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re urtbWbitiort SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. DIRECT LONDON AND - CHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY (REMING TON'S LINE).—(THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the shareholders in this company took place this day at the London Tavern, for the purpose of de termining upon the propriety of winding up the affairs of the Company, and deciding whether the dissolution should be deemed an act of bankruptcy on the part of t. The meeting was convened for twelve o'clock, but at a quarter to one o'clock there was only one of the directors present, Mr. Bass, and much impatience was manifested on the part of the proprietary. At last, Mr. D. W. HARVEY moved that Mr. M. Bass, as a shareholder, and not in any other character, be elected to the chair. The resolution was unanimously carried. A SHAREHOLDER said that he had not seen any advertise - ment calling the meeting. The SOLICITOR said that it had been properly advertised in the Gazette and in three London daily papers. Mr. D. W. Harvey, Mr. Boyd, and Mr. Pocock were then atppointed scrutineers. A SHAREHOLDER. desired to know how many shares had been paid up? T.beemaiiimais—About 5!,000, and we shall require about 17,4)00 shares to constitute a meeting. A 'SHAREHOLDER desired to know if the Chairman was prepared to lay a statement before the meeting? The tiaiiimarr said that he was not so prepared ;he bad beau left alone, and he wished to be allowed to state his connexion with the line. He had always avoided etny connexion with railways, and . it was not until a very late period, and after repeated solicitation, that ihe consented to join the scheme. When he was elected A member of the committee, it was under the express understanding that he would not be re quired to attend the meetings in London, but that he would facilitate the line in the country, where his own property lay. But when many of the directors had retired from various causes, and when he had learned the exact state of the affairs of the Company, he then considered that he was bound, as far as be was able, to set them right. He discovered that a very large sues of money had been paid to the soli citor, a course against which he protested, and took further proceedings. The shareholders were no doubt aware that a bill had been filed against all the directors in the line for an account and restitution of the sums of money in • trusted to them. The bill was most comprehensive, .and an action had been commenced against himself by a s hmeholder for the restitution of the deposits. He considered that Rastrick's Company had done everything which became honourable men, and he did not see that they could require back the money which had been paid to them. He considered that if legal proceedings were taken, ti t in very small sum which remained would not pay one shilling is the pound. With regard to the accounts, be had been very desirous to have obtained them for the shareholders, but he vas unable to effect that object. A SHAREHOLDER—What may be about the balance which remains? CHAIRMAN—It is between 7,0001. and 10,000 much /. ntlemen (H as aissenys.) I regret the smallness of the sun!, ge as of you. Mr. Pococx moved the dissolution of the Company. The affairs of the Company had been conducted in a most dis guiceful and discreditable manner.—(Hear, hear.) When ever he applied for information by letter to the directors be was unattended to, and when he applied person ally at the office, he was met by a little boy who would say, " Really, sir, I know nothing about it." The number of shares which had been allotted were 51,000, and those which ought to have been were 100,000. In answer to a question, The CHAIRMAN said that 42,000/. had been paid to Ras trick's Company. A Sir AItEHOLDER—FOT what ? (Cries of " Nothing, nothing.") Mr. RICILULDSON seconded the resolution, which was unanimously ,carried. It was aiso'ileclared that the dissolution should not be taken as an act of bankruptcy. The meeting then separated. WORCESTER, HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) A meeting of the shareholders in this project was held to day at one o'clock, at the offices 449, West Strand, in terms of the Act 8 and 9 Vict., for the purpose of determining on a dissolution of the Company. Sir R. Price, having taken the chair, called on the Secre tall, to read the advertisement convening the meeting. 'the following gentlemen were then elected scrutineers— Mr. Avery, of Gloucester; Mr. Stallard and Mr. Peterson, Temple. The CHAIRMAN read the committee's report, which stated that though the Company had failed on the standing orders, the committe were of opinion that the line would have fully realised all that had been held out in the prospectus ; that there was a disposable sum of 61,8891. Bs., and that there would be a dividend of 1/. 43. per share immediately, and a final dividend when the accounts were made up. The CHAIR3IAN afterwards intimated a wish that all pre- Nut who were interested in the line should wait after the meeting to see whether They might not retain the ground, with a view of forming a company to make the line. Mr. OXENHAX asked whether the scheme had not failed through a mistake of the engineer? If so, he thought his accounts ought not to be paid. Mr. BaxElt said that the Company had pressed Mr. Brunel into their service at a time when there was a great push in business, and the mistake was not his, or one for which he was accountable. The mistake was made by a local sur veyor, )oho was willing to submit his accounts to the revision of any respectable engineer. A PROPZIETOR asked how many shares had been issued, and how mal.:Y Paid upon? The SECRET.W.RY said 50,0004 shares had been allotted, and 46,894 bad been paid upon, which shares had returned 98,479/. Bs. Mr. atm, put several; questions on the accounts, which were read to the meeting in fui2.• After hearing that Mr. Brunel was the only engineer. whole name had ever appeared in connexion with the scheme, he said it was his opinion that Mr. Brunel was responsible for' the loss which the Com pany had sustained in consequence of the mistake, and that lie was of opinion also that the Company, if the share holders would be secure, should be dissolved by bankruptcy. .—(Hear, hear.) The shareholders would, he was sure, look Itir..Brunel for a return of the money which had been lost .;4 consequence of the gross mistake, a mistake nothing more 0 -..= less than making the river Severn-run up hill—(Laughter.) S Ir. AVERY hoped, as the shareholders could not appoint a Coca,mittee of their own to examine into the; accounts, such i ns wac t jons would be given to the gentlemen who had the winding up of the affairs as would impress them with the im peratii-e ne6Zesity of looking narrowly into the accounts. Mr. :k9aKEn. ) , , ltlassured that all'thoee on the committee were as mucl: inclined ,as any in the room to cut down, as far as reasonab, l e, all the a ccounts. He confessed he was startled at the amount of the law expenses, which were 15,200/. Mr. Rosa wished to know if the committee would pledge themselves to go before th.P taxing master? Mr. BAKK said they were quite willing to go before the master. Mr. ELGIE, the solicitor, said he 'ma known to many in the meeting, and as an honest man L'e was prepared, and even desirous, to have the accounts inveAigated before the taxing mater. Mr. BODENNAM, (Hereford), adopted Mr. Elg&s language in reference to his own accounts. Mr. BAKER moved, and Mr. W. TAYLOR seconded, the resolution that the Company should be dissolved. The motion was put and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN moved that this dissolution be without an act of bankruptcy. T,his was put to the meeting and carried also unanimously. M r. ROSE moved a vote of thanks to the chairman. M r ,.; ‘ \MPBELL seconded the motion, which was passed with acci3i, - "aim Sir R ogrut. T PRICE returned his acknowledgment of the honour and Lb.: kindness, and then adjourned the meeting, which tbroughox:t was certainly not one of the quietest or most orderly. RAILWAY" COMMITTEES (THIS LAY.) HOUSE Oc LORDS. Room A. WEST CORNWALL MINE. The Chairman (Viscount Torrington) and the other members of this Committee re-assembled to-day at eleven o'clock. The Committee, after hearing some observations from Mr. Rowe, ',et:Rinsel against the Bill, decided that the preamble was proved. The clauses were then gone through seriatim and the Committee suk parated. Room C. KENT ATMOSPHERIC LN. The Committee re - ass embled this morning; the I arl E of Devon in :the cheat'. Mr. ,sl.chititsion and several other witnesses testified generally to the ntiitt y of ti.e line, and Mr:. W ilkinson, acting chairmfat of this Company, and one of the direct° is of the Croydon Cernpany, stated, that a portion of their line had beeeused by the South-Eas!ern Company ever since 1842. At this point the Earl of Devon Nz , as called out of the room to give evidence the ore another Committee, an,:l the proceedings were neces eerily for k_ , oinie time at a stand-still. On the re-tern of the Chairman, Mr. Wilkl uson's examination was then resumed, and after hearing nonie further evidence, the Committee adjourned tiii to-morrow. Room D. --- GLASGOW, Duminrazs , AND CARLISLE. CA.LEDONLAN (DuzvxrizZES AND LANG HOLM BRANCHES)' M. CoCEBUN in continuation from our Afternoon Edition) said r Besides,R that branch ac tually crossed the Caledonian, :said in the history of railway speculation he had never known an ;instance in which one line crossed another in the manner proposed in Ike prent case, ctually threatening to take away the local traffic •pylitich es belonged a to the company that was thus trenched iweri. It was stated that the Canobie branch would ae ,ommodate an important mineral traffic, and open up a y avable coal-field to Dumfries and Carlisle. It had likewise been provs d in evidence that a consi,:crable amount of the Canobie coal would oto Carlisle; if so, then, surely, it would be better that the minera l ;raffle to that city should pass over one company's line only, as would while, the case with the Caledonian branch ; as it re garded DUTh l fries'accoutmodation it could matter nothing whether the break betwes,sn the Nithsdale Company and the Caledonian took place at Annar; instead of at Gretna. In regard to the Annan break, and why it should be favourably considered, he begged strongly to impress the Committee with the fact, that Annan was originally intended by Mr. Locke to be on the main line, and that it had been given up at the time in deference to the Government Commissioners. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to contrast the Crawick branch of the ffitlisdalc scheme with the Dalmagadder branch of t Caledonin, the latter of which he showed would in reality, bring Dumfries a nine miles nearer to Glasgow, and two miles nearer to Edinburgh, than by the Nithsdale branch ; the sam e applied to Annan -so that the two most important places in the district would be best accommodated by the Xaledonian branch. Sanuhr, a small ad unimportant town, w, is the only place that had an a interest hi the n making of the Crawiek that was fur its connexion with Edinburgh only. The Lear l no d gentleman having amplified on the severa l points adduced Jo his ad dress, concluded by calling on the Commit tee to consider , fa- Pa vottrabif t h e claims which t he Cale 1 r at least a p ortion of theilan Company preferr e d t o th e district ,of country south of Durafr . i , eg• „l u men of the Leartled Gentleman'sya,d,,drheossaarpsehaorretddoisn. be allowed to ad- On oe con, to whether Mr. Sergeant cussion Mose as the petition of M:. Thomas Cole e b it rO l o i ke, should againet after Mr. Andrews had made dress the Committee . e should speak before as to the alleged the property f o t f iht l e ds c e o lle ni nt ittee. his reply, or whether , w w i hen damage the line would do to., The room iv, - ;s cleared for the ore n , o t e ed w lling to hear Mr. After a few minuns the parties W.. re would do his client's The CHAIRMA:( laid, the Committee w," Sergeant Murphy on the damage that the'n, property, but they could not admit his makb,..:g a general address a fter Mr. Andrews had concluded. 