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• 11( - CZ; At SUN OFFICE, Se.ven 0' Clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP IX. CrILISGOW nAnnoun MINEVAL TEFLMMUG. (Continued from cur Afternoon Edition.) Sir. Andrew comptroller of customs, Glasgow, gave evi elence as to the crowded state of the harbour. He had been in the effice since 1342. To show the increase of the trade in the harbour, he might state that the cestome, in 1812, were 3.1221.; in 1543, 389,0001. Ile objected to the rails running along the quays, and was at opinion that the laying of these down would so increase the mi neral traffic: as to block up tjee harbour. Ile considered the Harbour 2il neral much better for the purposes of the mineral traffic than the -ether two lines. In cross examination the witness admitted lie 11W-been a director e 5 the Grand Junction scheme, and attended sonic meetings, but that, lie intimated, was before the Harbour Mineral came on, aed ere he Ituew the merits of the two schemes. Mr. SPLeod, shipbroker, generally corroborated the evidence of the previous witnesses as to the superiority of the Harbour Mineral scheme over the other two, in separating the mineral from the general traffic. Sir. Williamson, mining engineer, examined—Said he knew the -coal fields of the west of Scotland well-Ayrshire, .Lanarkshire, and lienfrewshire. On the east side of Glasgow there were eighty-threw iron furnaces seventy-six of them in blast—fourteen new of were -proposed. A great number of new coal works were als o opening up. West of Glasgow there were fifteen furnaces, ten of them in blast — twenty-nine new ones were proposed. He estimated the traffic in minerals, on the 'Mineral Harbour line, to he 400,00 tolls yearly, :which woald yield 5,0001. He calculated that would be realised from coal and lime. He preferred the Harbour Mineral to the other two. Ceoss-examined by Mr. HOPE, on behalf of the General Terininus which Tile new iron works hi Ayrshire were opening up in districts, 1 to some extent would be acco mmo d a t e d by the A yrs hire ports ; :still, a considerable poution would conic to Glasgow. Mr. Bald, civil engineer, was cal led and examined by Mr. MON- InLITII.—Ha had had extensive engineering practice 111 Mines ant harbours, al well as in the making of railways. He had been employed in *several mines in Ireleovi, and recently by the French Government on the river Seine, at Havre. He had also been engineer f ur the River Trust from 1839 to 1343, six years in all. Ills estimate of the present scheme was 101,2681., of which the basin would cost 42,985/. The land in this estimate was set down at e 5,0001., but it had since been contracted for at 19,542/. ; so that this weuld make a considerable deduction. There were no ,engineering difficulties. The severest gradient was 1 in 64, a descend ing one ; and the other lin 312. There were but two. The curves 'were but Might, the heaviest was ons of a radius of 1 furlong 2 chains. Ste genera lly agreed with Captain Washington as to the objection to laying' down rails along the quays. The tidal harbour lie pro• weed would accommodate, well packed together, about from 8.000 yo 10,003 tons of shipping. The area is three and a third acres, with at frontage of 16,000 feet. The basin will be quite sufficient for all Klee mineral t7affic at present in the liar:sour, and it could sadly be .enlarged if required. The cross-examination of the witnesses was then taken up, and ersel not finished when the Ceintnittee. rose. The only point elicited watt, that at high water large ships could not ship coals in the basin, but ships of from 130 to 200 tons could. _ Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS euggested to the Chairman that he should -give notice to-night to move en Monday next, for leave to the Grand Junction Harbour Bill to proceed in Committee. This arose from a standing order of the House, which required that seven days' notice should be given before proceeding in Committee. The notice had been given, but it eras before the second reading, and held to be in valid. A second notice, to make sure, had been given since the second reading*, but the seven days' notice would not terminate tilt next Thursday, whereas, by obtaining leave to proceed, they could cuter en that Bill on Tuesday morning. No objection was offered to this ceorse, and the Chairman said he would give the required notice of motion. The Committee then adjourned till Monday, at Twelve o'clock. In the course of the day, at the request .i Mr. Talbot, the Chair man said ho would apply to the Admiralty for the report of Mr. 'Walker rc specting the Harbour Mineral scheme, in order to place the Committee in possession of the information it contained. Sub-Committee No. 2. cnEnrearonio JIND 931312. Y. - (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The next allegation was, that the baundary line of the parish of Mary St. Cuthbert, Thetford, was omitted on the same plans, which was sustained. It was alleged that there was a similar omission with respect to Me boundary between the parish.s of St. Peter Thetford and St. 31ary, which was not sustained. The next class of allegations was, that there were inaceurae:es in describing the owners, lessees, S:e., of divers properties along the line. • In the following instance this allegation was sustained, viz., the property marked 8, 10, 13, 14, in the parish of Ackton. The next class of allegalion3 slated that there were various iliac . _ . curacics in the plans am! sections, with respect to vertical height, levels, and other engineering points. The first instance adduced was at the Herd mile first furlong of the Stowniarket Branch, in wh!ch it was stated that there was all error of titres feet. Two witnesses were examined in support of this particular allega. tion, but the Committee decided that it was not sustained. There was a similar allegation with respect to the sth mile, 411 ftniong, and sth chain, on the same branch. A great deal of evidence NYA.3 adduced to show that the mode adopted by the surveyors employed by the petitioners of checking the levels, mvneiy, the two parties checking going together twice, would ha likely to arrive at more correct results than when they went separately. Several witnes3es were examined to negative the same, -and the Committee found that the allegation was not sustained. The Committee theta adjourned till lienday. Sub•Comuzittea No. 4. LONDON AN WINDSOR. (Contirmeci from our Afternoon Edition.) The evidence of Mr. Thompson was confirmed by two other engineers from the °faces of that gentleman and Sir John M`Ncill. Thu allegations were not sustained, and the standing or-lers were declared to have been complied with. NUL". AND ZINCOLN. The object of this Bill i 3 to construct a railroad from Barton-on- Humber to Lincoln. The length of the line is 36 miles ; the esti mated cost, 350,0001. The engineer Is Mr. S. Birkenshaw ; agents Messrs. Balmer and Bamford ; the solicitor, Mr. Ayre,of Hull. Mr. PARKES appeared in support of a petition from Mr. Galusford, a proprietor, within the limits of deviation. The th"st allegation, that the plans and sections deposited at the various offices required were not copies a each other, was sustained. Other allegations of the same nature were also sustained. Mr. DURNFORD, on the part of the promoters, applied to the Com mittee to adjourn the case, in order that he might he able to produce Mr. Birkenshaw, the engineer, who could explain the discrepancies. Ttic UttAIRMAN cahl that thera was Ito Question raised by those on, gatlons wlfich an engineer could explain. The Committee coal judge by their own eyes of the discrepancy between the plans and sections deposited with the Board of Trade and those deposited with the Clerks of the Peace of the City of Lincoln and of Lincolnshire. Other similar allegations were then gone into and sustained. Standing orders not complied with. The Committee then adjourned at a quarter to five o'clock. Sub•Committe No. 5. ItzrznuvrcmA2a AND oxrer_D /UNCTION, (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Two or three minute discrepancies in the plans were explained by Mr. Brunel as being occasioned by shrinking of the paper. An allegation as to en inaccuracy In the mileage— a distance de scribed as one mile being, according to the scale, much more than a, mile —was declared to prayed. It was next alleged that a field belonging to a Mr. Wyse, and ad joining one marked No. 1, also Lis property, was not numbered in the plan. It was represented by the promoters of the Bill that this field and that marked No. 1 were in fact the same, and that a brook said by the petitioner to be the boundary, was in fact no boundary at The figure " 1" was intended to apply to the whole field. A witness was called to prove that the brook served as a boundary, and prevented the cattle from passing into one field from the other. He knew the owner to be the same, but had " an impression" that there were two o,cupiera. Mr. BURKE said it was clear that the field in question was num bered, but might be numbered improperly, being numbered as one. The Committee, however, confirmed the allegation, and declared the standing orders not complied with. The next point raised was one as to the omission of a certain house front the book of reference. A witness was called to prove the exist ence of a house which he saw in January last, but it was then un tSnishcd, an 1 he admitted on cress-examination that It might have keen begun after the 30th of November. The allegation fell to the ground. ievo - al other allegations were then read and disposed of, the standing order 3 being declared not complied with in more than one instance, At four o'clock the Speaker bel2g announced at prayers, the Com mittee adjourned to Titerday next. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) 'MIDLAND (SWINSTON AND LINCOLN). Thu Committee derided that the Company had complied with the sdantling orders as soon as they had inserted a clause fixing the datum line, ,ELECT COMMITTEE ON MERITS. ahri LorTsaips then formed themselves into a emmnitee on merits, and alter hearing avidence setting forth their advantages, deelarei the two following Bills to have passed on the merits—viz., The Sligo viol Shannon Railway, and the Galway, and Kilkenny Railway. The Bills will, therefore, be reported to the House and set down for third reading. DOUSE OF COMMONS. Room No. 8. (Continued from our Afternoon Ediiion.) The formal prooiS were given. In the case of one notice, it was found that it had not boon served till coo hour and a.half utter the time ; ILo erzumstances eppeared to justify the ncai•compltauce, but the Committee felt themselves bound to notify it to the Standing Orders' Committee. _ Petitions in oplAisition were put in by Mr. Thomas, Parliamentary agent ; the first f,om owners of houses in the parish of lioniton, who complaiiied that no application in writing had been made to them. This objection was not sustained ; but on reference to the sectioas and Idols the nunilicrs of the licusics were not found, although they avpac red in the beck of reference, and the Committee decided there li.td been a non-compliance with the standing orders. The. Committee Clammed, at four o'clock, till Monday, at twelve. Ecorm No. 9. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) LONDON AND WARWICK RAILWAY. Not alloweil to be proceeded • EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS AND LONDON AND BLit MI NG HA M RAILWAY. Allowed to be procce , ,letl with. The Committee rose at fotir9'eloel,: and adjourned tiliTuesday next SECNDARIES.-(THIS DAY.) Them was enly one case in the list, which was fur work don^. it WSIO undeflmdel, but thewitnesses not being in at tendance thetas,- stood over till one o'clock. It was not of the slighest interest. THE QUEEN v . TR , LS" TATE OF JONES. 1 This was an inquiry on Lon on, diem clauset extremen, directed to the Sheriffs of n u , ibtl .to ascertain whether the said Henry Thomas Jones, of s r r i n Suffolk, was alive d Wu e or dead, and if dead , when an property he was possessed at th, died, and of what of his death, hinthe Bail wick of the Sheriffs of London. The Solicitor to the Excise said that this !). ". " Ir ei r . ea e r ea f j o u r g in ' a 7 l a t s similar to a writ of extant, at the suit o f Grown but Jones, the debtor, who was dead., being duties,:to the a nount of 1,0331. 10s. Ild. • A witness was called, .who proved that the d eceased, I T. Jones, .committed suicide 0118 of his own maltheusels. at S.:lain-try, Cn the 4th inst. Mr. J. E. Whittle, (me of the officers of the Sheriffs of London, proved the seizure of 125 quarters of Malt, at the premises of Messrs. Randall and Co., corn-factors at Queen, hi!he, on the 7th Mr. Charles Randall, on being desired to value the malt at a Lsv price, -v.iloca it at 48s. per qr. for 121 qrs. of flood; and 45, , . tin. 4 qrs. damages; he 13ad a claim of 141.115. Bd. for fr,ioit and warehouse-roam. jury gave a verdict for 3001. 130 W-STREET.-(TH IS DAY.) A cal:- dr:ver,' named Jo h% Erqns, appeared before Mr. Jardine to an3wer a ~ o.mncns charging him with creating an ob , tructiou in Wellington-street North, on Saturday night, at half past eig:it o'clock. The charge was originally made on Monday morning, the pi isoner having been taken in custody on Saturday when the off,nce was committed. The prisoner's attorney then argued that the policeman bad no right to take the p , iyner in charge, and that be ought to have Summoned him, but Mr. Jardine said that the policeman was perfectly justified in doing so, as the prisoner persisted in his misconduct, and he, the policeman, could not suffer the obstruction to continue. The attorney ;aid that he could bring forward several witnesses if time was given, and he hoped I.llr. Jardine would remand the prisoner. Mr. JARDINE said that if he did, the prisoner must remain in custody. The attorney offered bail, but Mr. JARDINE said he would discharge the prisoner for the rrelent, and the policeman could summon the prisoner, by übich means flute would be given fur the latter to produce his wi.nesses. A sumraoos was therefore taken out for this • AYE SUN, LONDOi4, FII AY EVENING, MARCII - 20, I F l 4 6, day, and served on the prisoner, who was then set at liberty. 1 Ou the case coming on to-day, the defence was made that this took place within the bounds of the Waterloo -bridge Company's property, and was therefore out of the jurisdiction of the Magistrate, but as it appeared that it was at the crossing above the English Opera House, and adjoining the cab-stand there, Mr. JARDINE fined the prisoner in the penalty of 10s. and costs. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. S BANKS, ASSURANCE, ANT) OTHER C M FAMES' STOCK. From tle Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, FRIDAY, DIARCH 20. SOINT-STOCIE 33AN3ES. Dividend I Amount Name of Company. p er of Paid. Price, Annum. nare. -- ------ ..--------- '---- X s. d. X s. d. Australasia •••••••• • • • • • • • • • I 6 5 1 1 .. per per cent. ct. 40 50 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ti y ! Brii sh North American 51. Commercial of London 5 5 / 1 .. per cent. 112 0 0 2 ? ) 00 0 1 6 Colonial . • •• • • ••• • • • • Londu :aid Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 f - 7 London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 Metropo litan • • • • • • • • • Provincial of Ireland. • 8/. 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 17380 0 25 0 0 4 Ditto, i oi New......... p sa m p er cent. 1 lof Ireland •.. 51 . per c ent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 , 18 t Sat. Provncial of Eng,. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 i 3.5% Ditto, New. •••• •• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia• • - Cl. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 Union cf London. •• -5/. per cent. 60 0 0 10 0 0 12 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 1 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. • - - X a. ti. .f. g, ti. Albion ••••••• • • • • • -3/. 105 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Wt. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19% Ditto Marine••• •• -6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 6% Atlas .•••.... . • . . • • . . 13s. GAL pr sh. 50 0 0 1 6 0 0 16% Paitish Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 00 i 50 0 7% Cleriel,Med.&Gen•Life • - ,1. per cent. 100 0012 10 0 VA County .............. 31. 100 0 0 ' 10 0 0 10s. 50 0 0 I 5 0 0 - blagle • . Gs. 50 001 6 0 0 5% Economic Life. ••r5 per et., &30s.bs. } 1000 0 0 '250 0 0 t , Eng.& Scot. Law •.• • . • 5/. per cent. 50 00 . 20 0 2% European Life ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .... ..... • 51. per cent. 20 Co 0 3 0 0 Globe - 138 Guardian Imperial Fire ...• •.. • 61. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 240 Imperial Life .••. • • •• 12s. 100 0010 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine • - N. alt.& bs. 100 0 0 bl 3 1 29 Law Life.. •.••• • • • • • N. is. 100 0 0 10 0 0 51 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6% London Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% London Ship •.•• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% Marine.. ••••• • . • • 51. per cent. 160 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid&Gen.Life 4%1. per ct 50 0 0 20 0 3 National Lean Fund. • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life.......- 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 9% Palladium Life. ..... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1.. 0 25. PhmnLx • • - - 5 Protector Life- ••• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 13 5. Provident Life -.. Rock Life.. • ..... Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. - 180 Sun Fire.. •..•• • • •• 6/. 10s. - - 210 Ditto Life ..... • • Universal Life •• ____------ IOCICS. Dividend ; Amount per i of Paid. Annum. share. Name of Company. X 9. d. 3/. per cent. Stock. 61. pr cent. Stock. 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 pr cent. Stock. 5 per cent. I Stock. 4/. per cent. 50 0 Commercial .• •• .• •• • East and \Post India... East Country • • .•• •• • I.mdon •••••••• • • • •• St Katharine • • • • Southampton • • .. • • • • WATEn-NATOP.XS Dividend Name of Company. per Annum. East London.•. • • •• • • Si. Grand Junction .. •• .. 31. 10s. Kent .... • • • • • • •• 21. 10s. Vauxhall .. • • • • • • 5/. per cent. West Middlesex .• .. , 51. ss. pr cnt. 'awl. or SCOTTXSEC CO DiTidend per Yame of Company; Annum. Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Corninercial Bank . • • • National Bank • ..... • • Union Bank of Scotland Western - Lank • • • • • • . • North of Scotland Bank Clydesdale Bank • • • • • • Eastern Bank . • • • • • • Caledonian Bank Ediub.& Glasgow Bank City of Glasgow Bank . Scottish Union Ins. Co. Hercules Insurance Co. Insur. Co. of Scetind • • North British Insur. • • Caledonian Flee Edinburgh Life Insur. Edin. & Glasg. Railway Ditto, 14 Shares • • • • Edin., Leith, & Grantn Glasgw A: A yrshir Rail. Glasgw & reettek Rail. Glsgw & Garulrisk Rail. Dundee & Arbrotl: Rail. Standard Life Assn rnce. I GI. per cent. GI. per cent. Si. per cent. GI. per cent. 61. per cent. 7%/. pr cent. 61. per cent. St. per cent. 6/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 7%1. pr cent. Gl. par cent. Si. per cent. 5!. per cent. 71. per cent. 5/. per cent. 5%1. pr cent. 10/. per cent. 61. per cent. 1/.los. perc. 75.6 d. p. s. 5/. per cent. 2/. per cent. 51. per cent. Gl. per cent. 51 per cent. X s. 60 0 0 30 Amount 1 of Paid. Share. £ 8, d. 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 :PANIZ3' P: Amount of Share. Paid. S s. d d 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 All paid. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 All paid. 20 0 0 All paid. 211 paid. Ail paid. All paid. 2 10 0 1 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 LO I) 0 12 10 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 150 0 0 CANALS. I „; I Names of ! t Dividend , Price. Names of Dividend k per Prise. Companies. 2 per Companies. 2 Annum. co Annum.! £I Asht.n& Oldh 975/.55. p c 72 Monmoutlish,lo6 81. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 113' 41. 70 Mntgouiryslilloo 51. 98 Barnsley.... 160! 12/. 180 Macclesfield . 100 - 38 Basingstoke.. 100: - Neath .. •. • . 100 17/. 340 Brknk&Abrg 1001 61. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - Cromford..• • 100 141. 150 Peak Forest .78 31. 68 Dudley lOO 41. - Regent's ••• • 33 11. ss. 25 Derby .• • . EllsmreStChs 133 i 4/. 65 Shropshire*" 123 8/. - Erewash Forth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c. 11 G ran dJ unctn ; 100 71. 95 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 800 Grand Unionllool 1/. 109. - Shrewsbury.. 12t, 15/. 230 Glainorgnsh .1721 13%1. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 20/. 280 Gistr&Britly 100 - - Strtii'd on Av 79 11.108. - Grantham • .1150 12/. 100 Severn and 26 11. 81. 32 Huddersfield.' 57 - - Wye Rail. Kciint & Jvrr 39; 7s. ed. - Triit & 311 50 301. - Lancaster 47; 1/. its. - sey, sh. Leeds& Livrp 100' 34/. 517 Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester Leicstr &Nth, 83 4/. GO Birming. 78 21. 44 Loughborogh[l42 701. 1 850 Wilts& Silks 67 11. 11 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--(THIS DAY.) Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 9% Gibraltar.. • • ...... • • - Ditto, at sight ..... . 12 6 Leghorn ........ •• . • • 30 75 Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 10 Genoa ..... ........... 26 13 Antwerp • . ilamburgh ......M.B. 13 13% Venice. COURSE OF E. Amsterdam .. .. C.F. Ditto, at sight ..... Rotterdam ...... 2U. Antwerp•• . liamburgh ......M.B. Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 80 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 3 Marseilles • • ..... 26 5 80urdeaux............ 26 15 Frankfort on Maine.... 12234 Petersburgh, 3 U 5.... • • - Berlin • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • Vienna, effec.flo.... Trieste, ditto.... • • .. • • Madrid .... • • .. • • . • • • Barcelona .. • ......... Venice ........ • • . Naples 39% Palermo, per 0z........ 119 'A Lisbon . • 52% 0p0rt0.... . . Rio Janeiro • • ........ 