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clad brought down continued rounds of applause. Madame
Celeste, as the head of the " pretty girls the," played
with much natural vivacity and humour, and wore a charm.
lag costume. She was ported by Miss Woolgar, who,
sup
though with little to say, compensated for it by her attentive and
inleliigent " by-play," and her piquant and graceful appear-
ance. She h d one cr two little snatches of singing,
which were executed with taste and delicacy. Wright, as
the drunken drummer, of course did not fail to shake the
sides of the audience, and Munyard exerted himself success.
fully to enhance a small part. The appearance of the
`p retty
girls " en militaire was exceedingly striking, and their evolutions,
performed with the utmost precision, drew down enthusiastic ap.
plause. Webster and Madame Celeste were called for at the fall of
the curtain. The house was crowded in every part.

.IIIA.J.ESTY'S 'TiIEATi-tEo
Cerito and St. Leon have arrived, and made their
?r t appearance here this seascn, last evening, in the
beautiful divertissement, La Viva,u-liere, The bride
and bridegroom were greeted with enthusiastic con -
F.ratulations from all parts of the house. Never did
erito look better, never did she dance more faseinatz
Vy than last evening. The "pas de la Vivandiere
rs beautifully given, and the redowa was admirable.
Leon looked well, and danced as he alone can
toll"' They were admirably supported by the
VPhees and the corps de ballet, and never has La
Was been more excellently represented than it
"as last evening. The " Danseuses Viennoises"
1131xiared in it, in one of their national pas, which
Zaa not only danced with marvellous accuracy,
tout was acted with vast humour. At its
the stage,
bouquets innumerable were showered upon
and the scramble for them amused the
the Lenee vastly. The opera was 1 Puritani, cast in
Goa;
admirable manner as last year. Never (lid
sing the beautiful cavatina " Sen Verges Vez-
alA,:nrn.ore exquisitely than last evening ; and the mag-
"
bc t duet " Suona la tromba" was superbly given
Lablaehe and Fornasari. Mario, who was the
Art`n°, was in excellent voice, and seems to have
etu-orn—P',etalY recovered from the effect of the unfor-
, 9ate cold under which he was recently labouring.
ty.ter the first act of the opera the Danseuses
viennoises gave us the Pas de Mirroires, the
groupings in which are exceedingly beautiful.
t r the second act of the opera a new divertissement,
entitled La Bacchante, was produced, in which
Lucile Grahn appeared in one of those classical cha-
ttliteters to which she knows so well how to do jus-
e. Theo pera was succeeded by La Vivandiere ;
/,en we had the fourth act of Ernani, with Moriani,
N9rTiaari, and Madame Rita Borio; and after that the
vaYa' with Lucile Grahn and Perrot. The house
fro" crowded to excess. Every avenue to the pit,
ev„l4 which there was the slightest chance of getting
'llan occasional glimpse of the stage, was occupied

THE MAGAZINES.
COLBURN'S NEW MON7111:17 MAGAZINE.
" An Excursion up the Oronooka and Ramble
through Venezuela" forms the most interesting
feature in the present rinmber. The manners and
customs of the inhabitants, the appearance of the
country, and the character of General Paez are well
described. Pet z -,vas the son of a cattle-farmer, and
distinguished himself, from his youth, by skill and
activity in every manly exercise. He could throw
the lasso, fling the wild bull, or tame the unbroken
horse with any of his followers ; and his popular man-
ners, his bravery and spirit, gained him the confi-
dence of the patriots at the commencement of the war
of independence. By his indomitable perseverance
and conspicuous bravery he raised himself to the head
of a party, in opposition to Bolivar, and brought
about the separation from the triple republic, and main-
tained his position at the head of the republic of
Venezuela, even when reduced to the rank of a pri-
vate citizen. lie is said to be the richest man but
one in Venezuela, and his liberality and expenses are
equal to his riches. One of the great instruments
of his success was the formidable light cavalry which
he raised in the vast savannahs with which the
country abounds. It may be interesting to the
reader, therefore, to learn how this cavalry was
raised. Perhaps nowhere, says the traveller, except
among the Cossacks, did fitter materials for a formi-
dable light cavalry exist, than among the llanos of
Apure, Casanare, and Varinas, and adds—
" Frugal, hardy, and active, the Ilanero mounted upon
a horse, to whom the same epithets might well be applied,
unencumbered by any other clothing than a shirt, a pair
of drawers, and a straw hat or handkerchief bound round
his head, provided with a small bundle of tas3jo or dried
meat for sustenance, and armed with a lance and blun-
derbuss, was fully cquipped for an expedition of any von-

