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RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) GROUP IV. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) PERTS: AND INVERNESS. Mr. Hopi then proceeded to open the case for the promoters of this line, and remarked in the outset that there appeared to be an impression on the minds of the Committee that the parties were not anxious to make their line, and had merely brought it forward to obstruct the progress of parties ; also, they are ready, and willing, and prepared to make a line. • The CaAntriaN said the Committee could not shut out from their consideration the fact, that a petition had been presented by the shareholders against the line air. HOPI said that was an -insignificant petition, representing ' conly 50e shares, and he could assure the Committee that the majority of the shareholders were in favour of the scheme. So much, how ever, for that preliminary point, and now for the merits of that line. Now, the Committee must bear in mind the fact, that the pre sent district was open and free for the introduction of railways, and their decision would therefore settle in what route the traffic for all time should pass. Most of the schemes which had lately come be fore the Legislature the Committee must remember had been brought forward for correcting mistakes in this respect, and it be hoved the Committee to be careful not to select a line which might hereafter be found not sufficient to accommodate the dis tricts. The lint he represented followed the old Highland road itom Invernetia to Nairn, and ran on, after a short detour, in a direct line to Perth, one of the first market towns in Scotland. Aberdeen was a port of comparatively minor importance, but lately it had sezared for itself a monopoly of the eastern and western traffic. and the Great North of Scotland line was only promoted to propitiate that traffic, and if it was ca rr i e d , a t ax i n the shape of dues to the ex t en t of 30,000 • a year would b e i mpose d on the North of Scotland. Why was this, 'when tjey hal this glaring fact. before them, that by the Great North of Scotland the traffic going to Perth would the Maury traffic of the seven counties lying to i mpor tance than the Frith was infinitely of greater traffic to the east or the sosetli, and, therefore, the e th h e an co dro r f ol th of e alt rt h h e traffic of these districts ought to be placed and Inverness Coo -pany. ornvertrafilc the There was sufficien co t nt e ro as l te to support the Great North Line , but th e working of these lines ought to be in the hands of the through Company. Now the through line would shorten the distance for all the northern traffic 67 miles, and some of the local traffic 22 miles; and this they C 0,4 ,4 „1 accomplish for 1,750,0001., bei ng on l y 250,00 W. more than the esti mate of the Great North of Scotland line. - Besides shortening the distance to the extent he had mentioned, there would be better stations at Nairn, Banff, and Inverness, while the line would be so laid out as to facilitate future extensions to the The gradients on the line he should show were in no way ob • jectionable, and he was sure the Committee, after hearing all the evidence he should produce, would decide in favour the Perth and In verness line. Mr. Joseph Mitchell, engineer of the roads through which the proposed line would pass, a gentleman who laid out the Scottish Cen tral Railway, was the first witness called.--Previous to 1843, he had directed his attention to ascertain whether it was practicable to make a line of railway between Perth and Inverness. He had corn mnnicated with most of the influential parties in the north, and they were most anxious, having experienced the inconvenience of going round by Aberdeen, to have such a line. Accordingly, for the purpose of making a Stirvey of such a line, and after many sur veys the present line was decided upon. The works along the whole line consisted almost entirely of gravel and sand. There were all the materials for making the line, except the iron. The worst gra dient was I in 70, for eight miles, two furlongs, and six chains. There would be no difficulty in working it. His surveys, and .„,, esti niat , ..A had been revised by Mr. Locke and another gentleman of euli nen;:e. The length of the main line was 125 miles 4 furlongs and 5 el - ain a , of the branch by Nairn to Kildrurninie four miles 3 fur longs and 5 chains, and of the branch to the harbour of Inverness, 4 fur Stings, making in all 130 miles four furlongs. The estimated cost of the main line and branches was 1,400,0001. Neither on the trunk line nor branches are there engineering difficulties. There was only one tunnel, viz., at Birnam-hill, near Dunkeld, 425 yards in length. There was also a viaduct, 484 yards in length, at Kindrochit, four miles above Blair. The bridges on the line do not involve heavy works, and materials of every description for their erection are found in the immediate neighbourhood. The principal part of the earthwork was of a very favourable character, consisting almost wholly of gravel and sand. It was proposed that ground should be taken and the whole works Constructed for a double line, and that the railway for twenty-two miles cut of Inverness, and for eight miles through the valley of Athol, where a steep gradient - occurred, should be laid with double rails. The gradients were of a favourable character, little, if at all, inferior to thos.'o of the Caledonian Railway, which, as a through com munication from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Liverpool, Manchester, and London, received the sanction of Parliament last year. From Inverness, for the first 15 miles, the steepest gradient was 1 in 330 ; from that point the line passed along the inclines of 1 in 84 for 7 miles 1 furlong 8 chains ; from thence it ascends 1 in 100 for 2 miles I chain ; it then ascends 1 in 144 for I mile 1 furlong ; it then descends 1 in 330 fbr 1 mile 1 furlong 2 chains. These gradients had been proved to admit of being worked with facility, and the increasing improve ments in the construction of lacomotives were calculated to neutra lise the disadvantages which were formerly anticipated from difficult gradients. The line has been selected after the mosranviouesurvey of the country, and is submitted as the best, as well as the most direct line that can be laid down between the south and north of Scotland. The Great North of Scotland line as it approached Inverness was several lines below the surface of the sea, and he for one did not think it could be made for the estimate which had been sent. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till twelve to-morrow. GROUP VI. This Committee met to-day at the usual hour. Present—Sir J. C. Mobhouse, (Chairman,) Mr. Mundy, Mr. Neeld, Mr. Dickenson, and Mr. Alderman Humphery. To-day the CHAIRMAN declared that the Committee had decided that the preamble of the Scottish Midland Extension Railway Bill had not been proved. Ate; a lengthened argument as to the position of a station com mon to three or four lines, Mr. TALBOT, on the part of the Scottish Midland, addressed the Committee against the Edinburgh and Northern line. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP VIII. The Select Committee appointed to censider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re-assambled at the usual hour this morning, 31r. B. ilawes in the chair. EDINBURGH ABM LEITH ATMOSPHERIC. The case for the promoters of this Bill was brought to a close to-clay. The remainder of the day was occupied with the landholders' opposition to the line, and the merits of the competing scheme is to be gone into to-morrow. The Committee adjourned shortly after four o'clock. GROUP XIII. GLASGOW, 111D1WWILUIS, AND CANALIST.M. (Continued from our Ai ternoon ' Edition of yesterday.) The Duke of Buccleuch gave general evidence as to the district requiring a line of railway accommodation through the valley of the Nith. He supported the line now, because the line had been altered net to interfere with his property at Drumlanrig. Sir David Hunter Blair, Mr. Mackie, and Mr. Lenny, the con veners of the counties of Ayrshire, Dumfrieshire, and Kirkcudbright, corroborated the evidence of the previous witnesses. Mr. Wrigl4 was examined respecting the coal-fields of Sanquhar; and Mr. Reeves, late surveyor of the post-office of the south and West of Scotland, as to the amount of business done by the post-office in this district, when the engineering evidence was proceeded with. Mr. Blythe, civil engineer, said he had prepared the plans and sections of this line. The witness then gave the distances from Kilmarnock to Carlisle, Annan, and Dumfries respectively, to show that in point of distance the advantage was in favour of the present scheme. The gradients were generally favourable, and there were no great engineering difficulties. There is a tunnel of 1,500 yards in length in the neighbourhood of Drumlanrig Castle. The whole length of the scheme, including branches, was 90 miles 61 chains. The estimate of expense was 1,200,0001. Cross-examined-11e believed that Dumfries, as far as Edinburgh was concerned, would be as well accommodated by the Caledonian scheme as the present ; and also the country north-west of Sanquhar towards Ayrshire and the Caledonian Extension , so that the ques tion of superior accommodation from the present scheme was mainly confined to the district between Dumfries and Sanqnhar. The ne cessity of it, therefore, would much depend on the character and ex tent of this traffic. Mr. Horn, who valued the land required for the railway, deposed as to the estimate being 92,4341. Mr. Laurie concurred in this valuation. _ _ . The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'cleek. GROUP XIV. This Committee met at the usual hour ; present—Mr. Protheroe Chairman), Mr. John O'Connell, Lord Emlyn, and Mr. Grogan. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM, on the part of the North Kent, replied to Mr. Austin, and proceeded to ariswerpis objectiens. The Learned Counsel had not finished when the Committee adjourned, at four o'clock. GROUP XVIII. SOMEILSETSHIRE PEIDLAND. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Committee hs.ving remained for a long period in deliberation, called in the parties. The Cisani - kais then put several questions to Mr. Harris, the Se cretary to the Company, with, reference to the names of certain direc tors which appeared in the deed, and who had not paid the whole amount'of the subscription on their shares. Mr. It. YORKE asked the Secretary if he could undertake to say positively that every gentleman whose name appeared on their printed list ad paid up the amount of his shares. The Secretary—l think so.- Mr. R. YORKE —But can you not give a positive answer? The Secretary—There are one or two cases in which I have not seen the bankers' receipts ; but I believe the amount has sinco been paid. General Evsns—Then, in point of fact, these parties had not paid their money on the shares when, the Bill was presented ? Mr. R. YolitE—How long would it be after the money is paid to the banker before you, as secretary to the company, would be aware of It ? The Secretary—Sometimes it was as much as two or three months. Mr. It. YORKE—Now, as secretary to the company, can yon under take to say that that is a regular mode of doing business ? The Secretary made no answer. General EVANS—Are we to understand that the public signed the deed in September, and the directors in the months of December and January ? The Secretary—They did. General Evexs—Can you account for the circumstance of the deposits having been paid by the directors in these months, while the public paid theirs in September? Mr. M. SMITH, the counsel for the promoters, stated in explanation that 9,000 shares had been allotted to the public, and only 6,001 had been paid on. The directors had taken as manf of these anpaid shares as convenient, in order to carry on the line. The shares were at a discount when they took them. Mr. Morgan, one of the directors, was then examined at some length; respecting the dat e o f h i s signing the deed and receiving the scrip. _ _ This portion of the inquiry having Mr. Hill, the engineer to thee° been completed, the line commenced at a point was aelled.who stat e d that with the and Exeter line called Hilbridge , of Junction en the ge. and proceeded Bristol Glastonbury to Frome, at which part it formed a jun th c e ti n o e n Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. The considerable was one of two line was 31 miles, 7 furlong s. The steepest t s o nt tal length of the M iles in length of 1 in 56 ; there were gradients c length of 1 in 82 % and 1 in 60. The line was on at the point of junction with the Wilts, Some a level Weymouth. He did not think a more favoursblt: and could be obtained, considering the nature of the comitae No more injury had been done to . pr ivate p ro p erty than was abso lutely unavoidable. The line would be a single line, and it was pro posed to be a broad gauge. The total estimated costr w of land. a The Of this sum, 41,00 01 . would be re q uired for the purchase strata through which the cuttings would have to be made were for the most part of mountain limestone, which would be available for the purposes of masonry along the line. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XIX• BRIDGEWATER. AND TAUNTON CANAL, RAILWAY, AND HARBOUR. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Several other witnesses were also cloned and examined with re spect to the proposed harbour, who agreed that such a work was necessary, and that the traffic of the districts through which the line was proposed to pass demanded such accommodation as it would afford. The Committee then adjourned until to-morrow. GROUP XX. This Committee ro-assembled to-day at the usual hour, Mr. Sotheron in the Chair. arnvxmon, SLOITGII, AND STAINES ATMOSPHERIC. The engineering evidence was proceeded with this morning. ing. Mr. Vignola, the engineer of the line, was exam ined. H s tated that there were no engineering difficulties of any magnitude. With regard to the floods referred to in the petition from Eton College, a plan would be adopted with regard to Romney Island, by which they would be com pletely prevented. The estimated cost of the works of the whole line was 130,0001. This, he consVered, quite ample for its construction. The whole day was occupied with the examination and cross examination of this witness, but the particulars are of no interest, AS they relate to the engineering works and estimates, and to the modes by which witness proposed to meet the various difficulties objected by counsel. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till to-morrow. GROUP )UVII, This Committee re-assembled to-day at the usual hour, Sir Charles Lewen in the chair. SOUTH MIDLAND (NORTHAMPTON TO szpromm). Mr. FELDTABD, Q.C., proceeded to open the case of the promoters on behalf of the above line. The great advantage which would be conferred by this line in accommodating the general traffic of the country as well as tUe district throng!' which it passed, made it one of the most important railways which had been considered during the session. The line commenced three miles south of Leicester, diverging from the Sonth Midland Railway, and ran south-east to Market Harborough. The line there divided itself into two branches, gpe of which went to Northampton, connecting it with Market ilarborongh and Blisworth on the London and Birmingham line. The Other branch ran through Kettering to Bedford, the remaining part of the scheme (the Atuttingdon branch) having been selected in pre ference to the Rugby and Thurtingtonitne by the Committee to whom they were referred, on condition Unit the - Bedford britach of the pro. HE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1846 irm to an th o e f a th eo o es L si i t v y erp fo oo r al line e oc o k f e as 3fr.l Committee, hom a, commun i ca tion between Liverpool , and the places through which this line would pass. He cou ld not sa y anything as to the merits of thi s agsßeragmeoleetyalMeoovidreei evidence ha line, as he had not considered the subject. Mr. Allan, steward to Lord Wharncliffe at his country residence at Hawes, gave evidence as to the necessity for, and recommenda tions of, the Hawes branch of this line. hoped op e t e the the Committee op poitepa w rt o y ui s d ho gi al v d e Mr. TALBOT then said , that as he believed the Committee were satisfied a the importance of this district, he would n o t g i ve any hfuhorthleeravgeentoeroaial e i vi thrth den e ce t ev ,b i u d t eh h e e e give evidence to contradict what had been preyed. After some discussion this was assented to. Tsgr s sai vid d e t n h c a e t , as at , u th t i h s a l c a e te maii hour ttee h w e a w re onl willin d no t t h e e nt t e h r ou in gh to t As it was now near four o'clock, Id be best to adjourn. t it h , e : en gineering aor. The Committee assented, and adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. Bill might go through Committee pro forma, when they would see what the Bill actually consisted of. Sir R. PEEL said that those who required a perfectly unruffled temper in him should set the example themselves. The Hon. Gentleman would be in no better position than if the Bill had been brought forward in its original shape. On Wednesday next, so far from gaining any advantage, a motion could be made that the Speaker do leave the chair, and that the House do go into Committee on that day six months, and so far from entering into any compact with the Hon. Gentleman, he believed that he had never a word of conversation with him on the subject in h 1 life. He could not consent to repeal any of the provisions of the Act of 1829, nor would he give any pledge to support any amend ment which might be introduced. Mr. NEW DLGATE explained. He did not impute to the Right Hon. Gentleman any unworthy motive. Mr. LAW did not wish to oppose any difficulty to the wish of the House, and would withdraw his motion. The motion was then withdrawn, BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY BILL. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 6. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL, (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. O'CONNELL--He could quote M. Thiers as an ex ample of a perfect statesman. He (Mr. O'Connell) con sidered that this suggestion of the Hon. Member, if it had no other good quality, had at least that of novelty "to re commend it. It was something peculiarly novel to re commend the example of France in religious matters. The Hon. Member said that this accomplished statesman had at tacked the Jesuits. He (Mr. O'Connell) contended that that man was no statesman who only pandered to the bad prejudices of his countr,yinen.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He challenged the Hon. Member to bring one charge against the Jesuits, and to prove that charge. He had thrown that challenge down to the Honourable Member some weeks ago, and he had not yet been able to bring such a charge. True, he had spoken of a con sultation of the Parliament of Paris in the year 1762, where calumnies of the worst description had been originated against that ecclesiastical body. But he (Mr. O'Connell) would ask, if it was either right or fair to bring this con sultation forward as a charge, when: the Hon. Member well knew that these calumnies had been refuted times out of number ; when he could have informed the House, that Archbishop Amand, and all the French Bishops in the last century, bad protested against those calumnies? Did the Hon. Member forget the speech of Henry IV., when that able and powerful monarch did full justice to Jesuits, but the Hon. Member said something about the Emperor of Russia. He quoted Thiers as his model of a statesman, and now he quoted the Emperor of Russia as a model of kingly piety. The Hon. Member made certainly a singular selection. — (Laughter.) He again challenged him to substantiate a sin gle charge against the Jesuits. They were a most estimable body. They had been the patrons of literature in every age. As a community they were distinguished for the exercise of every virture. Their hospitality was unbounded, their cha rity sincere, and however they might he villified now, they would be regarded in history as the truest benefactors of man kind. Mr. FINCH said that, in his opinion, the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork had not fairly stated the argu ments of his Hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-under- Lyne, when he said that the Hon. Member wished them to follow the example of France in matters of religion. He (Mr. Finch) considered that the Jesuits had in too many instances been calumniated, but no one could deny that, in consequence of the dangerous teuets they propagated, they had been driven out of every country in Europe. After a few words from Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR, which were inaudible in the gallery, , Mr. PHILIP HOWARD said that one of the wisest mo narchs in Europe, Frederick the Great of Prussia, had given them a refuge in hs dominions. He felt that this Bill would not be objected to by the great body of the people of this country. Mr."NEWDEGATE had always objected to the repeal of the clauses of the Act of 1829. This oppoisition did not arise from any wish to persecute the Roman Catholics, but from a desire to preserve the peace and well-being of the country. He trusted that her Majesty's Government would not consent to the repeal of those clauses, which they had themselves in troduced. The reason why those clauses had never been put in force, of course, was best known to the Right Hon. Baronet the Home Secretary. Mr. M. MILNES said, that for some years the youth of the Roman Catholic community had been entrusted to the Jesuits for their education, and no evils had resulted from the Catholic youth being so educated. Sir R. PEEL said he was ready to consent to a division of the Bill, for the purpose of being enabled to express his opi nion with regard to that part of the Bill which contemplated the repeal of part of the statute of 1829. Of course it was necessary for him to vote for the motion of the Hon. Gentle man, in order to make the division of the Bill. He would advise the Hon. Gentleman to permit the House to go into Committee on the Bill pro former ; he would then have the opportunity of taking the sense of the House on any clauses to which he objected.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LAW recommended that his Hon. Friend should not give way to the proposal of the Right Hon. Gentleman, but persevere in his motion. Lord J. RUSSELL considered that there could be no dif ficulty in adopting the advice of the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. WATSON said that the House had already affirmed the principle of the Bill, for the second reading of it had already taken place. The present measure would not repeal the Act of Supremacy, for supremacy was the common law of England. Mr. NEWDEGATE explained. Lord JOHN MANNERS said that the Hon. Member for Newcastle had stated that he did not wish to impose any penalties on the profession of religion. The supremacy of the Pope either was or was not a doctrine of the Roman Catholic religion. If it were not, then he called upon his Hon. Friend to allow this Bill to pass, and if it were, then he called upon him to go with them and enforce the penalties. The fact was, those who professed to be the most sincere friends of civil and religious liberty very often turned out to be the most bitter of its foes. Mr. ESTCOURT rose amid repeated cries of " Divide," and said he should only detain the House for a very few minutes. The Hon. Member who had charge of the Bill had stated that he intended to expunge all the clauses down to that which related to the statute of George IV. He thought there was a secresy with regard to the Bill, for when he had, on a previous occasion, made some observations with respect to this particular Bill, they were net received with much favour ; but a different opinion now appeared to prevail. This only he would say, that if those clauses were repealed, it would be a vio lation of the contract which was entered into in 1829. The Bill was, in fact, a Bill for an amendment of the Act of 1829, and if it had been introduced with that avowed object, his Right Hon. Friend below him (Sir R. Peel) it would have met it with his unquestionable opposition. He would suggest that the Hon. Member (Mr. Watson) should avail himself of the proposition of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. By doing so, that Hon. Member would undoubtedly lose an advantage which he had obtained, unfairly obtained, but he did not doubt, that from the re spectability of that gentleman, he would readily give it up, and not shuffle a measure like this through the House. Mr. B. ESCOTT said, that what was meant by shuffling and by unfair advantage had not been explained ; but he would remind the House that this Bill had been read a second time by a matority of three to one, and he thought that the proper course was to go ini.o Committee, oppose what was bad, approve what was good, and do what they thought proper with the Bill on the third reading. After a few words from Mr. Cop:lmmix, which were hardly tolerated by the House, Mr. SPOONER said, that although he might have ap proved of the early part of the Bill, he could not assent to the latter part of it ; and he felt assured that it was not com petent for the House in the present stage to divide the Bill. If his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Government assented to this measure, he would in fact be doing neither more nor less than practising upon the House, and being a party to a measure for amending the Act of 1829. Sir ROBERT PEEL trusted the House would allow him to answer the perversions of the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down.