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I Tll E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIN G , ~,.... - . tions spans Revel West Middleseve Militia-W. C. Clayton, Esq ,to duction of the protection which this country now enjoyed. ) the Bill be treated as an unopposed Bill, and referred to The Honourable Gentleman then read extracts of the sio • t the Warrington Waterworks Bill, be read ; and found in the report of the " Scarcity Commissioners." me It ° A tr 7 , - t ton , B b e e C p i a p r t k a e i r n ; Gent., n . t . R. t o R Ridgway , wLai Lieutenant; be Ensign, April 23. t e G n e a n n t t . , ; to H. be Austen, Lieutenant ; e e I L theie witnitldion,nohtutwehaery would de just read y eb- the ge h in e g ads e Th oble Duke then ded through u t of iti h . \ that ive h, r. do so. e B lni l r i eene m and th e te nlion w ern as b a e g rs re o e r d de to red to prepare and bring in re f po c r l t ar f e or i t 3 h r e ge mo h n o t d h ie o s f o n f la th rc e h. peo l p n le m e s o n u yala o c n e l s y i p n u t r h e e ha c s o e u t n tn ty e i: e n , nOnn moved that it be an instruction to the scanty meal in the course of the day. In one parish 500 1 or lut SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. statements were to the effect that the petitioners were 1 Viscount SAN-en. would be the ) Committee of Selection, that the Liverpool Sanatory Regula- 600 families were in a state of complete destitution. the thi Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia-Q. Vivian, Esq., of opinion that a free trade in corn declaring he tions Bill, the Liverpool Paving, Sewering, and Watering Bill, parish of Clare Abbey, out of 200 families, 60 of them were be -ewe to be Major, vice Lord Burghley, promoted, March 26 ;J. ruin of the home grower. He concluded by. Bill, the Liverpool and Harrington Water- only able to procure one meal in the day. In Naas, tie ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) S. Capron, Esq., to be Captain, vice Davison, resigned, April believed that the petitioners were right, while that the pro- the Liverpool Water direct contradiction ,works Bill, and the Toxteth Park Improvement Bill, be re- also, the supply of potatoes was so small as to to, PINCHIRILLI V. PHILIPS. 3 ; R. T. Clarke, Esq., to be Captain, vice Christie, resigned, ceedings of many representatives were in faired to the same Committee. -The motion was also agreed to. leave the people in a state of the greatest want. This was a motion to dissolve an injunction, winch had been oh- April 4' W. Christie, EN to be Captain, vice Young, re- of the promises they made at the last general there were 20 , 4'lo pr Mr. ESTCOURT moved that it be an instruction to the In Mitchelstown, also in the county of Cork, n tabled by the plaintiffs, Messrs. Pineberilli and Co.. merchants of signed, April 18 ;E. Griffin,. 9 (lent E•.,to be Ensign, April 4. ABOLITION OF DEODANDS BILL. state of destitution. In Tipperary, too, lie London and Smyrna, to restrain the defendants, Messrs. Philips and . refer the Bristol Waterworksand in • • to the order of Committee of Selection to persons in a Co., merchants, of London, from making use of a bill of lading for Commission by the Lord - Lieutenant .of the North iding of Lord CAMPBELL said, rising move the day upon this Bill he would say but a very few words. Sewerage Bill to the Committee to which the Bristol Water- the distress was very great, and it was instead of di- all twenty. Ave chests of opium, which they had consigned ou the de- Yorkshire. -Agreed to. Their Lordships were already aware of the utter Motility of works Bill stands referred. . minishing, on the increase to a most alarming degree. to fondants. North York Regiment of Militia-R. W. Jackson, Gent., CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to read a statement to show he • deodantla. The formal manner in which they were It appeared that the plaintiffs (who had become Insolvents) were to be Lieutenant; W. W. Harland, Gent., to be Ensign; R. inflicting d A petition was presented from the Roman Catholic inhabi- that hundreds of the population in the county of Mayor were tic Indebted at the time of the shipment of goods to the defendants in a B. Booth, Gent., to be Ensign, April 15. imposed before the coroner was such as might be suppose fire • the Court of Queen's Bench, but tants of Brighton in favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. lying idle for want of employment The Hon. Member, who pa general accoUnt of 2,3001., and the defendant had been in the habit .. would stand in, Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Devonshire.SMALL TENEMENTS. was most inaudible, made some comments on the scenes of w were invariably quashed in that Court. of accepting bills of exchange in liquidation of debts arising Militia-6 C. Harris, Dot e to these proceedings Ind 1 Petitionsalso presented from places in Lincolnshire distress which had been witnessed by Captain Osborne and Mr. L out of orders that had beesi executed by :he plaintiffs. On the East Devon Regiment of . e • Feb. 28 ; Mr. Wakley, the coroner for the county of i d esex, a gen- were present occasion the defendants considered that it would be more be Captain, vice the Hon. N. Fellewee, resigned, G. L. tlemof ' had assured him, and had autho- and Yorkshire, praying the House to order the six-pound Ryan, the magistrates, who were called to quell the disturb- re an great experience, advisable to depart from their usual practice, and set the amount of H. Churchill, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 31 ; .landlord and not to the be that no benefit whatsoever arose in any in- tenements to to rated to the tenant. ante at Clenmell. the opium to the credit Sidepf their account with Messrs. Pincherilli Dade, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 11; C. C. Wills, Gent., to rised him to say fo stance from deodands under the present law. With regard to Ordered to he laid on the table. and Co. The plaintiffs then obtained the injunction which it was AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. COMMONS' SUMMARY. th 110 W sought to set aside. be Ensign, March 19. E. Moore, Gent., to be the other Bill, which formed a part e g e the same measure. it SHREWSBURY North Devon Regiment of Militia- Id b le t d the ?Mlwhichcontained Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from Birmingham The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. oi The arguments having been concluded, to be Lieutenant, Feb. 6. would e enough o read e pre e, Lord LANGDALE, in delivering judgment said, that in July, 180, Lieutenant; T. H. Harrison, Gent., and against the C I J 51 two sesertions.-( Hear. ) He asserted, that according against the proposed nine of railway, Belfast Mr. C. Worn, Lord DA LMENY, Mr. B. Scorr, Sir W. So- w the plaintiffs suffered severely from a fire that occurred at smyrna, Royal First Devon Regt. of Yeomanry ., Cavalry-J. ry- . . st t Bills. vice Cockburn, deceased; to the present law of deodand there was no remedy fora Gas and Improvement 11. , RVILLE, and Lord Ceaune HAMILTRN were sworn at the sad to such an extant as to be unable to pay the demands against Wolcott, Gent., to be Lieutenant, HIRE RAILWAY. SE -them. However, being persons of credit who had carried on business be Cornet, vice Wolcott pro . moted • death caused. Under the present law the doctrine was, that NORTH STAFFORD. . and a ointed table to try the merits of the Bridport election, pp s i 1 G t to E. Ethe ston, en ~ ed a etition from Manchester in respectately for a considei able time, they hoped,and not without reason, A. Gent., to be Cornet, vice Barnes, pro- when death ensued the life of a man was so valuable that no Mr. ENTWISLE present p K. E Hamilton, to sit to-morrow at eleven o'clock. if to obtain sympathy mid assistance from their friends, notwithstanding A. ... E. . estimate could be put upon it, and accordingly no favour of this line of railway. the losses they had sastained. In this they succeeded, and amongst the muted. April 2. FISHERIES. Mr. B. COCHRANE trusted the House would not adopt its F. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. remedy was to be obtained for its loss. If a friends who assisted them were the present detendants, who advanced Captain PECHELL begged to ask a question of the Vice- usual course in this case. Ile had been told that he was r' Anstrnther, Esq., man had a limb broken on account of the negli them a sum of 1,5001., for the payment of which they stated they Royal Lanarkshire Militia.-W. J. C. , . President of the Board of Trade. It might be in the he night ht e woul4afford them sufficient time. There were two bills given for this (not W. J. C. Anstruther, Esq., as stated in Tuesday's gence of coach proprietors or of railway companies, charged with bribery, and at the present moment, t g si um, one for 40(1!. the other for the remainder of the loan, Gazettee), to be Captain, vice Everard, resigned, March 23. he had a legal remedy to resort to, but ii their negligence had recollection of the House, that in 1843 an Act was • before the Committee was to sit, he did not know the par- and it was alleged that the former was to be paid at the time it be- WHITEHALL, APRIL 17, 1846. been of a still grosser character, so that death ensued, there Passed , lations in he fisheries introducing certain regu t , eamodue, and with respect to the latter it was of course natural to and the . Government at that time stated that titular case that was to be made against him. This agent tl suppose that, though the defendant was anxious to afford accommo- The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Marsh Lee, was no remedy to be given to the surviving relation, and the the French authorities were about to adopt similar had been served with ninety-six cases of objection, but what tal dation to the plaintiffs, he did not resign Ins right as of New Sarum , in Master widow of the man was thrown the county of 'Wilts, Gent. to be a upon the world. The general He had since learned that such had been a; creditor. Accordingly It. was expressed in a letter to Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. rule of the English law was that where there was a wrong regu la t io ns.these objections were lie could not even surmise. s , ..the plaintiffs by the aefendant that he entertained a BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. done the law should give some compensation. So that in done ; and his question was, whether the collectors of Customs After some snort discussion, b hope that remittances would be made from time to time on account. Thomas Reynolds, cheesemonger, Cow-cross street. cares of murder there was not only a punishment to the crimi • had been furnished with a copy of the ordonnances of the nothing to as such a proceeding would be extremely The ATTORNET-GENERAL said, the House had r , There appeared on both, sides a desire for mutual accommodation. , French Chamber, . 1 lam eynou, bulaou manufacturer, Birmingham. W . ll . B nal, but a compensation to the surviving relatives. That law d A letter had been written by the 'plaintiffs, Who resided at Smyrna, useful, so that parties might know under what laws they were do with the question, it lay with the Committee. to tee defendant, which stated spat itOvould be for their BANKRUPTS. was now put in practice, but he believed that it was admitted . mutual advantage, it there. were'` time granted for the pay- Edward Clifford, wheelwright, Minster, Kent, to surrender in England , and also in all the continental nations. acting ? The Committee was then ordered to meet to-morrow at • h Sir G CLERK said that the Government had received Eleven stunt of their account. This showed the position In which May 2, at eleven, arid May 30, at half-past eleven, at the He trusted they would allow these Bills to be read a second G. o'clock. on the subject, but that a copy of the n, s . the partite; stood with relation to. each other, -'and the knowledge the no official information. Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook- time, without offering any opposition to them, as he wouldh d • d Sir R. PEEL, in answer to a question from Mr. B. Cech- i l defendanthessessed of the grate of the plaintiff's pecuniary affairs. ordonnances would be furnis e as soon as they were obtaine . They must now come to the correspondence that took place, which court, Basinghall-street ; Butterfield and Venonr, Gray's Inn- require again to draw the attention of their Lordships and of, Mr. FELLOWES presented several • • f thsaid that the Government had done all it could for the c petitions rom e rane, was adduced , as evidence of the contract which the plaintiffs al- square. her Majesty's Government to them. He had, within the las ' • of Huntingdon against their being compelled to pay for relief of the families of Captain Stoddart and Captain Con- a legennto exist. The first letter respecting the transaction out Khilip Kieft, cheesemonger, South-street, Mancli'ester- five minutes, been told that the railway interest was pari s h. the erection of county lunatic asylums ; and Pali- 11 • and that any further relief must be looked for to the of •whiels the present proceedings had grown was dated square, April 30, at two, and May 30, at eleven, at the so enormous in the House of Commons that it . . that the Government would take into its no e, I the 27th of January, 1846, and was tom the defendant to Isaac PM- Court of Bankru t Follett, official • e Sambrook- would be utterly impossible for these p cy. asstgne , Bill, to have lions praying consideration the expediency of passing law,the effect a to cheruu 'at Smyrna, giving aroprdee for - twenty-five chests of opium, I am stating that he would givckiojhJ usual reimbursement on their Sc- court, Basinghall-street ; Spitler, Camomile-street, Bisphops- the chance of succeeding. One Company alone, told, that there s hould b e n o assessments upon houses not exceeding On the motion for the resumption of the adjourned debate a count.. Now,under ordinary eireumstanee, it, could not be' supposed gate-street. can muster as many aneighty votes. lt might be that there 1 tof 5/. ; and! petitions from Suffolk and Hunt- on the Irish Life and Property- Protection Bill, the annual rent __ a that the words "usual reimbursement" had any otter meaning than were Members of Parlia- William Chamberlain , grocer, East Dereham, Neofolk, were man: proprietors who . n i don, praying that the House would not sanction a union Me SMITH O'BRIEN wished to know from the Noble Lord s that the.defendatt meant to regard the opium as .a payment of his May 5, and June 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ment also ; but he hoped that they would magnanimously forget between the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, • t the Member for Lynn whether, supposing the Government account. But, thismecerring shortly after tha'circumstances of the Belcher,official . h assignee ; Storey, Gray's Inn-place, London; that the, were railway eilectors only, and that they would POOR REMOVAL BILL. adainaffs had become known, and Palter the receipt ofconsider "that they were citizens and subj . eces-that they werewere to bring in a Bill proposing to allow corn to be brought ; Mr• G. BAGLEY ' 'from the presented a petition inhabi - a letter to that effect, it could scarcely be expected Gillman, Norwich . . neat-street May 1, at ' men-and, therefore, bound to do full justice to their fellow • . . Thomas Williams,merchant, Fench , Cants of a parish in the county of Dorset against several of the into Ireland duty free he would support that measure. The 1 that the plaintiffs seouid be' considered by the defend at the Court of Bankruptcy. then. The IToble Lord concluded by moving the second read mits as being able to make a shipment of the extent eleven and June 5, at e . our, Peale, Great Winchester-street. ing of the " Deodand's Abolition Bill," and the second reading . at con- • provisions of the Poor Removal Bill, and also a petition from Hon. Gentleman, in putting the question, went again required 'without being paid , for it. • Mr. Isaac Pe herilli Pennell, official assigne , Swanage, in the county of Dorset, signed by a large number of ' lc ' Er ha Deacon and Frederick Day, Hemel Hem- reading of the " Death by Accident Compensation Bill." einerable acted on this view, sad as he hail to purchase the opium, paid for it Thomas ie the clergy of the Established Church there, and also by many Lord LYTTLETON said it might remembered that last (LEPT SITTIN6.) in the most goeve 'brewers , May 7, and June 11 at eleven n , entway,'which was by drawing bills of exchange. stead, Hertfordshire , , . , introduced Bill . .be . . . Ills Lordship harleg gone in detail into the correspondence. at the Court of Bankruptcy. turquand , official assignee, year be bad a having similar objects with those Dissenters of different persuasions, praying that the House _ which was very voluminous, contchided by saying that he saw no Old Jewry Chambers; Gresham, Castle - street, Holborn. introduced by the Noble and Learned Lord opposite. He was would take measures for the better observance of the sabbath reason to dissolve the injunction, and ordered that the motion should Robert Bone, grocer, Durham, May 4, at eleven, and June glad that the matter had fallen into abler hands than in that town, by restricting the sale of spirituous liquors on that LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. be dismissed, and the costs psi dis the defendants. day. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM -12, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. his own. He would willingly give the measure his sup , ...„ _, -.. A. y .. 0 Wakley, official assignee, Neoscaefle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby and port, and he trusted they would meet with no opposition on . BRIDPORT ELECTION. PANIES' STOCK. ' VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIs .1., i Compton, Church court, Old Jewne London; Thompson, theofthe Legislature. The Billof last session, which part (Before Vice-Chancellor WIG-wont.) Durham ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. he had referred, bad received the sanction of the legal author'. • Lord Clauch Hamilton,: and Sir W. Somerville, were sworn in From ne Offici.il List, EAST v. EAST. Thomas Jackson. worsted spinner, Salterhebble, Yorkshire, . ties in that House, but he understood that the le lauthoritiesto try the merits of the Bridport election. accounts, came on this ga PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, This case, which was one chiefly of . Master's - directions. - The LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 24. morning for judgment and further nervations to the House relative to the Committee which was for capital and interest from official assignee, Leeds; Jaques and C0., Ely-place, London; report found a large amount due 1 • tiff, who attained Stocks and Macaulay, Halifax ; Courtenay, Leeds. Lord BROUG HAM said that he entirely agreed with to meet to-morrow mornieg-not in the expectation that the JOINT-STOCK BANKS. the executor to the estate of the p Thomas Buckworth. mercer and draper, Nottingham,M t House would deviate in an way from the rules laid down-not • Ins, majority in 1832. The Court proceeded through. se de- e . . a 3 the Noble Lords who had .already spoken upon this • y • , Dividend Amount , t- sat length, and in ' and June 13, at eleven , at the Birmingham District Court. measure. He (Lord Brougham) was one of those who so much, he said, from any regard to his own personal Name of Company. per of Paid, I Price tails, remarking on` - ' them a . groat Valpy, official assignee, ham •Saleand W •interest, but from a desire to protect the interests Annum. Share. 1 the finding of the Master, but ." . g , - attended in Committee upon this subject, and, he the main confirming ton, heanchester ; Matter= and Knowles, Birmingham. of other Hon. Members who mint be placed under similar - -- disallowed the claim; for interest on the balance calculated could only say, that every attention bad been given to £ s. d. £ s. d. lVilliam Henry Wilson and suffer (and he said 1826, one year after the death of the testator, holding Richard Vause, Australasia .. •••• .. • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 25% from I Hull, May 6 and Henry at ' eleven at the Town- it with all respect) from the wording this Act, and therefore of . . . . Britshisorth American Si. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 44% the executor liable to be charged with interest only since naston official 27, ' • ball' Hull. Ky- hear that they were likely to be objected to M the other House. • nee Leeds •• Hick ' ,' as it must be thewish do justice to the indivi of the House to . . Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22% the time of the heir attaining his majerity. There tang , „ Gray s Inn, London ; He considered that if a slight alteration could obviate these ob- Holden ' ' and eon, Hull.must be their anxious dolonial • ...... .... Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 16 were three items of 4001., 1,1501. and 1,000/., whichjeetions, they ought introduce them. As regarded com- dual Members who composed it, as it par Bentamin Bensleypainter, ticularly engaeed the attention of the Court . h , Monmouth, May 5, at one, and pensacion for the loss of life, the law of England desire to give a fair judgment on a question of this nature, Lon na . . , mat p he ' d r . dlVest .' rstr 6/. er cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27 June 9 at eleven at h Bristol London Joint-stock .• • 61. per cent. •50 0 0 10 0 0 14 in delivering judgment. They all appear d against - , , e District Court. Acraman. was an exception to the law of every other country trusted that they would permit him to occupy their time fora 25 0 0 7 10 0 official assignee, Bristol; Metropolitan • h had been - the executor in the Master's: report, but fur the 400 L aNicholas Monmouth; Bridges, The law on the subject had - .teen, that life was so valuable thhi very limited period. By the recent measure which Provincial of Ireland• • 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 4e.U, Bristol. n at the head promissory note had been put into the hands of the plaintiff ,:. no compensation could be given for it. However logical that brought in by the Right Hon. Gentleman . . Ditto, New.• ••• - •• el. per cent. 10 0010 0 0 17% on his attaining the age of 21, in 1832 ; and, since then, up Buttrey. commission-agent, Manchester, May 6, and might be, he could not give his assent to it. He thouht it was of the Government fir the suppression of bribery, it was o 0 0 18 National of Ireland - Si. sl. per cent. 50 0 0 . 14 June 10, atof controverted Sat. Provncial of Eng. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 35 to 1842, he had used no eftnrt to realise the proceeds. The twelve, et the Manchester District Court. Pott, high time that this opprobrium to their law should be g removed, enacted in one ot the clauses that in all cases Dio, New.• •••• • • • bl. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Court, under these circumstances, could not hold the execu- official assignee, Manchester ; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregor and he thanked the Noble and Learned Lord for taking the elections all the parties complaining of such election or return of Australia.. - 61. per cellt. 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 tor liable unless it were proved that the note could never "red Skirrow, Bedtord-row, London ; Hampton and So matter up, and introducing the measure. were required by themselves or agents to deliver in to the Union Union of London... • • Si. per cent. 50 0 0, 10 0 0 12 have been liquidated. On the 1,150/. no interest could Manchester. After a few words Worn the LORD CHANCELLOR, to Select merits of such Committee appointed to try the be allowed, for it was the ds bt of the deceased co -executor. The lVilliam Miller, commission-agent, Manchester, May 7 and the effect that they should make themselves satisfied 0.. the the list of voters intended to be objected to, giving the heads INSURANCE COMPANIES. defendant always believed the 1,0001. secur dby a mortgage, 28, at the Manchester District Court. Hebsen, official grounds on which objections to these Bills had been taken, so of the objections, and distinguishing the same against the Dividend Amount but whether a mortgage existed at all did not appear in evi- assignee, Manchester ; Gregory. Faulkeer, Gregory, and that, on technical grounds , there might be no pretext here- enacted that these names of the voters. It further , of Company. per of Paid. Price dence, he was, thernore, chargeable with that sum, and the Skirrow, Bedford-row, London • Cooper, Blencheeeer. after for rencting them, the Bills were put and severally read objections could not be lodged later than six o'clock name Annum. Share. Court ordered a reference to the Master, to inquire into that PRICE OF 'SUGAR. a second time. in the evening of the day before the nomination of the Coin- debt, with liberty the defendant to take proceedings to get The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the LOAN TO TETE IRISH PEOPLE. th e. Now, how did he stand under this Act. 240 elec ns.d.n s. d. in this sum of 1,600/. due to the plaintiff's estate. cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19 PARR r. GYLIIT. from the returns made in the week ending April ' 21, 1846, is from a place in Irelann, the name of which did not t • • rensptre. to.-( Hear, and laughter. ) What he asked, : hen, wash his Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per . ‘., Marine ..... 