The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-14 00:00:00

-.-- - to the sinners of ) conceu- , in a feß :h belong iressed to ng Of the Belg►arty 1., all eon he Chem" ipport the 0 , to th e asber- Minato , Grnec.l e ' tions due earn fro.nl al " the'rp n 'nerce .(Idress 030 asures he Jou r " Chaw ber s t Alsagsr t it hes ni to wa in _ e Ption;: i to rteitiburg th tch PaPe Rl l '` . 60A 73h; X99l£ io 36 31 25 6. 11274, 101% 77 155 129 1585 r f 1881 i 143% 124% 116% 104% 99 98% 101% go n 't 9VII 6 .-9 g i 4 3i 0-4 0 R AILWAY SIIARE MARKETS. neck BRISTOL, FL's. 13. -, lotto Ext nancr.—The sales a:e—B r i s t o l an d Exeter, 89— -,0, New, 1 3—Taff Vale, New, 1%. MA NC il ESTER, FEB. 13. 1)0,451T,0c..); ExcHANGE. Tfie sales are -Blackburn, Chorley,. es Liver- It:et: 'V2 dis.—Derby and Crewe, 3% p.—Eastern Counties, New, ' tr—itast Lancashire, No. 1,4% p.—East Limo_ shi s ;e, o l h %_ ettwood, Freston, and West Rdiing, 4 P 0 , 4 , ~ Sheffield, &c., 1% p. Lancashire and North .-- c uocae, i p ork. ii 4. .- Liverpool, Warrington, Manchester, and Stockport, ]London44B. and Scutt , Western, 80; Manchester and Leeds, Stets' 4 p. — Manchester and Leeds Extension, 4p. —North ti. o rdshire, 4 P.—Preston and Wyre, Halves, ' e n , 14 ths.—Trent Valley, 18 p.—West Riding Union, 4 1 , P. 4% p.—Shropshire STo c .. .... LEEDS, FEB. 13. *Zit• LxenaNGE.—The sales are—Eastern CountieS, York .Ex iligTl, 22a. 13. M-anchester and Leeds, Fifth shares, 11)4 p.— Ditto, I ,,wis. 4;; P.—York aid. North Midland (East and West Rid -1111,40 P. —East Lancashire, No. 1, 434 p.— Great Grimsby . and lie ? "'"', 1(11 /i —Ditto, Quarter Shares, 1% p.—Ditto, Extensions, eisi ' , eeils and Bradford, 55 cash—Leeds and Dewsbury, 17% L,,u:tto, New Shares, 3 p.—North British, New Carlisle Branch, bi" . 'el in and York, 331 — Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 2 i %— r. '"'set el 2 34—Glasgow and Dumfries, 21. is. Gd.— for 4, ~,_, - k.lrk, and Preston, 5 4—West Riding Union, 6 % -.-LBrvaed -4..1: ' l4l4l e l d, cud Midland 12s fal. dis.—Clitheroe Junction, Is. ,I;}.aSt. and West Yorkshire , ss. dis. Essex and Suffolk, 55. p. ,-Mvashire, Yorkshire, and No ' rth Eastern, I2s. Id. dis.—Leeds .T,',lesitrPool Ditect, 15s. dis. Leicester and Birmingham, 35 . d i l l s: Ilii m `' 4,er and Bedford, ss. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, l a , : 34 '. P.L-North Staffordshire, 4 p.—North Western, 21. . k id, 1 Excnascs i .-IIMDERSE ST 'kit lELD, FEB. 13. J tuati,! alira x, and BraThdfeorSdal"Union, are—Grand is . d. Union,_ s. o l r t % h — a n il d u dsdoeur_tsh tth-.-shefileld and Lincoln Ex . tensions, 21. 17s. 6d ; —East -24 10*. Countess N o. 2 , % P.—London and York, 4—Direct Northern, --West Riding Union, 51. 19s. Gd. . hp, , li___li ,x eli , xoE....... t e Ek s ll e E s L ar D e ,_F G Eß ii . ni l s 3 b . y 2%...uudden,tteld and Manehes ' t ‘ 13% —Derhy ß an ai d lw G ay ain an sbo d i p ou oc z k h: 4 i 4 stea ck) a le i a,n'l D oncaster, It. 1 I tr' Sheffield Potterl Ex '''. '-" ". W.— Sheffield, B s tix — ton, Leek,es, and Crewe, - SToex • lIULL FEB 13. .... • alloy 228' t ll ,3 ri l l t t t e ll i re LC : l t -r c i : ll,4 l:, c ji --Tile 'sales are-Leeds e-ieeds and Thirsk, 10:4-North . 4 - Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, t'lli ' , t, 1i! ..._ ' %,, - Armagh, Coleraine, and . Portrush, 283.- - Grand G001e, 1ar ° 2 1 ,1,_ 32,,- 41u11 itL Do inco ncitster, &c., d S i h s e ._ lli L el e d i , cester 3 a l ii . d l2s. Forth Btatrordsliire, 61. 2s . ln' II Tamworth, ,TO,, , EIVCA STLE-UPON-TYNE, FEB. 13. se,e, I,.r.XcUsticr..-The sales are-Caledonian, 114 p.-Ditto, i'ver P° ol , .Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, % P. l' , l! T°ex titcli, s .. YORK, FEB. 13. -- n 8 /, -- " G E -Th sales are Grand Union, 1/. 11 s.-Ips s. 6 4 ._ xtension (Norwich), 2%-Le,cestc __ - - nilt, ) , l au.a London am York 31. 195.-Ditto, Extension, 2% . _ ... 6 -crY L . c - ---- -- - - ' r and Bedford, r,, '4 Midia,, , brlBleld Junction, ' 2 %--Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, -4 hari,,,43l* 165 . 6d. N tle and Berwick, 22 1 .4 - -i , e" castle Vklisiot-gton txt,fisi; e l W lr a i s q 3d,-North British, 25%, - Ditto, 1 4, 11415 11;, 1 ttisi°B,3/. ls.ns'-Wels.h'ilitiland, g), 10 /.4i7 l ukat, 37% c all-Ditto, Loptier 43: New (East and West Rid 1/. 175.-York and North `Z1.,.° 1 ( tXcn, EDINBURGH, FEB. 11. 411° wa3 - , 375. 1t - snB , E.-The sales are-Airdrie and Hathgate, 48s_. 6d. -British and Irish Union, 655.-Direct at, pi s. -,;---East of Fife 40s -Edinburgh, Glasgow,. and Down , 4 ,. 7 %.,„ 1 n-id---Edinbu i' . ci Leith Atmospheric Direct, 4 . s.- tjt Z' 4 :5 4 6d lCk.the l, ' 6 a il-Ditto, Newport, 255. 6d.-Ditto, 11, 14. 01 ; ,•-•-.. ~-.-Edinuargh and Perth, 785.-Invern t ess to Elxid -ote bmiui British, Extension to Carlisle, 595.-Di to, 6% r th and Inverness, 375. 6d.-Scottish _....b„._ , _- 6 %-Perth he t "u New, 8!. 14s. AY 1 , 1 /1X GLASGOW, FEB 12. 4 r '4' ' enA'c°z ' Airdrie and Bathgate, 515.- la z , („ 4 1 1 ,, .--- he sales are- . 6 6, ____caiede li '„,,,ziee. ,;'. 5 3', Us -British and Irish Union, • :ll ''. l - ,"• - ei„,',.' - bitty, ' Extension, 535.-East Indian Railway, - 4111 b 4--uurro, and Glasgow, _ 6l4 _Edi n b am h, Glasgow, 4 , lt elf sitoii, Union 4 . ,1 Glasgow, New, 1 C 1 , de Junction, 405.-Glasgow s ,. 55t Union . 3 d.-Forth and 3 mock, and Ardrossan, 1 1)„:, -- 71-a n4r ,_ . 455.-Glasi, -Glasgow, Klima kl nd and Kirkintilloch, ;, 51 4e , ,,, , „^ and Lothians, 485.- 11°n tt'sh Central, 15% il k ,‘ilsli sou.arrhead, and Hurlet, 525. 6c1.-Sck , 1 au Junction, l kil 3 - ' a r nScottish Central and Caledon ja. "tlacto-, aTmaii, 2 61. -South Midland, 805.-Stirimg and id -' 425- Wishaw and Coltness, 811. R BI hyt`L t wo.,.. AY RETURNS. ttsp t ilt the following are the Total Receipts of Rail • *4 ..k 4,: ? !rete l !'„,. t eel ;— that is to say, up to the date to which the' (4e p i . - 7 are made, together with the receipts of the same lous year Last week. a m t , .. 7" t.‘ , U .5 397 579 589 229 472 2,072 3,666 1,384 654 14,010 27,796 1,089 3,258 910 4,941 653 3,071 5,283 12,276 1,002 1,455 346 171 4,023 3,846 W ee ,. tx,tl br AME, OF RAILWAY. r, b. !krbroath and Forfar •-• • - • •••••••••7 I...lriatol And Birmingham . • • • • : : .... .. ',.•llester and Birkenhead . •• • • ..., .. 9ublin aud Drogheda • • • • • • • • • • ... • - publi and " 0 a ssingstown ••• • • • .......... bandee and Arbroath . • • • • • • ...... ,rha. and Sunderland ..• • • ** .. .... .. 4115 urgh and Glasgow . • • • Eastern.. E astern Counties and North ..... Gi...lasZow, Kilmarnock, and Ay • .... C r., -* ;° ,4l and Greenock•• •• •• • • • .... -rand Junction .. •• - - • • • • • • • • - - (i•as'esend and Rochester. • • • • • • • .... 4.'at Xorth of England • • •• • • ••• .... (heat Western •• '• • • ...... ... • • IlLattlelaool . : g,, ...• • - r, - " iit ion and Birmingham, - • • 7ildein and Blackwell. •• • ••`', ' , don am Brighton. • • t.ond. 1„ a „,, - " 4 and Croydon . • • •• • • •• •• t,,,,,7°11 and Greenwich. • • • • •▪ • • • ttale -••• ' ° n and South Western • • ' •• • hester, Bolton, and Bury • • 3141.inchester,Leeds, laantlaester and B i r min g ham •• • • c . Ilit'llind Comities. • • • "• • ' 'a w ar d and D and Hull Asso • Darlington • • sweastie and Carlisle •• ids' •▪ •• • • •• ",eWeastie d North Sh ields. . -orfoik.. and .. '''li Unto n and ** Bolton Vary Ns, Corbel], and Orleans • • • • •••• •••• ••• and Preston i,; 41, and Rouen.. •• • • • • • • - • • ...• • si, e ton and Wryre• • • • • • • • • • • : ...... % , ekl and manchestLy • • • • • katil tastern ern_YAser . .e... fo r k •,no utit zold No rw i c h • • • ' • • • '••••• • • • • • • : 'lnd xorth Midland • ••• • • • •• • • %p 1 .,_ °II.TING INTELLIGENCE. IvsZttest n HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. IQ' l4 e Pasture . ; Tues., A ston ( 7 : l et d r , 411 , Witham Common; Fri., Tillon Wood Y ; Sat., 4 mte it) . , erte n. fix,ll`.lo‘Al.(lgeshire lids., Mon., Tempsford Hall ; Fri., Whad- IC' ifell' il k \'' le t's has Mon., Tothill ; Tues., Horsington Mill ; kklb '.' t ill 'WIC S Well-10A. t right i ingham ; at., iji'lslevtr°4 hds, Mon , Covey Heath ; Thurs., Seighford ; r w ilti, Ridge Heath-10. '; IV • I , ' • Mon Llansaintffraid ; Tues., My - ,„ 11 ait t , ( 1%., 3 , Llieninisi•hds r .i i. - can _ ny , 1 i nech-101. 1 1 :41e, h . ack, T ura, Wood—S. :1 irealltl's:l l3 l 'n 'u : esC.h, Church Minslude; Wed., Hawkslow ; I,h4llurleston ; Sat., ' Wrenbury Village!. t io t t l lit xeteharrs , Mon., arre Milt; Wed. incent. r t ,,thr Swingfield Park; Fri., Brabourne I/1 11 ; i r ; Os., Mon., Boulter's Barn ; Wed., Ip. pr,ii'„,' - ' oll ghborough Gate— Bradwell ):'./:; a.7,11.dr0., Tues., cote Village; Thurs., Brill 1 ,, 11,4 t h_L:1_ , p_ House-10i ti..trgh, ' l ' rd a hairs., Mon., Ric,c , alton-11. liort ii' ll , e Ws. Mon , Gopsall; IN ed., Oldbury Hall ;Fri., -41 t -a ' t ; Sat! N 'bold Gate—lo 4. l is tirt, ~,of t eaufOrt' e s w hds , Mon., Burton ; Wed.,iston l i for ' d . 'hors., aullavni• g . ton ; Sat., Mermaid, Christian 151e % 13.1). Moor Gardens; Sat., Asheldham. 4411.4 t. - ss i x °ll !Ids " Wed. ' Balmer Plough ; Thurs , Mark's 1 5, 14 . t at. ' A g t• i t's 'rea as . t t le-10. f t r i * ell i i '''.• Smith's hds.. Mon., Shoddesdo Gat_;_ a Tu . e . s. : Sy" S ~',Vse • Wed , Wberwell Wood ; Thurs., - NV Pull ,% ° H. _'", kirOve•• Sa . t. Ashmansworth-11. ~v - "',,. 11(1 5 : ,M '., Da' lh m Hall ; Thurs,, Kennel, 10i 0 4 , 1 ' • ft, Tues., on Charlton a Gate; Thurs., Lydiard Plain. 'l4ll'%7'orth hds., Tue'., a Heckleton Hall; Thurs., Grove bi B , to at n , h l s e . mg o o n rt ., h it - l e a n n is e h E a n w d : 9i. Thurs., Wickersley Barn. kig,....f41 ,Dion., Mon., Laxton Village; Thurs., Oxton tr ; Sat Thoresby Park, 10-1. 3 1.1 of Harewood's hde., Mon., S p acey Houses; Wed., ,14:1;oads, BramhianmcvMs ohodr,s.l,otion., ,f 4, Ri Geo. Bent Normanby-by-Stow ; bye Snarford Bridge; Wed , Bardney ; Thurs., Carlton le irtk' red ; Fri., Till House Beck ,Sat., Bramston Wood. \Arilbeacon's harrs., Wed., Meary ; Sat., Dows!and Barn. 01.71eigh.harre., Mon., Tolche Moor Gate; Wed., Pitten. Ni 1 1., Tues., Green Man Inn; Fri., Lower Chesel ,4-`li. ` %1 4 rw ,..?"d harts., Tues., Parliament Oak; Fri., Robin i % 1 1 ttill—i 41 4 c, ' 44 'lds , Mon Gru le • Tues., Grooby ; Thurs., Bil 4, r. lq , Fri ., Bunny 10 Xentiels •:, a YPark—l. . ~. ; , It e j,!lgrain's hds , Mon., Loxley •, Thurs., Eaton Wood; l' A 'oie ' tur st--10i. t k; gt° l l bds. Mon., Cotgreave Village; Wed., Calke I)4S4t, Village-10i.IleAten, Zti ''4l - ' Cl f . RBII d' hds., Mon Three Queen's ; TUeS., Welt s 4 - tr. te ; P a r i l . , Le s adenham— " loh. 4 k %i' ()I th GRAND STEEPLE-CHASE.—Tun . ar .. .ty r . t Oitp%;elAD t k es o f 5 so y & each, 3 miles, was won h.,AI ',kilt, 'eY's 'Jerry, beating Gipsey Queen and The Met hl))ll,4,„ - - It lv,(*tstakes, of 3 sovs. each, were won in three heats P. btler'S Brewood, beating Delamere and two others. Wrip.447.lllNG AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. itl " el; ' 25 agst Best Bower - 22 to 1 agst tttl t 3t 011e..._ P.-000 to na t 5(1 \ 2 5 to I agst The Baron-35 to 1 agst Fitzallen 4 11 -4 (1 - 37 . \ \ 5() O id to r 16each apt Discord, Inheritress, Lothario, 111:11t---.5 to i Stin g-500 to 15 agst Tibthorpe. li:l3°°e-o,ureitall agsthelaid since Tuesday. MARKET FRIDAY. it berb3 ' W as SlNG.— y Vr. w Debede's ' Dunkirk. 1414 r 417) was Ny W or o l n bl b, Lord Stradbroke's Miles, beating F .I :,he4l 4 '' P ~irraro ' t-e lla , a : 4 waa won . by Lord Stradbroke's Meg; Mr. Fyson's 't, . 5 .. . u ten." Po t P ,' -14 e r Stakes were won by Lord Stradbroke's Win- CII„IIekte.ASTLE MEETING, FEB. 10 AND 11. ‘ 4 l l lOl l :t l / 1 131 1 Stakes were won by Mr. Herons Young sir . C harlton's Tyneside ran up. - Thc, foli LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. . 