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LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1845.

The House of Lords met at Five o'Clock.

The Privy Council Appellant Act Amendment Juris-
diction Bill was read a second time, after a short dis-

cession.
On the motion that the Auction Duties Bill be read a
second time,
The Duke of RICHMOND moved that it be read a second
time that day six months. The agricultural inte-igt
ought to be relieved by the remission of the malt-tax.
They paid the expenses of the prosecution of prisoners,
and for the maintenance of prisoners in prison ; they
were also burdened with the payment of the clergyman
in every parish, and therefore he thought that the Go-
vernment ought to pay half the county-rate, and from
20 to 30 per cent. of the poor-rates.
The Earl of DALHOUSIE said that the tax was both
demoralising and unproductive, and that therefore it
ougbt to be removed.
The Earl of MALMESBURY considered that tie agr'.
cultural interest had been injured by the measures of the
Governmeat.
The Earl of WINCHILSEA, Lord BEAUMONT, and Lord
STANLEY supported the measure.
The Marquis of NORMANBY objected to the abolition
of the auction duty, because he considered that it would
make the income-tax perpetual.
On a division the numbers were—Content, 33 ; Non-
Contents, 15 ; Majority, 18. The Bill then went
through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third
time.
The Customs Duty Bill passed through Committee,
and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to•
morrow.
The Commons met at Four o'clock.
Mr. F. FRENCH moved that the Irish Great Western
(Dublin and Galway) Railway Bill be permitted to
proceed.
Mr. ESTCOTT opposed the motion.
The motion was opposed by several Members of the
Standing Orders Committee, but was eventually carried
by a majority of 16, the numbers being—For the Motion,
97 ; Against, 81 ; Majority, 16.
A long discussion ensued as to the attendance of
Members on Railway Committees, and it was suggested
by Mr. HUME and several other Hon. Members that a
call of the House ought to take place, in order to compel
the attendance of Irish Members.
On the order of the day for the bringing up of the
report on the Maynooth Bill being read,
Mr. SHAESIAN CRAWFORD moved an amendment,
that any provision for the separate or exclu-
sive education of any particular religious denomina-
tion, or for the support or endowment of any religious
sect or sects by State grants, or funds raised by com-
pulsory assessment, whether under the name of tithes,
rents, cesses, taxes, regium donum, or under any other
name or form whatever, is a violation of the rights of
conscience, detrimental to religious truth, and danger-
ous to civil and religious freedom, and that all such
establishments, grants, or endowments now in existence
in the United Kingdom ought to be discontinued with as
little delay as may be consistent with a due regard to the
rights of those who have life interests in the same.
This motion gave rise to a lengthened discussion,
which was terminated by a division in which Mr.
CRAWFORD'S motion was rejected by 139, and the Re-
port on the Maynooth Grant was received.
Lord PALMERSTON then rose to ask Sir R. PEEL a
question respecting the slave-trade, that led to an ani-
mated debate, terminating, h,,wever, in no immediate re
cult ; and, after the other orders of the day were dis-
posed of, the House adjourned.

Mr. 1-ItmE has given notice that on Friday next he
will move a call of the House. The attendance of Mem-
bers in Committees, independent of other Parliamentary
duties, has become so fatiguing, owing to the vast
number of railways and private Bills, that a more equal
division of labour is found absolutely necessary, and a
very general feeling was expressed last night of the
hardship that certain representatives should be csom-
pelled to do all the drudgery of Parliament, while not
fewer than one hundred Members were absent without
leave, and enjoying rustic felicity during the most
busy period of the session. Lord CASTLEREAGII,
concurring with others in such sentiments, asked
whether the House was prepared to order the
Sergeant-at-Arms to be sent over to Ireland, to
bring in custody those Honourable Members who
had not attended Parliament this session ; and the
reply was, on the part of Lord G. SOMERSET, that he
should be prepared, in the case of every Member,
whether connected with England, Ireland, or Scotland,
who did not attend when summoned, to move that he be
committed to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms.
This question will, therefore, be brought to an issue,
and it will be curious to see what influence the order
will have on the Irish absentees. Probably some of
them will set the resolution at defiance. In Ireland it
is no uncommon occurrence for an officer with a
judge's warrant, or other warrants equally peremp-.
tory, to be kept at bay for weeks, a-_,d
finally compelled to retire with defeat. Will the
Speaker's warrant in this instance be treated with more
respect ? Mr. O'CONNELL and a great portion of his
tail have wilfully absented themselves from the House of
Commons; they regard the Legislature as totally ueeitss
for Irish purposes, and it is extremely probable that
' they will carry out perhaps a preconcerted
plan, and avoid the warrant. But, besides, it will re-
quire a small army of officers to capture the recreant
Members—some will escape to the fastnesses of the
west or south, others will hide themselves in Dublin ;
and supposing that each Member is endued with the
obstinate spirit and resolution of Cenus WILSON, ten
officers br each fugitive would be barely sufficient.
Some twenty or thirty representatives have deserted
their post, so that a force of at least two hundred men
would be required to carry on this gittnreoafinMneetuntbrearl-.
hunting, even supposing the peasantry to em
Still-hunting was nothing to this. But to look
at the subject in a serious light, the public
cannot fail to view Mr. O'CONNELL'S conduct
in a very unfavourable light. Certain parties, it is
true, have exhibited an uncharitable apirit in reference
to the Maynooth grant, but that is no fault • "
of Commons or the Governme' b
did Members
the
rs
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perform their duty so towards Ireland as the tna-
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jority-
on
net question, including Whigi•
Tonic
and Radical Reforniers; oh of whom
nave sacrificed great interests for the sake of
principle and rendering justice to Ireland.
The least that Mr. O'ConsEtL can do is to assist them
in this noble "inirpose. Does he wish to strengthen a
entertained by some of his political enemies,
and refuse to lend his powerful aid in forwarding mea •
sures which may render agitation unnecessary ?

