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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19 1845

not by the people, but by the men in power, corrupt
alcaldes, political chiefs, military officers, arid smugglers.
ESPARTER.O had too much honesty to bribe and inti-
midate; and on that account he failed. NARVAEZ was
less scrupulous—he left nothing untried, dared every
outrage, and succeeded in moulding a Cortes to his will.
The Bill was introduced on the 11 th by the Minister
of the Interior. The country is to be divided
into 306 districts, each to return a Member
The qualification for electors is to be reduced to 400
reels of rent, and of Deputies to 12,000 reals of rent
(1201.). No changes are to be made in the electoral
lists, or in the districts. Precautions are to be taken
against frauds at elections. Captains-general of pro-
vinces, the Commanders-in-Chief of the navy, the
Procureurs-general of the tribunals, political chiefs, and
' intendents of the national debt, are to be excluded from
the Chamber. It is stated in one of the Madrid
papers, that the public prosecutor had demanded that
capital punishment should be inflicted on seven officers
implicated in the conspiracy at Vittoria. The provincial
deputation, the municipality, and the clergy, were pre
paring a petition to the QUEEN to spare the lives of these
seven officers.

the longest on record. The market gardeners, who have
nothing to bring to market, and absolutely nothing to
do, say that all vegetable productions will be fully a
month later than usual.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

Her Majesty awl Prince Albert, accompanied by the
royal infants, and attended by the royal suite, left town
shortly before three o'clock this afternoon, for Windsor
Castle, to spend the Easter recess.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL.
On the question being put for the third reading of this
Bill,
Sir R. H. INGLIS took the last opportunity of call-
ing the attention of the House to a subject connected
with railways of great importance. He alluded to the
practice of large railway companies taking great
bodies of people from places where they had been accus-
tomed to receive ample religious and moral instruction,
and conveying them for the purposes of the railway to
some portion of the line where no provision whatever
was made for their future spiritual werfare. He im-
plored all those who were connected with railway com-
panies to take this subject into their most solemn and
serious consideration. It was a duty incumbent upon them
not to form new towns without giving those persons whom
they collected in them such means of education for their
children, and religious instruction for themselves; as
, they received in the county from which they came. Ile
would take the same opportunity of expressing an honest
hope that some measures would be adopted for preventing
railway companies from carrying large bodies of people
to places where they were likely to create a breach of the
peace. It had been stated in that House, that in a late
instance a special train was employed by a railway com-
pany to convey a large body of people, in order to en-
able them to commit a breach of the peace. He would
not have mentioned the circumstance, were it not for the
purpose of giving it a public contradiction. He would
not mention the railway company of whom this slander
had been circulated, but he could assure the House that
he had their own authority for declaring that the slander
was absolutely without foundation in truth.
Mr. HAWES said that he always listened with very
great respect to whatever fell from the Right Hon.
Baronet (Sir R. Inglis), and he, on the present occasion,
was quite aware of the great importance of the matt 1r
which he had brought before the House; but he thought
that it would be better to leave the provision of the spii itual
wants of the people assembled through their instrumen
tality to the spontaneous liberality of the company. Ile
(Mr. Hawes) could bear testimony to the great liberality
with which the railway companies had acted; and he
thought, from the evidence which they had given of a
disposition to provide for the spiritual necessities of
those dependent upon them, that the object of the Hon.
Baronet would be better served by the mode he sug-
gested than by any compulsory regulation. He might
give an instance in the conduct of the Great Westt rn
Railway, who, at one of their stations, Swindon,
had not only erected a church, and provided
for its ministration, but had also endowed a
school for instructing the children who were brought
together. The whole arrangement, indeed, was a model
which might well be imitated by every railway company
in England. Oa the Birmingham line, also, there was
an establishment of a similar character, at Wolver-
ton. And not only had the companies been careful
to make this provision for the spiritual wants of the
people when their works were finished ; but, whenever
there was a necessity for bringing a number of people
together for the execution of works requiring any con-
siderable time for their completion, they had made a
temporary provision for the spiritual necessities of their
dependents and those who were brought together through
their means. He thought, therefore, that the better plan
would be to leave the provision which the Hon. Baronet
so earnestly desired to the spontaneous liberality of the
companies, rather than introduce any compulsory clauses
' into the Bill. _ _ _

Summonses were issued last evening by Sir James
Graham. to the members 9f the Cabinet, to attend a
Cabinet Council, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street.

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

EAST INDIA HOUSE.-THIS DAY.
A Special Court of the Proprietors was held at the East
India House on general business.
The chair was taken by Captain Sheppard, and the mi-
nutes of the last Court were read.
TIIJ EX RAJA OF SATTARA.
Mr. THOMPSON then resumed the discussion, and was left
speaking.—The facts are already fully known.