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 6% Mr. LEE said the case was between a husband, the plain- 345. Id. per cwt. in the prayer of which he could not agree, though it was position ? The fair meaning of the clause, he apprehended Ditto . Atlas ....... .. ... •• • • 13s. 6d. pr sl. 1 50 0 0 5 0 0 16% tiff, whe sued in fermi pauperis, and his wife, who was 1303- couched in respectful terms. It concluded with anxing Parlia was, that they would give to every man accused of bribery the British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 00' 5 0 0 74 tessed of considerable preperty. The detain that would have MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ment for an immediate loan of th ree m illi on* ster li ng , w i t h an chance of meeting the charge. He trusted that the House in illericl,Med.ScGen.Life 51. per cent. 1 100 0 0 2lO 0 6as to be disclosed were of t h e most pa i n f u l c h aracter, and on annual roan, for the construction of public works in Irela n d. that case would give him the same chance o f meetin g the . eou I nty .............. 31. 100 00,10 0 0 that account he made a p roposa l b e f ore at t h e b ar w i t h a (From the London aYew Price Current of April 24.) CHARITABLE TRUST S BILL. charge that wou ld b e g i ven i n an y tribunal in the country, gr o w n •••• •• ~ ~ ~•• 105. 50 0 0 ( 5 0 0 - view to cl , sins; the suit, :on which he had been consulted SUGAR.-Td -day there was a gond business transacted in He was in the meantime The Earl of ELDON presented several petitions against . me as ignorant as any Hon. Member in Eagle . but very lately, but he was met with defiance. After all kinds of West India Sugar, considering the scanty show, the Charitable Trusts Bill. The petitions were from the the House w.t • t a particular charge would be brought against Economic Life. •• 1&305.1i5.1 1 000 0 0 250 1 0 0 again considerieg the character of the disclosures that would and the private purchases amounted to 400 hhds and trcs, ' rasters of Trinity House in Hull, the masters and wardens under those dr him, or what voter would be objected to, and, have to be made, and the little hope there was ot ebtainin r b for which rather higher rates were paid, making the advance of the Paper Stainer's Corporation of the City of London, from House whether this was the cumstances, he would put it to the . European Life ••• • •• 514 per cent. 120 20 0 0 All paid, a decree favourable to his client, he had unwillingly deter- for the week Is, and in some cases Is 6d per cwt. The total Middlewieh, in Cheshire, and the rectors and churchwardens fair course to adopt with respect to a Member . of that House? Freemasons' .• •••• • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 ' 3 0 0 mined to decline opening the case in consideration of the quantity disposed of during the four market days has of St• Mary's, Whitechatiel, in the county of Middlesex. As he had said before, he conceived that the meaning of Globe - 138 parties concerned On the other side, and in this his coadjutor amounted to 2,220 hhds and trcs. The market closes very THE NEW HOVSES OF PARLIAMENT. guardian .... •••• • • • • 51 er cent. 100 0 0'36 10 0 50 the clause was, that the parties objecting should have . _ . p , Imperial } ire •••• • • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 1 50 0 0 240 in the cause agreed with him.-The Bill therefore was din- tnrnly for all kindsof home trade Sugar. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that he was not stated their case distinctly, and have at once in in imperial Life •• • • .... 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 17 missed. REFINED.-To-day Refined Goods were extensively dealt about to move that report of the Select Committee on the formed them what charges they intended to bring forward. Indemnity Marine .... U. eh. & bs. 100 0 0 5 13 1 29 in by the home trade, and advanced rates were paid, brown rebuilding of the new Houses of Parliament should be taken He' mentioned this, not so much for his own sake as for the i r Law Life............ 11. is. 100 0 0 10 0 0 54 EXCHEQUE it .--(T HIS DAY.) lumps selling at 64s to 64e 61. and standard lumps at 65s to into consideration, in consequence of the opinion which their how was it pus- Legal and General Life - guidance in future election cases, for . - 50001200 6% he did not London Fire .. ••• • • • 10s. 25 0 0112 10 0 14% (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Baron ALDERSON.) 65s 6d per cwt. In Bonded Crushed Sugar a good business Lordships had expressed on the last occasion the subject was Bible for him to meet objections when him? London Ship •.•.• • • • 10s. 25 0 ojl2 10 0 14% ROBINSON r„ GtAss. was transacted, but the Refiners were compelled to take introduced, that it would be better that the matter should be even know what wittesses would be called against Marine .• •••••• • • • .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% This was an action brought to name: the amount of a bill 33s 6d to 34sper cwt for first umished by the plaintiff to the deign taut, for clothes. The m ._ e defence set up was, that the defendant's fattier was always AURITICIL-The demand has incraesed for all descri therefore, beg to move that the order ot the day . nhould be Hotne, and to show how the parties who opposed his return National Lean Fund• . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% in the habit of paying these bills. The father had become tions this week, and although the market has been largely discharged. But he would beg leave, before he would de so, he matter. national Life. Parliaraent were disposed to act towards him in nt . . n a bankrupt in 1844, and the son sought to shield himself supplied, chiefly with the better sorts, still an advance in to hear his Noble Friend the Commissioner of Woods and He would not, however , trespass on the House further than Calladium Life • ..... • • Si. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. 2s. wrier that bankruptcy from rayment of the bill ;it having, how- Prices of is per cwt has taken place. Several parcels have Forests make some statement on the subject. As h hall to say, that he was absolutes is the dark as to the exact Ph nix .. .. . ..... .. - - 205 yet earo ce tector Life •••• • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 4s. ever, appeared in evidence that the fa • ther had, previous to Ms. been disposed of privately for Grocery and Refining purpose,. made none, and he very much feared that their charges which were to be brought against him, and that it Provident Life •••• • • • • 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 warned Robinse ot to tarnish ce • rtain clothes to his son assuring him. anal the public sales 13,872 bags 473 casks went off with Lordships interests were not properly takeh care would be to the interest of Members placed in a similar Ewa Life ._ „ „ that he would not pay for such, if they and 1 ' Navin , were; t aving aP. spirit, 180 pearmi that the son, who had. before been supported. by his tether, of. If he Na as not deceived. Mr. Barry in an- position, if the House would consider whether the Act of :bayal Exchange .• • - had been appointed to a Government situation, EAST Iwnta.-This afternoon Beane' was in excellent re- ewer to a question put to him, said that the; Lomb' „, Parliament ought not to be clearer than it was, so that Suns Fire .• ••.•• • • • • • 61. 10 3 . - I - 210 The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount sought, quest, and four parcels offered at public sale amounting to had nut any foundation, from the evidence given at the Cove n-a Members whose return might be petitioned against might be Ditto Life ,••• • . . . 11. Gs. - - 49 WI. Os., with- costs. 3,967 bags were all sold at an advance on former rates of ls. mitten, for the supposition that they woultihave their House put in possession of the allegations which would be brought universal Life nENTea v. wefts. per cwt, against them ionCommettee. LIST or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PILIC:ES Mr. Jervis and Mr. Hayes• appeared for the plaintif, and Mr. FOHEIGN.-The market has presented a firmer appearance ready for their reception by the commencement of next ses sion. Now, he begged to say there was not one Noble Lord Lord G. SOSIERSEW, who spoke in so low a tone as to Chambers and Mr. James fur defendant. on Dividend Amount for yellow and brown . ' This was what is technically called :" a running down ease," and - Ha% annah this week, a fair bueiness that Committee who was: not led to believe that such would be be hardly audible in the gallery, said he urideretood the Hon. the action was brought to recover the amount of damages sustained has been transacted privately, and the rates paid exhibit a the fact. That it would not only be most 11 but Member objected to the clause as it now stood, but it was inn- Name of Company. per of I Paid. i Price ossi e,Annum. Share. by the plaintiff, on the 3d of January last, by- having a valuable small advance on those previously current. Holders of most easy to effect it.-( Hear, hear.) And when they looked possible to avoid the inconvenience which it imposed on Mem- ,- horse killed,,his gig broken, and his shim der dislocated, by the corn. Brazil have refused to further reduce their price% and refrain to ceher countries and saw the works ' • bets whose return was petitioned against. .£ s. d. £ s. d i Sion of a " tilted cart,7 the property defendant. which were daily carried from offering any at auction this week. White has been on of a muchgreater magnitude, they sheuld Mr. .1. COLLITT said the Hon. Member might think him- Bank of Scotland •• .• • 61. per cent. - 100 00 1 162 It appeared from the evidence of the • , plaintiff, that as he was re- purchased with caution ; brown is, ho - 100 00 1 157% self fortunate that small a number of those who voted for turning home, about five o'clock in the evening, to his residence in however wanted, and the interests were not taken care of, especially when they became A fish Linen Company Si. par cent. - 100 0 0 221 Camberwell, keeping hit own side of the road, and going at an easy parcels sold privately were upon former terms: there is a less aware that the House of Commons had ordered the preparation him at. his election bad been petitioned against. On one occa- I olilniercial Bank •• • • Si . per cent. - 100 0 0 161 pace of four or five miles an hour, his horse was struck by ,quantity of all descriptions on offer. All kinds of Foreign ot fifteen or twenty rooms for the immediate reception of their non his return was petitioned against, when the whole of his national Bank ...... • . 6/. per cent. -- 10 0 0 14% the shaft of the cart belonging to the defendant,. wh ch are cheaper than they were last year, white sorts in parts- Consmatees. This might, he had no doubt 1 , be most con- supporters were objected to,-(Laughter.) Onion Bank on Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 92 had been coming in an opposite direction. About se toot cuter, and the stock ie still less. Mr. O'CONNELL said, when his return fur Dublin was Western Bank - ....... 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 80 venient for the dispatch of public business; but he did say of the shaft entered into the breast of the animal, which TEA rte,-'there erehas been a much better dem 'lid for Congou that it did afford a very strong ground of • • 000 of his su petitioned against, 4, pporters were objected to. N'orth of acotlaod Bank 61. per cent. - ,5 0 0 Fla immediately died of injury . the The plaintiff \CMS thrown out of the ' of all descri t' In unit gig, and his. shoulder had suffered a serious injury, sad his ' tions this is week, but at present an advance has that their Lordships' interests had not been attended Sir R. El . INGLIS said, if he understood the Hon. Member Clydesdale Baidc• ••• • • 01. per cent. - 10 0 0 13% uncle was so much bruised. that 1t was- sworn he would never taken place in prices. In Pouchong there has been rather to. Great • inconvenience arose to the law Lords, rightly, he wished to obtain a list of the names of the persons Eastern Bank.• ••• • • • 5/. per cent. - , • Burin Caledonian Bank ••.• • 7%1. pr cent. - 10 0 0 11 2 10 0 4% after recover , the perfect use of it again. The hone was more business transacted, and holders evince more firmness , whowere whom he was accused of having bl e -1 , valuad .at from 45/. to 501. The plaintiff was a commission Hyson has beenein Touch better demand , House so good as to sit many hours in the day in that le eu.-(osugnter, g iediub.&.(naegow Bank 6/. per cert. - 50 0 6% agent, and the defendant was an egg merchant, residing are not sellers . upon fu er t and M Cochrane in td ) which r.Then he apprehended many City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent. - 10 00 1 131 A in the neighbourhood o f Lambeth, who'empToyed the tilted cart in lino indull ofneitleebut the erms. Twankey of common qua- He wished, therefore, to know whether there was an b t I Hon. Members had so understood him; but it appeared that ecottieh Union Ens• Co. Si. per cent. ,20 0 0 1 0 0 ,245. 3d .