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Asetb-w five act play, from the pen of our old friend
sUeee,t'rwas produced here last evening, and was most
is 1,-;,"111. It is entitled Infatuation, and the scene
at in Paris during the reign of Napoleon,
Th -"e period of his divorce from Josephine.
(A.„!_heroine of the play is the Duchess de Bracciano.
iirs„ Cushman), the daughter of one of the old nobi-f
Her father fell a sacrifice during the Reign
.o
hates but the E-nperor has restored to her the family
trZes:_cli condition that she marries the Duke de
Th-eteno (Mr. H. Wallack), one of his ministers.
th The union is an unhappy one. The Duchess is en-
n.hiestic, warm-hearted, and honourable. The Duke,
pot,clevant Jacobin, is a cold, calculating, heartless
eCe`an• Can it be wondered at that she is miserable .
withl3el St. Ange (Mr. Hield), her cousin, loves her
the
a brotherly aff him
ect ion, and, in one of
t,, earliest scenes of the play, we find
ion. "13' warning her against the machina-
of Hermain Lindorff (Mr. Leigh Murray),
G er
tit.. man refugee, who has obtained the post of Seere- '
re l to the Duke, and who has abused the confidence
tirs‘seil in him by attempting to win the affections of
11114'nehess. It is evident that he has been but too
selfsatlnl• She fires up instantly, and reproaches her
m the most bitter terms, with having lent him-
is plot against an unfortunate exile. There
by ti
alarm in the street—Lindorff has been set upon
teneassassin9, and slightly wounded. This incident
s to complete her infatuation, for that moment it
aitebviderit that she is devotedly attached to Lindorff,
40: 4.0 she strives as much as possible to hide the
from herself. On his recovering, Lindorff pre-
his" nimself before her; his appearance is sad, and
calm anger respectful. She endeavours to appear
but it is evident that it costs her a severe
teoigiie• Lindorff takes advantage of this oppor-
h3' to declare his love, and then rushes from her
rsree bidding her farewell. She directly after-
loo%B receives a letter from him—at first she refuses
Pse n it, and determines to return it to him. She
andl,at forms excuses to herself for her conduct,
Cuotl"en opens and reads it. The acting of Miss
sts man in this scene was truly great. Never has the
kir ggie between duty and the heart been more power-
hinY or touchingly depicted. Lindorff in this letterdests, at suicide. She is in agony—she hates and
lijiles her husband, she loves Lindorff, but she, the
eieescendant of a noble ract, will never consent to
deaf cbmnur her ancestry. She too will seek refuge in
rate A ray of hope appears—the chance is a despe-
eo °tie, but it is still a chance. Her husband may
lesn:ent to a divorce, and trusting to this almost hope-
Rer ;'hand she writes to Lindorff and bids him live.
go tos enters and endeavours to. induce her to
ho u Court with him, to seek ad.mtiession into the
herself with
sehold of Marie Louise, to ingratiate
!A flaw Empress, and keep up a correspondence
I/Ith the
or
and Austrian Court, in order to secure a refuge
cm... 47 for herself,. in the event of any unforeseen
reree,l'r°,Phe occurring to the Emperor. She at once
to-th-'B,nis proposals, and threatens to denounce him
-Lltiperor if; he will not consent to a divorce.
e ostens calmly to her, and as calmly refuses her
quest, telling ues,, her she has' no evidence to prove the
nature of the overtures which he had made to her.
At this moment the Countess de Chateau Vieux
(Mrs. Brougham), her aunt, enters. She has
overheard the conversation, but the Duke is in-
exorable, and calmly bids them do their worst.
The Countess goes to the Emperor to sue for the di-
vorce, and the Emperor refuses to grant it unless the
Duke also consents. In the meantime St. Ange, who
has been on a special mission to Austria, has learned
that Lindorff is as he suspected, a villain, and sends
too_ his friend Gobert (Walter Lacy), a military dandy
conveyed
the first water, to cause Lindorff to be arrested and
, to the frontier. Gobert, who thinks it will
du:a fine thing to manage it all himself, goes to Lin-
thrfrs lodgings, but finds that Lindorff is not altoge-
rot!' unprotected. There is a certain Pierre La-
p. ne (Mr. Wallack) living with him, and
'hut
d Lindorff arrest the Colonel, and
%it himA up in a cellar. In the meantime St.
tinigel fearing lest his cousin should become the vic-
efiti°f, the intrigues of Lindorff, has returned to Paris
seat, Leave., and is placed under instant arrest in con-
tilttTl.ce bY the authorities. The Duke, believing
for b. his Wife loves St. Ange, and that it is her love
etni"rstni that causes her to desire the divorce, endea-
teriedll every means in his power to prolong the
his et °f his imprisonment. The Duke is alone in
Thev Ilinet, and Pierre de la Roche is announced.
trib ave been old colleagues in the revolutionary
deltia:lB (luring the Reign of Terror, and Pierre
At that the Duke shall consent to the divorce.
trreo's‘ the Duke is inclined to order him under
has but Pierre tells him it will be useless, as he
ever it in
his power to make him the execration of
nnle „ y,-kurnan being, ; and he tells him he will do so
40: "e immediately consents to the divorce. The
out „-f.' as agent of the revolutionary tribunal, had,
of tfl Private pique, caused the arrest and execution
the re father of the Duchess, and, having murdered
this 'ether, he had married the child. To prevent
the-- exposure the Duke at once consents to
sods `"vorce, and the Duchess unexpectedly
torn herself free. Pierre seeks Lindorff to
itedT,anieate to him the happy intelligence
e ,1:11e old veteran finds that he has been deceived.
10; had believed Lindorff to be honest—that he really
Dad the Duchess—instead of that, he finds him a
giftless libertine and Pierre determines to defend the
fr„l,tehess from his machinations. On finding herself
114? the first thing the Duchess does is to fly to the
po itation of Lindorff. She there finds Pierre, who ex -
114) her the utter worthlessness of the man on whoa
dieb."4,:cl fixed her affections. She declares her utter
anad'ef in the imputations cast on Lindorff,
116-, her contemptuous scorn for his calum-
n --,°fs• Pierre produces to her letters, which
it-Ave that Lindorff was affianced to another,
trol4 a that be intended to betray the Duchess
tv, lire of ignominy. Lindoff enters. She places
his e letters in his hands—watches the expression of
co
counteeance, as he peruses them, and in the
e'ionon„7 of her heart exclaims " Guilty." She is
aff "need, too late, that she has thrown away her
ro:,!_ti°ll3 on a villain. She would fain leave the
te;"1"; Lindorff attempts to prevent her. He is de-
e -mined to abuse the power which her trusting
sature has given him over her. Pierre defends her.
AMlncls are heard without. It is the guard, with St.
p.nge at their head, come to arrest Lindorff.
wit:.fe shows the Duchess a secret passage by
s she effects her escape, so that she is
11,,.red the shame of being found in Lindorff's room.
rest is soon told. Lindorff, who is a runaway
;swindler, is arrested and conveyed to Austria. Gobert
1, ffleased from the durance of the cellar. St. Ange
restored to liberty, and, as the divorce holds good,
is ; rewarded by the hand of the Duchess, who has
topletely recovered from her infatuation. The act-
in of Miss Cushman was throughout very fine.
wherehie h are many powerful situations in the play,
affoided her admirable oortunity for the
h:P"'Y of her powers, and of which she availed
at-faelt opportunity
the utmost. She was called for
w the conclusi,n, and received with loud applause.
allack, whose Pierre was a fine hearty piece of
feting,f then came forward, and announced the piece
e3l' repetition amidst loud applause, and with some
roht expression of disapprobation. The house was
Wded.