—(Laughter.) He proposed that the Bill should be divided into two parts, and as the Hon. Gentleman objected to the first part of the Bill, he would have the op portunity of dealing with it ; he thought his suggestion should be met in the spirit it was made in. Mr. SPOONER objected that the Bill could not be di vided. If the Right Hon. Gentleman allowed the House to go into Committee, he was virtually repealing the law which he had declared should never be repealed. The House then divided on the question that they go into Committee, when there appeared— For going into Committee llO Against it Majority fur going into Committee...--43 The House then went into Committee on the Bill, and the preamble was agreed to. On the question that the first clause stand part of the Bill, Mr. LAW moved that the clause be omitted altogether. Mr. WATSON said that he did not intend to proceed fur ther with the Bill at that time. He should, therefore, pro pose that the Chairman report progress, in order that the Bill might be recommitted for the purpose of introducing certain clauses. Mr. LAW said that he was in possession of the House. The clause had been put, and in the exercise of his public duty he should not give way. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the course taken by the Hon. and Learned Member was not a very fair one to the Hon. and Learned Member who had the conducting of this mea sure. It would be in the power of the Hon. and Learned Member to oppose this Bill in an after stage, and therefore his present opposition was neither handsome nor courteous to his Hon. and Learned Friend (Mr. Watson), nor very just to the House.---(Hear, hear.) Mr. LAW said that the division which had recently taken place was for the express purpose of getting rid of the Bill, and Honourable Members on his side of the House were not, therefore, parties to any arrangement between the Right Hon. Baronet and Hon. Members opposite. It was ngi th n is go rwo Bills a r now Tropos e d t o carr y ou t th a t arrangemen t, that his Hon. t f w t i h ns is tead ßil o l f i o n anewHeswhaaspeo,ppof, opposed to this Bill in an y s h ape , an d he therefore ne claimed and Learned Friend should have an opportunity of re-print ing and bring ing fact, making to proceed in this course.perf He rm .—( had personallyan his right t d he oh h , ig o lie h s o t o respect for the Hon. and Learned M em b er oppos i te, but he had a public duty to Hear,hear, He considered this Bill was of a , pernicious character, and he viewed with suspicion all measures which emanated from the other side, and which received the approbation of the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Go vernment. public r L t a iration, (Laughter.) en duties, . )w Me S m ir b ß er oß w E ho ßT ba P d ELL t t s ru po s k t e e n d t o h n at t t h h e e H pe o r n. form an an d ee Lea of rn h ed is d t T hh i s c mo h ro a er r e g m e du acutenesss t themhave av ew thani b t e h en m hs o oe r me had a e d greatm t p h e e r u n s h d . soa m wp o pn d r.: e hension on the part of the Hon. Member in pursuing a co urse from whi c h h e cou l d gain no possible advantage. The Hon. and Learned Member (Mr. Watson) had merely as k e d t o have the Bill recommitted for . the purpose of having certain clauses introduced which, if proposed on the instant, would be less intelligible than if they were printed and Hon. Members hadtime to consideroh oh!)—thrown emth out as them. tohee3 Mr. LAW said that h e h a d a r i ght to l t s u complain aee o e r f iannwyhin sinuations—(Oh,ei he 1 had ( tc e e —(Hear, hea r .) He s ht discharged t his duties heßigh flight lion. another. Baronet t that oug those duties were not discharged with reason,tlt that temper and e t t h that attention which were due to th em. H t dido g not g complain of any opinion that the Right Hon. Baronet might be pleased to entertain of those duties, but he thought, speaking of courtesl, that much discourtesy had be en ex hibited to him by the Right Hon. Baronet. If he had thought that his assent would give no advantage to the pro. moters of the Bill he should not oppose it then ; but such w as not his opinion, and he felt that it was his duty therefore to follow this course. Mr. COLQUHOUN said they had got rid of the first part of the Bill, and the Right Hon. Baronet had stated that he the extinction of the Bill. plished their object, which was it was not so, as he should move Mr. ROEBUCK said that should oppose the second part. They had, therefore, accom. that the Chairman do report progress, in order that the new c ourse would be to re- Mr. BERNAL thought the better print the Bill. what he called the clauses might be printed in a se p arate form. Mr. NEWDEGATE, after condemnin g Mr. Law), th the Hon. Member for Cambridg e University ( . propriety of withdrawilag 114 ambient, cider that th the Right Hon. Baronet, suggested to want of temper of On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, the second reading of this Bill was postponed for a fortnight. ART-UNIONS BILL. _ _ The Committee on this Bill was also adjourned for a fort night, on the motion of the Right Hon. Baronet. CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES AND LECTURE ROOMS BILL. On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, this Bill was read a second time. ELECTION NOTICES BILL. The House went into Committee on this Bill, and it was ordered to be reported on this day (Wednesday) fortnight. ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL. The House then went into Committee upon this Bill. A few verbal amendments were moved and agreed to on clauses I and 2. _ Mr. LAW then moved the addition of the following clause :—(Power to award hard ;labour, and the costs of the prosecution in all cases.)—" And whereas it is expe dient to give to Criminal Courts the power to award hard labour as a portion of the punishment inflicted on offenders convicted before them, and also to give to such Courts the power of allowing reasonable costs in all cases piosecuted or tried before them ; therefore, be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Court before which any offender shall be convicted of any misdemeanour, to sen tence (if such Court shall see fit) such offender to be kept to hard labour, either in the common gaol or house of correction, for the whole or any part of the term for which such Court is now by law authorised to direct such offender to be imprisoned, and to direct (if it shall see fit) the costs of the prosecutor, and witnesses for the prosecu tion, in all cases of misdemeanour, to be paid in the same manner and under the same regulations as the costs in certain cases of misdemeanour are directed to be paid by the statute passed in the seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled 'An Act for improving the Administration of Criminal Justice in England. " _ Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the clause proposed by his Hon. Friend was a very important one. He looked with very great jealousy to any extension of the powers to the criminal courts in the manner proposed by the clause. It required great consideration before they came to any decision on so important a change as the clause contemplated. He could not say he was quite prepared to oppose the •'clause until he had heard the reasons of his Hon. Friend. Mr. LAW explained that the clause was merely an exten sion of the powers contained in sec. 63, chap. 74, of the Act of George IV. He knew of several instances of aggravated assault, which had been very inadequately punished, in con sequence of the provisions contained in the 7th George IV. not meeting the case. By the present law, in cases of con spiracy and of assault, the parties who brought the criminals to justice were not allowed the expenses of the prosecution. This has been the subject of animadversion day after day for years, and it had not yet been remedied. The object of his clause was to give the criminal courts the power of awarding reasonable costs in all cases prosecuted or tried bet'ore them. _ _ Sir J. GRAHAM should feel greatly obliged if his Hon. Friend would withdraw his clause for the present, and pro pose it again on the bringing up of the report. This would give him time to consider the matter, and as it was a very important subject, the clause should not at this moment be pressed. Mr. LAW consented to the postponement of his clause until the bringing up of the report. After a few words from Mr. P. EGERTON, Mr. BODKIN was perfectly willing to agree to any post ponement of the clause, as it would give further time for the consideration of the matter. Mr. J. JERVIS thought that the powers proposed in the clause of his Hon. Friend would be dangerous in the hands of the judges. Mr.GRAINGER was of a similar opinion. With regard to the first clause, he agreed that too much power was placed at the disposal of magistrates with respect to cases of mis demeanours, and therefore he thought it should be altered. With regard to the others, he should be contented that they should remain as they were. After a few words from Colonel SIBTHORP., Mr. LAW would be glad to receive the suggestions of Hon. and Learned Gentlemen opposite as to the particular cases which should be exempted from this clause. Mr. HENLEY objected to the introduction of the word " conspiracy." They ought to define the particular crime intended by the term, as at present it was altogether too vague, and would lead to abuses. Mr. B. ESCOTT would wish that the particular costs in particular cases should be specified. The clause was then withdrawn. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up this day week. The House then adjourned. board ; he could not tell how many. He went on board determined on laying an information, and he fixed his attention entirely upon the captain on the paddle-box. He had experienced annoyance and uncourteous treatment from the steam-boats when even sculling on the river, and he had mentioned his intention to prosecute. Mr. Cattarns objected that the bye-law merely related to freemen, and was not applicable to persons Who were not proved to be free. Alderman GIBBS said it was evident that if the defen dant was not free he had subjected himself to more severe condemnation and punishment, inasmuch as a person not a freeman found navigating a vessel was liable to be committed as a rogue and vagabond. Mr. Cattarns submitted that in all penal Acts every thing charged must be proved to the letter, and such had not been the case in the evidence of the gentleman who brought the charge. Mr. Goodman said it was not necessary for a man to be free in order to be made amenable under the statute. Alderman GlBBS—Surely it canaot be meant to argue ,bat because a man is not free, he can do just as he ikes. Mr. Cattarns said he meant to argue that the bye law, which the defendant was accused of having violated, had reference to freemen alone. _ _ _ THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, HALF-PAST TWELVE. Alderman GlBBs—Well, we can see whether he is or is not a freeman. Let the clerk to the Watermen's Company be called. Mr. Baryon (clerk to the Watermen and Lightermen's Company) then proved that the defendant was made a freeman of that company in November, 1832. Mr. Catterns took another objection, upon the ground of the uncertainty as to the wording of the byelaw in fixing the penalty. Alderman Ginns over-ruled the objection, and fined the defendant 40s. Mr. Cattarns said the complainant had not proved what was at all calculated to justify a conviction, and gave immediate notice of appeal. The same defendant was then charged by the same complainant, upon another byelaw, amongst the same regulations, with having unlawfully navigated the Bride steam-vessel without causing and procuring a proper look out to be kept from the bow of the said steam-vessel. Mr. Fellows, in his evidence in the second case, stated that while the Bride was performing part of the voyage below Blackfriars and Southwark bridges, and when the defendant was acting as master on the paddle-box, there was nobody at all during a portion of the time in the fore-part of the vessel except himself (witness), and there was no one looking out from the bow of the vessel. Cross-examined by Mr. Cattarns—Witness could not say how many people were on board. He saw a man on the bow at one time, but that man did not look like one of the crew ; neither did he look out at all. Was not sure what the hour was at which the circumstance occurred, but it was between three and seven o'clock. He could not say how the tide was, nor whether the vessel eased or stopped between Blackfriars and London bridges. Mr. Cattarns observed, that the complainant appeared to have shut his eyes to everything except the object of endeavouring to fix a penalty ; and the fact of his not being able to speak of the time within a smaller limit than between three and seven o'clock, was surely enough to justify an acquittal in the present case. Alderman GIBBS said, that the complainant, by ex'" elusively fixing his attention upon the only things which it was necessary for him to prove, was better able to state facts, by not allowing his mind to be distracted. The penalty of 40s. was also inflicted in this case by Alderman Gibbs, and Mr. Cattarns gave a second notice of appeal William Cadwell, commander of the steam-vessel Citizen, appeared to answer similar complaints made by the same complainant. The defendant had refused to give his name to the complainant in the first instance, but upon being told that by the rufusal he would subject himself to a penalty of 101., he complied. Witness had been nearly run down in the river upon one occasion by a steamer called the Citizen, but he could not say the vessel in question was that steamer. There was no registered number of the vessel, nor was the registered number of passpgers painted within the paddle-boxes, of which there were two. There:was no look-out at all from the bow. The Royal Mail steam-ship Medway, Captain W. S. An drews, arrived this morning at 11 o'clock, with the usual West India and Mexican mails, and the large number of 109 passengers. She also brings an extensive and valuable freight. The amount of dollars for the dividends is only 46,000; viz. 36,000 from Vera Cruz, and 10,000 from Tampico. The latest dates brought by the Medway are—Tampico, 22d of March ; Vera Cruz, Ist of April ; Havannah, 10th of April ; Honduras, 20th of March ; Chagres, 28th ; Jamaica, April 8 ; Carthage, March 30 ; Demerara, April 3 ; Trinidad, sth ; Barbadoes, Bth ; Grenada, 9th ; St. Thomas, 14th ; La Guayra, 7th ; Bermuda, 22d. The principal freights brought by the Medway consists of 289,580 dollars, including 36,003 from Vera Cruz on account of the Mexican dividends; 10,000 from Tampico on ac count of the Mexican dividends ; 2201. 2s. 6d. British coin ; 420,603 dollars in gold dust and gold ; 4 boxes Vanilla ; 24 serons of Jalapa ; 52 boxes and packages plants ; 59 serons of cochineal; 115 cases and boxes cigars; 138 bales tobacco ; 94 turtle, for Nassau ; 38 cases preserved turtle ; 1 package aloes ; 52 ditto sundries ; 6570 z. gold ; 75005. silver; and 121 b. platina. There is no particular news of importance by this arrival, either from the West Indies or from Mexico. LAW IN TELLIGEN CE, COURT OF CHANCERY, May 6. JONES V. MORGAN. Mr. Cattarns remarked upon what he considered to be the exceedingly inaccurate evidence of the complainant. Mr. Fellows said he considered that his evidence was quite conclusive enough; however he should take care on future occasions to observe a few more particulars. Alderman GIBBS fined the defendant upon each of the eases, which differed in no respect from the two cases already decided upon, in the penalty of 40s. Mr. Cattarns gave notice of appeal in both cases as well as in those against the commander of the Bride. The Lord 'Mayor has issued 40 summonses to the commanders of steamers navigating the Thames under his Lordships' jurisdiction, for acting without being free of the Watermen's and Lightermen's Company, by which the proceedings are undertaken. The further arguments in this part-heard appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor of England, upon demurrer, were resumed, and concluded to-day. The question in this case relates to the liabilities of certain parties who had taken shares in a company, the object of which was to form a Socialist Society, upon the plan of Mr. W. Owen, at Arbiston, near Glasgow. The LORD CHANCELLOR, at the conclusion of the argu ments, postponed his judgment. METROPOLITAN STREET CLEANSING ASSOCIATION. VICE- CHANCERY COUR T, May 6. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. THE EARL OF DEVON. The arguments in this part-heard case were resumed to day, and the case on behalf of the relatives concluded. The information was filed by two gentlemen, named Heathcote and Hale, inhabitants of Tiverton, in Devon shire, and the object of the information was to obtain the direction of the Court as to the management of the Grammar school at Tiverton, in Devonshire, of which Lord Devon, and several other noblemen and gentlemen of the county were trustees. The school under their auspices had become a school for gentlemen's children, who were boarders, to the exclusion of the children of inhabitants of the town, for whose benefit the charity was intended by the founder. Mr. Bethell, Mr. Walker, Mr. Blunt, and Mr. Heath field were Counsel for the relators ; and Mr. James Parker, Mr. Struton, Mr. Rolt, and Mr. Palmer, were Counsel for the defendants. At the conclusion of the case for the relators, the arguments on behalf of the defendants were postponed to the 25th of May. A public meeting of this Association. was held in Guildhall on Monday. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 6. This Court was occupied nearly the entire day in hearing the arguments of the Attorney and Solicitor-Generals in a case arising out of an act of the Corporation of Warwick. The question was entirely a dispute between two political parties in the town, though it was nominally whether the Corporation had, by the Municipal Act, any power over cer tain public charities. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 6. Mr. CHAMBICRS made an application to the Court to change the venue of a case from the county in which it was about to be tried to London, or elsewhere. The grounds of the ap plication were, that the plaintiff, who was a poor man, had been prosecuted by the defendant, Sir R. Murray, for an alleged breach of the game-laws, for which he had been im prisoned, and for which imprisonment he now sought to take an action, as he contended that it was a false imprisonment ; but he apprehended that the defendant h ad such influence in the district where the case was prcposed to be tried, that the jury would lean towards the side of the defendant. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR having taken the chair, said it was the first meeting he had ever attended in the City of London, and he was sorry, considering the importance of their object, that the meeting was not greater, and he must leave with so bad an opinion of the good people of the City of London.—(Laughtel.) To-morrow the Commissioners of Sewers would hold a meeting, and their decision as to the present scheme would no doubt be much affected by what took place there that day. Those who had originated in this matter were known as the Society for the Improvement of Cleansing the Streets of London, which grew out of the fol • lowing circumstances :—There were a number of scien tific gentlemen who wished to acquire and dissemi nate information as to the best roadway for the streets of the metropolis. There was therefore a struggle between rival schemes—wood pavement, granite, and asphalte—each promoter striving to set his nostrum in pre-eminence, as all of them must have witnessed in various parts of the City. But these gentlemen were struck with the quantity of mud and dirt in the streets, and were brought to the conclusion that unless some arrangement was provided for the removal of this mud from the top of the streets it would be impossible to arrive at any conclusion as to the best means of paving. He (Lord Grosvenor) was aware that a good deal of mis conception had gone abroad about their society—a suspicion that under good coats and kid gloves there was something more than met the eye—an association, namely, of general scavengers; and that, after quietly creeping towards their object, and after securing it, they were to strip off the good coats and their kid gloves and take the broom and the basket.—(Laughter,) He did not mind this sort of opinion, for they who would do good must lay their account with misrepresentation ; and he was sure that he could very easily dispel it when he mentioned what was the rule of the Society, that nobody could belong to it who had any pecuniary in terest in their operations.—( Applause.) These gentlemen accordingly, when they had come to this conclusion, strove to direct the attention of shopkeeper a and inhabitants of the different localities to the subject, and the means it would give of employment to the poor. The Society determined to make an experiment, and began their operations in Regent street, where it is crossed by Oxford-street; remonstrating with the inhabitants of Oxford street, in order to get them to remove their filth and dirt. Their operations were not con fined to the public roadway; they went into the lanes and alleys, and took away the filth from the poor, who were un able to pay to have it taken away; the consequence of this being the prevention of disease and fever. They had a meeting after that in Hanover square Rooms, and in con. sequence of what occurred there, a deputation of the Society with Mr. Cochrane, their President, waited on the Paving Board in the parish of St. George. Mr. Cochrane was re ceived very coolly, but in despite of this he persisted in lay ing before the board the superior cleanliness that would be the result, and the vast number of people that would be employed. But the Society made a mistake when they opened their intentions in this quarter; it ought to have gone to the east, where the sun rises, instead of the west. They accordingly did turn to the east, although, as the sailor says, from west to east is the wrong way of turning to the wind. —(Laughter.) They went to the Commissioners of Sewers, and there they met with a good reception. The deputation, in going before the Commissioners, made known their object and their scheme, and all that they requested was to have the opportunity of giving them an example of their manner of operation, which most of those present must have seen, ere this, at work in Cheapside. This experiment was tried in the months of November and December last, and the result had been, on the rate-payees and inhabitants, that a vas t number had signed a petition, declaring their readiness to meet any increase on the rate, in order to secure this mode and this degree of cleanliness.