• thin transmission -of his goods, and it was in•the care of one 01 his Hs. his charge was against the law as it stood, and not against in- liercules Inset/mice Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 ' i 4 a s servants when the accident occurred. The case for the defence was - son sells tworeefreely. A larger business has been trans- tent Member of the Boaof er and more Inver din d 1 and because 96 out of his 2iua s, , Incur . Co. of Scetlnd • • Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9% e 0 supporters had been that the plaintiff was not oti his own side of the road, and that Inv; acted in Gunpowder For Pekoe Tea the market has a duet the same accommodation . ses the Legislature from obtaining North British Incur... 5% LPr cent. !200 0 0 10 0 0 28 medlately - after the accident he admitted the same, and that it was appearance, and prices are on the decline. So •11 Wrelative ue ong e z ., . what was t- He wished to learn from his noble served with notices of objections, of the exact nature of which . 1 t 'lOO 00100 0 22 , Oaledonitin Fire Incur. 10 . per cent.' . "aajpe,j‘..able occurrence. Evidence Was then . tven that-the testimony of one of the s wit- Corroo.-This afternoon 253 at the present moment , what rosect there w a s been his misfertnne to have bribed -(Laughter)-96 persons, -mi n . &anew. Railway 1/.los. pert. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72 neases Was at variance with a previous statement made by him at the c otr - - • bales), and 26-n bales Mocha of the Houses being aseedily finished , d - he;( Sir R. H. Inglis) could not understand d•h h . objected t Ditto, 4 Shares- •• •• 75.6 d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17% time of thG accident. VA* een s were submitted to public competition, the trade what likelihood there was j of t • an especially e' ' • .ann y e o Etna. Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 evinced little desire to operate , Bernnn Aenoasoie then charged the jury, who, after' some tonal- and the sound, was nearly allown Chamber at the be their . hew I ordships • the serving of notices, or their objecting to their votes on that , • . . getting into etnnew & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 70% deration,rretureed a ,vordlet fonthe - defendant. taken •n alt moderatenwiees. He did ginning of next session? hope that during the ensuing months none account. Ghtsgw & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All {mid. 19 Mr. B. COCHRANE appealed to the well-known candour disgw&Garnktrk Rail. Si. per cent . e 5 0 0 All paid. 40% The Court'adjourned at half•pas.t lour o'clock . ' RICE.-More strict attention has been paid to Bengal Rice Pahr quabbleswhich he had of those irk ' n Ctit • since our last publication , and white b e en have brou ht the 3' ;oriel 9 g ' nd e rst oo of late, would be dto have impeded and of the Right Hon. Baronet, was at a loss to know how he Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. i 25 0 0 All paid, 39 suffered t • have so understood him. He had could ha d always understood standard LlfeAssernce.ls/. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 o inter '- ' COURSE' , OF EXCHASZE.--(tHIS DAY.) prices rather above those that previously existed. fere with their future progress, for he that the Actprovided it, the affording of opportunities to Mem ' , Antsteidarn .... -C.F. 12 . 10% Gibraltar . ••••••• - SPIRITS. There has been an extensive business trans- to be altogether unworthy of parties SO specificall hers whose returns had been objected to, in order that they . DMA, at - sight y A G overnment , p each might anew the charges against them, and to provide rebut ntotterrenn r ,.. - ; 2U.12 11 i;enou . .' Antwerp.. .d........... 26 20 Milan .. - ........ .... - been in good demand, and stiffer rates are given. There has wood there not be any intermission ofthe exist, not on• . . evidence. opportunity was even given to 'criminals e Anrum. Share. Hamburgb ......M.B. 14 Venice. in all the tribunals of the country __------- . Altoona --a-• • . • • • - Naples 39% - been a strong desire evinced to Purchase Jamaica, and a would be s o rapidly advanced as to enable their Lordships The SP's KER called the Hon. ips to - AMember to order, and he n s, d. Paris; 3 days' sight .. •. 2s ,30 Valenti°, per oi - 215 "M.., ft mnntha 2g 15 T.i.1...,. ... . East London..• • • • • • • • Faris; 3 days' sight .. • . 2. c so • D tto, 3 months .. 26 15 lidarseilles • • • • • • .. • • 26.20 Bourtleaux ...... • • 26 20 Frankfort on Maine.... 123 Petersburgh, 3U5...... Berlin . . Vienna, effec. flo .. 10 12 Trieste, ditto. Madrid cadtz • • • .. : .. • • .. 36 Bilbao.. • • • • • • . Barcelona Gibraltar •••••• Leghorn ••• • • • 30 75 ;enoa Milan • • • • • • Venice.. • • • . Naples ...... •••• • • • • 39 34 Valermo. per oz. Lisbon.. Oporto ..... 52% Rio Janeiro • • ...• .. • • 24 1:ahia...... • • lineups Ayres .. •..• • • New York. 21 days' sight I•lllladelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. .£3 17 9 l'ortugld Gold Coin • • 3 17 5 New I , oubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars • • 0 0 0 'iliver in bars ...... •• 0 4 11 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this NiLlit's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending ou Saturday, the 18th day of April, 1846. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Votes imed• • —•• 27,031,510 427,031,510 Dated the 23d day of April, 1841 Government debt • • 11.015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,250,593 Sliver bullion ...... 1,70.917 X 27,031,510 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. .EPAULTMEIfr, Government securi- ..... ties (includiug Dead Weight Annuity). • 13,957 , 86 5 Other securities 16,736,602 Note. ..... ••••• • • • • 6,515 Gold and silv er coin.. 595,,6690 0 would be utterly impossible for these Bills to have the chance of succeedtng. One Company alone, I am told, can muster as many asieighty votes. It might be tha t there were man: railway proprietors who were Members of Parlia ment also ; but he hoped that they would magnanimouslyforg et that .: d t e h i ez h w at er t e he r y ail w w e a r y e uc s l iu i t e di to t n o s r s da on ly , nodf 11 s ubj ect s—that 3 e t e ha t t o h h te e il y er Men. The noble Lord concluded by moving the second e t:en ' and, therefore , the y wo fellow uelrde read ing of the " Deodand's Abolition Bill," and the second reading reading of the" Death by Accident Compensation Bill." Lard LYTTLETON said it might be remembered that last lynetarrhuecedby the Noble had and Learned a Bil having similarrd opposite. objects He with those edwas his s a ew t e h the .at He ewe rette h would deir willingly fallen egly into give the abler mea hands sutehis than his own. He would willingly give the measure his sup port, and he trusted they would meet with no opposition on the part of the Legislature. The Bill of last session, to which he had referred, bad received the sanction ot the legal authori ties in that House, but he understood that the legal authorities in the lower House had met it with some objections. He would give his cordiA support to the measures. Lord BROUGHAM said that he entirely agreed with ' the Noble Lords who had .already spoken upon this measure. He (Lord Brougham) was one of those who attended in Committee upon this subject, and, he could only say, that every attention bad been given to the preparation of these Bills ; and he was therefore sorry to hear that they were likely to be objected to in the other House. He considered that if a aright alteration could obviate these ob jections, they ought introduce them. As regarded com pensation for the loss of life, the law of England was an exception to the law of every other country. The law on the subject had zreen, that life was so valuable that no compensation could be given for it. However logical that might be, he could not give his assent to it. He thought it was high tame that this opprobrium to their law should be removed, and he thanked the Noble and Learned Lord for taking the matter up, and introducing the measure. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR, to the effect that they should make themselves satisfied o the grounds on which objections to these Bills had been taken. so that, on technical grounds, there might be no pretext here after for rej.cting them, the Bills were put and severally read a second time. LOAN TO TETE IRISH PEOPLE. The Marquis of CLAN RICARDE presented a petition from a place in Irelann, the name of which did not transpire. in the prayer of which he could not agree, though it was couched in respectful terms. It concluded with asking Parlia ment 'or an immediate loan of three millions sterling, with an annual roan, for the construction of public works in Ireland. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The Earl of ELDON presented several petitions against the Charitable Trusts Bill. The petitions were from the 'tasters of Trinity House in Hull, the masters and wardens of the Paper Stainer's Corporation of the City of London, from Middlewieh, in Cheshire, and the rectors and churchwardens of St. Mary's, Whitechapel, in the county of Middlesex. THE NEW HOr SES OF PARLIAMENT. The Marquis of CLAN RICARDE said that he was not about to move that report of the Select Committee on the rebuilding of the new Houses of Parlia:vent should be taken into consideration, in consequence of the opinion which their Lordships had expressed on the last occasion the subject was introduced, that it would be better that the matter should be left in the bands of her Majesty's Government. ..He would, therefore, beg to move that the order of the day . hhould be discharged. But he would beg leave, before he would do so, to hear his Noble Friend the Commissioner of Woods and Forests make some statement on the subject. As yet he had made none, and he very much feared that their Lordships interests were not properly takeh care of. If he was not deceived, Mr. Barry, in an swer to a question put to him, said that their Lorships had not any foundation, from the evidence given at- the Com mittee, for the supposition that they would have their House ready for their reception by the commencement of next ses sion. Now, he begged to say there was not one Noble Lord on that Committee who was; not led to believe that such would be the fact. That it would not only be most possible, but most easy to effect it.—( Hear, hear.) And when they looked to other countries anal saw the works which were daily carried on of a much greater magnitude, they sh uld conclude that their interests were not taken care of, especially when they became aware that the House of Commons had ordered the preparation ot fifteen or twenty rooms for the immediate reception of t heir Committees. This might, he had no doubt, be most con venient for the dispatch of public business; but he did say that it did afford a very strong ground of suspicion that their Lordships' interests had not been attended to. Great inconvenience arose to the law Lords, who were so good as to sit many hours in the day in that House for the purpose of the dispatch of public business He wished, therefore, to know whether there was any obstacle at present in existence to prevent the elder and more impor tant Member of the Houses of the Legislature from obtaining the same accommodation. He wished to learn from his noble relative what was the present condition of the buildings at the present moment, what prospect there was of the Houses being weedily finished, and especially what likelihood there was of their I ordships getting into their own Chamber at the beginning of next session? He did hope that during the ensuing months none of those paltry squabbles, which he had enderstood to have impeded the works of late, would be suffered to inter fere with their future progress, for he deemed them to be altogether unworthy of parties SO specifically under the direction of her Majesty's Government, If such -quibbles and disputes were not suffered to exist, not only would there not be any intermission of the works, but they would be so rapidly advanced as to enable their Lordships to take possession of their new House at the beginnirnegoyoftonehttist year. W Viscount CANNING, Witte answering the quest i on of his Noble Relative o n its *rain grounds, would beg to remarks with respect to the House of COMmons. On the Ist of the present Month the Speaker had sent notice that a considetahle at to the number of committee rooms would be wanted on the inith ifiStant, and at the inducement of the Speaker lathi Bergrkr.t.at.Arrns, an ehdea your was made to Bemire two or three houses in Palieesyard, but they were ultimately fcend to be quite insufficient for the purpose. He then spoke to Mr. Barry, by whom It was agreed, that the vommittee. rooms in Ors hew Houses might he made ready by that time. With respect to the accuhimedition of their Lordships, there were in the new Houses nineteen cositinsittte room,, whi c h were precisely in the same tendition as the committee rooms of the Commons at the time Mr. Barry un dertook their preparation, and lOS believed that if it were needed, they could be got ready with equal expedition. If their Lordships should require further actiotitaihdatin n , he had taken care to guard *onset that by desiring Mr. Baring to open a further iiCtOtt to their rooms en the river front to which their Lordships would have exclusive atices?. IN was sorry to tal he could not aos*Or Witte other parts of the Noble Lords' queetltih, particularly with regard to the time at which their Lordships' House *as likely to be finished. He regretted to say that they *ete hht in such a state of forward nets that had been expected. But with regard to the squab- WS alluded to by his Noble Friend, as having taken place be tween Dr. Reid and Mr, Barry, he begged to say that it was much to be re/retted that the differences that had arisen between these twogent emen, Were of a much ttiore serious character than mete squabbles. it appeared to him, from the report that had been kid upon their Lordships' table, that those differences were of so momentous a character, that unless a Government investigation were to take place, that the country would be put to an enormous additional expense, and ultimately the delay would be much greater. He believed it had never been clearly shown that the system of ventilation adopted by Dr. Reid was such as would suit the House of Parliment, or was, in fact, at all feasible, although the apparatus ii required. extended ever eight or nine acres et land.