24 10 10)' 10 10% 3 G'4 361 A Bahia Buenos Ayres BANK OF (From this Ni; ktt Account, pursuant to the Act 7' the Week eliding ou Saturday, th, ISSUE DEI. Notes issued • • ...... 27,117,805 X 27,117,805 Dated the 19th day of March, 1! &e;vfori, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .... • • .. • • NIXES OF BULLION, PF.3 OZ. Foreign Gold In bars.. X 3 IT 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars • ..... • • 0 4 9% illver in bars • • 0 4 11% ::NGLAND. ,ght.'s Gazette.) Ith and tith of Victoria, oap. 32, for to 1 4th day of March, 1846. BANKING : Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,003 Hest •• • Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, ecnunissicners of National Debt, Say- Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities—. 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,4 7,524 Silver bullion .... • • 1,710,2h1 legs-banks, and Di vidend accounts) • • 6,804,524 Other deposits . • • • • • 17,476,998 Seven day and other bills • .. • • • • • • • • • 887,487 I £ 27,117,80 .111A.R.SIIALL, Chief Cats:der. , EPAATMENT. £ 43,489,632 Government sectui ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) • • Other securities •- • • Gold and sliver coin.. 13,136,44 0 21,923,757 7,712,12 0 717,235 X 43,489,632 4. MARSHALL, CLler Cashier. Dated the 19th day of March, 18 THE LONDON GAZErm (THIS EVENING.) At the Court at Buckingham-palace, the 18th day of March, 1846, present, the Queen's Most Excellent 31ajesty in Council. This clay the. Right lion. Charles John Viscount Canning was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's moat honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. %VAR-OFFICE, 111Ancn 20. Gth Dragoon Guards—Lieut. S. F. Jacson, from 54th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice 0. V. Jackson, who reverts to the half-pay of Lis former commission as Lieutenant of the 85th Foot, March 20. 9th Light Dragoons—Captain C. Deacon, from the 13th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Nicholson, who ex changes, March 20. 10 th Light Dragoons.—Cornet C. H. S. G. Lord Garvagb . 0 W. Lieutenant, by purchase . , vice Pate, who retires; ~ , , , IN l N v ' .a e larke, G en t . , to b e C orne t, by purchase, vice Lord s di g l z • un Surfieon M. J. M. Ross, from 44th Foot, to be 13th LirAt vice Light Dragoonsi:tro4'llZlC'3a—pteaaini),LviGce. Murray, who exchanges, March 20. D T. ea .N co ic n h , Nicholson, from x f c r h om ang 9 e t s h , Mar.:h 22. t Guardi—Capt. from the 82d Foot, to be Li eutenant and Captain, Coldstream Reghnerd Foo N N , V ic . e E E c i e ti l c e e z , , , who exchanges, March 20. 7th Regiment if Foot—Sieutenant W. Mond:, 0 to be Ad. jtitnnt, vice Dickinson , retire d upon half-pay, M-r-h • • 39th Foot— J. F. Dr a p er, Gent., to be ensig% without . ur dirt vice Hume, app ointed to the 62d Fe o : arch 20. ' ll Foot.—S ur goon D. Murray, M.D., ' M from th e 10 t h _ Light Dr:t g oons, to be Surgeon , vice Russ, who exchanges, March 20. from the 39th Foct, le E n 6 2 21 g d o v o i e t 65th Foot—J. J. Eudgeon , Gent., to be Ensign, without C E r n o B ss ig , li B. deceased J. ir , l: rfa e kh 20. purchase, vice Pemberton, appointed to the 94tk Foot, March 20. 82 Foot—Lieutenant and Captain-C. H. Ellice, from the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice Eccles, who exchanges, March 20, 91th Foot—Lieut. W. IL Kirby to be Captain, without purchase, vice Magee,_ deceased, Dec. 7, 1845 -,Ensign W. W. Campbell to be Lieutenant, vice Kirby; Ensign G. C. Pemberton, from the 65th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Camp bell, March 20. 2d West. India Regiment—Capt. J. St. Leger, from half pay Portuguese officers, to be Captain, vice E S. N. Campbell, who exchanges; Lieut. C. C. Roekes, to be Captain, by pur- chase, vice St. Leger, ss ho retires ; Ensign J. S. Gordon, to be Li eu tenant by purchase, vice Roekes; A. W. Dickson, gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gordon. March 20. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Paymasrer S. Blake, from the 66th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Cameron, deceased. March 20th. Staff—Brevet Lieut.-Col. J. B. Gough, of the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Quartermaster -General to the Queen'a Forces in the East Indies, vice Colonel Sir R. H. Sale, G.C.B. killed in action. BREVET.—Capt. J. St. Leger, of the 2d West India Regi ment, to be Major in the Army, June 28, 1838 ; Capt. T. Hurdle, of the Royal Marines, to be Major in the Army, March 20, 1846. WHITEHALL, MARCH 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Ho nourable Charles John Viscount Canning, an additional Cem tnissioner for the purpose of iequising whether advantege might not be taken of the rebuilding of the Houses of Par liament, for promoting and encoutaging the Fine Arts. Commission signed by the Queen. Northatentouebire Regiment of Militia—Capt. T. Rose to be Adjutan‘, Feb. 27, 1846. Commission bi the Lord Lieutenant of the:Tower Hamlets. F. Hodgson, 1:s.!Ig-P., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 17. Commissions by the Lor,:.' Lieutenant of Shropshire. To be Deputy lieutenants—h. P. T. Aubrey, Esq. '•J. C. B. _Borough, Esq. ; P. Broughtwl. Esq. ; G. Brooke, Esq. ; R. Burton, Esq. ; B. 11. Cheney, Esq. ; St. ,E C. Charlton, Esq. ; E. Corbett, Esq.,. lion. E. J. H. Viscount Clive; J. W. Dod, Esq. ; T. C. Eyton, Esq.; Right Hon. G. G. L. G. Earl Granville; W. 0. Gore, Esq. M.P. ; R. Gardner, Esq. ; R. F. iiili, €a q, i lion. G. F. Ilamilton ; R. H. Kinchant, Esq ; Sir B. Leighton, Bart. ; R. M. Leeks, Esq. ; J. V. Lovett, FA.; T. V. Lovett, „Esq. ; C. K. Mainwaring, Esq.; E. W, E, Owen, Esq. ; J. Owen, Esq. ; W. Oakeley, Esq. ; W. H. Poole, Esq. ; J. Recite., jun., Esq. ; R. A. Slaney, Esq. ; H. C. Taylor, Esq. ; T. Tosemlow, Esq., March 10, Commission by the Lord Lieuter.ant of Glamosgaushise. Tobe Deputy Lieutenants.--K. Bassett, Esq. ; H.A. Bruce, Esq. ; W. Meyrick, Esq. ; T. J'owell, Esq. ; E. Willietne, Esq., Feb. 28. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Elintshire---Richard Price Puleston, Esq., to be Deputy Lieuteneest. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Kinross-shire— liarry Young, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Si: G Graham Montgomery, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Wil liam Patrick Adam, Esq.. jun., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Ro bert Neilson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Stirlingshire, &c., Rrgt. of Militia—A. Black, Gent., to be Ensign. commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. West Essex Regiment of Regular Militia—Captain Dick to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Houblon, resigned, Feb. 11 ; `N. M. Tufnell, Esq., to be Captain, vice Rush, resigned, Feb. 11; H. Bullock, Esq., to be Captain, vice Foaker, resigned, Feb. 12 ' . J. Wright, Esq., to be Captair, vice J. J. Tu fnell, resigned, Feb. 13; A. T. Schreiber, Esq., to be Captain, vice Stane, resigned, Feb. 14 . A. E. Williams, Esq , to be Captain, vice Smith, resigned, ieb. 16 ; P. H. Meyer, Esq., to be Captain, vice Fortescue, resigned , Feb. 17 ; 11, Edihorongh, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lucas, promoted, Feb. 1 1. Commissions by le Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire. Brecknockshire Militia—W. R. Stretton, Esq , to be Major, vice H. Price, resigned ; W. Bridgwater, Gent, to be Lieu tenant, March 17. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex. Arundel and Bramber Corps of Sussex Yeomanry Cavalry —Colonel W. G. K. Gratwicke to be Lieutenant, vice (s. Rideout, deceased ; Lord B. I'. F. Howard to be Cornet, vice W. G. K. Gratwicke, promoted; T. Evans, Gent., to be Surgeon, vice 0. Evans, deceased, Feb. 22. BANKRUPTS. 4% BO 210 Price. I 140 21 • 117 104% Price :CES Price 165 159 224 162% 14% 7 13% 11 1 4 4!,,', 13 3 / 4 245. 14% 27.% John Kirkup, coal merchant, Rotherhithe, to surrender March 31 and May g, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alseger, official assignee, Birebiu-lane, Cornbill ; Hodgson, Broad-street-buildings. William Collins, tailor, Rugby, Warwickshire, March 31, t one, and May 1, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Burbidge, Hatton-gardan. James Bryant, draper, Mayfield, Sussex, March 27, at half-past twelve, and May 7, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basingliall-street I Soles and Turner, Aldermanburv. Isaac Harrie, clothier, Croydon, March 26, and May 4, at half-past eleven, At the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City; Jacobs, IVinchester buildings, Winchester-street. Henry Ward, paper manufacturer, Ludgate. street, City, March 31, at two, and Mai• 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, cificial assignee, Coleman street;- Mardon and Co., Newgate-street, City. William Stone, dealer and chapman, Wood-street, city, March 28, at one, and April 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, A.klermanbury ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside. Ellison and Goodwerth, linen manufacturere, Barnsley, York, March 31 and April 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Pocock, Bartholo mew-close ; }Vence, Barnsley ; Bond, Leeds. Joseph Whalley . aid Charles Whalley, seedemen , Liver pool, March 31 and April 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Hall and Co., Verulam. buildings, London ; Neal, Liverpool. Richard Barnes Preston, coal dealer, Leigh, Gloucester, April 3, at twelve, and May 1, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis trict Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Newmand and Co. Cheltenham. Cornelius Brady, commission agent, Aston-nigh Birming ham, April 4, and May 2, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Chantler and Co., Gray's Inn-square, London; Harding, Birmingham. Richard Ed a Ards, woollen-draper, Huddersfield, April 6 and 23, at eleven, at the Leeds. District Court. Young, offi 7 . cial assignee; Leeds; Robinson, Huddersfield; Bond, Lee& PRICE Clle SUGAR. 111 72% 17% 21!, 71 The average price of Brown or Muscovado' Sugar, thg produce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending March 17, 1846, is 353.30. per cwt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the LOlldAlil New Price Current of March 20.) SUGAR.—To-day previous rates were insisted upsn for West India Sugar, but the purchases made were trifling. REFINED.—To-day the demand was excellent for Refined goods for home consumption, and higher rates were again paid. MAURITICS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with attention, and 5,160 bags 423 casks 8 barrels at public sale were all disposed of at an advance on former rates of 6d per cwt. EAST IsntA.—This afternoon five parcels of Bengal, amounting to 4,195 bags 88 chests, were submitted to public competition; white, of which nearly the whole consisted, went at full rates and all sold. MoLAssr_s.