13;‘ , 10r, T.t'll'ving have paid for the 20 soya. Handicap „I, ij.,`,'llll+, Sacrfie, Single Peeper, Co-heiress, F " 414 1 y il l Y, Peter Latitat ch y Belshazzar, Little ' eulhazzar, ..ktnalga i mate,and Satan. I'l l 4,20,... -.-- _ .....____ Drie,, 14,,za. - %uso of Com 'ty next, the ht Hon. ..„, x p e half-yearly I''lttl Tr,,.' LATE GLASS COMPANY. —Th was hold at the tlit , j,',''• ":.,., 4 ' ,l g of the proprietors of this Company, ei "ei, Covent -garden, ou Thursda3:,. b fo le r profits amounted to A r e , tient on other matters. The divisible for the deterioration fund. of a , ),itte,_., leaving a handsome balance tytt,NeßoL? SUICIDE OF was held before Mr. 1 1 '1'13., i i ••l l l l l * — Last evening an n SIR , GEORGE WILLIAM trcirilttiiisysai3o , ti i t l t g a t s h sy e . det c h ec o , f ts S ed ir I h ir a . d i last been seen alive al to iv f e al e l r to the G iu L tr e 3 Fevre, late Physic o lfu ss l ii t , o g tri!inui ee,icit'strk into O xford-street. He wasobs his assistance erve they . found 11 in d .on the bystanders going to Humphrey, tilt eis ro,ld rinsg condition. A bottle that had contained prussic acid that on a post mortern ~.'1 11) er of , 1 , 1 his Pocket. Frosn the evidence of Mr. J. p'cit•ertn„ t h e College of Surgeons, it appeared found in the tZadsuteiccil ft large quantity of the poison - ;e of death. Several oriZhicii had evidently been . the been 4le c p ati osed . to his state of mind hbs_sorue f,',',,uerceevaised gentleman.hrea t vi urned a verdict of "iempor mit ~""eD ously , the jury thebt3.l,,, from R t ,n-Ct MAT The Lord; Commissioners of the .t TI - -Nry 1 1 • s'— 'deflation a communication refe esu„-,,rds of t a vutg under their Const . wit for Trade, with duty 1t,, 4 ' tD a n . ne C ommittee of Privy Cow Praying that the ''' , l - "NUCatlon ( - oat a certain Hart y, Mr . Cardwell, ~,,t i e l, • repealed , Customs' i i '4 l: eril lh '' q li z_ eitt4 'ift.s - c mats may be -- -- L - i ~.onveyedto the .. __ irtLerttie,"rh re iartes to the Treasury, a , tj le delivery duty l fr e ce,r tic' - ' r atiou "'lr Lordgbips' panntsEton f,r mats, on certain k- e i 'l sio . into this country, di" dunnage; the value of them ° L a il I, t 1,, create Particular instances, viz., wh i V et i, These mats, eui"olipe,,.thai ten shillings the hti:.l"..sed. for the purpose of . .. 11. s t i t lt ig tt i "' "Girl the term dunnage, are 1- -notion or da•nage, . hou, ,argo, in the ships' hold, from . ,ta' privilege is ns m .e y_ nuh.,.--._ Jueir deli Vtlty (mg is prcrhif Onl3l. to, they ar e se ld om of a greater _, to entire of the duty, a, ' almost . ihe r than that mentioned b'''',B ti ght Hon he lt, i,:lts nn ounte4 h . is r Speaker of the It, treliti,,''ll 28th inst aardtTeitary levees for Satur,... 1 be'au ' s residence in' Eaton:cuti-lireof March, at the ki... 'ktt e t aceounts it, but nit il*re 1-• recd ved yesterday fron Badraintoh t .',' , i , , l as a slight amenlinent in the state of Lord Alvan- 1 • it: ~. 4,ordshlD still contirmed • LY" ~i e put so seriously ill that but slight 911411 ' 1 c't his Ullialate r°oTeri• Rath, Bridgwatti 60S 706 242 59s 2,641 6,339 1,656 667 15,847 657 32,577 733 3,686 1,061 5,108 979 4,169 5,506 14,864 2,474 414 1,139 4,857 5,069 490 1,476 4,910 1,014 684 PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, FEB. 13. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to t:e brotiat in y the undernanled Hon. INtembers : Insontown, Morningside, and Coltncas (Improvement and Branches) Furness and Windermere. Birmingham, Lichfield, and. Manchester. Manchester and Poole (Luggershall, Salisbury, and Pock), Whitehaven and Furness Junction ('Whitehaven Extension ale. Kirksanton Deviation). Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction. Boston, Newark, and Sheffield and Nottingham (Gtantham Junotion). Llynvi Valley. Ely and Buty. Ely and Huntingdon (Bedford Extensions). Cockermouth and Workington Extension. Lynn and Ely (Extension to Spalding). Lynn and Ely (Extension to to March). South Union. Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, DewsburY, Leads, and Bradford. Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby. Dover and Deal. Doncaster, Wakefield, and Leeds. Stamford and Spalding. Monmouthshire. Huntingdon and Wisbeach. Wear Dock. Derby and Crewe Junction. West Lancashire. Cougleton and CreWe. Glasgow and Belfast Union. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway and Port of Goole. ,Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction. British and Irish Union. Monmouth and Hereford Eastern Counties, Hertford to Huntingdon. Bedford and Cambridge Extension. Eastern Counties (March to Lincoln), Eastern Counties (Epping Extension). Exeter Great Western. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth. Midland (Claycross to Newark). Midland (Nottingham to Mansfield). Eastern Counties (Tottenham to Barnet). West Cornwall, Grand Trunk and Peterborough, West London Improvement and Extension. Norfolk Extensions (Thetford and Needham Branches). Taff Vale. London and Brighton and London and Croydon Consolidation. Midland (Burton to Nuneaton). Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester. Midland (Leicester to Swannington). Midland (Darfield to Eisecar). Chichester, Portsmouth, and Fareham. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Stour Valley Line) Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Birmingham, Wol verhampton, and Dudley Line). Eastern Counties (Cambridge to Lincoln). Eastern Counties Stations Enlargement. Eastern Union (Ardleigh to Colchester). Midland (Swinton to Lincoln). Midland (Newark to Gainsborougb). Midland (Purchase of Oakliam Canal) Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension. South Wales (No. 2). South-Eastern (No. 7—Ashford Stations Enlargement). Shrewsbury and Birmingham. • Staines and Henley (No. 2). Worcester and Porthdynllaen. Vale of Neath. Great Eastern and Western. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate. ' Oxford, Worcester, aad Wolverhampton. Eastern Counties (Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension). Eastern Counties (Thames Junction Branches). Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Ely Extension with Branches there from). Monkland and Kirkintilloch. Gravesend and Rochester Railway and Canal. Lowestoft and Beccles. Midland (Erewash Valley Extension). Midland (Erewash Valley Branches). South Wales Great Western. London and Birmingham, and Birmingham Canal Arrangement Birmingham and Oxford (Birmingham Extension). Birmingham and Oxford Junction. Hu ldersfield and Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds Railway —Mr. Oswald and Mr. Forbes. Wilsontown, 3.lorningside, and Coitness (Knewton Branch)—Mr. Oswald and Mr. Forbes. Slainannan (Batligate and Jaweralg Branches)—Mr. Forbes and Mr. Oswald. Wishaw and Coltness—Mr. Oswald and Mr. Forbes. Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction—Captain Gladstone, Mr. L. Fox, and Lord Rendlesham. London. Hounslow, and Western—Mr. Byng, Colonel T. Wood, and Jr.A H. Berkeley. South Midland (Huntingdon Branch)—Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Currie, and Captain Polhill. London and Birmingham (St. Alban's and Luton Branch)—Colonel Anson and Mr. Ryder. London and Birmingham (Newport Pagnell Branch) —Mr. Dupre and Mr. Mangles. Slamannan and iIaTTOWStOWTICSS—Mr. Forbes and Mr. Oswald. Taw Vale Extension—Mr. Divett, Mr. F. Hodgson, and Mr. M. Gore. Norfolk Extension (Denham, Wells, and Blakency Branch)—Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Burroughs. North-Western—Mr. Patten, Mr. Greene, and Mr. Beckett. East and West Yorkshire Junction—Sir J. Lowther and Mr. Lawson. South Midland (Northampton and Bedford Lines)—Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Currie, and Captain Polhill. Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth—Lord Courtenay and Sir T. Acland. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock , and Ayr (Antendment Sir Branches • —No. 2)—Lord J. Stuart and Mr. Oswald. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (Amendment and Branches —No. 3)—Lord J. Stuart and Mr. Oswald. South-Eastern (Chislet to Alargate)—Sir E. Filmer and Mr. S. Douglas. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Amendment and Branches (No. I)—Lord J. Stuart and Mr. Oswald. Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir, and Port Glasgow Junction—Mr. Bouveric and Mr. Hastie. South-Eastern (Maidstone to Strood, near Rochester)—Mr. W. Bodkin and Mr. Dodd. North British (Carlisle Extension)—Mr. F. Scott and Mr. P. Howard. North British (Hawick Blanches)—Air. F. Scott, Sir H. Campbell, and Mr. F. Mackenzie. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Norwich Extension)—Captain Gladstone, Lord Rendlesham, and the Marquis of Douro. North British—Sir H. Campbell and Mr. Craig. Perth and Crieff Direct—Sir J. Hope and Mr. Drummond. Exeter and Exmouth—Colonel Baillie and Mr. T. Hussey. South-Eastern (Branch from Reigate to Dorking)—Mr. Fuller, Mr. Cartels. and Mr. Dodd. South-Eastent (Rye and Rye Harbour)—Mr. Fuller and Mr. Curteis. South-Eastern (Tunbridge Wells to Hastings and Rye)—Mr. Faller, Mr. C South-E irteis, and Mr. Dodd. Meru (Godstone Station to East Grinstead)—Sir E. Filmer and Mr. Dodd. • South• Eastern (Canterbury to Dover)—Mr. Plumptre, Sir E. Fihner, and Mr. Douglas. St. Helen's Canal and Railway—Mr. Patten and Mr. Legh. The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time : York and North Midland (Leeds Extension)—" for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to make a more direct Line of Railway between York and Leeds." Windsor, Slough, and Staines Atmospheric—" for making a Rail way from the Own of New Windsor, in the county of Berks, to the Great Western Railway at Slough, in the county of Buckingham, with a Branch or Diverging Railway therefrom to Staines, in the county of Middlesex, to be called The Windsor, Slough, and Staines Atmospheric Railway.' " Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction—" for making a Railway from the Manchester and Birmingham Railway at Cheadle, in the county of Chester, to or near to the Atnbergate Station of the Midlands Railway, in the county of Derby, to be called .The Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction " South-Eastern (No. 1) from the Waterloo-road, near Hungerford bridge, to the Greenwich Railway—"to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make a Railway from the south-west side of the Waterloo-road, near to the York-road, in the parish of Lambeth, to the London and Greenwich Railway." South-Eastern (No. 2—Greenwich Railway to Chi ham rear Can terbury, with Branches)—" to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make a Railway from London and Greenwich Railway to join the South-Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate Rail way, in the parish of Chilharn, in the county of Kent, with a diverg ing Line to Dartford, awl with Branches to Sheerness and Faversham Creek." Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric — " for making a Railway from the City of Edinbur g h to the town, pier, harbour, and docks of Leith, to be called The Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric Railway.' " Stirling and Dunfermline—" for making a Railway from Stirling to Dunfermline, with Branches to Kinross, to Tillicoultry, and to Alloa Harbour, to he called The Stirling and Dunfermline Railway." General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour—" tor making a Railway from the Polloc and Govan Railway to the river Clyde and Harbour of Glasgow, with Branches, to be called ' The General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour " Mold Junction—"for making a Railway from Mold, in the county of Flint, to the Houton Station of the Chester and Birkenhead Rail way, to be called The Mold Junction Railway."' North and South Junction—" for making a Railway from Halifax to Keighicy, in the West Riding of the county of York, to be called The North and `South Junction Railway. " York and. North Midland (East Riding Branches—No. I)—" for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to make certain Branch Railways in the East Riding of the county of York, and for other purposes." Aylesbury and Thame Junction—" for making a Railway from the Aylesbury Railway at Aylesbury to Thame." Kirkiutilloch and Kilsyth —" for making a Railway from the-Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway near Kirkintilloch to Kilsyth." London and Brighton (Dorking Branch)—" for making a Branch Railway from the Loudon and Brighton Railway to or near to the town of Dorking, in the county of Surrey ." Brighton and Chichester (Bognor and Littlehampton Branches)— , " for making Branch Railways from the Brighton and Chichester Railway to the towns of Bognor and Littlehampton, both in the county of Sussex." - Brighton and Chichester (Steyning Branch)—" for making a Branch Railway from the Brighton and Chichester Railway to the town of Stcyning, in the county of Sussex." Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction—" for making a railway from the Richmond Branch of the Great North of England Railway to Preston with Branches, to be called The Li verpool, Manchester, and Newcastle - upon -T y ne Junction Railway" .' North British (No. 4 —Gretna Branch)— "to empower the North British Railway Company to construct a Branch Railway from the proposed extension of the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway, to join the Caledonian Railway, at or near Springfield." • Direct London and Portsmouth —" for making a Railway from the Croydon and Epsom Railway, at Epsom, to the town of Portsmouth, to be entitled The Direct London and Portsmouth Railway.' " London and Brighton (Wandsworth Branch)—" for making a Branch Railway from the London and Brighton Railway, in the parish of Croydon, to join the South-Western Railway, in the parish of Wandsworth, in the county of Surrey." Coupanies Amalgamation. Southainpton and Dorchester. Trent Valley (Alrewas Branch). Liverpool and Bury and Manchester and Leeds Amalgamation. Chard Canal. Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and Dock Company. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway. Cornwall and Devon Central (Hale, Leiant, Saint Austell, and Both, 395 632 3,445 b 69 550 York and North Midland Railway (Whitby and Pickering)—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway— Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Liverpool, Ormekirk, and Preston Railway—Second reading, Mon day, Feb. 16. Blackburn and Preston Railway—Second Reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon Railway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. North Staffordshire Railway (flarecastle and Sandbach Line) — Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley Line)—Second read ing, Monday, Feb. 16. • East Lincolnshire Railway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Epsom and Dorking hallway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. North Kent Railway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. North Kent Railway (City Extension)—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16 4,411 i,onden and South-Western Railway (Hampton Court Branch)-- Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. London and South-Western Railway (London Bridge Extension) — Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. London and South- Western Railway (Chertsey and Egham Branch) —Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. - Staines and Richmond Junction Railway—Second reading, Mon day, Feb. 16. L.ndon and South-Western Railway (Epsom Branch)—Sacend reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Great Junction Railway (Huyton and Warrington Branch)—Se cond reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Manchester and Birmingham Railway--2econd reading, Monday, Feb. 16. SPECIAL REPORT. EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER RAILWAY. Mr. Strat reported from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom several petitions complaining of non-compli ance with the standing orders in the case of the petition for the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Bill were referred, that it appeared that the said petitions " had not the name or short title by which such Bill is entered in the Votes written at the beginning thereof, nor was it there stated whether such petitions were in favour or against the Bill, or relati' g to tke non-compliance with the standing orders " as required by standing order, No. 1l l a. That the said standing order, No. I l I a, is not one of the standing orders relating specially to the duties of the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, but is one of those relating to the practice of the House ; but as the attention of the Committee has been called to the point in question by the petition of Edward Woolmer, which has been specially referred to this Committee, the Conunittee con sider it their duty to submit the point for the consideration of the House. COMMITTEES ON OR PETITIO NS ENSUING W. MAYDAY, FEB. 16. Leicester and Bedford. London and South Essex, Staines and Henley. Rugby and Stamford. Yorkshire and Glasgow Union. Great Western and Wycombe. Rugby and Huntingdon. Tenby, Saundersfoot, and South Wales. Grand Union. Leeds and Bradford (Guiseley Branch). Leeds and Bradford (Junctien Lino at Bradford). Gloucester and Dean Forest. Lancashire and North Yorkshire. York and Carlisle. • Hull and Selby Purchase. SUN, LO N DON, SATUR DAY EVEN LNG, :Midland Great Western of Ireland (Mullingar to Galway). 311dland Great Western a Ireland (Longford and Sligo). Midland Great Western of Ireland (Liffey Branch and Longford Deviation). * Bandon, and Kinsale Railway. lierbury Bridge and Calder Railway. Mirkenhead and Llangollen Railway. Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Ashchurch Line). Glasgow and Dundee Junction Railway. Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor. Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway. Bandon and Bantry Railway. Cork, Macroom, and Killarney Railway. 'Great Munster Railway. North Devon Railway. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Whaley Bridge and Hayfield Branch). Dublin and Kingstown Railway Extensions. Chelmsford and Bury Railway. Somersetshire Midland Railway. THURSDAY, FEB. 19. Wexford, Waterford, and Valencia Railway. Surrey Grand Junction Railway, Cork, Passage, and Kinsale Railway. Oldham, Manchester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead Railway. Midland Railway (Birmingham and Gloucester Branches). Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway. FRIDAY, FRB. 20. Dublin and Sandomount (Atmospheric) Railway. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. FRIDAY, FEB. 13. Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway— Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. 18, Bandon and Bantry Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday -17 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. Cork, Macroom, and Killarney Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 17 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. Great Munster Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 17 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. North Devon Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Whaley Bridge and Hayfield Branches) —Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. Dublin and Kingstown Extension Railway—Comilittee on Peti tion, postponed from Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. Pdrect Northern Railway—Committee on Petition adj tuned till rAday, Feb. 27. Welsh Midland Railway— Committee on Petition adjourned till Tuesday, Feb. 24. _ Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway—Second reading, Tuesday, k'eb. 17. _ Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway and Ferry—Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway—Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (Extension to Caledonian Railway) and Lancaster and Preston Junction Ra lway Amalgamation— Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Newcastle and Berwick Railway—Second reading, Tuesday Feb. 17. North Union Railway—Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Grand Junction Railway--(Muyton and Aston, Huyton, Prescot, and St. Helen's, Warrington and Kenyon, Warrington and Parkside, Showhill and Portobello, and Hedgehill and Huyton Branches) — Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway Deviations and Branches —Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. London and South-Western Railway (Farnham and Alton Branch) —Second reading, Thursday, Feb. 19. Marzh and Sheffield and Midland Junction Railway—Second read ing, Thursday, Feb. 19. Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Ragway Second read ing, Thursday, Feb. 19. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Deviations -Secend read. ing, Thursday, Feb. 19. - . _ _ . , • Eastbourne, Hailsham, Seaford, and Newhaven Branches—Second reading, Thursday, Feb. 19. London and Brighton Railway (East Grinstead Branches)—Second reading, Thursday, Feb. 19. MORE RESIGNATIONS. Cornwall. Shrewsbury and Hereford. Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Newton to Crews with Branches). Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Shrewsbury . and Stafford). Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Chester and "Wolvarhampton Line). London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster. Lincoln, Wainfieet Haven, and Boston Railway. North Staftbrdshire (Potteries Line). Carnwath and West Linton. Ballochney (Shotts Branch). • Monklanctand Kirkintilloch (Chapelyall Branch). Caledonian and Dumbartonshire. junction. Wilsontown, Morningside , and CoThiess (Bathgate Branch). Wilsontown, Morningside, and Collings (Caledonian Junction). Killarney Junction. Limerick. Ennis, and Killaloe. Mountmellick Junction. Great Southern and Western (Cork Extension). Cambridge and Lincoln Extension. Enfieki and Edmonton. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle.:llranch. Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway and Tyne Dock. Oldham District. Maldon, Witham, and Brandon. • Midland and Eastern Counties (Can ffiridge to Weedon), Bristol and Exeter (Crewkerne Bra rich). London and Blackwall (Widening). Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junctle in Extension (No. 3). Great Grimsby and Sheffield Jurectit in Extension (No. 2). Great Grimsby and Sheffield Juneth in Extension (No. 1). East Lancashire (Deviation and branches). Dundee and Arbroath Extension. Dundee and Perth Amendment. East and West India Docks and .Birmingham Junction. Mitcham and South Western. Newmarket and Chesterford London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Ji tnction (Basingstoke to Yeovil). Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction. Huddersfield and Manchester I railway and Canal (Huddersfield Di version and Cooper Bridge Br ~rich). Fleetwood, Preston, and West Billing Junction. Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neiiston. Direct (Branches to Thornliebank, Ilousehill, and Hurlet). Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston. Direct (Branches to Paisley). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Polloc and Govan Branch). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock al arbour Branch). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (B ridge of Weir Branch.) Dartmouth, Brixham, Torbay, and -Exeter. Richmond (Kew Branch). Sir flield, Ashton-under -Lyrae, and. Manchester (Dultinfield, Wore borough, and Glossop Branches, n nd Sheffield Station). Sheffield, Asbton-under-Lyne, and. Manchester (Barnsley branch). Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, awl Manchester (Ashton Canal and Purchase). Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Oldham Branch). Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Bradford Branch). Glasgow, Strathearn, and Lesmabagow. Scottish Midland Junction Branches. • Scottish Midland Junction (South Inch of Perth Branch). Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction Terminus. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and .Ardrossren. • Macclesfield and Lichfield. Liverpool and Prest n and Manchester and Southport. Liverpool and Leeds Direct. Northumberland and Lancashire. Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke. Hertford and Hatfield. Great North and south Wales. Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston. Kent Atmospheric. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction (Humber Ferries). Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway and Grimsby Docks Consolidation. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford. Derby, Galnsborough, and Great Grimsby. Chester and Manchester Direct. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, Extensions and Devitt? tiens. North Wales Mineral Deviations and Branches. Manchester and Leeds Extensions. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction. 'it and Ely and Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham -tea , Companies Amalgamation. *ld TauntNi Canal MaihraY and ligrbour. nun Branches). Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction. Liverpool and Preston and Manchester and Southport. London and South Western Railway Acts Amendment. Trent Valley Midlands and Grand Juncton. Liverpool and Bury. Warwick and Worcester. - Runcorn and Preston Brook. Northern and Southern Connecting. Cornwall and Devon Central. Direct Birmingham and Leicester. Thetford, Bury St. Edmunds, and Newmarket. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth. London and Birmingham Extension (Northampton, Daventry, Leam ington, and Warwick). Rochdale Canal and Manchester and Leeds Railway. Shrewsbury and Herefordshire. North Union (Norwich Branch). Leeds, York, and Midland Junction. Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland. Manchester and Hyde Railway. Bristol and Birmingham and Midlands Railway. Buckingham Railway (Tring to Banbury). Bristol and Birmingham Railway (Bath Line). Bristol and Birmingham Railway (Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, and Malvern Line). Bristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Gloucester Railways. Bristol and Gloucester (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction). Chester and Birkenhead Railway. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway. Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Pontop and South Shields Railway Purchase). Landon and Birmingham Railway (Birmingham Extension). London and Birmingham Railway (Coventry and Nuneaton). South Devon Railway (No. 2). Leicester and Birmingham Railway. Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Stamford to Wisbech). London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction (Salisbury to Yeovil). Hull and Barn,sley Junction Railway. East Coast Railway. London my' s Windsor Railway. Hull and Lincoln Railway. Leeds, - h a'selleld, and Midland Junction Railway. Tear, and Dove and Eastern and Western Junction Railway. lialeswerth and Norwich Railway. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation. Sheffield, Buxtc n, Leek Potteries, and Crewe Railway. • Whitehaven and Furness Railway. - Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction and North Walls Mineral Railway Amalgamation. London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct Railway. Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway. Northampton and Banbury Railway. Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Railway. Furness Railway Extensions. Northampton and Bedford Railway. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway Extensions. Buckinghamshire (Oxford and Blotchley Junction) Railway. Bristol and Birmingham (King's Norton to Ilalesowen) Railway. London and Birmingham (Weedon . and Northampton Branch). London and Birmingham (Leamington Extension, Coventry and Rugby Stations Enlargement) Railway. London and Birmingham Railway (Aylesbury Railway Purchase). Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway Company. Midland Railways (Birmingham Extension). London and Birmingham Grand Junction, and Manchester and Bir mingham Railways Amalgamation. Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Banbury Line) Railway. Birkenbead and Holyhead Junction Railway. Warwickshire and London (Worcester and Weedon Line) Railway. Bideford and Tavistock Railway. North Wales Railway. ....... Manchester and Leeds and Leeds andßradford Amalgamation. Morecombe Harbour and Railway. Leeds Central Railway Station. Blackburn, Clithetroo, and North Weston' Junctioa Railway. Blackburn, Dal Well, and Bolton Railway. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction (Darfield Branch) Railway. Sin ewsbury,Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway (No. 1) ' Slirewsbury,Wolvertampton, and Smith Staffordshire Railway (No. 2) Clltheroe Junction Railway. Exeter, Yeovil, acid Dorchester Railway. Norfolk Extensio a (Stowmarket and 'Wymondham) Railway. Colchester and St our Valley Railway. TiIEsDAY, FEB. 17. Great County Do ten Railway. Clonmel and Thvaies Railway. Belfast and Holy wood Atmospheric Raway. Dublin and Ennfakillen Railway. Londonderry A au- :Enniskillen Railway. Portbury Pier and Railway. Inniskillen and S l ag° Railway. Newry, Armag: fl , Edinburgh ar s d Bathgate Railway. and Londonderry Junction Railway. Glasgow, -A' srdrle, and Monklands Junction Railway. Glasgow ' , Southern Terminal Railway. S s eettl' . ..i Midland Extension Railway. &An" srishire and Lothians Railway. D ablin and Belfast Junction Railway Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Mblin Railway. Irish North Midland Railway. Great Southern and Western Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Ballochney and Slamannan Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow and Wishaw and Coitness Railways Amal gamation. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Forth and Clyde Navigation Amalgamation. Morayshire Railway. Arbroath and Forfar Railway. Caledonian, Polloc, and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways Amalgamation. Scottish Central (Alloa Branch) Railway. Scottish Central (Crieff Branch) Railway. Scottish Central (Donny Branch) Railway. Caledonian Extension Railways. Polloc and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways Am algamation Caledonian Railway (Clydesdale Junction Railway) Deviation. Caledonian Railway (Carlisle Deviation). Caledonian (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Branch). Caledonian (Glasgow Termini and Branches). Caledonian (Langholm Branch). Caledonian (Mid Lothian Branches). Caledeasian (Leith Junction). Caledonian (Dumfries Branches). Ca i sedonian (Dundyvan Branch). Csidedonlan (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Purchase) ' Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway txtenaion and Branches. Ilelensburgh Railway Extension and Police. Stirlingshire Midland Junction. Strathtay and Breadalbane. Scottish Grand Junction. Caledonian Northern Direct. Perth and Inverness. Inverness and Elgin. Ayrshire and Caledonian Junction. Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Extension. Scottish Central (Perth Termini and Stations). Forth and Clyde Junction. Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct. St. Alban's, Luton, and Dunstable. Kilmarnock and Troon. Goole and Doncaster Railway. South Yorkshire Coal Railway. Tomplemore and Nenagh Railway. Great Leinster and Munster Railway (No. 1). Great Leinster and Munster Railway (No. 2). York and Lancaster Railway. North of Norfolk Railway. East Dcreham and Norwich Railway. Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway. Chichester and Bognor Railway. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway Amendment. I:MalmoDonne, and Callander Railway. Newcastle-upon-Tyne,Edinborgh, and Direct Glasgow Railway. Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, aid Midland Junction Oxford, Coventry, and Burton-on-Trent Railway. Launceston and South Devon Railway (No. 2). Eastern Counties (Lincoln to Milford Railway. Leeds and Thirsk (St. Helen's Branch Deviation), Leeds and Thirsk (North Eastern Extension, Wath to Hartlepool). Leeds and Thirsk (Knaresborough Branch Extension). Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Amalgamation. Mallow and Fermoy. Monkland and Kirkintilloch. East and West of England Junction. Aberde:n, Banff, and Elgin. Manchester and Southampton. Alford Valley. Great North of Scotland. Great North of Scotland (Eastern Extension). East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction. Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gains borough Canal. Harwich and Eastern Counties. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester (Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canal Purchase). Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier. Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick. Airdrie and Bathgate Junction. Leicester and Tamworth Juaction. Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester. Leeds and York. London and Oxford. Direct London and Manchester. Edinburgh and Glasgow and Dutnbartonshire Junction. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (N 0,6) Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Railway. Axhohne, Gainsborough, Goole and York, and North Midland June ton Railway. Midland Junction Railway. South Staffordshire Junction Railway and Branches (No. 1). South Staffordshire Junction (Bilston and Priestlield Branch—No. 2: South Staffordshire Junction (ilhowliUl and Portobello Branch- No. 3). South Staffordshire Junction (Willenhall and Bleotwich) (No. 4). WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18. • Carlow Extension Railway. Cork and Passage Railway. Dublin, Dumdrum, and EnniskerrY Railway, Cork and Waterford Railway. Sligo and Shannon Railway. Galway and Kilkenny Railwgcy. We have reason to believe that Admiral Sir George Cockburn has resigned his seat at the Board of Admiralty. It would be difficult to calculate the loss that the Government must suffer from this retire ment, as Sir George has been, for all professional and practical pur- Prises, the mainstay of the Naval Department. Virtually he was the First Lord of the Admiralty. It is further understood that Lord Forester has resigned the post he held in the Royal Household as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms. Some short time ago we stated that the Earl Delawarr had ten dered his resignation of the high office of Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, but that., on the urgent request of an illustrious personage, he had consented to retain the appointment. We are now assured, however, that his Lordship has actually resigned. Thus has the persistence of Sir Robert Peel, in he attempt to drag his supporters through the dirt, deprived the country of one of its ablest executive officers, and the Court of two noblemen whose cha racter and bearing added dignity to the offices with the duties of which, in better days, they had been entrusted by their Sovereign. —Post. It is currently rumoured that Sir George Cockburn - and Rear- Admiral Bowles have resigned their seats at the Board of Admiralty. The appointment of Captain Rous is the reason assigned for these resignations.—Chronkle. SOUTH NOTTINGHAM ELECTION NOTTINGHAM, FRIDAY.