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LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1345.

The House of Lords met at Five o'Clock.
The Earl of RIPON brought in a Bill to amend the law
relating to Indian appeals.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE then directed their
Lordships' attention to the scene which had taken place
in the chapel of Newgate, on the occasion of the con-
demned sermon on Sunday last, and animadverted in
strong terms on the impropriety of making these con-
demned sermons a spectacle to which the public were to
be admitted by tickets.
Lord BROUGHAM concurred in the observations of the

community, and also have been so thoroughly de-
feated even with a host at their hack who, by the way,
have not one feeling in common with the representatives
of the two national Universities. Sir ROBERT LNGLIS
conducted himself with his usual ability, which is re-
spectable, but Mr. Law added no honour to his former
displays in Parliament. When making the first speech
against the measure, he was repeatedly interrupted for
reading it. When he, at last, announced his motion, no
one could understand it, and he finally adopted the usual
phrase, that the Bill " be read a second time that day six
months." In this he has been triumphantly defeated, and
we therefore trust that after such fair trials this will be the
last serious contest on the question. At all events,
whatever may happen, Sir ROBERT PEEL is prepared to
persevere with unabating zeal in the good cause, alike
regardless of the reproaches of bigoted friends and
the taunts of political enemies. His speech last evening
was worthy of a Minister of the Crown, and on no
former occasion that we remember did he so completely
satisfy every reasonable mind, that in 1829 he had no
alternative but to remain in office and fight with WEL-
LINGTON in putting down all those bigoted and blind par-
tizans who would have risked a civil war in Ireland, tinder
the hypocritical pretence of maintaining the blessings of the
Established Church. The most bitter opponents of the
measure, it is well known, were GEORGE IV. (though
his opposition was carried on underhand) and his Royal
Highness—the chief of the rebellious Orange Club—now
his Majesty of HANOVER. It is a singular feature
certainly in this contest that the two great bulwarks
of Protestantism at that time were the KING and the
Duke of CU3IBERLAND. We wish the Church of Eng-
land joy of such saints. Sir ROBERT PEEL at that
time acted a wise part—he set the Court
and the Church at defiance, and triumphed over
intolerance and bigotry. He is pursuing a much
more easy course now, for the Court is fully
with him. The Church, at all events, is quiescent, and
he has mainly to contend against Sir ROBERT INGLIS
and Mr. LAW, supported by only a very small section of
Tories, and resting almost entirely on men whom they
more cordially hate than Catholics or Mahomedtms.
The question in fact is settled, but come what
may Sir ROBERT PEEL will fight in so just a cause to
the last, either as a chief or a subordinate officer. The
concluding part of his speech last night, which is admir-
able, leaves no doubt on the subject, and the Irish may
trust to his promise. His words were:—" I will
not say that I was not prepared for the
opposition which this measure has met with from
the Dissenters ; but I will say this, that much as I re-
spect the expression of public feeling upon all subjects,
so far from deterring me upon this, it will only tend as
an additional impulse to me to proceed. Ido not say this
in defiance of any party, but to prove to the Roman Ca-
tholics of Ireland that the Government of this country are
prepared to adhere to their measures, which are dictated
by none other than a kindly feeling. But of this I will
give them the assurance—that, in office or out of office,
that which I have undertaken to do I will, to the utmost
of my power, fulfil ; it may be short of their expecta-
tions, but they never shall have cause to charge nut with
abandoning their interest—which I will advance to the
extent to which I feel, consistently with my public duty,
I can promote it."

Madrid journals of the 21st instant have been re-
ceived. On that day a renewed discussion took place on
the proposition of Senor LLORENTE for a reduction of
the expenses of the coast-guard. The measure was op-
posed by the Ministers of Marine and Finance, and, on
a division, rejected by a majority of 64 to 7. The
Minister of the Interior presented a Bill to raise a loan
of 15,000,000 reals for the construction of canals and
roads.

The Thrte per Cents. closed at 35 3-16 fur cash, and
35i at 60 days ; and the Five per Cents. at 25i at 60
days.

The French Chamber of Deputies have rejected by a
arge majority the motion of M. Dozow, for the repres-
sion of duelling by a special law. M. DuensT considered
the present enactments sufficient, and the Minister of
Justice, M. MARTIN DU NORD, took the same view.
These laws, he said, from experience, had been found to
work well. Previous to the alteration of the law,
which took place in 1837, duels were more than
three times more frequent than since that period.
In 1827 the number of persons killed in duels amounted
to nineteen, in 1828 to twenty-nine, in 1829 to thirteen,
in 1830 to twenty, in 1831 to twenty-five, in 1832 to
twenty-eight, in 1833 to thirty-two, and in 1834 to
twenty-three. In 1837 the Court of Cessation adopted
a new system of jurisprudence in respect to duels, which
was confirmed by the Legislature, and since then
the number of deaths was comparatively small.
In 1839 six duels were fatal, in 1840 three,
in 1841 six, in 1842 seven, and in 1843 six.
A petition was presented by M. CREMIEUX from
Corsica, praying for the repeal of the law passed in
1832, whereby the law of 1816, condemning the I& NA-
PARTE family to exile, was confirmed, and the elder
branch of the BOURBON dynasty was also banished
from France. M. CREMIEUX supported the prayer
of the petitioners, but was willing to except
from this measure of lenity the Duke of BORDEAUX, the
Duchess of BERRY, and Princo LOUIS NAPOLEON. The
petition was referred to the President of the Council and
the Minister of the Interior. We rejoice to find that
the Committee of the Chamber appointed to examine
the Colonial Bill, passed by the Peers in
favour of the slaves, had approved of the
principles of the 811 by a majority of eight
to one. The cause of the unfortunate slave
is now not only popular with the pubic,
but finds sympathy in the Chambers, and France, we
trust, will soon bring to completion the grant of eman-
cipation.
The Moniteur publishes the report of the Committee
upon arming the fortifications of Paris. The total num-
ber of cannon amounts to 2,208, and of these 982 are to
be placed on 16 forts, each fort so constructed as to bo
capable of maintaining itself against an enemy, and the
total armament of the continued wall is reckoned at
1,226 guns. There are besides 50 Paixhans mortars,
independent of wall pieces and muskets. The whole of the
arms at present are to be deposited at Bourges. The Com-
mittee, however, are opposed to this plan, as they con-
sider the Kiric ought not to be fettered in the matter.
The Km°, with the advice of his Ministers, has the
right of declaring war, and he should therefore not be
prevented from making such preparations as he may
judge necessary. These different points, however, have
yet to be settled by the Chamber, and the discussion on
the subject is anticipated with much interest. The
report thus concludes
" It is a fact that war in future will be transferred to the
frontiers, that it must necessarily become methodical and
slow, instead of a war of invasion, as it was formerly, and
that the fortified towns of France, recovering their regular
attributes, will no longer be reduced to see their patriotic
eftbrts annihilated, or rendered impotent. This, it cannot
be too often repeated, is the principal object of the fortifi-
cations of Paris. But, in order that this object may be ac-
couiplished, the fortifications must be completed by being
armed. For in vain you will think yourselves secure of the
defence of other parts of the territory if the capital remain
without means of defence, and if it be again exposed to all
the disasters of which the invasions of 1814 and 1815 have
left us the cruel recollection, Regarded in a political point of
view, the fortifications of Paris are not of less importance.
You have ever wished, gentlemen, and with good reason, to
consider the fortifications of Paris as a work of peace for
the present and for the future, by attributing to them
a preventive character. That, in fact, is one of their prin-
cipal merits, because it is impossible that foreign Cabinets
will not consider them as a considerable weight in the balance
of their determinations. If you wish that it should be so
you will not hesitate to terminate completely this great
enterprise. The defensive resources of nations are no longer
a mystery for any, and if it could exist in any country it
could not be under a representative government, which, by
its form and publicity of discussion, demonstrate to
foreigners, as well as to the country itself, ;the strength
and weakness of its position. Is it not evident that if we
constructed fortifications, without given them arms dispos-
able at a fixed period, we should, in reality, have created
but a dead mass, without soul er without life, and for that
reason condemned to impotency? You would not wish, gen-
tlemen, that a nation like France should be accused of incon-
sistency; and it could not enter into the mind of any friend
of his country to expose it to the ridicule of Europe and of
all rational men."