tinuance.
"At that period vast herds of horses wandered over
the savannahs ; these were driven in when a re-mount
was required, and then ensued one of the most charac-
teristic scenes of Llano campaigning. Each man singling
out his new horse, and flinging him with his lasso,
mounted, broke, and equipped his acquisition as he could.
The plain would be covered with horsemen struggling
with their horses, while the officers upon horses already
broke were stationed at intervals, not to succour those
who were thrown, but to prevent the horses from escap•
ing into the savannahs with the saddles and bridles, the
former frequently only of straw. It may be imagined
with what celerity, compared with the heavy cavalry of
Spain to which they were opposed, this guerilla horse
could act, and to this rude efficiency, together with the
craft and perseverance of their leader, the success of the
republican arms in the limes, when defeated elsewhere,
is to be mainly ascribed."
The fourth article, on " Passages in the Lives of
Celebrated Statesmen," is confined almost entirely to
Prince Metternich. It is on the whole respectable,
but fails to give a graphic description, or any very
remarkable insight into the character of that ex•
traordinary personage. " Nothing," says the writer,
"can exceed the contempt of -Metternich for the up-
start politicians of the day, and the revolutions which
have taken place in Italy, Piedmont, and the Penin-
sula," of which the following anecdotes may be given
as a sample, though we can hardly believe that a man
celebrated for his politenesi would be so rude :
" When the present King of Portugal, who was pre-
viously a lieutenant in the Austrian service, was married
to Donna Maria, his father came to announce the event
to the Austrian Chancellor, who had not been officially
informed of the young officer's departure for Lisbon. ' I
am happy,' observed the Prince, to hear of your son's
promotion and marriage ; but 1 hope he got the formal
consent of his colonel.' (In Austria, and generally in
Germany, young officers cannot marry without the con-
sent of their commanding officer.)"
The following particulars of the Bokhara victims,
evidently founded on the pamphlet t f Captain Grover,
may surprise some readers. It is certainly new to us
that Colonel Stoddart was so utterly unfitted for a
mission requiring great tact and discretion
We detect in this ardent volume one very surprising
contradiction ; but we can readily comprehend that it
springs from an over-anxious desire to sift every possible
aspect of the case by every possible means. In one place
Captain Grover says that the King of Bokhara is not
to blame—that he discredited Stoddart's story, because
Stoddart could not produce the necessary credentials to
verify it—that he waited, at Stoddart's request, three
months, for the arrival of letters which should authenti-
cate his mission—that he even established post houses as
far as the frontier to expedite their arrival--but that the
letters not coming, the King was confirmed in his belief
that Stoddart was a spy. Stoddart, in fact, was de-
serted by his Government, and given up to his doom ; a
sort of justification, such as it is, of the vengeance of the
Ameer. But, in another place, Captain Grover denounces
the King as a horrible tyrant, says that he is considered
by his subjects as a madman, and urges the necessity of
marching a force into Bokhara to punish this insane
Ameer, and the Ameer alone. Both views cannot be cor-
rect. The truth seems to be this—that the Ameer,
raging for the lives of our countrymen, withheld his
bloody fingers only us long as his fears of English inter-
ference lasted, and murdered his prisoners the moment
he became convinced that there was nothing to dread
from the English Government.
" We have not touched upon the policy of the mission
itself. A worse man for so embarrassing a position than
poor Stoddart could scarcely have been chosen. But
that was not his fault. He seems to have brought to the
discharge of his functions an impetuosity of temper
better calculated for the direction of a storming party
in the mouth of a breach, than for the delicate and dan-
gerous duties of an embassy. Many men, however, have
been placed in similar circumstances, with still slenderer
qualifications. But in the history of the world, no man
ever expiated such faults by so awful a penalty."

DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGA-
ZINE
Jerrold comes out this month in great force. The
interest in the " History of St. Giles and Sf.
James" increases as the story progresses. In the
present Number it is in some instances painfully in-
tense. It will be in the recollection of our readers
that the last chapter concluded with the conviction of
young St. Giles for horse stealing. The first chapter
of the present Number opens with the following

ADELPHI THEATRE.
C. Mr. Webster's able and accomplished lieutenant, Madame
"tits took her benefit en Wednesday night, being about to leave
"unclon for her country engagements. The entertainments
re for
ained as before, with regard to the stock attractions,
Green Bushes and St. George and the Dtagon ; the only
some
being
a revival of an extravaganza, which appeared
""qtrnse time sine at the Haymarket Theatre, entitled The Pretty Girls
tQ.tilberit• It is of a character admirably suited to the house, and
e- Adge from its reception that night, the second edition will
fore
the success of the first. The principal parts were filled, as
e, by Madame Celeste and Webster, the latter as the young page
2 .
Pe r donates his master, Napoleon, making up an admirable like-
sf the Emperor. The rapidity with which the resemblance
liUmed, and its striking cerrectimf, tont the bow Oy storm,

' -
He would do so ha the canto of the peOpla at that liteaatty. to ri141‘44 lbtt iPlf P WM' its.
in the name of the Moisture and aciolice of that cotte,try ashieln obbgcd "naatfalablY
was by this law of exclusion treated with contumely. He 1 Mr. AGLIONI3Y said, he felt great gratification that her
came armed s'
ith the approbation and sanction of all the uni- Majesty's Government had taken this subject into their hanaa,
varsities of Scotland. He fond the majority of the pro- while at the same time he thought the greatest praise was rine
fessors of that country against that law, and he trusted that to the 'Noble Lord the lab mber for Lincolnshire ( L-rd
they would be sufficiemly enlightened to see that by continuo Worsiey ) for the exertions he used in promoting it.-- (Hear )
big that law, is would be at the expense of destroying the ad- He thought the Bill would tend to make them independent of
vantage of coninn-n education in Sc eland, anti inflictirg foreign corn.
wounds upon every one of the universities, and upon the ma- ' Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
jority of the people. DRAINAGE.
Mr. DRUMMOND said that it was more than twenty , The Earl of LINCOLN then moved for leave to bring in a
years since the report on this question was drawn tura • Bill to facilitate the systrm of drairage throughout England
There were many changes since, but at the time that the re- and Wales. With regard to the Bill which he bad just oh-
ports were prepared dime was no complaint from any quarter tattled leave to bring in, he admitted that, so far as be was con-
against this Act. of Parliament ; no grievances were then cerned, the great merit of the Bill was owing to the exertions
coma lained of; and he did not recollect that any Member of of the Noble Lord the Member for Lincolnshire. He re-
the Commission, or any other person, wished fur a discussion gretted that, in consequence of the information he had upon
whether this Bill should be repealed or not. There were some the subject of drainage not being so ample as he should de-
observations, he recollected, to the effect that the law was sire, the present measure would not be so extensive as he
enforced in some colleges and not in others ; and the Commis- , could wish. It would, however, he believed, be of great ad-
sinners asked why they did not enforce it in all. It was taken I vantage, though falling consi.lerahlv short of the objects in-
by some to be a question of Liberal policy. On that ground tended by bis Hon. Friend the Member for Berkshire.
he wished to see the question decided.--( Hear.) He agreed The measure would enable persons to carry drains through
with the lion. Gentleman, that the analogies of English col- tile lands of often s. on payment of proper compensation,
leges had nothing at all to do with the question ( Hear, and would facilitate the con-truction of works and machinery
hear.) The Scotch colleges were not intended for the educa- ' for the purpose of draining. Such were the principal tea-
tion of any religion whatever, except the theological depart • tures of the Bill, and he believed good would result from it.
merits. He did not think that there was any great grievance ; Leave was then given to bring in- the Bill.
but if there was, why keep up the law that was of no we ?--- MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUNDS.
( Hear, hear.) Now that it had become a matter of corn- Sir G. CLERK moved for leave to bring in a Bill
plaint, the Government ought to take a different view of it. ito amend the Merchant Seamen Funds Act. At present a
For his own part, he wished that they should set this statute shilling a month was stopped from the wages of
aside. He hoped that no strong opinion would now be given, merchant seamen, which was under the management
but that the question should' be discussed at some future of the corporation of the City of London. The fund
period. was applied to the relief of old seamen and their widows, and
Mr. ACKLAND said, that he could not hear what his Hon he proposed that those funds should be invested in the same
Friend had said without saying that this was a question which manner as the funds in the savings' banks. As it was a
involved very serious features. He should be very glad if the charitable institution, he did not think his Right Hon. Friend
Government were to allow the Bill to be read a first time, in the Chancellor of the Exchequer would object to such an aro
order that they should have time to consider the matter. He rangement. The only difference between the present Bid and
could not find words to express the intensity of his difference the Bill of last year was, that there would be no interference