—Both the candidates are canvassing with much assiduity among the townspeople of this place and the adjacent farmers : both express themselves most sanguine of the result. Mr. T.B. T. Hildyard is only twenty-five years of age, with a moderate paternal estate, and but little known in connexion with local politics. Lord Lincoln's address is acknowledEed on all hands to have been most able. • _ _ There are six polling stations for the election of ➢fembers to re present the southern division of the county, viz., Newark, South well, Bingham, Lowdham, East Leake, and Sutton-upon-Trent. The number of voters for this division on the register of the present year is about 3,400. As to Lord Lincoln's present success, we find that out of one hundred county voters in Nottingham and Sneinton who were can vassed his Lordship only met with four reftisais, the other ninety six promising to vote for him. Wednesday, the 25th instant, will, however, show which party will come off victorious. MONEY MARKET and CIT Y NE W S. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—It was a prevalent notion here for a day or two after the amount of the railway deposits was disclosed, that matters would soon revert into the ordinary channel, and the subject lose all its importance; but this does not appear to be the case. They become, on the contrary; a subject of constant and increasing uneasiness. At the Stock Exchange prices of all kinds seem almost wholly under the influence of the broker for the Court of Chancery ; the bankers. and discount-brokers avoid all transactions for distant dates, the most useful and necessary of all for the trading interest, because they are uncertain what assistance they may receive from the Bank of England ; and the Bank itself is, in its turn, kept in a similar degree of suspense, because they are en titled to no notice whatever when the railroad money is wanted for investment, and hold these large funds in fact at absolute call. It is not easy to perceive by what means this great weight is to be removed, for being subject to so many species of control, there is no one power which can act upon it. Dependence is now chiefly placed - upon the Committees of Parliament, and espe cially upon that Committee to which it is referred to place the linen in groups, where any decision upon one must dispose of several others, and thus set free a large portion of the capital locked up. At present all managers of companies are placed under the greatest difti• salty how to act with the fluids they hold in trust. Luckily the Bank is at present affording assistance most liberally, and the opera tions there take a much wider range than formerly, by assimilating the facilities to those of the private bankers, and dispensing with many of the old forms ; but still there are large classes not in the position, as already intimated,' to obtain this relief, and who are com pelled to pay far more dearly in the open market than they would do if these hinds were properly distributed. . It has been remarked with respect to the influence on the funds of the purchases by the Accountant -General, that it was hardly fair to impute to the members of the Stock Exchange any preconcert to raise or depress prices as the broker of the Court was supposed to be a buyer or a seller. The real influence is that of a scarcity of means, such as existed some years back, for effecting large operations. As there is very little floating stock, so the jobbers keep less money at disposal to carry ou their bargains with, and when a sudden demand arises either way there. is no power to meet it. A sudden demand for stock, for example, to supply the Chancry broker, puts the jobbers upon the inquiry where it is to be found ; and in this way, and not 1,3 , any concert among them, the market is influenced. During the great loan-transactions of the war, and for many years afterwards, the case was different, but the Stock Exchange has since undergone a great revolution. The greater portion by far of Government stock is locked up in trusts and endowments, or held by great public com panies who never think of moving it. The present state of things has thrown a great increase of power into the hands of the Bank of England, which probably never stood in so high a position, or possessed so great relative importance towards the rest of the banking and trading community. Money has been in much demand during the day, independently of the Stock-Exchange. The arrival of the India Mall has proved a most seasonable relief to the public mind, as the attempts to account for se singular and unusual a delay have led to the circulation for some days past of the most disastrous rumours in the City. All these are now happily dispelled, but the causes of that detention, which are now made known, are commented upon in terms of great indignation. That any public officer should take upon himself at so critical a period to detain Government dispatches at Alexandria, of the importance of which he could not but bo aware, for six or seven days, is deemed at present perfectly unaccountable. The whole depends upon whether the Consul had any intimation that it was designed to send a second steam-vessel from Bombay with the results of the late battle. Still the delay, even under that supposition, far exceeded what was requisite and proper. For the letters through France the delay Is a serious one, but far more so for those which are to come by Malta and Southampton, which can now hardly be ex pected to reach England before the middle of next week, and that portion of the bi-monthly mall which is to come by the Marseilles route will follow close upon it. One false step in such a machinery as that of the India mail has a tendency to throw all the rest into con fusion ; and this is what the merchants would desire to see impressed upon all public officers who manage it in its transit. As regards the Consul at Alexandria, or whoever gave the order for the present de tention, it is but right before condemnation that his explanation should be heard. The commanders of the British steam-packets have no voice in such a proceeding, as they arc under the direction of an Admiralty agent, who is placed on board for that purpose. SUGAR DUTIES. Transactions in sugar, in the London market, have been, during the last and present weeks, very limited; the quo tation given in last night's Gazette, upon the following sales to the 10th instant, were only 766 tons of West India, at 355. bid. per cwt.; 375 tons of Mauritius, at 345. 80. per cwt.; and 844 tons of East India su gars at 355. Sid. per cwt., giving a total average of 355. sd. per cwt. It really will be most unfair to the agriculturists to make them pay this price for sugar when their protection is reduced to 4s. a quarter for wheat, when they could buy uncertificated Manilla sugar at 21s. per cwt. ; the common justice of the case demands that the agri culturists should be Rut in a position to lay in their supplies of sugar, and other colonial articles, at unprotected prices be fore they are compelled to dispose of their produce upon simi lar terms. As it is, the farmers and others dependent on the land for subsistence will be unfairly treated. It is rumoured in Mincing-lane that when Sir Robert Peel brings on the sugar question, and insists on keeping up the distinction on the duties on the produce of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Brazils, in favour of the sugars from Java and the Philippine Islands, he will be in a fearful minority. In fact, we want more sugar with abundance as much revenue would be obtained on it at the reduced duty of 14s. as was heretofore received when the duty was 245. per cwt. This being the general opinion, much life cannot be expected in the market until an alters - tion is made. MR. W. BATTY.—The admirers of equestrian per formances will be gratified to learn that this gentleman, so well known as the proprietor of Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, who has sacred so severely of late from asthma, is now, under the able treat ment of Dr. Cronin, almost recovered from that complaint. We were favoured with an interview with Mr. Batty, who in formed us that he had been confined to his bed, and come quently incapacitated from attending to the routine of his arduous duties, but that " since he had placed himself under Dr. Cronin, who had done more by his treatment, (which is called anaspasia) towards effecting a cure than all his previous medical attendants, (these were his words) he was enabled to resume the onerous duties of his, establishment, and in fact is almost well." Such cures as this caanot be too widely circulated in the public journals, for we have no doubt there are many suffering from asthma and other pulmonary disorders, who erronet.usly believe themselves incurable. —United Service Gazette. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER—NAVY ESTIMATES AND EXPENSES.—A return has Just been printed, by order of the House of Commons, containing an account of the naval receipts and expen diture for the year ending 31st March, 1845. This document gives the details of the expenditure of 6,466,019/. for the several branches of naval service ; which sum exceeds by 44,4291. the aggregate a:r.ount of grants voted by the House for that department. The principal excess is in the item for naval stores, building and repair of s hip docks, &c., in wh ich the amount ex pended is larg er by 68,6191. than the sum granted. The cause of this excess is explained to be the dispatch in providing steam machinery and iron steamers, and the necessity of obtaining supplies of timlier for steam-vessels at which had been. established during the year as a build- Deptford yard, THE LATE MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY OF A CHILD.— the death of a newly-born female child, found Last evening, at seven o'clock, Mr. William P ayne , th e Coroner, re sumed an inquiry at t he Horse Shoe Tavern, Friar-street, Doctors'- .house• of St. Ann, Bl ac kf r i ar s. Police-cot:- in answer to the C oroner , th a t he had made I t o ti n a it l . b n e :::i a s n r u e it s a gh p c e t e oc t n i i n , sg g ri do, every inquiry, but had not been able to obtain any further particu lars. The Jury returned a verdict of Found dead." THE EARL Of DERBY AND FREE TRADE.—WC are enabled positively to announce that the venerable head of the house of Derby ha s no s y m pat h y with the prote ct i onist predilections of Lord Stan l ey , and may be classed among the warmed admirersof free trade , —Lancaster Guardian. FEBRUARN 14, 1846. IMPERIAL PARLIAII NT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Friday, Feb. 13. At Five o'clock, neither the Lord Chancellor nor the Earl of Shaftesbury being in attendance, Lord BROUGHAM inquired if there was any ob jection to Lord Denman officiating instead? No objection being taken by their Lordships, Lord DENMAN took his seat on the Woolsack. PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE. Earl SOMERS presented two petitions from occupiers of land, and other persons residing in the county of Here ford, against the proposed withdrawal of agricultural protection. The petitioners stated they were apprehen sive that great evils would, in consequence, fall not only on the agricultural interest, but on all classes of her Majesty's subjects. ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. The order of the day was then read for going into Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill. The Bill then passed through Committee, - 1 the report was brought up and agreed to. RAILWAYS. The Earl of REDESDALE presented a petition, complaining that several names were attached to rail way schemes which were not sanctioned by the parties whose names were thus attached. Ile considered that in a matter of such vast importance the standing orders in Committees ought to be carefully attended to and enforced by their Lordship?. He (Lord Redesdale) would sugge.t that where names were attached to any such scheme, security should be given that the parties had actually given their consent to such pro positions. The Earl of DALIIOUSIE then rose to move the adoption of the resolutions contained in the second report of the Lords' Commitu e on Railways. He had to move that certain alterations should be made in the standing orders 219, 220, and 224, in order to facilitate the passing of certain Bills, which were to originate in that Rouse during the present session. The Noble Earl then entered into a detail of the altera tions intended. (These have been already given in the resolutions inserted in our Thursday's paper.) — Agreed to. The Earl of CLARENDON wished to ask his Noble Friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he would have any objection to lay on the table any correspondence between himself and the Spanish Govern ment on the subject of Cuba sugar? The Earl of ABERDEEN said that he could not have any objection to produce the correspondence re ferred to. •--- Their Lordships then adjourned until Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Friday, Feb. 13. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes before Four o'clock. PETITION FROM THE CITY—CORN-LAWS. The Sheriffs of London, Messrs. Chaplin and Laurie, appeared at the bar, clothed in their insignia of office, and presented a petition from the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of London, in Common Council assembled, in which, after stating their approbation of the general policy pursued by her Majesty's Ministers with respect to the commercial interests of England, regretted that the total repeal of the corn-laws was to be delayed for a period of three years. NEW WRIT. A new writ was moved for by Mr. BERESFORD, for North Nottinghamshire, in the room of Henry Gaily Knight, Esq., deceased. RAILWAY BUSINESS. Lord DUNCANNON brought up the report on the Manchester, Matlock, and Buxton Railway Bill, which was ordered to be read a first time. The following Railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed:—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway (Methley, Askern, and Oakenshaw branches) ; Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and G c oole Railway ; Leeds and Bradford Railway (alteration of levels in Bingley). Mr. STRUTT brought under the notice of the House the tact that several petitions for private Bills had been received by the House in consequence of some irregu larity which they contained having been overlooked. There were several instances where the standing order, 111 A, had not been complied with. Mr. GREENE gave a notice of motion to the effect, that in all cases of private Bills no petitions should be received unless they had been prepared and properly signed by the parties themselves. Mr. ENT WISLE said, that complaints had fre quently. been made of the operation of the standing orders in reference to matters of a minor and very trivial nature, and parties were often put to enormous expense by being compelled to attend here, and then all that was lost by reason of the Bill being thrown out upon some matter of a very trifling nature, and they were told that they had been defeated by a non-compliance with the standing orders. With regard to what the Hon. Member for Lancashire had said, he would just make this observation, that the number of petitions was so great that it )s as quite impossible for this House to 'take cognizance of the con tents of the whole of them. It would be well, there• fore, if some measure were introduced to prevent this useless expenditure of thousands of pounds before a Bill had passed the standing orders. Mr. STRUTT said his observations did not apply to the Standing Orders' Committee, but to the omissions of this House. Mr. E. ELLIS said that much inconvenience had arisen by reason of the vague manner itt which the standing orders required the notice of a Bill to be in serted in the '° first part" of the petition, without defining the particular part. Mr. GISBORNE said he could not at all understand on what grounds his Hon. Friend had submitted his motion to the House. The House itself had established certain rules, and they were neither few or unimportant, with which all public companies were compelled to comply. He believed they amounted to about 120 or 130, the slightest infringement of any one of which was suffi cient to cause the rejection of their petitions ; and now there were petitions presented to them by parties who had only two standing orders to comply with. He thought it, therefore, extremely unreasonable to ask for this indulgence in the House, with out any notice having been given of the intention to present them, although they concerned property to a very large amount, and when in fact the House knew no more about them than if they had just dropped from the clouds. He could see no reason for assenting to the roposal of his Hon. Friend,and if his motion was persiste p d in, he should certainly divide the House against ments him. Sir W. HEATHCOTE begged to explain that the resolution upon which the Committee had acted was one which had been imposed by the House. It was not founded upon any general apprehension of the standing orders, but was a specific direction of the 111th clause. Although many directions of the standing orders were general in their character, yet, whenever any particular rule of proceeding was to be observed, it was I clearly laid down, as was the case in No. 9. The Com mittee, therefore, could not dispose of this case, and he conceived the Hon. Member for Derby was perfectly right in repeating it to the House, instead of disposing of it summarily. After a few observations from Sir GEORGE CLERK and Mr. GISBORNE, which did not reach the gallery, Mr. R. HODGSON said if the parties referred to had made a mistake, they might petition the House to allow them to rectify it. The case was precisely similar to one which occurred in the House a few nights ago. The 27th order required that a list of the assents and dissents to a Bill should be delivered to the Clerk for Private Bills, who was desired to endorse the fact of their receipt on the back of them. In the case to which he referred, this endorsement had been omitted. The parties petitioned the House to permit them to rectify the mistake, which was granted. The case was perfectly analagous, and the parties in this case might adopt the same course. The report was then ordered to lie on the table. Sir JOHN YARDE BULLEII presented a petition against the Birmingham and Leicester Railway Bill. Mr. BARRY BALDWIN presented a petition against the Direct Union Railway Bill. Mr. VILLIERS gave notice, that he should, on Wednesday next, move for a return of any direction of the Poor-law Commissioners for the incorporation of the parish of Farnham, in Surrey, with other parishes in a poor-law union, and the copy of any memorial that may be presented against it. LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY. Mr. FEILRAND gave notice that he would, on Mon day next, put a question to . the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's. Government, (if he should then be in offiee)—(A lategh)—whether it was his inten tion to fill up two offices lately . vacated —he alluded to the offices of Lords esf the Admiralty—(Laughter) — as, in the event of his not doing so, he (Mr. Ferrand) should move that the offices be abolished as being quite useless to the country.—(Renewed laughter.) LANDLORD AND TENANT. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD gave notice of his intention to put a question to the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury, as to whether it was the intention of Government to propose any measure on the subject of landlord and tenant in Ireland. MERCHANT SEAUEN'S SOCIETY. An HON. MEMBER inquired whether it was the inten• tion of Government to bring froward any measure in the present session in referetvie to the Merchant Sea men's Society, as the mater had been strongly recom mended to the considerition of the Legislature by two Committees appointed ~ m the subject? Sir G. CLERIC 'Trilled that he bad been for some time ail communicati4 with some of the most eminent merchants on the question, end he hoped in a few days to be able' to give a satisfactory answer to the question. Mr. FOJ said he had no doubt the petition spoke the s e ntiments of the Ship-owners' Society. He must, boweve.r, prole st against these parties coming for ward in the wa,v they had done of late, and stating that they spoke the sentia 'rents of the great body of ship owners. That; society had been invariably opposed to relaxation.—(Che srs.) He was not, however, opposed to discus sic ti on the subject of which they complained, as the more they entered into the in vestigation they foul id. that they had no reason to com plain. Mr. LIDDELL s: tid he was not desirous of bringing on a discussion the a, but 'he could not allow the re marks of the II( inours,ble Member for Berwick to pass without a repl T. It was his intention to make a sub stantive motion to the , silfact that the petition be printed, when it would stand before th i Mouse on its own basis. The chair man of the General Society of Shipowners had signed the 1 peti!ion, and he believe rf h expressed the opinions of the whole of the members of that t "body. It was a matter of little consc . queuee to him whether - Bon. Members said the petition was got ' up or not.— (II ear.) ;By printing it, it would be placed before their observation. F ter :should take an early opportunity of re fen ing to the subject. Mr. WALL said I Je lc is prepared to support the allegations in the petition. The petition w .O then o rdered to be printed. It ' AILW AY DISTURBANCES. Mr. JAI' ~. r 0 ABS asked the R i g ht Hon. Bart. the Secre tory Pi • 444 t e, ;She had rece. l Yed PY 9 " 16 " 911131 Qf li savage affray which had taken place at Penrith, in the county (.f Cumberland, between a number of Irish labourers, who were armed with knives, sticks, and other weapons; and to _such. an extent had this been carried, that it had been difficult, with the assistance of the .yeomanry cavalry, to preserve the peace of the district. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had received no official information on the suLject. Mr. EWART wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentle man the President of the Board of Trade, whether he had taken into his consideratir , n the necessity of obliging railway companies to make some provision to prevent the recurrence of such acts, and thus to protect the public against the injuries likely to be sustained by having some hundreds of these labourers scattered over the country. Sit G. CLERK made a remark across the table, which was inaudible in the gallery. WESTMINSTER- BRIDGE. _ _ Sir R. INGLIS said he had giveti.notice of his inten tion to put certain questions relative to Westminster bridge and the new Palace at Westminster. At the close of the last session of Parliament he put several questions upon these subjects. The Right Hon. Gentle • man the First Lord of the Treasury then said he had received certain communications on this subject. He now wished to askw hether e communications comprised the amount of money which had been expended in the repairs of the bridge, if such a word could br applied to such an object ; and whether the Government were prepared to appoint a Committee, or object to the appointment of a Committee, upon the subject? Mr. CARDWELL said that the subject had been carefully and fully considered by the Right Ilo• nourable Gentleman at the head of her Majes ty's Government, and, after considering the report of the Commissioners who had the care of Westmin ster-bridge, he did not think that there was sufficient reason for building a new bridge. Instructions, however, were given to the Commissioners to inquire into the state of the bridge with respect to its security. The re port of the Commissioners did not recommend any alter ation in the bridge, nor did it recommend an y f urt h er steps to be t dun. Under these circumstances, seeing that ample care had been taken with reference to the safety of the public, he (Mr. Cardwell) hoped the Hon. Bart. would not think it necessary to move for a Committee. Sir R. H. INGLIS was not at liberty to say more than that he thought the answer most unsatisfactory. He would now, however, ask when it was likely that the New Houses of Parliament would be ready to be occu pied ? He did not mean the room only in which the Legislature was to meet, but the cOmmittee-rooms and the other parts of the building. He wished to know when they would be able to have their accommodation in the new Houses of Parliament—not merely into the room where they were to sit, but also when the other apart w, uld be in a state of readiness ; if the expectation which had been held out, that the new Houses wonld be ready at the commence ment of the session of 1837, would not be realised? He would also wish to know whether her Majesty's Govern ment would consent to appoint a Committee to ascertain the cause of the delay? Mr. CARDWELL—I have some reason to entertain a doubt that the expectations with regard to the readi ness of the new Houses at the commencement of the session of 1847 may possibly not be realised. — (Laughter.) I am aware that some causes of delay have occurred with regard to them, and in consequence of those causes some postponement may take place, but I can assure the Honourable Gentleman that every exertion will be made to bring the works to a completion without any unnecessary delay. And I hope, in answer to the last part of the Hon. Gen tleman's question, that should the Houses not be in a state of readiness at the expected time, be will not ap point the Committee to which he referred. Mr. COLLETT begged to ask the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the ll3me Department if the statements which had lately appeared in the public papers in reference to an alleged loss which the revenue had sustained by a flaw discovered in the recent Corn Act were true, and if so, what course the Crown in tended to adopt in reference to the parties concerned ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that different constructions had been put on the Act in question. The first decision was in favour of the Crown. The parties afterwards appealed from that decision, and by the judgment of the Judges in the Court of Exchequer, that decision was reverse d. Now, whether the case would proceed further he was not prepared to say ; but the case, as stated in the newspapers, was considerably exaggerated. It was then agreed that the House at its rising, should stand adjourned till Monday. CORN-LAWS. Lord MORPETH presented a petition, numerously signed, in favour of a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. RAIKES. CURRIE presented a petition from Northamptonshire in favour of a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition against the abolition of the corn-laws. Mr. HUME presented several petitions from dif ferent places, one of which was from the linen ncann facturers of Reading, praying for a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. The petitioners stated that the Legislature afforded no protection to their trade, and they, therefore, did not think it was just to protect agriculture. Mr. L A.BOUCHERE presented a petition to a similar effect. Mr. B. SMITH presented a petition from the city o Norwich to the same effect. Sir J. M'TAGGART presented a petition to the same effect. An Hem MEMBER presented twelve petitions from Hampshire in favour of protection to agriculture. Sir W. HEATHCOTE presented a petition, pray ing for total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a numerously signed pe tition from the inhabitants of Cockermoutb, in which the petitioners stated that, although the proposal of Go vernment was in many respects defective, yet as a whole they looked upon it as a good measure, and they thereore prayed the House to pass it into a law. Ile had also another petition from the inhabitants of Egre mont, in Cumberland, praying for a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. E. BARRINGTON presented a petition in favour of agricultural protection. Mr. G. BANKES said he had a petition to present from the inhabitants of the county of Dorset. That petition was agreed to at a public meeting of that county, regularly convened after a long notice, and the meeting was of so extensive a nature, that no hall in the county-town, or street in that county-town, was capable to contain the number of those who attended.—(Minis terial cheers.) The consequence was, that they ad journed to a plain without the town, and at that meet ing the petition which he was about to present was agreed to. Mr. POULETT SCROPE presented several petitions in favour of a total repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. B. ESCOTT presented several petitions from Suffolk in support of the Government measure, with the exception that they prayed the repeal of the corn-laws might be immediate. Sir A. BROOKE presented a petition from * Lanark in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. PHILIP MILES presented a petition from the county of Devon against the commercial policy of the Government, and stating that the present corn-laws had entirely answered the end for which they were pro posed, and praying that no alteration be made in them. Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions from the county of Durham and Wiltshire in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition in favour of the Government measure, from Sunninghill ; also one from Fifeshire, for a total repeal of the corn-laws. ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the order of the day for the adjourned Debate being read, Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS said that he was sure the Right Honourable Gentleman at the head of her Majesty's Government would understand his objec tion to the measure now before the House. It was his intention to vote against the measure for the purpose of protecting agriculture. The present combination of parties was a significant circumstance. He had uniformly voted against a repeal of the corn laws in the House, and he (Sir Howard Douglas) had no r, ason to regret his having done so, although lie had re-considered all he had said and heard stated on that measure. He had nothing to regret, except that he could only imperfectly speak his sentiments on that subject, to hich he had given his most dispassionate considera tion. He could not, in consequence, concur in the measure of the Right Hon. Baronet, on which he would take leave to make a few observations. It VV as true there was a stop put to the exportation of British and Irish produce in the year 1844. The period which the Right Hon. Baronet had taken was that of the lowest depression, he meant the year 1842. It was very material to inquire what were the cau ses of that depression. He believed that the solution s e s y p s e t c e t ni extension t w o h c t l h t e prevailed in their wouldpmanufactures,ower b ; e b fo u u t ni n tdh the rt he l a s c w h s a n i the e l of f orn m - Right Hon. Baronet had himself admitted that no alteration of the corn-laws would remedy evils in separable from the commercial system he had already referred to. Thus, he admitted that the corn laws were not the cause of the depression. In 1844 the exportation to foreign countries was not so great as in many years. With respect, for instance, to Russia, it was greater in 1837, and as regarded France, the case was nearly similar. Ile should be sorry to attempt the repeal of protection, or the relaxation of restrictive duties. When he first appeared in Liverpool, and avowed the principle of pro tection, he admitted his readiness to alter and modify it so as to make it of advantage to the general interest, and as little hurtful as pcs sible to individual rights; but he was now called upon not to modify or surrender protection, but abso lutely to extinguish it. Protection had never been de voted to the interests of any particular class of persons, and far less had it been devoted to the interest of any class which he had the honour to represent. It was his principle to protect all classes of artizans without distinction—to protect labour when the labour market was in that state of severe de pression which it so frequently experienced. When he perceived the Government about to rush into a measure by which native industry, unprotected, was made to compete with the protected industetrci: o f foreign states, without even much capital t t ol r_ 171 e was he felt it necessary to enter his protea indeed any s s not going to discuss the relation —if qlethrcew r . relation—between the p rice of food and he wo p uld ice leave oflabour the He would not take up nnlehtlmwea's e rfectl py convinced question in abler hands, but he 1 w would the roduc- that a repeal of t he cormnal- a . nufactures din lace p every market ti on s of Britis h in the wor ld to whichthe British merchant had access. 1 anot h er remarkable deduction from the paper He fount which lie bad referred , and that was an unlimittd to irpors tion 9f corn did not by any megus ,roduce a cotemporaneous exportation of manufactures. The fact, then, was, that it would be quite apparent from this statement that the truth of the axiom, that England was England's best customer, forced itself upon their minds, and that the great cause of their recent. was the s activityny afew o! wordsthe homeupon thema rkets. p ll r e osP w erty o i uld now dis advantageous position in which free-trade laws would place this country. fie would ask would the position of the country be such as the llon. Member opposite had depicted ? Would it alter their position in respect to France or Germany or the United States ? They had often evinced a disposition towards France to relax the English tariff; but the result , was only to make France enforce her protection with a still more stringent hand. The United States would do the same, for he would contend for it that every President of the United States, from Washington down,. had evinced a disposition for protection ; and Mr. Polk's last Message stated that he would be prepared to recommend a . reasonable amount of protection. He thought. it was necessary to take every precaution before they made this great alteration—to make every trial for improving the condition of the country before they made this plunge. For what were they about to do ? They were about to enter into a competition with hostile tariffs--not with hostile tariffs, for, indeed,. no tariffs could be hostile—but with rival tariffs. And the effect of that competition would be to reduce* the products of British industry and British labour, which was the chief eomponent in the value of those projects, :gut to the level, but above the level, of foreign articles. The liberality was to be all on this side of the water, for it could hardly Le supposed that foreigners would purchase articles of British production in their own markets, at a higher price than those of their own manufactures, when of equal quality. If, instead of the scheme now laid before the House, and which he could designate in no other way than ,to say the least of it, as the height of imprudence, they had i looked to the unlimited resources offered to them in immense variety and exten sion of our foreign possessions, they would have im proved and extended the market without depre ciating its value. But now, by entering into this competition, they would only prove success. ful by rendering British labour cheaper than it now was. It was evident that by this reduction of, the import duties they would be reducing the revenue of the country, and they could only restore the equilibrium of its finance by annual grants. lle contended that it was not of the slightest interest to lay hoary duties on articles of importation when foreign tariffs acted in a similar way towards British exportations. What was the advantage he wished to know ? Ile agreed with an observation which fell last night from the Noble Lord who represented the West Riding of Yorkshire, that it was necessary to provide food for an increasing population. The population was increasing to a great ex. tent, and the question then nnturally arose how they were to be fed.