The Sun. — London, England, 1837-06-07 00:00:00

~~i ._. :( snow/ r (i) I C ‘1:t11, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1837. In the House of Lords yesterday, after the reception of ti t'ime petitions on the subject of Church-rates, and one from Morley, in the West-Riding of York, praying for the immediate abolition of the Corn Laws, Earl FITZWILLIAM gave notice that he will on Thursday next move for certain documentary evidence connected with relief to the poor, taken by Mr. NtcHou.s during his visit to Ireland. The report on the Dublin Police Bill was brought up and agreed to . The rep or t f rom t h e C omm i ss i oners o f Ed ucat i on i n Scotland was laid on the table. Th e privil ege o f t h e H ouse o f Commons, as asserted b y that branch of the Legislature in their recently adopted t esolutions, formed the subject of some observations, which vrtll bb found in our Parliamentary Report, and to which, from the important question they relate to, we invite the attention of our readers. It will be seen that Lord DEN 2'4N, acquiescing in the suggestion of Lords ELLEN IOROUGII and Lord LYNDIIURST, postponed his motion to Tuesday, reserving to himself the right, if he then thought P"Per, of calling their Lordships' attention to it. In th e House of Commons a protracted and not un:m- Portant debate succeeded the presentation of petitions on the subject of the London and Brighton Railway. Two divisions took place. The following motion, made by Mr. PicTon, was carried by a majority of 2 :—" That the mili tary engineer appointed by his Majesty, in pursuance of an humble address from this House, be instructed, when con- Sidering the subject of the London and Brighton lines of railway, to keep in view the formation of one main southern trunk fine out of L on d on , b y w hi c h unncessary i ntersect i on of th e - , country may be avoided, and facilities of approach given to other towns on the southern coast." The House shortly afterwards went into Committee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, where they disposed of clause's lip to the 61st." After two divisions tl , e words " ex„ mptiwi persons h o ldi ng rent-charges from the poor rate" were omitted, as were also those which relieved run ning streams from assessment to poor-rate. On the motion of Mr. Sergeant TA LFOU LtD the Law of Copyright Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on the 12th inst. The House adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock. The Tories h a v e b een singularly unfortunate of late ill their party speculations. The " whole-hog" system that system which sticks at nothing to gaiiian ob ject, thou g h i t may produce a t e mporary sensation— is found not to answer in the long run. Within the last few inontlis everything that is mean and disc-editable has been resorted to in the House of Commons—a band of desperate, but pitiful renegades, GRAHAM, Butt -I)I4TT, and Co., leading the forlorn-hope—to assail and embarrass the Government ; while, out of doors, the equally unscrupulous, though more respectable, a gents of the faction, the HoLmEsEs, the Cnouc trims, and all that tribe, have been labouring with unwearied assiduity in th e i r pecu li ar vocat i on , o f supplying motives '() such of time electoral body as were called upon to ex '''cise their constitutional functions. And what is the I 'Psilot of all this mano2uvring ? Has this waste of :' , '"ey and wrec k of principle produced any advan. / 4 :i e t( -) the facti on w hi c h h ave sanc ti one d su ch shame ' P ru eecdings ? Quite the central y. They are a Teat way farther from their object than they were six ago. Th e Westminster election put them it o ecstasies. The return by their influence—by olc ihtluence of Church-and-King nicn—of a poor of ' l ' 4ll , wh o h a d i n f ormer days been the advocate t i c All flual Pa r li aments , U n i versa l Suff rage , an d e v er y t‘• 11 , (4 that they considered an abomination, and who that h e had nut changed his political sentiments p ro : r iB was hail e d as an un h ear d o f t r i um ph, and a thl u n t , str oug as proof could be, not merely that a gradual • 's be WaS taking* place in the minL of the people, 'lc th at le very floodgates of reaction were opeiled, and the irresistible tide setting in. Upon the back of this followed the Bridgewater -Election, in which, by the grossest bribery, their candidate proved suc cessful, and this of course was additional cvi denc2—this rendered assurance of " reaction" double sure. Nothing now was wanting to their hopes— nothing was necessary to prepare the way to Do Nniug-strect, but the return of the Tory Candidate for Glasgow. To this point they bent all their ener gies. BILLLY HOLMES and JOSEPH' CROUCHER who had figured in smock-frocks among the poor wretches of Bridgewater, were dispatched to Glasgow to try their hands upon a northern constituency. Had the constituency of Glasgow been as limited as that of Bridgewater, it is probable that the gold of the Carlton Club, which would have been offered without measore, might have suceeeded. But here the plot failed—here the hollowness and the fal lacy of the Tory system were made evident to all the world. Tho electors of Glasgow were too nu merous and too honest to be bribed. They acted like men who felt their own honour and that of their country to be at stake. The Tories were discomfited, and their fine bubble of reaction with all its glittering glories burst at once and disappeared. Aml now the public begins to get a little insight into the transactions which preceded the Glasgow election. A petition has been presented from the electors of Bridgewater, complaining of bribery at the late election, on the part of the Tory Candidate, How does Mr. BROAD WOOD act on this occasion ? Does he come forward to repel the charge. Oh no—nothing of the kind— he is conscious that ho cannot face the Petitioners, and therefore he informs the SPEAKER that it is not his intention to defend his seat ! ! Mr. BROADWOOD is perhaps afraid of the expense. He happens to be one of the richest men in England. Will his cause be taken up by. otb2r parties? We doubt it—it is hopeless, and in a- week or two we shall aaa the mighty ". re action" at Bridgewater end in Mr. RICHARD BIIINSLEY SHERIDAN taking his seat for that borough. The second reeding of Sir ANDREW AGNEW'S Sunday-tribulation Bill is appointed to take place to night in the House of Commons. A printed copy of this curiosity is now lying before us, and we have no hesitation in saying that it is, if possible, more astrin gent and hopreeticable in its character than ever. Some of its clauses ar© simply ludicrous ; others tyrannieal to the last degree ; but the majority are gloriously imposaihle. The author of this precious farrago of mingled absurdity and fanaticism, sets out in the following imposing style : Forasmuch as nothing is more acceptable to COD than the true and sincere worahip of him according to his Holy Will, &c. ;" and then proceeds to show forth his own devo tion and sagacity as a Christian Legislator, by entering at once upon a war of extermination against all srnall tradesmen and fruit-stall women, who may be caught selling ginger -beer, or pies, or baked potatoes, or any