4 on of that de- M r . Sergeant Mus Par intimated tha t, in considerai.. r state the clsion, he would retire, as he did not think he could beti: general case for the opposition than had been done byttir. Cockburn. Mr. ANDREWS then proceeded to address the Committed in up ly e $e said he would be as bri e f as possible to the question befor° th sCOnsmittee, in doing which he would not go into all the points raise - L i 'by Mr. Cockburn, many of which were extrinsic to the case. At tke beginning they were threatened with great opposition to the case submitted by the promoters —that the district required railway ac commodation ; accordingly they (the Nithsdale Company) brought .tirrideitiCe of the most unexceptionable character:from the various points itiOng the route of the llue, to show that railway socommodatioa was • petitions from certain have made inquiry into the matter of those shareholders in the Company which were referred by them to the beenimperatively req it adduced, ed. suchAopponents Committee, and that they have to state to the House that the facts head had that a line of railway was requ treed, but also to i!`ring the by the • which have been divulged in the course of the inquiry have satisfied of the line into a similar tt sin of . mind, as shown by had them that the allegations have been proved. () , V sd e o h t e onlylmll vceollighvtinoefeettdiernLeeordsn Lordships recent ground they had taken. T he p ea itim of the ek: W -wen new Mr. MURPHY —Perhaps the Committee will allow me to state this been altered, and now the prop \eters were assailed L. -lonian) that the books of the Company have been submitted to oue inspec grounds. The Committee was now • told that they (the Cale, but tion, and we haee satisfied ourselves that as far as the directors of were willing to concede the line from Cumnock to Dumfries, -f Ow Company are concerned, there is no ground whatever for ins ,ln order to rotect them thoeY ought to concede the portion outing any frauds to them. that Nit the hsdale scheme between, Dumfries and Gretna. At one time Tire CA4II/1411f—Of conrse we shall state in our report nothing this Committee were told that the Dumfries and Canobie (Caledonian _ tilet4 What aPPeeSs on the evidence. branches) were better than the southern portion of the southern furthe. *II AND SAATIIIVIMMATT ATMOS scheme ; at another time they were told that the portion of the Niths -10711L... PICERICA dale scheme between Annan and Gr etna, with the Canobie branch, •Isas was then proceeded with by was necessary to the Caledonian. In fact, his Learned Friend did not seem to know what he wanted. He talked a great deal of these .nt engineer of the line being repommended branches being necessary to protect the Caledonian traffic, but he (Mr. Andrews) submitted that suet' was not the fact. The branches would not afford more protection than the Caledonian now pos sessed, while granting this would materially affect the integrity and utility of the Nithsdale scheme. The legitimate traffic of the Caledonian line was with the north of Scotland, including the Edinburgh and Glasgow traffic, and that he submitted could not be affected by the Netherdale line. The Caledonian line would be able to run mile for mile with any other line in the kingdom, and that, considering the shortness of that in comparison with the Nithsdale scheme, would be a sufficient pro tection of the Glasgow traffic. The Northern, or the Edinburgh traf fic, it was not asserted would be affected by the Nithsdale line. it was said that giving the Caledonian the portion ofthis scheme from Gretna to Annan would not materially affect the Nithsdale scheme. To that he would reply, that such a course would cripple the resources of the company, and taking away one of the best portions of their scheme, by interfering with the number of trains they would run, by throwing two manage ments into the management of the through traffic in stead of one, and by abstracting a considerable amonnt of traffic which legitimately belonged to the Nithsdale scheme. They talked of protection to their interests, but the real object they had bad from the beginning aas to deprive the whole valley of the Nith of local accommodation, and to force the Ayrshire traffic round by Glasgow, so as to pass them along to the south by the Caledonian line. That cb ject they had been defeated in, and now they sought to interpose and to take a portion of the line for which he appeared, so as to possess the key of the country, and to throw difficulties in the way of the Kilmarnock and Ayrshire traffic passing up the Nithsdale line to the south. There was no doubt that if the Nithsdale was stopped at Annan, that the Nithsdale line would not be able to run so many trains through for Kilmarnock, and thus many parties who would pass south along the Nithsdale, would, rather than wait five or six hours, be induced to go round by Glasgow and the Caledonian line. This was no doubt their real intention. With regard to the Canobie branch, en which so much had been said, he would only observe that the Caledonian line had the Wilsontown coal-field on its route, and in order to benefit the public it was necessary, he submitted, that the two fields should be placed in the hands of diffe rent companies. Were they both placed in the hands of the Caledo nian, the interest of that company would be to restrain the accom modation of the Canobie coal-field, and to force the other coals, which would use four times the length of line compared with the other. The Nithsdale Company had no such interest, as the Canobie and Sanquhar coal-fields were equi-distant from Durafries. Again, the landed proprietors, who were the .best judges of the local accommodation required, were in favour of the Nithsdale branch, and not for the other. The ground taken by the Caledonian Company, in the letter of Mr. Hope Johnstone, was en tirely new, had never been submitted in any previous stageof the • contest, and the object of it plainly was to throw obstructions in the way of the efficient working of the Nithsdale scheme. The Learned Gentleman next addressed himself to the branches of the ' Caledonian line, contending that no evidence or reasons whatever had been given that they would give better accommodation to the district south of Dumfries than the Nithsdale scheme. Respecting the Crawick branch, it had been urged that it was not required for the traffic that would pass along it, and that it would occasion a greater distance to Edinburgh and Glasgow than by the Dalma gadder branch of the Caledonian line. To that he would answer, that the Crawick branch would accommodate the lead mines in that neighbourhood, and supply them with coals from Sanquhar, which they so much required; and that as the Nithsdale Company would, In order to accommodate the Edinburgh traffic, be obliged to run trains along this branch, those pas sengers that wished to go to Glasgow would have the opportunity of going along it to the Caledonian at the same time as the Edinburgh traffic, instead of being obliged to go forward to Kilmarnock, as had been asserted. The Learned Gentleman having reviewed the various heads of his general argument, impressing on the minds of the Com st mittee that all the landowners and inhabitants cat the route were strongly hi favour of the Bill, and that the Ayrshire Company had made an arrangement to work the line, on the faith of its passing en tire, concluded by calling on the Committee to pass the entire pre amble of the Bill. Parties were then ordered to withdraw. After the absence of about an hour and a quarter, when the par ties were called In, The CHAIRMAN then said the Committee had come to the following resolution :—" That the Committee were of opinion that the snaking of a railway IYom the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, near Cumnock, to the Caledonian branches, Railway, near to the crossing of the river Sark, with and that the Glasgow, Dum would be of great public advanta g e, fries, and Carlisle Company should be enabled to make the same with its branches, excepting tt which is described as a branch from the said railway, near Sp h ri a ngfield, to a proposed railway be tween Hawick and Carlisle, near the Canobie branch. They are of opinion that this branch, not being necessary to the establishment of railway communication between the districts traversed by the main line and the south, the future construction of it may more properly be left open to the Caledonian Company, whose main line, according to the present plan, is crossed by it." The Committee then adjourned the consideration of the clauses till to-morrow, at twelve o'clock. Room E EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. TALBOT then proposed to call the Earl of Devon. The Cualamati, however, gave it as his opinion that there was no necessity whatever for calling the Noble Earl, as he supposed it would be only a matter of opinion upon which he would speak. The Committee also stated by the Chairman, that there was no necessity for going into the engineering evidence ; they were perfectly ac quainted with the whole line, the various gradients and curves, and tunnels, and there was nothing new to be spoken to by Mr. Brunel. Mr. Saunders, the secretary to the Great Western Company, was then called, who stated that the Great Western Company would be prepared next year to come again before Parliament with their schemes, and they would also be willing to allow the narrow gauge lines to be laid down on their broad gauge lines between Yeovil and Exeter, which could be done with considerable less difficulty and expense than laying down the broad gauge upon a narrow gauge line. Cross-examined by Mr. Hoes—There would be no difficulty at. tending the laying down of the broad gauge on the narrow line, pro vided the works were of sufficient width. Cross-examined by Mr. Hum...an—The trains performed the dis tance as follows Express trains. from London to Exeter, in 4h. 30m. First class - 5 30 Third class - - 14 15 The express trains did not accommodate the third class passengers, only the first and second classes. The express trains upon the South-Western Railway carried third-class passengers by every train. The examination of this witness concluded the case on behalf of the opposition. Mr. CoCasuaa, Q.C., then replied on behalf of the promoters, with his usual ability and perspicuity. He contended that there was no question at all of the necessity for the construction of this line, from the very fact that a considerable portion of the scheme was con tended for by the opponents to the Bill, the Great Western Company. Abundant evidence had been adduced before the Committee, and which could have been increased to an enormous amount of the wisheillf the inhabitants from all portions of the lino in favour of this scheme. The only difficulty upon any portion of the line was the property of Lord Digby. The clause inserted for the protection of that Noble, man would place them under the necessity of applying to Parlia ment, in another session, for power to make the line in a direction not affecting ;the property of Lord Digby, should it not be possible to obtain the consent of the Noble Lord to the passing of the line in its present direction. But neither that clause nor the loss of the branch to Bridport would be considered as a sufficient reason to pre vent the passing of the Bill, because all the parties who had been ealled on behalf of Lord Digby had admitted that it was practicable to construct that portion of the line so as not to affect the property of the Noble Lord. Mr. Locke had conceded the fact, and his only reason for not