—( Hear.) His (Sir Howard Douglas) conviction was that if agriculture continued to be protected there woald be no difficulty in satisfying the wants of even an increasing population, for he was satisfied that any reduction in the price would be followed by a corresponding reduction in the price of wages and provisions. There was a species of free trade which might be introduced with great advantage amongst ourselves.—( Hear, hear.) When he voted for the Canada Corn Bill, ha imagined that the principle on which that Bill was founded would be carried cut with respect to other articles produced in our colonies, from which he believed the people of this country would derive great advantage. The inhabitants of the colonies might also derive great advantages, from which they were now shut out, by being a market in which they could sell their produce at the best price it could realise. He believed that Australian corn ought to be admitted on the same prin ciple as the Canada corn ; and he considered that even the Canada Corn Bill should be carried out to a greater extent—it ought to have included Prince Edward's Island.—( Hear, hear.) That Bill (the Canada Corn Bill) was a solemn compact made between this country and Canada, and when the measures proposed by her Majesty's Govern ment should be passed, it would have the effect of im mediately abolishing that solemn compact; and not only vi ould it act thus towards Canada, but it would also extinguish the colonial system itself.—(hear.) The colonial system is nothing more than a system of protection. The mo ment you abolish the differential duties you release the colonies from the necessity of dealing with the producer of British goods, and also of our dealing with them in return. Their glorious flag might still fly—there might be those who would wi,h to die under that flag in support of their country's rights-that flag under which their ancestors had fallen, but he (Sir H. Douglas) would tell them that their ships might guard their colonial coasts, and their troops might garrison the country, but their colonies woad be useless to them. This country would no longer have any right to regulate the commerce of the colonies. Mr. Huskisson's Acts were not free-trade Acts. They had for their object rather the protection of agriculture. He found the colonial trade in a state of monopoly, and he then brought forward his Acts of 1824, for the regulation of colonial trade. The object of his measures was to allow the Colonies to have free-trade with other countries that were independent States, but all free-trade intercourse with the mother country, either circular or direct, was prevented, except that of the coasting trade. They had taken off the timber duties here.—( Hear. ) Now, the American colonies laid a tax upon the West Indian produce —they had a perfect system of free trade amongst themselves and the German States had also a free trade amongst themselves, but by a compact they had a protection against the foreign im ports. It could not be denied that the German States pros pered by the protection they had fenced themselves with. We had introduced our cotton manufactures into India, and by so doing we had ruined the native manufactures of that country.—( Hear, hear.) The manufacturers of this country bad superseded the manu facturers of India, and thereby rendered the price of manufac tured articles in that country much cheaper.—( Opposition cheers.) Mr. Huskisson,in a speech which he delivered in that House on the Bth April,, 1826, clearly pointed out the great dangers which this coun try would render itself liable to by making itself dependent upon foreigners for the supply of corn, The Hon. Gentleman here read an extract from the speech in question to the foregoing effect, stating that from 1765 up to the period of the war, we had been to a considerable extent dependent on foreigners ',for the supply of fo od—that we had paid sixty millions of money for a scanty supply o f corn ; and yet, though we had parted with our gold and silver currencies, Europe had shut its ports against this country, and America laid an embargo on its produce, and went to war. The statesman to whom he (Sir H. Douglas) alluded, further stated, that if this country was made to depend for food on foreign nations, improvements would stand still, inferior lands would go to waste, and the nation be subjected to general de cline. He (Sir H. Douglas) considered they should protect the colonies so as to provide for their safety and defence. honourable Members should never listen to the theory which would put an end to colonial protec tion, on which depended the safety and commercial ascendancy of Great Britain ; and least of all should they listen to repre sentations evincing disregard to the nation's security and peace, and maritime ascendancy in war.—( Hear, hear.) He alluded not to what other nations were now doing. He believed they had a sincere desire to cultivate the relations of peace ; still he was sure that those powers, though they had no immediate intention of going to war with this country, had an intention, whenever a a favourable opportunity occurred in the future, of giving it a stab, their ultimate object being to deprive Great Britain of the dominion of the sea, He felt that he had trespassed long upon the House—( Cheers, and cries of " No, no") -but he hoped and expected that his Right Hon. Friend, who was• as devoted to the interests of the country as his judgment and his experience enabled him h to be, would see grounds for changing his o p inion.—( Hear, ear.) Sincerely did Le hope that the opinions which he (Sir Howard Douglas) professed might turn opt to be erroneous, but under the strong conviction that this measure cannot be carried out with advantag e to the British labourer, and that agriculture will be injured, arid that manufactures or commerce would not be improved, he would give his vote against the measure.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) In soma respects he (Sir H. Douglas), reluctantly opposed the Bill ; but, on the whole, he gave a confident, conscientious, and con sistent vote against it, for it appeared to him that the measure was an unnecessary and dangerous experiment. It appears i t was a movement from which there was no retreating, and on it depended in a great measure the prosperity, the wealth, the \ honour, and the glory of this great country or its utter ruin.—( The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst loud cheers.) vie H ouse that s. on L t e lla d t V occasion i L iE R itS w said, i i t s h i a n t te o n n t i oappearing briefly as possible.- (Hear. ) Was not every p . r b e e s f se o r ri sv e iisn th v e l of contention, and could he conscientiously support a principle of that character ? He would be bound to say, that whatever House aware that protection would always remain a subject opinione he had entertained upon this question at a former period had been completely changed by the experience of the last few years.--( Hear, hear, ironical cheers, and cries of o Oh, oh.") He would repeat that the experience of the last few years had established beyond a doubt that this law was no op lon p g o e s r e d necessary the o t p o i n t i l o i n e s pros advance peri t y d o o n f the the c l o a u s t n t n ry i g . ht H b e y was the Honourable Baronet the Member for Rutlandshire, that the prosperity of the last few years and the abundance of capital, originated not in 'the measures of the Right Honourable Baronet, but in the good harvest and the employment afforded by railways. He (Lord Villiers) contended that railways had not given birth to capital, but that capital had given rise to railways. He con tended further that the reduction of taxation did not. necessarily imply a fall in the revenue. They had seen the country rise from a condition pregnant with difficulty to a state of comparative prosperity. He should give his most cor dial support to-the measure.—(Cheers.) Mr. F. SCOTT said, that when this measure was first, brought forward by her Majesty's Government, he had come down to the House with the hope that he might have been enabled to afford it his fullest support. — (Hear.) He had alwavi 'given .his voice and his vote 'to the measures of the Right Honourable Baronet, He regretted that he was now compelled to de otherwise, in justice to his own principles and the inferred understanding with his constituents. Although he had not given any distinct pledges to them, his principles in the year 1846 would be the very same as those he had avowed when he stood an unsuccessful candidate in the year 1834. In 1841, he addressed them with more success, and he obtained their support. When he again entered that House be main tained the same course from a firm conviction of its rectitude, and a belief that he could not follow a safer leader than the Right Honourable Baronet, whose opinions and ideas on the subject he knew from his childhood, and whom he had always regarded with respect and admi ration. Those feelings had increased the stunning effect which he had felt when he heard that his friend had turned round on all his former opinions, and had deserted the men vt had placed him in his high position.—(Hear, hear.) He ( t a h t . Right Hon. Baronet) had no doubt felt it his duty, and ha d a firm conviction that it was incumbent on him, too'ctaarctigebow. course, and to hoist another flag. He (Mr. y wn miserable when ever, felt it his duty to delibera a te pp w e h atr a ei t il hi v e e o r be. He felt that, although he Sco c t ourse shoulti intelligence or saga compared to the Right Hon. Baroilne hihissperception of his duty guide. He had tem uide him • in his politicei one to look to but himself c to ity the ye c t eu h n e t w r Ri ht lion. Baronet great ere& li• course. He gave the g y ould ni s yield consciencet to n m to a n was I credit for the sincerity of his convictions he gave him equa . . bl for h im , ' three n, It would be impossi e in days, or ie for n s t .. h e sincerity o k f hais retrospectnvic t itlir)ifn. the s sincerity last three e o e p y i n e i a o r n s s ; , e a rl: , attempt h tet r it would be hard for him to obliterate from his memory all thst pwteteoksenttoertainteo the labyrinth of past circumstances. I . He would n . t e h e n a e , d read and heard during the last 30 years. s ne e glga g an i gentleman g v de da a wn n i t in s tance }lavinga e possessed oin l a rgeinN'ee . would, with theeessplie,enruretmtshheinesotsfki osioccasion.nncgoodtfatralnicdo,HfwoAaEus the continent, with which he disagreed. Pe a i e c, P x ir 2. l o t:e l :n e s fi i r s ttirevymeti t o tn t t h a l t: entered into a law-suit, and engaged the moo in able and distinguished counsel, both the Cour , of Chancery and at Common Law, to defend his cao. The claim set up on the continent was, that, as they sharis largely in his profits, therefore they desired to become partne in his firm. Counsel were engaged, • and although the plea w acknowledged to be untenable, the question was argued befo ',.. a special jury ; it also had a hearing in the House -. Lords. The /engem% in question vent down to his seats I=III