21.-The sales are
-Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 10%;
Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 8% %; Caledonian,
Extension, ; Churnet Valley, 6 6%; Clitheroe Junction,
214 prem. ; Direct Northern, 3%; Eastern Counties, New,
4% prem. Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Manchester,
20s. ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal. 7% ;
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 6% ; Leeds and Thirsk,
6% 3A ; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 9%; Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston, 2 11-16 3% ; London and Windsor,
7s. 6d. prem. ; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby,
4%; London and York, 4%; Manchester and Birmingham,
Quarter Shares, 7%; Manchester and Buxton, 5%; Man-
chester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 21%; Ditto, Sixteenth
Shares, 8%; Midland Railway Consols, 40/. Shares, 20;
North Western, 43' 1/1 ; Nottingham and Mansfield, 2%;
Preston and Wyre Extension, 3; Sheffield and Manchester,
1191 A ; South-Eastern, No. 1, 15 ; Trent Valley Continuation
and Holyhead Junction, 2% 7-16; York and North Mid-
land Extension, 17% ; Great North of France, English,
61-16 % ; Ditto (Rosamel's), 23/4 ; Over-Yesel, 4/. 10s. 10d. ;
Paris and Lyons, English, 3% Ditto (Ganneron's), 2
15.16 3.
There are no late arrivals to.day from any quarter.
The ungenial state of the weather is much complained of
by all who are connected with the piece-goods and fancy
trades, and the sales usually effected about this time have
been much diminished in consequence. In sugar, coffee, and
other articles of large consumption, there is more business
doing than for some time past.
The Funds have been steady this morning, but scarcely so
high as yesterday. Consols have been 99% 11 for present
transfer, and about 99% % for account. Exchequer-bills
have realised 58s. to 60s. premium. Bank Stock has been
marked 211, and India Stock 279, being very firm. The New
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 101% %, and the Three
per Cents. 98% to 911%.
Spanish Bonds have been at about previous rates, but there
is no disposition to speculate in them. The Five per Cents.
are 30% A, and the Three per Cents. 42%. Portuguese
Converted have touched 673/4, and Brazilian 90. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. bring 63% %. French Three
per Cent. Scrip has been done at 1% premium.
The Share Market is pretty well supported in most in-
stances. The most extraordinary movement,, however, is the
continued rise in Great North of England, which have
touched 120 premium, the shares being apparently in first-
rate hands. The French lines are not in general so buoyant,
and the same may be said of the other Foreign Shares. The
English Scrip Shares are relatively not so good as those of
the established lines.

ONE
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS, O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock ...... .............. 211
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols

CLOSING
PRICES.
211
98%
99%

101%
11M
11 1-16

New 314 per Cents 10114%
Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11 1-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 111/
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 —
India Stock 279
India Bonds, 1,0004.
Ditto under 1,000/.
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Bank Stock for Account... ...... 2ll 211
Consols for Account..... ..........
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., 11/4d 6O 58 pm. 58
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small
Ditto Advertised 57 59 pm. 59

ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Austrian, 5 per Cent ....115
Brazilian Bonds

Ditto New, 1i29 and 1839 88
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela 15%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837. ...... —
Ditto Account
Ditto. Deferred - 1734
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted 67 34
Ditto, Account
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account
-41'.
1A v.
Ditto, Passive
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Belgian 4% per Cent.
Dutch, 21,4 par Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certitic 9Bl/81/2

11%
279

CLOSING
PRICES.
115
90

PRICES OF PAID. A ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSING
ATLWAY SHARES

Aberdeen
Birming. and Gloucesterloo
Bri'ton, Lewes, & Bast. 20
Bristol and Exeter 7O
Do. New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ......