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor did not sit to-day in Lincoln's Inn
Hall. his Lordship will not sit again till the 7th of next
month, when it is understood he will continue his sitting till
the 15th, the first day of Easter te►m.

MADRID BOURSE, MARCH 11.—Three per Cents. 35-a
at 60 days, 114 millions done ; Five per Cents. 26i- at 60
days, 80 millions done.; Passive Debt 8 at 60 days ;
Vales Reales 101 cash.

ROLLS COUR'F.-(THIS DAY.)
The Master of the Rolls took petitions and causes to-day.
his Lordship will sit to-morrow to hear a part-heard motion,
after which the Court will adjourn to the 7th of neat
month.

The Paris papers contain accounts of the grand ban-
quet given to Marshal BUCEAUD, on Sunday, in the
Salle de Bourse. About four hundred persons sat
down to dinner. M. GOWN was in the chair, and
among those present were, the Duke of NEMOURS, the
Prince DE JoINVILLE, and their two younger brothers,
the Dukes of AUMALE and MONTPENSIER. The first
toast was " the KING," and the next the " Royal
Princes," who had honoured them with their company.
The Duke of NEatonas returned thanks. The dinner
altogether was conducted in the English style—speeches
were made, toast followed toast, and the bill of fare
rivalled that of the Lord Mayor's feast on the 9th of
November. One of the papers states that upwards of
400 waiters were employed. Marshal RUGEAUD, in
returning thanks for the high honour conferred
on him by the commercial men of Paris, made
some remarks on the definitive system to be
adopted in carrying on the war, and in colonising the
country. He pointed out the immense advantages which
will be insured to the trade of France by the security of
her African possessions ; and, after reminding the com-
pany that the commercial movement between France
and Algeria last year amounted to eighty millions of
francs, he declared his conviction that in ten or twelve
years Algeria will be able to do without assistance from
the mother-country. At the conclusion, he an-
nouncel that he would set out for Algiers in
two days. We regret to find that the report
respecting a dreadful explosion at that place is confirmed
in these papers. It is said that upwards of 200 per-
sons had lost their lives by the accident, the particulars
of which are given below. In the Chamber of Deputies
on Monday the Minister of Public Works presented a
Bill for putting up to public tender contracts for the
railroad from Paris to Lyons, and from Lyons to Avig-
non. The motion of M. DUVERGIER D'HAURANNE, for
abolishing vote by ballot in the Chamber, was
under discussion. The Journal des Debats states
that a treaty of amity, commerce and navigation,
was signed on the 17th of November, at Zanzibar, be-
tween France and the Imaum of .Muscat. Several of the
Opposition journals have been loud in their praises of
Sir ROBERT PEEL'S policy, not because they love PEEL,
but because they hate GUIZOT more, and delighted to
draw the contrast between a Minister, with a majority
of 90, and one who rarely can muster nine. The
Journal des Debate says the fault is not with the French
Minister but the French Conservatives in the Chamber,
who have not the patriotism, like the English Turks, to
sacrifice private differences to higher and more general
considerations. The following is an extract from the
article;:—
`There is really something amusing in the fit of admira-
tion with which the Opposition of every shade, from the left
to the dissentients of the centres, has been all at once seized
for the English Ministry, and particularly for Sir R. Peel. If
the illustrious Premier of England was not a prophet in his
own country, he would at least have the consolation of being
so in ours. We expect some of these days to see statues raised
to him by subscriptions opened in committees of the Opposi-
tion, or by the journals most affected by Anglo-phobia. In
truth, there is cause to render the English jealous or Sir R.
Peel suspected. The French tribune and press have no longer
eyes or ears but for this fortunate Minister. M. Billault, who
would like well enough to get a compliment in return, calls
him a great man; Peers and Deputies offer him incense; the
journals join in this concert of praise ; in fact, Sir Robert
Peel is the political lion of the moment. That does not
shock us. Let the Opposition be at rest—we are not going to
accuse it of treason, or to reproach it with sacrificing to per-
fidious Albion the honour and interests of France ! _We shall
not call it the foreign party, or the Pritchard party, or even
the Peel party. We also have the highest esteem for the
Prime Minister of England ; we believe, in fact, that the
Opposition has sometimes reproached us with expressing it
too often. But, in fine, there is a measure in everything, and
even the best things ought not to be abused. As to us, if we
are ready on all occasions to admit how much boldness, as well
as spirit of government, there is in the important reforms ac-
complished in England by Sir R. Peel, we do not do se, it
may be believed, to lessen the men who govern us, and to
deprecate their acts. It would be perfectly absurd to turn
against the French Ministers the praises which every one
justly accords to those of England, seeing that the political
practices and habits of the two countries render all coinpa-
r►son in this respect inapplicable. We shall even declare
that if a comparison of this kind could be made, and if it
could be disadvantageous to us, the fault would not be in
our government, but in our Chambers, and in the manner in
which the practice of Parliamentary institutions appears to
be comprehended in our country. Thus we behold every day
the English Ministry coming victoriously out of all debates
with majorities of ninety or 100, and thereupon the great
politicians of the Opposition fall into ecstacies, and exclaim
with an air of admiration and envy, Ah ! there's a Ministry.
That's what can be called a Government.' It appears to us
that it would be quite as natural and much more just to cry
out, ' There's a House of Commons! that's what may be
called a party !"