other such athiestical wares on the Lord's Day ! Towards all such offending Giaours our Saint is spe cially intolerant, proposing to enact that " it be law ful for any justice of the peace, police officer, con stable, deputy-constable, tithing-man, or other officer," to seize upon all such merchandize, " with or with out any other warrant or authority" than Sir AN DREW'S own Bill. And this he calls worship ping the LORD " according to his holy will I" Of a verity, he must entertain strange notions of Providence. When the fanatic of old stuck pins in his rear-ward Adam, by way of provieg the intensity of his devotion, he did not aet a whit more absurdly or profanely than our modern fanatic, when he offers up old apple-women as a holocaust. Had he lived in the days of PHILIP the SECOND, he would have undoubtedly been promoted to the office of Grand Inquisitor ; and would have presided at an auto-da 7 fe with a dignity and earnestness that could not fail to have endeared him to the hearts of all bigots. Having dispatched all the old apple-women and small tradesmen who tempt the appetites of the pious on the LORD'S Day, Sir ANDREW next proceeds to pour down the vials of his wrath on nobler objects, enacting that it shall be lawful for any official conser vator of the peace, " to seize, or cause to be seized, -Ath or without warrant, one or More of any animals travelling on the Sabbath." This clause is a perfect phenomenon in the annals of legislation. It does not affect—it will be observed—any one who may be riding or driving, but simply hint who may be " traaelling" on Sunday. Thus Sir R. PEEL may with impun'ty roll along in his carriage throu . ah the Parks or the West-end streets ; but woe betide him, if he be caught at a few miles distance from London, with his horses' heads, say, turned towards Windsor 1 Then he becomes an unquestionable traveller ; and being such, his horses may be taken from his carriage, and he himself left in the middle of the road, with no :aher consolation than he may derive from meditating .m the extraordinary piety of Sir ANDREW AGNEW. But this is the least. curious part of the• business. If any•policeman, constable, or other parochial function ary, should happen to be informed that the Ex-Pre mier was travelling" within his jurisdiction, and yet refuse to make a caption of his " faithful " steeds ; then lie shall be held to be an offsmder of an equally tble die I Sha ire, we say, on such absurd, such vexatious—such intolerant Legislation I Ate we liv ing in the nineteenth century, or in the dark ages when men stood on one leg for days together, and fastened themselves to pillars with chains about their necks, by way of obtaining influence over the multitude, as Saints of the first water ? We protest when we see Bilk, like the one befor e us, brought forward into Parliament, and there formally discussed, instead of being kicked out by a unanimous resolution of the House, we almost begin to doubt the truth of Lord BitouGnam's adage that " the schoolmaster is abroad ;" and to think that the world is little more enlightened than it was in the times when SIMEON STYLITES obtained a reputation for superlative sanc by squ a t t i ng hi mself on the summit of a high city, pillar, day an d n i ght, for the last ten years of his life. But it is impossible that our in )dern Saints' Bill should ever pass into law. It is at variance with every social principle that binds humanity together ; and, under the specious pretence of s t rengt h en i ng t h em , strikes at the loots of civil order and decorum. But suppose it carried into effect, what would be the in evitable result ? Why, to revolutionize the habits, tastes, and immemorial usages of the country from one end to the other. " Merry England" would then, indeed, be a fiction ; we should become a nation of sour, vinegar -faced fanatics, making up, hypocrisy, for our want of a true, healthy, reli gious feeling. Is this to be endured ? Are a squad of legislative Pharisees to dog our heels ; to follow us to our own doors, and even step with us across our threshhold ; to keep watch on our out goings and our in-coelings ; to hurry don after us into the green fields ; to drag us from the chaise or the horse ; aria even pursue us to the aeß.port, lest we might chance, from necessity, to set sail for somiie foreign land on the Lord's Day ? is this, we repeat, to be endured—least of ail, by a people whose main boast it is, that it enjoy s a . f u ll measure of r. tional liberty ? Impossible. The Millennium of the Saints is not yet so near as Sir ANDREW imagines; we would advise him, therefore, to digest his disap pointment in silence, and ei4:sg to pester us with Sunday-tribulation Dills ; or if this be too CIA tg exact from him, at least to commence his Sabbatical experiments on the rich, and so work gradually down to the poor. The French .TOmnals of Monday, received to-day, are extremely barren of interesting intelligence, save what relates to the public entry of the Royal Family into Palk on Sunday. The K I NG, We are happy to announce, was received with acclamations of joy ; and the Duchess of ORLEANS won the affections of the people by her unaffected urbanity. For a spirited account of the whole proceedily,s we refer our readers to another part of The Sun. Respecting the Carlist expeditionary movements in Catalonia very link is known in Paris. We find in the official column s of the Moniteur the following dispatch, which includes the whole of the latest news from the theatre of war in Spain : •‘ BAYONNE, JUNE 4, 2 P.M.—The Carlists were still at Barbastro on the Ist, pushing, their reconnoissances on both banks of the Cinca, without undertaking any thing. Baron de Meer was on the left bank, and General Oraa on the right, at a short distance from Barbastro. Espartero arrived at Pampeluna on the 2 , 1. The Carlists attempted in vain to stop him in his march. They have retired from before L0d0,,a." The Spanish bondholders in Paris held another public meeting on Monday, when resolutions declar ing it expedient to address the Chamber of Deputies in favour of French intervention in the affairs of the Peninsula were carried unanimously. We trust that no time will be lost in the presentation of this ; petition, as we ate exceedingly anxious to learn whether recent events in Spain have opened the eyes of the French Go r•ernntent to the expediency of adopting a more straight-forward policy as regards the Peninsula. Som e thing ought to be done—and that instantly—to stop the effusion of innocent blood. What are the personal claims of Donna ISABELLA and Don CARLOS when weighed against the blood of the thousands of unoi fending human beings that have been slaughtered in the prime of life for the possession of what never did and never can belong to either of them? A mole-hill placed near the eye looks larger than a mountain in the distance ; and therefore, we presume, it is, that LOUIS PHILIPPE scarcely perceives the Spanish people behind the Royal candidates for the sovereignty of the Peninsula. His powers of vision are obscured by the intermediate figures .of the Infant QUEER and her Uncle ; and while they are personally safe, lie neither appears to see, think of, or care for, the mise ries of the Spanish populace. The following are extracts from the French Journals : -- FRONTIERS O F SPA IN.