Noble Marquis, and said that the City of London endan-
gered its Charter by permitting these scenes to take
place.

Lord STANLEY promised to communicate with the
Home Secretary on the subject, and assured the House
that the GoJernment would do all in its power to put an
end to such scenes.

The Duke of RICHMOND suggested that the attend-
ance of strangers at the chapel of Newgate should be
prohibited by Act of Parliament.

Lord DEZ4iMAN considered the question one of the
greatest importance, and thought that the chaplain had
exceeded his duty in adverting to the crime with which
one of the prisoners who had not yet been tried stood
charged. If one of the spectators present should after-
wards happen to be on the jury, such conduct might
produce an undue prejudice in his mind.

Lord CAMPBELL thought if the parties who thus
made an exhibition of criminals were indicted, they
might be punished.
Lord I'tEDESDALE adverted to the communication
which had been made to HOCKER in his last moments

that the reporters were present and to his reply, which
being interpreted, meant that if he had been properly
warned, he would have got up another scene.
Certain railway returns were ordered on the motion
of the Marquis of CLANRICARDE.

The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and
their Lordships adjourned.
The Commons met at a Quarter before Four.
Colonel AUSTIN toek the oaths and his seat for West
Kent.

On the motion of Sir G. CLERIC, the documents which
had been laid before the Railway Committee of the
Board of Trade were ordered to be referred to the diffe-
rent Committees on Railway Bills.
In reply to Mr. COLLETT, it was stated by Mr. HOPE
that neither the Bishop of CoLomno nor the Bishop of
NEW BRUNSWICK was paid by the Government of this
country.

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CLOSING
PRICES.
89
15%
37N;
3814
18%

Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15% %
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 38% 38
Ditto Account
Ditto, Deferred
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, Converted 67 67
Ditto, Account 6B 671 671 '
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account ...... .. ..... .....,
Ditto, Passive
Ditto, Deferred 7X,
Ditto 3 per Cent.
PAID. 18%
-
Ditto. Account—
O'CLOCK.
41%
Belgian Bonds, 41/, per Cent .................
C L 10119:6317
Dutch, 2% psi. Cent . .....
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific.„ 973 Ix
'•
PRICES OF
...11LWAY SHARES
Aberdeen
41/
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush .................. 1% ...... 21/ %
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100 ......135
135%
Ditto 1A Sfiares ...... 3 •• ••• 4%
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction ......... 2 ...... 43;
Bristol and Exeter .....70
82
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 571 A 58
Caledonian ............... 5 ...... 1214 12
CambridgeChesterd andi°
13L.
hi necaodl.n..l%s
..
..
....
..
..
176v45/Q 8
...
.....
16:.,i
Churnet Valley
Coventry, Bedworth, and
Nuneaton .............. 114......
Cornwall .................. 3 ... , _
Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth 11
DireetNorthern ......... 2%
4 3% 4%......
Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2%
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine ............... 2% 2%
Dublin and Galway..• .. 2Y2 4v
Dundalk & Enniskillen 21/2 ski
Eastern Counties ......... 25 ...... 204 21
Eastern Union ............ 15 ..... .
Ditto Extension ...... 1% 2% %
Great North of Scotland 2%
Great Western ........ -.. 80 ......186
Ditto 1,4 5hare5......... 50
Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 2 % ... - ••»Hull and Selby ......... ..• 5° lOl
Do. Half Shares ...... 2 ..... 22
London and Blackwall. 16/. 135.4 d. 9%
London and Brighton... 50
Di. ..... .-..-.
London and Birminghm (Stock)
Do. New Thirds ...... 2
London and Croydon,ll3/. 15s. 9d.
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d —
Do. Preference —lB/ lis 2d —
Londonderry& Coleraine 2%••••••
London and S. Western 4116 s 10d 79% 80
Do. New
London and York ...... ... 2 2 5 41/2%
Lynn and Ely
Midland 100
Do. 2 ...... 18 1/ 19 New
4 4

A desultory conversation took place on the subject of
our commercial relations with the Brazils ; in the course
of which Sir R. PEEL said that he had before him a
document of the Brazilian Government, in the course of
which it was stated that all British subjects in that coun-
try should be restored to the fullest enjoyment of all
their privileges.

On the Order of the Day being read for bringing up
the Report on the Maynooth Endowment Bill,
Mr. LAW moved that the Report be received that day
six months.

