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NO Mbitton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' clock, RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) GROUP IV. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised within this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morn. ing, and proceeded with their labours, Mr. W. B. Hope in the chair. PERTH AiND INVERNESS. The business of the day was commenced with the cross-examina tion of Mr. Josepk Mitchell, the acting engineer of the line, by Mr. WHATELEY, on behalf of several landholders who were opposed to the line, amongst whom were included Lord Murray, and the trustees of the late Earl of Fife. Mr. Mitchell, in his cross-examination, stated that the expense of the part of the branch line from Lossiemouth to Elgin weuld be 33,2621. The witness had several communications with Mr. Annes ley, the agent of Lord Murray, respecting the line from Nairn to Inverness, and in consequence of the wishes of kis Lordship, the company made a considerable diversion in their line ; this diversion did not by any means injure the interests of the public, and Lord Murray expressed his utmost satisfaction at the new arrangement. Mr. Morrison, a surveyor, was then examined against the North of Scotland line, to show that at Inverness the level of that line was two feet eight inches below high-water mark. Mr. Dallas, a road inspector, substantiated the evidence of the termer witness. Mr. Locke, a civil engineer, was examined to prove that locomotive engines were applied to much steeper gradients than heretofore, and instanced the cases the of Euston-square Station, where it was one in sixty, the Edinburgh and Glasgow, forty-one in four, the Swindon and Gloucester, one in sixty, and the Leeds and Manchester, one in a hun dred. The Perth and Inverness Railway was shorter by sixty miles than the Aberdeen. Locke's evidence was confirmed by Mr. Wood, the engineer of the Liverpool and Manchester, Mr. Hawkshaw, the engineer of the Leeds and Manchester, and Mr. Windham Harding, an engineer in the service of the London and Birmingham Company. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP VIL LOCHGELLY, or Kntic.axavir BRANCH Or THE E1)211TBIJIIGN AND NORTHERN. The evidence of Mr. Thomas Russell (in continuation of oar Afternoon Edition).—Kirkaldy coal was inferior to Lochgelly coal. There was a great quantity of flax sent fronaßirkaldy to Dunfermline, and there would be a great traffic between the two placed by means of this line, for which the people of Kirkaidy were very anxious. Air. Ramsay corroborated the portion of the preceding evidence relating to the feeling of the p eo p le of Kirkaldy with respect to this line, and the advantage it would be to the district. The list of assents, dissents, and neuters was then handed in, from which it appeared that there was one assentient for a half mile, three dissentients for four miles, and three neuters for three miles and a quarter. This ended the case for the Bill. Mr. G. PATON, on behalf of Colonel Ferguson, a large coal pro prietor at Kirkaldy, contended that this Bill would inflict injury on the interest of his client, without yielding any commensurate ad vantage to the public, and that the evidence only showed that the feeling of the people of Kirkaldy was in favour of this line, merely because they thought another line might be more Injurious to their Interests. The room was cleared. On our re-admission the CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee were of opinion that the preamble of this Bill was not proved. The Committee were then engaged in hearing counsel respecting the Strathern Deviation clauses, and adjourned at four o'clock. VIII. This Committee met to-day at GROUP twelve o'clock. Mr. llawes In the chair. Exonntunon, LEITH, AND G ILANTHADI] (EXTENSION AND DEANC EC ES ). The evidence on behalf of this scheme was proceeded with this morning. Mr. Grainger, civil engineer, was examined at some length on be half of the line, which he represented as generally favourable, and presenting no engineering difficulties in its construction. Some discussion here arose as to whether the promoters of the Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric line should be allowed to cross examine the witnesses of the scheme now submitted, as the former had intimated their line was so direct in comparison with the latter, that they did not care whether the line was made or not. The room was cleared for a division on the point. On our re admission, The CHAIRMAN intimated that the promoters of the atmospheric scheme should be allowed to cross-examine the witnesses. Mr. Grainger was then cross-examined at some length by Mr. Ser geant BELLAsfs, but no point of special importance was elicited. At a quarter to four, the Speaker being at prayers, the Committee adjourned till Monday, at twelve o'clock. GROUP IX. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK (POLLOC AND GOVAN BRANCH). Mr. Austin, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Hope, and Mr. Forsyth, were en raged for the . promoters, and Mr. Andrews on the part of opposing petitioners. Mr. TALBOT opened the case, and then called Mr. Errington, C.E. —The branch was only two furlongs in length, and the estimated cost was 15,0001. It was proposed to be carried over the canal by means of a swivel bridge. Several witnesses having been called for and against, The Committee suggested some alterations, which the promoters agreed to consider, and report upon on Monday. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP VIII, GLASGOW, D' AND CARL'S= The examination of Mr. Anderson (continued from our Afternoon Edition).)—With regard to No. 11, the item was set down at up wards of 4,0001. for parcels, for mails, 2,0501. He calculated the pre sent repipts for parcels taken by coaches to be 1,1001., and sup posing The carriers to take as many, with the increase brought by the connecting railways, he had estimated the whole at 4,000. The Nor l 2 item was 9,5431., but this depended on an amalgamation with the line already eonstructed from Kilmarnock to Cumnock, by which it was calculated the arrangement would yield an extra ad vantage to the present company of the amount stated. The whole estimate of ;raffle per annum was 102,0001. The CastaataN could not see how the amalgamation would increase the means of the present company. It might operate to the advantage of the two capitals, but it seemed the credit of all the advantage was placed to the account of the present company. He did not think the estimate was a fair one. However, he saw the ground on which the estimate was made, and he would take a note of it. Sir Thomas Phillips said the Committee might take it for as much as it was worth. There were proposed amendments in the Bill before them to:provide for the amalgamation stated, and the item was only to be taken on the assumption of such an amalgamation being admitted ,ned by Mr.Cocgamor—He took the passengers from the way-bill of the coaches. lie had included in the Carlisle. and Glasgow coach, not only the Kilmarnock and Dumfries passengers, but all the through passengers —the whole that went by that coach. He did the same with the passengers of the Ayr and Dumfries coach. If the present line was constructed, passengers from Ayr would have to go northward on the Troon line, and thence southward, through Kilmarnock to Dumfries. The passengers from Edinburgh he expected to come to Dumfries by the Crawick branch, through Sanquhar to Dumfries. He was aware that the Caledonian route was two miles shorter, but the gradients were worse. He had taken credit for the whole traffic, and allowed none for the Caledonian line. He had allowed 150 per cent. for increase. He was not aware that 100 per cent. was the ordinary calculation, though last year he drew up tables at 100 per cent. increase. He had increased the per tentage this year, because a local line presented better advantages for developing the traffic than a through line. Mr. AniswoaTu said he cdrild not see how a through line could Interfere with the development of local traffic, if stations were con structed. The witness—He had not allowed for foot passengers last year. Was not aware that 100 per cent. increase always included the foot passengers. He had calculated all the passengers from Fleetwood to Ardrossan were going to Glasgow. Hs distinguished between the Glasgow and Ayrshire passengers by the booking at the railway and steam-boat booking-offices. The booking through, to and from Glas gow, was 225. 6d., to and from Ardrossan 17s. 6d.; so he took all the latter. He had added 100 per cent. Increase on the steam-boat traffic. The steam-boat passengers by Annan, which he calculated for, were parties residing in the neighbourhood of Dumfries. He had assumed that the principal trade of Carlisle would be transferred to Annan. He had calculated the traffic for the first two weeks in September and the last two in November. He had added 50 per cent. increase for general merchandise. Men had been appointed to take a note of the carts by land, which he had assumed at one ton for each one-horse cart. This estimate of the through traffic he had calculated from Cumnock at the one end to Carlisle at the other, at the rate of I%d. per mile each individual. For the portion of the Caledonian line passed over from Gretna to Carlisle, he allowed one• third of the revenue for that distance. lie-examined—He was not sure whether the Caledonian calculation for Dumfries traffic last year was struck out of the Caledonian tables presented to the House of Lords, bat if not, it ought to have been. He had not the least doubt but that all the calcula tions were based on fair and reasonable data. Mr. Wright, goods manager of the Ayr and Glasgow Railway, corroborated the evidence of Mr. Anderson, as far as it related to that railway and the Ayrshire traffic generally. Mr. John Geddies, Mr. Christie Mr. Wright, mineral manager of the Duke of Buceleuch, Mr. Laurie, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. W. Gordon, and Mr. John Nicholson. were severally examined as to the correctness of the tables submitted. The witnesses were submitted to very close cross-examinations, with the object of showing that the traffic had been greatly exag gerateo, and that an unreasonable increase had been made in it, In comparison. 1% ith the promoters• tables of last year. It was ad mitted by one or two of the witnesses, that they did not think there would be snMcient traffic to support two through lines, like the Cale donian and the Glasgow, Dumtries, and Carlisle. This closed the case on behalf of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Ayr scheme. The Committee adjourned till Monday, at twelve o'clock, wheu the case on behalf of the Caledonian Extensions will be opened. GROUP XIV. NORTH SENT AND SOUTH EASTERN RAITIUres.TS. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. In consequence of it having been yesterday announced that the Committee on these lines would give their decision at half-past three o'clock to-day, the Long Gallery was most inconveniently crowded. At half-past three the Committee assembled ; present, Mr. Prothet oe, chairman, Lord Emlyn, Mr. J. O'Connell, and Mr. Grogan. The CHAIRMAN said—Gentlemen, I have now to announce the de cision the Committee have come to. The Committee are desirous to re ceive evidence as to that portion of the South Eastern line which runs through Greenwich Park, from Greenwich to Woolwich. We are of course ready to hear all the evidence that the North Kent Company are willing to adduce in opposition to that portion of the South Eastern Railway, but in fairness to the entlemen of the North Kent Company, the Committee feel it their g d u ty to say that the opinions of the majority o f t h e Committee are favourable to the mouth Eastern Bill. At this announcement, load cries of "Bravo, bravo," proceeded from the further end of the room. The CHAIRMAN begged to remind those gentlemea who were cuin g out so loudly that the South - Eastern Company had not yet got their Bill. Mr. Comtarax inquired whether the Committee would at once Pr oceed with the evidence, or would adjourn until Monday. The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee were of opinion that they had better adjourn until Monday morning, at twelve o'clock. GROUP XVI. (Continued tom our Afternoon Edition.) LONDON AND nIZIGHTON (DOW LING BDANCIX). Mr. Rastriek, C.E., was under examination when the Committee adjfurned GROUP XVIII. The Committee on this group met this morning at twelve o'clock Mr. B. Denison, chairman. SOMEILSETSIIIILE MIDLAND. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE opened the case for the opposition on the part of Lord Coke, Mr. Somerville, and Mr. Figgins. He dwelt principally upon the inaccuracies in the levels of the sections pre pared by the engineer, Mr. Hill. The first witness called was Mr. Gregory, engineer, who gave evidence as to the above inaccuracies, and stated that these were the instances in which the error was so great as to require an additional outlay of 1,,0001. more than stated in the estimates. The examination of this witness occupied the whole of the day, and was not completed when the committee rose. GROUP XIX. niuDGE wATEn AND TAUNTON CANAL RAILWAY AND HARBOUR. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. WELLS then addressed the Committee in reply, and held that Loth the harbour and railway were required by the Increased wants of the district, that the evidence o f Mr. Hall, the engineer, and the corroborating evidence of Mr. Cu,..itt, that both could be easily cor roborated and within the estimates, had not been attempted to be disproved, and that the oppposition of the Bristol and Extter Rail. way, after the great injury they had done to their canal, was both unfair and uncalled for. Besides, the owners of the canal simply sought to convert their property into a railway, and considered they were entitled to some consideration at their hands, inasmuch as the competition which would take place in the event of their acceding to the Bill, would not be of an unwholesome, but a partial competition from Bildgwater to Taunton, for the benefit of the publie, and the Bill concluded by calling on the C ommittee to puss the preamble of The room was then cleared, and on the admission of the parties, The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee were of opinion that the preambles of the Crenkerne branch, and the Bridgwater and Taunton Railway, had not been proved, but they were of opinion that the preambles of the Chard Canal Railway had been proved. The Committee then proceeded with the clauses of the successful Bill, which were agreed to, and they adjourned, GROUP 2a. WINDSOR, SLOUGH, AND STAINES, ATMOSPECEILIC. This Committee re-assembled to-day at the usual bout ; Dlr. Utheron to the chair. The engineering evidence was resumed this morning. Yr. George Treacher, surveyor to the commissioners of the Thames Navigation Company, was the first witness examined. In his opi nion the viaduct proposed to be thrown across the Thames, at Romney Island, would not cause any annoyance ,o Eton College. It might be made an ornament, and would make the view more picturesque. 3lr. It. Gleudinning, a landscape gardener, was next examined. He considered that if the view from the colleges were obstructed, all objection on that score might be removed by judicious planting. The privaey of the colleges would not be invaded by the proposed line. Evidence to the same effect was given by other witnesses, and the Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock on ➢fonday. GROUP XXVII. This Committee met this morning at the usual hour, Sir C. Lemon in the chair. SOUTH MIDLAND. The traffic evidence was resumed this morning. Mr. T. Wilkins, a magistrate and chairman of the Thrapstone Board of Guardians, corroborated the testimony already given as to the geneskl and bed advantages of the project. Mr. Hudson, M.P., chairman of the Midland and Eastern Counties Railway, was next examined—He was, to a certain extent, the promoter of the proposed line. The one-third of the capital was subscribed by the Eastern Counties Company. The original project of the Northampton Railway afterwards expanded into the present scheme, with the view of affording a transit for the traffic of the eastern part of the kingdom, independent of the London and Bir mingham• Railway. Believed it necessary for the midland railways to have an independent route, and a distinct outlet for their traffic in the metropolis, on the eastern side. Cross-examined by Mr. FLooD, on behalf of a landowner—Was op • posed to the London and York Railway, which he considered, from the traffic between London and York, would never pay. The traffic between Leicester and Northampton would not pay an independent company. This witnes was also cross-examined by Mr. PAGETT, for the Leicester and Bedford opposing line. Mr. R. Stephenson, the engineer of the line, was then examined on the engineering points. Ha was of opinion that the proposed scheme would be the most eligible one of all those projected for the accommo dation of the traffic of the district, and the general advantage. Adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. GROUP XXX. AYLESBURY AND THA.M E JUNCTION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Rebutting evidence was then heard at some length on the part of the Oxford and Cambridge line, and a lengthened discussion ensued between Counsel as to the line of examination to be pursued. It being then just four o'clock the Committee adjourned. GROUP XXXV. EAST COAST. (Continued front our Afternoon Editieu.) Mr. Shelton was also cross-examined to the same effect by Mr. Webster and other Learned Counsel, for different opponents of the Bill. Accidents some times occurred from the form and situation of the present bridge. The obstructions and impediments would be very much less by the bridge proposed to be erected by this railway com pany, than by the present one. The company had only paid up 5/. per cent. on the capital, and would require to have another call before they could go to the House of Lords. Re-examined—lf the new bridge were built vessels of large burden could go up to Wisbeach, which could not at present go further up than Sutton-bridge. The railway would greatly facilitate the im provement of the large tract of land lately recovered from the sea, and called " Victoria County." Upwards of 4,000 acres of that tract were new embanked. Sutton-bridge is in a dangerous state. Vessels which could not go above the bridge pay the same toll to the corpo ration of Wisbeach, but vessels of 500 tens burden could go to Wis beach if the new bridge were built. Mr. Reilly, of Lynn, a draper, was examined in support of the Bill. At present the shortest way way from Lynn to Manchester and the manufacturing districts was through London. _ _ Mr. H. Pilcher, late Mayor of Lynn, stated that he presided at a most respectable meeting at Lynn, at which resolutions in favour of the measure were agreed to. He was himself in favour of it. In cross-examination the witness said there had been a meeting of shareholders at Hull, at which it was resolved that the company should be dissolved. He believed that at the meeting to be holden on the lath instant, there would be a resolution in favour of winding up the affairs of the concern. In the meantime the directors were obliged to go on. The CusuutAs said that it was the impression of the Committee so far that the evidence was more against the preamble than in favour of it. Other witnesses were afterwards examined in favour of the Bill, when a discussion of some length ensued as to the competency of the opposing counsel to an examination of the deeds and other docu ments which had already been admitted in the Standing Orders' Committee ultimately. Mr. WEBSTER was heard in an objection to the deed, on the ground that the parties thereto, having undertaken originally to form a line of much greater length, and requiring a much larger capital, would be released from all obligations by their agreement, if the leSser line were adopted. air. Coox said that the objection was of no value, inasmuch as the deed gave the directors power to abandon any part of the line which they considered unnecessary or unprofitable. Mr. WEBSTER next objected that the subscribers to the agreement were not sufficiently designated. After a few words from Mr. Coox in reply, The Committee decided that it was not necessary to argue these points any further at present. They would consider them. The evidence in support of the preamble was then continued, and the Committee adjourned at four o'clock till Monday at twelve. GROUP XXXVII. The Committee met at twelve o'clock to-day. Present, Lord Sey mour (chairman), Lord Ebrington, Lord Edward Rill, Sir Ralph Lopez, and Yr. F. French. MIDLANDS (ELSECAR AND WORSBO ROUGH BRANCHES). Mr. HOPE, in opening the merits of these branches, prefaced his remarks with observing that the Bill comprised, besides these lines, powers to enlarge the _station at Wasborough, and hoped in any case the Committee would at least pass the Bill on that account. The Worsborough, which was the principal branch, was a line of fiva miles' length from that place, with an easy descending gradient, and came into the Midlands trunk line, not far from the Dartfleld station. The Elsecar branch passed through a mineral district, and fell into the Worsborough rail, about a mile before that joined the Midland. At Elsecar and at Worsborough there were large iron-works and collieries which wrought the Silkstone bed, for both of which commodities, iron and coals, there were ready markets, both north and south, along the Midland line. But these works, to which railway accommodation would be of so great moment, hrd no facilities of communication, except by canal, which extended east and west, and partly to the southern district, although by a circuitous route, and the tranship ments from the tram-roads and re-transhipments were very incon venient, and sources of loss. This canal company would have op posed them on their own merits, but that they knew the day of canals was gone by, and therefore they had allied ,themselves to the South Yorkshire Company, who had arranged either to amalgamate with the canal, or to guarantee their existing dividend. The South York shire in this way proposed to take into their own hands all the water communication between Barnsley and Doncaster, affecting, in fact, by that arrangement the navigation down the River Don to the eastward. Bat the proposed lines before the Committee, in cluding the Swinton and Lincoln line, passed throughout their length alongside of the canal, leaving the public to choose the mode of conveyance which suited them. As for the accommodation proposed by the South Yorkshire, he thought it was rendered unnecessary by the Barnsley branch to Pennistone and Worsborough in that district, and by the Swinton and Lincoln to the east; the north and south being accommodated by the midlands Company. Mr. Graham and Mr. Brown were examined, and gave evidence of the traffic in iron and coals, and the advantages arising from the facilities offered by the proposed lines. Mr. F. Swanwick, joint engineer on the Midland Railway, stated in his evidence that the branch to Worsborough was from five to six miles long, to Elsecar three miles, and the extension which proceeded under the Midlands and joined the Swinton and Lincoln, one mile and seven furlongs. The gradients on the Elsecar and Worsborough were easy, the steepest being one in 101 for five furlings, and the estimate for completing the Worsborough branch was 72,5321. ; the Elsecar branch, 43,6651.; the Extension to the Swinton and