-An extraordinary courier, dispatched by. the Spanish Consul, set out for Madrid on the 2Sth. He is to inform the Governments that repeated dcmands have been made by the army of Espartero for all sorts of military stores and for provisions, of which it is quite destitute. An order of Espartero has been published in the several places evacuated by the Carlists and occupied by the Christinos, giving the inhabitants fifteen days to return to their homes; if they do not obey their property will be seized. Some families have already presented themselves. By order of the Junta of Navarre, the inhabitants of the vallies of Auue, Artez, and others on the line, may carry to Painpeluna all sorts of articles arid provis'ons. For this they are to pay 40 reals vellors per month for each mule. We are assured that a new expedition was preparing at Lecumberre on the 27th ; it is said to be composed of the 2d, 31, 4th, and sth of Navarre, under the command of General Guei gue._ Sentinelle des Pyrenees. Mar) mon Paulo, Brigadier-General, in the service of Don Carlos, who escaped from the depot at Moulins, was arrested on the 26th by the gendarmes just as he was on the point of entering Spain. He has been conducted to Angoulcme.— Memorial des Pyrenees. This is, doubtless, the General Officer, whose passage through Bordeaux was announced. A letter from Bayonne says, " that the French authorities on our frontiers and that of the Eastern P ) renees are ob served to be more strict than ever respecting Spaniards sus pected of being Carlists."—Le Commerce. • " ''''''' - eItENCH FUNDS Just( 5. live pci Cents., 148 f. 75c. 1,40 c. 70c. 75c. Four per Gent., 991. s'c. iiirct- per Cents., 70f 6:4. 7 c 60c. Bank Act ', 9,4401 Acute de Naples, 57t 15c. Pr.f. 9 c. 85c. Roman Five per Cents., VI% N. Spanish Actives, 2414%%. Spanish Ditreres, nth Rp4111;d1 PaSsives. 11,igi211 !AMU. Civc per Cents tot Belgian Bank, 1,49.2 t: 5 0 c. 1,420 f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, '2s!.4ti. c. li% O lANGfi 1:9!11111N - line phrur, Sac. Ja c ; I''ree months, paper.2sl. 17%c.; money, —c —Cours Authentioue. LASE PRICES rivt pPr Ctrtits., 1 !gt• W 4, TONP per Copts. 70i. ire, Bank Actions, 9,14'1. Bente de Naples, t)7l. Pc. It &Meal Five perecnts., 101%. Belgian Loan, 10 Bri4=6oo wor. Krtugusse Three per Cents., 2 Haytian Loan. 32,,f •I).allisli Actives, '24%. Passiyes aipur all the recent advices from the Spanish capital the greateNt dancer to the Government ;% arr. , tie headed from want of money. There arc no funds, and Ministers are driven to their wits' end to procure the necessray supplies for c irrying on the war. Tho tortes have the power of removing every apprehension of danger to the new order of things from a scarcity of specie, and unless they can be hnught to exercise we fear it will be yet a long tin before the nation will reap any bLmefit from their constitutional labours. If there be a want of specie in Spain there is none of the precious metals. The Churches abound in gold and silver ornaments, which is a species of the wort sacrilege to keep locked up when their conversion into money would save Spain from the pollution of remaining steeped in her own blood. What is the sanctity of the ornaments encirling an altar of stone when compared with the existence of the living temples of the Holy Ghost ?" But sup. posing the Cortes adverse to such an extreme mea sure, Spain abounds in works of art, upon the posses sion of which immen a sums would be advanced by public Companies in France and England. Th e picure galleries in Madrid are mines wealth. Whv not raise suppli2s by pledging a part of their contents, redeemable again on the repayment of the principal and interest ? On some of the finest pictures money might be raised at seven per cent. interest, with national guarantees for their preservation. This would certainly be a more economical and expeditious plan than that of mort gaging provincial revenues, and borrowing at an enor mous sacrifice on the faith of national credit. The Cortes abound in resources had they only the spirit to em ploy them in defence of the national liberties. Time Escurial alone contains more unemployed wealth than, in the hands of an able Minister, would extricate Spain from all her pecuniary difficulties and em barrassments. We regret to learn that the gamt►lers were unusu ally numerous and successful at the late Epsom races. Among other dupes, two young men are said to have staked the horse and chaise which they had hired for the occasion, and were, of course, as the phrase is, " ganuno3ed" out of them ; and other victims who thought themselves shaper than sharpers, paid dourly for their flatness. _ _ _ Rats are among the most formidable plagues of Northern Africa. They are, if possible, more cruel than the human inhabitants ; compared to whom our European rats may be considered the most civilized and polite creatures in the world. Among the Egyptians the most abusive epithets in the language arc applied to rats ; and among the Arabs there is a proverb which says, " Give me rather the roguery of a cat than the honesty of a rat." According to the report of ancient as well as modern travellers it is no uncommon cir cumstance in Africa for whole families to be driven from their habitations by rats and mice. App!es promise to be most abundant, pears are looking rich in bloom, and seem to set fairly. •A mist and gloom advancing from S. E. at noon, rather furnishes a hint of that phenomenon termed " blight," which, however, is poduced not by flights of insects, but by atmospheric influence upon the juices of the shoots and leaves, which renders them a delicious repast to those marauders that are ever ready for their prey. County Chronicle. Mtween nine an] ten o'clock on Wednesday even ihg se'nnight, as Miss Sarah Tyrrell, sister to Mr. Tyrrell, brewer, of Abingdon, accompanied by Mrs. Hatton, of Shil iingfGrd, near Farringdon, sere returning home, their horse startled at a gate, wfilelt wag lying flat in the 'riddle of the turnpike-road between Stanford and Farringdon, by which they were thrown out with great violence, and Miss Tyrrell was so dreadfully injured that she . expired the following day in the greatest agony, notuithstanding all Ow stlyglesl could to Save her I:fe. great fears were entertained that Mrs. Hatton would i:ut foigivvr, but it is gratifjinr, to 14 able to state that she is now considered out of danger. An inquest was held on view of the body of the unfortunate Miss Tyrusdi on the following Friday, before Mr. Edward Couchcr, cOonce, whea the jury retii fnesi verdict of " o,Nth," Th e orchard., i t (he West of te 4 ligiantl now a promise scarcely ever equalled within the memory of !natl. If no frosts intervene, there %%ill be a most abundant supply of cider fruit Journal, KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE KING V. THE LEEDS AND LIVERP,ML CANAL COAIPANY. This was an appeal made from a rate imposed by the Cor poration of Liverpool upon the above Company for the relief of the poor, amounting to 3.4001. Mr. CassswELL appeared in EllprOlt of the rate, and it F. Po.t.ocK againNt it. Their I, , ,rdships had not pronounced their judgment when our reporter left. COMMON PLEAS-(rillS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE EAST INDIA COMPANY V. BAKER AND ()THUS. Id this case a question arose whether ships trading between the port of London and China should Perform only six voyages agreeably to the proyisions_of the Dock Act. Sir W. FOLLETT and Mr. Some': rat SpANKIE were heard at length respecting the construction of the word '' last" voyage ►n the preamble of the Act. The COURT • decided in favour of the defendants, on the ground that where vessels were not loaded in the docks, but in the river, they could not be liable to pay the charges, and that the word last" must refer to the last voyage, and not to the sixth, as contended for on the other side. LLOYD'S S II P4ING.