IThe first and most natural emotion excited by an
overwhelming calamity like that which has just occurred
at Yarmouth, through the fall of an iron suspension-
bridge, is naturally one of profound regret for so vast a
number of our fellow-creatures and countrymen, sud-
denly, and in a moment, as it were, of unheeding fes •
tivity, swept off the stage of human existence! The next
impression produced by so awful a catastrophe as this
sacrifice of more than 100 lives, in little more than as
many seconds, is one of profound sympathy for the be-
reaved survivors of these ill-fated victims, who, in the
relations of wives, sons, daughters, husbands, have
lost their natural friends or protectors, their guar-
dians or parents. The considerations, however, which
connect themselves with so ,frightful and extensive a dis-
aster, are too solemn for a more enlarged discussion in
this place. We turn, therefor e, from the irretrievable
destruction of life to the precautions which the demands
of future security so imperatively raguire to be adopted
in testing the stability of all public wor ks, structures, and
edihu:s, upon or about which masa 's of the people
ke:v at any time to be congregated. It
are 1.
would be strange, indeed, were this horrible
causualty to be allowed to pass out of the
public remembrancewithout furCishing a salutary as
well as memorable lesso..l, in the firs,;place, to those who
ls; in the second
undertake such eonstructio.to the au-
thority and principals, municipal or' other, by whom
they are employed. Is it possible to give, maore force and
point however to such a lesson than are coi-municated
by some of the incidents connected with this
deplorable accident ? We do not bappon ro
aware of tile dimensions of ti pis suspension-budge, or
the or weiglit of the chair 19, the suspenclin.z-rode,

or the links, the total length of the bridge, the
dis-
tance between the extreme points of suspension, or the
aggregate weight of metal employed. But it would
seem, that at the moment preceding its breaking
through or down—that is when the greatest number
of spectators was upon it—there were not above
four hundred persons assembled, and of these a large
proportion were probably youths and children. Sup-
pose there had been five hundred adults of the average
weight of twelve stone each ; their united pressure on
the bridge would have been but thirty-seven tons. It
is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the material, the
design, or the construction of this bridge, must have been
faulty to a most extraordinary extent. We should be
extremely sorry to prejudge the cause of a misfortune
which must so soon become the subject of legal inquiry.
The matter is still open, no doubt, to the proof, for aught
we know to the cont.rary, that it was the result of una-
voidable causes not within the control, nor, necessarily,
within the cognisance or calculations of the architect,
the engineer, or the contractor, or of the surveyor,
or Committee who may have approved and reported upon
both the design and execution of the bridge. But let us
take the fact to be so; and even on that most favourable
assumption how powerful a case is made out for the esta-
blishment of some responsible jurisdiction—some Na-
tional Commission of scientific and practical men,
who shall be invested with the important trust
of minutely examining and severely testing every
work of this kind before the proprietary or di-
rection shall be at liberty to open it to the public. It is
really remarkable that bat a few weeks have elapsed
since the fatal falling in of part of a railway bridge at
Ashton ; and, if we remember rightly, within a very
brief period indeed, this same town of Yarmouth has been
signalised by two other fatal accidents. In the first, the
centering of an archway being struck too soon, the super-
incumbent masonry gave way, the master-builder nar-
rowly escaping with his life, his foreman being killed on
the spot ; in the second, under circumstances not rely
dissimilar, the same master-builder being himself
killed on the spot, together with one of his
labourers. Surely, had the works in question been
previously inspected by duly qualified persons, having
no further interest in the matter but to make such report
as should be consistent with their own reputation,
veracity, and standing, professional or official, there
is every human probability that these sad con-
sequences would not have ensued. If for a moment
we picture a case nearer home, we are absolutely ap.
palled at the bare imagination of what might have hap-
pened on Thursday last, when Hungerford Suspension-
bridge was first thrown open. In the course of the day
its total length of fourteen hundred feet was crossed by
at least twenty-five thousand people. But on its ex-
treme centre breadth of six hundred feet from tower to
tower, there were collected, at one period, not less than
one thousand people. What would have been the effect
of bad construction, defective material, or untested de-
sign, in that instance ?
Averse as we are, on general principles, to the inter-
vention of the Government on suspension-bridges or
railroads, the first duty of that Government, it must be
allowed, is to provide for the personal safety of the
QUEEN'S subjects ; and if the Commission we speak of
were to be composed, one-half of private, the other of
Government engineers—the latter to be remunerated
by the Minister, the former by the county
or the district—the main objection to its constitu-
tion would be removed. And, indeed, up to this
extent, w e should as much advocate the interference of
Government as we should deprecate such interference
beyond it. But the Government itself, as in its whole
legislation on money and on railroads, is always prone
to commit the error of exceeding the mark, which they
would do so beneficially for the public to pawe at.
Arid, with all respect for the Premier, we cannot help
sit) ing that if, instead of indulging his morbid horror of
private " speculation," which is the soul of all mercan-
tile enterprise and greatness, he would limit his legisla-
tion to avoid positive, tangible evil to the public, he
would make the just distinction he has so mischievously
missed in the two cases we refer to, of leaving private
capital to pursue its own evolutions, so long as these do
not infringe on the public convenience or welfare.

Madrid journals of the 28th ult. have b'en received,
but we find no news in them of the slightest interest.
On that day the Three per Cents. closed at 35:41 at 60
days ; the Five per Cents. at 26 1-16 ; and the Debt
without interest at 84 for cash, and 91 at 60 days.