Lincoln Railway, 24,3141.; and the enlargement of the station, at Masborough, 9,499/. ➢lr. Alexander was called to give evidence of the land value, and this closed the case for the promoters of the lines. MIDLAND, BARNSLEY, sHErrxExam, - • DENII7SBUILY, LEEDS, AND BRADFO RD. The formal proofs and returns were given in to the Committee, but as most of the witnesses were from town, not anticipating so speedily the discussion of the project, the Committee adjourned till twelve on Monday, when they will proceed to consider the merits of this line. GROUP XL. LEEDS AND YONZ. The adjourned Committee resumed this day (Friday) at twelve o'clock, and strangers were admitted about five minutes after, when Mr. Stafford O'Brien (chairman) stated that it was the intention of the Committee to proceed with the case, thus overruling Mr, Mid yard's objection of yesterday. Mr. Bateman, engineer to the company, underwent a cross examination by Mr. KNowtxs and Mr. ALEXANDER, on the part of private individuals, and by Mr. ROBINSON respecting the difference of the curves on the several competing lines. The Hon. Chairman, however, and Lord Norreys intimated to the Learned Gentleman that it was hardly fair to elicit remarks disparaging to the York and North Midland from Mr. Bateman, who was not called by that company, but by the Leeds and York Railway ; and suggested, therefore, that his interrogatories should have reference only to the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railways. To Mr. BAINxs Witness replied that he had bad experience in conducting works which presented much greater difficulties than any on the proposed Hue, in tact, until last year he had refused all rail way engagements, because he preferred the more difficult branches of his profession. Mr. HARDY then called Mr, Miller, civil engineer, who had been on all three of the pro posed lines, and conceived that Mr. Bateman's was decidedly the best. The gradients were worse, but the curves and tunnels better than those of the other lines. Mr. Cubitt, engineer of the London and York line confirmed the evidence of the previous witness in favour of Mr. Bateman's scheme. The next witness called was Mr. Biehardson, who produced a peti tion from Leeds, in favour of the proposed line, signed by about 12,000 inhabitants. This closed the case of the Leeds and York. The Committee then consented to go into the rebutting evidence, when Mr. HOPE, on behalf the York and North Midland, called a grazier, who afforded more merriment than Information, but certainly gave the North Midland a good character. Mr. Bailey, superintendent of the cattle station at York belonging to the North Midland, attributed the mischief caused to cattle to the circumstance of the drovers putting too many Into one truck, and not to the neglect of the company. Mr. Ilirkensham, civil engineer to the York and North Midland, denied the correctness of the statements with regard to thedelays on that line, and was further of opinion that they had been blamed for the irregularities of other lines, though certainly the new works at York, under construction since last year did in some measure tend to occasion delay to the trains. LEEDS, TONIC, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION. Mr. RoEINSON opened the ease by giving in the preminary proofs. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF COMMONS. This Committee re-assembled to-day at the customary hour. YORK AND Standing orders not dispensed with. LANCASTER. GLASGOW AND DUNDEE. The Committee gave a similar decision in this case. CALEDOXIAN EXTENSION. Allowed to pressed. EDINBURGH AND HAMILTON. Standing orders not dispensed with. STAINES AND HENLEY. Not allowed to proceed. NORFOLK RAILWAY (YARMOUTH EXTENSION). Standing orders dispensed with. NORFOLK RAILWAY (THETFORD AND REEDHAM BRANCH). Not allowed to proceed. - WEST LANCASHIRE. Allowed to proceed. WARWICKSHIRE AND LONDON (HA➢IPTON AND BAN BURY.) Allowed to proceed on certain conditions, the nature of which we could not ascertain. TOTTENHAM AND BARNET. Standing orders not dispensed with. DIRECT NORTHERN. Allowed to proceed. OXFORD, SOUTHAMPTON, GOSPORT, AND PO RTSMOUTH. Not allowed to proceed. LIVERPOOL AND BURY. Allowed to proceed. LONDON AND SA SOUTH WESTERN (BA.SINGSTORE AND LIsBURY EXTENSION.) Allowed to proceed. The Committed adjourned till Tuesday. THE LONDON GAZETTE, (THIS EVENING.) INDIAN DISPATCHES. The Gazette of this evening contains the above dispatches, received at the India House, which have already appeared in The Sun. DOWNING-SSREET, MAY 5. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Barney, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel in the Corps of Royal Engineers, to be Lieutenant-Governor of North Australia, and to admi nister the Government of that Colony, under the style and title of Superintendent thereof. WAROFFICE, MAY 8. 3d Light Dragoens—F. Chaplin, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Shaw, appointed to the 9th Light Dragoons, Blay 8. 4th Light Dragoons—F. C. Ford, Gent., to be Coret, by purchase, vice Cholmeley, whose appointment has been can celled, May 8. 9th Light Dragoons—Cornet R. Shaw, from the 3d Light Dragoons (Ridingmaster), to be Cornet , vice Law, p romoted to the 31st Foot ; C. A. Delmar, Gent. , to be Co rnet, b y pup enage? vice Lord J, Browne. promoted to the 10th Li g ht Dragoo ns , m ay 8. 10th Light Dragoons—Lieut. R. G. Townley to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Hyder, who retires; Cornet Lord J. De Burgh Browne, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Townley, May 8. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Major and Colonel C. A. Shawe to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Walton, who retires on half-pay; Captain and Brevet Colonel T. Chaplin to be Major, by purchase, vice Shawe; Brevet Colonel H. Dawkins, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Chaplin ; Lieut. and Captain Lord F. Paulet to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Dawkins, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant C. H. White to be Lieutenant and Captain by purchase, vice Lord F. Paulet, May 8; F. A. P. Ensign and Lie u t enant P . G. H. Somerset to Burton, Gen., to be Ensign and Lieuten an t, b y purc h ase, vice White, May 8; be Adjutant, vice Lord F. Paulet, May 8. 10th Foot.—Ensign E. Dashwood to be Lieutenant with out purchase, vice Beale killed in action, Feb. 11 ; Sergeant- Major G. T. Whitaker, to be Ensign, vice Dashwood, May 8. 18th Foot—Serjeant M`Cabe, from the 31st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Stanford, appointed to the 53d Foot, Mav 8. 21st Foot—Second Lieut. E. Clemison, to be First 'Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Bolton, appointed Adjutant 31st Foot, Dec. 19; Lieut. W. C. Dilkes, from the 31st Foot, to be First Lieuten an t, v i ce Clemison, whose promotion, by pur chase, has been cancelled; Ensign C. B. Daveney, from the 35th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Forbes, whose appointment has been cancelled, May 8. 23d Food—Seeond Lieut. F. B. Tritton, to be First Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Wynne, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet E. Crofts, from the Royal Military College, to be Se cond Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tritton May 8. 29th Foot—Major G. C ongreve t o be Lieutenant-Calonel, without purchase, vice Taylor, killed in action ; Captain A. T. Hemphill to be Major, vice Congreve, Feb. 11 ; Lieut. T. E. Willbraham to be Captain, vice Hemphill ; Ensign V. Tonnochy to be Lieutenant, vice Wilbraham, March 20; Ensign W. L. D. Smith, from the 39th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Tonnochy, May 8. 31st Foot—Cornet C. E. Law, from the 9th Light Dra goons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dulles, appointed to the 21st Foot, May 8. 35th Foot—Lieut. G. Bayly to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Brevet Major it. Goate. who retires upon full pay; Ensign E. B. Cooke to be Lieutenant, vice Bayly; J. Spratt, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Cooke, May 8; H. Quill, Gent., to Ensign, vice Daveney, appointed to the 21st Foot, May 9. 39th Foot—Sergeant Major John Sears to be Ensign, vice Smith, appointed to the 29th Foot, May 8. 41st Foot—Major H. Astier, from 62d Foot, to be Major, vice Montizambert, who exchanges, May 8. 46th Foot—Lieutenant A. Wombwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Zuhlcke, who retires, May 8 ; Ensign W. lardy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wombwell ; B. NeAiile ' Gent. to be Ensign by purchase, vi ce Hardy, May S. 49th Foot—Lieutenant D. M'Adam to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Browne, who retire; Ensign C. J. Powell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Adam ; W. Bellairs, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Powell, May 8; J. Nason, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Page, appointed to the 50th Foot, May 9. 50th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign W. Dn Vernet, vice J. J. Grimes, killed in action, Jan. 29 ; Ensign J. Purcell, vice J. C. Bishop, died of his wounds, Feb. 7; Ensign C. H. Slessor, vice C. R. Grimes, killed in action, Feb. 11. To be Ensigns—Ensign R. H. Page, from 49th Foot, visa Purcell ; C. T. Cormick, Gent., vice Slessor, May 8. 53d Foot—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieutenant R. Spring, vice 'Warren, killed in action, Feb. 11 ; Lieut. W. J. Verner, vice Smart, died of his wounds, Feb. 22. To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign H. Lucas, vice Spring, Feb.ll ; Ensign and Adjutant W. Dunning to have the rank of Lieutenant, Feb. 15 ; Ensign W. 11. Grubbe, vice Clarke, died of his wounds, Feb. 16; Ensign 11. Buck, vice Verner, Feb. 22. To be Ensigns without purchase—E. F. Stanford, from 18th Foot, vice Lucas, Feb. 11 ; Ensign A. J. Johnston, from 74th Foot, vice Grubbe ; E. Cleeve, Gent., vice Buck, May 8 ; F. D. Grey, Gent., vice M'Kenzie, promoted in 62d Foot, May 9. 62d Foot—Major G. S. Montizambert, from the 41st Foot, to be Major, vice Astier, who exchanges, May 8 ; Ensign J. M'Kay M'Kenzie, from the 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bartley, killed in action, Feb. 11. 70th Foot—Lieut. T. E. Mulock to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Rumbold, who retires; Ensign F. A. Willis to be be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mulock ; C. Blewitt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Willis, May 8. 71st Foot—W. A. Myrton, Cunynghame, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Le Geyt, whose appointment has been cancelled, May 8. 72d Foot—Capt. W. S. Dalton, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice A. N. Sherson, who exchanges; Lieut. W. Adam to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dalton, who retires; Ensign W. B. 0. Campbell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice, Adam • A, Crombie, Gent., to be E ns i gn , b y purchase, vice Campbell, May 8. 74th Foot—E. R. Ord, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Johnston, appoint€d to the 53d Foot ; Lieutenant T. E. Lambert, from the 82d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice G. G. Dunlevie, who reverts to his former half-pay as Lieutenant ; May 8. 80th Foot—Ensign G. Bodle, to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Crawley, died of his wounds, Feb. 21. D. F. Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bodle, May 8. MEMORANDUM.—The promotion of Ensign William Du Vernet of the 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, in the 31st Foot, on the 31st March, 1846, has been cancelled. The Christian names of Cornet Bennett, of the 14th Light Dragoons. are James Wentworth, not John, as previously stated. The Christian names of Ensign Bra don, of the 77th Foot, are Lewis Augustus. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 7. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—E. E. R. Dyneley, vice Chandler, pro moted; F. H. B. Phillips, vice Power, promoted; J. G o dby, vice Arbuthnot, promoted ; D. S. Greene, vice Evans, pro moted; P. F. Miller, vice Fitzgerald, deceased; 'V. W. Barry, vice Rotton, promoted ; J. T. Orme, vice Ha s tin gs , promoted •, G. H. Colomb, vice Smythe, promoted ; G. W. D. Hay, vice Mowbray, promoted ; T. H. Harding, vice Phillips, promoted; P. D. Margeson, vice Chancellor, pro moted ; J. F. D'A. Street, vice Carlyon, promoted; A. M. Calvert, vice Eliot, promoted, May 1. Corps of Royal Engineers—Major-General F. R. Thackeray, C. B to be Colonel Commandant, vice Sir H. Elphinstone, deceased, April 29. Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants—J. H. Smith, vice Fowke, promoted; A. It. V. Crease, vice Binney, pro moted; F. C. Belson, vice Rich, promoted; C. T. Hutchin son, vice Chesne y , promoted ; E. M. Gr a i n , v i ce M urray, promoted; A. P. Smith, vice Penrice, promoted; A. M. Loch ner, vice Morrison, promoted; P. Ravenhill, vice Cooke, pro moted, May 1. ADMIRALTY, MAY 5. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet J. B. Prvnn to be Second Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet C. 0. Baker to be Second Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet C. Wolrige to be Second Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet R. S. Moleswortli to be Second Lieutenant. Commission by the Queen. Pembrokeshire Militia.--J. Holland, Lieut., half-pay Royal Marines, to be Adjutant, with rank of Captain, vice Owen, resigned, April 4. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire. W. E. H. Yere, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; G. Dun das, jun., Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April 17. Ist or Berwick, Haddington, Linlithgo w , and Peebles Re giment of North British Militia.—A. H. Baillie, Esq., to be Captain, Tice Thomson, resigned, Feb. 20; J. D. Martin, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice H ay , promoted, Feb. 25. ommissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. Duke of Cornwall's Rangers—Lieut. C. G. P. Brune to be Captain, vice Eveleign, resigned ; Second-Lieut. NV. B. Call to be Captain, vice Howell, deceased; Second-Lieut. H. O'Neil to be Lieutenant, vice Brune, promoted ; Second-Lieut. G. A. Hicks to be Lieutenant, vice Mercati, deceased, May 2. Second Lieut J. R. Rodd to be Lieut., vice Kelly, deceased ; P. J. Trick, Gent., to be Lieut., vice Archer, resigned ; J. W. l'eard, Gent., to be Lieut., vice Carew, promoted ; W. 11. 11. Messenger, Gent., to be Second Lieut., vice Call, promoted ; the Hon, S. K. Lysaght to be Second Lieut., vice Hicks, promoted ; E. Carthew, Gent., to be Second Lieut., vice O'Neil, promoted; L. Hext, Gent., to be Second Lieut. vice Redd, promoted; R. P. Johns, Gent., to be Second Lieut., vice Cocks, resigned, May 2. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire— Royal Denbigh Rifle Regiment of Militia—Second Lieu tenant H. Robertson, Sanbach, to be First Lieutenant, vice icholls, resigned, Feb. 20. Sir I'. Erskine, Bart., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Sandbach, promoted, March 17. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Ist West York Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain the Hon. W. T. S. W. Fitzwilliam, commonly called Visct. Milton, to be Liutenant-Colonel Commandant; Major J. E. G. Elmsall to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lord Wharncliffe, resigned ; the Hon. C. W. W. Fitzwilliam to be Captain, vice Viscount Milton, promoted, May 4. WHITEHALL, MAY 6. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Harry Edgell Bush, Gent., of Trowbridge, in the county of Wilts, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Gearge Seabrook, straw hat manufacturer, Luton, Bed fordshire. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Freeman, fringe manufacturer, Wood-street, Cheap side, to surrender May 15, at twelve, and June 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bahkruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Guillaume, Bucklersbury. Joseph Fearnby, worsted stuff manufacturer, Windsor terrace, City-road, May 19, at half-past eleven, and June 19, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall•street; Loughborough, Austin friars. Christopher Clarke, draper, Goswell-road, May 19, at two, and June 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee ; Soles and Turner, Aldermanburv. John Joseph Taylor, tobacconist, Tooley street, South wark, May 14, at two, and June 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Wellborne, Tooley- street Southwark. James and Thomas Whitelaw, builders, Litchfield-street, Soho May 15, at two, and June 13, at t we l ve , a t t h e Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Smith, Furnival's Inn. John Dodsworth Abrams, tailor, York, May 19, and June 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds • Rushworth, Staple Inn, London; Jackman, York ; "aerie, Leeds. Samuel Shaun, cloth finisher, Leeds, May 25, and June 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, official assignee ; Strangways, Barnard's Inn, London ; Robinson, Leeds. Samuel Ogden, cotton factor, Manchester, May 20 and June 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Charlotte- street, Manchester • Johnson and Weatherall, King's Bench- wa lk, Temple; Needham, Man chester. William Gill, corn merchant, Warrington, Lancaster, May 22 and June 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, George-street, Manchester; Gre gory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London ; nj oueNn,eue,tlh6ob ,ffie r ac t ti at P lw a ae r ls k ys e ieg r , , nae l i te n ,t e i a vr p p e o e r r op , lo;o L l Nicholson and Sons, Warrington. and i erpool, 20, d Live egory C i‘ r () a u yrt C 0.,. eßaaeznde vp r ford-row; Green, Liverpool. Benjamin Clarke , grocer, Stroud, May 19 d J ay , anJune 19, at eleven, at the Bristol Dist • net Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Kearney, Stroud. Robert Foale, victualler, Kingsbridge, Devon, May 21, at one, and June 17, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court, Ilernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Weymouth, Kings bridge; Weymouth and Co., Angel-court, London ; Turner Exeter. Stephen Knowles, brewer, Exeter, May 20, and June 17, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. llirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Stogdon,Exeter ; Keddell and Co., London, PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the produce of the British possessions in America, comp uted from the returns made in the week ending May 5, 1846, is 375. 2 V t d. per cwt. it The taking down of the spire of the Cathedral of St. Denis has just been 'completed. Each workman receives a present of 50f. for the danger he has incurred. The Commission of Civil Buildings is to proceed to St. Denis this week, to decide what is next to be done.—Paris Paper. ST. MICHAEL'S, APRIL 20.—The Clew, Bonne], ha; been drivan on shore ad totally Rucked, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May S.) SUGAR.—To-dao there was more shown to purchase Raw Sugar for home consumption, and merchants were less in dined to realise. The quantity of West India Sugar sild pri vately was 200 hlids and trcs at full rates, and in some cases rather above. The market closes more firmly fur Sugar sub ject to the 14s duty. REFINED.—TO-aay Refined goods were purchased with caution by the home trade; the value of brown lumps is 65s to 65s 6d, and standard lumps 66s to 66s per cwt. Bonded crushed Sugar is dull of sale, and 32s 3d to 32s 6d per cwt. taken for first quality. MAURITILTS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was pur chased with more freedom, and qou bags at auction were all sold at full rates, viz. middling to fine yellow at 48s to 545, grey ditto 47s to 51s, good brown 465, low 445, washed yellow and grey 47s Gd to 51s, syrupy 47s to 51s Gd per cwt —nearly the whole consisted of midding to fine yellow sorts. EAsT INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 155 bags of Bengal sugar were in part sold at full rates and fetched 54s to 568 for tine white Benares rather grainy. FOREIGN.—In consequence of the extensive public sale of Java Sugar, huld by the Dutch Trading Company, having gone off better than was expected, holders of all descriptions of Foreign Sugar here have more confidence ; they refrained from ()tiering any at auction, and the quantity on rifer by private contract is less than it was Fiturr.—For Currants there continues a good demand, and the prices quoted fully maintained. Some large parcels of Valentia Raisins of fine quality having been sent to this market from the outports for sale; the low and inferior sorts are a complete drug, almost unsaleable. MOLAFSES.—The new sorts of West India are much wanted, and full rates offered. Bengal Treaele sells more freely and at better rates. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was little desire manifested to operate in Mocha Coffee, and 215 bales at auction were all taken in at the full value. Of Plantation Ceylon 2,155 bags at public sale were nearly all taken in rather above the value. TEA.—No further advance has taken place in the value of Congou, but upon former terms there has been a large busi ness transacted in all descriptions. Pouchoug is wanted, and the parcels sold were at firm rates. Twankay is held with firmness. llyson has been largely dealt in, common at 2s to 2s 2d, but middling to good 2s 3d to 2s Bd, fine to very fine 2s 9d to 4s. Of Imperial and Gunpowdef the parcels dis posed of were upon fully former terms. Pekoe Teas are little wanted, and prices are still on the decline. RICE.—To-day the market was much better supplied with Bengal Rice, four parcels amounting to d,208 bags and 299 pockets were submitted to public competition: the trade were desirous to operate, arid the whole sold at an advance on former rates . 6d per cwt. SPICES.—This afternoon Malabar Pepper met with atten tion, and 100 bags at auction were soloisat full rates. Cloves are still wanted. Of Mace 6 chests 1 bag were sold at full rates. 87 bags of Nutmegs in the shell were only in part sold at the reduced rates of 5 1 / 2 d to 6d per lb. SPIRITS.—Holders of Jamaica Rum have been unable to obtain any further advance in prices, but there has been a good business transacted. Demerara is wanted, and the parcels sold were at fully former rates. Calcutta has met with little attention, and prices are not so firm. Leeward Island has been sparingly dealt in, but former rates are maintained. Although Brandy can be obtained upon further reduced terms, still shippers and the home trade have operated with caution this week, and the stock has been further increased, hut the deliveries are getting larger. Geneva is dull of sale, and there are sellers of common export at is lld to 2s, and fine at 2s 6d to 3s per gallon. English Corn Spirits are little wanted. OlLS.—There has been a much better demand for Linseed Oil this week, and an advance on former rates of 6d to 9d per cwt. For Rape Seed Oil further reduced rates having been taken many parcels have been disposed of. Coooa Nut Oil has met with little attention. Palm has been in good request, still prices do not advunce. Olive has met with little attention. TALLOW.—There has been a better demand for Russian on this week; and buyers have been compelled to pay a slight advance on former rates. For forward delivery there are sellers upon rather lower terms. In American and New South Wales a good business has been transacted on the spot, and holders have obtained rather better prices Town Tallow is still plentiful, and a large business has been transacted. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this Night's Gazette.) •ln Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week eliding on Saturday, the 2d day of May, 1846. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes Issued.... • • • . 27,072,295 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,934,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,279,130 Silver bullion .. • • 1,793,165 X 27,072,295 X 27,072,295 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 7th day of May, 1846 BANKING I X. Proprietors' capital.. 11,553,000 Rest 3,396,540 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav logs-banks, and Di vidend accounts).. 2,578,451 Other deposits Seven day and other 965,730 X 38,27,1,101 Dated the 7th day of May, 1846: COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 10 Ditto, at sight •• •• 12 7 Rotterdam ....•• 2U. 12 10% Antwerp Ilamburgh •• 31.8. 13 15% Paris, 3 dayS' sight .. • • 25 85 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 10 Marseilles •••.. . • 26 15 80urdeaux.......... • • 26 15 Frankfort on Maine.... 123 Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... Berlin ...... Vienna, effee.fio— •• 10 11 Trieste, ditt0.......... 10 12 Matlrid .... • • ..... 361 Cadiz .. •.. : ........ 304 Barcalona ••. ..... ........ EPARTMENT. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • • 13,303,065 Other securities .• • • 17,901,148 Notes • • • • . • . • • • • • • • 6,408,470 Gold and silver coin . • 661,418 X 33,274,101 If. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. LNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar ...... .•• • • • Leghorn .. 30 75 Genoa 26 15 Milan .. ........ Venice.. • • • • • • • Naples .. 39% Palermo, per oz . 119% Lisbon.. .. 52% Oporto... . . Rio Janeiro ..1 231, liahia .... .. Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons ..... 0 0 0 New Dollars ........ 0 0 0 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11 MPER.LAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that on Friday next he would move the second reading of the Bill for the general re gistration of deeds. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE presented a petition from the Governor and Trustees of the London Hospital, against the Charitable Trusts Bill. Lord CAMPBELL presented two petitions to the same effect. CORN.LAWS. The Earl of RADNOR gave notice that he would move, on an early day, for the quantities of wheat and flour entered for home consumption during the years 1835 and 1845 in clusive, and also the average prices during the same period. WESTERN AUSTRALIA BILL. The several clauses of this Bill were agreed to in Com mittee. SCOTCH BURGHS BILL. The Duke of bUCCLEUCH moved the third reading of the Scotch Burghs Bill. The 8111 was tken read a third time and passed. THE RAJA OF SATTARA. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition praying that the Raja of Sattara might be set at liberty, and his personal pro perty restored to him. He would not state any more on that occasion than this—that from 1818 to 1839 the Raja was con sidered a loyal subject, and strictly maintained his engage ments with the East India Company. Shortly after the last of these years a charge of conspiracy was brought against him by the Supreme Court of Bengal, but the accusations against him had never been proved, though he had repeatedly sought to be put on his trial with respect to them. With regard to another charge, he was treated in the same way; but instead of being allowed the trial which he courted, in order that he might prove his innocence, he was carried off in the dead of the night and committed to prison, where he was at present confined. The whole of his personal property had been since secured. Ile also presented another petition from a servant of the Raja, declaring that his master had always been a loyal subject, and that he himself had been placed over a powder-magazine, and imprisoned, before he consented to sign a paper containing charges against the Raja. The Earl of tt LYON had no particular answer to the ob servations of the Noble Lord (Beaumont), and all he could say upon the subject was, that it bad been fully considered in the session of last year. It had been maturely considered by the Governor of Bombay, and been minutely examined by the Gevernor-General in Council, and had received every attention from the late President of the Board of Control (Sir John Cam Hobhouse), who had gone most fully into the question, and it had afterwards been most maturely discussed by the Court of Proprietors of the East India Company , in fact, this subject had been under discussion at least sixteen or seventeen times ; and the original decision had in every case been confirmed. With respect to the jewels of which the Noble Lord spoke, they were not the private property of the Raja, and had been as the property of the State handed over to the successor of the Government, with the exception of jewels, worth about two lacs of rupees, which the Raja had retained for his own private use. With respect to the purport of the second petition, which complained that insufficient evidence had been adduced' against him, this was the first time that any such allegation had been made. He, himself, was not responsible for whatever had occurred, for the circumstances took place before he had anything to do with tine office he now held, or, indeed, before the present Government came into p ower at all. A NOBLE LORD did; not rise to give any opinion upon the subject, but he would beg merely to state that he had un derstood thatthe facts had occurred before the year 1841 ; conse quently before the Noble Earl (Ellenboreugh) opposite went to India, but it seemed to be a matter of some interest, and might possibly be worth inquiry. Lord BROUGHAM fully concurred in the observations made by the Noble Earl who had just sat down. He had read a paper on the subject from the pen of Sir R. Grant, the late Governor of Bombay, and he considered the decision come to was perfectly just. After a few words from Lord BEAUMONT, who said that his only complaint was that he was condemned without a trial.—The subject then dropped. Lord KINNAIRD moved for certain returns connected with railways passed and projected. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S presented a petition against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sunday. If a measure were brought forward for this purpose, many of those disgraceful scenes which occurred on the Sabbath-:lay would be prevented. There was a simple and obvious remedy, which had been tried before, and which had been attended with complete and un questionable success. Under these circumstances, it was not too much to ask why petitions had been pouring in for years and yet nothing had been done, nor even any notification of the intention of her Majesty's Government to do anything to remedy the evil. Lord KINNAIRD said that he had attended to the ob servations addressed to the House by his Right Reverend hi p m lac t e h , at bu it t w t a h s at po s s t s o i p ti p le ag to e aware of the necessity, under the existing law, put i ruensal:bmtdenedepsoolti,nolbaht of that ,eeneaentdrbsthcpoaiaaoentttut: entirely scenes ec rui el agreedts whichquestion. e s twi o i took t n h . Their Lordships were of public-houses being closed at a certain hour, and the conse wiriwotaaiaiglosseen,ddpotipshnseairtslooeanntdsoc:encrainandienewTiveiblereee:scettrhhciepeoytffsieowee-neenrsoeehfsotcohpofesff:er:e.eee-srsoemhrttoohposetsf dreadful profligacy. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S said that some remedy might still be provided. He would take the opportunity of present , to which he wished to call the attention CHARITBALE TRUSTS BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that he would bring forward the Charity Trusts Bill on Thursday next. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time :—The Brighton and Chichester Railway (Bognor and Littlehampton branches); South Eastern Railway ( Ashford Station Enlargement); East ern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway; Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Amendment and Branches, Nos. 1, 2,3; Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Amendment and Branches —London and Brighton Railway (East Grimstead Branches) —Helensbargh Harbour—Helensburgh Extension and Po lice—Bolton Waterworks. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. SOAERSET SMALL DEBTS BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted. HARROGATE GAS. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. GLASGOW MUNICIPAL AND POLICE BILL. Mr. DENNISTOUN moved that it be an instruction to the Committee of Selection to refer the Glasge,w Municipal and Police: Bill and the Bridgeton Police Bill to the same committee. The motion was agreed to. WEXFORD, CARLOW, AND DUBLIN JUNCTION _ • • of the Honse and of her Majesty's Government. The subject i Colonel VERNER begged to say a few words on this sub was one of importance, it he might judge by the ;language which ject. He should have addressed the House on the previous had fallen from some Members of the Administration. It was stages of this 13111, had not so many Hon. Members pledged a petition from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the themselves to do so. So much had been said with regard to county and borough of Caermarthen, regretting the defective , Ireland, that he felt it to be the duty of every Irish Member state of education in Wales, and requesting the attention of the to express his opinions upon this measure. He did not Government to it. They stated that they were sensible of the rise with the presumptuous idea of entering upon the question importance of education to the social interest of the corn- with regard to the effect which this measure would have upon mollify, and requested that. Honourable House to provide, en the public at large. He rose, however, for the purpose of ex a liberal plan, some means of extending the blessing of educa- pressing the alarm with which this measure was contemplated tion in Wales. in that art of Ireland in whi c h h e - id ed- P. ae resin .a—apart of the coun try which was mainly dependent hitherto on its agricultural produce for support. The effect which this measure would produce upon the public at large had been fully and ably de tailed by Hon. Gentlemen on his side of the House over and over again, and it was unnecessay for him to follow in the wake of those Honourable Gentlemen.A—( Hear, hear). He would merely detain the House for a few moments for the purpose of stating in whdt manner the people of his country would be injured if it were passed into a law. He believed that during the progress of these debates, sufficient attention had not been paid on the part of the Government to the interests of the small farmers, the holders of ten and fifteen acres.—( Hear, hear.) He should like to know who would remunerate those men for the expense which they had been put to in cultivat ng their land, and erecting houses thereon.— ( Hear, hear.) The small farmers in that pat of Ireland in which he resided were decidedly 4.pposed to this measure, because they were convinced that it would tend to their ruin. He agreed with the Hon. Members who had opposed this motion, that the results of its passing into a law would be to bring a national calamity ; and those who had introduced the measure should look upon them selves as participators in that calamity. If the measure had been introduced by the Noble Lerd the Member for London, or by any other Hon. Member on that side of the House, or in fact by any Hon. Member but the Right Hon. Baronet, he would not have been much surprised.