-(TiIIS.DAY.) DEAL, JUNE 6. —Wind N. E., finc. Arrived the Meldon, Hogg,_ from Calcutta ; Venus, fr om M eme l. HASTINGS, JUNE 6.—Arrived off, Richard Reynolds, Sidney. LIVERPOOL, JUNE s.—Wind N. W., fresh.—Arrived the Anna Sophia, Butcher, from Leghorn ; Mary Ann, ftom Palermo ; Hopped, from Koskow ; Venus, from Lisbon. NEVVRY, JUNE -4.—Arrived Alimode, Tubb, from .Aiicant. LEITH, JUNE 3.—Arrived the Baronet, Wylie, from Pillau. ARBROATH, JUNE 3.—Arrived the Jane, Simpson, and Margaret, Stories, from Riga. SHIELDS, JUNE s.—Arrived Carl Will.clm, from Dantzic. lisawica, JUNE 6.—Arrived Johannes, Rieck, from Memel. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 6.—Wind N. N. E. to W.—No arrivals. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 6.--Wind W.—No arrivals. FALMOUTH, JUNE s.—Wind variable and light.—No arrivals. THE WELLINGTON STATUE. 0 -in Monday the Lord Mayor, the Duke of Rutland, Mr. Alderman M. Wood, Mr. Charles B Arclay, Mr. F. French, Mr. It L. Jones, and Mr. Rainbow (the honorary secre waited upon the Duke of Wellington, as a deputa tion from the subscribers to this splendid civic tribute, with the following address Oile My Lord D u k e —Th e merc h an t s , b an k ers , t ra d ers , an d rs, of London, have thought. it due to your Grace, for the great interest your Grace evinced in forwarding those splendid improvements which now adorn the city of Lon don, especially those parts IPS ding to London-bridge, to !nose a subscription to be promoted for the purpose of 'reefing an equestrian statue of your Grace, in the imme mate neighbourhood of those great works, and in the cen tre of this g rea t c ity. I n thi s i ew th e y h ave b een a id e d many noblemen and gentlemen ; and we, a deputation irom the committee who have the management of the have to make your Grace acquainted with the pro gress of their design. And they have also great pleasure in Sather informing your Grace that they have selected that etnineet artist Sir F. Chantrev, to execute this work, hop ing that yam. Grace will allow him to communicate with you " occasion may require." t The Duke, who received the deputation very kindly, replied "My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen,—l have been much flattered by the honour which has been done me by the merchants, bankers, traders, and others of London, in hav ing determined to erect an equestrian statue of me in the ?entr e of the city, aided as they have been in this project by many noblemee d gentlemen. • " I was the Minister of tbu late King, and I did no more than iny duty upon the oceasleo to which you have been Pleased to refer, in promoting, to the utmost of my power, the orders 'of Ole King, his Government, and of Parlia ment, by assisting the pity of London to complete their or,gnificent work, London -bridge, and the approaches thereto on both sides of the river. " I performed this duty zealously, as I have all others on which I have been employed in the public service, and it is gratifying to me to know that my conduct upon that occa sion attracted your attention and gave you satisfaction." „ PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. dank st o e a per h. :14)1 .., ladia btotko,••••tr ran — 3 Cent. 7teU p e r cent. • • - —, , South ;ea Stock 31 ~.... ~ t...9.1s o• --- per c ei . t. , 9 7 14 ,Olil Annnttiec (nu. L , -— Ne., ~,, . 4 .......97M.i New Ottia — N. ••'N per Ceia , ,; per Cent. Anntllties, 1751... —. D ' w 5 Per Cent.. ....- ' Exch. Bills, .ELoor„„„g7 35 37 pm. ''.. Pk I, nir A nnuiti;itoexpire Oct 5 ,, , , Ir” , 1 i ~,, 9-16 1 1 )11.1 ° 5....."ia":1".....5(X' 37 3 A B pm. , Ditto Commereia l - pm. jn, 5 , MO — Ditto Advertised...... —— pm Jan, s , " April • i , ItO — I B.ink Stock for Aceotintosia,•• '205 J• ~ - .13°1:111u M 187( li lii q t 4 !Consols for cconnt ••• pH,• 'RICE'S OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAV AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austr ls 'an Bonds e 'nail Bond. Ditto A ... -- ,„, ___.ccoutit... • ....... ~,,arliati Bonds -i Ditto Aceolliit — _ Ditto Account .— Ditto New Bon4t .. ....... .. _431,4 N 151 ,e,!+06 Aires Bonds —l Dltto Account .... ,,,, .. :2 4 % _ I.3ittri Account %libi:in Bonds .. 28 Prussian Bonds — Cbitto Account ........ ........ --, „Russian Bonsts, 1822.... ••••• •••• .ltrinliian Bonds „ I Rtto Accou t .l 'o,toribian Bonds, !82.1 'Spanish Bonds .- bi.tto Account u•urish Bonds ... 73 q Ditto Bonds. 1*.31 , ..., ...... .... 1-41 4 ~ Ditto Account 1-"1")itktoll --' French, 5 per cent.... ... - f —c. Bonds, 15.25 .... - 4 per cent. sibitto Account • —f —e. ' 3 per cent Teal. Bonds, 5 per cent.... —; -- Exchange.. ...... - 1. --'', I.itto Account kieto, 6 per cent ..., 21 : Ditto Account ....... ........... 53 1 4 3 v ,l ) ltt A, .• •• .P 4 .. --count .. ......... - * " --"n • Ditto Account 93 -----______•-•.. ............. «.. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. rev Share 45 484 3 ompanv B 5 130 132 ANGE YESTERDAY. rilbraltar V y 48 Leghorn 47 Genoa ‘...6 20 Milan 31 Venice a7 Naples . .39 Palermo per oz. 1 17 Lisbon 5O Oporto 5O Rio Janeiro Bahia Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days sight Cork PRICE OF BULLION, PElt OZ. Portugal Gold, coin .00 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons New Dollars ........... 0 4 9% Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 _ Due. Arrived Due ...... 0 0 Lisbon 1 &Jersey 0 0 Malta ...... 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Ostend... ..... 0 0 0 Sweden .. 0 Islands u I Waterford 0 oIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MORROW. tslarnin.% ..... —l2 minutes after 5. Evening......3l minutes after 5. :the publication of TAR SUN NRWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. • great Western Railway Company , hrirlito., (Rennie's) La n t.on and Birmingham Rail ray Ca COURSE OF EXCH A insternain C.F. 12 5 ! l ilt; 1' si h• Outterdain g 0 U l2 5% Antwerp... 'Taint- u g. M.B. 13 14% tkltotut.r.... Paris, 3 days' sight 25 55 0itt„..... .... 3511 25 "5 Marseiliei. .. ********** 26 15 h oUraeaux traiiktort on Maine, EL M 154 _eten tliuigli, ruble 'I Us lO 0 Ilerliii if, i enna, effective ti '2 M. 10 19 ..lnexte.....ditto lO 20 tslacirid 1 14 Cadiz.... 35% Ili lilt, :•400 15 iiirceltnia. l5 Seville !>s I LS. MA Arrived Due Arrived. II America.......... U 1 France. 0 /Ira.' 41 flhei MI A yres 0 11 Hambul 0 Carthagena O 0 Holland 0 0 lamaica F 4ndrr. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T 11' ELVE O' L 0 CK. We , have received Sydney papers to the Dec. 28, from which we extract the following : " The most lamentable accounts of the early wheat crops have arrived from the district of Barthurst ; Barley and Rye are generally better. The l a t e Wh ea t i s unprom i s i ng; and if rain does not soon come, there is nothing but the prospect of a total failure. The frost on the Bth was as severe as in-mid winter. It is reported that all the crops on the Lachlan are cut off by the frost, and at Wellington by the drought. Wool buyers are offering 2s. per lb. ; Wheat 16s. per bushel." The accounts received this morning from Liverpool, state that up to Friday last, there was a better feeling in Liverpool than there had been for some weeks, arising principally from the promising state of the Cotton market, the sales having amounted to little less than 40,000 bales in one week. Ou the afternoon of that day the news had arrived that the Bank had refused any further assistance to the great Amelican houses ; and in the course of Saturday it was also known that further assistance had been refused to George ‘Vyldes ai:d Co , and that all the three houses suspended payment. This pro duced a feeling of profound gloom, and of most painful anxiety. It was understood that the bills of the suspended houses were principal) , held in the manufacturing di-tricts, from which accounts are expected daily. That many persons must be crushed by this convulsion in all parts of the kingdom is quite certain. It is generally believed that the amount of paper belonging to these houses held in Liverpool is less than might have • been expezted. According to the accounts of Monday from Liverpool, that day passed over with only one failure, a house which for many years has acted as the consignee of sonic of the packet-ships which sail from that port to New York. It was also under stood there, that one of the first rate houses in that town had been effectually relieved, and that the concern will weather the storm. In the course of yesterday evening great agitation prevailed in the city, owing to a report that two expresses had arrived from Liverpool, announcing that several extensive failures had taken pl ace i n t h at city. The report proved void of founda tion, as we have the Liverpool paper of the 7th int. ('nos day) before us, which is entirely silent on the subject ; conse quently we conclude that Liverpool will not experience Ili* disaster reported by the alarmists. TILE FUND g. Consols closed firm yesterday at 91f for the Account, and opened thi s morning at 911 91k. Exchequer Bills, 35 37; India Bonds, 35 37 Bank Stock, 2 031 2041 ; India Stock, 259; 2tiq, Spanish Active closed at 5:11 ; ex Coupons, may be quoted at prpsel4t 22-a 41i; Passive, .5& 51; Dcfericd, 8f 811 Pour= tugnese left off at 431 ; opened 431 4:4; Three por - Cants., 281 283 ; Dutch Tao-and-a- Half per 53 1 i. The New York Mkt°, Pl' the itith ult. is anxiously looked foe, It i; eipeii;ted to arrive daily. We are again very quiet in the City itl reßpect to commer cial affairs, particularly as the pilot i t unfavourable newt from Liverpool is cotilrYiictA this morning. HA LE PA ST ONE. All continues in the city perfectly tranquil, and the appre hensions entertained that we should have had disastrous ac counts from Nlanches4ter and Liverpool this day have vanished. We have i.c,en a private letter from Liverpool, received this morning, stating that commercial affairs there look better than for several days past, and they do not• apprehend that any failures of importance will occur. Gon~als have continued buoyant during the whole of the morning, in consequence of au improvement in the state of affairs, and may be quoted at fit for the opening. No busi ness of importance has been doing in either of the markets:. gschequer Bills, 35 37 ; India Bonds, 35 pew. ; Bank Stock, 204 Spanish Active, 231 ; Passive, 51 ; Deferred, 8. 1 ,-; Portu ;Nese. 431 ; Three per Cents., 2SI ; Dutch TWo-and--a lialf per Cents., 53y. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 91a The members of the Prince of Wales' Lodge of Freemasons intend giving a grand festival on the 16th inst., to celebrate the jubilee of the Lodge, established in the year 1787, under the auspices of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, when Prince of Wales. I•lvitat:ons have been given to many of the distinguished members of the Order now in London. A tall man stood up in the middle of the pit at Covent-garden theatre, to the great annoyance of all who were behind him. There was a general cry of " Sit down—sit down ! Turn him out—turn hint out !" hut it was all in vain. lie retained his positioh : there was a moment's silence. .‘ Leave him alone, poor fellow," said an Irishman, " he is a tailor rest ing himself." The tall man then sat down. Like all other hrpliehes of our national manufacture, the batting business is at present suffTing very seriously. Ord:rs for abroad are vc ry scarce, and not altogether safe to trust to ; so that foreign business is nearly at a stand. Orders for the home market are likewise very slack, and generally for lots of small rmount ; the hands are cowequently only par tially employed, and there are not any prospects of a speedy change for the better. —Mane' estcr Chronicle. 'File decision of the general court-martial held lately on a private of the 37th regiment, for ropoated desertion and re-enlistment into o:ltrr regiments, has been promulgated, by which he is sentencNl to seven years' transportation, as a feloit, to Nov South Wales ; and he has been removed from this garrison, for the the con"ict hulk, at Portsmouth.—De renport Telegraph. . . An Irishman having accidental.; broken a pane of 'lass in a isindow of a hcuse in Queen-street, was making the best of his way to get Out of sight, as wcll as out of mind; hut, unfortunately for Pat, the proprietor stole a march on him, and, haviog seized him by the collar , exclaimed, " You broke my window, fellow, did you not ?" "To be sure, I did," said Pat, " and didn't you see me running home fur money to pay for it ?"—Edinburgh Paper. Miss Rice, daughter of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, is shortly to be led to the hymeneal altar by Mr. Marshall, son of the late member fir Leeds.—Limerick Chro nicle. Our readers, we know, will share our satisfaction on learning that the intelligence from Liver!)Ool, which was looked forward to with apprehension, is favourable. Great praise is due to the commercial houses of that important town for the exertions by which they have beets enabled so suc cessfully to meet the difficulties of the crisis. We trust that they will not less exert themselves to rescue tha country from a monetary system which leads inevitaLly to ovcrtrading, and those ruinous vicissitudes against which no prudence can ef fectually guard. It is high time that men should hold their property b y a more secure tenure than the discretion of the Directors of the Bank of England, whose private interests are so much at variance with those of the country.---Morning Paper. • - LONGENTIT Y.—Died, on the 23d ult , Daniel Galan, of Parknashogue, parish of Killena, county Wexford, at the advanced age of 106 years, leaving seven children, thirty-eight grand-children, twelve great-grand-children, and two great-groat-grand-children—all living at present.