Tbis motion gave rise to a long debate, in the course
of which the House was addressed by Mr. V. Smith,
Lord Norreys, Lord Dalmeney, Sir C. Douglas, Mr,
Hawes, Mr. Hindley, Mr. Round, Mr. Brotherton, Mr.
Borthwick, Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. Pzingle, Mr. M. J.
O'Connell, Sir R. Peel, Lord Worsley, and Mr. T.
Duncombe, and ultimately the House divided, when
there appeared, for the motion, 232; against it, 119 ;
majority, 113.
The report was then received, and the House ad-
journed at a Quarter to One o'clock.

Another division has taken place on the Maynooth
grant, and the majority, as at the first, is still as large
as the friends of liberty, and justice, and charity, could
desire. In a House, consisting of 355 Members,
232 voted for the grant, and only 119 against it,
leaving the large majority of 113. Oxford and
Cambridge have thus tried their strength, and
they have been signally defeated. But we do
these learned bodies injustice, for they have
not petitioned against the Bill, nor in any way
moved against the Bill—they have, on the
contrary, rejected all solicitations for that purpose; but
still the bigoted Tories, who represent them, have per-
severed in their preposterous career, and thereby fixed
a stigma upon our seats of learning, which in this
instance they little deserve. Indeed, their conduct
in the whole affair, which has raised such a fierce outcry,
is highly commendable. They have adhered to
the purposes for which they were instituted—the in-
struction of youth in elegant literature, arts, and sciences
—in labours, the object of which is to civilise the
human mind, and prevent Englishmen from degrading
themselves like barbarians, by indulging in national
antipathies and wicked religious animosiees. The'
Church of England, we rejoice to say, has
Rt
and last shown the same Christian disposition,
another Church—the
its conduct has been nobl followed by
flicted incalculable woes
oCuhulrrcehl,an Itooy, that has in.quarter. On the
Tehnenrter
ahr
ye
mbaene
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onfothoe" hoesaidatioonfitnhetistahat blishment, but more especially the
h
rectors and curates, who live among e
Catholic popu-
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ahave
it a
a giventhe to
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so
the
beat .measurefull
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.
measure their f
that n
vised for allaying the irritation that has
long pre..
veiled, and absolutely destroyed every influence that
Protestant religion could by any chance haveexeristhde
in a country abounding with Roman Catholics. We
are,
therefore, inclined, looking at all these demonstrations'
of the Established Church and Universities in both
countries, to attribute the opposition raised by
Sir ROBERT INGLIB and Mr. LAW to personal and
individual motives, and it is gratifying thus to
find that men who can oppose such a just and
necessary measure have so very little influence in the

Accounts from Lucerne state that a treaty was con-
cluded at that place, on the 23d instant, between the

Commissioners of the canton of Lucerne and those of
Berne, Soleure, Arg,au, and Bale country, for the release

of the prisoners belonging to the latter cantons. Ac-

cording to its provisions, the said cantons are to pay
together an indemnity of 350,000 francs—of which

Berne is to pay 70,000 francs, Soloure, 20,000 franca,

Bale country, 35,000 francs, Argau, 200,000 francs,

and tho other cantons 25,000 francs. The contracting

parties also hope that the Diet will pay 130,000 franc;

ior the calling out of the troops, in which case Lucerne
will altogether rcceire near 500,000 francs. In return,

Lucerne promises to issue a complete amnesty to all the

prisoners not belonging to that canton.
The French Three per Cents. were done at TORTONI'S,

on Sunday, at 85f. 60c.

ADELPHI THEATRE.— Madame Celeste, under
whose excellent management during the present season this
favourite theatre has recovered more than its pristine celebrity,
takes her benefit tomorrow, on which occasion Buckstone's suc-
cessful new drama of Green Bushes, with Madame Celeste as
Miami, will be repeated for the 75th time. ' This will be fol.
lowed by the Platy Girls of Milberg, in which Madame Celeste
will sustain her original character of Margot, while Mr. Webster
will appear as
edit
Ernest, and give his celebrated personation of
Napoleon. There are various other attractions ; and, considering
Madameettthoe Celeste for the v debt of gratitude which the patrons of this establishment owe
very efficient manner in which she has
conducted it, we cannot doubt but that the house ill b b
w e a umper.
ERRATUM.--In the notice of the third volume of
M. Thiers' work, which appeared in, The S
us, for under such
rcumstances " bribery was easy "_read " victory was easy."

. _ _
Midland, Birrn., Derby...loo 1171.116
Newcastle and Berwick 11A 134
Newry and
and s
andEnuneflied
Enniskillen....
.1
2
•••••••••••••••
North British ..... ...... 10
-
North Kent - 6
North Wales .„..,•,•„ 14 2%
Northern and Eastern... 45
Richtnond and %Vest End
Junction ............. 1
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Central ......... 2% 6O 7%
cot fish Mid1and......... 11,i ....• • 34*** ...........
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
....
Dudley, and Binn ...... DA . ... • 4%57* .....
South Devon.... ........... 15
South Eastern & Dover 33/ 28 4d 4l •• ............
:Do., No. 1.. ............. 8
Do., No. 3 ............ 2%
South Wales 2%
Trent Valley ............... 2
Waterford and Kilkenny 1 ....• • .........
West End and Southern -
Counties .. .......... 11/2 "" ............. .
York and Not th Midland 50 lO2 . ..............
Do. Extension .. 114 — ..............
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 4
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette ......... . ... ..... 2
Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2
Great North. of France.. 4
Do. do. (Rosamel's) 2 -.25,44......•••••••••••:::::::
Great Paris and Lyons 2
Louvain and Jemeppe... 2 ... . 4% ~ is 18 -
Lyons and Avignon...... 2
Namur and Liege ...... 2% 53/4 6............
Orleans and Vierzon ... 2
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 - "
Paris & Lyons, Laflitte's 2
Pans and Lyons, Gan-
neron's,
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2
Paris and Rouen .. ....... 20
Rouen and Havre ... 14
Royal North of Spain ... 2
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291/-
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234

JOINT STOCK BAN -
Provincial of Ireland ... 25 ...... . ...........
MANCHESTER STOVE EXCHANGE, APIUL sales
are :—Manchester and Birmingham, New Quarters, 514.
prem. ; South-Eastern' No. 3, 8 ; Blackburn, Darwep, and
Bolton, 514 ; Caledonian, WA ; Cambridge and Lincoln,
7%; Clitheroe Junction, 3% pre-m.; Churnet Valley, 7% ;

TUE SUN, LONVONI'TUBSDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1645.