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND was occupied the
whole morning with motions and causes of no general inte-
rest. This is the last day of his Honour's sitting till the
7th of April, when his Honour will sit again in I.incoln's Inn,
and continue his sittings till the first day of term.
(Before Vice -Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)
his HoNoun took causes to-day, and will sit to-morrow to
hear the bankrupt petition " Ex parte Young in the case of
Noble." The Court will then adjourn to the 7th of next
month, when his Honour takes motions. On the 9th and
the 14th the Court will hear bankrupt petitions; and on
the first day of term, the 15th, it is generally understood his
Honour will sit in the new temporary Court erected for him
in Old Palace-yard.
(Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.)
This is the last day of his Honour's sitting till the 7th of
April. The Court took causes of no general interest. His
Honour will sit in his new Court at Westminster on the
first day of Easter term.

SURREY SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

(Before Mr. PucieLE, and a full bench: of Magistrates.)
James Dellaway and Thomas Lull' were indicted for
burglariously breaking into, and stealing a quantity of hol-
hinds from, the house of Elizabeth Cheesman, situated at
Witley, in this county, between the hours of nine o'clock in
the evening of the 6th, and six o'clock in the morning of the
7th March.
The evidence against them was of the most conclusive
nature, but
Mr. LOOSE, who appeared for them, on looking at the
indictment, found that it charged them with having stolen
the articles upon the 7th of March, in the eighth year of the
reign of her present Majesty, whereas, in point of fact, it
should have been in the seventh year of her reign.
The COURT held the objection to be good, and directed the
jury to return a verdict of acquittal, after which the Learned
Chairman, addressing the prosecutrix, said she might give
the prisoners again into charge upon leaving the dock.
Two policemen accordingly stationed themselves at the
gate of the dock, and upon the gaoler turning them out of
the dock, they were immediately taken into custody and re-
moved to Southwark Police-court, when a new and more
thrmal indictment, to be tried at the next sessions, will be
frlmed.

Lord G. SOMERSET said, that he also thought that
it was better to leave it to the goodwill of the com-
panies, than to introduce any such clause. The railway
directors had always subscribed with great liberality to
any work which had for its object the spiritual welfare
of their people.
The Bill was then read the third time, and a clause
introduced which provided that it should be competent
for persona interested in any property likely to be
affected by the formation of any railway, to take
copies of, or make extracts from, the copy of the Bill
deposited with the clerk of the peace. The Bill was
then read a third time. _ _

William Strahan, Esq., of A3hurst, the late High Sheriff
for the County of Surrey, took the usual oath prescribed as a
magistrate for the county.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET
(THIS DAY.)
CHARGE OF PERJURY.—Dr. Henry Arnold Green, of No.
3, Curzon•street, May-fair, was brought up in custody of
Sergeant Wall, of the C division, having been apprehended
by him last night, in Holles-street, Cavendish-square, on a
judge's warrant issued against him, on an indictment pre-
ferred and found at the Central Criminal Court, in January
sessions last, for wilful and corrupt perjury, in two affidavits
relative to proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas.
Mr. MAL•rnY directed that the prisoner should be taken
before a judge at Chambers, that being the usual course in.
such cases.