— Wer- Ani Independent. The Alexandria steam-boat, says a Hamburg paper of the 2d inst., arrived at Travemunde, on the 31st, at midnight, in 86 hours from St. Petersburg ; had 139 passen gers, among :chow were Count Panin and family, Prince and Princess Doljoniski, Baroness Wranzel, and many ether per sons of distinction. Voyaging at this rate brings St. Potets burg within something less than six days of London. Mr. Thornely having aceeptcti the requisition ad dressed to him to become a candidate, on the Conservative interest, for the Representation of the liorough of Sheffield in Parliament, on occurrence of tho first vacancy, addressed t h e r e qt.liOlitThists and their friends. in explanation o f hi s poll tipal opinions on Th u rsday last.—Shefficiti Thv poionais, a 1 ) ,Ilisli journal published at Paris, announces that the Diet of the Grand Duchy of Posen has resolved to present an address to the King of Prussia, do mending the guarantee of their nationality. It to be re markj.ed that many of the Dep t itle arc. of German extraction. Pcitemtry iv, now clad in 4s most attractive la c tation - generally. though 14,..ekwaid, holds out the Podly PRlmise of a peoductive year. The orchards in all directions display a most luxuriant blossom ; of apples, espe cially, we are told there is every prospect of an abundant Fru WPTCeStir gerag IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JO NA: 6. • The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Sir ROBERT BATESON presented petitions from Garr on, the t.ubscribets to which were proprietors of Stuck in the Agricultural Bank of Ireland. Tort• were to sacrifice the instalments they had already paid, and prayed that the Bank might be entirely extinguished. On the motion of Sir JOHN BECKETT the Leeds Water Works B 11 was read a third time and passed. Mr. BROTHERTON moved the second remling of the Dean and Chapter of St. Peter's ( York) Estate Agreed to. Mr. BARNARD presented a petition in favour of tl.e Collier Dock Bill. Mr. C. LUSHINGTON presented four petitions in favour of the Ministerial plan for the abolition of Church rates. Mr. HAWKINS presPnted a petition with a similar prayer from the Isle of Wight. Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from the parish of Kilmeena, county Mayo, stating that the peti tioners had seen with the greatest disappointment the con tinuance of the tithe system, praying that the House would extinguish tithes in name and reality, and pay due attention to their humble petition. Also a petition from several of the governors of the County Louth Hospital, stating that in their opinion the forcing a connexion between the Medical Charitable Establishments, and the New • Poor Law Institutions would be highly detrimental ; that many avail themselves of these institutions, who although unable to pay the expences of surgical relief ought not to be classed as paupers ; that under the management of the Governors their Hospital has been most beneficially conducted ; that by savings out of the funds—aided by private subscriptions —a building had been erected at the cost of 3,000/., without any addition to the public burthens ; they also prayed the House would not make any change that could endanger the well doing of these institutions, or interrupt the present course of private contributions. Mr. WILKS presented a petition from a Wesleyan Congregation, in Leicester, in firrour of the abolition of Church-rates ; also one, most numerously and respectably signed, by the inhabitants of the Ward of Cripplegate without, in the city of London. The petitioners referred to the Report lately prepared by the Corporation Commis.. sioners, in order to prove the existence of numerous abuses in regard to the privileges enjoyed by many of the Com panies, and praying the House to take that report into their serious consideration without delay. Mr. HUTT presented a petition, praying for the esta blishment of steam=boats to conduct the trade to India ; also one, praying that if such a st e p were t a k en , th e i s l an d of Ceylon might be made a depot for the boats employed. Lord SA ND ON presented a petition from Great Abing don, Cambridgeshire, against the a b o liti on o f Ch urc h- ra t es . POOR LAW COMMITTEE. Mr. WA LTER presented a petition from the Rev. C. Dewdney, the Rector of Portsea, complaining of the con duct of the Poor Law Committee before whom he had been examined as a witness. The Hon. Gentleman moved that it be printed with the votes, and taken into consi deration on Tuesday next. Mr. BAINES wished to ask the Hon. Member for Berksh:re at what time he thought it was probable the Committee on the Poor-laws would terminate its labours. Mr. WALTER said that it was - unusual for Han, Members to ask questions without giving notice to the Hon. Member who was to give an answer. Ho thought, however, ho should be prepared to give the answer re quired on that day week. - Lord FRANCIS EGERTON presented several peti tions from different parts of Lancashise against the Poor-law Bill, in favour of the repeal of the duty on Soap, against the Ministerial measure for abolishing Church -rates, and in fa vour of the Bili for the hotter observance of the Sabbath. The lion. Member Fraseoted petitions from Oldham and Man chester, in favour of the measure for regulating the hours of children working in factories. Mr. SHAW CEFEVREpresenteil a petition from Alton in favour of the Ministerial clan for the abolition of Cbural-rates. Mr. BAGSH preiented a petition from Sudbury, praying that 4 .:ile Poor -rate•, upon all houses under 6/. a year, ;,fight be paid by the landlord instoad of the tenant. Mr. MORGAN JOHN O'CONNELL presented a Petition from the medical practitioners of Kerry in favour of a well-regulated system of medical charities. Sir JCIH N WAOTTESLEY presented a petition from parish in Staffordshire, in favour of Sir Andrew Agnew's Sabbath Bill. I3RIDGEWATER ELECTION. The SPEAKER slid that he had to acquaint the House that he bad received a letter from Mr. Broadwood, the sitting Member for Bridgewater,in which he stated that a petition having been presented by Richard B. Sheridan against his return for the borough of Bridgewater, it was not his intention to defend his election or return.---(Cheers from the Ministerial Benches.) Mr. GIL LON presented a petition from several Scotch Dissenters agairls- the grant of the rciunt droning. Also a petition from Auelitermuehty in favour of the Minis terial plan respecting Church-rates. The Hon. Gentleman then presented a petition from the postmasters and coach proprietors of Scotland, complaining of the heavy - taxation to which they were subjected. HAND-LOOM WEAVERS. Mr. J. MAXWELL gave notice, that on the 25th of June he should move that au humble address be presented to his Majesty, praying him to issue a Commission to in quire into the condition of the hand-loom weavers. Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition from the surgeons of Edinburgh, praying for some measure to remedy the evils they at present laboured under. Mr. GREENE moved for a return of the number of petitions-upon private Bills presented during the last Session of Parliament. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented a petition from Bandon against the Mersey Conservancy Bill ; and a petition from an individual complaining of grievances sus tained by him in the Colonial Office. Col. PARRY presented a petition from a district of the county of Catuarvon, complaining that they were nearly shut out from the justice of the country, and praying either that they might be afforded the means of learning the English language, or that the Judges of the Land might be obliged to learn Welsh.—(A laugh.) On the motion of Mr. FORBES, the Duke o!' Argyle's Estate Bill was read and passed. _ _ BRIGHTON RAILWAY. Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE presented a petition from Sir John Rennie, complaining of the course adopted by the House relative to the Brighton Railway. The petitioner stated that he had been occupied on the tubjeet of railway communication between the metro polis and Brighton since 1825 ; that he had surveyed the different lines of communication, and, alter mature deli beration, he had come to the determination that the direct line was the best. lie objected to the plan which had been adopted by the House, for referring the matter to a military engineer, whom he contended was not so competent to decide upon the gnestion as a civil one. Ti.e petitioner prayed that the all for the direct line might be referred back to the Committee, in order to have the clauses settled. On the motion of the Right Hon. Baronet, the petition %vas ordered. to be printed. Major 13i:A U R K presented a petition from a num ber of shareholders in Sir J. Rennie's line, praying the House to point out in what way they could be reinZursed those expenses which the conduct of the House had plunged them into. He thought the petitioners had just grounds for the complaint they made in their petition; and he regretted exceedingly the course the House had adopted. He must say he considered it to be highly unjust, after the expense they had already been put to, that the parties should be compelled to tr,o through the ordeal of another Committee. The SPEAKER suggc,ted th,it the petition was for money, and that the rules of the House regarding money petitions had not been observed. The Hon. and Gallant Member then ‘i ithdrew the pe tition. DUNDALK WESTERN RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. S. CRAWFORD, the Report of the Committee Ln the Dundalk Western Railway was farther considered, and the report ordered to ho engrossed. BRIGHTON RAILWAY. Mr. CURTBIS then rose to call the attention of the HQUSID to the petition of Mr. James Mill, pre sented on the 25th ultimo, and to move for a Select Committee to inquire into the allegations contained therein, and in the former petition, relative to the conduct of certain parties in respect to Stephenson's line of Brighton Rail toad, and to tho conduct of Government with re spect to that railway. The Hon. Member stated that he was not a supporter of Mr. Mill's line, but that he merely brought this subject forward as an act of justice to that individual. The House would,.be only doing com mon justice towards Mr. Mill if they granted him the Committee, and thereby gave him the opportunity of sub• stantiating the charges contained in his petition. As to that, part of his motion relating to the conduct of Govern ment, he was unwilling to bring chatgos against Gentlemen to whom he had always ifiven his cordial support ; but the notieo ha had given proceeded from a feeling of what wes due to a large body of his constituents, He had received a letter from his constituents, coasuring in very strong terms the conduct of Ws Majesty's Government on a late oco.v.slen. 11 , z (Mr. Curteis) felt most strongly the ilsago they had then received, and he believed if thC House had been thoroughly po. session of the facts, they would not have come to tho daoision that hail been come to on that night, He coa siderel that gross injustice had been to a large portion of his constituents, and never would sit quiet, and see bits coustitvm;',4 ii: -used, without raising his voice agi;inst the injustice. With respect to the coAdne; oi certain Hon. Members (Al Qgcasiatl he should for certain reasoua keep his observations to himsel —( I! ear, tth. s lateil; e r>/: • , He would not allow Lis anger to gut the b cretion.—( Laughter.) But if on seme ample and impartial justice were not done t hick tee, and if scrnethieg were not d one t o s d 't little more straight eith regard to his const . clewed laughter)—be should be prepared datirim matters, as con , idercd he was duieg now—(ReeeMlLarAr laughter)--hut he would come forward dud give full von( to the feelings he now entertained. lic would M y nothiug more, but that the decision which bad been come to had caused just and deep offence to the whole of his constituency, and in the town of 13righton the greatest excitement prevailed on the subject. He should feel it his duty to take the sense of the House upon the motion for referring; back the Report to the Committee on a future occas:on, and he should now content him. self by moving for the appointment of a S lect Com mittee to inquire into the allegations in Mr. MC* peti tion, and to report the same to the House. Captain PECHELL participated in the feelings of the Hon. Member who bad just sat down with respect to the cond ct of Government ; but be could not believe that they intended to identify themselves with the party who at tempted to -delay the measure. if he thought so he should cot hesitate to withdraw thet support he had so strenuously and cordially givee to the present Government ; but he believed that they had been led astray by the President of the Board of Trade. He heard an Honourable Member below him smile.—(Much laughter.) Delay had been the object of the party to whom the Government hid unfortunat4 given ti.eir support.—(Hear.) It had been said that this was a novel case ; but he believed that it was :also most novel to see the Members of a Government voting aeainst the reception of a Report agreed to in a Committee by a large majority. The Hon. Member for Chichester ( Lord A. Lennox) had been very severe on the conduct of the Hon. Member for Hythe, for giving his vote 48 hours after his election ; but he forgot to state that the Noble Lord had been canvassed by the very party which the No ble Lord (A. Lennox) supported ; and so eager were they for the vote, that they had an Express down at ,Hythe as soon as the writ. That Noble Lord also had little to say on the matter; for nut of 28 - days which the Com mittee sat he was present only four days.—( Hear, hear.) - Mr. C._BARCLA - Y opposed the motion of the Hon. Member for Sussex. It would be highly inexpedient for the House to appoint a Committee, for it could lead to no result, and he did not for a moment suppose that the Hon. Member would divide upon the question. The charge against the Ministry he considered to be totellyurfounded ; the course they had taken was one which they had a per fect right to do as Members of Parliament, and he thought it was an expedient-one. He wished the House to understand that Sir John Rennie 1 , 41 never enee appeared in the witness box in support or the line wh'cli went by his name. Another terson was pat forward, and it was he who petitioned against the appointment of a Go vernment engineer. Mr. WI.6iNEY thought the Government would have done well in this case had they appointed an engineer in the first outset of the business ; but now when all parties had spent to much money, he thought it would have better become them to have withheld their support from any party. After a few words from Sir H. VERNEY, Mr. CURTEIS said as he saw the feeling of the House was against him he would not give it the trouble of di iding.