—( Hear, hear. ) The Hon. Gentleman then detailed the experience which he had of the Right Hon. Baronet's policy—he at one time had be lieved him the person best fitted to lead the House of Commons, but he was now un d er th n sa d ne cessity of hanging all his long-cherished opinions. The Hon. and Gallant Gentleman then read several extracts from the Newry and other Irish papers, which, as far as could be gathered from the noise that prevailed, were to the efectt, that there was no scarcity of wheat, oats, and barley in Ireland. There had not been so good a harvest in Ireland for mane years as in the present year, and, therefore, it was altogether unfounded to say, that there was such a scarcity to be appre hended in that country. Sir W. JOLLIFFE said that it was with a most painful feeling he opposad a Government which he had supported for so many years, but on the present occasion he could not help expressing his dissatisfaction at the course which Government was pursuing with regard 'to this measure, and he could not conceal from himself that for a con siderable time back the Right Hon. Baronet had been syste matically attacking the agricultural interest. (LEFT SITTING.) LATEST PRICES OF SHARE fN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CO:A, FAMES' STOCK. From tie Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUEADAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 8. JOINT-STOCX EANXS. RAILWAY BILL. Mr. GROGAN moved that the Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway Bill be read a second time on Monday next.—The motion was agreed to. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. GREENE moved that leave be given to read the New castle and Darlington Junction Railway (Durham and Sunder land Railway and Wearmouth Dock Purchase) Bill a second time on Monday next, although no breviate shall have been laid on the table, such Bill having been separated from the Newcast.e and Darlington Junction Railway ( Durham and Sunderland Railway and Wearmouth Dock Purchases and Branches) Bill, on the recommendation of the classification Committee, and the breviate of the whole Bill having already been laid on the table of the House.—Agreed to. GOOLE AND DONCASTER RAILWAY COMMITTEE. Mr. PARKER moved that it be an instruction to the Com mittee of Selection to fix the first sitting of the Goole and Don caster Railway for Friday, May 15. The Hox. GENTLE3IAN also moved an instruction to the Committee on the Goole and Doncaster Railway Bill, to hear any petitioners against such Bill, although their respective pe titions shall not have been presented to this Hou3e three clear days before the day appointed for the first meeting of such Committee, provided that such petitions shall have been so presented before Friday, May 15.—Agreed to. SOUTH YORKSHIRE COAL RAILWAY AND CANAL BILL. The How. GENTLEMAN then moved that it be an instruc tion to the Committee of Selection to fix the first sitting of the South Yorkshire Coal Railway and Canal Bill, for Friday, the 15th of May ; and also that an in , truction to the committee on the South Yorkshire Coal Railway and Canal Bill to hear any petitioners against such Bill, a lth oug h th e i r respective petitions shall not have been presented to this House three clear days before the day appointed for the first meeting of such Committee, provided that such petitions shall have been so presented before Friday, the said 15th of May. ORDER RELATING To RAILWAYS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that the "order of the 30th day of April last be extended to all private Bills relating to railways brought from the House of Lords.—Agreed to. BURNLEY IMPROVEMENT AND WATERWORKS. This Bill was read a third time and passed. BANFFSHIRE ROADS. This Bill was read a second tine, and ordered to be com. mitted. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. The report on this Bill ( Hareeastle to Sandbach, Churnet Valley Pottery line), w•as brought up, the amendments and alterations agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be engrosed. ELECTRIC TALEGRAPII COMPANY. The report on this Bill was brought up and agreed to, and .he Bill was ordered to be er2grosed._ RAILWAY BILLS. Mr. HUDSON then rose to propose the insertion of a clause in all railway Bills of the present session by which new com panies are to he incorporated. At the time when he gave notice of his intention to bring forward this motion, he was not aware of the intentions of the Government with respect to the number of schemes which had been introduced into Parlia ment during the present session. Since the introduction of that Bill the Government had introduced and passed cer tain resolutions on the subject ; but as these resolutions would not reach the parties whom he was originally anxious to relieve from the responsibility which they had, in many cases, thoughtlessly incurred. The clause he intended to move was to enable those parties to review and consider the position in which they were placed by calling a meeting of registered shareholderi; and dissolving the project, if they found them selves unable to proceed with it. Now, the Act of Parliament compelled the company, before they could enforce the powers of their Act, to have the deed signed for the whole amount subscribed, and if they did not obtain signatures of the full amount their Act became inoperative, because many persons re fused to sign on account of the Act rendering them responsible for the proportion of the whole amount of capital necessary for the construction of the works. Now the House could not fail to condemn this anomalous state of things, when the excitement which had taken place with respect to railways was borne in mind, and the desire entertained by many of the parties to withdraw from them altogether.—( Hear, hear.) The main object of his clause was to afford them an opportunity of considering their position and the ceurse, under the circum stances in which they were placed, they ought to adopt and to compel them to complete their registration within four months. The parties concerned should have an opportunity, during a period of at least six months, of calling meetings, to determine whether they should proceed with their works or not. There was an anxiety in that House to limit the amount of capital to be employed. He (Mr. Hudson) had always held that the shareholders who had raised the necessary funds would go on, and the powers given by the House would, in that case, be executed. He was perfectly satisfied that the passing of such a measure as the one he proposed would not take away from bona fide undertakings the opportunity of executing their works, but to the undertakings not based on the solid foundation of capital an opportunity would be given of re viewing their intentions. When he gave this notice he was not aware that the Government had any intention of taking any part in this matter, but he had since seen the Bill proposed by Mr. Dalhousie, and it did not seem to affect the parties who were most interested in these under takings—viz., the original shareholders, and he, therefore, hoped that the Howe would accede to the present measure. Sir GEORGE CLERK rose for the purpose of taking an objection to the motion on a point of form. From the state ments made by the H6n. Member it was quite apparent that it was a most important question, and one which, if carried, would introduce a new mode of legislation with regard to rail ways. Instead, therefore, of moving it as a clause, he would suggest to the Hon. Gentleman the propriety of introducing i. into the Bill of which he had charge, or of moving that it should be inserted in the Bill which would shortly come down from the Lords relative to railways. At any rate it wc.uld be a much more expedient course to make it the subject of a separate Bill rather than a sessional order. Mr. LABO UC ERE quite concurred with the Honourable Gentleman who bad just sat down, that the present course was most inexpedient, unusual, and extremely inconvenient. The motion was one which was more properly the subject of an Act of Parliament rather than a clause. He, therefore, agreed with the suggestion made, that the motion should be brought forward in the shape of a distinct Bill, or should be inserted in the Bill introduced by the Hon. Gentleman himself (Mr. Hudson), or in that brought forward in the other House of Parliament by Lord Dalhousie, when it should come down there. Mr. HUDSON, agreeably to the suggestions thrown out, would, with the leave of the House, withdraw his motion; but he begged to state that his only object in introduing it was to protect parties who had signed the deeds, and to prevent the recurrence of those scenes which took place in 1836 0 1838, and 1839. Motion by leave withdrawn. POOR-LAW REMOVAL BILL. Mr. JAMES presented a petition from the poor-law guardians of the Greenwich Union against certain clauses in the Poor-law Removal Bill. POOR LAWS. Captain POLHILL presented a petition from the Board of Guardians at Brighton, complaining of the general provisions of the Poor-law Removal Bill, which they considered favoured the vagrant more tha n it did the honest householder. They prayed, therefore, that the Bill be amended. THE TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the factory workers in the mills of Mr. M'Phail, of Glasgow, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. Mr. G. HUDSON presented several petitions in favour of the Eastern Counties Termir.us and other railway Bills. Lord JOHN MANNERS presented a petition ,against the union of the sees cf St. Asaph and Bangor. In reply to Mr. CHRISTIE respecting the case of Mary Anne Tyler, whose case was detailed to the House in a petition presented on the 7th instant, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that he had fully inquired into the particulars of the case, and had come to the conclusion that the decision of the magistrate was illegal. He had also informed the magistrate before whom the case was heard of the conclusion at which he had arrived, and that the case would be specially reported to the Lord Chancellor.—( Hear.) In conclusion he would say he had not the slightest objections to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. The motion was then agreed to. TEN HOURS' BILL. Lord G. BENTINCK presented a petition from Bath, most numerously and respectably signed, in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill.—(Hear, hear.) SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from the clergy of Dorchester, praying the House not to permit a union of the dioceses of St. Asaph and, Bangor.—Order e d to lie on the table. The HoN. GENTLEMAN also presented a petition from the poor of the county of Dorset, praying that the owners of houses rated below six pounds should be assessed, and not the residents of such habitations. SUGAR bUTIES. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice, on behalf of his Noble Friend Lord Palmerston, that when the q uestionof_the sugar duties came befor the H ouse , h e wou ld movee admitted n address a to to the Crown, that Spinish sugars should be those countries on the same terms as the moa his intention to a t favoured nations. s Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that it w bring the subject of the sugar duties before the House at the earliest possible period. He could not state the precise day, but he was not aware of any obstacle . to prevent the question from obtaining an early consideration. CORN IMPORTATION BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the report of the Committee on this Bill was brought up. _ On the question that it be read a second time being put, Mr. C. BURRELL rose and said he must oppose the mo tion, because he was convinced that if this Bill passed a great number of persons would be thrown out of employment in the agricultural districts, while those who would be able to get em ployment would have to put up with very low and miserable wages indeed. In his opinion, too, the famine in Ireland was by no means a sufficient reason for the passing of this measure. The Hon. Member then proceeded to read some documents in support of his arguments, showing the relative bearing of the prices of corn and labour at various periods since the passing of the corn-laws. lie was quite certain that if the present law was car ried into effect, it would not be possible for the labourers of this country to compete successfully with those of Germany, and other continental nations. The Hon. Gentleknan proceeded in his address to the House in opposition to the Bill, but in so low a tone of voice as to render it perfectly impossible to hear one word- Name of Company. Australasia ...... Brash North American Commercial of London ......... Londn and Westniinstr London Joint-Stock . • • Metropolitan • • Provincial of Ireland • Ditto, New... •• • • National of Inland Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New... Union of Australia • • • . Union of L0nd0n..... INSUIt, Name of Company. Albion ......... Alliance brit. and For. Ditto Marine. ...... Atlas . • . British Commercial .. Clerici,ltted. & Gen. Life County .............. Crown •• • • • •• • • Nagle .