On the motion that the Bill do pass,
A clause was introduced, on the motion of Lord G.
SOMERSET, providing that railway companies should
not alter any branch or main gas or water pipes until
they had substituted other pipes, and providing also
that all such new pipes should be laid at least eighteen
inches from the surface of the road; and also that cul-
verts, or other protection, should be provided which
would enable the company to make any repairs that
might be necessary.
Mr. HAWES wished to know whether the Noble
Lord would have any objection to frame a standing order
requiring companies to give notice to the Admiralty of
any works which they intended to construct of acting the
navigation of rivers. As the Bill before the House
was then about to pass, he had one remark to make. It
was, that he hoped they would never have these twelve
o'clock sittings again at the commencement of the
session.—(" Hear, hear," from Colonel Sit; thorp.)
Those who had attended the sittings upon that Bill
must have seen that the
_public business was not satis-
factorily attended to.—(Hear, hear.) He trusted that
after Eastg no morning sittitgs would take place ; if
they did, iFwould be impossible that the Bills could re-
ceive proper attention. At the end of the session the
same objection did not apply ; because the business
transacted was, in fact, the completion of measures the
general principle of which had already received the
sanction of the House ; but he entertained a strong
objection both to the continuance of the morning sit-
tings after Easter, and to the repetition of them at a
still earlier period of the session.—(Hear, hear.)
Col. SIBTHORP expressed his lull concurrence in
what had fallen from the Hon. Member (Mr. Hawes) on
the subject of morning sittings. He did hope that they
would never have a repetition of such scenes as had re-
cently been exhibited, when ten, fifteen, or twenty Mem-
bers were all who were engaged in passing the most im-
portant measures.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said the question which had
been mooted by his Hon. Friend near him was a very
important one. That question was whether it was ex-
pedient or not for the House to sit at such an early hour
during the former part of the session. He confessed that
on the whole he was inclined to agree with his Hon.
Friend ; but at the same time he must say that in some
cases both the Government and the House had to make a
choice of evils.—(Hear, hear.) Whatever inconveni-
ence there might have been in taking these Bills
in the early sittings, it must be acknowledged
that it would have formed a great obstruction
to the public business if they had been taken in
the evening. Still, though he did not blame the
Government for the course they had now pur-
sued, he thought the practice was objectionable. He did
believe that, in the long run, they would not get through
more business by attending these morning sittings, than
if they sat at the usual hour in the evening.
Lord G. SOMERSET said, he admitted that the
various considerations advanced of the inconvenience of
attending the morning sittings were entitled to the
utmost attention, and be much regretted the necessity
that existed for having had recourse to such
a procedure. There were peculiar circumstances
which rendered such a course absolutely necessary. He
could not deny that the subjects before them were of pa.
remount importance, and well deserved the considera-
tion of the House. It was quite notorious that the
whole strength c f Vie House would be required on Com-
mittees on private Bills after Easter, and it was, there-
fore, aesirable that these measures should be disposed of
before Eastcr. He did not think it would be necessary,
under all the circumstances, to continue the morning
sittings after that period. With regard to the proposition
made by the llon. Member for Lambeth (Mr. Hawes),
he fully concurred in the expediency of it, and it was
very probable that after Easter he should introduce it as
a standing order.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
LAND CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL.

The Court was crowded by respectable tradesmen resid-
ing at the west-end, who are interested in the present pro-
ceedings.
Sergeant Wall has been incessantly engaged in endea-
vouring to apprehend the prisoner from the period of the
indictment being found against him.

DARTMOUTH ELECTION COM

MITTEE.--(THIS DAY.)

The Committee sat this day at Twelve o'clock, and imme-
diately after had the room cleared, and remained in con-
sultation until half-past two, when the public were re-
admitted, and
The CHAIRMAN said he had to announce that the Com-
mittee had, after having maturely considered all the facts of
this case, which was one of great difficulty and em-
barrassment, and given their best attention to all
the facts and the law, as well as the legal arguments used
on both sides—after having taken all those matters into
their moat anxious consideration, the Committee had come
to the following resolution :—" That at the last election for
the borough of Dartmouth, Joseph Somes, Esq., was not dis-
qualified as a candidate by reason of his having been engaged
in any contracts, within the meaning of the Act of Geo. 111.,
cap. 43."—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Sergeant WRANCIIIAM then rose and said, that after
that announcement he begged to say that it was not the
intention of the petitioner to prosecute any of the other
allegations contained in the petition. He also begged
to say that in thus withdrawing all further opposition, his
client was under the impression that the whole of this in-
quiry had been conducted in a fair and temperate manner.
Mr. TALBOT begged to assure the petitioner, and those
who acted with him, that not the slightest particle of ill-
feeling existed towards them on the mind of Mr. Somes.
The Committee then broke up.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THI8 DAY.)
LONDON, Mutat
,19.—N.W., fresh breeze and hazy,
but fine.
DEAL, MARCH 18.—Wind N.W., to N.N.E —Sld. Pearl,
Montreal ; John May, Newfoundland ; Charlotte, Wylie,
Montreal; John and Mary, Newfoundland; Edward Thorne,
St. John's, N. B. and the rest of the outward bound.
RA3LSGATE, MnitcH 18.—Wind, N.N.W.—Arrd. Hekla,
List, Porto Cabello for Hamburgh.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Wind E., fresh breezes.—OtT,
Harriet, Brews, Havannah, and sld. for Antwerp.
LIVERPOOL, Maim' 18 —Wind N.W., light.—Arrd. Ann
Emily, Porter, Sierra Leone. Sld. Bosidan, Rio; Franconia,
Apalachicola ; Zanoni, New York ; Mahaica, Montreal.
CLYDE, MARCH FL—Sid. Wandsworth, St. John's, N.B.
Conic, MARC
• Supply, Llanellv, dismasted.
BRAYE (ALDERNEY), niancir 12.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd.
Ino, Shields, and Concordia,Witby, Guernsey; both with da-
mage and leaky, from the working of the sand under the bilge.
SCILLY, MARCH 17.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. William Gales,
and Venus, Mauritius, for London ; Arabia, Skelton, Ceylon,
for ditto; Mountain Maid, Wighton, Ichaboe, for Dundee;
Duke of Wellington, Cowell, St. John's, N.B. for London.
WATERFORD, Martell 17.—Wind E. to N.N.E.—Arrd.
Tecumseh, Shaw, Ichaboe.
LONDONDERRY, MARCH 10.—Sld. Elgin, St. Andrews;
15. North Bend, Philadelphia.
SHEEttNESS, MAncg 18.—The vessels reported ashore here
have all got off—the schooner Sally, from Sunderland, on
the Maplin ; the brig Acistera, from Whitby, on the Knock ;
and the brig Samuel and Sarah, from Shields to London,
which was on the Jenkin Sand.
HALIFAX, MAncii 3.—The Acadia, from St. Thomas's to
this port, has put back to the former port, with damage, and
been condemned, after being 300 miles from this port.
BosToN, MARC'! I.—The hull of a vessel of about 130 tons,
dismasted, Waterlogged, painted bronze, with a white streak,
and a billet bead either gilt or painted yellow, was passed
10th ult., let. 36, lon. 6.