--(Hear, bear.) The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. HUME then rose to move that all the documents and surveys relating to Milt's line of railway to Brighton be rt.:ierred to the engineer, who shritald 'be directed to re port upon it in the same manner as on the other lines. He said the conduct of the Gor.:rntnent on this occasion had been very inconsistent, for on a motion made by Sir H. Verney for a Royal Convoission to examine and report upon all Railroads befor e the Bid tvas introduced, they then said all Bills cv:.ght to .be lett to the decisiou of a Committee of.e.iac House. It was said to be the object in appointing an engineer officer, that the country should have tb-., opportunity of having the best hue ; if so, then they were bound to vote for his motion, as it would give him nn opportunity of determining upon more lines, and at course give him a greater variety. Mr. GI LLON seconded the amendment. He said .hat before he sat down he begged to ask the Right Hou. the President of the Board of Trade, whether he intended to take up the subject of the private business of the House, and either by Committee or Bill to rectify and purify the system upon which private Bills were conducted through the House ? And he further begged to know whether he intended to revise the tolls upon railways at any future time? Mr. P. THOINIPSON, in reply to the two questions put by the lion. Member, should say, with regard to the first, that his Noble Friend the SeeretaT, for the Home Department intended to move, on. Thursday next, for a Select Committee to inquire into the mode in which the business of the House was conducted generally, and that, he belie% ed, would embrace the subject of private Commit tees aal private business. It was much easier to find fault. with the present system than to propose anefficient remedy. With respect to the second question, he must say that when the sub j ect was brought forward by th e H un . M em b er f or Ipswich last year, it had met with very general disapproval— ( Hear)—and he had no intention oll;ringing in any Bill upon the suoj et durin, the present Se:sion. With regard to the question now under diseusion, he must say that it would be abrogating the Standing Orders of the House altogether, if the present line were to stand in the same pos't on as the others, ins-much as it had been already rejected by the Committee for non-compliance with the Standing Orders. Ile had never stated that the House was to be bound by the decision of the Committee. On the contrary, he had stated that that would be against the decision come to in 1835. Ile would appeal to the House whether Government had not done all it could to draw the . subject to their attention, and ikhey had failed in doing so it was the fault. of the House, which had shown itself su little disposed to pay attention to the subject.—( Lkar, hear.) All the in formation he had received upon . ..oe subject was from the documents laid en the table of the House by theComtnittee, Ile had rend the Report most carefully, but he could not find sufficient evidence of a satisfactory nature to enable him to make up his mina. Ile was satisfied with what he hod done as a member of the Government, for the appoint ment of an engineer was the only means by wnich the country would get the best line, which was the object of all parties. Mr. CURTEIS contended that the President of the Board of Trade was inconsistent, for he had first spoken a7ainst the appointment of a Government engineer, and now after the labours of the Committee, he ad voea tod the appoint m n in a particular instanc.!. He was that morning informed by a civil engineer, that a military engineeer could not form ao opinion upon the capability of a Line of Rail.vay.—(A laugh.) Sir G. STRICKLAND called on the House to do tardy justice to Mr. Mills, and admit his line with the other two to come before the engineer. Next year, sit was not likely that any decision would be come to this ses.ion, Mr. Mills would amend his plans, and, the informality being- re moved, he would of necessity be on an equality with the o. hers. The line should then Le submitted to the engineer, and the Committee would have to wa;t until he gave his report. It would he a preferable plan to permit Mills's Inc: to be now joined with the ethers. Mr. HOPE said that he had born on the Committee, and he remembered perfectly that 'ltaly informalities had been proved against Mills's line. Mr. lIUME replied. The House then divided, when there appeared— For r the motion Against it 7l , - Majority On our re-admission we found Mr. FECTOR moving that the military engineer ap pointed by his Majesty, in pursuance of a humble Address from this House, be instructed, when considering the sub ject of ale London and Brighton lines of railway, to keep in view the formation of one main southern trunk line out of London, by which unnecessary intersection of the country may be avoided, and facilities of approach given to other towns on the southern coast." Mr. HODGES seconded the motion. Mr. HUME wished to know whether theie would ho any objection to produce a copy of the instructions which had been given to the engineer. - 28 Mr. P. THOMSON could not conceive any advantage from laying•the instructions before the House ; and in no event could any line of railway be adopted that session. Nor would it be just towards other Railway Companies which had complizd with the Standing Orders. Mr. G. YOUNG was of opinion that Government had most properly interfered, to supply the deficiency of infor mation which the Committee possessed. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the address to his Ma jesty had heen received in the usual course, and the in spee'or of fortresses had been directed to appoint an officer to make the survey, in pursuance of the prayer of the ad dress ; and the instructions to that officer were to commu nicate with the Speaker on tl•e subject of the survey, and ►►ot with any of the parties interested in the competiqg lines. After a. iew words from Mr. O'Connell, Sir Samuel Mr. Gillen and other Hon. Members, Captain PECIIELL said that if he thought the obj2et of the motion was delay he would oppose it ; 'out it did not appear to him that such would be the consequence. Mr. CURTEIS suggested that it would be better to move the rescinding of the last tote. The SPEAKER thought it would be more formal to mare = n the wo:ds of the resolution, for an address to his Th m e motion thus formally : atered was put. Tito House divided, when there appeared— Ayes... 33 I Noes... 36 j Majority... 2 ;~ FRE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY. JU:\E 7, 1837. S y