The French Chamber of Deputies on Saturday
brought the discussion on the Jesuit question to a con-
clusion, by adopting the following resolution proposed
by M. THIERS :—" The Chamber, relying on the Go-
vernment for the execution of the laws of the Statc?,
passes to the order of the day." The result appeared
to give great satisfaction, not only to the Ministry, but
the great mkority of the Chamber, for in a House con-
sisting four hundred, not more than forty Members
nipposed it—these consisting chiefly of Legitimatists and
Members of the extreme Left. After M. BERRYER had
finished his speech in the early part of the day, the
Attorney-General, M. HEBERT, followed, and took
nearly the same view of the case as M. THIER3, but de-
nounced the Jesuits in still stronger terms. The exist-
ence of the Society in France, as an unlicensed con-
gregation, he said, was an evil, and contrary
to the law. The Jesuits he regarded as the
most dangerous and most con tant enemies of the two
revolutions, the source of al the liberties of France.
" The laws against them," concluded the speaker,
" exist and are efficacious ; wisdom, perhaps, counsels
that they be allowed to sleep fur t time, for peace is
better than war, and persuasion better than force S but
if peace be no longer possible, and persuasion fruitless,
the laws, I repeat, exist, and ought to be executed.' N.
DE LAMARTINE spoke next but amidst constant interrup-
tions. his eloquence was all thr,wn away, for no one
would listen to arguments ior the separation of Church
and State, and !..itavour of the Jesuits. The Marquis
DE LA IIccIiEJAQUELIN had no better success, and the
reeling in the Chamber left no doubt whatever that
unle,.s the Government put down theoe iliti'lguing reli-
gious politicians, the represclUaliVes of the people do
it for them M, tliikas, on finding that his motion
met Wll,h the approbation of the Government, again
hrifly addressed the Chamber in those words !

" After the declaration Of M. Martin (du 'Nord), I thihk we
have come pretty nearly to an Understanding. I shall state my
opinion. There are laws or the State Inhontestible, Uncontested—
Uncontested, at least, 1* the boverninent, by me, or by a great
Oortion Of the Mcitbcrs of this Chamber. In consequence of cir.
trrstsshcts these laws remained unexecuted. The cireumettatices
tibte changed, and it has become urgent that the lbws thotild be
a;.plied. Nevertheless, the Ootiefintlent Charged With their etecu-
tion ought to have the latitude whith is necessary for that ptirPoSe.
It has had recourse to the spirittial authority: I appitre Of that
proceeding, but Upon. one hohnltioli. It is this, that whatever may
be the result Of it* negotiations with that authority (an authority
fespeet, but to which I would not submit the laws of my
Country), the laws shall be put in execution. On this Conilititin
the Minister of Public Worship and myself agree in opinion: This
is an admission that the laws exist, and that the applitation of them
is necessary, and It 15 well understood that should the hegotiatitins
with the spirituel authority be unsuccessful, that aitheatiOn of the
IaWS Will take plate,"

On mr.4l.lay the Chamber was to take into considera-
tion the Bill for arming the fortifications of Paris,
Thfyb amendments had been announced, and it was
generally believed that one of them, which is to the
following tired, would be adopted t—" Paris shall not
be placed In a state of defence but in virtue of a law,
and the arming of the fortifications shall not
take place until after war shall have been de-
clared." The papers announce that on the cele-
bration of the KING'S fa: at Lyons a deplorable
accident happened on one of the bridges. The crowd,
eager to see the fireworks, had rushed forward in a
mass to obtain good places, when eight persons were
trampled to death. No business was done at Paris in
the public funds on Sunday.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—the marriage of
Mr. James Harrison Cholmeley, brother of Sir James Mon-
tagu Cholmeley, Bart., of Easton Hall, Lincolnshire, with Miss
Charlotte Octavia Johnstone, of Alva, took place this morn-
ing, in Langham- place Church. After the ceremony a nu-
merous party of the friends and relatives of both families as-
sembled at Farrence's Hotel, Belgrave-square, where an
elegant dejeune was served to a party of fifty.
NOVEL RACE OF MAN V. Hortm—Yesterday
considerable number of the sporting fraternity met at the Three
Cats public-house, at Acton-bottom, to witness the singular and
novel match performed, which was for Mountjoy (the well.known
London pedestrian) to contend against Mr. Counsellor's horse.
The terms of the contest were that Mountjoy should hop on one leg
75 yards, and the horse to gallop 1511 yards, the first in to be the
winner. The stakes were 101. aside. In the betting department
there was a good deal of speculation. The necessary preliminaries
being arranged, the arnpetitors came to the starting scratch, and
Mountjoy, taking his position in advance of the horse, leaving 75
yards to the winning post, the signal was given, and away they
went, Mountjoy hopping with great dexterity, and the horse was
quickly in a gallop. The biped having stole a march upon his
quadruped opponent, all efforts of the jockey were unsuccessful,
and Mountjoy came in the winner.
FATAL ACCIDENT BY MACHINERY.—MANCRES•
TER, SATURDAY.—Yesterday a most melancholy and fatal accident
occurred at Messrs. Yates' mill, commonly called the Bee Hive
Mill, Jersey-street, in this town. It appears that on the morning of
yesterday, a female, about 23 years of age, named Ellz4beth Elliot,
went into the mill in search of employment, which she had been
promised. On entering the room in which she was to have been
employed, her clothes were caught by an upright shaft going at the
time at the rate of 160 revolutions a minute. She was instantly
"lapped" round the shaft, and several minutes elapsed before the
engine could be stopped to extricate her. The shaft is situate
within a few inches of the wall, so that with each revolution she
:/as4Redcoasid;hAnedziagdsaeluantasht;tEhueraswrzaelotlu.orzedoShri.e was dreadfully mutilated and
siguiuteendceeadofvrthheenutnakfaevnoudriwbnle.
stateln the evening an inquest was held
before Mr. Chapman and a respectable jury, when a verdict of
ICofALtheGwAeaßtDherEN,
the S.— oThpeniCongnof
beie gardens has been postponeduntil Whit-Monday next,