—This afternoon at public sale 30 butts 20 hhda of Bengal Treacle were taken in at 20s per cwt. FRUIT. - As some of the importers of Currants have shown a disposition t- meet the view of 'the grocers, by ub - mititng to a reduction of is per cwt, a small portion of bu sicte.ss has Uteri done. FOREIGN—There has been a better demand for Porto Rico Sugar, and fair market rates have been given. Notwith standing the considerable decline tl:at has occurred in the value of yellow and brown Havannah of late, still the busi ness transacted has been limited. _ _ . COFFEL—To-day there was no public sale of any kind of Coffee, and privately there was little passing, but holders are not inclined to take lower rates. For good ordinary pale Native Ceylon 46s to 47s per cwt are the rates required. COCOA.—Foreign is held fur the previous value, but there has been little passing privately, and at auction 135 bags of Bahia were taken in. British plantation has been purchased with more freedom, and the beat red sorts brought stiffer rates. TEA.—Although there are sellers of Congou rather under previous rates, still the demand has b.en limited, low as prices are. Pouchong is held for 4d to 7d, and good to tine Sd to 10,1, the stock being small, but there has been only a limited business transacted. Hyson is little wanted, and must be quoted rather cheaper. Of Young Hysen the srade have been tempted to take several parcels in consequence of rather lower rates being taken. Twaukay has been spar ingly dealt ht, and prices are on the decline. Scented Orange Pekoe has been in much better request at 2s 4d tots 5d fur fine. Gunpowder oftine quality has been purchased with more freedom, Imperial can be obtained apen lower terms, still the trade are cautious in their proceedings. SPICF.S.—To-day Penang Pepper met witth atenCon, and 947 bags at auction were sold at full rates. RlCE.—This afternoon at public sale 2,642 bags and 900 pockets of Bengal Rrice were offered, the trade evinced little desire to op: - .rate; although the merchants were sellers at lower rates, and the whole of the sound was taken in Is 6.1 per cwt under previous prices. SPIRITS_—There has been little desire evinced to purchase any kind of Jamaica Rum, and the rates taken have been rather under those previously current. There has been a much better demand for Brandy this week, and an advance in prices has taken place. The business done in Geneva has been limited, and at lower rates. The price of British Corn Sdirits is lOs Gd per gallon nett cash, and Gin 8s 10d for 22 per cent. under pro(); and 17 under 9s 4d per gallon. Otte.—This afternoon of Sperm Oil 57 tuns at public sale from New York were taken in at Si! to 8115 s, but low sold at 74/ lOs to 76/. 8 tuna from Sydney, ordinary 75155, and Ileadmattei 75/ Iss. TALLOW. —Tidy afternoon the public sales of Tallow went at rather lowa rates; 185 pps 171 hhds 17 Ws South Ame rican mostly sold at 36s to 41s Gd for low to fine ; 3t6 casks New South Wales, fine 42s to 42s 6d, middling and good 39s 9d to 41s 9d, low soft and greasy 37s 3d to 39s 3d; 50 casks New York Butchers Melted 42s to 42s Gd. IMPERIAL PARL IAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE .OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. FEVER (IRELAND) BILL. The Duke of WELLINGTON moved the first reading of the Fever ( - Leland) Rid.—A greed to. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT. The Earl of RIPON brought in a Bill to alter and amend the present laws affecting the relief of insolvent debtors. He moved that it be read a first time this day, and a second time on Monday.—Agreed to. CORN. LAWS. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Red stock against the repf al of the corn laws. PRINT WORKS BILL. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH moved the second reading of the Print Works Bill. In the Act of last session it was stated that the period for children attending school was limited to 50 days a-year. 1 he present alteration corrected was merely a clerical error, by making it 30 days in each six months. The Bill was read a second time and ordered to be comniitted . on Monday. INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from eminent steve manufacturers in St. Paul's Church-yard, complaining that certain persons were infringing en their rights by copying the improvements they had effected in their articles of manu facture. t COURT OF REQUESTS, MANCHESTER. The Nonr.e Lc D pre:.ented a petition from Manchostt r, complaining of the processes of the Court of Requests there and the incompetency of the commission. CORN LAWS. The NOBLE LORD had further to present a petition, if the Noble Duke (the Duke of Richmond) vr,,uld allow him, from the p l e o d r d o s f , t t h t. aede decaysn n in, , a p n a d s i i n n h g a t b h i t e a C o t o g , o n f r a i n t I t ; . thi l s l ev ey er e y o o m n; seemed to do, excepting the Noble Duke himself.—(Laugbt Pr.) The Duke of RICHMOND did not wish the Bill passed at all.—( Continued laughter.) Lord CAMPBELL, while the Noble and Learned Lord was addressing the Noble Duke on the cross benches, rose, and amid much laughter said, in a " loud whisper," that he (Lord Campbell) also had acme petitions to present. Lord BROUGHAM—The petitioners urged that the post ponement of the petition was a compromise of justice, and they therefore prayed for the t o t a l an d i mme di ate repea l of the corn-laws. (The pointed manner in which the Noble Lord addressed the Noble Duke created much laughter.) The Duke of RICHMOND was not surprised that tho persons should complain. The Bill was hur r i e d th roug h P ar 'lament to avoid the outcry which would be raised against it throughout the country. Ltrd BROUGHA?,I said that it was hurried on at the pace of the snail rather than of the swift-footed Achilles. Lord STANLEY said he had several petitions to present to their Lordships' House upon the same subject as that of the petition presented by the Noble Lord who had just set down. The first of these petitions was from the tenant farmers of the County of .Haddingto -, who stated that they viewed the contemplated change in the earn-laws with ala-m, and that grain should not 1:e imported into this country from foreign countries without adequate protection to the home grower, and that at least they should he compensated in the event of such a Bill passing. He had another petition to prei:ent from the churchwardens and inhabitants cf Newchapel. in Lancashire, which stated that the passing of the Bill would be attended with results the most pr: judicial to the general welfare of the British empire, and that the manufacturing classes did not require the passing of such a law. He had another petition from the inhabitants of a parish in the cout.ty of Flint against the same Bill, and the petitioners hoped they would not be sacrificed. The next petition which he had to present upon the same subject, was from two parishes in the county of Kildare, in Ireland, and the petitioners, in their prayer, drew rather a curious distinction. They stated that they viewed the contemplated change with consterna tion, as one eLlculated to have an injurious effect upon the agricultural iree,ests of that country, and that, in the event of its pas;ing, the Irish farmers should recx ire compensa tion, and that the ger.eral interest of t:.e I,iFli farmer should be protected.— (Laughter. ) He agreed with the petitioners, and regretted that they bad not gone as far as he could wish. 'He deplored the introdaction of this all, and trusted it would never recei•.e their Lordships' sandlots. IRISH BISHOPS REVENUES. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the bishop and eleeg; of the diocese. of Kilmore, praying that the prior-rate should not lie elartirted from their incomes. The petitiomrs therefore prayed that they might be assessed to the poor rates not upon. but the gressroft• g L or d llONTEM3LF t presented a petition in 47013 T of the Great (Irish) Westco The same Noble Lord also presented a petition from the Graorl • Pell' of the city of Limerick, praying the Government to affoid the people Ow wails of improving the harbour in that locality, and whilst he did so ha :11/ished tp ask the Noble Lord at the head of the Admiralty, whether it was pi - 44141g that the Government re port respecting the harbour in question WO - old he shertly on the table of the !louse? Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that the report had been signed that. day. and it would be laid on the table of the House in the tcoarse a. vit weq. It would have been brought forward at an earlier ,period; but 'there was a poi Brat 'desire en the part of the Government to present the reperts respecting the other harbours of Leland at the same time. The Earl of CLARE eptirel7 concurred with what had fallen from his Noble FriPrti• BRITISH AND IRISH UNION RAILWAY. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition in favour of this line of railway. THE CASE OF MR. GULSTON. The Earl of CL INCA RTV said be took, that oppertopity of stating act Mr. Colston had produced the documents which had been referred to last night. That gentle, man considered that he had no right to produce the p4iipr9 without an order from the Commissioners. That had been üb. tained and the papers given up. Lerd BROUGHAM did not 4114 there had been any irre gularity manifested on the present occasien. He had reed the letter of Mr. Colston to the Cornalissionere, for leave to produce the papers, and thought he had acted in the manner with due corostieration. He was g'ad to hear that the Gemeciesionere had seen the propriety of not setting themselves in opposition to the peiyilegee of the House. The Earl of CLANCARTY would be the last in that House to accuse the Learned Lord of irregularity.—(Loud bohter. ) Lord NJ ONTEAGLE said that Mr. Gaston had written from Ireland asking for c.ntein lettere ? frlr tlap PuiTe'e of !Ping them for his own case. The answer that was wren 1F?,5 not for one moment to withhold the documents. It was therefore no objection, but still he considered the question put by the Noble and Learned Lord was g very proper one. Lord BROUGHAM—The better ;day pr judg.;llg. lion would be to sea these letters of the ComMissioncrs to Mr. Goblin]. Lord CLARE said that the very moment the letters were sent for, Mr, Golston received the authority of the Commis sioners fur their production, He might produce them it he liked ; he, however, considered he hart no right to pro;'uce them till he had the order to do so from the Cornmissiorers. Messengers from the Commons brought up certain Bills, requesting their Lo , Aships' assent. ~Ordpred to lee er: the table. FEVER (IRELAND) 1311. L. The Earl ST. GERMANS stated, with reference to the Bill which the Noble Duke bad introduced that evening, that he trueted their Lordships, considering the very important nature of the provisions of the Bill and the pressing demand for its speedy opergtien, would induce their Lordships tp this pense with the usual standing orders of the House, and know the Bill to be passed into law with all possible dispatch. LORDS' SUL MARY. The LORD CHANCE' Lon took his seat on the woolsack at Five o'clock. Various petitions having been presented, The Earl of CLANG.A.RTV stated that Mr. GUISTONE had presented to the Committee on the Irish Poor Laws the papers to which a Noble and Learned Lord (BriouctiA3l) had alluded yesterday. Lord BROUGHAM expressed himself satisfied with what bad fallen from the Noble Earl, but he witted for the papers to be produced. The ;Metropolitan Buildings Act • passed through. Com mittee. The Marquis of CLANRICABDI moved that the petition of G. Pry me, of Cambridge, Esq.,,and James .Tyler, of Islington, Esq., be referred to a Seleet,Committee: to inquire and report thereon. These petitions were against the London and York Railway Bill, and had been confided to him on Monday, and he had held them over to make inquiries, and trusted that petitioners wsti!d not be prevented from being heard because he had kept back the petition. Lord BEAumorr opposed the motion as quite irregular. Lord MONTEAGLE thought the petitioners should be per mitted to go before the Committee. The Earl of SHAFTYSDURY thought the better course to pursile would be to give notice of a motion suspending the standing orders, and then the matter would be regularly dis cussed on Mond.y. The suggestion was adopted, and the further discussion of the point postponed till Monday, after which their Lordships adjourued. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Smaxan took the Chair at a few minutes to Four. SECOND READINGS. The following Dills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed : _ ew --- eastleupon-Tyne Improvement Harrogate Cu York mprovement Sutton Harbour and Docks (Plymouth) Commercial ito2d Wisbaw and Celtneis Railway (Greenhill Branch) Sheffield Markets New Zealand Company Hartlepool Gas and Water Liverpool and Harrington Waterworks Manchester and Leeds and Leeds and Bradford Railways Anite gamstion Manchester and Southr.mpton Railway. HIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed, viz.: Aylelbory Small Tenements, Radcliffe and Pilkington Gas, Duwnpatrick Gas. Numerous petitions in favour of arid against various railway Bills were presented and ordered to lie on the table. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMATON RAILWAY. Petitions in favour of this line were presented by Mr. Milner Gibson, from upwards of 3,000 merchants, traders, and inha bitants of Manchester, representing one-fourth of the entire assessment of the borough ; by Mr. G. W. Hope, from the mayor and corporation of Southampton ; by the same lion. Gentleman, from upwards of 2,000 merchants, bankers, tradesmen, and burgesses of Southampton ; by Mr. Craven Berkeley, from the borough of Cheltenham ; by Lord Ernest Bruce, from the corporation of Marlborough ; by the same Noble Lord, from the inhabitants of the town of Marlborough ; by Mr. William Cripps, from the bo rough of Cirencester ; by Mr. Etwall, from the corporation of Andover; by the sat:r.c Hon.. Gentlem an f rom t h e c l ergy , gentry, landowners, agri . colttro.ts, and oth er i n h a bi tants o f t h e town of Andover and its neighbourhood ; by Mr. Compten, from the landowners and agriculturists of Stockbridge and its neighbourhood ; by Mr. Bennett, from the corporation of Seltsbury ; by Mr. Phillips, from the corporation of Poole ; by Mr. Email, from the corporation of R amsey; by th e same Hon. Member, from the inhabit an t s of Romsey ; by Mr. Neeld, from the borough of Crieklade and the town of Swindon; by Mr. Sidney Herbert, from the inhabit a nts o f the borough of o the port fNew Serum t ; by Mr. G. W. H o p e , f rom t h e commissionersand harbour of Southampton ; by Lord Charles Wellesley, from the inhabitants of Redbridge, Ifillbrook, and Ealing; by Sir William Heathcote, from the inhabitants of Broughton ; by Mr. Sidney Herbert, from the borou;,la of Devizea ; by Mr. Phillips, from the inhabitants of Poole; by Mr. liainilton, from 1,603 ratepayers and inhabi tants of the Isle of Wight ; by Mr. Compton, from the inha bitants of Fordirgbridge ; by Mr. Sidney Herbert, from the inhabitants of Dowoton ; and by Sir William Heathcote, from the owner!, lessees, and occupiers of land upon the line.— Oidered to be referred to the Committee cn the Bill. selllelert. Committeeß on T p m et o i v ti ed ons th f a o t r p it ri k , e at a e n i ßi n li s s t , ru t c n to the o tio takeino their earlit et consideration the several following petitions for Biqa which have been referred to them, via.:—Perth and Inverness Railway; Inverness and Elgin Junction Railway •, Morayshire Railway ;. Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin Railway ; Kilmarnock and 'l'roon Railway ; Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet Railway; Kilmarnock 'and Ayr Ditect Railway; and Hamilton and StrathavEn Railway. Mr. HODGSON hoped the House would not agree to the motion, although it was brought forward by the chairman of the Standing Orders' Committee. Should the.motion be agreed to it would pot many parties to a very great expense. If the Hon. Member came down asking to put Bats out of their order, it was quite clear that the persons promoting other Bills could have no idea what time they would be called on, and this would necessarily involve a very heavy cxpente on the part of some promoters. Mr. E. ELLICE, jun., said that he knew one instance where a railway was within two of the top of the list; and therefore very likely to be called on soon, but by some new atrange went of the Standing Orders Committee —an arrangement entered into without the knowledge of the parties—they were put bark for three weeks, tied the parties who were opposing them were obliged, in consequence, to support these witnesses in town at a great expanse. Mr. SIR UTT said that if the Committees on Select Peti tions wished to do their duty to the public, they would take the Bills is. their regular order upon the list. He invariably did so, unle:=s he had the consent in writing of promoters and objectors to Ls postponement. The motion seas then put and agreed to. LONDON AND OXFORD RAILWAY BILL. Mr. COBDEN pr , tenteti a petition in favour of this Hilt DOWNPATRICK GAS WORKS. . _ Mr. S. CitA iojillic;;lenteii a petition, praying that the Duwnpatrick Gas Works 13111 he'passed. THE MILITIA. _ . Mr. T. DUNCOMBEpre;ented several petitions against the enrolment of the militia. The same Hon. Member pre sented a peti , ifat from the handloom weavers of Wickham. praying for some modification of the existing laws in their regard. Mr. COBDEN presented several petitions praying for a total and immediate reieal of the corn-laws, which were ordered to lie ou the table. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. On the ralti,n of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, it was agreed that the House at its rising do adjourn till Monday next. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. Mr. WILSON FATTEN gave notice that on Monday he would move for a Select Committee to inquire whether railvray amalgamation were consistent with the commercial interests of the country. Mr. R. YORKE asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he could give any specific information in respect to the r,turn to England of Joseph Mason, who was sentenced to twenty years' transportation at the York March Assizes, in 1843, upon a conviction which:turned out . to have been given in en or, and which was established so to have been given in December, 1845. Sir J. GRAHAM said that a commission had been ap pointed to inquire into the circumstances, and at first there appeared no reason to be dissatisfied with the verdict. Subse quently information was given that an alibi could be proved. The circumstances of that alibi were so strange, that it was thought right to leave the evidence to the consideration of one of the judges. The whole. matter was therefore left to the consideration of Mr. Justice Coleridge, and in consequence of his decision a free pardon was sent out to Masot:, who was now en his return to England. Mr. WYSE wished to ask a question of the Right I-lon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department (Sir Jas. Gra ham) with respect to education in Ireland. By the repoit of the Commissioners of 183'3 from the Booed of National Edu cation in Ireland, he learned that it was a recommendation on the part of that Board, that schools should be established throughout the several districts of that country. During the course of last session the Government gave a promise that an Act (1 inborporation for the national education in Ireland should be passed that He had therefore three que.s tions to ask—fiisa, as to whether any intention was entertained of making an alteration in the constitution of the board of Education in Ireland, as was promised last session? Secondly, whether cny measure was to be brought in for giving effect to that alteration in the several towns mentioned in the report; and thirdly, whether there was any intention of carrying out this recommerdation in the way of the establish ment of schools in the agricultural districts. Sr JAME,S GRAHAM was glad to have the satisfaction to answer the Hon. Member for Waterford (Mr. Wyse), to say that a charter of incorporation was being prepared fur the National Board of Educat.on in Ireland. In reply to the second qu: sticn, he was also able to say that measures were in p eparation far the establishmen, o f t.ost! solipais to W the Hop. Member had alluded. And in reply to the third question, he 1, 4 d to say that the Govern ment Were as etpiaily - anxious to spread education throudn the ggricultural qistricts as through the municipvl poonlaztion i but it would depend upon the reports of the 'National Board of Education in which woy their efforts were to be eirected. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. On the motion of the CHANCEI,LQII of the EXCIIE- Qinfl; the Cinisolidared Fait" Bill,:8,000,000/., received its third reading and passed. Mr. WYSE moved that the charter of incorporation under which the national board of education in Ireland had been irietesposeied, ehoei t 's be upoo the tehie. Ali. PETER BORTHWICE" fele to ask the Hight Hon. theYirst Lord of the Treasury, whether it was the intention of ber 3lajesty's Government to present to this House copies or extracts of any ccrrespondence which may have passed between Use elecreteey of 41te fur Foreitie /Sifters ezid her Majesty's Mlniater at Waehlugten, in reletree to the ()repel territory. It might be in the recollection of the How tlsr i t• at the be ginning of the present elf parliament, her . 