!TS DAY'S NEWS.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was a steady market fur Cotton at Liverpool yester-
day. Sales, 5,000 bales, including 1,000 on speculation. The
receipts of Cotton at the American shipping ports up
to the date of the accounts, were 30,000 bales less
than in 1843, the great cotton-crop year, and 330,000
more than up to the same period of 1844. Shares
rather improved, and prices were somewhat higher.
Aberdeen Railway, 4%; Barnsley Junction, 31/, ; Ditto,
Half Shares, 2 : Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire,
8! ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 134 ; Ditto, New Shares,
, and Accrington, 734 ; BBlack-
burn,3Ds ; Blackburn,
a.
r‘,,en,andiioßtleYltoirnn,6 % ;
Belfast and Ballymena,
7% % ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpcol, 1214 11% ; Caledonian,
11% ; Ditto, Extension, 3%
Cambridge and Lincoln,
7!% 6 t; Chester and Birkenhead,; 4B • Ditto, New Shares,
421/ ; Ditto, Half Shares, 23% 4 .
Chester and Holyhead,
164 17 ; Chester and Preston Brook, 3; Churnet.Valley, 7 % ;
Clitheroe Junction, 2% 14, ; Cork and Bandon, 814 ; Cork and
Killarney, 3% ; Cork and Waterford, 2% ; Dublin and Bel-
fast Junction, 11 ; Dublin and Galway, 41/s ; Dublin,
Mullingar, and Athlone, 33/4 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 5%;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Quarters, 6%; Edinburgh,
Leith, and Granton, 15% ; Edinburgh and Northern, ;
Glasgow and Dumfries, 265. 28s. ; Grand Junction, New
Quarter Shares, 444 ; Ditto, Eighth Shares, lsq ; Great
Grimsby and Sheffield, 5% ; Great Southern and Western, 171,4 ;
Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 81/„ ; Inverness and Perth,
15s. 1 Is. 3d. ; Jamaica Junction, 5 ; Lancaster and Carlisle,
441 A ; Limerick and Waterford, 9 k; Liverpool, Ormskirk,
and Preston, 314 68s. 63. ; Londonderry and Enniskillen,
83s 9d. ; London and York, 45,4 ; Direct Northern, 3%
Dsel Leeds and West Riding
-.reh' am, 2%; Lynn and Ely,
7% ; Manchester and Birmingham, New
Jl3usn.c6tido.n;,
6LizteelAds
nTnhiarnskd,
Quarter Shares, 5%;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 8% ; Midland
Railway, 155 156; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 19 1/., ; Ditto Conso-
lidated Birmingham and Derby, 116 ; Newry and Ennis-
killen, 44 • North Union, A, 145; North Western, 414 ;
North '‘,l' ales, 2% 3/ ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction,
4% ; Oxford, AVorcester, and Wolverhampton, 395. ;
Sheffield and Manchester, 119 111 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares,
133/ ; Sheffield and Lincoln, 28s. ; Shrewsbury, Os-
westry, and Cheshire, 5% ; South-Eastern and Dover New
Shares, No. 2,9% ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3,8% ; 'Trent
Valley, 1814 • Ditto, Continuation, 2%; Welsh Midland 2
prem. ; West Yorkshire, 6%3/4 : Wexford and Carlow, 414%;
Worcester and Tring, 4% ; Whitehaven and Furness, 04 ;
Louvain and Jemeppe, 4%; Northern of France (English),
5 5% ; Ditto, Rosamel's (English), 465. 465. 6d. ; Paris and
Lyons, Laffitte's (English), ; Paris and Lyons (Gan-
neron's), 2% 515.; Paris and St. Quentin, 395. ; Sambre and
Meuse, 9%; Verona and Ancona, 2/. 2/. is. 6d.
There are a great many arrivals to-day, chiefly from the
East, but the dates are only in one or two instances more
recent than those already to hand. The state of affairs in
the Rio Plate excites much interest, and from all we hear,
it is the prevalent opinion, that the contest is as far as ever
from coining to a close.
The trade accounts from New York read tolerably well,
though money seems to have been in same request. It is
stated that the reduced importations, and the falling off in
the revenue from Customs, has diminished the Government
deposits in the Government banks, limited their resources,
and restricted their ability to extend favours to the stock
speculators of Wall-street. Last year the Government banks
of this and all the other large cities were filled
with deposits belonging to the United States Treasury;
large loans were made to stock operators ; the Stock-
market became highly inflated, and the wildest excitement
raged for a time in Wall-street. The times are now changed :
the Government Banks have been nearly stripped of the
deposits, the surplus revenue is much reduced, the Stock
market is very much depressed, the rate of interest nearly
double, and quotations for Stocks are daily sinking. This
is conclusive evidence of the agency of these Banks in the
operations of the Stock market, and shows that they have an
immense influence on prices of fancy, and all other kinds Of
stocks; that, as they afford facilities to speculators the
market rises, and as they withdraw them prices decline.
If the money that otherwise might be turned to stock
speculations finds its way into trading channels, we fancy
there will bent) cause for regret,
Advices from Antwerp state that the negotiations for a
treaty between Belgium and Brazil had been retarded—
rather an ominous word in reference to State matters, and
almost synonymous, we apprehend, with entire shelving.
The public securities have bean fluctuating to-day, and
without much business doing. Consols for present transfer
have been marked 99 to 983/4, and for account 99 to 98%.
Exchequer-bilis have been done at 58s. to 60s. premium.
Bank Stock has realised 2091/, and India Stock 278. The
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 101 to
1003/4, and the Three per Cents. 98 to 973/4. The large
money purchase of Consols made yesterday afternoon has
had, therefore, but little effect on the market.
The Foreign Stocks look firm but there is very little in-
clination to speculate in them. Spanish Five per Cents.
have been 3014 and the Three per Cents. about 41, both being
almost nominal. Portuguese Converted Stock has been 675.
to 68s. The finance agency here has advertised the recep-
tion of the existing Bonds in exchange for those bearing
Four per Cent. Mexican Stock has been firm at 38 to 14.
Dutch Four per Cents. have been 9734.
The Railway Share Market is quiet to-day on account of
the settlerneat, and prices seem generally rather firmer.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced
3 per Cent. Consols
New 34 per Cents 100% 101 1003/4 100%
Long Annuities to expireJan.lB6o 11% 5-16 11 5-16
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859
India Stock
India Bonds, 1,000/
Ditto under 1,000/. ..... .
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities
Consols for Account...» ......
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., Phd.
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small
ONE+
PRICES OF FOREIGN PONDS O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds

Dimet Northern, 4; Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, and Alan..
uhoider Junction, 2tis. ; Great Grimsby and s:hoindd Juno.
don, 5!'L cum new; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway
and Canal, 81; ; Leeds and Thirsk, 514 %; Leeds and
West. Riding Junction, 614 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pres-
ton, 314 %; London and,York, 41A ; Manchester and Bux-
ton, 5% 6 ; Manchester, Sheffield and Midland Junction,
814 ; North Western, 1 9-16 ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton, 2 ; Preston and Wyre Extension, 1:34 59 prem. ;
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, .1:4 ; Shrewsbury, Os-
westry, and Chester Junction, 51/8 ; Southport and Euston,
23/4 ; Trent Valley, 181% ; Ditto, Continuation and Holy-
head Junction, 21A, 9-16 prem.; West Yorkshire, 71/0 ; Great
Northern of France (English), 5%; Paris and Lyons (Eng-
lish), 2 15-16; Ditto (Ganneron's), 2 9-16.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY

73AY WiIi.TLICE'X'S.

SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12 s to 4/ 18s; use-
ful do., 51 to 518 s ; fine Upland do., 5/10s to 5/ 15s ; Clover
Hay, 4/10s to 613 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21; Wheat Straw,
21 to 212 s per load. Supply but moderate. The best Hay
and Straw sold firmly; other kinds slowly, at our quotations.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 4/ 15s ;
useful ditto, 4116 s to 5/10s ; fine Upland ditto, Si 12s to 5/ 16s ;
Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 11 18s to 2/ ;
Wheat Straw, 2/ is to 2l 3s per load. A short supply, and
a steady demand.
WIIITECHAPILL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 16s to 4/ 16s;
useful ditto, 4/ 17s to 5! 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to
Si 16s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/6s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ;
Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2l 2s per load. Both Hay and Straw
sold steadily, at full prices.

C202.0N1.A.M.
SucrAn.—The market for British Plantation is heavy, only
about 300 blids having been sold at previous prices. The
only transaction which has transpired worth reporting con-
sists of a cargo of brown and yellow Paraiba (chiefly in
bags), which has been sold afloat at 20s 3d, deliverable at
Antwerp. The quantity of British Plantation landed last
week at the East and West India Docks was 1,746 hhds, 192
tierces, 154 barrels, and there were taken for home consump-
tion 1,455 hhds, 90 tierces, 139 barrels. The stock in the
same places is 8,490 lihds, 735 tierces, 1,035 barrels.
COFFEE.-105 casks Jamaica (of the new crop), 750 bags
Ceylon, 244 bales Mocha, and 217 bags Costa Rica have been
offered by auction. The Jamaica was chiefly disposed of, but
at a reduction of fully 2s to 3s ; about two-thirds of the Cey.
lon and all the Mocha found buyers, the former mostly at
4-1 s 6d for good ord quality ; common mixed low good ord
was taken in at 43s 6d ; and the latter at 58s to 62s for mid
to good mid, which are previous prices. AG the Costa Rica
was is ithdrawn at 34s to 43s for ord to fine ord.
Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and
West India Docks was 681 puns, 185 hlids ; there were taken
for home consumption 262 puns, 36 ; and exported 405
puns, 127 Bids. The stock in the same places is 7,574 puns
2,521 lihds.
TALLOW.—p.Y.C. is 38s to 38s 3d per cwt on the spot,
and Town 41s per cwt.
TEA.—There is a moderate trade doing.
SPIEL- s.-4,374 bags Pepper (chiefly Sumatra), and 300
bags Pimento were offered at auction. Nearly the whole of
the Pepper sold at 2id to 2id for ord to good black Sumatra,
and good to fine ditto, Malabar kind, at 2Ad to 2i-d, being
fully former rates. The Pimento sold steadily at 2id to 30,
for mid to good mdi quality.