—(Applause.) He hoped most earnestly that the Society might be successful in their en deavours. He had only one word more before he resumed his seat. Often had he heard men talk of a redundant popu lation—that there were more people than could be employed. This he believed was a satire on Providence. He enter tained no such notion. Certain he was, that if men would only do their endeavours they would find the means of em ploying the industrious, and that too in such a manner as would give them a return for their money.--(Applause.) Rev. Mr. Hansen, in moving the first resolution, entered into details from his own parish to show the painful neces sity there was of some greater effort to cleanse away the filth, out of which arose so much disease and suffering to the people. ➢ir. LUSIGNAN, without any remarks, seconded the resolution, The Court refused the application, upon the ground that it would be an imputation upon the impartiality of the jurors to grant it. " That, as uncleanliness and ungodliness are akin, so must the moral and spiritual, as well as social and physical, condi tion of the people be improved in proportion to the extensive advantages which cannot fail to attend on the maintenance of greater cleanliness in the dwellings and surrounding loca]l ties of the community at large. It was moved by Mr. EAGLETON and seconded by Mr. SOLOMONS, "That the system of street cleansing, benevolently , demon strated in the City by the National Philanthropic _Associa tion, during the winter months, the principle of which con sists in keeping the streets clean, by the continuous employment of men throughout the day, and thereby pre venting the streets becoming dirty, has met with the general approval of the ratepayers and householders of the City of London." It was moved by Mr. CARTSR, and seconded by Mr. BATES, "That, taking into consideration that the improved system referred to will greatly conduce to the comfort and health of the public, will diminish the losses to which the householders, and shopkeepers, and foot-passengers are now subjected, and the fact that, if extended throughout the kingdom, it will, very probably, give employment to 50,000 able-bodied poor, this meeting is of opinion that the Commissioner of Sewers be respectfully requested to adopt it in cleansing the streets, courts, and alleys, about the city of London, with the least possible delay. ' Mr. COCHRANE, called on by the Chairman, then pro ceeded to lay before the meeting a more detailed account of the Society's history, to which the Noble Chairman alluded succinctly in his opening speech. Mr. C. continued to say that the present expenses of cleansing the streets amounted to somewhere about 16,0001. There was paid to scavengers 6,000/. ; the value of the ashes collected and given gratis in part payment of these scavengers was 5,5001. And, adding to these sums for watering the streets in order to lay the dirt that had not been taken away, another 4,0001., it would amount to about what he had said.; and with all that outlay of money there were only fifty-eight men employed. The necessary outlay for the new system would be about 18,000/., and there would be employed by it 520 men, and if ex t en d ed throughout the kingdom 50,000 men would find regular employment is this way.—(Applause.) He had had the whole results before thp Commissioners of Sewers, and the Chairman, and Mr. Peacock, and the clerk were all strongly of opinion that there would be an actual saving of 16,000/. by the adoption of the improved system. They had called the present meeting by permission of the Lord Mayor sad the CorpQrAtiviz 0 the GUY, iu ()Ng that the colium'a. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. Henry Hudson, commander of the steam-boat called the Bride, plying between Chelsea and London-bridge, was summoned by Mr. Thomas Howard Fellows, student at law, of No. 1, King's Bench-walk, Temple, for having infringed the first of the bye-laws passed by the Court of Aldermen, and confirmed by Baron Platt. Alderman Gibbs sat to adjudicate on the case, which, as the most essential objects fur which the bye-laws were made were comprehended in, it excited a great deal of interest. The summons c h arge d the defendant with having, on the 21st of April, unlawfully used and worked the said steam-vessel for carrying passen gers for hire and gain, without h av i ng t h e registered number of it, and the number of p assengers li cense d to be carried therein, painted and kept l eg ibl e i n s uch a position and in such a manner as was ordered and directed, &c., in pursuance of the statute in such case made and provided. Mr. Fellows stated that on the 21st of April be got into the Bride steam-boat at one of the piers at Chelsea, where th e voyage , w hi c h terminated at London bridge, commenced. It was between Yantlet Creek and New Windsor. Between Blackfriars and Southwark bridges, on the City side of the river, the defendant acted as commander and witness observed that neither the number of the steam-vessel nor the number of pas sengerstakeprocliacedenisned to be c arr i e d w as painted on the outside of eithe r paddle-box, and that in fact there appeared no number at all. H e h ad pa i d t h e f are b e fore he got into the vessel. Ab out a month ago h e sa id h e me ant to take but h e rece i ve d n o answer to the com munication which h e ma d e to th a t effect. if they t t id boats not navigating iga comply ting the with upper the part of the Thgasmes against Cross-examined by Mr. Cattarns, solicitor to the teaul-boat Company—Therebvere not many people pa moters would be selected in preference to the Leicester and Bedford line, which was put forward by the same promoters as the Rugby and Huntingdon. It would not of course come now before the Committee, but it was necessary that this Committee should advert to the Huntingdon branch, as its formatioa depended en the decision of this Committee on the general scheme of the South Midland Com pany. One great advantage conferred by the South Mid land scheme was, that it placed Bettering on the main line. The coals of Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire would by it be conveyed to the east, which could not be done at present, in consequence of there being no means of transit. He detailed with great minuteness the greater advantages which would result by the proposed line being constructed, rather than the Leicester and Bed ford, inasmuch as the former might connect itself with the Direct Northern, or any other great scheme that might be subsequently made to intersect the country in that direction, and there was already a connexion between Bedford an d the London and Birmingham line, by whom this district of country w as opened up to the south, while the Leicester andßedfyorokrduisicel: posed to be conaeeted with the London and land Company was 1,900,0001.,, on which a Po the o p posing scheme had very probable would never be formed. The capital of the !p•ofutt.houllpiedr ewmhie c w h as it pwraso cent. had been paid up. The promoters of op only paid up live per cent. As a f u rther guarantee of the bona South to be Midl res an po d nsi sc bl h e em f e r , fidei M na id tu lan re d undertaken was a sufficient answer of f und t e h rta e one-third of the shares. This he thought . th He would conclude by stating, answer to the insinuation thrown o th u ou as gh r he its lin being a ed bubble." an important district of country, no objection as to residential inju riea was made, the only opposing landowner being Mr. Justinian Asher; who complained that his drainage was obstructed, and this, if it was so, was only a case for compensation. Tine Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P. for Northampton, de posed to the general advantages which would be conferred on that town and the district generally by the proposed railway. In his opinion there was no other projected line which would afford the same accommodation to the traffic of the district. Mr. Herbert Langham and other witness were examined to cor roborate the testimony of last witness, and to show the local and general advantages which the project would coger. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till twelve to-morrow. GROUP XXX. A.TLESBURT AND THAIVIE JUNCTION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The examination of Mr. Stephenson was then resumed, in the course of which he expressed himself decidedly in favour of the Aylesbury and Thame line, and that the estimate for stations at cer tain points of the Cambridge and Oxford line was too low. Mr. Sergeant CLANK cross-examined at considerable length, chiefly with respect to the level crossings. Mr. G. P. Bidder, engineer, was then examined by Mr. CALclArr, and stated that a single line held by one Company could not be worked efficiently with reference to the other lines. Did not think the traffic tables of the Cambridge and Oxford line accurately esti mated, because they were made on wrong assumptions. The general traffic of the line went in a north and south direction, but he con sidered that a railway would change the direction of the traffic. Cross-examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—Was associated with Mr. Stephenson in several railways. Arrived at the conclusion he had stated from the evidence of Mr. Locke, not from personal inspection of the line. Would himself have allowed 100,0001. for stations, and a higher estimate for other portions of the works. Considered general experience superior in certain cases to the knowledge derived from detailed estimate. Did not find that there was any surplus fund in the estimates, as stated by Mr. Locke. Mr. Brunel, engineer, examined by Mr. CALourr.—Considered that these cross lines in the country of the proposed railway would not be efficient. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant CLARSE.—A, a general opinion, was opposed to sir.gle lines. Considered single lines unsafe, though he could not state that any accident had occurred on any of those single lines either in this country or in Belgium. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till to-morrow. GROUP XXXV. ANXBER.GATE, NOTTINGIULIK, AND BOSTON. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Witnesses were examined in support of the Bill, which was partly c o ns idered yesterday. Their testimony was strongly in favour of the line, which they considered would be a paying concern, and of great public benefit. Mr. Itasterick, the engineer of the line, was called, and examined by Mr. MACAULAY, for the promoters. The examination of this witness occupied the time of the Committee up to the hoar of ad journment. In the middle of his examination, a proposition was made by one of the opponents of the line, with a 'view to entering into terms of arrangement and compromise, but the counsel for the promoters de clined to entertain the proposition, as the promoters had every con fidence in the merits of their case, with which they were deter mined to proceed. GROUP XXXVII This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Lord Seymour in the chair. SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER (BARNS LEY BRANCH.) John Parker, Eq., Member for Sheffield and chairman of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway, was examined, and gave his evidence in favour of the line as the best in the field, and one of great imp , rtance for the purpose of promoting intercourse between the Humber and the great trunk lines westward, as well as for the ad vantage of Barnsley, Goole, &c., and their intercourse with the coal district. - , :Mr. Ellis, deputy chairman of the Midland Counties and a director of the London and Birmingham, was of opinion that no Inconveni ence would arise from the increase of carriage by the junction with either of the lines. The Rev. Mr. Thorpe, of Homersly vicarage, York, in giving his evi dence said, that the district through which the line passed, was the largest nnwrought coal bed in England, being 5 feet 6 inches, and 6 feet thick in the Silkstone bed, and 9 and 10 feet thiek in the neigh bourhood of Barnsley. Yet that only 16,000 tons had been shipped at Goole last year, 220,000 tons at Hull and Goole, while 7,000,000 tons had been shipped at Durham, In consequence of the greater facilities of conveyance offered in that district, although the York shire coal was superior to the other. Mr. Rigby, a coal viewer and mining engineer, gave further evi dence as to the coal field, giving it as his calculation that the coals available in the immediate vicinity of the railway amounted to 381,959,200 