THIS DAY'q
N- t,

MONEY and CONIMERCIAL NEWS.
an', QUARTET: TO THREE.
The Sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 11 ,GOO
bales, including 4,000 bales of Aineriesste.: speculation. The
market was steady and prh 'Were firm. 500 .bales Surat
went at 25Ad.. tsi•Ad. ; 400 Egyptian at 5%d to Bd.; 300
Pernaine rt 51/2d. to 5%d. ; and nearly 9,000 bales American
at sqa. to 6d. per lb. There was s dull market for Irish
Shares generally, and but little demand for English Scrip.
Armagh and Portrush, 234 • Barnsley Junction, 71s. 1.1,dt
Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chester itunetiob, 9 ; Birming-
ham and Gloucester, 135; Ditto, New Quarters, 4%; Belfast
and Ballymena, 81/s IA ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool,
10% ; Caledonian, 114 ; Ditto Extension, 314 ;Cy
bridge and Lincoln, 81/4-
;
Chester and Holyhead, 17% Chtitt'et Valley, 7% 1/8 ;
Chester and pirk,rhitfe.., ;
Clitheroe Junction, 74. 33,i 'Cork and Waterford, 565. 6d.
2%; Dereltam and Norwich, 21s. ; Dublin and Belfast Junc-
tion, 11 lON ; Dublin and Galway, 3%; Dundee and Perth,
735. 6d. ; Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlcne, % ;
Eastern Counties, 20 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 641/2 ; .Euin
burgh, Leith, and Granton, 151,4 ; Glasgow and Dumfries,
295. ; (;,Sand Junction, 230 232 ; Ditto, Half Shares,
1141/2 116 ; Ditto, New Quarters, 4514 46 ; Ditto, Eighth
Shares, 191,4 ; Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 61.1 f ; Great
Munster, 31. 3/. Is. 3d. ; Great Southern and Western Ex-
tension, 13% ; Goole and Doncaster, 1% ; Inverness and
Elgin, 28s. ; Jamaica 4t.thetion, 61/2 ; Lancaster and Preston,
52% ; and Waterford, 8% ; Liverpool, Ormskirk,
and Petaton, 2% %; London and Birmingham, 32/. Shares,
41% ; London and Croydon, 1814 ; Ditto, New Shares, 1% ;
Londonderry and Enniskillen, 4% ; London and York, 5 ;
Direct Northern, 314 3s. 9d. ; Leeds and Dewsbury, 10% 11 ;
Leeds and Thirsk, 61/4 ; Leeds and West Riding Junction,
61/ Ist; Manchester and Buxton, 6; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Midland Junction, 6%; Manchester and Leeds, 144%;
Ditto, Half Shares, 65% ; Midland Railway, 1571/2 ; Ditto,
401. hares, 104 ; Ditto, Fifth Shares, 3% ; Ditto Consoli-
dated Birmingham and Derby, 1171/2 ; Newark and Shef-
field, 5 with new ; Newry and Enniskillen, 514 ; North
British, Half Shares, 935. 9d. ; North Union (A), 145 ;
North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 6; North Western, 98s.
9d. 5!. ; Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 4% ; Sheffield
and Manchester, 122 120%; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15%;
Sheffield and Lincoln, 41s. 365. 6d.; Shrewsbury and Grand
Junction, 51/2 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 5
South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares., No. 1, 141/2 ; Ditto,
No. 3, 63% % ; Scottish Central, 7 ; Trent Valle., 18%;
Ditto Continuation, 2% 1/4 ; Welsh Midland, 2% ; West
Yorkshire, 7% 7%; York and Carlisle, 3% pm. ; Austrian
and Sardinian, ss. ; Louvain and Jemeppe, 4%% ; Northern
of France (Laffitte's), 5 f ; Paris and Lyons, English
(Laffitte's), 58s. 6d. • Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2%
51s. ; Royal North of Spain, 2%; Sambre and Meuse, 9%;
Verona and Ancona, 465. 483.6 d.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 5.-The sales
are :-Barnsley Junction, 3%4; Birkenhead, Manchester, and
Cheshire:Junction, 9%; Blackburn Burnley, and Accrington,
8%; Churnet Valley, 7 ; Clitheroe Junction, 33/4 prem. ;
Erewanh Valley, 18% ; Glasgow and Dumfries, 1%; Grand
Junction, 229 ex div. ; Huddersfield and Manchester Railway
and Canal, 7% 8 ; Leeds and Thirsk, 6% ;:;Leeds, Dewsbury,
and Manchester, 1034 11; Leeds and West Riding Junc-
tion, 61/2 14 ; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% ;
London and Brighton Consolidated, Eighths. 35 ; London
and York, 4% ; Manchester and Buxton, 5% ; Manchester:lnd
Leeds, Half Shares, 65%; Midland Railway, 40/. Shares, 19 ;
North Wales, 3 ; North Western, 5 1% %; Nottingham and
Mansfield, 3; Preston and Wyre Extension, '2% ; Scottish
.Central, 71/8; Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 2 1% ;
Sheffield and Manchester, 119 • Shrewsbury, Wolverhamp-
ton, Dudley, &c., 4% ; South Eastern, No. 1, 16; Ditto,
No. 3,7; Trent Valley Continuation and Holyhead Junc-
tion, 21/4 li3 prem ; Welsh Midland, 3 prem. ;. West Yorkshire,
8 % • Whitehayen and Furness, 3.
The advices by the West India Mail are of a satisfactory
character, and there is a generally promising statement as to
the weather and the crops in Jamaica and the other leading
islands. The labouring classes were conducting
themselves With propriety, and affording indubitable evi-
dence of the superiority of the inducement to freedom over
the coercion of slavery, by working steadily and continuously.
It is true there. are instances of occasional ebullition of feeling
among them; but are suck confined to coloured populations
only? The supplies of sugar from several of time islands will
be large, and the shipments were much forwarder than
usual. In fact, the large quantity already received in the
port of London will attest this.
Matters in Hayti are evidently in a satisfactory position,
and there appears to have been sonic apprehension of a re-
Hewed outbreak.
The letters by the Overland mail not being yet delivered,
we are only enabled to state that the published accounts are
considered to be satisfactory.
The public securities have been rather flat to day, and
there has been an indisposition to enter into fresh operations
Consols for Money have been 98% 1/2. being again lower;
and for time nominally the same. The premium on Exche-
quer-bills is 565. to 545. New Three and-a-Quarter per
Cents. are 100% %, and the Three per Cents. 97% to N.
Bank Stock has been firm at 2771.
The Foreign Securities are generally fluctuating also. Spa-
nish ActiYefhave been steady at 3014, and the Three per
Cents. at 4114. Portuguese Converted have realised 67 ;
Mexican have been down to 363/, and up again to 3714. Co-
lombian have been 15% ; Dutch Four per Cents. are 97%.
Railway Shares are unsteady, and, with a few exceptions,
sales have predominated.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 97 54'
3 per Cent. Consols Anns '
New 314 per Cent. Annuties 100%%
Long Annuities ,Expire sth Jan. 1860 lll4 5-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. 10, 1859 ll 1-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860
India Stock 277%
India Bonds 1,000/
Ditto under 1,0001 6B 71
South Sea Stock 11714
Ditto Old Annuities