3layasty , had, trope tbe throne, regretted, that the conflicting claims of Great Britain and the United States . had. not been satifactsorilysei tied, although they had been made the subject of rapeetedneeetiation. CI? tg that sporeent the. Opeee tend the cothory had yielded a sitent but entire cothidenceln the carrying out of that measure. It was not his intention to disturb that silence, or to intimate in the slightes degree, a diminution of that cordial - tee, li s t it was impoqible to ponceal the feet that eltheueh that iletise eppre eiged, mid fully uridertese,d; the spirit in which her Majesty's Ministers acted, yet, on the other side of the Atlantic there did exist misguided and ignorant persons, who put upon the words pronounced ty her Majesty from the throne, and etpzequeot oroeeedingls -of her Maiestyls G6Vernrant in tnat'Houie, a construction which was not intended to be produced. Blaster and bravado always indicated timidity, and with feelings of bluster and bravado had the war party in America received the intkinttiq 444 - 1 14 : 241 iiiiTP l4 e°44ili , lh Jig thoosbt it was time gut 1 - I,llafid should • distinctly dftlara her views. He had preferred rather tr 4 lige a question to the Right Honourable gepOemen than make a motion upon the sehject, Ca he thought the subj ec t it se lf wail opt one fo be discussed in a popular assembly. tie had hoped that the Right Hon. Baronet viould, of his own accord, recommend the prosily:lien pf sPcb of these papers, or or extracts froso them, as might be necessary to inform the 'loose of the nature of the negocietions which had taken place. He could, therefore, simply ask the Right Hon. Gentleman whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to present to the House those papers, or extraete from any cor respondence which passed between per Minister at Washington and the Alioister .esf the cnited States with relation to the Orogen territory, Sir HOBERT PEEL—Mr. Speaker, I do not think it will be necessary for me to make any observations with respect to the general subject to which the Right Hon. Gentleman has alluded.— (Cheers.) I thick explanation wholly unnecessary beeanse I think the expressions of her Majesty's Government and other expressions used by public men in this and the other Flom of Parliament have not been misconstrued in the United States.—(Hear, hear.) Ido net think th; t there would be any public advantage by laying the papers re• ferred to on the table of the House In the present state of the question—in the present state of the differences between this country and the United States with respect,to the Oregon territory.—(Hear, hear.) I do not think that any ad vantage would arise ; and therefore it is not the inten tion of her Infejesty's Government to make any such com munications at the present moment. At the same time lam bound to say, that certain communications and certain notes have passed between Mr. Buchan and Mr. Pekenham, with respect to the claims of the Government of the United States to the Oregon territory. Although I should not have thought it necessary to have laid these communications on the table of she ll,.use, but as it may perhaps he necessary to 'authenticate the circumstances contained in them, and as publicity has been given to them . ;-( Laughter) —I shali have no objection to lay them do the table -of the House.—(Cries of"' No, no.") We have no proposition t o ma k e to t h e H ouse, on the part of the Government, with respect to the disputes with the United States relative to that territory, because the negotisth us have net been brought to a , conclu sien, and because it is quite unusual to snake such dis closures as those requires! by the lion. Gentleman until they have been brought to a conclusion.—(Hear, hear.) But a, these communications have been made public, and as the House may wish to know whether they are authentic or not, if it is the wish of the House, I should have no objection to lay them on the table. Lord J. RUSSELL said as far as he wao concerned he did not wish for the production of the papers referred to until s he Right Hon. Baronet could state that the negotiations had reached such a point at which it would be either satisfactory or unsatisfactory to lay them on the table of the House. He, however thought that it would be left to the Right Hon. Gentleman to produce them when he thought proper, because the public service might suffer by their production during the continuance of negotiations. He wished, however, before he concluded, to refer to another subject. He wished to ask a question of the Right Hon. Baronet as to the course which he intended to put sue with respect to the corn-laws. They had now been eight weeks assembled since her Majesty addressed her most gracious speech from the throne with respect to those laws. The Right Honourable Gentleman, after the first statement of his measures, gave, 1 think a fortnight before any consideration of those measures • should be brought before the House. They had now been engaged three weeks in a preliminary dis cussion after the introduction of the Bill. Now, it did seem to him that after so much discusasion, and that after the Right Honourable Gentleman had declared his intention to go on with the discussion from day to day, that great and unnecessary delay had ken place. He should have thought that that would have been the case, but he now found that it was his intention the first day after the second reading of the Cot n Bill to propose the first reading of the Bill for protection to life in Ireland. If he considered the former measure of such great importance, he considered that the latter Bill should not have been brought forward till after the third reading of the Corn Bill ; and he was of opinion that by the course proposed, no time would he-gained. He wished, therefore, to express a hope that the Right Honourable Gentleman the First Lord of the 'I reasury would adhere to the arrangement originally proposed, and as sufficient discussion had tcken place on the Corn Bill as to shield the Right Hon. Gentleman from any charge of undue precipitancy with regard to the measure, that he would proceed from day to to-day with that Bill till it was finally disposed of, and postpone till then any proceedings on the Bill for protection to life inlreland COMMONS' SUMMARY. The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock. Several Railway Bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed. Several petitions were presented in favour of the Man chester and Southampton Railway Bill. On the motion of ➢lr. YOUNG, it was ordered that the House, at its rising, should adjourn to Monday next. - - Mr. WILSON PATTEN gave notice of his intention on Mon day to move the appointment of a Select Committee with re spect to railways. Sir J. GRAHAM, in answer to a question from Mr. WrsE, said that a charter of incorporation of the Board of National Education in Ireland had been granted by the Goverament, t hat since the granting of that charter measures had been taken by the Board to establish modern schools in England, and also to promote agricultural schools or colleges in Ireland. Sir J. GRAHAM in answer to a question from Mr. RED HEAD YORKE, sail that the Government had thought it proper to grant a free pardon to Jos . eph Mason, who Was sentenced to twenty years transportation, at the York March Assizes; in 1843, upon a conviction which turned to have taken place in error. Mr. Bostrnwicmc, on reading the order of the day for the further'consideration of ,the Custom and Corn Importation, asked Sir R. PEEL whether it was the intention of the Go vernment to present to the House copies or extracts of any correspondence which might have passed between the Secretary of 'State for Foreign Affairs, and her Nlaj,:sty's Ministers at Washington, relative to the Oregan Tere_tory._ • _ Sir It. PEEL thought that any explanation on the subject was wholly unnecessary, because he was convinced that the expressions. of her Majesty - from the Throne, and the statements of Gentlemen in that House, had Lot been misunderstood. He hail no objection to lay on the table of the House those public communications which bad already been made publx if it was thought desirable that he should do so. Lord J. RUSSELL wished to ask what course the Govern ment intended to pursue with respect to the Corn Bill, and the Irish Life and Property Protection Bill. Sir R. PEEL said that he never felt greater anxiety for the progress of a measure, than he (lid for that with respect to the Corn laws. - He had received communications from parties both in favour and against Ministers, earnestly de siring a decision on the Corn-laws. lie thought it desirable that the House should come to an early decision upon the subject, and it was not his intention to permit any of the Go vernment business te, interfere with it. With respect to the Irish Life and Property Protection Bill, the course he intended to pursue was this—ho proposed to take the sieond reading of the Corn Bill en Monday; it was unders!ood that that discussion would last till Friday, but in the hope that the discussion would terminate on Thursday he would propose that the Irish Bill should be on Friday, as far as the first reading, but upon the un derstanding that if the debate on the Corn MU was not con cluded till Friday, then that the Irish Bill should be read a first time on Monday. He would take that opportunity of stating, with respect to the report of the Classification Com mittee, relative to railways, Laving a proposed termini in the City, that the Government intended to act upon the recom mendation of the Committee, and that on Monday they should acquiesce in the motion, and advise her Majesty to appoint a Itoyal Commission upon the subject. On the (polka of the further consideration of the Cus toms (the tariff), The Marquis of WORCESTER moved that timber be omitted. Mr. IL lI;NDE supported the amendment. (LEFT SITTING.) ROBBERY BY A CARRIER.—At Marylebon© Police court, on Thursday, a man, named Fidler, In the employ of Messrs. Ford and Co , carriers, was committed for trial, charged with having stolen a ceate and a deal box from the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway. The evidence of the case went to slow that the prisoner, after loading Ills waggon with goods secularly Looked to h:m, took up the articles in .question and was going off With ti.etn when he was given Into custody. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 19. House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers prvsent were—Lord Cottenham, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell. THE FEOFFEES OF TRUST ANT) GOVEILNORS OF HERIOT'S HOSPITAL V. ROSS. The arguments in this part-heard appeal were resumed and concluded to-day. The question is this case was as to the right of the appellants to reject the respondent's applica .tion to be admitted into Harlot's Hospital. The Court of Session decided in favour of the respondent. and from that jud:;''weat the gove. ours n Their Lordships, at the conclusi , n it aNtirt, judgment, reversing the decision of the Court below ~ t4ave • COURT OF ,CH ANCERY, March 19. ARCHER V. HUDSON. The arguments in this part-heard appeal from the decision of the Master of the Rolls were resumed and concluded to. day. The bill was filed by Thomas Archer and Frances, his wife, formerly Miss Kendrew, against G. Hudson and Wm. cawin e the registered officers of the York Union Bank, and Christopher Daniel, the uncle of the plaiatiff, Mrs. Archer, to restrain proceediugs at law on the part of the bank, on a pro missory note for 500/. in which Mrs. Archer bef'ere her mar riage had joined as surety with her uncle,Chris;opher in giving to the bank as a security for his balance with the bank. Miss Ken: drew had lost her father at there years of age, and her mother at nine, a n d being entitled to certain real and personal estate; which was in the 'hands of trustier, she was put to school, and there continued until the age of 17 years, pansing her holidays with her uncle and aunt Daniel. "After that period she altogethee resided with her uncle until her marriage in Is4l, having attained the age of 21 years November, 1837, and her unc.e I;as paid for hor 'malateenece out of the income of her prop :sty. Mr. Daniel, some time in December, 1837, had overdrawn his recount with the bank, of which one Mr, Hanswell was the manager, to the amount of 701, Daniel and Hanxwell and their families were on intimate terms, and-Daniel applied to llauxwell to allow him to overdraw his account to the extent. of 5001. Haile.