tens. Tile several witnesses were cross-examined on behalf of the South- Western, the Sheffield, Barnsley and Goole, the Dartfield branch, and the Barnsley Canal Company. The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP IL. LEEDS AND YORX. The adjourned Leeds and York Railway Committee resumed this day at twelve o'clock. Present, Mr. Stafford O'Brien (in the chair), Lord Norreys, Mr. Bright, Mr. Sheridan, and Mr. Dngdale. Mr. Wand, a coal and lime owner, and also a magistrate, under went en examination respecting the amount of coal consumed about Wetherby, Knaresborough, and Tadcaster, giving the preference to Wetherby. This witness stated that the Leeds and York would afford him great facilities for the conveyance of his coal. He also attmitted that there was a much larger portion of coal on the south sides of the York and Selby, and of the York and North Midland Extension lines than on the north side of either of them. In reply to a question from Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN, witness ad mitted that the two coal districts were adjoining the York and Selby line. Witness preferred the blue line for agricultural purposes. To Mr. ROBINSON, witness stated that he could get coals easier on the yellow line than on Mr. Hudson's line, for he would have nearly half a mile of ascent on the York and Selby. He would also have an advantage over the Dewsbury coal by the Leeds and York line. Viscount Pollington, 31.1'., was called, who said that he was favourably disposed towards the Leeds and York, as was also his Lordship's father, Lerd Weaborough. His Lordship held no shares in this, nor indeed in any other railway, and wasof opinion that the dissent of the majority of the landowners to any railway project was entitled to due consideration. _ _ Mr. James Andrews, a colliery surveyor for thirty-one years, was next examined. —Had surveyed for Lord Cardigan, the Duke of Leeds, and other large coal proprietors. This witness's evidence was of a nature favourable to the proposed Leeds and York. Mr. W. Henan was then called, when some discussion ensued be tween the Committee and the promoters of the Bill, through their Counsel, as to the necessity of citing witnessess simply to reiterate the dame evidence _ _ _ . The Cusaasrat4 stated that though the Committee were ready to give every attention to the scheme before them, yet he thought it a waste of time to call vvitnessT upon . witness, who merely proved the same points and were subject to the same cross-examination. The above last named witness was eventually suffered to give evidence, which was not materially different from that of the preceding witnesses who had Spoken, as to the advantages that would accrue to the localities about the proposed line. He admitted that it was not the best line that, could have been proposed, although it was decidedly better than either of the other two competing lines. Witness further stated, in answer to Mr. Hardy, that no line between York and Leeds ought to omit Wetherby, that being the largest market. Mr. John Robinson, a linen-draper, of Wetherby, next appeared before the Committee, who stated that they were compelled to use Abbotsford coals, which were far from good ; whereas, had they com munication with Leeds, they would be able to obtain superior coal. The York and Lancaster and !North Eastern, urged by counsel as com peting lines, and consequently entitled to cross-examine the wit nesses - Mr. COCKBURN, Q.C., on behalf of the York and Lancaster, suggested that though they had not passed the Committee on Standing Orders, still that all the cases should be adjourned, in order to give the Committee time for consideration, this being also the more convenient method. The Members of the Committee severally put questions to the Learned Counsel. Mr. Hun Tann, Counsel for the York and Selby, sided with Mr. Hardy, who represented the Leeds and York, in opposing Mr. Cockburn's application. The Learned Counsel again insisted that the Committee should admit the company he represented, provisionally, as a competing line going fifteen miles over the Identical ground of the proposed line, and asserted that the precedents afforded by other Committees under similar circumstances warranted his position. The room was then cleared, aad On oar re-admittance, the Hon. CHAIRMAN intimated to Mr. Cockburn, that the Committee had de cided against him. Mr. Christopher Todd was examined by Mr. HILDYARD, who en deavoured to obtain an admission from the witness favourable to Tadeaster rather than to Wetherby as a market for cattle and grain, but the Learned Gentleman failed In eliciting anything to make good his point. witness, a miller, who grinds 150 loads a week, was in favour of the Leeds and York. Thomas Grimatone, who employs from 130 to 150 hands In his mills, and consumes large quantities of coal, lime, oil, and flax, was also w L e e u eds sa an tis d ned Yor wi k, t b b ut t a b d e m y it e t r eci k t d e is m po;ed lli to wy gi ard ve tha the t p h r e efe s re ho n ni ce d t b o e t as he and Selby, if he could get his oil and flax from Hull, instead of from Liverpool and Ireland, through Leeds. Mr. Galbin, a paper-mill owner, stated positively that he had on several occasions been subjected to miscarriages on the North Mid land Railway, though he had made no representations that were likely to reach the ears of the directors, John Farrer, keeper of the head inn at Boston, was also disposed to give preference to the more direct line. Mr. Hubbersty, miller, grinds 150 loads a week. Admitted to Mr. linctyard that expense was more an object than time in communi eaunfCwith Leeds. In answer to Mr. Hardy, he said he wanted a direct co mtnenteation with Leeds. Several Other wttnesses were called by Mr. HARDY, who corrobo rated, n fo o r t t s h u a bl o e p ctea poshi t to lbi an e y s gee erally the , evidence the preceding witnesses, but were Le ' rn ed em6 W arain ntlem a Zsai nb d th yth ath e i e ey um di e d i not deny that in indi v id ua l cases the greater advantages than this. Le d i and York might offer Mr. C. 11. Cope stated that the North Midland eeeu ilia hours instead of 126 hours in six days from York to Leeds, and to York. In another week of se ven days, 23 h ours 45 minlit n e l . w Lee e r da e , lost, and in another week 12 ho urs 32 m i nu t e s were l os t, or in fact that about one-sixth of their time is lost by this Company. This witness also stated that the amount of traffic exclusively belonging to Wetherby is about 30 per cent. more than that belonging to Tad caster. Mr. Cope further stated that the observations regarding the loss of tiree were made in order to ascertain whether it was at the Le Th eds e J c u o n m et nd ion tt o o r e h th ot e t n ha a t d t jt e ar d n e ed iay u w at es n oce twe as lv io e o'clock ned to-morrow. GROUP XLIII. evidence EAST AND WEST YORN.SIITTP (Continued from our Afternoon Edition ` v3r. —in e :i yeertecTirday7) Mr. KNOWLES thee called Mr. R. Bayldon, wh upon the subject of the traffic. He had been engagVr traffic upon various lines, and had taken every precaution the accurate information on the traffic upon this line. From obtain be a very ca l_ culation he had made he thought the present would re munerative line. The passengers on foot amounted annually to 116i6. of this number he calculated that 28,95; would go by allway. The passengers at present travelling by other means amounts to 65,176. The gross revenue likely to be derived from passengers and goods he calculated would amount to 29,8301. From this sum he deducted 40 per cent. for working expenses, leaving 17,8981. profit, which would yield a per centage of 8/. 18s. 11 d. on a capital of 200,0001. The 'cross-examination of this witness was going on when the Com mittee rose. GROUP XLIV. LIVERPOOL, DIANCHESTE7EL, AND NEW CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. LANG, in the absence of Mr. Talbot, objected to this course, which he said was " lugging In by a side movement the question of the York and Carlisle , being an opposing line, which the Committee had already decided." The CiIAIRMAN, after consulting with his colleagues, said they had come to the conclu sion that Mr. Murphy, appearing for a peti tion against the line, and not for a rival company, could only cross examine the witness as to the merits of this line, and not as to the comparative merits of other lines. The evidence on the part of the promoters of the Bill was then pro ceeded with. Colonel Wood, M.P. for Brecon, and Lord of the Manor of Middle ham, in Wensley Dale, gave evidence as to the necessity for a line opening a communication between the - vicinity of Middleham to Manchester, Liverpool, &e. There was a great want of such com munication for agricultural purposes, such as conveyance of cattle, ar-o- Large numbers of lean cattle were driven or carried on trucks from the north, to be fatted at Middleham, and the numbers would be world t afford heeat that communication. he articles mwaenrate vastly Una e creased if there was a sufficient railway communication. CaThis ll rgaiavlwe P sa t A y r el l ioarn, La in w eir s, mj ; n a k zg , er of the 3fanchester and Leeds Bailwa and added that so much need was there of that greengrocery was actually carried from Covent-garden through acturing towns of the neighbour hood which this line passed , for the use of the poor of those towns, although grown in great abundance in the agricultural district* immediately Adjoining. sioners in undertaking this system might have public opinion I fully expressed for their support and encouragement, but without it they might seem to be influencing the rate-payers and inhabitants of the City, were they to lead in this matter. Considering that, in eight days, so many as 7,000 names, out of 12,000, who were rate-payers, bad been got, and ad hibited to the petitions to be sent to the Commissioners of Sewers, he had not a doubt of the good will and approbation of the people on the one hand, and the friendly feeling of the commissioners on the other. After several other observations, by wily of enforcing the importance of the object on the meeting, Mr. Cochrane resumed his seat. It was proposed by Mr. BREWSTER, and seconded by Mr. EAGLETON, "That a copy of the resolutions, passed this day, coupled with the petitions signed by the rate-payers and householders, be presented to-morrow, at eleven o'clock, to the Commis sioners of Sewers, by a deputation." A vote of thanks to the :Noble Chairman haring been una nimously passed, the meeting separated. LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLAND. The annual meeting of this excellent Institution, de signed to keep before the public mind the claims and the struggles of Poland, took place on Monday a fternoon ; at the rooms of the Association, Duke - street , St. James' v. Lord Dudley Stuart, the vice-president of the Society, took the chair, as usual, and among the gentlemen pre sent, we observed the Earl of Zetland, Viscount Sandon, M.P., Lord-Beaumont, Lord Foley, Lord Charles Fitz roy, M.P., M. T. Dennison, Esq., M.P., John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., Mr. Williams, Captain Town send, R.N., Rev. Dr. Worthington, Edward Romilly, Esq.. Frederick Pigou, Esq., Edmund Beales, Esq., W. Lloyd Birkbeck, Esq., J. S. Buckingham, Esq., W. Pritchard, Esq., Lambe Murray, Esq., G. Wilbraham, Esq., John Pickford, Esq., H. Edlin, Esq., &c. The proceedings commenced by the honorary secre tary, Mr. Birkbeck, reading the annual report. This document, after an expression of regret that the case of Count Ostrowski, the gentleman illegally arrested the year before last, upon an absurd charge of threatening the life of the Emperor of Russia, had not been brought before Parliament, proceeded to congratulate the meet ing upon the success of the last Polish ball, which was one of the most brilliant and the most numerously at tended which had ever taken place at Wiliis's.—(Hear, hear.) Although no City ball at Guildhall was held last year, it was stated that the hall would be granted to the Association for a similar purpose by an unanimous vote of the Common Couneilin November next.—(Hear.) The income of the Association for the last year was 1,7274, and the expenditure 1,4611. The annual ball at Willis's was announced to be held on Monday, Bth of June, and on the 16th of this month a public dinner is to be given to Lord Dudley Stuart on the occasion of a piece of tapestry being presented to him, worked by Polish ladies.