Exchequer Bills. 11hd.
1,0001.
500/. ... . ! ...... ........
Ditto Small — 54 56 pm.
emu: OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent 9B
Columbian Bonds. l5l/2%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 363/ 374
Ditto for the Account.
Ditto Deferred Stock l7/414%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto Converted
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 1174
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840 3O
Ditto Passive Bonds 7l,
Ditto Deferred
1,,i
18
Ditto 3 per Cent 4114
Dutch 2% per Cents
•• ---
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHAM,.
Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% 2% to
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 137
Birmingham sand Oxford
_

1341

...... 10(s to 11%
10 11/
..... 171 3,
_
Junction... ...... ... • ... ...... 2
Bristol and Gloucester ......... 30
Caledonian
25 .. 2031/21%
Sy. to
7YB /,,, t o 8
CCahmesbterridagnedanndoLbtcaodln.
......
....
..
..
Churnet Valley 2 . "... to 17
rirect Northern
378 to
Dublin and Galway 2l/,
5% to 4%
Dublin and Mullingar ......... 2%
4 ...... to
Eastern Counties
to
Do. Perpet. 6 per Ct. No. 1,3% ...... 1% to
Edinburgh anti Glasgow ..... 50
Ditto Quarters
.....
Great Grimsby and Sheffield... 2:v.
......_.
Great South and W. (Irish),,. 5'4.... itA to
to
Ditto Extension ....,..,,,,. 2%,. l3
it
Harwi 1N to
Hull ahtl Seihy .......... .... ... 30 ......109
%9d.... 18%1/2 to 18
Ditto Half Shares. •,.
London and Birmingham ...100
Ditto 4 Shares 4 A ••• • 6 4•4 ..... 2
914
London
to 62%
London
ion
In ad
oo
nn aaannn ddd Bc 1
rraui clkijoatir
t1:1,
76
.1:
.1551306. ~, . . .
63
Londtitt anti South Western.. 411,
... to
791/2•••••• to
Ditto Net ~. ........
Y:4.— to
London and Y0rk........ ...... 2A .„ ...
Lynn and Ely ~,,,,,,
Londonderry and Coleraine lO2 ............ 3:31
Manchester and Leeds 73 .....139
Ditto Half Shares - 32 ...... 63
Midland ....,...‘,..,,. ie.* ......100 156 ••• e to 155
Ditto New ..................... 2
Newcastle and Berwick
Newark and Sheffield 1 A
North British .................. 10
3-
Ditto New ............ ... ..... 1 .. ... 4/a lA._ to
North Kent ..................... 23
... to 5
Norwich and Brandon lO ...
Ditto; New .. ..... . ............ 1
Rugby, Worcester. and 'fling 1
Scottish Central ............... 2% 7 IA ... to
Scottish Midland ........... ... 1% 3%... .. to
Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birrn. 2% 45,E to
South Devon
South Eastern and Dover ... 33% 40.1/1... .. to 39%
Ditto New, No. 1 8
Ditto New, N 0.2 7 .. ... 131,21 A % to
Ditto New, N 0.3 2l/ Oh.-- to 7%
South Wales
Trent Valley '2 ... .. 1811/ to 18
Trent Valley and Holyhead
Junction... —
•••
Waterford and Kilkenny...... 1 ...... 3:Yi to
West Yorkshire
Wilts,Somerset,& Weymouth 21/e•••••• 6% •to 5%
York and North Midland ... 50 ......103
Ditto, Extension
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 4 ...... 1014 to
Great Northern of France
(Laflitte's) 4 ...... 51/.IA ... to
Do. Do. (R05anne1'5)........, 2 ..... 2,4 to
Louvain and Jemeppe,„„„„ 2 ...... 4% v 234 to
Lyons and Avignon 2 ...... 2%... .. to
Namur and Liege 2l/2 ..... 51/A... to
Orleans and Bordeaux ...
Paris and Lyons (Laffitte)
Paris and Rouen
...... •••••
Paris.and_Strasburg 2 ...... 2 723 to
Sambre and Meuse
Sambre
['ours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 2 ...... 3

LLOYD'S Sliii-,etN6.—(THIS DA )
LONDON, MAY 6.—Wind westerly, fresh breeze and cloud.
DEAL, MAY 5.—P.31., Wind W., light.—Aral. Ninez,
Flight, Sierra Leone; Torento, 'Tucker, New York; Larina,
Telfer, Guadaloupe. Sid. John Bibby, Calcutta; Enchantress,
Batavia; Hector, Jamaica; Montetiore, Mauritius; George,
Berhice ; Blanche, Tobago ; Susannah, Halifax ; Victory,
Queboc.
TORBAY, MAY s.—Sid. Apollo, New York , Charles,
Quebec.
OFF WEYMOUTH, MAY 5 —Maria and Louisa, Van Sterne,
Gambia.
NENVUOTT, MAY 4.—Sid. Audacia, Brazil ; Helena, St.
LIVERPOOL,
cm , and Minerva'
Thomas.
FALMOUTH, MAY
London for Madras;
K.—Sld. Neptune, Pugwash. Off,
Templar, Brown, Sydney; British SoYereie, Mauritius.
Ponzsmount, MAY N.N.b.—Arrd. Robert
Small,
—uAbarr; d.aNreieinn(r)ckdoy,
Sld. Crusader, Honduras; Salvatcr and Wellington, New
YoI k.
Atkins, Bombay; aNnd.W.lu'nfrieussh.
, Cuba;
Tleeck, St John's, New Brunswick. Sid. Guatemapa, Val-
parasio ; Columbus, Pernumbuco ; Montezuma, New York;
Joshua Bates, Boston; W. S. Hamilton, Quebec. Off,
Troubadour, supposed from Bombay, Grecian. —.
WHITBY, MAY 4.—The schooner Diligence, coal laden,
will have to discharge her cargo, but it is expected she has
not received much damage.
OFF LYMINGTON, MAY 5.--Jane Frances, Crosby, Hobart
Town, sailed Jan. 18.