—(Hear.) Would their Lordships then peril the safety of the new Houses by any hasty step ? He had considered that the best course which could be followed would be to select three gentlemen whose eminent positions and professional and scientific acquirements would ensure a souud opinion heing_given, and would ena bl e G overnment to act with confidence. The three gentlemen selected with that view were to follow the instructions given to them, and they had been reqUested to consider how far practicable, and if practicable, how far it would be advisable to apply Dr. Reid's system of ventilation to the New Houses of Parliament, and to all the subordinated offices. Also whether the application of the system should be restricted to the New Houses of Parliament generally, or to a more limited portion, and whether it would be FOREIGN.—The market has presented a firmer appearance for yellow and brown Havann a h thi s wee k , a f a i r b usiness has been transacted privately, and the rates paid exhibit a small advance on those previously current. Holders of Brazil have refused to further reduce their prices, and refrain from offering any at auction this week. White has been purchased with caution; brown is. however, wanted, and the parcels sold privately were upon former terms: there is a less quantity of all descriptions on offer. All kinds of Foreign are cheaper than they were last year, white sorts in parti cular, and the stock is still less. TEA.—There has been a much better dem ind for Congou of all descriptions this week, but at present an advance has taken place m prices. In Pouchong there has been rather more business transacted, and holders evince more firmness. Hyson has been in mach better demand, and there are not are not sellers.upon former terms. Twankey of common qua lity is dull oflotalazbut this better sorts are wanted. Young Hyson sells trrorelreely. A larger business has been trans acted in Gunpowder For Pekoe Tea the market has a (141,1 r appearance, and prices are on the decline. Souchong ffil3q been infair request. Bohea is dull of sale. Cop-Jul—This afternoon 253 bales, and 26-i bales Mocha Cotree,‘,were submitted to public competition, the trade evinced little desire to operate, an d t h e soun d was nearly all taken in Ott moderate.prices. RICE.—More strict attention has been paid to Bengal Rice since our last publication, and white descriptions have brought prices rather above those that previously existed. SPIRITS. —There has been an extensive business trans acted in Calcutta Rum this week, and an advance on former rates of Id to 2d per gallon has taken place. Demerara has been in good demand, and stiffer rates are given. There has been a wrong desire evinced to purchase Jamaica, and a further advance in the value has taken place, but the supply at market is far from ample for the demand. For Leeward Island prices are still on the advance, and business has been checked by the scanty supply at market. Although Brandy is offered upon further reduced terms, still exporters and the home trade have operated with much caution. IsinGo.—Up to this day 11,670 cheats have passed the hammer, of which the proprietors have withdrawn 3,93 Z and bought in 1,453, leaving 6,2%16 actually sold. The attendance of foreign and home buyers were exceedingly small, and the sale, during the first four days, was very languid, and prices very uneven. RAlL"i'v Ai COMMITTEES X 39,806,117 G. M. MARSHALL, Chiet Cashier. (THIS DAY.) Sufi-Committee No. 2. This Committee me► at three o'clock. pursuant to adjournment, Sir J. Y. Buller in the chair, and proceeded to give the postponed dechion on the IIiDEPORD AND TAVISTOCIC The case was heard on Thursday. and some points were reserved for consideration. l' he CHatitstax now stated that the Committee had resolved to re port that the standing orders had not been complied with. The Committee then udjcurned sine die, 810-ClonaMines No. 3. This Committee met shortly after one o'clock, in Room No. 8 (cloisters), Mr. Aillonby in the ell Air, :• muse fit minisllll l l w : ° sa l t at Til ay t Xb orai k ere and WU Wm' remand. The ',negation s not previously gone into were considered ; and d V d °N be i fore the Easter recess, aftee ttsaiine evidence the Committee resolved to report that the standing orders were not complied with. The Committee then adjourned. %lb - Committee 11711 .71.1771CT1L axis vrosciawralt. WS Calla occupied the whole day. Several allegations ware m a t. tainsd, and the standing orders were not complied with. I.MPERIA.L PARLIAMENT. (T HIS EVENING.) hOUSE. OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. SALE OF SPIRITS ON SUNDAY. The Earl of REDESDALE presented • petition from the inhabitants of the royal burgh of Inverness, in public meeting assembled, praying that a stop might be put to the sale of in toxicating liquors on the Sabbath-day. AIESSAOE FROM THE COMMONS. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up several Hills, which were laid on the table. CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT, Mr. AGLION BY understood the lion. Member to object to the clause iii the Hill, and did not believe that the Hon. Ba ronet the Member for Oiford intended to say that he admitted there was any ground for the charge of bribers. Every Mem ber present had A, titohirstotta hltit , ft Lie thought there was no tnea. of getting rid, of the dal ulty, eteept by means of costs. Lord J. MANNERS would be glad to know what the real intentions of the trainer§ of the Act wete, and thought i clause ineauimusly worth d ought to undergo some revision. The AT 1 ORN EY- GENERAL said they had fallen into a most irregular diteussion, for the House had hothing whatever to do with the question before them. It was for the Committee down stairs to de cide whether the notice was valid or not, at sthether the notice Was so framed as to be an evasion of the Act of Parlia ment. The Act itself put a cheek upon improper objections by rtivilit the etteithitted podgier to award Costs, and that was the only passib!e means by which the Legislature could guard againit improper and frivolous objections. Mr. P. BORTH WI CK was Wad to find that his Hon. and Learned Friend had now so much confidence its the law of Election Committees, and trusted that this increased confidence arose out of ref4ms which had taken place since a memorable instance in which his Hen. and Learned Friend and himself were ergaged...(Hear and laughter.) Both of them had good reason to recollect that instance, and if he remembered rightly the case was precisely similar to that of his Honourable Friend the Member for Bridport. He remembered that there was a great number of objections, many of which turned out to be of so frivolous and trivial a character that the Committee declined to entertain them. He thought lion. Members should, fur their own pro tection, see that the law was properly amended so as to prevent the recurrence of such cases as these. The Hon. Member for Bridport deserved the thanks of the House for calling atten tion to this subject. The question that the Committe e should meet at eleven o'clock to-morrow was then pet and a g reed to. Mr. O'CONNELL, who spoke in a tone so low as not to be heard in the gallery, was understood to move for certain returns connected with the present state of Ireland. Captain LAYARD m oved for a return showing the number of men wh o h a d vo l unteere d t o regiments in India from t h e last five regi ments that b a d b e en ordered home from that country. Th e H on. and G a ll an t Mensber also moved that the petition f rom C helsea Pensioners , com plaining of deduction of Five per C ent. (presented Apr il 21), b e printed. WIGAN ELECTION. On the motion of Mr. BRIGHT, the minutes of evidence an taken befo re the Wigan Election Committee w ere ordered to be laid b e f ore the House. COLO NEL STOD.DART AND CAPTAIN CONOLLY . Mr. B. COCHrot, NE roset to put a question to the R i g ht Baronet at the head of t h e G ove r n ment, relative to the atßokara, namely, C o l one l Stoddart and Captain Conelly. families of th e two unfortunate gent l emen w h o lo s t their lives _ori Those officer s were employed i n t h e serv i ce o f t h e G overn me n t at_ the time th ey l est their lives i n B o k ara , an d th ere f ore h e ( k‘fr. Cochrane) would be of opinion, he was sure that it would oniy be an act of justice towards the families of those officers to give some tribute of respect to them. He was not aware whether Colonel Stoddart had surviving relatives, but he was sure that C a p ta i n Conolly had, and he (Mr. Cochrane) hoped that so me provision would be made for them. Sir R. PEEL said that the only sum which wa s left dis posable i n the hands of the crown, as rewar d s f or pu blic services, was 1,2 001. per annum, t h a t 1501. per annum had been allowed to the t wo surviving sisters of Colonel St oddart, and he was not aware that there were any surviving re latives of Ca p tain Co°ll Y if there were , he was sure that that ver y eminent and we a l t h y b ody would, in accordance with their accumstomed liberalit y , act with what they co nsidered due with reg ard to their servants.—(Hear, hear.) He regre tted ver y much that th ere was not a l ar ger sum left for this p ur p ose in the hands of her alajesty's_Government.:7(year, hear.) Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from a person pro• fes!ing the Roman Catholic religion, residing in Lancaster, complaining of the interference of the Roman Catholic bishop with certain moneys bequeathed for charitab,e purposes, and praying that that the Housc would order that the funds should be applied for the purposes for which it was intended. NEWENHAM'S DIVORCE CASE. r:ast London..• • •• • • • • rand Junction • . • • • • kent • • • • • • • • • • • • • ". 31. 10s. 2/. lOs 41 13 4 100 0 0 Vauxhall •..•• • • • • 9/. per cent. 1100 0 0 Vest Middlesex ••• • • • 51. ss. pr cut. 63 12 9 IMPERIAL A' rf ti.L 'ARENT finUSE OF LollP.S. April 23. RELIGIOUS DISABILITIES ACT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice that he would, on Thursday next, move the second reading of the Aet for the repeal of religious di•abilities. 'I'HE RAILWAY BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. Lord DAL H OUS I E, in rising to introduce the Bill of which he had given notice on the last evening of their Lordships' sitting, together with the sessional ordet, would detain them but a very short time in opening up the provisions of the Bill, and stating the grounds on which he would ask their Lordships to sanction it. On the evening on which they had adjourned for the recess he had taken the liberty of stating to their Lordship what was the subject to which he wished to direet their attention, and to the complaints which had been made by individuals connected with railways, setting forth the evils complained of, and the pro position which he intended to make with a view of remedying them. He had endeavoured then to trace the pro gress of the rise in speculation on railway undertakings for the preceding year, but now he would take their Lordships a little further back. He had stated then, that in the last year • not less than from 1,200 to 1,300 railways had been provision ally registered as joint-stock companies, and out of this number there had been deposited with the Board of Trade, on the 30th November, 800 plans, which on the very last slay had only diminished to 7* 0. He (Lord Dalhousie) had, at the commencement of the session, thought it his duty to direct their Lordships attention to the subject, and since that time the expectation of the public with respect to rail ways had entirely changed. It was expected at that time, in the first place, the test of the deposits would greatly reduce the number of Bills which stood for the consideration of l'arlia rnent, but nevertheless a sum within a fraction of 15,000,000/. was deposited with the Accountant-General. It was also thought that in consequence of the extraordinary rapidity with which these schemes were get up that the stand ing orders would considerably diminish them, but that Cons mittee had oily breathed light as a zephyr upon them, and the number reduced was therefore only twenty. It was now dis covered that in consequence of the application of the enormous amount of capital to ether branches of commerce, an uni versal coin plsint was poured in from every part of the country, and these complaints were not merely confined to those engaged in the ordinary commercial pursuits of the country, but extended to the very pertiT t .s: o h u ` ,d w n er o e t themselves concerned in railway speculations. 