We subjoin, from the Akkbar, of Algiers, an abridged
account of the dreadful explosion which took place there
on the Bth instant:—

"About a quarter past ten at night, on the Bth, a loud
explosion was heard, in the direction of the marine establish-
ment of Algiers ; this was followed by another loud explosion
and by successive detonations, like the tiring of a broadside
from a ship of war. The inhabitatants of Algiers rushed in
alarm to the spot, where they found the light of the light-
house extinguished, and a scene of ruin and desolation. A
portion of the casemated rampart between the old Spanish
town called Pigeon and the post and the houses built against
this rampart were only a heap of ruins, from which mutilated
persons, covered with blood and dust, were extricating
themselves. The pavilion, inhabited by Commandant
Palard, sub-director of the artillery, and the buildings in-
habited by companies of artillery workmen and pontonniers,
had been carried away. The explosions which caused these
disasters had taken place in the two magazines, separated
from each other by the ditch at the foot of the old Spanish
town upon which the lighthouse stands. Considerable in-
jury was done in the port, and especially on the Bouberak,
by numerous stones, thrown to a distance of 200 metres. In
the buildings there are killed 43 artillery workmen, 10 artil-
lerymen, 31 pontonniers, and 2 workmen of the second com-
pany ; there were, besides, 30 wounded. Sergeant-Major
Denot, his wife, who was pregnant, and a child, perished.
The Controulcur d'Armes, Piron, died after under-
going amputation of the leg. Five other non-commis-
sioned officers were crushed to death on the ruins.
The Commandant of Artillery, Palard, was killed under the
ruins of his house, which was almost levelled to the ground
by the violence of the explosion. Close to the pavilion oc-
cupied by M. Palard was the house of M. Segretier, Director
of the Port, who had at the time about twenty persons in his
drawing room. Mme. Segretier, hearing her child cry, left
her guests to go into the room where the child was, and, as
she was returning to the salle-ii-manger to give directions for
tea, the explosion took place, and she was buried in the ruins
of the house, only one room of which was spared—viz., that
which she had quitted, and in which the company was as-
sembled. In that room only one person, Madame Sylvestre,
the wife of the Admiral's secretary, was injured, and that
slightly. When the spectators of this horrible scene had re-
covered from their first shock, they heard the last words of
the unhappy mother—they were Saverny child.' "
THE BOURSE-7MONDAY, MARCH 17.

Lord G. SOMERSET brought up several new clauses,
which were severally read a first and second time, and
committed.

The House having again resumed, the report was
brought up by Mr. GREENE, and agreed to.
On the motion that the Bill be read a third time being
put,
Colonel SIBTIIORP said that he observed in one of
the Noble Lord's amended clauses a reference made to
canals, and other public undertakings. He wished to
know whether barracks or public warehouses were to be
considered as public undertakings ; and whether the
public would have access to see the plans relating to
them ?