ABERDEEN, MAY 3.--Ski. Brothers, Sydney, C. B.
EititrritAMPTON, MAY s.—Arrd Cl pie steamer, West In-
dies— fampito, Uaith .; Janiaitay 811) ult..; and Pertnuda,
20th ult. I'reiglll:=ASE,6;ll .dollarg. e"in, 150 ~z. &rola
duet 691 4. silver, 93 serons cochineal, 13 serous of jalap,
and '3OO oz. Plata Boneta._

OFF CORK, MAY 2.—Acheron, Jolinson, St. Domingo, and
sailed for London ; Marquis of Hastings. Labiston, Sierra
Leone, and sailed for Sheerness—left March 16.
OFF SYDNEY, JAN. 7.—Agincourt, Norfolk Island, Cocos
Islands. Arrd. Asia (barque), Singapore. in a leaky state.
HonAttY.Torvx 18.—The Jane Frances 1-aves for
Ltnitlott to-ditv, full cargo and full of passengers. The Cal-
cutta, Ross, sailer, Bth inst., full cargo of oil and wool, full
of passengers. The William Jardine, Lode, and Derwent,
M'Pherson,- will leave Feb!. 1; with full cargies. The
Auriga is loading:

MARKET NE %I S.-(THIS

ECALY k.KICTS

SairrimEm.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4,15 s; use
ful do., 4/ 16s to 518 s ; fine Upland do., 5/10s to 5/ 15s ; Clover
Hay, 4/ lOs to 61 6s ; Oat Straw, to 2/ 2s ; Wheat Straw,
2/ 2s to 2l 4s per load. The supply of grain fodder beingon
the increase, the demand for both Hay and Straw has become
inactive, at barely late rates.
CumBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 15s to 4/ 16; ;
useful ditto, 4/ 17s to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ lOs to 5l 16s ;
Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s ;
Wheat Straw, 2/ 3s to 2/4s per load. Supply rather limited,
and trade rather brisk.
WHITECIIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4/ 16s
useful ditto, 4/ 17s to 5/ Ss ; fine Upland ditto, 51 lOs t, 5/
15s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61 6s ; Oat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s
Wheat Straw, 2/ 3s to 2/4s per load. Both Hay and Straw
sold steadily at full prices.
_ _ _

Occ::i-OZTI 4%1,

SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation is very heavy,
scarcely 100 hhds having found buyers, at rather lower prices,
establishing a decline since Friday week of Is on the low and
middling dscriptions. The stock of British Plantation in
London on the Ist inst. was 12,232 hhds 1,264 tres, against
4,142 hhds 619 tres at this time last year. The consumption
this year. has been 22,968 hhds 2,088 tres, being a slight
falling off. The stock of Mauritius is much larger, and also
of Bengal, of both of which there is a greatly increased con-
sumption this year.
COFFEE.-200 bags Java and 292 bags Costa Rica c.ffered
by auction sold, at 38s to 40s 6d for tine ord colotify Java.
A few lots of fine ord ditto at 545, and good ord Costa Rica
at 45s to 47s 6d, being, for the latter descriptions, compara-
tively low prices. The stock of British Plantation is 2,792
hhds, 2,918 brls and bags, against 2,249 hhds, 1,888 bales
and bags, at this time last year. The consumption is much
the same.

RUM.—The quantity landed last week was 218 puns 19
hhds. There were taken ti r home consumption 159 puns
17 hhds, and exported 305 puns 101 lnk. The stock is
10,966 puns 3,804 hints against 10,660 puns 2,958 idols at
this time last year.

SALTPETRE.-2,905 bags Bengal at auction chiefly found
buyers at 23 Gd to 25s 6d for 194 to 9 per cent refraction,
being a shade cheaper.
IlicE.-1,608 bags Bengal sold readily at rather higher
prices, viz., at lOs Gd to Ds 6d for 1.,w small and broken to
mid white.

- -
SPICES —3,669 bags Pepper, and 144 chests Cassia Lignea,
were offered by auction; nearly all the former was disposed
of at 2id to 2d for ord to good black Sumatra, but chiefly
23d and 3hd to 3id for good half heavy to good heavy
Malabar, which are at former prices. The latter sold at 53s 6d
to 60s 6d thr ord to mid quaity, being rather dearer.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 38s to 383 3d per cwt on the spot,
and Town 41s per cwt.
TEA.—The deliveries are moderate, and the market is quiet.

RAI LWAY COMMITTEES
(THIS DAY.)

Group U.—Room No. 16.
GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD, AND HULL AND
GAINSBOROUGII PROJECTIONS.

The Committee assembled this day, shortly atter Twelve o'clock,
having adjourned over from Friday last, at the request of Counsel
on both sides, who, as we announced in:our first edition of that day,
stated that they made the request hi the hope that, as there was no
difference between the promoters of the lines and the petitioners
against them as to the principle, they would be'able to make
mutual arrangements as to details.
Upon the CHAIRMAN taking his seat,

Mr. D'Exticouwr said he was happy to inform the Committee that
all turthcr opposition from the projectors of the Hull and Gains_
borough had been withdrawn.
The CHAIRMAN wished to know if there was not some opposition
by landowners? He had heard that Lord Scarborough was one of
those.