• ...... Economic Life. • • Eng.& Scot. Law •• • • European Life •.• • • Freemasons' . • • . • • • • • Globe Guardian .......... Imperial Fire • • • • Imperial Life • • Indemnity Marine.... Law Life . ....... Legal and General Life London Fire London Ship Marine .. .......... Med. Invlid& Gen. Life National Lean Fund.. National Life • Palladium Life.• ..... • Phcenix .... Protector Life— Provfdent Life.. Rock Life..... - Royal Exchange Sun -Fire . Ditto Life Universal Life . LXST OF SCO Dividend per Annum. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 5/. per cent. 51. per cent. 6/. per cent. G/. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 6/. per cent. 51. per cent. X 3. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 .NCE C Dividend per Annum. 3/. 1 Os 6 per cent. 6/. per cent, 13s. Cd. pr sh. 7s. per share 5/. per cent. 10s. 65. 5 per ct.,l / & 30s.bs. j 5/. per cent. 5% per cent. Si. per cent. Cl. per cent. 5/. per cent. Cl. and bonus 1/. sli. & bs. 1/. 55. 10s. 103. Cl. per cent. 4341. per ct. 51. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 3/. p. ct. & Ls. 51. per cent. 11. ss. 4s. 51. per cent. 61. 10s. IL 6s. lON/. pr cnt Arnotuit Share. iIiMPAN. Amount of Share. X s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 'XS= C 01WP.11.1%TX: Dividend Amount Name of company per or Paid. Price Annum. Share. ---- - £ S. d. £ s. d i Bank of Scotland - 100 00 1 163 Royal Bank of Scotland 0/. per cent. -- 100 00 , 157 British Linen Company 8/. par cent. - 100 0 0 221 Commercial Bank •• • • Cl. per cent. - 100 0 0 161 National Bank CI. per cent. -.•. 10 0 0 15" Union Bant of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 92 Western Bank - ••• •• • Si. per cent. - 50 0 0 80 North of Scotland Bank Cl. per cent. - 50 0 7IA Clydesdale Bank .... • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 132 Eastern Bank.. -•• • • 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 11 Caledonian Bank - 210 0 4 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 50 0 6% City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 141 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. Elercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Sc:Alnd • • Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9 , !4 North British Insur sl,‘ 1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 28 Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22 Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18% Edin. &Glasg. Railway 1/.los. pert. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7654 Ditto, IA Shares 7s. 60. p. s. 12 10 0 Al paid. 1618% Edin., Leith, SD Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 701 :2 Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 _.i. 11 paid. 19 Glsgw &Gantklrk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 40v, Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 Standard Life.Assisrnce.lsl. per cent. 150 0 0 1 2 10 0 9 C.A.I7ALS. Companies. I , , Names of ~ Dividend , Mamas of c .,b; Dividend Price. 5. 2 , per Companies. ,I, per Price. ch Annum.; --. Annum. , ~,, i Ashtn & 014111 97 5/.55. p e 70 Monmouthsh 100 81. 16 0 , Ashby-d-la-2;113 41. ,70 Mntgomrysh 100 51. 98 Barnsley.. • • ,160, 121. 180 Macclesfield . 100 - 38 Basingstoke.."loo - Neath ...... 100 171. 340 Brkiik&Abrg'lso 5/. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - Cromford - • •1100 1 14!. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31. 68 Dudley ;100' 4/. Derby .... - ion' , - Regent's ... • 33 1/. ss. 23 --1 6 /. 73 Rochdale.... 85 4/. 77 Ellsinre&Clis 133; 41. J 65 Shropshire • • 125 81. - Erewash .• • 100, 32/. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & Clydloo 41. - Do.Lk Fil St 12 61. p. c. 11 GrandJunctn'lool 71. 95 Sttird & Wore 140 281. 300 Grand Union 100' 1/. 10S. - Shrewsbury , - 125 151. 230 Glamorgnsh.'l72' 13%1. 210 Stourbricige.. 145 201. 280 Glstr & Brklyr , 00' ___. - Strtfrd on Av 79 1/. 10s. - Grantham • • 150, 121. 100 Severn and/ iludderstleld. 57: - Wye Rail. j 26 11.8 s. 32 liennt & Avit 39 7s. 6d. 10% Trnt & Mr--/ 50 30 1. - Lancaster .. • 47 , 1/. 102. - see IA sli.3 Leeds& Livrp 100 341. ' 520 Tharns &Med 19 Leicester .. • • 140 101. 105 Worcstr &/ !78 21. 44 Leicstr &Nth, , 83' 4/. 60 Binning. 3 i Loughboroghll42, 701. 850 Wilt s & B i k s j 67 11. 11 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 7. DR. REID'S VENTILATION. The Marquis of CLANRICADE wished to know whether there would be any impediment in the way of allowing Mr. Gurney to have some part of the new Houses appropriated to him, for the purposes of ventilation, that their Lordships might be able to judge of the plan proposed ? The Commissioners had not yet made ther report upon this subject. Lord CAMPBELL complained of the serious annoyance caused to their Lordships by Dr. Reid's system of ventilation; that annoyance became worse and wcrse every day. When he entered their Lordships' House that morning he could scarcely breathe the air, and he only wished that Dr. Reid might him self be compelled to breathe it for two hours. Thus he (Lord Campbell) knew that it *as utterly impossible for that gentleman to make the air worse than he had already made it. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that Dr. Reid had acquired great reputation as a ventilator, and he apprehended that their Lordships would have no objection to accedee should o m t u h ld e very seasonable request of that gentleman, viz., that h be allowed the use of one room in the new House of Lords, l in which to experimentalise. WESTERN AUSTRALIA BILL. m h o a v d e h d ee t n he na se i c n o d n i d oat r i e o a n d s in o g f oaf wish h s Bill. For 1829thatcolony founded, Lord Govn exception of 1837, there had never been any Government. In years there c F h o a r nge several n t wish for . adicohatainogne. of a S w in i e sh e f t o h r at eh p a e o r g i e o . d, however, there had and, with w an ith in th hy e eea Earl GREY could not. helpwehxiparheshsanngj just t s h su ee rp n ris e introducedandregret at the principle of theßill, o moresat d r o e w g n r e . t t e Inc red t t h h e e opinions her Majesftyh'sisGNoovbelne Friendiment,anwdhohe ht. l just course of last session a very important debate h a d occurre d i n the other House of Parliament, during which th e Ri g h t Hon. Baronet who held the weighty office of first Member of the Government had propounded the doctrine that the colonies had better be left to the Government themselves ; that, with some modifications the principle of representation ought to be in troduced into all our dependencies, espe c i a ll y N ew Zealand. If this was true with regard to New Zealand, it was more espe cially true with respect to Western Australia. His Noble Friend had said that until within a few years nothing like a : sentiment of discontent had been evident in the colonies. Bnt tbat such discontent did exist now was allowed. He truster!, th erefore, that no measure would be allowed to become law wir.hout first consulting the colonists themselves. Unless means were taken to put the colony on a proper and popular footing, it would be impossible to develop the resources of the colony in the way that was desirable. Lord LYTTELTON thought that time should be allowed for due deliberation. If they legislated hastily on the matter, it might be the cause of more evil than was sought to be reme died. At least they ought not to take any step that would in crease were resident there of the col ony, w i thout consulting those who . Earl GREY remarked, that popular forms of govern. ment had been carried out with great effect in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and many of the West India islands. The Duke of RICHMOND said the horrible state of things that prevailed in Australia ought to be met with a remedy. If the Government was not prepared with a measure to remedy those evils by the end of the session, he, as an independent Peer, would consider it his duty to move fer a Select Commit tee to inquire into the whole affairs of the colony, with the ob ject of providing a remedy , Paid. X s. d. 40 0 (1 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 Paid, 4 s. 4. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 1250 0 0 2 0 0 All paid. 3 0 0 35 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 6 15 0 Price 240 6 5 ,( 14%xd 14%xd 1054 3 2% 9% 21. 2s. 205 ,11. 4s 4% 180 210 IS' PRICES. Price Lord LYTTELTON said the subject had occupied the attention of the Government for a considerable period. He ••gas not, however, prepared at that time to announce any tie 3ision they had come to upon the subject. The 13111 Iras then read a second time. RAILWAY DEPOSITS BILL. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the third reading of the Rail way Deposits Bill. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. Earl ST. GERMANS proposed that this Bill, which had been brought up from the other House, should be read a second time on ;Monday next. The Bill was then read a first, and ordered to ite read a second time on Monday next. COMMITTEES ON RAILWAY BILLS. Lord REDESDALE then moved the resolution of which he had given notice, " That the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships to name the Select Committee for the consi deration of opposed private Bills should not name any such Com mittee on any opposed railway Bill after Monday, the 20th July. There would be great difficulty in obtaining proper and efficient , 3ommittees after that period, to sit upon Bills and give them due attention. Their Lordships were also aware that some of the most important Bills were thot, that came up at the latest period, and that was the case with those that were most op posed. It was desirable to secure good committees, and a fair Ind proper time for the consideration of Bills before them, and he thought every person must be fully aware that the time that was allowed by this resolution for the lull consideration of those Bills was such as ought to be allowed in such matters as railway legislature. He had, therefore, selected the 20th July as the day beyond which no committee should be named for sitting on railway Bills. Their Lordships were aware that a Committee named on that day, might very properly sit be yond the end of the month, and on some occasions in the other House they had lasted for a longer period. He, therefore, did not wish to name a later day. He had consulted that with Noble Lords, who were best acquainted with the arrangement of that House, and they entirely concurred with him on the desirableness of selecting the day he had named. He, there fore, begged to move that no Select Committee for the con sideration of opposed private Bills should be fixed after the 20th July. The Earl of WICKLOW said