- w3ll required security, and Daniel proposed that his niece, Miss Kwndrew, should join with him in givin:e a promissory note to that amount. Daniel afterwards toll Hauxwall that his niece was willing to join in the note, which Was drawn up by Hanswell, and in the first week of January, 1838, taken by him to the haus° of Daniel, where he ante his niece sigeed it. The bank, sonic time in the reloath el Deearaher, nfl, shortly after the marriage of Tars, Archer, without any communication with i;er, plazed the amount of the note to the credit of Dartial,who in 1843 took the benefit of the Insolvent Oct. 1:pou the evidence which was given in slip port of these eircuthatanees, the Master of the Rolls, who I,ear4 tl,p Coilse r decided, that as against the plaintiff, Mrs. Archer, tits note of 5001. was void, ab jaitio, having been obtained by the undus influence of a party standing in loco parentis towards her ; ama Gete on another -round the transaction could net lee eapported as sought. by l Alte bank. The note heel been given by Daniel and his niece az hie surety, by way or' a guarantee for any floating bat nee to be due from lime to time by Daniel; the laXli!e teas nut justified, without his niece's consent. in VAciag the amount of the note to the credit of Daniel l and that snob an act was a violation of the origiael eoatraet ; and the Master of the Rolls restrained the bank by perpetual Injunction, from cuing the plaintiffs on Ov a note. It was from the whole of this decree that the de fendants, who represented the 'kg* appealed. The LORD CHANCAI4 I OI4 postponed his judgment, BAOGETV V. DIEDX. The arguments in this part-he-; Maste case, also an appeal from the decision of the of the Rolls, were concluded to-day, and The Tsf7o ClTAitecm.e.on gave judgment, dismissing the I ;Wel with costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT, Lewes, March 17. CROWN COURT. (Before Lord Chief Justice DENS AN.) Thomas Denyer, gamekeeper, who had beer admitted to bail, surrendered to answer an indictment, charging ii!in with the manslaughter of Benjamin Remnant. After hearing the evidence for the prosecution, Mr. CLARKSON submitted that there was no evidence to go to the jury in support of the - charge of man slaughter. The evidence appeared to him to make out a case of excusable homicide. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE expressed an opinion that the case ought to go to a jury. The Learned Counsel having, accordingly, addressed them, and the Lord Chief Justice having briefly summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Sarah Wathen, 23, single woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her fcmvle illegitimate child, by cutting its throat, on the 16th of August last, at the parish of Brighton. _ It appeared that the prisoner, who is a very good. looking young woman, entered the service of a gentle man named Hammond, who resides in Brunswick square, Brighton, in April, 184, as lady's maid, and resided with the family in that capacity until the 10th of August. For soma time previous the prisoner had complained of toots-ache and other illness, but not the slightest suspicion was entertainei of her being io the family way. On that day, however, she complained to a fell3w-servant, named Boreham, that she was too ill to wait upon her tress at her toilet. and requested her - to - do an .for her, and she :then returned to: her own room, where she was shortly afterwards heard to . groan most .pite, ously, and this fact caused -a suspicion of her condition. The prisoner soon afterwards came down into the kit= chen, and -in consequence, of what- had, transpired•,..a. search was made in her bed-room, where 'such -appear= antes pr:sentett themselves as left no doubt that she bad recently been delivered of a child ; and, on the bed being xamincd, the dead body of an infant was fetind between the mattress and the racking of time bed. There were several slight cuts upon the body and arms of the infant, but the mortal injury had been in flicted upon the neck of the child, which was nearly severed from the body, and merely hung to the trunk by a few of the integumenlv, :yid the injury ap peared to have been inflicted by a pen-knife which was found in the room, and the blade of which was covered with blood. There was no distinct proof of the unhappy infant being born alive, the testimony of the medical gentlemen who were examined merely going to the ex tent of expressing an opinion, from tests which they ap plied to the lungs of the deceased child, that it had breathed, but they could not take upon themselves to state the necessary facts to show that in law the infant was born alive. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, when the eviaence had been gone through, expressed an opinioa that the ca pital charge could not be sustained, and the only ques• tion that remained for the jury would be whether there was a concealment of the birth. .Mr. CLARKSON said that upon this part of the case he Belt he could not expect to obtain a favourable verdict, and he al_ ould therefore decline to occupy the time of the Court by addressing the jury. The prisoner was then found guilty of misdemeanour, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) RONINOTON V. WOOD. This was nn action of tresp::ss of interest but to the parties, but the following incident deserves to be re corded : The first witness who was called, a female named Abden, refused to b© .sworn. Baron ALDERsON asked the witness on what grounds she refused to take the cath ?—She replied that she had a conscientious scruple to take an oath under any cir cumstances. Baron ALDERSON inquired whether she belonged to the sect of Quakers, Moravians, &c., who are spt cially exempted by Act of Parliament from taking oaths ? The witness replied that she did not belong to either of the sects specified, but she objected to taking an oath because our Saviour had forbidden it. Baron ALDERSON said she had off?red no valid objec tions in law to her being sworn, and she was bound to take the oath. She still refused to do so. Baron ALDERSON told her that by her refusal she not only subjected herself to he committed for contempt of Court, but also rendered herself liable for all damage and loss that the plaintiff might sustaia through the loss of her testimony. The witness said :he was perfectly well aware of the consequences of her refusal ; but she felt compelled to persist in it. The Learned JUDGE then left the Court for the pur pose, as it was understood, of conferring with the Lord Chief Justice lion the subject, and•on his return, he said that Lord Denman agreed with him, that only one course remained open for the Court, which was to commit the witness, upon the application of the counsel, if she refused to be morn and give her evidence. The counsel engaged in the cause, however, havirg consulted together, consented, in order to avoid such au unpleasant proceedh.g as the one alluded to, that the matter in dispute should be referred to arbitration. Mr. Baron ALDERSON remarked that as the tare had released persons of particular religious pursua sions from raking au oath, where they objected to do so conscientiously, he thought it would be a great advan • tare if the privilege ware extended to all per.,ona who conscientiourly objected to take an oath, without any reference to their reliAioua belief. IMPERIAL vARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. March 19. POST-OFFICE RETURNS. Mr. HAWES wished tonik the Righthon. Gentle- man the Secretary or the Treasury a question relative to certain returns which he moved f'or a short time ago, relating to the Post-office. Those returns had not yet been laid upon the table of the House, and he wished to adt the Right Hon. Gentleman when they might be ex pected? Since he had moved for these returns he had seen a statement, copied from the French prints, which it would appear contained some of the points of infor mation which Ile required. The statement was, how ever, erroneous, and ho wished to have it corrected as soon as possible by the production of the papers. Mr. CARDWELL said that the Hon. Member had beep good enough to give him notice of his question, and, he had made inquiry into this matter; and he could assure the Hon. Member that the returns were in the course of preparation, and they would be laid upon t. - .e of the House the moment they were completed. IRISH POOR-LAW. Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH wish. d to ask the Right Hun. Baronet the Secretary fur the Home Depart ment a question, of which .he had nr.t given notice. Some time ago he put a question to the Right Hon. Baronet relating to the conduct of the Poor-law Com missioner'', who had taken upon themselves the task of dismissing the guardians of the-union of Castleblain, in the county of Roscommon. Since then he had received information from several magistr,..tes and rate-payers, stating that there was not a particle of truth in the alle gations contained in the answer of the Right Hon. Baronet. The stet t . ilent was entirely destitute of foun dation. He (Mr. F. French) wished to know if the Right Hon. Baronet still adhered to the answer he had given on the former occasion? Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, as he had not notice of the present question, hp had not been able to make any further inquiry, and therefore he must adhere to the answer he had given on the previous occasion. THE FEVER (IRELAND) BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAiti, oa moving the order of the day for bringing up the report Oil this Bill, said that L had considered the slight alteration proposed by t h ; lon. Membor for RoelAa!e (Mr. S. Cra , ;Tfurcl), ar , a b 3 no objection to its hing On the motion that the report be received, Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE was understood as complaining that o no o f t h e c l auses i nterfere d w ith the Poor-law Commi ss i oners granting medical ass i s t a nce •o the workhouse. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the clause, gg it r () stood, did n o t int e rrere with th e power of the Irish ~ , law C..tnrnisstonrs, or the B art ct ' a.lin'+ting parties , r• 1 - eirenri 'l . l;e ter art an.; On tie motion that the report be ador?ted, to Mr. P. SCROPE, a ft er some i nterruption, wished -„ o f introduce an amen d ment, w hi ch would have the e ffect remedying the defi c i enc y of medial treatment, the cu ll ' difficulty he believed in the execution of this law. 0 Sir J. GRAHAM raid Oas was at best but aDT t i alter the po, r -l aw of Ire ) .and, and therefore no rall'e g ,I%•!ra.tion could be int i v: iuce d into Mr. P. SCROPE thought they certainly were at liberty t 3 introduce 'amendment. 