—(Cheers.) The report went on to con gratulate the meeting on the industrious and excellent behaviour of the refugees, amounting to upwards of 500 in this country. The Minor Charitable and Lite rary Polish Association were generally in a flou rishing state. The next subject adverted to was the persecution of the nuns of Minsk, by which the narrative succinctly detailed, and the denial given by the Russian Government, fully exposed and proved to confirm rather than refute the story of the Abbess. The late outbreaks in Poland was theta alluded to, and the European sympathy which it called forth was re marked upon. The Poles in London had wished on that occasion to get up a demonstration in favour of the at tempted revolution, but it was thought better rather to publish an address drawn up by Lord Dudley C. Stuart, as expressing the views and feelings of the association upon the subject. Every point of this address has been confirmed by the subsequent accounts received from Poland. The report concluded by expressing a hope that the united remonstrances of England and France would be brought to bear in favour of the merciful treat ment of those of the insurgents who had fallen into the bands of the Austrian and Russian governments. The reading of the report was frequently inter rupted by expressions of applause. The Earl of ZETLAND shortly moved the first resolu tion in favour of the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr JOHNSTONE, in an able speech, in which he remarked upon the grasping and ambitious designs of Russia in all quarters of the globe, and during all ages of history. A resolution of thanks to the Lady Patronesses, in cluding the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Nemours, and the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, of the late ball at Willis's, was proposed by Lord CHARLES FITZ.. ROY, and seconded br Mr. SILK BUCKINGHAM. The latter gentleman recommended means to be taken for promulgating through the country, more extensively than it was yet known, the fact of the existence of the Association, and•the ends which it had in view. A series of resolutions were then moved, one of which, expressive of the necessity of the re-establishment of the independence of Poland to the general tranquillity of Europe, was proposed by Lord BEAUMONT. His Lordship stated that he dis charged this duty, not influenced so much byany feelings of partiality to Poland, as impressed with the conviction that that country had not been dealt with upon those great principles of advancing conciliation and inter national policy which ought to influence the great European family, and pledging himself to use any con stitutional means in his power to assert the claims and advocate the rights of Poland. After eloquent addresses from Mr. Beales, Captain Townshend, Lord Foley, Mr. Edward Beaumont, and Mr. W. Adam Smith, Lord D. C. STUART addressed the meeting at great length. He went over the reasons which had induced the Association to discourage the project of a public de monstration with reference to the late events in Poland —a demonstration which Prince Czartoryski, aware as he was of the state of public sentiment in England, had expressed a strong feeling against. Although, however, no public demonstration had taken place, an address, drawn up by himself and the honorary secretary, Mr. Birkbeck, had been issued, in order to make public the opinions of the Association with regard to the outbreak. In reference to that event, his Lordship proceeded, at great length, to detail the cruelties and oppres sions of the Austrian G overnment, who had fomented the insurrection by every means in their power, and, as it was proved by undoubted evi dence, had encouraged it, and rewarded the Galician peasantry for the murder of the nobles of the district. The retirement of the Austrian forces from Cracow was but a feint to induce the belief that a formidable resistance had been offered to them ; which, in fact, was not the case. It was difficult to believe the atrocities connected with Russian and Austrian rule in Poland, hut the late horrors were quite in keeping with the whole co urse of cruel policy which had been so long persevered in towards that oppressed country. With reference to the nuns of Minsk, he had strong reasons for believing in the perfect truth of that terrible narra tive. He was from time to time receiving fresh informa tion upon Oa subject, and he pledged himself never to let the matter drop, whatever difficulties he might have to contend With, until he had arrived at the exact and literal truth.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord went on to remark on the continued highly exemplary conduct of the Polish refugees in this country—on their patience, industry, and perseverance under the most trying cir cumstances—and concluded his speech by expressing in fervent terms his conviction, although it was possible none of them might live to see the day, that the wrongs of Poland would be avenged, and that that cruelly op pressed country would be at length restored to her former high and rightful place among the nations. After addresses in conformity with the spirit of the Association from Lord Sandon and Mr. John Abel Smith, thanks were voted to the noble chairman, and the meeting separated. CROM WELL'S DESCENT. The following extract from Sir Samuel Meyrick's twenty first lecture on the History of England, delivered lately at the Hereford Mechanics' Institution, traces the genealogy of that remarkable man (Cromwell) in a light which we are sure is perfectly new to many of our readers : Oliver Cromwell was descended from a very ancient and highly allied family, of Welsh origin, sprung from Cadwgan, second son of Bleddyn ab Cynvyn, Prince of Powis, the founder of one of the Royal tribes of Wales, His great great grand fatherwas William ab levan, who held an honourable office in the household of Jasper Tudyr, Earl of Bedford ; one of whose sons, Morgan ab William, was also called Morgan Williams, and he lived at a house named Cwm Castel], in the parish of Newchurcb, Carmarthenshire. This Williams married a sister of Thomas Lord Cromwell, created Earl of Essex in 1540 ; and his eldest son, out of respect to his uncle's me mory, obtained the royal licence to assume the name of Crom well. Sir Henry Cromwell, the son and heir, resided in Cam bridgeshire, and was the father of Sir Oliver Cromwell, created Knight of the Bath in 1603, who died without issue; and of Robert Cromwell, Esq., who settled in the town of Huntingdon, and relieved the scantiness of his patrimony by engaging in the business of a brewer. Robert Cromwell married the widow of William Lynne, of Bassingbourne, Cambridgeshire, (laughter of f S he ir cam ß e o , be o r n t Stewart, a Knight of the city o f El y ; and h th is e u2nscthle.of Tl 015v9h9,isthmeaptearnreanits a o n f • e O s r i v y e , r h, pang d from the same stock as King Charles I. ; but as this fact is very curious, I shall give it in detail : Alexander Stuart died in 1286. 1. John Stuart, died in 1298. 1. Andrew Stuart. 2. Walter Stuart died in 1320. 2. Alexander Stuart. 3. Robert 11., King of Scotland, died 1390. 3. John Stuart. 4. Robert 111., died in 1406. 4. John Stuart. 5. James I. died in 1437. 5. Thomas Stuart. 6. James 11. died in 1460. 6. Richard Stuart. 7. James 111. died in 1488. 7. Nicholas Stuart. 8. James IV. died in 1513. 8. Nicholas Steward. 9. James V. died in 1542. 9. William Steward, Ely. 10. Mary Queen of Scots died in 1567. 10. Elizabeth, married to Robert Cromwell. 11. James VI. of Scotland died in 1626. 11. Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. 12. Charles 1., . education in the Free School of Hunting- Oliver received his o f England, died 1646. e I , n n e a ; 1 tradition br id g e ; King and wasave removedstudied nei Lincoln'sCo lCollege, don, who . n d ce to he h adding, his chambers were immediately over the gatewa , y. Ho is reported to have led a dissolute life in Lon don, but to have been reclaimed by marriage, which took place before he was full age, when he returned to his native town, from which he was removed to Ely, to take possession of an estate bequeathed to him by his ma ternal uncle. He was drawn from retirement by his first cousin, the well-known John Hampden, who well knew his talents, and which he had exhibited in the Short Parliament of 1628; he was therefore returned a Member to the Long Parliament at the general election. It is a curio - as fact, that this principal regicide had at one time intended to go with his cousin and some of the more zealous puritanical party, to New England, and had actually embarked in the river Thames for the purpose, when they were all stopped and compelled to return ashore by an order in Couucil.—The Cambrian. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—We perceive that Mr. M'Lean, the messenger of this establishment, has announced his in tention;of taking a benefit on Thursday, May 14th. An at tractive bill of fare will be provided for his friends, and we trust that his efforts will be well supported. His general civility, and anxiety to promote the welfare of others will not, we are sure, he overlooked on the present oceas_on, and we feel certain that his friends will rally round hit:). FINDHORN.—The take of salmon on the Irie;:lhorn, which has been rather scanty of late, is now fast i m p rov i ng; the fishermen below the suspension-bridge, having few nights 4K; $4101%100 Alle salannef-Aftegt4 Ovirtiftr. . • SUGAR DUTIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—The Gazette of lait Friday quotes the average price of West India sugar at 3Gs. 7d. per cwt. Sugars, quality for quality equal to this West India sugar, the produce of Cuba, Porto Rico, and other foreign possessions, may be roadily bought at 20s. per cwt., showing a difference of six teen shillings and sevenpence per cwt. (or 24d. per lb.) by the time it reaches the actual consumer. This immense gain, this fraudulent fruit of monopoly, goes directly from our pockets to these of the British stegar producers. One shilling per cwt. paid in excess of wi`tat Havannah, Brazil, and other sugars will command, is equi valent to 250,000/. ; or four millions sterling and upwards one the annual quantity, at 16s. 7d. per cwt., of sugar con- • sumed in the country. . West India sugar is here particularised, because the planters in those colonies are the only parties who can or do set up even a shadow of pretence to a just claim to be pro tected by a differential duty, and they only can do so on the plea that they are obliged by the conditions of the law to yield to certain differential duties in favour of other British colonies in the purchase of their food and lutru'eer. The West Indians send home about a moiety of the sogar consumed in the United Kingdom, and in order that WV' may receive two millions sterling we, the consumers, arc compelled to pay four. Monopoly invariably operates in this clumsy and partial manner. What does the Government propose to do to abate the expensive nuisance? Why next to nothing! Sir Robert Peel has given notice that he means to reduce the differential duty on free labour sugar (about 10,000 tons) 3s. 6d. per cwt., maintaining the absurd fiscal distinction between free and slave labour sugars. The West Indians, who have been told to rest perfectly quiet under this attempt to impose upon us, actually chuckle in the hope that Sir Robert will be enabled to carry his project. No one knows better than Sir Robert Peel that the way to deal with the sugar question would be to abolish the ridiculous laws which oblige the planters in the West Indica, by differential duties, to purchase their food and lumber of other British colonies. Let him allow these planters to buy their supplies in the cheapest markets, and thereby sweep away all gleends to their claim to protection, especially seeine, as he must do, that in the end the home consumers of N s est India sugar have to pay the piper. Flow much wiser would it have been in the 240 Protec tionists in the House of Commons, both as relates to their own breeches' pockets and to those of their tenants and de pendents, to have insisted upon the abolition of all protecting duties, including those levied for the supposed benefit of the colonies, prior to the annihilation of the corn-laws, so that they themselves, their tenants, and others had had time to lay in their stock of necessary articles at the unprotected price, before they were either of them compelled to sell their produce on the like terms, rather than stand out, interrupting the commerce of the country, by striving after the retention of a§monopoly which they must have felt months since was doomed to the tomb of the Capulets. Had they manfully stood upon that point, they would have had some degree of justice on their side, and enjoyed besides just as many opportunities of abusing Sir Robert Peel as they have had ; but it was not their good fortune to be so prudent—in lieu cf pursuing a course similar to that described, however, it is reported in Mincing-lane these gentlemen are prepared to vote for as much protection as their united energies can obtain for all colonial produce. Protection, they say, is their principle, and therefore they will exert themselves to maintain the slightest vestige of it; to be sure, the valiant promise was made to the West Indians before the first division on the corn-laws ; that may have taught them to moderate their tone, and look more closly to their own interests and to those of their dependents. As the planters of the British sugar-producing settlements ship various qualities of sugar, and are likely to be placed in active competition with foreign producers, it would he but Justice, as I pointed out in a previous letter, to impose an ad valorem duty on all classes of sugar; so that the West Indians, who send to market very inferior qualities to the Whith llavannah, &c., should only pay a duty according to the worth of their sugar.