First Highest Lowest Last
Prize. Price. Price. Price.
french Five per Cents.• •• 117 90 .. 118 .. 117 85 .• 118
Fours...
Three per Cents 85 13 .. 85 20 .. 85 15 .. 85 20
New Loan •• •• •• 86 3 .. 86 5 .. 86 5 .. 86 5
Belgian Bank••••••••• .
Belgian Fives, 1840 •• 105!4 .. 1(.54 .. 103 .. 105
1842 •••••• 107 •• 167 .• 107 .. 107
Four-and-a-Half. 103% 1C34 1033 •• 1033 y
Two-and-a.-Half..— 62 85 .. 62 35 •. 62 35 •• 62 35
Spanish Active •• •• •• •....• 38 3 .. 39 .. 38 39
Threes•• ••
Passive•••.•••••••• 6Fs • • 6'5(3 •• 67's •• 77.
Portuguese Five per Cents • • • . 67 .. 67 .. 67
Roman •• • ••••••••••••••• 1(6 .. 106 .. 106 .. 106

Lord G. SOMERSET said, where public works were
intended to be built, every opportunity would be given
for public inspection.
The Bill was then read a third time, and passed.
RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION (SCOT
LAND) BILL.

The report on this Bill was brought up and received.
The third reading was fixed for to-morrow at four.
LANDS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION (SCOT-
LAND) BILL.
The third reading of this Bill was postponed til
to. morrow.

The House then adjourned at Half past One to Five.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DA Y.)
Sub-Committee No. 1 assembled at twelve o'clock.
GRAND JUNCTION AND SHREWSBURY
RAILWAY.
This case was adjourned to the 4th April. No other
ease came before the Committee.
Sub-Commitue No. 4 re-assembled at one o'clock,
and proceeded with
THE LONDON, CHAT HAM, AND NORTH KENT
RAILWAY.
Mr. BURKE proceeded with his allegations against the
plans of the promoters. There were a great number of
these allegations, which were purely of a technical cha-
ractcr. Many were abandoned, and few sustained.

COUNTY AIEETING.—We understand that a county
meeting will shortly be held, to take into consideration Sir
James Graham's Settlement Bill.—Cambridge Advertiser.
THE PAISLEY DESECRATORS.—It seems we were
within the mark last Saturday in stating the number of the
Paisley Agnew desecrators on the previous Sunday at
one hundred and fifty. There were three hundred of
them trotting and galloping to Glasgow on the Sabbath-day,
in carts, gigs, omnibuses, and waggons, to bear the free oracle.
We would have said nothing about this, but for the pre-emi-
nent professing sanctity of these " free " people, or rather
their hypocritical jargon against the railway ; and if Mr.
John M.Naughtan does not forthwith excommunicate his
orn adherents—these " desecrators," as he calls others, how
can he hold up his own face at the next meeting of the rail-
way Directors, which lie has promised to attend, in company
with the good Sir Andrew?--Scotch Reforzner's Gazette.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were only 1,200
to 1,500 bales, and American was 1/4d. per lb. lower. The
business consisted of 300 bales Surat, at 23/4d. to 31Ad. ; and
the rest American, at 33id. to 51/2d.-all to the trade.
Cotton was freely offered for sale. A good business
continued to be done in Shares, at steady prices. Aber-
deen, 2% ; Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington, 6% ;
Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton, 41. Is. 6d. ; Blackburn and
Preston, 1514 ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junc-
tion, 9% 101/4 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 9 914 ; Bristol
and Gloucester, 58 ; Caledonian, 10 10%; Cambridge and
Lincoln, 61A ; Chester and Birkenhead, ex div., 453/ 1/2
Ditto, New Shares, at 33 discount, 37% 38 ; Chester and
Preston Brook, 5; Churnet Valley, 71/s 7 ; Direct Northern,
4% 3% ; Dublin and Belfast, 61/Q ; Dublin and
Cashel, ex new, 12 ; Ditto, Extension, 71. 16s. 3d.
Dundalk and Enniskilen, 23/4 ; Eastern Counties, 22% ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 15% ex div. • Ely
and Bedford, 2%; Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, a Is.
1/. 2s. ; Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, 17 ; Ditto, Half
Shares, 8% 1/2 ; Grand Junction, 226 2261,x, ex div. ; Ditto,
Eighths, 19%; Great North of England, 30/. Shares, 20 2014 ;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 35% ; Leeds and Thirsk, 4% 4 ;
Leeds and West Riding, 6% ; Limerick and Waterford,
43 ; Liverpool and ManclL-ster, ex div., 207 ; Ditto,
Nevf Shares, 3834 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 31. 6s.
3/. 17s. 6d. ; London and Birmingham, ex div., 231% ;
Ditto, Half Shares, ex div., 431,4 ; London and South
Western, ex div., 79 ; London and York, 334 3% ; Man-
chester and Birmingham, ex div., 651 •, Ditto, New Shares,
51/8 514 prem. ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, ex div., 165 ;
Manchester and Leeds, ex. div., 145 146 ; Ditto, Half Shares,
cx div., 641/, ; Midland Stock, ex div., 140 1393/4 ; Ditto,
40/. Shares, ex div., 13% 3/4 ; Ditto, Birmingham and
Derby, ex div., 1081/, ; North Wales Mineral, ex
new, 13; Oxford, Worcester, and Rugby. 31. 18s. 9d.,
3/. 17s. 6d. ; Pregton and Wyre, 131 ; Scottish
Central, 4% 51%; Sheffield and Lincoln, 1/. 45., 1/. ss. ;
Sheffield and Manchester, ex int., 109 111 ; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, ex int., 131/4 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction,
7 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 3% %;
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Birmingham, 51/8 4%;
South-Eastern, ex new, 431/2 44; Ditto, New Shares, at
18 discount, ex new 18 17% ; Ditto, New Shares, at 16 2-3
discount, 11% 12%; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3, 934 1,4 ;
Trent Valley, 1634, ex new; West Yorkshire, 3/. ss. 3/. 6s ;
Boulogne and Amiens (English), 11% 12 ; Consolidated
Central of France, 1734 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (Eng-
lish), 101/8 3s. 9d.; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 21. lle. ;
Paris acd Rouen, ex div., 441/8 4414 ; Paris and St. Quin-
tin, 2/. 6s. 214; Toulouse and Bordeaux, 2%; Toulouse,
Bordeaux, and Cette, 2%; Verona and Ancona, 1%.
Accounts from Arica, yid New York, state that proposals
had been made to the Bolivian Government, for the exclu-
sive privilege of exporting bark by some British merchants,
and which it was believed would be granted, and continued
whatever change of Government might occur.
There lies been a meeting to-day at the East India
House relative to the oft-debated matter of the Raja of
Sattara, but the subject excites very little general interest,
however important to the individual immediately concerned.
Stocks are very quiet, and a little flat. Consols realise
99% for Money, and 100 for Account. Exchequer-bills
have eieclined to 655. and 625. premium. India Stock, for
Money, has been done at 284 ; and Bank Stock, for Account,
at 215%.
There is also very little doing in the Foreign Market.
Spanish Actives bring 3014 %,; being rather lower. Portu-
guese Converted are 6814 to % Mexican Stock is 363/ to
36%. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 63%.
The Railway Shares are very well supported, with a
moderate business doing at the quotations below given.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Consols Anns 99'34%
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726 983/4
India Stock 284