'ir. S. CRAWItORD thought it was no answe r :: the Houle. Lne Eight Hon. throut, conceived lu % the tn.:astir: was perfeut, but he belie.yed that there gecat nec e ssity for improve:writ, and he should they fore move as an amendment, that. ifter the 22dniatOehas the Bill wo: - ds should be introtheed t 6 the effeet, t ,;e medical treatment should he 'administered t'iw wl-e) had disease in the }nise,. Mr. S. O'BRIEN w the as quite ready to ague t° sir ProP')sition of the Horn Member - for Dreghed!',, W. Somerville, sod thought that some revillat le r that kind she d ld be .adoptf.d. He was w° re chned to thi.4 eourse, because be believed that the 1 ; presentation of the Right Hen. Br.ronet,Sir J. Gra h ',l h vi not be en carried out, or were likely to be ca cti `i v one, and he thought some amendment ought to be ot , tredi , A which would ena bl e t h e gaur di ans to gr uutler the Vii,h poor-law. Sir JAMES GRAHAM thought that Emilie lent r r :,: vision had a lready b een made by the full and , liser et , lt 4 ary py.ver intrusted to the Poo r -l aw guardians iu That power entirely obviated, in his opinion, the ne sity for any commission, without having reference T e i t , particular ability of the individuals who had toe ter els „, , Lord EBRINGTON—Y es , b u t th at power c ould o_w be exercised th r o ug h t h e virtue Di' a special order, i'a a variety of cases might occur in ' which there "null neither time nor opportunity for obtaining that sP order. Sir J. GRAHAM—FuII power had b een g iven t° the Commissioners, and that onviated the case. The report was then adopted. RAILWAYS. ~ o n er Mr. MORRISON, in bringing forward the tr.Oti tt ' s which he had given noti ce , res p ect i ng ra il wa ys, six° t ; as he found there was to b e no oppos i t i on o ff er ed t 0 t proposition, he should probably best consult the Wi sb e e h of the House by not entering upon lee subject 3t see,length as he might oth e r w i se h ave b een i n duced W At the same time he trusted he m i g ht b e perinitt e " A re occupy a few moments in stati ng genera lly what fl ,; // li .ei the leading objects of his m o ti on . H e co nsidered' the experience of th e l as t y ear , not on ly • land, but the other countries of Europe, had lor most inaltortant, as. it had s h own th at the de l . e e relent of traffic had gone on in a way not to have bee ° ; je ticipated by the most sanguine ; and he p ro posed E t) by the Committee he was about to move for that the 5 00 tern of cheap fares had every where been most advaut 4 l:o3 and profitable, and that the companies had n ot been o t but benefited by that system. He also propo 3 inquire to what extent it was practicable, by s e ye general regulations, to relieve the Committees f 131.3 e 5 weight of business with which they were at r t be oppressed. Lastly, he proposed to bring bef oll , o l. Committee the important subject of granting of 1c ,; e l, The railway system had been so recently inire ull i i el and had progressed with such rapidity, that the re co te been little time to give to the whole subject a 0 1° 1130 0 sideration; but in the c ourse o f th e p ast y ea r it 1.13 ' found, not only in thi s c o un t r y b ut i n ot hers- 4 ° 0 - gilled,' France, and America—that there had bee° ,e) markable increase of traffic, and to a certain deg rec o ta uniform increase. Oar experience was yet inadetlol to determine what the exact ratio of that increase tii ,j likely to be. That it must increase with the wea lib a to population of the country there could be no d o ubt, a a that must be added the progression or increase o f b c , so nes3 caused by the railways themselves; bat, all the circumstances, the stieleisition' might be . fo r that the traffic on the great lines, between towier 01 , 0 1 e population, would doable ..itself in ten or fifteen n o bs' :Should such be the opinion of the Hoaie, it weal , ' Pi f ably think it necessary to easeeye e teiteeif the rigl44esii vising the fares at peri . Od. considerably under l' u tee,i / years apart.—(Hearsy'Oneofelneuziosrinaportantsu joulo ' , which could engage the attention of the Committee be the effect of ',he reduction of fares, a.; proved whet too - the system has been attempted in incressing of traffic, and in some, . if not in most caie 4 o l improving instead of diminishing the revenue. 111 11 1 scale of charges most productive might depend te 0 1.4 More or less varying circumstances of each par tl o sl case, but it appeared evident to him that the seit' e i hia advantageous to all parties was much lower than ail hitherto attempted in this country.—(Hear, hear'),/ believed that the rates charged in Belgium woolu e , o' distant time be thought quite sufficient here. ; ro e known that on the flues recently adjudicated in k firs' the fares fixed for passengers had been, for th e y c er second, and third class respectively, 10, 7i- e times per kilometre, with an allowance of t hirt i o tel lograms, or 661 b. of luggage to each pet:son, being somewhat proportionate to lid., eluding the 10 per cent. additional tax to teovel l ' er osi , Now these lines were knoWn ,to be highly pr °3 Poie ll and to stand at considerable premiums—a success ot her he had never been able to account for oil 3° Y e et! ground than the lowness of the fares. Let it me forgotten that France presented far fewer advtlurorire' than our own country in respect to railway en!,e'/ellitp The population there was less per square D iu ' r ours: the towns were not so numerous, 13 :0 01 densely peopled ; their manufactures were stu 3 ,t'„erd e t compared to ours, and their foreign trade more "( well so that to supply the same number of people the l e ecl e v obliged to ley down a longer line of rail than we n 4 o s ', Then, with respect to the conduct of railway 11 , t1s. /10' he thought that Hon. Members would acknowle u fites!: the attempt of last year had been a failure.'ieier hear.) Had he gone fully into the subject' h Herdic; have endeavoured' to show how stranee and e e° by" il l : tory had been the diffelant decisions arrived s t d beer Committees—(Hear, hear)—and how various r frog the rates fixed for passengers and goods, ranObbe a penny to fourpence per mile. In one instane e „ t cli; been told that with respect-, to so important an coal, the difference of charge f o r c arr i ag e betvgeeo F e ; line supplying Manche s t er an d anot h er li ne %cos be i l l cent.. If such disparity as this prevailed it rut ts d,eit',, et i jurious, and surely muc h a d van t age wou ld be t ePle from such great variations being hereafter correo e cit t ; 'some general regulation. With respect to the 5° leases, it was a matter which rather concerned ih e re lcl and the country than the railway companies. ft ` f e t' for the House to consider whether the pract ice ('t ; 0 1; ing leases for terminableperiods, instead o f in Perlin might not with great advantage be adopted country. Experience had shown that parties 11.1",01, willing to undertake the whole cost of construr tll3b O l f ways in France to be held for terminable period 3 ' ee rif e was, in fact, mainly a matter of policy o n the ,yes r e the state. Of course a sinking fund would ha, Lee t h e provided out of the profits, in order to reimbu , 0 1 , 1 original expenditure at the expiration of the le e t lse ;V io that was no real hardship to companies. Tu e l e atl e , transaction resolved itself into the nature of ° in 0 11 "0. the state. in the shape of an annuity for a cer t° ' t ber of years. It therefore appeared- to him 03 ; t est ep , could not be two opinions upon the subject, ° l c/ la d -L.o.d it were practicable to get our new railroads upon this principle, it was most desirable that l ' i t ' e attv should . he lost in Adopting it. No one could Pr e lg et estimate to what extant the railway system I°,it of carried in teenty or thirty years, or whet t ° ''. ( est the effect of improvements in cheapening the locomotion during that interval. But it wt e rli festly desirable that the state should, es o bit ao , possible consistent with the public advant 2 o oi tel ii ii; the control of those. 'lines' of pulz,lic 01)3 ta ge tion. And there Was this obvious ac1",,, - ,1 f adopting this system of leases. which er e/ so successfully introduced into France, tn9r of / el e railway Act that was pa would be a C ' t ieo be so much of our general taxation into aun tl ' ho ut '0 minable with the expiring of the leases, and wit woo, sicrilico of one shilling by the suite.. Now lij o f 64) . 113 0 never advise the House to give up the princiPle „,eitt . , l 3 petition, for it was a very valuable one, but. eon l i n gln k was not enough. In the case of the Bank o f o etif e l it had been admitted that competition was nu t , e and he thought the Right lion. 'Baronet, if ')isetieic devote a little attention to the sulject, wou ld o f bl ledge that in the case of railways, as well 33 e cesi ° i;ct ing, something more than competition was ° A re —(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Morrison) 1 1. . 1 ", j e tin e e that the experience of the last year had been of t ore , value, as regarded railways. That of the lit?• years would be more so ; and, indeed too i filet A rience of each succeeding year would furnis:,t.fie eional evidence as to the extent to which trt . sie tuo likely to be carried. That there were the mooooo°o, country of working railways ch ea p er the n in Fran the f n i not be a matter of doubt, upon comparing . o n sJurces and relative amount of populli` th ie 1 7 `;; each. The llonotirab'e Member illustrateq e , a ii , :. sitiun by reading the following statistical (at "1 1 .4sulation of France in 1842, 34,2!3,929, 115 e oP tt this suns by the area of 203,736 square miles, t!'°tioage ton for each square mile is 167.932. The ported ° an d o square mile in England is at presort 297-G9?,01'4 Great Britain, 210 . 476. The trad e and uierene tt 'F,h of France are quite incon s id era bl e c ompared " 1 4eete. : of Britain. In 1844, th e t o t a l cus t o ms revenue 010074 amounted to 215,825,704 francs, or 8,633,6`2`1'; pr i he ' the total custom s revenueof the United liing dut °4l4, the same year, ameunted to 24,107,3 481 . 1 tt 4g7, 661 ei customs revenue of Liverpool amounted to 1 , 4 h as while the customs revenue or Marseilles, wl“ e , r log largest trade of any town in France, ansounte" A ~20t - t , sa me year to only 36,658,000 francs, or '" 0 , 0 0 1 with the exception of Havre, the enstorne r the c -0 which in 1844 amounted to 1,085,0401, o,o o° o o toms revenue of no town ire France exceeds',,t,, o f whereas in this country the eustems reset e; t ,elifi o rre, 9 C 7 1 , d B e 9 o ar , amounted i n Leith i l t B h 4 t 3 o t 062 9 8 3 ,6 8 0 , 5 81 1 . 4 , that that a o t t f1°1 525,418/. The proportion of the populatio n ..I_'-gre towns in Britain is incomparably greate r than I . Is i s ev ., luer,t ft 1:1-,,t!, In Great Lo'oPulation, b klOja ... 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