I. MKE.
Prices per ton ache close ofAR
the fmarkT
et :—Adair's Main,
16s ; New Tanfield, 13s 6d ; Ord's Redheugh, 14s ; Old Tan-
field, 14s ; Taylor's West Hartley, 16s 6d ; Tanfield Moor,
17s 6d ; West Hartley, 17s 6d ; Wall's-end, Hilda, 16s 9d ;
Killingworth, 16s 3d ; New March, 16s ; lirpeth, 16s ; Brad-
11/11's Hetton, 20s; Russell's Hetton, 19s 6d; Stewart's, 20s;
&ugh Hall, 17s 9d ; Leasingthorne, 18s 6d ; Adelaide, 19s 6d ;
Tees, 19s 6d ; Merthyr, 22s 6d ; West Hartley Netherton,
17s.—Ships arrived, 19.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
TRIAL AT BAIL—THE GREAT DISTILLERY CASE.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. GEORGE SMITH.
The Court was more than usually crowded this morning, in con-
sequence of the general expectation that Mr. Fitzroy Kelly would
open the defense, and so it proved, for when the Judges took their
seats on the bench at ten o'clock, and the names of the jury were
called over,
Mr. F. KELLY rose and said, that the time had at last arrived
when it became his duty and his privilege is address them on be.
half of Mr. George Smith, and he felt that it was quite unneces-
sary for him to entreat their earnest attention to the circumstances
of the case which he would have to lay before them, because from
the beginning of that most anxious inquiry, he had witnessed the
attention which they had bestowed on every part of it.
But he had to ask that also which was more diffi.
cult for them to give. He had to ask them most
earnestly to discharge altogether from their minds, or
at least to endeavour to suspend their judgment on the charges
which had been advanced by his Learned Friend the Solicitor.
General, while he endeavoured to meet those charges on the part
of the defendant, by showing them (and he would venture to
pledge himself to show them) that the statements of his Learned
friend the Solicitor. General were from beginning to end most de-
lusive and most unsatisfactory. He would proceed to meet the
charge against Mr. Smith, the charge that he and his brother
had long carried on a systematic and gigantic fraud upon the
Government and upon the fair trader. He would show them that
those gentlemen were not guilty of this gigantic fraud at all, that
they were entirely guiltless of any intention to commit this fraud
on the fair trader or on the State, and that they carried on their
business in a fair and lawful way ; and he thought that at last this
very grave case, this gigantic fraud, would resolve itself into a mere
question of law, a question which they would be of opinion ought
never to have been raised at all. Without further consuming their
time by opening observations, and, once more, after earnestly be-
seeching them to suspend their judgments—to forget, if possible, the
proceedings of the Crown, and the solemn charge of systematic
and gigantic fraud brought forward by his Learned Friend, he
would, in as few, and plain, and simple words, as he c uld, proceed
to put into their possession the real history of the case, and the
circumstances under which that series of prosecutions had been in-
.stituted against Mr. Smith. Some seventy years ago, the vast space
of ground which they ( the jury) had seen was covered with build-
pgs little differing from those which were now upon its surface.
he buildings then constituted a distillery and rectifying-house,
send from that time to the present, and, perhaps, from an earlier
period, the two trades, or manufactures, of distiller and
rectifier, bad been carried on in those premises. It was
now some forty years, or perhaps half a century
ago, since the father of the present defendant became
proprietor of this large concern. He was on those
premises both distiller and rectifier, carrying on both
trades in that place, and wills the utensils necessary for that pur.
pose. At that time, and till the year 1817, to which he would
require to call their particular attention, not only were both trades
carried on, but the premises were open to each other. There was
then no regulation as at present against carrying on a distillery and
rectifying-house on the same premises, and, consequently, where
the jury would now observe a wall built up completely shutting out
the rectifying.house from the distillery, was then furnished with
doors and passages, so that spirits, or anything else of whatever
kind, might be conveyed from the one work to the other. It was
not till 1817 that any change took place in the law. The supply:of
water to which he would now solicit their attention, the supply of
water for the last seventy years, or from the very earliest period that
any one living could remember, had been exactly the same as at
present. Both the distillery rand the rectifying.house required a
constant supply of vast quantities of water, and they wcresupplied
in the way he was about to describe to them. (The Learned Coun.
sel then explained, by reference to a magnificent model of the
buildings in question, which fully occupied the space between the
bar and the bench, the positions he wished to establish.) The
very large tank (one en the roof of the distillery)
which they had seen, and which now constituted
the principal reservoir, had only been built within the last year;
but there had always beets two large reservoirs containing many
scores of thousands of gallons, supplied from the Water-werks Com-
pany, which distributed, by means of numerous pipes, water
to all parts of, not the distillery alone, but the rectifying.
house also. Such had been the mode of ancient supply.
Such had been the supply since. Such:was was the supply now. In
1817, or a little before that time, the Government and the Board
of Excise seemed to have thought it expedient to prevent, as far as
might be, the contiguity of distilleries and rectifying.houses.
It was thought, and he (Mr. Kelly) did not say that it was
not a wise and prudent thought—it was thought that from the
peculiar nature of these premises, and from the facilities given to
the transmission of spirits from the distillery to the rectifying.
house, from different circumstances relating to the law, and from
the necessity for the constant supervision ofofficers of Excise—it
was thought that this connexion between the various parts of the
premises might lead to the perpetration of fraud ; and
here he would remark that the Board of Excise
in getting this alteration effected in the law had not
so much reference to the distillers throughout the country
as to those very premises occupied by Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith's pre-
mises were the only premises of any magnitude in Great Britain
its which the trades of distiller and rectifier were carried on. It
was, therefore, with a view to effect some regulation in regard to
this large establishment, that the alteration in the law was made.
On this occasion many communications had passed between Mr.
Smith and the Board of Excise solicitor, the late Mr. Carr,
relative to the putting an end altogether to the union
of the trades. It was first proposed to purchase the
rectifying-house from Mr. Smith, and he was equally well
disposed to part with it, and on receipt of a reasonable compensa-
tion to carry on the business of a distiller alone. The price he de.
manded, however, for the resignation of this trade was deemed
too high, and accordingly the treaty was broken off, and Mr. Smith
continued to carry on both trades as before; and then, with a view
to prevent the suspicious which might arise of fraud, from the con-
tiguity of these buildings, it was thought proper to make it
the subject of a legislative enactment. Explanations took
Place on this subject between Mr. Smith and the Board
of Excise, and it was at length arranged that a wall
should be built up, effectually separating the distillery from the
rectifying.house, so that all spirits and other commodities should
be obliged to be conveyed from the one work to the other in a cart
or waggon by the public highway. It was necessary, however,
that water in large quantities should be always present in the rec-
tifying-house, and at all levels, and more particularly was large
quantities of water wanted to be poured down upon the
worm ; and, for that purpose, a trough, in all respects
the same as that at present in use, was required for this very pur.
pose of pouring down large quantities of water upon the worm,
and for supplying other parts of the rectifying-house. Formerly,
there were two troughs upon the premises, but now only one was
found necessary. With regard to the rest of the premises, the
supply took place in this way. (The Learned Counsel again
directed the attention of the jury to the model of the premises, in
order that they might understand them.) The pipes which supplied
the rectifying-house formerly went its a transverse direction.
but in 1814, for some reason or other not very material to that
inquiry, instead of cutting off the corner in the way he had pointed
out upon the plan, it was, owing to the alterations upon the pre-
mises, continued along in this way. The Learned Counsel ex.
plained the course taken by the water.pipes, but the reader could
not possibly understand it without a reference to the model of the
premises. This mode of supplying the distillery and the rectifying_
house was perfectly well known to all the Excise-officers who were
on duty on the premises, and that mode was continued to the year
1836, and here, for the first time, he would refer to the statement
made by his Learned Friend the Solicitor-General, and would
ask the jury whether they would have imagined that this mode of
supplying the distillery and the other works, was of such ancient
date, when they heard his Learned Friend say, in
his opening address, that in the year 1836, the
brothers Smith secretly and clandestinely laid down
certain pipes, and made a communication between those distinct
houses, under the pretext of conveying water, but really for the
purpose of conveying spirits. He would here state to them, that
he should call Mr. James Suit's as a witness, and he would, after
describing the pretnisee, and the mode by which water was sup.
plied, state upon oath that he was not aware that spirits could be
transmitted in this way, until Ise saw the Excise-officers
prove, with the aid of sundry little contrivances of their own, that
it was physically possible to do se. The Learned Counsel then re-
ferred to the informations filed by the Crown, and to the amount
of penalties claimed, namely, 150,0001., which, with 150,0001.
seized, and which would, in the event of an unfavourable ver-
dict, be confiscated, make altogether some 300,000/. ; and who
were the parties interested in this conviction ? A number of Ex-
cise-officers, who would reap by the ruin of the Messrs. Smiths a
moiety of the penalties, to men in their rank a considerable fortune.
The charges on the informations of the Crown were divided Into
three, namely, the product of the wash and of the actual spirit, the
holes on the top of the receiver, and the falsification of the drip.
He would take the liberty of directing their attention to the fact of
those charges. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to show, by
certain:returns of the charges in 1843 and 1844, that no reliance
was to be placed upon the exaggerated statements made