with the lion. Gentleman opposite, who seemed to think that by any officer of the Government with the corporation which
there was the possibility of any man supposing that there was had the management of the funds. He did not propose to pro.
to be any importance or value to he attached to the religious teed with the second reading for three or four weeks, in order
opinions of those connected with the professional chair. that those persons at the outports who were interested in the
the Hon. Member certainly appeared to apprehend the Eng- measure might have time to make such representations as they
bob university system much more clearly than he ( Mr. A.) thought fit.—Leave was then given to bring in the Bill.
did that of the north, but still he would say, that if it was in- The Exehequer Bills (9,379,6001.) Bill was read a second
tended to be set up as an argument in favour of this Bill that time.
th echairs of literature and science could be filled up without Mr. lisswEs and Sir Gronc E CLERK, and one or two other
the application of the tests, then he would recommend the Members, presented petitions against the grant to Maynooth
House to pause before it applied the principles of the universi- after which the House adjourned, at Nine o'clock.
ties of this country to those of Scotland. He, as a Protestant,
would hesitate to do anything by which to bind the con-
sciences of others, or place shackles upon them which he
would be sorry to see placed upon his oxn.—( Hear, hear.)
As to the ecclesiastical affairs of Scotland, he could not look
upon this measure without reflecting that much of the life-blood
of the Church of that country had gone forth from it, and,
therefore, he hoped that the Bill would not be rejected.
Sir J. GRAHAM said he cordially concurred in much that
had fallen from the Hon. Member who had just sat down;
and he could not but admire the ability, as well as the forbear-
ance, which characterised his observations.—( Hear, hear. )
But he should also say that it was the imperative duty of her
Majesty's Government to regard this question purely and en-
tirely as a Scotch question ; and there were great and impor-
tant distinctions necessary to be made which should not be
overlooked. There were the peculiarities of the Scotch eccle-
siastical law, and also the peculiarities of the law relating to
the Scotch universities; these were considerations of great
importance in dealing with this question, and therefore
did not admit of being overlooked. There was
also another important point which should not be
lost sight of, though for some time it had
remained dormant. Let him call the recollection of the
(louse to the position of the Legislature in reference to the
Established Church in Scotland, and the Universities of that
country. Before the union of Scotland with England—he be-
lieved in the year 1690—the monarch then en the throne of
this realm wisely and prudently enforced the laws for the pro-
tection of the Established Church in Scotland. That law re-
mained in force until the Act of Union passed, and on the very
day of that enactment passing, an Act of security for the
Established Church in Scotland was passed, which embraced
all the provisions of the Act of 1690, and which rendered
necessary the application of the test to professors in the Uni-
versity. That Act contained a very remarkable expression,which
was to the effect that no measure should be passed by the Eng-
lish Parliament which would have the effect of derogating
from the Established Church in Scotland in such a way as
that contemplated by the measure they were now discussing.
The House should also remember that the majority of the pre-
sent advisers of the Crown were Episcopalians ; and even at
the time of the Union the Scotch people were satisfied to at-
tain two national objects, which were will known, and for
the preservation of which their public spirit and virtue did
them great credit. But such a measure as this devolved upon
her Majesty's Government a very heavy responsibility, yet he
would admit that no period had arrived better suited for the
consideration of it than the present.—(Hear, hear. ) How-
ever, he should mention one matter of importance
in reference to Scotland, namely, that there was at
the present moment in contemplation the establishment
in that country of an University of decided Dissenting prin-
ciples; in fact, the money had already been provided for it.
If the course of study in it was to be confined to theology,
there would be no danger of any unpleasant feeling arising ;
but if religious tests were to be applied to the literary and
scientific chairs, then the dissatisfaction would become
strong and general.—(Hear, hear.) He was glad to be in a
position to state that Scotland had within the last century
made most extraordinary advances in commercial and literary
prosperity ; and he knew of no cause to which it was so much
indebted for that as the total absence of sectarian education.--
( Hear, hear ) That country had had one undivided system
of national education, and harmony and concord were the re-
sult. As he had before stated, this was a measure so materially
affecting the feelings and interests of the people of Scotland that
the Government would be bound to weigh well and consider
it, and that it would not be prudent to give a distinct pledge
upon it. He sincerely felt the difficulties of the measure, one
of which was the difficulty of drawing a line of demarcation, be-
tween the theological teachers and the general teachers ; and
feelings of religious acerbity would be very dangerous. however,
he could not refuse leave to bring in the Bill ; but he would re-
commend the Hon. Member not to press the second reading
, of it until the feelings of the people of Scotland had been as-
certained in regard to it; and while he did not object to the
Bill being brought it, he would wish to be understood as not
pledging the Government to it in any way.