Mr. D'EY:sconwr taid he was not sure whether Lord Scarborough
would appear at all.

The CHAIRMAN asked if Mr. Duckle bad withdrawn his oppo.
sition ?

Mr. Duckle's agent said he would be able to give an answer in
a few minutes; an agreement had been drawn up, and it only re-
mained to be signed,
The Clerk said the next petitioners were the proprietors of the
Gainsborough bridge.
The agent for the Company said he had no opposition to the
preamble; he only wished to propose a clause.
The Cliatamitx wished to know deny person appeared on behalf
of Lord Scarborough.
The agent stated he believed that Lord Scarborough would not
appear by counsel. His Lordship did not oppose the preamble.
His was a claim for compensation. _

The Cle►k said the next petitioners were the trustees of the
Barton Waterside Road.

Mr. HILL, said he appeared merely on a clause.
The Rev. Mr. Williams said he would not appear by counsel,
but would have his case in the hands of the Committee.
The Clerk said the next petition was from the proprietors of the
River Trent, but there had been no, appearance to it.
The Cuscamax then asked if any person appeared for the Hull
and Gainsborough Company 2
Mr. WEBSTER said be did, and begged to announce that they
would offer no further opposition.
The Custards)/ then said the Committee were of opinion, that
the preamble of the Bill had been proved. He then stated. that
an application bad been made to increase the capital from
600,0001.. to 800,0001.
Itir;Picitzat No said they merely wished to alter that portion Or
the 4th clause, so as to increase the capital by 200,0001. in oroer to
have funds at their command to make a double line of rail
all through.
The CHAIRMAN doubted if they had the power to make the
alteration.—Some discussion having followed upon this pang, it
was agreed upon to flame a separaee clause to meet the difficulty
and the Chairman left the room for the purpse of consulting the
Speaker as to the consistency of such a course with the ,tanding
orders. He returned in about ha►l an hour, at d stated that having
consulted the highest authority to which lie could refer, the result
was, that the Bill must either be proceeded with as it stood ; or
if they intended to increase their stated capital, they would have to
go before the Standing Orders Committee again, and in fact go
through all the steps again in reference to the estimates, &c.
Mr. P CRERING said that under these circumstances they would
proceed wills their Bill as it stood.
The Clerk then proceeded to read the clauses. Clauses 16 and
17 were postponed fur the appearance of Mr. Dunkle's agent. Ou
clause 18 being read.

Mr. HILL, on behalf of certain turnpike trusts, in opposition to
the proposed crossing by the proposed line of the levels of the
turnpike roads passing betwe,ll Hull and Lincoln through Brigg.
It was the wain line to Brigg, a very populous town, anti Vie cross.
ing, would bring the trains so near as to cause risk to the people
liv►ng in that locality, who were constantly in the habit of walking
there, and pas ing and repassing with cattle, children, &c.
Mr. It. Ouston, one of the turnpike trustees, deposed that the
line proposed to be crossed was a great thoroughfare for carriers,
cattle, children, &c. ; this would be the third crossing proposed to
be made within a mile. There was no difficulty to making bridges
at the crossings except the expense to the Company.
To the CuitiesiaN—Has had no personal experience of danger
attending level crossings; his alarm is from a general supposition
as to inconvenience and danger. There would be four trains pass-
ing each way every day,

Mr. Fowler, engineer, on behalf of the promoters of the line,
deposed that if the Company were compel;ed to make bridges at
those crossings, the expense would amount to neatly 12,0001.
To the CHAIRMAN —The precautions to be taken by the pro-
moters would be sufficient to guard against danger. The Company
were willing to leave the matter to the Board of Trade.

The CHAIRMAN said, the Committee were of opinion
that no case of danger had been made out; and
some of the Members had travelled in other countries u here all the
crossings were crossings on a level, and no danger was apprehended.
Indeed, he (the Chairman) himself knew instances where bridges
had been built at crossings, and applications were made to have
them taken down again.— (Laugh t er.)

Group 0.
TRENT VALLEY.

The clauses of this Bill were proceeded with at the sitting of the
Committee.

Clauses 1 to 15 were agreed to without opposition.
An amendment to clause 16, which states that any shareholder
holding shares to the amount of 60,000/., may be at liberty to call
an extraosdinary meeting of the Company, was proposed by Mr.
Forsyth, on the part of the Grand Junction, to the effect that any
shareholder holding 500 shares, to the amount of 25,000/, or up-
wards, might require an extraordinary meeting to be convened.
Mr. TALBOT, for the Trent Valley Company, contended that the
proposed qualification was not too large, and that Shareholders
holding shares to a less amount than 60,0001., ought not to be at
liberty to put the Company to so much inconvenience.
The Committee was of opinion that the original clause should
stand.—An amendment was also proposed to clause 17, respecting
the number of shares necessary to give votes, which was not enter-
tained by the Committee.

Group F.

The Committee appointed to investigate the Bills comprised in
this group re-assembled this morning—present Mt. Shaw, Chair.
man, Mr. V. Stuart, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. Bramston, Mr. tics:in
Drummond.

LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORD.

SHIRE RAILWAY.

Mr. AUSTIN proceeded to open the case for the promoters
of this line The line commenced at the Tting station of
the London and Birmingham Railway, crossed the coup.
try to . Worcester, and so on to Dudley. There was
an extension to Wolverhampton, which was Bill number two, and
there was a branch from Dudley to Sedgley, which was Bill num-
ber three. These lines would be through valley courses, would
have easy gradients, and would accommodate a most important and
thickly populated district. The line for which he appeared was
opposed by one proposed by the Great Western Company—the one
line being on the broad guage, and the other, the London and Lir.
min. ham line, on the narrow gunge. The Learned Gentleman then
proceeded to point out the local advantages of the line he advocated.
He next addressed filmset to the question of the guage. He read
an extract from the report of the Board of Trade, showing that
with respect to to the gradients and engineering peculiarities there
was little to choose between the contending tines, but that the
eel' point at issue was the broad and narrow guages. The broad
guage was 7 feet between rail and rail ; whereas the narrow guage
was but 4 fee, 8} inches. The Learned Gentleman said he would
address himself to this question of guage, as it wad the great matter
which the Committee had to settle.