taking that line was the increase of expense they had hoped to have avoided, and thought that they might have made some arrangements respecting the passing through the pro perty of that nobleman. They had hitherto been unsuccessful, but he was not without hope that an arrangement would be yet entered into between the parties. There was no ground whatever for re jecting the Bill, or for postponing the consideration of it till the next session. He would take the liberty of introducing a clause in the Bill far the full and ample protection of the property of Lord Digby, similar to that introduced in the case of , the Midland Railway with reference to Lord Harberough's property. I The question then to be considered was, who NN as to have the line between Exeter and Yeovil. At Exeter the station of the promoters of the Bill gave general satisfaction to the inhabitants of Exeter. The present line proposed Ito give accommodation to Topsham and Sidmouth, places thought very highly of by the people of Exeter, and advantages would be afforded by the construction of this line for the means of central communication with the districts westward of Exeter. The Learned Counsel concluded a speech of nearly two hours in length by calling upon the Committee to sanction the lines brought before them. The room was then ordered to be cleared. Upon the parties being re-admitted, The Cirsikman—The Committee have come to the resolution to report that the preamble of the Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension hallway is proved with reference to the other two Bills, the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction, and the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor chester Railways. The Committee intend ,to• report that they are of opinion that a direct line:to Exeter, to London by Salis bury, is desiral*, but they do not consider it expedient to pass those Bills in their pieseat shape. Tbis decision was totally unexpected by all parties, for from the intimations which had been thrown oat from time to time by the Committee on the subject of. Lord Digby's property at Sherborde, led the promoters most reasonably to conclude that a clause giving ample protection to the property of that nobleinan would be per mitted to be inserted in the Bill, and that the lines would be showed to be made, except as between two points to be determined on by the Committee in the neighbourhood of Sherborne Park. And the opponents to the Bill were equally sur prised by the rejection of the Bill after the intimations which had been thrown out by the Committee, that the most cursory glance at the map would be sufficient to convince any person of common sense of the necessity of those lines as proposed by the promoters of the Bills. The question of a competing line between London and Exeter will be, therefore, by this decision thrown over to the next session ; when there is no doubt that the scheme will be again brought under the consideration of the Legislature. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. Ream H. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW AND SCOT TISH CENTRAL JUNCTION. The Committee met at Eleven o'clock. Present, the 3farquis of Westminster (chairman), the Marquis of Hereford, Earl Spencer, Lord Manners, and Lord Seagrave. The whole of the day was occupied in hearing evidence with re gard to the traffic likely to accrue upon the formation of these junctions. The particulars were entirely devoid of interest. The Committee adjourned at Half-past Four o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP LXVII. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Rini comprised in this group, re-assembled this afternoon at two o'clock, Lord Lincoln in the chair. EASTERN COUNTIES (TOTTENNADI .a Crlnt.4ll.o.S.D rarman SION). The Committee after hearing the opposition of the surrey Grand Junction Canal Company to this project, cleared the room to con skier their decision. Having remained a short while in consultation. Strangers were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN announced that the preamble to the Bill had not been proved This closed the labours of the Committee. I GROUP LXX. This Committee resum ed this morning at twelve o'clock, Sir G. Clerk in the chair. DUBLIN AND ENNIS MILLEN.. The his Learned Friend's (Mr. Alex saying that he believed it was now ~ proceedings of this morning were opened by Mr. AusTuf, Q.C. peralonl I t o s t i e tn rs es: f e t s he ln nill support of the a a l n l d eg er a bt o u n rn s of to hi m s a c k li e ent a s against speech the o r the h further considerationy of this case was a d j ourned yesterday ? Te euentmeN—Are ou aware of the circumstances under which, Mr. Ausrin Quite so, sir. The Custssisiv—lt was in consequence of the request of Mr. Ser geant 751urh, in order to afford him time either to rebut or to ex- opponents n ta p in of theevidence that had been laid before the C ommittee b y the Me. AUS.TIN—Just so, Sir ; and of course thet prorogation took place in order that he might go and consult about the matter. I am afraid, Sir, that, although there seems to be nothing whatever that is attachable to the directors in this case, —I am afraid, nevertheless, in censequence of the evidunce that was brought forward with respect to Mr. Hemming, that If we were to go on with this Bill we should be wasting a great deal of your time and our money. and that the best thing we can do is to submit to a verdict at your bun Is that the preamble is not proved, because I am afraid that there are Parliamentary objections that we cannot get over; and that being so, whatever may be the merits of the Bill, I think that, for the purpose of saving your time and our money, you should de clare that the preamble is not proved. We communicated with the other side. l will call no further evidence, and will submit to your deel4ion that the preamble of the Bill is not proved. The CHAIRVAN—Very good. Mr. AusTihr—l should tell you that we permitted the other parties to inzpect our books and paper, nd they are of opinion t hat the directors have not been guilty s of a any fraud, with respect to the sale of shares. Mr.:AtExeNnza. Q.C., said that the only step now to be taken, therefore, was to declare that the preamble of the Bill had not been proved. an _ The works of the company had certainly been inspected, proved a butd it ae was evident that no blame was attachable to the directors, se t ;s at a t t he th e e harg sam es e w tim hi e ch b t o h un e d Le t a o r s n ta ed te se th rg is e , an th t a ( t xt i r t . made against him, and those who appeared with him, viz. that their opposition was pr pass ing of the Bill were entirely was Murphy)no pted purply by a desire to delay the , Mr. AusTsx—lh has so u gr ed d p iall' Mr. bluanty—lthis so turnedturned u- p i The room was then-cleared. 0;1 1- 1 of i feW minutes, our re-admission after the lapse The CHAIRMAN said, the Committe e the part* that they hriecorme to the have have directed me to inform of this Bill has not been proved to their resolution that the preamble desired me further to State, that the Committeelon ;and they have duty to m oo A 'pee* Fsa9rt to the House, tot f.e%l it ,to be their VISUI WA theT This partly heard . Mr. LE FANCE, assist.. by Mr. Malley, Mr. BLACKERTON, the other ass.. by Mr. Cusack, and cross-examined peared for the Grand Canal Company, afte. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said that this closeu moters. Mr. Muunit-then said that it was impossible for th, teed consistently with the orders of Parliament. By oL. sessional orders it was requisite that the consent of the Boa. Admiralty should be obtained to the improvement of all harbours , docks, &c., but the promoters had not obtained any such consent. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said that that could be done without delay, and insisted that that objection should be fatal to the Bill. Ile knew of a similar objection being raised against the passing of a railway Bill. The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee would allow the pro moters an opportunity to obtain the necessary consent. Mr. MURPHY said that he had another objection, and that was, copies of the plans, &c., had not been laid before the Board of Ad miralty. After a brief discussion, time was also granted to the promoters of the Bill to do this. Mr. MURPHY then said that he had still another objection, which he felt confident must be taken to be fatal to the Bill. The objection was, that part of the land which the promoters sought for had ac tually been granted to the proprietors of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway this very session, as would be proved by Mr. Brunel, the igineer. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY said that that objection could not be taken, because the Dublin and Kingston Railway Company had not peti tioned against the Bill. That Company, he asserted, had inserted a clause into their Bill (which was passed on the 17th instant) with power to take part of the line proposed to be taken by this Company behind their backs, and without giving them the slightest intimation of their intention. He propo.ed that the Committee should insert a clause to remove the objection, and report specially to the House the conduct of the Dublin and Kingstown Company, prior to which he hoped the Committee would enter into a full inves tigation of their proceeding, which was certainly most disgraceful. Mr. MURPHY submitted that the Committee should permit him to establish his assertion at once. If they did not, he must proceed with the other part of his case, and enter upon the establishment of his assertion afterwards. But if they allowed him to do so at once, they would save the time of themselves and the public. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY called upon the Committee to abrogate the clause referred to in the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Bill, a most disgraceful fraud had been committed upon their clients behind their backs. -1 4tatIt opgipeer, was next aagmlnpa Murphy, Q.C. (who ap ' ' the caso of the pro- Bill to pro -a of tiro of The Committee said that they would enter into the inquiry as to whether the land in question had been assigned to the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, and if it turned out that it had been, of course it would be impossible to assign it to this company also. Mr. Muaptiv said that he would be able by evidence to prove that the land had been granted to the Dublin and Kingstown Railwry Company, and to disprove the charge of fraud which had been so elaborately thrown out by his Learned Friend. Mr. Smith, the Parliamentary agent of the Grand Canal Company, was accordingly called to prove the assignment of the land to the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Muuria—The Grand Canal Com pany had not given s him a direct intimation to the effect that they would not be responsible for the charges of the opposition which he was persevering In against this Bill. He meant to look to them for the payment of his charges. He had not written to them to know whether they would defray his charges. Mr. Ryan, the Director of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, had cer tainly advised with him with respect to his opposition to this Bill, and he had desired him to retain counsel. To the Chairman—He had received direct instructions from Mr. M'Mullen, the Secretary of the Grand Canal Company, to oppose this Bill on their behalf, and be had not received any communication, written or oral, direct or indirect, from the Company, recalling those instructions. Mr. Pym, banker, Dublin, one of the largest shareholders in the Grand Canal Company, and projector and treasurer of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, proved that this Company proposed to run their railway through the point where Mr. Brunel, the engineer of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Company, proposed to erect their goods station , To Colonel Peel—He was quite sure that the Dublin and Kings town Railway Company had not given notice to the promoters of this Bill, of their intention to take that plot of ground, because they did not conceive that their taking it would form the least barrier to this company constructing their lino. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Muzonv—He was never con sulted as to the insertion of the clause referred to. He believed that Mr. Smith had no direct promise from the Grand Canal Company to reimburse him the costs to which he naigot be put in opposing this Bill. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till to-morrow. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. Lord Shaftesbury took the chair as usual in Room 1 (House of Lords), at three o'clock. CAMERONS, COALI3ROOK, STEAM COAL, AND SWANSEA AND LONGHOR RAILWAY. The promoters of this Bill had complied with the standing orders. TIP 3 committee came to a final decision as to the MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON, in which case, it will be remembered, the standing orders were com plied with, except in a reserved point as to the accuracy of the levels. The point in dispute was referred to an independent engineer. This gentlemen having given his report to the Committee, their Lordships decided that the standing orders were not complied with ; but they were of opinion that the Pill ought to be allowed to proceed. They would, therefore, report that the standing orders ought to be dis pensed with. The expenses of the new survey to be paid by the opponents of the Bill. SELECT COMMITTEE ON MERITS. Their Lordships had before them, in this capacity, a list of seven Bills ; they disposed of the following : GLASGOW, GARNKIRK, AND COATBRIDGE EXTENSION, The preamble of this Bill was proved. SURREY IRON RAILWAY COMPANY DISSOLVING. The preamble of this Bill was declared to have been proved. Their Lordships adjourned till to-morrow. G OODW OOD RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS) (Continued from our Third Edition). The Goodwood Club Stakes of 10 Sovs. each. Best Bower . Naworth Alliance Eight ran. Won by a head. The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 Sovs. each. Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Cuckoo Mr. Maher's Perdita filly THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JULY 27. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena Augusta Victoria, third daughter of her Most Excellent Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was baptised on Saturday last the 25th instant, in the Chapel, within Buckingham Palace; and a detailed account account of the ceremonial observed at this solemnity will appear in a Supplementary Gazette. MASTER OF THE HORSE'S-OFFICE, JULY 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Granville George Earl Granville to be Master of her Majesty's Buck Hounds, in the room of the Right Honourable James Alexander Earl of Rosslyn, re signed. T wESUN S _LONDON, TUEDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1846, t Mr . FOX MAULE sail that he found a proposition made by hi! s predecessors with reference to this subject, but consi d.erie g the late period of the session and the great importance of th e question, the Government were of opinion that the prefer able system would be to renew the Bill (as had been done for tilt • last thirtet n or fourteen years) for another year. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. Mr.. R. ESCOTT gave notice, that, on Tuesday next, he would move for a return to be laid before the House of till the j floggit igs which had been inflicted in the army from the year 1840 b the present time ; the place where the regiment in which such punishment took place was stationed ; the number of lashes inflicted ; and the consequences that followed ; whether inflicted by farriers, drummers, or so forth; and also copies of the surgeons minutes; and whether the trials had taken place with closed doors. Mr. HUME moved for an account of the number of indivi dual depositors and of charitable institutions and friendly so cieties depositing their funds in savings banks, and of the sums deposited, divided into the usual classes, on the 20th day of November, 1845. Account of the amount of principal money received from, and of interest credited to, and of principal and • interest money paid to the trustees of savings banks, clistin gui.shing Great Britain and Ireland, by the National Debt Comn.issioners, from the 6th day of August, 1817, to the 20th day of May, 1846 ; of the amount of money: prin cipal and interest, due to the trustees by tie Commis sionerson the 20Lh day of May, 1846 ; of the securities held by the Commissioners on the 20th day of May, 1846, and of the value of thsse securities at•the prices of that day (stating such prices), to provide the amount due by the Commissioners to the trustees on that day, for principal and interest. Account of the aggregate amount of interest paid and credited to the trustees :of savings' banks (distinguishing Great Britain and Ireland) by the Commissioners, and of the aggregase amount of interests or dividends received by and due to the Commis sioners on the stocks, funds, and exchequer bills held by them on account of the trustees, from the 6th day of Augusf, 1817, to the 20th day of May, 1846 inclusive ; and stating also the difference in amount be tween the amounts so paid and credited and and received up to May 20, 1846. Account, stating in detail, the changes which have been made in the Bank Annuities and Exchequer -bills held by the National Debt Commissioners, on account of the trustees of savings banks, and the authority of the Acts 9 Geo. IV. c. 92, and 3 Wm. IV. c. 14; showing, in s e p arate co lumns, the dates, desc r ipti on , and extent of each of such changes, and the rates at which the changes were t ffecsed, from May 20, 1844, to July 5, 1846 (all in continuation of Parliao mentary Paper, No. 453, of Session 1844). Mr. HORSEMAN wished to give notice that on Friday next he would ask the Right Hon. Bar';net the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if I _ 4 was his intention to call the attention of the Government * :o the report of a Lords Com mittee on railways, and whether it was their intention to adopt the suggestion COP' ained in that re p or t? THE ; A DJOURNED DE BATE. On the motion that the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate be read, Mr. PHILIP MILES said that he could assure the House that when he moved the adjournment of the debate last night, it was not with a view of protracting the discussion of the question at this late period of the session. It was because he thought that under the circumstances a fair division could not be taken upon it, that he wished to adjourn it, and he knew that it was for the interest of all the parties that the adjourn , ment should take place. He assurred the Noble Lord that it was not his intention to offer any useless opposition to this Bill, because he did not think it right unnecessarily to protract the business of the House. He could not admit that this measure was to confer a great benefit upon the country, as the Noble Lord had stated, and it was because he considered that this measure would do precisely the reverse, because he considered that the measure would give great encouragement and stimulus to th e slave trade, notwith s t an di ng all that b bad been said against it, that he was prepared to give his support to the resolutions moved by his Noble Friend the Member for King's Lynn. He confessed that he was astonished last night to hear the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool—that Noble Lord who moved the celebrated resolution in 1841—now consenting to the pro posals of her Majesty's Government. He must say that he was not prepared to hear him give the reasons for the vote which he was induced to give, after he had said that he protested strongly against the admission of foreign sugar. He certainly was not prepared to hear that Noble Lord come forward in support of the proposition of the Noble Lord the Member for London.—(Hear, hear.) Neither was he pre pared to hear the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, certainly in a speech of great ability, tell the House that he was rejoiced to be able from the source of the slave-grown sager, to receive a large increase to the revenue of the country. The discussion last night turned upon the state of the West India colonies, and it was because he was particularly interested in them, and because he wished to express his opinions as to their condition, that he was unwilling that the House should go to a division on the question last night before he laid before them what he knew concerning their condition, and what effect this measure would have upon them. From all that he could learn from practical people on this subject, from all that he knew himself on the question, he must say that he thought the effect of this measure would be to throw a vast number of estates out of cultivation.—( Hear, hear.) All those estates which were of a barren soil, and which had not all the advantages_ of shipping, would he thrown out o f cultivation. He :would take for an instance the Island of Jamaica. In that island there were, he believed, about 400 estates now in cultivation, and he was assured by a gentleman conversant with the subject, that of those 150 or 200 would be thrown out of cultivation by this measure. Many of the estates-in --thatzigand-had been lateiy thrown ont s of cultivation, and it was a lamentable fact, but it was nevertheless true, that in consequence of the want of pro tectionwhich-onght to have'been showed to the proprietors of estatesioili:at island, the people were in a mostovretched con dition:7'4lle- Ncible Lord, the Member for London, in the opening speech which he made on this question, said that the system , of protection was a vicious one, but his (Mr. Miles) answer to that question was that the condition of the West Indies was in a wretched state at this moment, and the reason that they were so was, because of the of_the conduct of the Executive Government. Ho wished to lay before the House some particulars with respect to some estates in Jamaica. The amount of sugar produced in the estates on that island had greatly decreased during the last few years in consequence of the extreme drought and One want of protection which had been denied to them by the Goaernment. The estimate for the present year was not less than 800 tons of sugar. Let them take another case, in which an estate that before the emancipation of the negroes did not produce 100 hogsheads of sugar, that now from the number of estates 'which that measure had thrown out of cultivation,- -.and. the consequent great .'supply of laboiir that 'now, notwithstanding the abolition o f s l avery , pro d uce d 150-hogsheadsper annum: Though the soil was of an inferior character if they had an - ample su pply o f l a b our it would be made three times as valuable as it was before the passing of the Act of Emancipation. Again, if they took the island of Barbadcos. According to returns which had been placed before the House, it was stated that it had increased its crops since the abolition of slavery, and that wages had risen. The wages were the same as in Jamaica, with this differenee—that instead of "paying a fair day's work for a fair day's wages," the la bourers received for four hours labour daily, the same as was paid in Jamaica for seven or eight. There were sufficient reasons to show that if a sufficient supply of labour was given, these estates would do sufficiently well. He thought that this would justify him in stating that, which had been said by a gentleman well ac quainted with the West Indian colonies, and had been quoted by the Noble Lord the Member for the city of London, that the West India planters were in the hands of the, * negroes, instead of the negroes -b e i ng i n the hinds of "tfie planters.