Mr. FOX MAULE was glad to perceive that the Govern-
ment did not object to the Bill being brought in, and he could
assure the Right Honourable Baronet and the House, that it
was a measure which would have the effect of healing
many wounds now existing in Scotland.—( Hear, hear. )
He trusted that a measure would be devised which would render
the present universities fully adequate to the requirements of
the country. He could not sit down without expressing the
gratification which he felt at the proceedings of that evening,
and he looked forward to seeing, before the end of the session,
a satisfactory settlement of this question.
After a few words from Mr. RUTHERFORD, leave was
given to bring in the Bill.
INCOMES OF BISHOPS.
Mr. R. YORKE, in the absence of Mr. Elphinstone, moved
for an address for the gross and net incomes of each archbiahop-
ric and bishopric in England and Wales, in each year tfrom the
Ist day of January, 1537), including all sums received from or
paid to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and all monies re-
ceived from rents, fines, renewals of leases, building leases, and
from all other sources.—Agreed to.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
Dr. BOWRING said that as there was at present a Com-
mittee sitting on the subject of Colonial accounts, he would
postpone the following motion until of er the report of that
Committee was before the House. His motion was—
a• 1. That in the opinion of this House a uniform system of ac-
countancy should be adopted in all the departments of Govern-
ment, the plan of double entry, as recommended by the Com-
missioners of Public Accounts, being the basis thereof. 2.
That for the protection of the public revenue, and the exercise
of an efficient Parliamentary control, the gross revenues should
be paid without deduction into her Majesty's Exchequer, and
all issues therefrom be authorised by a Parliamentary vote. 3.
That no department of expenditure be allowed to be a depart-
ment of receipt other than by credits on her Majesty's Exche-
quer."
INCLOSURE OF COMMONS AND WASTE LANDS.
The Earl of LINCOLN then rose to move for leave to bring
in a Bill to facilitate the inclosure of commons and waste
lands in England and \Vales. Lie would not enter
into the details of this question, considering the state
of the House (there were about twenty Members present).
He would content himself by merely stating generally the al-
terations which were proposed to be effected by the Bill. It
would be in the recollection of the House that a Bill relating
to that subject had been before the House last session. Dif-
ficulties, however, imposed themselves in the way of this mea-
sure, and the matter was referred to a Committee up stairs.
After having heard witnesses, and duly considered the subject,
the Committee made several recommendations to the House;
and upon these recommendations the present measure had been
founded. He considered that the principles of the measure
had already been adopted by the House. An objection had
been raised to a measure of this sort, on the ground that it was
an infraction of the rights of the poor, over which Parliament
would not have a sufficient check. Now, that was not a well-
founded objection to take even against the measure of
his Noble Friend last year (Lord Worsley), and for this
simple reason, that poor persons who had common right
were precluded when an application was made to Parliament
fur an inclosure bill—were precluded from appearing to oppose
it in consequence of the expense attending such a proceeding.
He proposed to introduce an additional security to that which
had been proposed by his Noble Friend. The first alteration
which be proposed was that of the constitution of a commission.
It had been proposed to throw the duty of such a commission on
the tithe commissioners, but it had been found that the duties
which they would have to perform would be of an onerous de-
scription. He proposed to take power, therefore, to appoint a
eommission, only one of whom was to be paid. He proposed to
divide the lands to which this Bill would apply into three classes.
Of the first class he proposed to give the commissioners power
to authorise the inclosure of them, without the intervention of
Parliament—he meant that class of land included in the 7th of
Will. IV. Over mixed commonable land he proposed that the
commissioners should have no power without the intervention
of Parliament. He proposed that the commission should make
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all circumstances connected with the lands, and the distances
from the towns. He proposed to exclude village greens alto-
gether from the operation of the Act ; but he proposed to take
powers to enable tne commissioners to take measures for the
drainage of these village greens. In many cases, although the
inhabitants prided themselves upon them, yet they were little
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allotments should be held upon an
adequate rent, which rent he proposed to be fixed as a rent
charge. These were the principal alterations which he pro-
posed to make, and he believed that they would be found both
advantageous to the rich as being the means of improving
their property, and to the poor as affording the means of in-
creased employment. He would not then enter into the
clauses for the definition of ownership, but he thought it right
to mention that a material alteration was made as to the power
of making allotments. He proposed that a valuer should
make the allotment, and not the assistant commissioner as in
the Bill of lest year. After apologising to the House for not
being prepared to make a more pericct statement, the Noble
Lord moved for leave to bring in a Bill.
In answer to a question from Mr. W. WILLIAMS.
The Earl of LINCOLN said it was not his intention to
make any exception of lands held under corporation bodies.
Mr. J. PARKER said, as we understood, that his Noble
Friend the Member for Lincolnshire, who had done so patch