1 on this subject. he necessary for him to enter into many Their Lordsnips would see by a referer,letalo3the stock of the stated ce i was true ; anol t hat various companies that what he had on t i li . i s s s su t l h ij e ec ti t, o th us a e t now, so changed was the publicreopliinieolny the projQcts which were we 1 with apprehension ; and in were those which were proportion as the scheme m advanced through Parliament the index of the barometer receded until it got down to zero. He had stated on a former evening that it was often replied to those who thus complained , that t hey should dissolve their com panies; but this they were unable to do , because they had not yet been constituted joint-stock companies, and unless those who held scrip were to give an unanimous consent the scheme must go on to completion. Their Lordships would see, that in consequence of the difficulty of getting this unani mous consent in a company composed of such vast numbers, Parliament was necessarily obliged to interfere. The Bill which he now held in his hand, and which he would have the honour of submittiag to their Lordship', had for it , object the applying a remedy for this evil by giving power certain number of the shareholders to dissolve t t o heir a projects. V. ith their Lordships' permission he would now proceed to state the main provisions of the Bill. On the requisition being presented to the chairman of a com pany, and the meeting called in pursuance of the provisions of the present Bill, then the question to dissolution shall be put, and the business of the meeting confined to that alone. It is provided before the meeting takes place that due an nouncement of it shall be made in the newspapers and in the London Gazette, so as to give notice to all par ties interested. Regulations are provided for the appoint ment of chairman and the regulation of the business; but before the vote is taken scrutineers shall see that the vote is properly taken. The actual holders of stock, whether the original allotteete or the parties who have purchas e d th e scr i p , shall be eligible to vote, and they may either ride in person or by proxy duly attested, before being forwarded to be used at the Lord BROUGHAM wished to preent a petition to their Lordships which referred to the case of Wm. Burton Newen ham. A petition had been presented to that House which, Upon the suggestion of his Noble and Learned Friend upon the Woolsaek, was set aside ori the account of informality. It was cen sequeotly withdrawn, and an amended petition had been framed, which uron being submitted to his Noble and Learned Friend had met with his approval, and he now begged to submit it to theirLordships' consideration. Lord CAMPBELL had understood that the parties to that petition had never met together as man and wife, but if they had rout together as man and wife in a single instance, and 'here had been i,rue from that marriage, he should most decidedly oppose the reception of the petßion. THE CORN-LAWS. This Duke of CLEVELAND held in his band a petition to which he particularly desired to call the attention of their Lordships. It was from parties connected with the landed interest, and was signed by upwards of '2,500 individuals. I t Came from that class of persons who are most materially affected . .7 the exist ing corn -l a w s , and prayed that the ma t , of protection they now enjoyed might not educed. His o pi n i ons upo n the subject were too well known to ren d er it nec essary tor him to say not onl y that he me illoartilr apegurrni ,_. 41 m eat td to its prayer, but that he $31911. °Peo•itiOU t 9 0119 I'9. LORDS' Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. A somewhat lengthened conversation took place, on the subject of the new Houses of Parliament, in the course of which Dr. Reid's plan of ventilation, as far as the House of Lords was concerned, was acknowledged to be a failure. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUriE OF COMMONS. The SFEAKZR took the Chair at Four o'clock. GLASGOW HARBOUR RAILWAY. The Report on the Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, Rail. way Terminus was brought up, the amendments and. altera. tions agreed to, and th lu ll ordered to beengrtrised, STA'T'E OF IRELAND. On the question being put that the order of the day be now read, to the e ff ect that the Hous , - go into Committee on th e Custom s and C orn I rr portat i on Bill. 1 ' ir • W. S. O'BRIEN rose for the purpose of asking the Nlembers of the Government whether they intended taking any steps towards rescuing Ireland from t hat appalling state of starvati on i n which it appeared, by the returns latel y laid upon th e ta b le of the H ow e (and which he hoped every Member of that House had carefully read), that that country was in at this present moment. These re, nrns represent many p l a ces as actually suffering under the e ff ects of famine. After this report, be wuuld ask, did the Government invite the House to consider a measure for the purpose of abridging the liberty of the people of Ireland, rather than one for the relief of the poverty which so alarmingly prevailed. Al they had however, to do that, he should feel it to be his duty to call the attention f ttie Um to loas d the intonate tint Two to to DANEING DI Proprietors, capital.. 14, . h. 5 .. 3.353.359,0513 003 Rest .....: P ublic deposits (irt saluding Exchequer, Commissioners or National Debt. Sa vings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 3,197,029 Other deposits • • • • • • 17,710,9%7 Seven day and other Di 115............ • . 986,017 4 39,806.117 Dated the 23d day of igc ME LONDON UALLTTE, (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, APRIL 23, 4846. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Honour able George Earl of Aberdeen, K.T., to be Lieutenant and Eberiff Principal of the stare of Aberdeen, in the room of William George Earl of Erroll, deceased. _ WHITEHALL APRIL 24. The Queen has been phased to direct .etters to be passed under the Great Seal of the United liins,r":toin of Great Britain and Ireland, granting unto Mattbt-w- Charles Howard Gibbon, E.l, the office of I:lehin(r.zu Herald, void by the 'Esq., to the office of Norroy promotion of James Pulmao, King of Arms. DOWNING STREET, APRIL 24. The Queen has been pleased t ) appoint Alexander Stewart, Esq., to be Master of the Rolle for the province of Nova Scotia. FOR EIGN-OFFICI4,, ArRrL 21. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas Robert:, as Consul at Milford Haven for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. 'Mora " Haire, a 4 Consul at Gibraltar for the Grand Duke 4,1 Ideektenburgli-R4Amern. ctimenTOREIGN- The OFFICE, APRIL 22. co, t l i c as been Henry, 4 , - pleased to approve of Mr. James itig V.ujesty thelinagt ft:lii!neeston, Van Di4nien's Land, for ' C ' 1nn11835485i3 ; the Queen. 2d or Eastern Regiment"' b: ill'orf.lk Mills ia—Captain W. P. K. Browne, from the 49th egiment, to be Adjutant, vice Guthrie, who retires, April 2. Commissions by the Lord orfolk. Lieutenant of th e C ounty of N 'The Hon. E. T. Wodehouse to be Deputyeut Lieutenant, LieiTteliliztenant, Apl II 9; the Hon. B. Wodehouse to be April lo • %V. Norris, Esq., to be Derty 14; T. leerslake, Esq., tO be Deputy Lieutenant April : April t c omui k4i o n s signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey. riu ., ., To be Deputy-Lieutenants—John Courage, ---, Geo rge Seovell, E:iq., Samuel Palmer, Esq., Algernon Perkira, E N. , and James Forbes Young, Esq., Msrch 21. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant Of Middlesex. _ Royil East Ai ithaesex Regiment of M. Innfs, Gent., to be Ensign, March 26. Royal Westtuir.ster Regiment or magos t a **lTh (.Islr, to Le Liciutaant, April 2. SECOND READINGS. vie.:—Stockportbe lm provement, Torteth Park The following &IV were read a second time,, and or d ere d to The Bolton Waterworks Bill was read a thirst tim e an d t e nT i ve ni m it e t t e i d t: and the Alkiallows Tithes. v passed. - -- Mr. GREENE moved , th at to conse q uence of the an agents for the Bill nut having obtain ed the breviate in t into to gie earlier notice of the second rea din g , the Stn ekport Imp rov e ment Bill be i:ermitted to be read a second time this day , 'mt: withstanding the time prescrib ed by th e sessio La order has ex pi:ed.—The motion was agrued to. Mr. SPOONER moved that the Glasgow :Harbour Grand Junction Railway Terminus Mr, of which as Ake of report had been given for this day, be reported this day, notwith standing the resolution of the Hou• s of the 7th d ay of April.— Agreed to. of James Lock Mr. T. EGERTON moved that -:fie petition, and the Merse and Irwell Nar figation Compatty (presented 211 April), pra y ing for lerro , 0 limn'', the; forinor peti. meeting, the scale of votes to be regulated accorr;ing, to the provi sions of the Joint- Stock:Companics Act. :` clear majority accord ing to this scale 1 4 the whole stock of the compa,y, if repre sented at the meeting, should hi, competent to declare a diss:o lution of the company ; or if the whole stock is not represented, . . .hen of the stock for which the vote is taken three-fifths shall be sufficient to declare a dissolution of the company-- that three-fifths represented at the meeting. being not le-g than one-third of the whole stock of the company. By this Bill it was understood that at least one-third of the proprietary of any company should be necessary to its disso lution. The object they had in view was that they should not allow any company to proceed in which the funds were likely to be destroyed by the interests of a few.—(Hear, hear.) It wa., therefore. provided that on the resolu tion of any company to dissolve, the funds of the com pany should be invested in the official trustees, and such was the effect of the Bill which he had to propose to their Lordships. He was aware that certain parties would be quite ready to put in thein claims, but at the same time it should be recollected that certain parties might be made liable it debts to which they were only parties in common. And the effect of this Bill was to render both parties only liable according to their individual responsibility. lie was aware that, under certain cit cumatances, the proprietors should have the right of winding up their affairs under the sessional order ; but if the measures which they propose should meet with the approbation of their Lordships, and if it should meet with the approbation of the other House of Parliament, that they would accede to the request of the Government, and give such powers as would enable the shareholders to employ the te-t, and put a stop to any scheme which had not the approbation of the chief proprietors of the scheme. What he was anxious for was, that the majority of the proprietors should be enabled to put . a stop to any scheme of which they did not approve ; but, at the same time, he felt it necessary to render the proprietors of rival sehemcs a power of adjudication. He believed that a sensible benefit would arise from this change. On the eveningbefore the recess, although he was aware th — at a change took place from day to day in the state of these companies, that a great ad vantage would be obtained, yet, on the evening of the recess, he had moved, that on the presentation of a petition, the re spective proprietorship of the shareholders should be taken into consideration ; and that, on a derision of a majority, the company should be closed, and enabled to wind up their affairs u a consequence of a decision of the majority. The holders of stock are scattered all over the country. N 0... ... body knows who are the scrip-holders. 