3%
1361/2
241/2

73A
59
101F8

Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 11/2 ...... VA .
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Chichester and Brighton 10
Churnet Valley
Cork and Waterford ... 11/2 2%
Direct Northern
Dublin and Delfast June. 21/2 ll 103 A
Dublin and Galway 2l/2......
Dublin and Mullingar 2l/2 434%
Eastern Counties 25 .. .. 18%%
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1—.5/. 13s. 4d IIA
Eastern Union l5 .. .
Ditto Extension
Great Grimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of England..loo 220
Ditto New....
Ditto New 2 —
Great Western BO ......187% lB7l/2
Ditto, Fifths
Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 21/2... .. 5%
Harwich
Lancaster and Carlisle
London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...237 238 236 239
Do. New Thirds
Do. 14 Shares - ...... ••
.••••••
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s. 4d 9l/2%
London and Brighton... 50
Do. New consolidated Bths 25
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 181/2
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d...
Londonderry & Coleraine 2,4 — ...
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen 2l/2
Lynn and Ely
London and S. Western 411 6s 10d 79
Do. Consolidated Bths 12

Do. New
Do. New
London and York 2% 4Bl/
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Lynn and Derehatn l% 2%
Manchester and Leeds... 73 155
Do. Quarters 2
Manchetter and Birmin. 40
Midland 100
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby...loo 131% . .
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction ... 25 ...... 49
a [Do. New Brandling... 10
Newcastle and Berwick 1% 1414
Newry and Enniskillen. 21,4 —
Newark and Sl.effield .. 1%...... .....
North Kent
Norwich and Brandon... 10
North British
Do. New
Preston and Wyre
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland ]l/2... . 3%
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2l/. . . el
South Devon l5 - 26%
South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 41
Do., No. 1 8
D0., No. 3
South Wales . ... 21/z 5l/1 5/8
Trent Valley 2 .
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. , ... 314 5/g
West Yorkshire
West Cornwall
York and North Midland 50
Ditto Ila Shares .. 25
Do. Extension lll 17%34
FRENCH RAILWAYS.

Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and

Cette ... . ..... 2
Dijon and Mulhouse 2 ...
Great North. of France.. 4
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2
Great Paris and Lyons 2 ...... 2 •••
Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 3Fs
Lyons and Avignon
Namur and Liege
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Over Yssel 413 s 4d %%
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte'a 2
Paris and Lyons, Gan-
neron's, ... ..
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg ... 2
Do. do. (Hainguerlot') 2 ......
Royal North of Spain ... 2
Sambre and Meuse ..... 4 ...... 1014
Tours and Nantes, Mac-
kenzie's 2
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint Stock lO ... 14
London an dWestininster 20 ...... 27%
National of Ireland 17% 2l
Provincial of Ireland ... 25

2%s

33
9A3
64
361/2
181/a
' 10%
3,4
4%

61A
80
30

13y,
101/2
41%

155.-
21%
581/2
169
20%
133

43,j
261/2
40111
14
7
5%
181/2

173 A

2112
55.4

2%
5%
1414
11%

23/4
2
43

27
21
52

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

RAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 41 123; use•
ful do., 41 14s to 513 s ; fine Upland do., 5/58 to 5/ 108; Clover
Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ 3s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ 13 ; Wheat Straw,
2/2s to 2/ 3s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish
demand.

CUMBERLAND. Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 4/ 15s ;
useful ditto, 4/ lOs to 515 s ; fine Upland ditto, Si 6s to Si 12s ;
Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 2/ to 21 2s ;
Wheat Straw, 2/ 2s to 21 4s per load. Trade tolerably
firm at the above quotations.

WHITECHAPEL.-Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 103 to 41 15s ;
useful ditto, 41 16s to 51 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 5/
8s ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 6/ Gs ; Oat Straw, 1118 s to 2/ ;
Wheat Straw, 2/ is to 213 s per load. A moderate supply,
and a steady trade. _ _

MEAT IIdAILICEITS.
SOUTHALL, MAY 21.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were in
steady demand, at further advanced rates. Otherwise, the
trade ruled somewhat. inactive :—Beef from 3s 4d to 4e 6d ;
Mutton, 3s 10d to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s to
3s 8d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs.
ROMFORD, MAY 21.—We had a very steady demand for
most. kinds of stock on the following terms :—Beef, from
3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s ; Lamb, 5s to 6s ;
Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suck-
ling Calves, 18s to 30s; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ;
and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 191 each.
LEWES, MAT 20.—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s
6d to 5s 8d ; Lamb, 5s to 5s 10d; and Veal, 4s to 4s 8d
per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended May 17, 1845, made up from Qui Ilteturns of the
Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales,
per Imperial Quarter.
Wheat ...... 458 9d Oats 2ls 9d Beans •
Barley ...• • 30s Od I Rye •••• • • • • 298 7d I Pease ..
AVERAGES OF THE LAST SIX WEEK

. Weeks
I Wheat. Barley. Oats. Rye.
ending
45 3 32 5 '2O 9 30 6
45 11 31 11 21 4 32 1
46 11 31 6 20 11 30 2
45 0 31 2 21 4 29 9
46 10 30 5 21 6 31 4
45 11 31 3 21 3 29 7

Beans.