(A4,lowkt *OO

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30.
Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reportad ;
1. " That, in the case of the Liverpool and Manchester
Railway petition, the Standing Orders c tight to be dis-
pensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with
their Bill."
2. " That, in the case of the Londonderry and Enniskillen
Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed
with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill."

3. " That, in the case of the Wells and Dereham Railway
petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with."
4. " That, in the case of the Londonderry and Coleraine
Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed
with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill, and that they prove before the Committee thereon that
the parties to the subscription contract of the 17th February,
1845, have, by a new deed, bound themselves, their execu-
tors, and administrators, for the payment of the money sub-
scribed, as applicable to the present Bill :—And that the ,
Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far
'such Order has been complied with, and do report the same
to the House on the report of the Bill."
5. " That, in the case of the Irish Great Western Railway
(Dublin to Galway) petition, the Standing Orders ought not
to be dispensed with."
6. "That, in the case of the Direct Northern Railway
(No. 2) (Lincoln to York) petition, the Standing Orders
ought not to be dispensed with."
7. " That, in the case of the Tottenham and Farringdon-
street Extension Railway petition, the Standing Orders
ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted
to proceed with their Bill."
8. " That, in the case of the Liverpool Docks Bill, amend-
ment on third reading, the amendment is of such a nature as
may be adopted by the House if they shall think fit."
First, second, fourth, and seventh resolutions agreed to.—
Report to lie on the table.

The following Bills were read a second time, and committed,
and referred to the Committee of Selection :
Epsom and Dorking Railway.
Erewash Valley Railway (No. 2).
South Eastern Railway (Lrancli to Deal and Extension of
the Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Railway).
South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Rochester).
Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (No 2).
Waterford and Limerick Railway.

The following Bills were reported, and the report referred
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders :
Diss and Colchester Junction Railway.
Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway.

Guildford Junction Railway,—Petition for Bill reported,
and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Mangles and Mr.
Baring Wall.
London and Brighton Railway (Horsham Brancb),—Peti-
tion for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by
the Earl of March and Mr. Kemble.

RAILWAYS.
Select Committee on Group F.
Mr. Home Drummond (Perthshire),
selected and added to the Committee; Mr. Ord discharged.
Select Committees on Groups N. and V.
Mr. Hope Johnstone (Dumfries•shire), discharged from
the Select Committee on Group N., and added to the
Select Committee on Group V.
The Right lion.T. B. Macaulay (Edinburgh), discharged
from the Select Committee on Group Y., and added to
Select Committee on Group N.
Select Committee on Group Q.
Mr. Pusey (Berkshire),
selected and added to the Committee; Captain Gladstone
discharged.
The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select Com-
mittees on the Groups 88., CC., 1111., 11., K., KK., and
NN., to meet in the week commencing Monday, May 26.
The Committee of Selection will not appoint the first meet-
ing of any Committee on an opposed private Bill for any
day previous to Monday, May 19.

RAILWAY COM MITTEES.
(YESTERDAY.)

Group V.
GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD PROJECT.
THURSDAY, FOURTH DAY.
The Committee re-assembled at twelve o'clock this day, and
proceeded to hear engineering evidence.