India Bonds 1,000/ ... 73
Ditto under 1,0001 —
Bank Stock for Account.
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. INd. I%d.
1,000/.
500/.
Ditto Small —
Ditto Advertised ..... ...
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 pee Cent.
Ditto for the Account 3673
Ditto Deferred Stock l7
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted
Ditto for the Account .. 681%
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll7
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 3O V,,14
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Passive Bonds 7 %
Dutch 2% per Cents
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
. PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER Slum
Aberdeen . 21/2 23/4 to
Armagh, Coleraine, P..rtrush 1% l/s 5/ to
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 134 135... to 133
Ditto, tiat,f Shares . ..... .. 3 - to . 4
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, New..
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln ... 11/ ...... 63/4% to
Chester and Holyhead 5 ...... 8%:3/4% to
Churnet Valley
Cornwall
Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth 1%...... 2 /2%
Pirect Northern
Dublin and Belfast Junction 21/2 6 ...... to
Dublin and Galway 2I,C 3 ...... to 2%
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union
Ditto Extension
Great South and IV. (Irish)... 5
Ditto Extension
Great Western
Ditto % Shares 5O lOl
- Ditto Fifths
Guildford, Farnham, Portms. 21/ 5
Hull and Selby SO
__ _.

Ditto Half Shares
Kentish Coast
Lancaster and Carlisle... l5 .. ... 35
Lincoln, York, and Leeds l% 1
London and Birmingham ...100 234 ...... to 233
Ditto Thirds
London and Blackwall 16% 7,4%... to
London and 8right0n.......... 50
London and Croydon
Ditto Guaranteed 5 per Ct. 4
Loudon and South Western.. 4.0/8 79M.. to 80
Ditto New 2% 12% to
Ditto New