11 the Zaelte.effietri t•ith ret•renee. to the Wfttehtr
periods of distillation referred to so frequently in the
evidence of the witnesses Drinkwater and Batten.. The
Learned Gentleman then went through that part of the evi-
dence which related to w;,.tchecl and tiowatehed periods, from
which he contended it was plain that the defendants conducted
their business with equal fairnz'ss, whether hcy were watched or
not. In truth, the watching made no difference in the actual
results as ascertained by the Excise themselves. He had,
then, without troubling the jury too much with figures
to demonstrate, from the evidence of the Excise-officers themselves,
that there was uo foundation for this charge, that the produce
was greater in the unwatched periods, and that the excess had
been made away with. He submitted that the charge in this re-
spect had entirely failed, and that it ought never to have been
brought forward. It had been kept back for the purpose of pre-
judicing the more important charge relating to the pipe.
He now came to am.other point of the case, with which he would
not detain them long. It was very important, although it ie..
volved no question of money—as it gravely affected the cha.
racter of Mr. G. Smith. It related to the holes found in the top
of the receiver.—(The Learned Gentleman then read an extract
from the speech of the Solicitor-General, to show that the prose-
cution had produced that charge in such a limner as to convey an
imputation of fraud upon Mr. George Smith, so as to prejudice
the minds of the lury In respect to the other charges.) It was
said that Mr. Smith remarked, when the hole wars discovered,
that it explained an anonymous letter which he had received; and
it was asked, on the other hand, why did not Mr. Smith produce
the letter if he had received one. The answer to that was, that
the discovery of the hole was made in 1843, and it was now
brought forward, for the first time, in the middle of 1845, for the
purpose of throwing additional prejudice into the scale, and
weighing down the defendant's case. Besides, the fact was, that
Mr. Smith did at the time produce the letter, and it was admitted in
the evidence that the letter referred to some pilfering of spirits by his
men. This very matter of the hole gave occasion for the reflection, how
little reliance could be placed upon the evidence of those men, who
were examined upon oath, with such grave temptations before
their eyes, as the witnesses for the Crown in this case. Thus the
officer Drinkwater swore that he had examined the receiver in
August, 1843, and that the hole did not exist there at that time,
and that it must have been made between that time
and the December following, when it was discovered
by Batten. Now he (Hr. Kelly) would prove that
the hole was made i►► 1824. The top of the
receiver was made in that year by a person named Florence Young,
out of materials furnished by Mr. Smith. The hole was made to
receive the suction pipe, but it was found not to be large enough
for the purpose, and another was made—this first one being covered
with boards, which were found by the officer carefully nailed down.
These were nailed down in 1824, and they were now so rotten
they could scarcely be held. (The production of the boards
created a strong sensation, in which the jury evidently shared.)
(The Learned Gentleman had not concluded when our report left.)

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
James Cassidy was charged with assaulting Anne Eve.
The complainant, who had a wound over her right eye,
and whose shawl was stained with blood, deposed that she
was standing in the Crown public-house, in Golden-lane, St.
Luke's, on the previous night, when the prisoner came in,
and without having received the slighte.t provocation, struck
her so violent a blow as to cause the blood to flow profusely
from the wound then visible. She had never seen the man
before.—He was fined ss.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES

(THIS DAY.)

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.
Group DD.

- -
The adjourned Committee met this morning at twelve, and shortly
afterwards proceeded with the further consideration of the im-
portant schemes comprised in this group. Mr. Parker in the chair.
Some preliminary business, not of public interest, having been
transacted, the examination of witnesses was proceeded with.
Mr. COCKBURN called Mr. Mitchell, engineer, as the first wit-
ness. He atated he had been engaged for upwards of six months,
with twenty-two assistants, taking an account of the traffic. The
number of passengers who travelled at present by the road,
In gigs, carriages, &c., amounted to nearly five hundred
thousand ; from these it was expected to realise an income
of 27,5471. 17s. Bd., which, being doubled according to
Parliamentary usage on railway matters, would yield a total of
55,0951. 15s. 4d. The average rate per mile at which each pas-
senger would be conveyed was calculated at I id. The income
expected Co be realised from the conveyance of general
goods amounted to about 18,0001. ; coals would realise
an income of nearly 9,0001.; lime, 1,5344 ; cattle, 5,300/., and
mails ar.d parcels, taken altogether, would give a further result of
3,000/. The total income arising from all these items, and the
conveyance of passengers, would amount in round numbers to
nearly 94,9001. The country through which it was proposed
to carry the line abounded in mineral waters, and
as celebrated for its beautiful scenery, and during
the summer time was a great resort for invalids and
others wishing the benefit of a change of air. It was calculated the
number of passengers by the railway during the fine months of the
year would be nearly doubled.

Mr. Geddes, managing partner of a coal mine near Stirling. was
then called and examined upon the item of cows, but his evidence
was only of local importance and corroboratory of what had been
previously stated.