When our reporter entered the room he was addressed by an in.
dividual acting in the capacity of clerk to the Committee, who
said that " there were already two reporters in the room, which he
deemed sufficient, and that he could not let the room be crowded,
he could not indeed." He then made an appeal to the Committee,
but they declined to interfere.
Mr. Fowler, the engineer, spoke of the advantages of the• line
he had struck out, and deposed that it would afford all the cony..
niences to the public in the districts stated by counsel in his open.
ing statement.
The CHAIRMAN said, in reference to the Rev. Mr. Willan's
petition, they could not hear him now by c unsel, he nol having
at the commencement stated that he would appear by counsel.
Mr. HILDYAUD said hr was in a difficulty with respect to Mr.
Duckle's claim. He had a stack-yard and other buildings which
would be destroyed by the projected line, and, therefore, he claimed
tither to have similar buildings put up for him by the Company,
or to give him 1,0001.

Mr. Hope, on behalf of the Company, said that the buildings
were old and decayed, and were old church property; but he
would propose that the premises should be valued, and the Con.
pasty would pay the sum the valuer should name.
A considerable time was consumed in discussing this point, the
Committee having offered several suggestions towards making an
amicable arrangement ; it was finally agreed upon to postpone that
question, with a view to the parties settling it amongst themselves.
The engineer then proceeded to detail the route of the line, as
described by Mr. Hope in his opening statement. He said that
from Gainsborough to Brigg, which was a distanceof nineteen miles,
they proposed to make a double line of rails ; but from Grimsby
to Brigg, which was also a distance of nineteen miles, they pro.
posed should have but a single line of rails for the present. The
line would be brought into conjunction with the new
docks. From Hulsby to New Holland was a distance
of seven miles, and the terminus of that town would
be a great convenience to the passengers crossing their ferry; the
line from Market-Raisin to Brigg was fourteen miles, and passed
quite close to Castor, and went into the town of Market-Raisin.
There was no opposition to that line, nor no engineering difficulty.
It was intended to join with the Sheffield and Lincoln line on the
west, but it would not unless that line should be approved
of by Parliament. It was proposed to build a bridge
across the river Trent, which was approved of by the
Gainsborough Navigation Company. The line then crossed the
river at a distance from Gainsborough-bridge, and followed the
course of the river for about three-quarters of a mile. None of
the traffic would be diverted from the bridge except that which
usually went by railway. The bridge proposed to be built was the
heaviest work on the line except the tunnel, which would be
1,100 yards; it was near Castor, and would be 91 feet deep; the
ground was of blue clay, and presented no peculiar difficulty; it
would be lined throughout with brick. The worst gradient on the
line was 1 in 135, for a distance of three miles, and had no curves.
Petitions had been received against the level crossings from three
out of four turnpike companies. Two of these crossings were on
the main line, and one on the Market.raisin lines. One of these
was two miles we,t of Brigg, and the other one mile east of the
same place. The crossing at Market-raisin was one mile
from Brigg, and not close to any populous town. The
bridge would cost 5,0001. ; the total amount of the estimated
cost would be 590,7501., or about 10,0001. per mile. The saving
of distances to be effected by this line, assuming other lines which
it would cross to be in existence, by going by Market raisin and
Hull to London, would be as follows :
From London • 66 miles
Front Birmingham
From Derby
From Nottingham
The saving to be effected to the same places from Hull, supposing
the line from Gainsborough made, that wan to say, going ditect
north and avoiding crossing the Humber, would be as follows :
From Hull to London 39 miles
To Brigg ...... 247 miles
To Derby
To Nottingham
To Sheffield 26 miles
Surveyed this line first in September last. The reasons
he preferred this line to any other were, economy of con-
struction, better gradients, and shorter distances. There would
be a cutting of S 3 feet at one side before the tunnel was entered,
and 62 feet at the other ; the latter was through limestone rock.
The ground between New Holland and Great Grimsby was not
as favourable for a line as other routes, as the material was
different, and could not be made so cheaply. Is of
opinion that 100,0001. in addition, would make a double line
throughout; the chains and rails would amount to about three-
quarters of that sum. Iron in February last was 91. per ton. It
was now 12/. The.offer of the contract has been made, but not
yet concluded.
Mr. Itendle made surveys of the Grimsby Docks, with a view
to the enlargement of them, so as to accommodate the largest class
of steamers and merchant shipping ; if those plans were carried
out, that accommodation would be afforded; the present eatent of
the docks is seventeen acres; the present lock would ac-
commodate seven or eight hundred tons vessels ; it oral
principally to accommodate steam-packets that witness made his
survey ; the cost he had estimated the works m was 300,0001.
This witness corroborated the testimony of Mr. Fowler as to the
advantage of the proposed line, &c.
Cross-examined—The present docks at Grimsby wouldoacr,orr.
modate vessels drawing sixteen feet water,
rat
saawbovut
etr.
of
that
before high water of low spring tides ;
draught there, but did see vessels of fourteen feet draught there.
The proposed alterations would afford mo
present dock at Hutt for steam packets, which was rw bads
and so was that at Liverpool.