— (Hear, heir.) Such was the opinion of a disinterested man, and one who bad the most extensive experience:of the colonies; and that opinion was corroborated by the Governots of the different Islands. He thought he did not say too much, in affirming that the fault of the colonies not being in so prosperous a condition as they might have been, lay not with the planters but with the Government. Give them a supply of labour, and there would be no danger of their estates being cultivated. He was sorry to hear the Noble Lord say that he would not allow any importation of labourers from Africa, unless they came from paces at which the British flag was flying. .He thought there ought to be full liberty for labourers to come from any part, under such guarantee as to personal liberty which the Government should think necessary. In Jamaica there was an estate on which there were thirty-two negroes who filled the most important situations, and had risen to their, present position by their energy and industry. They were declared to be an intelligent and active body of men, and they filled the most important situations for carrying on the various prcesses on the estate. It was only recently that they had obtained any labour, and what they desired was time to allow it to come into ope ration. Had not the West Indies suffered from a very severe drought, the crop would have increased in a greater proportion than in any former year, by reason of that labour. It was really a verp hard case, be cause they had bein unfortunate this year, slave labour should be allowed to come into competitioa with them. But the benefits which the Noble Lord promised to them did not come " up to their expectation, he has told us that molasses and sugar cannot be used in breweries, because the excise have an objection to it. If reforms are to be carried out on the principle of free trade, they ought to adapt the reforms to that principle, and not their reforms to the excise. He could see no reason why they should impose this tax upon the colonies— it was not consistent with a spirit of justice or equity. He thought that he could apply to the present state of the country the opinion of Lord Metcalfe, who said that the Go vernment were in the hands of the Excise, and not the Ex cise in the hands of the Government. He did not think that the Excise duties should be suffered to remain in thei present condition. He thought the duties should be equalized and levied after the spirits were made the distillers would then have a protection of Bd. per gallon. He hoped that at a future time the Noble Lord at the head of the Government would tnrn his attention to the subject and place the duties upon an equality. It was his opinion that emancipation had fully borne out the expectations of the parties. He had visited Louisana and Cuba, and it was his deliberate opinion that free-labour could compete with slave-labour. His firm belief was that the present measure if passed, would have the effect of throwing estates out of cul tivation, and that it would also give a stimulus to the slave trade; and if this country encouraged the growth of slave grown sugar, with what face could they request foreign nations to join with them in putting a stop to the odious traffic in slaves? If the cultivation of sugar were to be increased by 50,000 tons, according to the estimate of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, there must, of necessity, be an absolute TEA.—At the public sales held to-day there was little desire evinced to operate in any description of Tea, although merchants generally were inclined to make some concession in prices. RicE.—ln Bengal of every description an extensive business has been contracted by private contract since this day week, and at prices showing an advance ou those previously current of Pd to is per cwt. CINNAMON.—There has been a much better demand for Ceylon of first quality, and the parcels offered at the quarterly sales were pur chased with eagerness ; the quantity brought forward not being large, merchants were enabled to obtain an advance on the rates of the last April sale. INDIGO.—The quarterly sale of East India was brought to a * con _ elusion th!s afternoon. The quantity for sale was 15,622 che'As, of which 4,675 chests were withdrawn, and 3,223 brought in, about 9,000 actually sold. I ..eaving TALLow.—Rus,slan is dull of sale on the spot, and not 7 .nere than 41s 6d per cwt can b 6 obtained for line Petersburg YelP iw Candle. fear delivery In the last three months of the year there are sellers at 41s to 41s 3d per cwt. Home mad e on th e spot, however, has been In excellent request at 40s to 40s 64 nett cash, and the ',supply if not so large as it was. Other descriptions have been purchased with COURSE OF EXCHA' Amsterdam C.F. 12 8% Ditto, at sight 12 5% -ntterdain .... • • 2U. 12 9 m i ty:ry • • • • • • 26 15 Ilamburgn ••• • • • 31.13. 13 1534 Altena •• .. • •••• • • • Paris, 3 days' sight 25 85 Ditto, 3 months.. • • 26 15 Marseilles •••• . • • • • 26 20 Bourdeaux • • • 26 20 Frankfort on Blaine.... 122 Petersburgll, 3 Us .• Berinl ... • • • • • • •• • • •• Vienna, effec.llo ••• • • • 10 14 Trieste, ditto,... ••• • .. 10 14 Madrid •• • ..... •.. . • 3 5 3 4 • Cadiz • • : ..... 36% Barcelona ............ Seville.. .NGE.-(THIS DAY). Gibraltar., _ • • •• Leghorn ........ 30 GO Genoa • • 21; 20 Milan • • • ...... -- Naples .. . • ...... 39X, Palermo, per 0z....—. 119 Y,,, Lisbon.... ..... ....... 53 0p0rt0........ ••.. • • 534 Rio Janeiro • • 24 Bahia .• •••• • • • • • • Buenos Ayres ..... .• • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia ........ PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold In bars X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons . . New Dollars ...... • Silver in bars •. • • 0 4 11 LA, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) increase in the amount of slavery, He remembered having heard, some short time ago, the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Edinburgh, describing the misery which resulted from the existence of slavery in America, but he could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman that the horrors he had de picted fell far short of the misery attendant upon the African slave trade. He had once seen a cargo of slaves the day after they were landed, and certainly no considerations of policy should ever induce him to encourage such an abominable system. They were told that the people of this country required cheap sugar, and he considered that their desire would be supplied if there was a considerable reduction this year in the price of free_ labour sugar—such a reduction he was ready to agree to by supporting a reduction of the existing dnties, and although he did not speak for the whole West Indian interest, he was sure they . would also consen t to a re- duction; and he believed the plantations of West India and of the colonies would yield this country an ample supply of free-labour sugar. The Chancellor of the Exche quer said, in his speech last night, that the Government wished to let in a quantity of sugor, and to derive a large re venue from the large supply. Now, he was surprised to hear the minister of a free country like this, boast of the revenue which would be derived by encouraging the slave trade, for if the measure propounded by the Government was passed, slavery would be increased two-fold; but of this he was certain, that if they wished to put a stop to the slave trade—if they wished to obtain a character for honour and ht inanity, they must show the world that free was cheaper than slave labour. If they did not do this they would believe th 3 free trade prin ciples which they had enunciated, and show That whilst they boasted of free trade with all he world, they ----J were pro at Pfg ing the slave trade. Upwards of 20 Membm Tele when the Hon. Gentleman re sgthed'his seat, but die) , gave way tg BORTHWICK rose, and was -- DOWNING-STREET, JULY 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain Charles Graham and Commander George James Hay, of the Royal Navy, to be Companions of the most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. Royal Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Cap 'stain R. Cannon to be Major, July 24. Uxbridge Yeomanry Cavalry—Hugh Hammersley, Gent., to be Cornet, July 24. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham. Durham Militiaß. H. S. Jackson, Esq., to be Captain July 20. WHITEHALL, JULY 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles James Fox, of the city of Canterbury, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Francis Barber Kettle, horse dealer, Brighton, to surrender Aug. 4, at twelve, and Sept. 4, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Staniland and Long, Bouverie-street. Walter M'Dowall and Ralph Brown, printers, Pemberton row,sep t . G z u a g t h Gough-square, a. pastr , eleven, Aug. a t4,t the et Court half. past of Bankruptcy. t w el ve, and Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Holme and Co., New Inn. Farquhar Macqueen, merchant, Leadenhall-street, Aug. 5, and Sept. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fol lett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street ; Ashuret, Cheapside. Charles Burrows and John Glidcion, brewers, Plymouth, Aug 11, and Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernatnan, official assignee, Exeter; Little and Woolcombe, evonport ; Stogdon, Exeter ; Makinson and Co., Temple. James Evans, silk mercer Bristol, Aug. 11, and Sept. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Savery, Clark, and Co., Bristol. John Carlisle, builder, West Derby, Aug. 7, and Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee. Liverpool ; Rogerson, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Davies, Liverpool. John Smith Chadwick, calico printer, Manchester, August . 12 and September 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London, Blair, Manchester. Edward James Inchley, corn dealer, Drayton, official Leicester shire,assignee August 15 and September 10, at t we l ve , a t th e Bir mingham _District Court. Whitmore, Birmingham; Rawlings, Market Harborough, James, Bir mingham. William Inclhley, coal dealer, Drayton, Leicestershire, Aug. 15, and Sept. 10, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleson, official assignee, Birmingham; Rawlins, Market Harborough : James, Birmingham. James Coates, tailor, Leominster, Herefordshire, Aug. 8, at one, and Sept. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Wood house, Leominster; Bartlett, Birmi ng h am . Alfred William ohn Mason, builder, Edgbaston, Warwick shire, Aug. 7, at half past ten, and Sept. 1, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir mingham; Ryland, Birmingham. Thomas Small Smith, carpenter, Wednesburn Stafford shire, Aug, 7, and Sept. J, at ten, at the Birmingham Di s t r i ct Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Walker, Wolverhampton. Thomas Charles Fletcher, glass dealer, Nottingham, Aug, 7, and Sept. 1, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpv, official assignee, Waterloo-street, Birmingham; Brown, Nottingham; Smith, Birmingham. William George Wale Tayler, surgeon, Tvwardreath, Cornwall, Aug. 12 , and Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Exeter trict Court. Ifirtzell, official assignee, Paul-street, Exeter; Coodee and Shilson, St. Austel, Cornwall ; Stogdon, Exeter. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of July 28.) SUGAR.—To -day the market for all kinds of Colonial Sugar pre sented a very dull appearance, and further reduced rates were accepted. REFINED.—To-day, although Refined Sugar was offered upon re duced terms, still the home trade operated with mum caution. MAURITIUS.—Thera has been little business transacted by private contract In any description, although there are sellers upon further reduced terms. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with little atten tion ; at public sale 2,766 bags were offered, but a very small part only sold at rather lower rates. FOREIGN.—To -day there was no public sale of sugar the produce of slave labour,- but privately Mare de c z a ir c e c w m as et s w h i o t w u n ni t or o eopaettrenateuoinn bye kinds ; business of moment was however prevents the Stiff rates required. .'“Va was SO t QT J+ Guayra 354 bags were offered at auction, e, ao . FFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon 'met, and kood — ordlnary pale nu.— 4 1 Cto privatew4 tes6 furtherapp:et. • SPIBITS.—To-day all kinds Of Jamaica Rutn :were in excellent re quest, and fetched further advanced rites. Leeward Island is wanted, and prices aro looking up. Calcutta wautep, turd prices Wier. reduced terms. HOUSE OF LORDS The EARL OF SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. - Messengers from the ;Commons brought up several Bills, praying their Lordships concurrence. CHELSEA BRIDGE AND EMBANKMENT BILL. On the motion of Lord CANNING, this Bill was read a third time and passed. The Earl of CLARENDON presented a petition from Mr. Crowder, a solicitor, praying that the Glamorganshire Land Bill be considered in the same position as if a certain non compliance with the standing orders had not been made. BATHS AND WASRHOUSES BILL. Lord BROUGHAM preserne;laWinfr;inJOshua and Thomas Watts, the proprietors of the swimming baths in the Peerless Pool, City-road, against the Baths and Washhouse Bill. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills, praying their Lordships' concurrence. BATHS AND WASEIHOUSES. _ _ The Earl of RADNOR said he thought that the Noble and Learned Lord should have inquired into the circumstances of the case on the bringing up of the Bill yesterday. Lord BROUGHAM explained. The Bishop of LONDON said he had proved, as far as it could be proved, that there was a probability of the money on the loan being repaid. When my Noble and Learned Friend looks into the Bill, though he may think this or that provision of the Bill might require modification, that he would not throw the weight of his powerful talents into the scale against the Bill. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the Bill was not be fore the House, and when it was, they would avail them selves of any suggestions that might conduce towards the ob ject of this Bill. _ _ Earl GREY thought it was premature to discuss this ques tion at present. . . CORNWALL RAILWAY. Lord BROUGHAM thought that the evidence in this Bill should be printed and produced to the House. Viscount TORRINGTON said he had no objection to the production of the evidence in question. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that on Thursday he would move that the evidence laid before the Cornwall Railway Com mittee be printed. BUILDERS OF DUBLIN. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the builders of Dublin eomplaing of the privileges of the guild of builders in the city of Dublin, and praying their Lordships to establish perfect freedom to all. METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT. Lord LANSDOWNE, in answer to a question by Lord Portman, said he had seen the First Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, who had received the Acts yesterday, and had referred them immediateiy 'to the official referee. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Lord MONTEAGLE said, that this Company had come to Pariiament for an extension of powers. He said, it had been represented to him that this Company had far exceeded its powers, and expended much more than the capital allowed by law ; that this additional capital had been raised not by the issue of &mit fide shares, but by an invention of the directors, which virtually made it a lean. This was a repre sentation which, if found true, would make that company by no means appear worthy of their Lordship's sanction. He .moved- that-an account be 'ordered :showing the state of that company from year to year. Lord PORTMAN said, as .Chairman of the Committee be fore which this company had been sent, he felt bound to say that be had heard nothing of it, although a private letter had been sent him hinting at something of the same kind with what their Lordships had heard. Lord KINNAIRD said, that by the Railway Consolidation Act the Board of Trade should take care that gates and stations were provided when lines passed public roads on the level. (LEFT srrTING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Sr JUICER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to : Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway. Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Termini and Branches). Gorbals Gravitation Waterworks. Liverpool and Bury Railway Extensions. London and Birmingham Railway (Coventry to Nuneaton). London and Birmingham Railway (Weedon to Northampton). Manchester and Leeds Railway Extensions. Midland Railway (Leicester and Swennington Alterations end Branches). North Wales Railway : Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway. Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junc tion Railway (No. 1). Strathtay and Breadalbane Railway, Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand" Junction Railway. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES. Mr. M'CARTHY presented a petitionfrom Cork, praying that the provisions of the Baths and Washhouses Bill might be extended to Ireland. JURORS-IRELAND. Lord CLEMENTS presented a petition from the jurors of the county of Leitrim, complaining of being so repeatedly called upon to perform the duty of jurors in consequence of the absentees, and praying for an amendment of the law with respect to jurors. THIRD READINGS. The Cambeltown Harbour, Waterworks, Paving, Lighting, and Watching Bill, and the Tramore Embankment Bill, were read a third time and passed. Colonel FOX presented a petition from Southwark, praying for the opening, free of toll, of Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall Bridge. The report on the Sligo and Shannon Railway was agreed to. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK• Mr. HENLEY, seeing the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. T. Duncombe) in his place, wished to know whether it was his intention to make the motion of which he had given notice for to-night with respect to his Highness the Duke of Brunswick ? Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that it had been his intention to bring forward the motion to-night, but in consequence of it being arranged that the debate on the Sugar Duties Bill should take precedence - of notices of motion, he was afraid he should not be able to do se. He regreted this ex tremely as the subject was one of great importance, and he should be unable to bring it forward before this day fortnight, dn which day he was afraid the House would be little inclined to appoint a Select Committee toinquired into the allegations con tained in the petition of his Highness the Duke of Brunswick, he had therefor no alternative but to postpone his motion to the earliest day he could bring it forward next session. OUTRAGE ON BRITISH SUBJECTS. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Thomas Brodigan, Esq., Pilton House, County Meath, a magistrate of that county, complaining of the outrage which took place at Jerusalem on Good Friday last; and of the personal danger to which he, in conjunction with ether - Walsh subjects, was then exposed (fully detailed in the correspondence which appeared io the second edition of The Sun .ef the 3d instant), and praying that effectual measures =May be adopted by the Government here which will occasion the Sublime Porte to direct its attention to the repression of such outrages, and thus protect British travellers in the East. ARMY ESTIMATES. Captain LAYARD, seeing the Secretary at War in his place, was desirous of knowing when it was his intention to tiring forward the army estimates? Mr. FOX MAULE said if nothing unforseen occurred, it was his intention to bring them on next Monday. Mr. GEORGE BANKS gave notice that on the third reading of the Poor-law Removal Bill he should propose to add a clause. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN seeing the President of the Board of Trade in his place, he wished to ask him whether be should continue to devote as much attention to agricultural 3r statistics i.T. in m o . ffi G ce i a ß s s h o e N did said, out? in—a(nHsweearr,tohetahre ) question of the Hon. . Member behind him, he begged to say that he had reason to believe from papers he had seen in the Board of Trade that the subject of agriculture had undergone considerable attention in that department, and so far as himself was concerned he should be most happy to continue his attention to this subject. COLONIAL LAND SALE. Mr. DITETT wished to ask the Uuder Secretary for the Colonies, whether it was or was not the intention of the Colonial Office to sanction the regulation made on the 3d day of March last, by the Governor of South Australia, respecting future land sales in that colony, which, according to the last report of the Colonisation Commissioners, would seem to have been drawn up under the direction of Lord Stanley, and in contravention of the decision of this House upon the Land Bill introduced by order of that Noble Lord. Mr. HAWES was understood to say that dispatches having reference to the subject had not yet arrived at the Colonial Office, and he could not inform the Honourable Gentle man what would be done until they arrived. Mr. HOPE said, he might be irregular, but he felt inclined to make one or two observations on the question which had been asked ; and first, on the terms in which the notice had been given. He found no fault with the first part of that notice, but when it proceeded, "which, accor.. ing to the last report ef the Colonization Commissioners, would seem to have been draw n up un d er t h e di re ction of Lord Stanley, and in contravention of the decision of th is House u p on the La nd Bill introd uce d b y t h a t N o bl e Lord." Now this , he thought, was simply out an opportu n ity o f answer ing. He submitted that this was a speech put into the notic es, and a s p eech with a most improper exercise of the privilege of giving notice. But he had to find fault with the question in the substance of it, for it was not founded in fact. Mr. DIVETT begged merely to say that whether he had acted discreetly or not, the question, in fact, was founded strictly in fact. wished to .. ._ ..., noae of THE MILITIA. Mr. ACLIONBY wished to put a q uestion to the Right Hon. the Secretary at War. He ha d not indeed g iven n otice 'suspending the Ballot for M i li t i a in the usual way, but as there wa s a g reat deal of a nxiety _. ask that prpvxiling in the country on the subj ect, and as he kne w that fnany Tlonogral:de MembeFs in that House were not aware that a MP Was sw) ilo ' table of Op Apure for tne p“. l - _...,,,_.1.... till October in the year so l i t 2-- - h Hi -g t Hon. Gentleman if it were rye intention of the Government to proceed with that Bill? IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. --- HOUSE OF LORDS, July 27. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. On the motion of the Earl of CLARENDON, the Commons' amendments on this Bill were ordered to be printed. RAILWAY BILLS. Lord Portman and other Noble Lords brought up reports on several railway Bills, which had been re ferred to Select Committees. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT. Lord PORTMAN gave notice that, to-morrow, he would ask her Majesty's Ministers a question in refer ence to this Bill. SLAVE TRADE. Lord BROUGHAM (in continuation) said— The import from the colonies in the West Indies was 125,000 tons, from all the East India possessions 80,000 tons, from Manilla and Java say 20,000, and from the Mauritius 60,000 ; making about 250,000 tons. But another account was given ; it came from parties to whom he allowed little credit in the matter—from the sugar refiners— who hoped by the present measure to get in sugar at a low rate, so as to bear a large profit for their own process; that account made it under the 250,000 tons. But he took that report with which the late Go vernor-Genera/ of India concurred, and that re port made it nearer 300,000 than 250,000. He said it was impossible to over-estimate the capacity for growing sugar of the possessions in the East Indies and the Mauritius. If time were given for further inquiry, this subject would be proved beyond all possibility of doubt. But they were already proved by a reference to the amount of imports for the last three or four years. He now come to another point in which they were all inte rested. It might be said by the planters " You are con tent to take coffee, but you will not take sugar. You will allow the poor man to have his little coffee, but you will not give him the sugar to sweeten it."—(llear, hear.) He was for the poor man having his sugar as well as his coffee, but he must have it by lawful means, though it had been said that stolen sweets were the sweetest.--(A laugh.) He must not, however, have that sugar from slave-grown produce, when they could be supplied from Jamaica, Guiana, Trinidad, and Mauritius, and above all from the West Indies, who were ready to meet any demand. He had no right to take advantage of the argument of an unskilful opponent, or the clumsy weapons he used. But he would supply him with an argument. He would give them an answer who inquired why they should admit the sugar of Brazil and of Cuba ; why they should receive the slave-grown coffee of other states as well ? Why, this was one of the greatest fallacies that had ever been broached, one of the most pure and indefensible fallacies. If this were a new reason it would be a different matter. But even in allowing all the value of that consideration, he must be bold to say that, with his friend Thomas Clark son, he was none of those who were such advocates for a barren consistency as would induce any man to over look the advantages of a change when circumstances had altered. When he was asked why they admitted slave-grown cotton, slave-grown coffee, slave-grown to bacco and sugar from Cuba, he would reply, that admitting all the reasons of finance, of conscience, and of what he was quite unwilling to underrate the new science of political economy, still he was:compelled tos'ay there was no sufficient reason for the change that was now proposed. Well did he recollect the efforts of ls'is dear friend Sir S. Romilly, and his equally dear friend Sir James Macintosh, whose efforts, now happily successful, were at that time so fruitlessly directed for introducing humanity into our system of punishments. Well did he remember when his friend Sir S. Romilly endeavoured to appropriate freehold estates for the payment of simple contract debts; to do away with such anomalies as in troducing steaming into bleaching grounds a capital offence, as well as other measures of a similar kind; how he was met by Sir William Grant, who threw out his measure on that occasion, and by Mr. Canning who used on that debate the much ill-used term of the wisdom of our ancestors, when, as it is well known, our ancestors were younger in wisdom than ourselves. Did they say to him at that time, why bring in a Bill to abolish this as a capital felony, when there were five and forty others remaining, or why not, instead of stopping at touching freehold property, and making it available for simple contract debts, or why not, instead of taking the debtor to prison, pass a Bill giving power to the creditor to take the money of the debtor? If such arguments had been brought forward he would no doubt have said " Stop a little, perhaps I will go to that." That was the worstl,possible answer that could be given to his argument. But again and again let him tell those who consider this great question that they were not then called upon for the puryose of rescinding what was egtibliahed ; they were not undoing what was already done. He was not asking them to repeal a law enabling Brazilian and other slave-grown sugars to come into this country. He was resisting a law which was proposed to open this county to the slave produce, and then they said, " Oh, you admit tobacco! Oh, you admit copper." Yes! but if he were called upon for the first time to let in those articles, then would be the time for questioning his consistency of opinion on the ad mission of these articles. But let any man show him a measure which would have the effect of doubling the quantity of cotton to be brought into the market, and he would then oppose that also. The great increase of the cotton from America had been pro duced by a population who had increased in a fair and natural manner. But from these remarks of his own he wouldcall attention to the statements of one whose candour and justice was only equalled by his steady consistency in his principles, and who could not for an instant be sup posed to be warped by any kind of bias of reasoning, or, by party or personal considerations, against any mea sures proposed by the present Government. He alluded to the Lord Chief Justice of England, and he confessed when he reflected upon the high character of that great magistrate, and the pure and the spotless life, profession ally, politically, and individually, and to the proud situation which he had always held in the eyes of his countrymen, and above all when he recollected that he could be labouring under no bias of political feeling against the measure introduced by his own political friends, he had the greatest reason to allow the greatest weight to his opinions on the subject. When he (Lord Brougham) was talking to his Lordship—and he had his authority for stating it, grieving as he did that he could not himself be personally in that House. Lord LYNDHURST—Where is he ? Lord BROUGHAM—Oh, he is too far from this. He is at Holyhead. Lord Brougham then con tinued—When they were talking of a Govern ment to be formed on the expulsion of Peel, they agreed that they could not go to the country with a great and liberal measure at that time. (His Lordship then read from a letter of Lord Denman's.) His Lord ship (the Lord Chief Justiee) said that they had forgot that a liberal Government would be very popular if they proposed-to restore the slave trade. They acted upon the principle of doing evil that good might come ; they gave a free passage from Africa to the Brazils for life— (Laughter)—and they added the free liberty of the lash. —(Hear, hear.) Why, argument in such a case was nothing. They should ascertain what was the right, and whether they could reconcile it with their duty to do a wilful and deliberate wrong—a wrong committed by England, too, which affected to exercise a moral influence on the rest of the world. They argue "We cannot do all good, and therefore we are free to encour age some evil."—(Hear, hear.) As a great experiment was to be tried between free-trade and slave-grown sugar, he was convinced that it would be decidedly in favour of the latter. Slave labour was cheaper forty years- ago, because it was always cheaper to buy than to breed, and now the experiment could never be tried on equal terms. Tho slave-trade could not be put down, and common sense had agreed that the de sire to do so should be termed fanaticism. Frequent changes of Government were assuredly evil, but what was this to be compared with the suffering inflicted by the success of ten slavers. But it was not the success of ten slavers that could enable these markets to cope with the products of the slave countries. Not less than 20 slavers would require to be successfully delivered, for 20,000 additional slaves would be required to supply sugars for the English markets. He also read another expression of opinion from Lord Denman, in which he wondered what Mr. Fox would have said if he had thought that those who had done their utmost to abolish the trade would be engaged afterwards in promoting it and giving a new stimulus to it, for the purpose of trying a new experiment in political economy? The withdrawal of protection, continued the Lord Chief Justice, from our own countrymen in Jamaica would be an injustice, both to black and white. Ile (Lord Brougham) begged to remind them that sugar was the article which more than any other encouraged the slave trade. Cotton and coffee went but a small way in the encouragement of slavery. He grieved to know that slavery was part and parcel of the institutions of a country which called itself the freest in the world. That, however, was their affair, and slavery being a status established in that country, he had no right to interfere with it. He said the question of slavery was not before him now, it was the question of the slave trade.—(Hear. bear.) In increasing the quantity of sugar produced in Cuba and the Brazils, they encouraged not slavery but the slave trade, and that was the gr avamen o f hi s charge— the ground of his argument. He said he would not in flict the sorrow and the pain, and almost agony on their Lordships, partaking in it as he did himself, by moaning to their recollection the source of that exeorabletriarffirec., founded iu fraud, pillage, rapine —th e h unt i ng of men, the treatment of them as wild bea s t s , crowding them on shipboard, and afterwards using th em lik e so many sponsible beings. But suppose he should r em i nd them of but one circumstance in that traffic one circumstance o f which, had he " the tongue of nien and of angels," he could not do such justic e t o i t as the bare recital —as the poet says, could he " warble in sweetest strains that ever seraph sang." The death of a friend, his being con signed to his grave in all nations --but more espe c n ial ot ly so in uncivilised nat i ons, who, if they saw largely, and felt not so long, yet felt mare deeply than those who, civilised, had more to divert their ideas —these men where almost frantic if visited with any affliction of Providence,—as the death of a brother, a wife, or a child ; these uncul tivated men, themselves, when on board of ship, if one of their relatives was to be consigned to the deep, celebrated the occasion with revelry and unlimited joy ; because they found their relative was released from his sufferings, and an end had been put to his miseries. The guilt of these innumerable horrors—these inhuman crimes—did not rest with the captain cad his crew ; but fell also on those who sent them to Leon and Pernam buco for their cargo of ill-fated beings. They ditj this by opening their markets to this infereel prnditce, it was known to, them that the g or ro s w la t v h es o ; f Cuba—that it was p roeure d by the and, therefore, they were the abettors of this villainous traffic. T h _.'2, l7 unnerstood, too, how these poor natives of Africa were treated, Tlley had had letters on the subject from the various authorities. They had a letter t oo frpm the consul at : '.ernansibuqo to LOW A.ber- wa deen, which stated, " Th a t a ll th e worst featurses,e°e slavery existed in th a t coun t r y. That there greatest degradati on o f i n t e ll ec t, an d that even the law assisted to tra ns f orm th e Af r i can man i n to the Ameri C brute."