Group X.
The Committee on this group re-assembled this morning in
room No. 8, which is a larger and more convenient room than the
one in which the Committee assembled yesterday.
Of the proceedings in the Committee yesterday, of course, we
know nothing, the reporters having been excluded.
At the sitting of the Committee this morning Captain Gossett
made arrangements for the accommodation of the reporters.
EXCLUSION OF THE REPORTERS YESTERDAY.
Shortly after the Committee assembled this morning they re-
tired and remained in consultation with Mr. Creed, the Committee
Clerk, for about ten minutes. On their return into the Committee-
room,

Lord COURTENAY (the Chairman) addressing the assembled crowd
in the body of the room, said—l am requested by the Committee,
before we go in to the business of the day, to say that, having
observed certain paragraphs in the morning newspapers which lead
us to think that some misconception existed as to the authority
under which Mr. Creed acted, in the steps he took in reference to
clearing the room yesterday, without going at all into the subject,
we think it due to our Committee Clerk to state that whatever
Steps he took were in pursuance of the express directions of the
members of the Committee as a whole, and that they were such as
the Committee deemed necessary yesterday, in consequence of the
exceedingly crowded state of the room, and many of those having
business here being seriously inc.'nvenienced.
This of course makes the matter worse, The Chairman has ac.
knowledged that he excluded the press from the room, as they had
no business there, for this is the natural and only inference to be
drawn from the concluding sentence of the Chairman's explanation
this morning. With respect to his Lordship's declaration that the
room was crowded to the inconvenience of persons hav-
ing business there, we can only say, that the places
which had been occupied by the reporters at the sitting
of the Committee remained unoccupied after they had
left them. The room, after the second clearance, was not incon.
veniently crowded, but was capable of holding at least fifty persons
more than it then contained. The manner of Creed was most of. and he suggested the clearing of the room, by saying to
Lord Courtenay, " I think, my Lord, you had better clear the
room," to which Lord Courtenay nodded assent.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM applied for a Speaker's warrant to
compel the attendance of a person named Harvey, who had re-
fused to attend before the Committee—Ordered.
The CHAIRMAN said the Committee would take that opportunity
of stating that as at present advised they did not mean to sit on
Saturday. In the event of the investigation not terminating before
Whitsuntide, they meant to adjourn from the Friday in the week
preceding Whit-Sunday for as long a period as the Houseshall ad.
journ for.

The Committee then proceeded with the clauses in the Ely and
Whittlesea Deviation Railway Bill.

Group B.
The Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morning,
LEEDS AND DEWSBURY LINE.

Mr. BAINES intimated that an agreement had been made between
the Leeds and Manchester Company and the Leeds and Hudders-
field Company respecting the line between Leeds and Dewsbury,
which would render that scheme an unopposed line.

. • ---
LEEDS AND HUDDERSFIELD.
Mr. BArras stated that this Bill was for power to construct a
railway between Leeds and Cooper-bridge, for facilitating the local
traffic between Leeds and Dewsbury and Huddersfield. The cost
of this line would amount to about 69.0,0001. or 630,0001., and the
Hue, it was calculated, would yield a return of 71. per cent. on the
capital.

Mr. John Gott, of Leeds, Mr. Thomas Coke, a manufacturer, of
Dewsbury, and Mr. Williams, woolstapler, of Huddersfield, gave
evidence of the necessity which existed in the district for
the line; and the traffic returns were spoken to by
Mr. Thomas Taunton; while Mr. J. Grainger, engineer,
of Glasgow, proved that there were no engineering diffi-
culties on the line ; the line would be 16 miles in length, and the
cost of construction 463,4291., or 45,0001. per mile. The principal
difficulty would be one tunnel and four or five arches.
The Committee declared thAt the preamble of the Bill had been
proved.
The consideration of the various clauses in the Bill was post.
tinned till Friday.

LEEDS AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION.
The evidence in this case was then resumed.
Mr. Hardy lived in Loumore, and managed the Loumore Iron.
works. The West Riding Railway would pass over three miles
of his father's property, and through the township of North Birely,
the population of which was 9,941. The line would, in his opinion,
afford great accommodation to this district. The West Yorkshire
line would be very acceptable to the inhabitants.
Mr. L. W. Wickham, a magistrate of the West Riding, gave
similar evidence in favour of the line.

1 Group 0.
TRENT VALLi.-Y RAILWAY.
The Committee appointed to investigate the lines in Group 0
met at twelve o'clock in Roam 13. The Committee consisted of
Mr. Hawes (Chairman), Mr. F. French, Lord Emlyn, Mr. Smol.
let, and the Hon. Mr. Charteris.
Mr. Talbot, Mr. Merewether, and Mr. Lucas appeared for the
promoters of the line. Ncbody appeared to oppose the preamble.
Mr. Forsyth appeared on behalf of the Grand Junction, who
in a petition respecting certain clauses. There was also a pet put
ition
from Mr. Pease, one of the Shareholders, who objected to
some of
the arrangements which had been made.
It appeared, from the statement of Counsel, that the line was to
run from Stafford to Rugby, and was about 49i miles in length.
The estimated cost aas about 900,060/., and from the Passengers
and amount of traffic it vvis expected that the return would give
about ten per cent. on the capital. There were branches called
the Potteries Branch and the Aldrus Branch, but it was not pro-
posed to go into them at present.
The following witnesses were then called :
Mr. Charles Wilkinson, clerk to Mr. Wheeler, solicitor to the
Trent Valley Company, examined by Mr. IklenEwETunn—The
capital of the Company is 1,250,0001. The shares subscribed
amount to 1,148.840/. The shares paid up amount to 114,6341.
There are nineteen subscribers who have a local interest, and who
have subscribed 12,7601.
Mr. Fox, one of the agents, produced tables showing the traffic.
This traffic would be chiefly derived from other lines of railway.
Thomas L. Gooch, engineer, examined by Mr. Lucas—The
length of the proposed line was 49 miles and some chains. The
worst gradient on the line was 1 In 264, and that but for a quarter
of a mile. There were no engineering difficulties on the line.
The preamble was then passed, and the clauses were postponed
to Thursday.
The Committee then proceeded to consider the Grand Junction
Potteries Branch.

(Sub-Committee, No. 3.)
This Committee, consisting. of Mr. Aglionby (Chairman), Mr.
Thornely, Mr. Stansfield, Captain Jones, and two other Hon. Mem.
bers, met this day at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 7.
The Commiv ee were occupied for some time in arranging the
order in which they were to take the following Bills .
The Harwich Eastern Counties Junction Railway (No. 2), the
Bermondsey Improvement (No. 2), the Eastern Union and Har-
wich Railway and Pier (No. 2), and the, Manchester Court of
Record (No. 2).
The CHAIRMAN informed the agents that the Committee would
first take the Manchester Court of Record Bill, and then the Ber-
mondsey Improvement Bill, after which the Railway Bills would
come on.
Should the latter competing Bills come on to•day, the proceed-
ings will appear in our Third Edition.

On Friday, 23d inst., Robert Roper, son of the late
William Roper, Esq., of Bunhill.row, St. Luke's, was admitted a
member of the Royal College of Surgeons •f England.