• 37s 3d
• 37s Od

Pease.

April 12....

35 5
35 I
35 9
3G 1
37 i
37 3

3G 6
36 1
36 1
36 10
36 8
37 0

May 3.,

IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS.
Wheat ••. 45s Ild Oats
•• • • 21 3d 1 Beans ....•• .. 36 10
tarley ......318 3d Rye ••
•• • • 30 7d 1 Pease •• •• •• .• 36 6J
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
• • 20s Od I Oats •
. ..• ••• 6s Od I Beans .... •• •• Gs Cd
7s Od 1 Rye •• • • 1
lOs 6d Pease.. ...... 6s 66

IVliea ...
Barley ...

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat for the first time today in his Court at
Westminster since the last day of Easter Term. This was the
first day of Trinity Tenn, but in consequence of the arrange-
ments that have been made for the purpose of facilitating the dis-
patch of public business, his Lordship did not entertain the Judges,
Masi ers in Chancery, and Queen's Counsel to breakfast, but took
his seat at eleven o'clock.
The whole morning was occupied with the hearing of motions.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
Nothing of public interest occurred in the Vice- Chancellor of
England's Court. His Honour took motions, after having given
judgment in the case of " Fleming v. Swinerton," which came
before the Court on demurrer.
Nothing of any public interest took place in the Courts of Vice-
Chancellor Knight Bruce and Vice-Chancellor Wigram.

LAW IN TELLIGENCE
(THIS DAY.)
Although this is the first day of Trinity Term, the Judges did
not breakfast with the Lord Chancellor, and the Courts of Law
were consequently opened at an earlier hour than usual.
The Judges of the Courts of Queen's Bench and Exchequer
appeared in their respective Courts shortly before eleven o'clock.
The Judges of the Court of Common Pleas did not take their
seats on the beech until one o'clock.
There was no case of interest heard in either of the Courts during
the course of the morning. There is posted in the passage leading
to the Court of Queen's Bench a list of enlarged rules, which will
be argued this term in the Ball Court ; two cases, in the order in
which they appear on the list, will come on for argument every
morning before motions are taken, Mr. Justice Wightman pre-
sides in the Ball Court this term,

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

Group N.
WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY.

At the sitting of the Committee some conversation ensued re.
specting the length of time which the scheme had been before it.

The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Macaulay) said they had already sat eight
days on a line of some 20 or 23 miles in length, and from the
waste of time that had taken place it was not unlikely their time
might be occupied for many days longer. He wished to know
what course the parties now intended to pursue ?
Mr. ROWE said he was most desirous to save the time of the
Committee, and with that object in view he had abandoned his
intention of calling witnesses on behalf of Mr. Thomas, and should
then address the Committee in support of that gentleman's case.

After some discussion between the promOters of the Bill, the
Committee, and the counsel for the petitioner, the Committee de-
cided they would hear Mr. Rowe.
The Learned Gentleman then addressed the Committee. He
contended that the promoters had not proved their preamble, and
that there were insuperable obstacles to the construction of the
line. With respect to the Hayle Railway, five miles and a half in
length, which wfis to become a portion of the main line,
he held that the laying down of the broad gauge
across public roads, and the various alterations which
would be rendered necessary, would require new Parliamentary
powers, and that the Committee were not empowered to report
favourably on that portion of the line. He cited instances of this
on the Croydon and South Devon. In addition to these objec-
tions, they could not alter or repeal the Hayle Railway Act with
respect to the leasing of the line and the alteration of the tolls,
which would be rendered necessary by including it in the
scheme. Having then no powers at the present moment
to effect these important alterations, the first man that
stuck a pick-axe in the ground would be liable to be charged at the
quarter sessions for so doing. An interregnum of the extent of
the Hayle Railway would be the result, and both branches of the
main line (that railway being between them) would be rendered
unavailable for the purposes of a railway, until they could obtain
the necessary powers lie referred at great length to the Acts of
Parliament in relation to the subject to substantiate the objectiens
he had urged.