Group V.

The Committee, the O'Connor Don, Chairman, on the Bills
classed under this group assembled this morning at 12 o'clock, in
the room 19, and the engineering evidence on the Nottingham and
Lincoln lint was proceeded with.
The first witness called was

Frederick Swanick, who was joint engineer on the line with Mr.
R. Stevenson : he stated the cost of the proposed line at 408,0601.,
of which 73,4401. was appropriated to the purchase of land and to
compensation for injury done to property. This would give 12,0001.
for cost per mile, and 47,498/. for roads and bridges. The line
was intended to be above 33 miles in length, and would cross three
turnpike roads and 34 highways.
The witness was cross.ex4mined by Mr. Sergeant CLARKE and
Mr. HILL, Q. C., but nothing materially different from the exami.
nation in chief was elicited.

Group 00.

The Committee reassembled this day at 12 o'clock, in Room
No. 17. Present the Right Hon. H. LABOUCHEkE, Chairman, Mr.
Divett, Mr. A. Hussey, Lord Ingestrie, an vi Ilr. G. W. Heneage.
The procceedings were opened by the Hon. Chairman, who
said, he thought it better to take the postponed clauses in the unop-
posed case of

THE WHITBY AND PICKERING RAILWAY.

Mr. Hudson was called—The tolls proposed to be charged were

the same as those charged on the Syston and P terbor:us2h
way.

The CHIIRMAN—Yon prop,s,e by tho,e amendud clau•es to limit
the inggage of firat-Zleis parthhAf'..is to 100ibs. weight. Now, you
also limit the second and !bird...lass passengers in the gattle ratio to
a smaller amount. In the Syston and Peterborough, the first class
are allowed to take 1501b5., and the second and third class pas-
sengers 10011,s. withoat charge.

Mr. HUDSON had no objection to amend the clause in reference
to luggage. In iact, he would agree u,akts the taint as the
Syston and Peterborough.
•

The clauses regulating the tolls and charges were then agreed
to as amended. They are strictly copies of the tolls and charges
in the SI ston and Peterborough Railway But.

The CtlatnNiAN said he would report to the Hotbe that the fill
had been gone through.

Group X.
The Committee in this groups re..4sbemb:ed at twelve o'clock.
LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.

The Committee proceeded with the evidence in this cue.
Mr Thomas Bowyer, miller, of Huntingdon, gave evazience to

the effect that he formerly carried on an extensive trade in flour
with London, but that he had been recently shut out of this market
on account of the imperfect modes of transit, and the high rates
imposed. He considered that if the transit was reduced he could
regain his fo'mer trade and command the London market He
made at present 300 sacks of flour a week. He was a:so a dealer
in ci als. He used Lord Londonderry's Seabam coal He used
1,500 tons a year, taking an average of the last
four years. The freight was 4s. per ton, and Is Id.
per ton for tolls, n-aking ss. Id. in all. He dealt in
seeds, which he sent to several markets, amongst others, to
London, Hull, and Scot:and. The railway, he considered, would
effect a considerable reduction in the carriage of these. He dealt
likewise in oil, rape-cake, and guano. He sold of these 700 tons.
The sale was principally to the westward. Wool was another
article in which he traded. The amount he sent was 70 tons
per year. He forwarded it principa ly to Leeds, Bi ad.
ford, and Halifax. It cost him 31. to take a ton to Halifax,
Bradford, or Leeds. By the railway, he considered
it would go by Wakefield to the places named, and would cost 2d.
per mile per ton. That would make altogether for 109 miles, the
distance to Wakefield, 18s, 2sl. That would effect a saving of
about 2/. The further distance to Leeds or Bradford was but
trifling, so that the carriage would be but little inCrea,(ii.
This witness was cross-examined at Baffle length without shak-
ing his evidence in ar.iy material point.

Group I)D.

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY BRANCHES
TO CAMPSIE, &c.
The Committee re-at;embled at the usual this morning, and
immediately proceeded with the Bills before them. -
The first business transacted was the passing of Vie clauses of
the Campsie bronchi*, all of which were oppr(Ned of, with the
exception of clauses 13 and 14, which related to the comniu,tica.
lion to be made to ttnt corporation of Linlithgow in respect of
customs, and, also how compensation was to be estimated for injury
done to their revenue.

Mr. WHATSLY appeared for the Provost and borough of Lin.
lithgow, to oppose these clauses. He said the Edinburgh and Glasgow
Company had deprived the Corporation cf their rights, Power had
been given to the town council to se tle by arbitration with the
Railway Company the arranger• ent of the dues accruing to the
council from the construction of the tine over the Avon ;
but the Committee of the Railway Company would not
listen to any advances that had been tnaee. The right
to these dues had been vested in the town council of
Linlithgow from time immemorial. The attempted intronuction
of clauses 13 and 14 was a most extraordinary endeavour to rio.
late the provisions of an Act of Parliament ; for in ciefimice of the
Act the company had never paid any dues to the Town Council.
An action had been brought in September, 1844, against the coin.
pany by the borough of Linlithgow for the recovery of their dues,
with arrears, and the Lord Ordinary had pronounced an in-
terlocutory order in favour of the Town Council. To this
decision the railway company demurred, and an appeal action was
now pending. The Learned Counsel contended that the clauses he
had referred to would have the effect of entirely destroying the
rights which had accrued on the railway being made. He there-
lore trusted that the Committee wculd not allow them to stand
part of the Bill, or that they st ould be so amended as to suit the
views of the town-counci, of Linlithgow.