1 hey have no means of communication with each other—they have no organisation among themselves. Some of them are holders for small amounts, and they do not think it worth while to trouble them- selves about the matter ; and a vast number, who are the most substantial persons concerned in them, would refuse to come forward in order to wind up those concerns in which they were interested, as it would have the effect of destroying their credit, and you have no hold whatever upon the smaller parties, who are scattered all over the world. We propose, therefore, not to adopt the plan proposed before Easter, but we propose to adopt the recom mendation which has, without one exception, been made to us from the highest authority, to stop all railway Bills of every de scription, to allow no Rill to be read a third time unless a peti tion, signed by a majority of scripholders of the company, should be presented to that House praying their Lordships to pass such Bill. He considered such a course as that he had proposed would be better than any subterfuge. It would only be acting in the more manly and straightforward manner, and not under cover of the imposition of conditions which it would be impossible to comply with. We propose that no Bill should be read a third time unless evidence should be given to that House that a meeting of the stock-holders of the company had been held—that meeting representing one-third of the stock of the company, and that three-fifths of that meeting desired their Bill should pass. Lord BROUG H ANI—Aso proxies to be admitted to vote? Earl DALHOUSIR—Proxies must be admitted, because the directors and other parties connected with the government of the company, who, having a vast amount of shares, would in every instance be able to rule the meet ing. For that reason they require that at such meetings there should be a quorum consisting of one-third of the stock of the company. If such conditions were not imposed their Lordships might spare themselves the trouble of passing the proposed Bill, as the meeting would be formed of the directors and their friends, who would rule the meeting. But it was necessary a further test should be applied. and that was, that in case it should be said that a company was desirous to go on. it would be necessary that a meeting should be held, at which three-fifths of those then present should ex press an opiniGn to that effect. This had been rendered necessary by the fact that the circumstances of the present time were such as to call for it, and such as were of no ordinary nature, and, in fact, he might say they were of an unprecedented character. The num ber of Bills sought for in the year 184-1 involved an outlay to the amount of 18,000,000:. sterling; and those for which the sanction of Parliament was sought in 1845 amounted to about 60,000,00 W., so that in fact the amount of liabilities this session would amount altogether to between seventy and eighty millions. The number of Bills for railways which were to come before the Legislature this cession amounted to about 519, which involved an outlay of about 300,060,0001. Now he need not say that that amount of money was not to be had ; but there could be no doubt that about 70,000,000/. sterling would be required. He wodd not now go into the question as to the amount of the surplus capital of the country; he merely wanted their Lordships to look at those circum stances as they now really stood. He had heard it stated by a Noble Friend of his, that to so great a height had this rail way fever risen, that it exceeded by 50 per cent. that of last year. It had been remarked, why not let the parties to these Companies bear the consequences of embarking in them . but he begged to say that unfortunately they would not alone be the sufferers. Such was the state of the railwri trade, that even in some of the very best lines parties were so enable to get in the calls made, that they had to give up tke schemes in despair; and such a feeling had spread over the trade of the country, that it had been found impossible to procure capital to carry it on ; and as a fiend of his from Scotland had observed in a letter of his, it was taking away the very:heart of the country. On these grounds, then, he would ask, was it too much to ask that, in future, the parties to every railway should be satisfied of the utility and feasibility of the scheme, and of their ability to go on, before they should call upon the Legislature for its sanction to those Bills? He would now conclude by reading the resolutions he intended to submit to their Lordships, and which he would leave for their consideration until to-morrow night. Having read the resolutions, the Noble Lord went on to say that it had had also been endeavoured to provide against cases when a large proportion of shares had been reserved or held back—that clause was to the effect that all scrip issued should be paid for before the 31st of March. The necessity for this clause was apparent, when it was remembered that in marl cases parties would purchase, speculating on the winding up, and by which many would make one hun dred per cent. on the bargain. ( Hear, hear. ) The Noble Lord then read the resolutions, which are pre cisely the same as those proposed in the other House of Par liament ; and, in concluding, said he wished to correct a mistake he had made in explaining the mode of winding up rail way compares. The subject was so complicated, that it was difficult to make it so clear as he was desirous of doing. The way proposed was to wind up the affairs in conformity wi'h the provisions of the Bill he had explained; or if that course was dissented from, then the company might be wound up under the provisions of the Joint- Stock Companies' Act of last session, and an assignee appointed at the meeting to act with the offi c i a l ass i gnee . H e h a d now set before th em' the provisions of the present Bill, and also the sessional order which was to give effect to the objects of the Bill. The subject was a dry and complicated one, and in the statement he had made he had generally given the provisions of the Bill and the reasons why it should be adopted, in order that those companies that thought fit might be wound up with as little trouble as possible.—(Hear, hear.) h e had before stated his opinion, that it the subject were left as it now is, that one-third of the railroad plans which had been submitted to Parliament could not possibly go on this session. Lord BROUGHAM was quite aware that their Lordships were acquainted with the interest which he took in the subject of railway speculations. Nothing could have delighted him more than the luminous statement which the Noble Lord (Dal housie) had just made to the House. They were aware, also, of the interest which he took in the subject of railways gene rally; but, without more time to consider the business, he felt incompetent to come to any positive decision on this matter. He had repeatedly warned their Lordships of the effects of the railway mania during the last two years, and he must beg to remind them not only of the evils that were likely to arise to the commercial credit of the country, but also to the moral interests of the community at large. He regretted to find that, as he had anticipated not only was the spirit of gambling in railway shares experienced by the higher classes of society, but that it was extending- to the middle classes, and further still that it seemed to have extended to the lower classes, whose livelihood was dependent on their industrial exertions. He had repeatedly warned their Lordship s that it w as lik e ly t o a ff ec t t h e mora l s of the whole of the com munity. He had stated instances in which poor clergymen and widows with small means had been deprived of all their subsistence, of ladies living upon their jointures and with small means, as well as of other individuals, who had been deprived of the whole of their subsistence by this mania. Many parties were exiled from their native houses in conse quence of their inability to meet the demands made upon them, or answer to the liability which they had incurred, but to a great degree this measure would prevent the evil from proceeding further. Great relief would be administered, by the Act of his Noble Friend, to the poor sufferers ; and he would fain hope the mere statement which they had then heard, and the recep tion it haul met with would have a salutary effect before the Bill would pass into a law, for there was a railway house else where—( Laughter)—which less admirably adapted for talking, though little so for aeting, —( Hear, hear.) There were some railway bodies so fall of discussion that they could debate for twelve days without intermission. They could make speeches by the score, and obtain attention by the hour.—( Hear, hear.) But there seemed to be amongst them an ntter incapacity for lousiness. He did not know to what it was owing. The Duke of RICHMOND—It is the directirs I fa ult . a Lord BROUGH AM—No, no, I didsnootesay that. not to be caught that way. It aro se from m the b.dy itself—they could debate or ever—they d could construction argue i i n for ever, but as for coming t u t:o ch e o d u e t c o is f io th n ei i r t p w o a w s e q r u , i t t h e a a t n it ot w he a r thing ; in truth, it was an s eff e ctth ina reme dying the evils t quite out of the questio n . o i ni ni o ld st have devoutly agreat ho ped the bare promulgation of the n w th ra e ß p u l t a h e existed. The course they were a b ou t to adopt of not reading a Bill tr a • r d t i me was not a very usual one—to pledge themselves that no consideration would tempt them to read a Bill for the third time after it had become ripened, unless something was done out of the House by parties over whom they nad no control, was certainly a proceeding exceed ingly dangerous, and requiring great deliberation before they should adopt it. But he was very much disposed to strain a point in this instance, as it would effect, he believed, a great good. He did not think the proposed measure would be effectual without some such order.—(Hear, hear.) If he were to state which of the two measures he thought would be most effectual he should prefer the order, but he did not see why he should be put to the selection. His opinion was they would both be efficacious, but there was one quality in the order which the Bill did not possess. The one was certain and spees:3-, while of the other they were net sure that it would pass. He would not detain their Lordships, He could have desired that all these things hat taken another course, he could have wished that all privet legislation, including railways, canals, and roads, should have been transferred to another trthunal, and that Parliament should have made some arrangements which would have en abled all private business to be satisfactorily and cheaply done within a resonable time, so as to avoid the great expense and the anxiety consequent on the present system, and to av o id t h e inefficient ma nner i n w hi ch of necessity (without imputing any blame) the Committees of both Houses, but more especially the Committees of the other House, were oblig ed to carry on th at i mportant branch of legislation. When they looked at the enormous amount of private business, amounting for this year in one department only to the enormous sum of 591,003,00 a—when they re flected that these Bills had power to inflict a most trans cendental injury —when they reflected that these Bills gave power to interfere with every man's private property, to re move his wood, to grub up plantations, to overthrow houses, to drive a road through a swan's pleasure -grounds, to make a person's estate worthless to him, and incapable of being in habited by human beings ; to compel people to part with their property whether they would or not, and that too, not at prices fixed by themselves, though that would be bad enough, but at prices fixed by others—when they considered that this branch of legislation, and of all the branches tike. of legislative functions that could be named this was on which required to be entrusted to tribunals of a different kind than that of a Committee of this House, he hoped that the difficulties which the country and the Parliament had now got into would lead to son.e steps being taken by that House which, he must say, should have been adopted years before. There was some ground for encouragement even in the pre sent state of affairs, because, from the very necessity of the ease, better arrangements would be made for managing the private business of tke House. He felt grateful to the Noble garl fur the statement of the opinions of her Majesty's Goverment upon this subject, for the candour, as well as the unadorned and severely fitting nature of the statements on the occasion. He felt thankful to the Government fur bringing forward so necessary a measure as the present. The Earl of WICKLOW considered that the expense of taking Bills through both Houses of Parliament would form a prominent part of consideration in the meetings that were to be held under the provisions of the proposed Act, and he thought it necessary, for a right consideration of the