that the motion appeared to las a very unjust one towards the public. There never had been a session in which a greater number of railway Bills had been brought before the House; and, notwithstanding tlat, a proposition was brought forward at an early period of the session which, to a great extent, delayed the progress of those Bills. He perfectly approved of those measures; but if this resoiution was passed the promoters of several railway Bills would be subjected to great expense and inconvenience. No doubt many Noble Lords would think it convenient to leave town before the end of the session. But they had duties to perform, and very important duties, in attending to railway Bills. It was very true that great injuty had been done to the public by over-speculating in railways, but it was also very true that they benefited by such undertakings. How was it possi ble to 6x a time after which no Bills were to be taken in Corn mittee, when the session would, in all probability, last till August, judging from the great amount of business which was to come before their Lordships. To pass such a resolution would be to do a great injury to the public, who would most un doubtedly be benefitted by many of the Bills which would be rejected, because refused a hearing. He was, indeed, sur prised to find the Noble Lord proposing such a motion, and he expected to have heard some good reasons stated for taking such a course. Lord REDESDALE said that he did not nuke such a motion for the purpose of saving the labour of their Lordships, but to serve the parties interested in railway Bills, who would, by the course he proposed, know the latest time when they could come before a Committee. This session many Bills had commenced in the House of Lords, and that expedited their progress very much, and he saw no injury whatever by the adoption of this motion. The resolution was thin put and passed. ABOLITION OF DEODANDS BILL. Lord CAMPBELL rose to move the third reading of this Bill, and regretted to say that intimation had reached him that it was intended to offer considerable opposition in the other House of Parliament to the principle of the measure. It had receivers the approbation of the Lord Chief Justice of England, and cf the other learned judges, in - whose judgment it appears 1 a most admirable measure. He trusted, if they intended to offer any such opposition, that the Noble Duke opposite would use his influence with the Government to get the measure through the other House. The Duke of WELLINGTON had had some communica tion with his Noble and Learned Friend, and quite concurred in the principle of the Bill. Lord DENMAN conceived that no real opposition would be offered to the measure, which was simply intended to abolish a remnant of a barbarous and superstitious practice, and likely to be of great service to the public. The consequences Would be inestimable in the preservation of life. Lord CAMBELL quite concurred in the importance of the observations that had been made. He trusted that the prin ciple of awarding compensation to the widows and children of any person killed by gross negligence would not be lost sight of, and that this Bill would be suffered to pass the other House of Parliament. The LORD CHANCELLOR conceived their Lordships would have a difficulty in awarding a value to his Noble Friend's hope. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. BURGHS (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. The House went into a Committee on this Bill, The Duke of RICHMOND proposed a clause, exempting Glasgow from the operation of the Bill. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH opposed the clause, which was negatived without a division. The Bills on the table were advanced a stage, and their Lordships adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, May 7. TAXATION OF SUITORS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in answer to the state ments of the Hon. Member who had . just sat down, said his Hon. and Learned Friend had had a great advantage over him, because he was the assaulting party; and there was alwaes something exciting in hearing a party making a charge, while the arguments of the party in defence generally fell upon dull ears. He (the Attorney-General) could not hope to make what he had to say in answer to the charges of his Honourable and Learned Friend at all interesting, as it applied to matters of dry law, nut by any means interesting ; but still he would make a demand on the time of the Houae, but he trusted he would be heard with patience. His Hon. and Learned F riend proposed a Committee on the very same materials upon which the same motion was refused by the House in 1844. Nave he (the Attorney- General) would say that his Hon. and Learned Friend called upon the House to do an act of gross injustice. It would be very easy to lead the House to the conclusion that the compensation awarded to those holding those offices was enormous, in order to excite in Hon. Members the notion that the motion which the Hon. Member for Kinsale proposed to make, was well founded, and ought to be granted. He at once took the Hon. Member on that ground, and said that the question was not whether the existing emoluments for these offices were or were not abuses. It was quite immaterial whether the emolument derived from those offices was in proportion to the services rendered by those who possessed them. Those offices had been established a number of years ; they were vested interests, and if they desired to re form them, they were bound to give the possessors the fullest compensation. His Hon. and Learned Friend would not consider it any disparagement if he considered that the opi nions of a better reformer were against him on this subject, In 1812 a motion was made in that House respecting the sine cure offices of tellers of the Exchequer. The abject of the motion was to call the attention of the House to tie enormous emoluments which were derived for services performed by deputy ; and what did Mr. Horner say on that occasion ? He gave it as his decided opinion that In such cases the offices were vested interests, anti however far economy was stretched, vested interests were always sacred. and therefore these offices should remain untouched. In those sentiments Mr. Tierney and Mr. Ponsonby clearly concurred, and the motion for the reduction of the enormous emoluments in the sinecure offices were rejected. Now he (the Attorney-General) was willing to call for the same principle to be applied to this question. The offices of these clerks were established in 1593, and there had been no diminution in the fees from the year 1743 dawn to the time of the abolition of the offices. It had been said that Lord Lyndhurst had reduced the fees before they abolished the fees. That was not so. All Lord Lyndhurst did, was to prevent the sworn clerks receiving attendance fees in cases where no attendance was required. It was quite true, that at the time of the abolition of these offices there were only twenty-five remaining out of sixty clerks, and five or six of these engrossed the greater part of the business. In answer to the objection of his Learned Friend, it was perfectly notorious that the persons who pos sessed these offices were in the habit of disposing of their business and transferring it to others; and this was so well un derstood, that every one looked upon the matter as they would upon any other bargain or sale. His Learned Friend said that the sale was contrary to the sth and 6th of Edward VI. and the 49th of George 111. He (the Attorney-General) denied that it was contrary to the sth and 6th of Edward VI. That Act was directed against the sale of offices connected with the execution and administration of justice ; but these offices were not of that description. Besides, the offices of the clerks, ac cording to the 4th, sth, and 6th of William IV., were dise tinctly recognised as saleable. If the Learned Gentleman would look to the -Ist of Victoria, chap. 30, he would find offices much more closely connected with the administration of justice which were saleable. According to this Act, the seve ral offices referred to, and which were connected with the Court of Queen's Bench, were all saleable. Here there were offices more closely connected with the admi nistration of justice than those .of the six clerks, which were distinctly stated to be saleable ( Hear. ) cks wer e w ho ler he wrote the (The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then quoted from a pam phlet, . phlet, in which the doctrine was laid down that these s i x c l erks had a right to sell their claim for compensation.) Th e author m w making hich the theseswornstatement; received an enormous salary for ab so l u t e l y doing nothing. He show the interesth e se stated that:it was a recognised right a mong the profession to sell work hhad n t o o t any y w their good will, they had also a right to compensation. —( Hear, hear.) He understood that cheer, and he was ready to meet it ; he apprehended that fair compensation would be that kind which would be commensurate with the former •t of the ; i office. Many of these g ent l emen had nett receifps lo B _ 9l 8,000 e., and 7,0004, and they ncom d es o adopt an arbitrary principl e w i t h reference t s oul net , a p He would wish to call attention t o t he information given to the public by the House of Commons, when Lord Lyndhurst en deavoured to introduce reform into the Court of Chancery. Upon that occasion, a memorial was presented by the attornies practising in that Court, • praying for reform in th is d epartment, and the Lord Ch ancellor appointed a Committee, who reported upon the necessity dabob • long these offices of the six clerks and sixty clerks, and asked the Law Association to suggest some practical means of doing so. The most careful and mature consideration was given to this Act by the learned persons who were appointed on that Commission, and every clause in this Act received their most careful attention. It was considered ex tremely desirable that a measure of this description should have the attention of the nobleman who had presided for some years with great distinction in the Lord Chancellor's Court. S ome correspondence had passed on the sub ject of compensation to the tellers, and he could not do better than read to the House the last two letters which had passed between them on the su bject. He had the sanction of Lord Cottenharn, and of the other lot lords in the other House, who had made no objection to the Bill. The Bill came down from the House of Lords w.th the unanimous sanction of that House. If there had been anyth'n,g, improper i n t h e c l auses of the Bill, the Gcvernment woe!" never have given their consent to it. The Hon. Member for Montrose h a d s t ate d t h at he approved of the principle an d th e details of the measure. Every Member of the House w” party to that Act of Parliament. The Act expressly provicie4 that the six c l er k s s h ou ld receive compensation to the extent not less than th ree -f ourt h s o f their income, and the other clerks were to receive remuneration to an extent not exceeding thirds of the:r regular income. It was rat h er important tha t they shi uld look a littl e i n t o th e matter f or t h e prece dents for the course they had adopted. In the year 18.16 it was first pro posed to abolish th e o ffi ce o f s i x c l er k s . Th e Bill was passed , and there was a legislative permission granted for the sale n, purchase of these offices. By the 6th and 7th IV., cap. 74, the officers were allowed to dispose of th e i r offices for a pecuniary consideration, and they received a sum o' e 4,0001. for the reversion of their offices. They wer e .' pensioned o ff with the full amount of the annu a l emolumesal 49} 18 35 ?t THE rif t LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,' MAY "8, is4B. 100 0 :Es.