—(Hear, hear.) He now came to the las e t 13, 7 0 ment he should make. Before concluding, h make allusion to what astonished him, notwithstane_nd the experience he had had of fallacious reasoninC,' unsound doctrine. The very party he was sP e t av iu t 6 fy, had carried their arms into the enemy o ur eu s o ur and said, " We, the true abolitionists, give , li t i o r.) money and we shall soon abolish slavery." --- A tz be This then was the argument which they used, irf.,the slave trade in Africa would certainly be increased uY . tb. abolition of the duty on foreign sugars. That Iva!, b y argument. This was the monstrous argument u5 n eu,,,,,,, the advocates for this new system of political ecoee They allowed that this trade, for a time at least, ,bust, did increased. The admission of foreign sugars Wow" d ij crease the horrors of the slave trade ; and this they 11 while p er f ec tl y aware of the consequences thatiod; ensue from th eir con d uct — t hi s they d id i n c old 0 0 and fully aw are o f t h e amount of m i ser y that ije ensue to the mise ra bl e v i ct i ms o f th i s h orr id trade.', 4 must say that i n th e w h ole course of i nves tiationf a , the annals of human presumption, he had never fir e at r. more gross ac t o f presumpt i on than that which tttbeit vacates for thi s measure h e l d out as a just i f i cat i o n 0' wo e conduct. They asserted openly that they wer e 5 ,,f that this m easure would have the effect for a time were creasing the horrors of the slave trade, and they ready, for th e sa k e o f carrying out their views' 'OO dertake th e great responsibility, he might say the . g o the responsibility, of in creas i ng t h e slave trade ; poor wretches who were its victims, were 160 captured, murdered whilst this experiment of PL" rr i66 economy was being tried. Yet truly ""," r ibla as was this aspect of the affair—truly as was the n ote d future laid before the world by the future thus Pr 4 es ia —there was in it something ludicrous, whi t. '" kale! effect overlaid the terrible, and which even soft the audacity of those by whom it was exhibited. ~ib oo t. been stated that free labour would supplant slave ' s it is He agreed with the proposition that it would (Iv se, w eb equal circumstances, because persons would wolboor greater zeal when working under a system free is DO, than when under the terrors of the lash ira, slaver l• oo A B C of the abolition society was that f ace la,bour supersede slave labour, but only eir cumstances. That principle had bell' Pitt and Mr. Wilberforce. It . „,1 en recognise roat o e work out the negroes. It was fti a h s tfir to talk ofb/ble beings in that manner ; but, 'te,, g were noot eons for for that, the fault rested with , the owners of slarmistt to Africa, take and care couldof them. e e l in ty . ay s ir e n wh en upon 11, 14 01 , r , The y tain a fresh supply °f s e ' had access to the c°- -(Cheers.) I have now nearly done. I 11 : .e ll ' s„, 11 , complished a tasl.c which I felt it 01.1 of to undertake. I Y,ave reminded your LordshiPsL t k e , general features of the case, and I have run °";,. ground at more length than I wished to have d ,. ° 1,1 1 - 0 1 " I had had., more time to h ae prepare my speech, 0 , 0 have reelue d • e „ it to narrower bounds. I MaY,Fll l° have a future time to speak, in the meantime yr, to say is this, I do most earnestly and ferven"J,,, , ole that your Lordships will not treat the qu ostiot l " - oves Ine'i•ely of commercial policy, but as one which 111 Lisi ii ' all the best interests of this country, and of 111 1 , — ,,:ev„, religion, justice, and humanity, and policy, and a'- fj °iv the national character and credit and reputation b een country; and, using the language which ha d o tie° adopted by an eloquent advocate upon a former o e e , t 4 111 " that national honour is in our mind inferl ti e course of justi ce , h uman i ty, and virtue. " , honour and nati ona l cre di t is, I am sure, sate Lordships' hands, and th e prayer of the petition , ~#et 14e society I rep resent, and their venerable presidn'it. not before your Lordships have been urged in wo n ' Noble Lord s a t d own am i d loud cheers. t The Marqui s o f LAN SDOWNE then sal" , an rising he was prepared only to offer a very few 1 r for he entertained an opinion in common, not °W if e the majority o f th e i r L ordships present, but he 174 tbl' f with the Noble and Learned Lord himself, the?' s ' s ini was not the be s t ti me or the f i t occasion for dis',e°6ooo a measure whi c h was at that moment intro d t e,!r the other House of Parliament, and which vv"infte it receive that full c ons id erat i on that it must be " ifro f came before th e i r L or d s hi ps. —(Hear, hea r.) If ° Noble and Learned Friend must have been hie 3se for opinion that this was the least convenient period,. h' debate on thi s great question, when he h i ms eht o placed on the o r d er b oo k of their Lordships' 11: , °u 0 47 notice for discussi on on this question, and had wards, in the co urse o f a few days, postponed its! t ot hee ground that it was not yet brought before 0 ,1 m t House of Parliament. He, therefore, thous; oP though his Lordship was unquestionably entitle" b ee he . t t any opportunity, by giving forty-eight hours' 11 ‘) ; fore his resolution should be received by the 11,,eils i , an d he certainly tho ug ht t h at although the , is Learned Lord had, with his usual eloquence sod il oiiri u " introduced this question, still it was th,e wrong WI to do so on th a t occas i on , w h en every arg:.0001, brought forward in the o th er House betir4 require to be met by anticipati on .—(lleac' ~ But his Noble and Learned Friend, in the p e tition sir he had presented, h a d b estowed a great Par t ' :4 speech, not in su p port i ng the petition, but in aro . ' p tr ; the arguments of petitionere. The of the' re° prayer di tion and the speech of the Noble Lord were in s se contrast The petitioners called upon their Lorcblqo a opt the policy of refrainin from all commoditieivo o f were slave Produce,ou but the whole tenor of the speeeP t i, the Noble was to avoid the ground of the pe, 4 tioners; to adopt the most untenable ground on w_l,si!i s any motion ever attempted to rest its policy, an d t o . 1 c 1.!, , the consumption of s l ave produce only to certa i n articl e Ile wished to tell his Noble and Learned Friend ~, ii s her Majesty's Government and himself, who,ig Noble Friend knew, h a d b een at every per i o d of ',fere zealous for the suppression of the slave-tracl e ! t iossg e still anxious for the e x ti nc ti on o f i t b y evtrylegio the means by which it might be effected by erul,,, , priir high seas, where it co u ld b e d one according be f ciples of morality a s we ll as t h e pr i nc i p l e s ° of the But, at the same time, he must say, on the Pi l : ro attin people of this count r y, w h o had a right to ilL:ebetrifr with those of oth er nations, from whom were o f those luxuries now a l most become necessariesa ibelA that the Government had no right to withh el ,4ll'it from the pe o pl e, and thereby virtually ei c `,„ — te d those principl es w hi ch but lately had been sc i „r i sev• Parliament. Th ey would certainly use all proper to 111 : a for putting d own t h at trade, but they were ave r t e itb. 3 , R i terfering with th e interests of other States, or principles of their policy; which, however a er, their Lord s hi ps m i g h t deem them—houre f i t ' roneous—these nations alone h a d a rigs a te " " consider; and h e was sure t h at b y holding out .fliple; with a view to l ea di ng t h em to adopt those nor the which this coun t ry c h er i shed, and has cherisheu otrr, last twenty yea rs , b ut i n reference to which till& c° 50 fa t fifty years a go , was as much in error as theY' from accomplishing the desired effect, they ogi'' only tend to perpetuate the system which theY: ts ti in to destroy. Th ere were more horrors eomlor fori Lousiana in one day than in Africa In a vfh e d When this question came t o b e al se n ssed he truswfrles. they shoUld he ar from his - Noble and Learned rt icel , es c what was that morality which looked to any country, consistently ve'„it the principle upon wb Aft` was based.—(Hear, hear.) OR the subject of 6 00 '1; 0 the discussion utysn discussion which had alreadY wor a j place,it would - appear almost unn ecessar y to add a fr ieo,, Notwithstanding what hi s N o bl e an d Learned the had said in such contemptuous terms aba c i tb ° sugai famine that subject had occoP ie t weill attention of every Government for the last " 0 1 ; Years. Her Majesty's Government did not th i ,,bjec right, under these circumstances, to allow this 7; 0 01 to float on the surface of legislation, but to fi:‘,, D ",.b o ,' firm and permanent basis. If, however, the matte r ell' been brought forward on a motion, instead of 1/ !are ti tion, there would have been an ample • 0 e l it discussion to the matter, an d w h en the time arrived for that cussion it would be entered into.—(Hoar.) itif k Lord BROUGHAM said h _„1 Co w l t e rose mel•ely to b that thou ,gh he was in intimate c , - exion w it 1 Anti-Slavery Society, lie was not aware of the fae m' ' which his Noble Friend the Marquis of Lansdowli g e tiot l alluded. With respect to cottor, that was s 4 11-$ on which h e was at issue with,. hi; Noble Friend. a tbe Several Bill s were then forwarded a stage, 5 i 1 ,10 01( ' House adjour ne d a t Twenty minues after Seven 0' • HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 2 7 * o f THE SUGAR DUTIES. rcle r e Lord JOHN RUSSELL having moved the °,,itte the day for the House resolving itself into a Coro o f Ways and t iBo nE M Nw e thea rh n ii s eNtk o c n Kmr a o S isn 7 e .:i g ta a hn r ed l) s u s pa t ell, thate s 0 2 ed o ,9 1 : 00 0: n oGl d u. ment to his leaving the chair, he, r ,W e fr ge ' 1381:1 tted, a t the e L a o ni r r e d e s while he asked the indulgence of the Il e ;, - ' ,,, 13 - the motion had not fallen into abler lls ° ", 0 - '0 1 5e felt deeply the not of being au advecg; iti 11 - s e intererests of those great mercantile speculat°,„ri cau se East and West Indies, and that other gres; shod connected with the slaves of the African 1 7 4 9. 5h ( 41 regretted that on this occasion those interew a - a have a less able advocate than they had l-friro before. He felt confident that his Nobleid gib e, at the head of the Government vv°l/#l,--at t' him credit for truth when he said ling hi 9 brought forward this motion with no hostile fe e o a fr y wards her Majesty's Ministers.—(Hear, hear.) . 4 ti o e , occasion, the question of the sugar duties af fi deac_ t of slavery had been mixed up with a vote ofcw o th!, in her Majesty's Ministers, but he could tru l Y t ', 51 . 1 1 , on this occasion, though' he did not me a t e ,f s lifsil s o that he could place his confidence in her Majesty queli. ters, it was not his intention to mix up with t“, s e . 00 any considerations of confidence in her 1. 15 1 1 q uesti o d nisters.—(Cheers.) Indeed, he felt that, oi iist 4 of such great interests as those of the tion whw ee, West India planters, and above all on a qu es er i ca n O rs concerned the liberty and happiness of the A u ' est ioll Bap it would not be proper to mix up with this g e hand , ,,.. party consideration. But while, on the o° ,, e aoYe.'" c h disclaimed introducing any motion hostile to ti l WIJI .1 ment, he must vindicate himself from the atta ck s heet.ii, b I had been made upon him and his party.— (fie t wean r . He could not deny, and he did no t lava : 0 deny, that the effect of the emancipation ‘ ,„,..tisdi . e o ,„ very much to diminish the produce of th e ,Ile' `Ye dur ing dur l .4 he could nut deny that whilst, for some 7, l e ' yes in I ,j o the six years previous to the emancipat ; .on of s i 0 190, 9 . 4 West Indies, the average prodtv., was betysl e : s i s oe s tP to and 200,000 tons of sugar, That producatr fallen oD e d eul a. h eiPatioll a slave: was completed, h . , :d not e 1 .% of gui3la an exturlt that at one period "I 1 4 11 7 e " gs t bns Indies w h didiist itn manner it was the natural consequ . e se n n ce . "w o r, 11 . ," .0 , off in sugar that the prices had rl avcrago a 1: 41 '00 He found, when he took the ~. by t he to ni r l e u iriou s to t be which had been furnished ovtfaesxacdemedittle4dst,ilfoortot t_thfoltbllticiiiiil slaves, that and the the ex twelve yew' P i en ar n s o li e h os e fe e l ih o I; emancipationGr oce r s ' Company, fsl ii a 18s. per cwt. H. had peat V e average difference o the . prices il tvr9 periods ' ,~...