case, that correct data of those expenses should be accessible to them. The Marquis of SALISBURY had as great a horror of the railway mania. He thought, however, they would have some reason to creed the winding up of these affairs. There was one point in the measure proposed by the Noble Earl to which he would call the attention of their Lordships. It was proposed to require three-fifths of the scrip holders to assent to the winding up of the concern. The meeting was to represent one-third of the scripholders of the company. It would require three-fifths of those present to assent to the petition to their Lordships. It would, therefore, empower two-fifths to prevent the Bill passing, but they would not have the power to wind up the concern. He would also be glad to know how the amount of the scrip present was to he taken under the arrangements propo-ed in the Bill? The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought it a wise measure as regarded England, but when he taw that it extends to Ire land and Scotland he thought the proposed measure an indica tion of the disposition of the Government towards those countries —they were endeavouring to put a stop to what was called the railway mania. The evils which had been described by the Noble Earl who had proposed the Bill were sufficient to justify the ste that was about to be taken. But what was the railway mania? Why it was neither more nor less than that upon which &pi nded the great communications of this great country. Railways, in a military point of view, were of the utmost importance, and the Legislature must be careful how they checked their construction. For some years past he had thought the Government ought to have taken some step upon this subject. If they had done so years ago the present railway mania never would have existed. At present, and under existing circumstances, the proposed resolutions were necessary, and, so far, he could not object to them ; but he would remind the Government that in Ireland especially it was their duty to take the railways under their care and control, and if they did so, there could be no doubt that railways would be made without embarrassing the country. The Earl of ROSEBERY rose for the purpose of putting a question to the Noble Earl who had proposed the resolutions. He apprehended that his Noble Friend did not intend this ses sional order to become a standing order upon which Parliament was to proceed in future, hut merely as a sessional order for the regulation of the proceedings of the House during the pre sent session. It was desirable under existing circumstances to facilitate the winding up of companies with as little incon venience a- possib‘e. Lord ASHBURTON said it was useless to complain of what should have been done some time ago. The real question they had to consider was the peculiar and anomalous position in which they found themselves placed, and the wisest course it behoved them to take. Taking that position into con sideration, he must say, that as far as he understood the Bill submitted, with the sessional order with which it was ac companied, it appeared to him the best means of relieving them from the difficulty in which they at present stood, and to meet the evil arisins from the enormous demand on the capital and labour of the country, which stood in the way of the legitimate commerce of the ceuntry.—( Hear, hear.) He must, at the same time, remind the Noble Lords who sat on the Railway Committee, at the early period of the session, that he ( Lord Ashburton) stated very similar views to those stated that night, respecting the difficulty in which they would find themselves placed.—( Hear, hear.) It was impossible to go on with the present mass of adventure, which was beyond the means of the country to accomplish in any reasonable time. A Noble Lord opposite had referred to the case of Ireland, and the relief which the construction of railways would afford in the peculiar circumstances of the country ; but, however anxious they might be to relieve Ireland, they must recollect that if they went beyond the means of the capital of the country, instead of benefiting Ireland, they would clog all pro ceedings intended for that purpose, and defeat the very end sought to be obtained.—( Hear, hear.) He must say, con sidering the peculiar circumstances of the country, that the measure was a necessary one to meet the difficulties. His object was to insure the classification of these several schemes, and he thought that this classification ought to be observed—that is, that the several railway schemes ought to be apportioned into classes. He was aware, that under the direction of the Noble Lords who had formed the Com mittee, that certain lines ought to he preferred, and the first class they recommended was that which comprised the lines of the national defences. The next class was that which was described as being likely to fill up gaps in established railways; though, if the business were to be conducted as it was at present devised, there was little proba bility of obtaining their Acts during the present session. It was much to be regretted that such should be the case, as the passing of these Bills was likely to contribute largely to the advantage of the public The next class was that which was called the offspring of the strong companies, more particularly those of the Great Western, South-Western, and the London and Birmingham, and others of a similar character, which com panies, from their enormous incomes, possessed all the ap pliances for carrying out their designs. lie was not aware of the precise feelings of - the Government, but he thought it was necessary to look to the results of such pre ference ; and he must say, that in the consideration of the Select Committees the object of the national benefit should be particularly observed—(Cheers)—particularly when the object of such companies was kept in view. Lord CAMPBELL was satisfied that the interval of the re cess had been advantageous in the consideration of the several plans which had been submitted to Government, and for the regulation of private enterprise. He was satisfied also that this direction of private enterprise would be advantageous in the improvement of the railway system. A great evil had been complained of, but he thought if they were only to look to the Continent, the Government would have a very effectual cure, salutary as we:l as effectual. But his reason for thus presenting himself to their Lordships upon this subject was, to ask the Noble Lord opposite whether it was proposed to insert any clause for the purpose of indem nifying 'hose who should have become liable to the creditors of a rail say company ? At present a person might take an action against a member of the committee, and he had no means of indemnifying himself. Lord WH ARNCL I FFE was of opinion that it was at pre sent premature to be dise.issing the merits of the Bill not yet before the House He had heard of the proposition of the Noble Lord in reference to the mode in which parties should proc , ed who were desirous of winding up a company ; but in cases wl ere it might not be possible to procure the proposed number, would the meeting then have the power of disposing of the ques tion? He thought that if the number required were larger, they would be more likely to get at the real opinion of the sub stantial body of shareholders. What they had to dread was, that attempts would be made to get up these meetings for fallacious purrses. He had already stated that he con sidered three-fifths too small, and he could wish that the number required had been somewhat larger. He would not detain their Lordships longer, but he hoped that the suggestion he had made would have the consideration of the Noble Lord. Lord KINNAIRD asked if the standing order would be considered to-more ow ? Lord DALHOUSIE—No; on Monday. It was exceed ingly satisfactory to him to find that their Lordships ap proved of the course pursued by the Government on the subject of the standing order and of the BilL It would be necessary, - however, that the Bill and the sessional order should go hand in hand. He would endeavour to reply to the various remarks made by the various speakers in their proper order ; and first he would refer to what had fallen from his Noble Friend beside him. His Noble Friend objected to the amount axed as likely to be too small, and as likely also to open the door to a system of jobbing and fictitious meetings, which would be unsatisfactory, inasmuch as it would not really represent the sentiments of the shareholders in the companies. That objection had been carefully considered, and although the amount fixed upon appeared to look small, yet the Noble Lord would recollect that it was the minimum. But he would find, on looking at it in another point of view, that it would be amply sufficient. Supposirg, for instance, in such companies as the London and Birmingham and Great Western, which had each a capital of five or six millions that a meeting were called under the operation of this order ; it would require a very considerable degree of exertion to ob • tain that amount. Other companies, it was true, had advan tages which these great companies had not ; but it would be found that even in their case the sum in the Government pro position would be found to act very stringently. His Noble Friend who sat further down had offered a different objection. He felt that to ask the sanction of the three-fifths of the subscribers was to ask too much for the purpose of pie venting the progress of the Bill. But when their Lordships looked to the circumstances of the times—when they looked to the consequences which would result from any considerable ad dition to the railway projects which had already passed the House of Parliament—when they recollected that a vast num ber of these Bills were forced through Parliament contray to the wishes of the proprietors, he thought they would find that the objections urged by his Noble Friends were untenable. Wherever there was a doubt, Parliament should throw the doubt on the side of the negative. With respect to the ques tion of the Noble Earl, •he order was only sessional—of a pe culiar character it was true, but it was intended to apply to an e xtraordinary crisis—it was to expire with the session. It might be in the recollection of their Lordships that her Ma jesty's Government, at the commencement of the s e s s i on, ex pressed an earnest desire that every ' possible indulgence should be shown to t h st o hi s na e : Br Ireland. ssnhdw. Bill u h l hhsaehddo should tohtbeeir think objecte hisp t No eth d b c f e er n oF s r t e u t nh e d l e ion url o ad f t iroawni of wish y the order. H e was anxious t z o ce say e that m there should be no obstacle thrown re i a n d the waytohf that H ouse, Bills. nd They they should receive their third should not come under the m was accordingly g ope m ratio a n of the order until they went into the other House, and he prepared on ßili t s he7th, to move the third reading of all which bad arrived st the proper matur i ty. With respect to the other Bills, he wished to mention that they would receive nn additional dello , . Lord CAMPBELL wished that something would be said In reference to the indemnities to be granted to shareholders. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said that whatever liabilities were now imposed on the parties, would remain. The lia bilities would remain exactly as they were at present. deLmonritdyCwAili be MPBELL—The liabilities will remain, but the gone. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said that creditors would have the same security as existed at present. The Bill was then read a first time. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then moved that the sessiona l order be taken into consideration on Monday.—Agreed to. The second reading of the Boroughs (Scotland) Bill Was postponed until Monday. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 23. RAILWAY BUSINESS OF TILE SESSION. - - Mr. BERNAL regretted that these resolutions had he'" brought forward so late in the session ; had a similar steP been taken at an earlier period many of the evils which they were now suffering would have been preventedi But even now, why were they to allow the ( =tinge. expenses of committees and second readings to 1 7: incurred ? Why were they to suffer parties to b i y, at the expense of bringing witnesses from all par of the country, and providing for them " taverns for a long period of time ? He dared to Oi l , that, at the present moment, from Hyde•park-corn e to Victoria-park, there could not be found unoccupied bed at any respectable tavern.—(Hen He contended ,that the course proposed by the lion. Baronet was not fair to the country at large- . that Bight Hon. Gentleman felt th a t th e pu bli c had suc jetted themselves to great difficulti es i n t h e l a t e In 4rl ; of railway gambling, he might have pro posed 50°3 ; 4 other remedy hatter calculated to meat the—