London and York...—. 2l/2_ .. 314%... to
Lynn and Ely
Manelieitei and Leeds 73 .....145 -3
Ditto Half Shares
Midland lOO l3Bl/2 to
Ditto New
Midland, Birm. and Derby ...100 lO 6
Newcastle & Darlington .iune. 24 ...... 471/2 to
Ditto New Brandling
North British
Ditto New 1 .. ... 41,( ...... to
Northern and Eastern
North Wales ll4 ..... 23/41/2... to
Preston and Wyre
Rugby, Worcester. and Tring 1
Scottish Midland ll/2 3% to
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2% 33/,t to 41,4
South Devon
South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 43%...... to
Ditto New, No. 1 8
Ditto New, No. 3 21,4 9
South Wales
Trent Valley
West Cornwall ll4 41.% to
York and North Midland ... 50 ......1021/2 to
Ditto Selby
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
Bordeaux and Toulouse
Bordeanx,Toulouse,andCette 2
Great Northern of France ... 4
Lyons and Avignon
Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 2
Paris and Lyons ( Laffitte) ... 2
Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's) 2 ...
Paris and Orleans 2O ...... 52
Paris and Rouen .
Paris and Strasburg... 2 ...... 2,y4 to 3
Rouen and Havre
Tours and Nantes, (Mackenzie) 2
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCh 17.—The sales
are :—Dublin and Drogheda, 821/2 ex div. ; Eastern Counties,
221/2 % ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarter Shares, 151/2 ;
London and South-Western, 79 ex div. ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 57 14 ex new and ex div. ; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 9% % ex new and ex div. ; Ditto, New Quarters, 5
prem. ; Midland Railway Consols, 401. Shares, 131/2 ; North
British, New Shares, 414 ; Preston and Wyre, 3014 ; Sheffield
and Manchester, 109 112; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 13 1-16;
South-Eastern. 441/2 ; Ditto, No. 2, 12% 1/2 ; Ditto, No. 3,
9 1/2 ; Barnsley Junction, 6% ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and
Cheshire Junction, 9 3/4 ; Blackburo, Burnley, and Accrington,
6 % ; Blackburn, Darwon, and Bolton, 4 1-16 ; Caledonian,
9% 10; Cambridge and Lincoln, 61/2 % ; Churnet Valley,
6% 7 ; Direct Northern, 4%; Erewash Valley, 131/2 ; Great
Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, 31/2 3/4 ; Huddersfield and
Manchester Railway and Canal, 51/2 ; Leeds and West Riding
Junction, 6 13- 16 3/4 ; Liverpool; Ormskirk, and Preston,
3 5.16 ; London and Worcester, Oxford and Rugby, 4% ;
London and York, 3% ; Scottish Central, 43 5 ; Scottish
Midland, 21/0 %; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 255. ;
Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c., 51/ A; South-
port and Euxton, 3% ; Trent Valley, 17 16% ex new ;
West Yorkshire, 3 3-16; Paris and Lyons (English), 41/2.

CURLING.—The severity of the weather has enabled
a number of gentlemen from the north to enjoy their
favourite pastime of curling on the lake at the Surrey
Zoological Gardens, where they assemble as early as
seven o'clock.

ACCIDENT FROM WINDOW CLEANING.—A female
servant of Mr. Butt, tailor, Westminster-road, fell from a
second-floor window yesterday morning as she was standing
on the outside to clean it. Her shoulder was dislocated; but
otherwise the injuries she received were not so serious as
might have been expected.
THE NEW DEPUTY CORONER FOR WESTMINSTER.
—The Lord-Chancellor having signified his approval of Mr.
Bedford, of the firm of Bedford and Vincent, of Dartmouth.
street, Westminster, the newly-appointed deputy coroner for
the city and liberties of Westminster, in the place of Mr.
Higgs, who has held the office upwards of a quarter of a
century, has appointed to morrow (Wednesday) for swearing
him in. On that day, Mr. Higgs ceases to act, and Mr. Bedford
enters upon the functions of his office.
SIGNS or IMPROVEMENT.—Messrs. Ainscow and
Tomlinson, machine-makers of this town, have, in coin•
pliance with the request of their workmen, granted them
half an hour in each day as tea time, for five days in the
week—a privilege of which they were deprived during the
late depression. On the announcement of the above to the
men, a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to their em-
ployers, for their kindness and liberality.—Preston Guardian.
ARSON.—The. Directors of the West of England
Fire Insurance Company, in order to put an end to the very
serious losses incurred by the wanton setting fire to farming
and other property in this and other counties, have intimated
their determination to prosecute all offenders, so as to lead
to the severest punishment of such persons. The company
have ordered their solicitor, Mr. Barnes, to prosecute, at
the ensuing assizes, Mary Hayes and Mary Lashbrook,
charged with an offence of this description at Bideford.—
Devanpor t Telegraph.
THE GENERAL POST-OFFlCE.—Ccnsiderable altera-
tions are about to be made in the establishment of the
General Post-office, in St. Martin's-le•Grand, by the erection
of side galleries and other conveniences in the newspaper and
letter-sorting offices, in order to expedite both the morning
and evening duties.