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, B. S. R. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter, 85-Bir mingham and Gloucester, 125%-Caledonian, 7%-Midland, New, 33%-North British, 27%-North Staffordshire, 5% p.-South Wales, 3. MANCHESTER, MAY 6. STOCK ExcuANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos ton, &c., dis.-Bideford and Tavistock, 20s. 6d. dis.--.Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 2 p.-Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, 15-18 dis.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Wales, 5-16 dis.-Bos ton, Stamford, and Birmingham, % dis.-Derby and Crewe, 4 p.- Derby, Gaiusborough, and Grimsby, % dis.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1% p.-East Lancashire, No. 1-Ditto, No. 2, 1-16 p.- Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 18%-Exeter and Exmouth, dis.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 63. c. dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, par-Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., p.-Grand Union, 12s. 6d.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Extension, % dis.- Great Grimsby and Dock Extension, 1% dis -Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, 2A p.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 34 p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire 12s. 6d. dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, 4 dis.-Leicester and Birmingham, % c. dis.-Leices ter, Birmingham, and Trent Valley Junction, 1 1-16 dis.-Liverpool and Bury, 8% p.-Ditto, New Shares, 2% p.-Liverpool, Orms- . kirk, and Preston, p.-Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and South port, 3-16 p.-London and lanchester (Rm.'s), 1% dis.-Man chester, Buxton, and Matlock, % p.-Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 8% p.-Ditto, ditto (B), p.-Ditto, ditto (C), 77 p.-Manchester and Hyde, % p.-Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 3 p.-Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 34 dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 2% dis.-Manchester and Southampton, 6d. p.-Northumberland and Lancashire, 17s. dis.-North Staffordshire, 4 p.-North Western, p.-Nottingham and Mansfield, % dis.- Oldham District, % p.-Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, 17s. dis.- Preston and Wyre, 31-Ditto, Halves (B), 10s 6d. p.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, % c. p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, 13-16 p.-Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, % dis.-South Mid land, 2 p.-South Eastern and Dover, 39%,-Ditto, Consols (No. 3), p.-Ditto Halves (No. 4), 3-16 p.-Treat Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction, % dis.-Welsh Midland, 245. dis.-West Lancashire Coast, % dis.-West Riding Union, 2% p. LEEDS, MAT 6. STOCK Exetimogr.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Exten sion, 28s. p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, dis. -Huddersfield and Manchester, 7s. 6d. p.-Huddersfield and Shef field, p.-Leeds and Bradford, 28 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, Zit p.-Ditto, Extensions, 10s. p.- Leeds and Thirsk, 3% dis.-Manche/1r ter and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 10 p.-Ditto. Extensions, 3 p.- Midland, 154-Newcastle and Berwick, 10% p.-North British, Car lisle Branch, 295. p.-Wilts, Souiersct, and Weymouth, 1% dis.- Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 12s. 6d. dis.-Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c., 265. dis.-Buckinghamshire, p.-Clitheroe Junction, I Is. dis.-Great Eastern and Western, 28s. 6d. dis.-Leeds, Yen:, and Midland, 1% dis.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, g dls.-Leeds and York, I IX ; dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 2s. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, 10s. 6d. dis.-Lincoln, York, and Leeds, 235. dis.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 2s. 6d. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 28s. p.-London and York, 3s. 6d. dis.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 265. p.- Manchester and Southampton, ss. dis.-Northumberland and Lanca shire Junction, 18s. 6d. dis.-North Staffordshire, 4% p.-North Western, 4s. p.-Shropshire Union, % dis.-South Midland, 38s. 6d. p.-South and Midland Junction, 255. dis.-Welsh Midlands, I % dis. -West Riding Union, 41. 125.-York and Lancaster, 21s. dis.-York shire and Glasgow Union, 1 dis. HULL, MAY 6. STOCK ExcleAteoz.-The sales are-Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 20 -York and North Midland, East and West Riding, 11-Black burn, Darwen, and Bolton, 1 dis.- Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Ex tensions, 425.-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 13%-Hudders field and Manchester Railway and Canal, 12-North British, Carlisle, 50s. 6d. -Ditto, Dalkeith, 634.-Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, &c., 375.-Direct Northern, 1%-East Lincolnshire, 215.-Goole, Don caster, Sheffield, &c., 21. 14s. 6d.-Grimsby, Louth, and Horncastle, 245.-llull and Barnsley Junction, 255.-Hull and Lincoln, 245.- Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4-London and York, 21. 6s. 6d.-- Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 31. 9s. 6d.-Nottingham and Mansfield, 2% -North Western, 28s -North Staffordshire, 61. 125.- South Midland, 31. 175.--Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 3%-Shrop shire Union, 275.-Trent Valley Continuation, 375. 6d.-West Riding Union, 4%-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 275. SHEFFIELD, MAY 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The market has been very brisk, and many more shares inquired for than could be supplied. The sales are- Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares (No. 3 Scrip), 151 p.- Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, 2s. 6d. dis.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, par-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, As. 6d. dis.-Derby and Gainsborough, 13s. 6d. dis -Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 3s. 6d. p.-Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 10s. dis.-Notting.. ham and Mansfield, 2s. 6d. p.-North Western, SS. p.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 12s. 6cl. p.-Ditto, Extension, 10s. dis.-Sheffield, Bux ton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 135. dis.-South Yorkshire Coal Railway, par -West Riding Union, 3/. Os. 6d. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 1% p.-East Lincolnshire, p.-Goola and Doncaster, % p.-Leicester and Tamworth, dis.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 1 % p.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 37 11 . 6d. p.-North Western, 14 p.-North Staffordshire, 5 y p.-North umberland and Lancashire, 20s. dis.--South Midland, 3 p -West Riding Union, 3% p. YORK, MAY 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 2%-Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 12s. 66.-Great Grimsby, Louth, &c., 1% - Ipswich and Bury, 6-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, li. 1211.-Leicester and Bedford, 108. 6d.- Mallon and Driftleld Junction, 2 1 4 -Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, 3%-Newcastle and Berwick, 20%-Newcastle and Darling ton Extensions, 9/. 18s. 9d.-North British, Carlisle Extension, 2% -North Staffordshire, 7-Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, IIA -North Western,: 144-South Midland, 4%-York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 11. GLASGOW, MAY 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 6% -Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 305.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 535.-Airdrie and Coatbridge, 5 -Bridge of Weir, 453.-British and Irish Union, 428. -Caledonian, 13W-Ditto, New, 415.-Caledonian Extension, 335. -Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 345.-Direct Northern. 405.-East Indian Railway, 14s. &1.-Edinburgh and Northern, 6% -Forth and Clyde Junction, 335. &1.-Glasgow General Terminus, 10 ;.6 -Glasgow and Belfast Union, 395. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 761.- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 468.-Glasgow and Greenock, 171.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 375. 6d. Great North of India, 4s. 6d.-Lanark and Lothians, 435. -Lesma hagow, 425.-Manchester and Southampton, 475. 6d.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 205.-Perth and Inverness, 315.-Scottish Cen tral, 17% -Scottish Midland Junction, 71.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 295.-South Midland, 945.-Stirling and Dun fermline, 355.-Wishaw and Coltness, 511. c'inivipThe building stands on PT tior aTa T t hperessepnpt appear ance pro gressing daily, calls forth attention. a square of 3 quadrangle is 100 feet; the whole frontage facing the 300 feet, containing abouttwo acres ; the width anc T e H o E f ti N ie E N W ew il l s s r pi T ta A l L fot T Co t ß n io a ß n u . of f a t d7lBo feet; the height of each story is 14 feet; and that of the entire building 45 feet. The depth of the wing erected is 180 feet. The height of the tower will reaeh nearly 70 feet. The principal entrance is built of a very fine specimen of Caen or Normandy stone. On the occasion of the opening of the building a fancy fair and bazaar will be held, on a scale of the greatest magnificence, at the Royal College Gardena, Chelsea, which is expected to - take place about the middle of June next. The hospital, when entirely completed, with all the appliance of medical and practical science, will afford accommodation to upwards of 200 patients. The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Improvements lead a meeting yesterday. There were present Viscount Canning, the Right Hon. J. C. llerries, the Lord Mayor, Mr. H. T. Hope, the llon. C. Gore, and Mr. Milne. BIRTHB On the sth inst., at the Rectory, Woodchttrch, the wife of the Rev. F. B. Wells, o f a daughter. On the sth i nst., at Blackmore, Essex, the w i fe o f W . T. Long bourne, Esq., of Grays Thurrock, of a son. On the sth inst. , the wife of Frederick Young, Esq., of Bromley , Middlesex, of a son. On the sth inst., at Woodford Hall, Essex, the wife of William Morris, Esq., of a daughter. On the sth inst., at Knowl-hill, Berkshire, the wife of the Rev. 0 Sturges, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 27th of March, at the Cathedral, Bombay, Alexander Kin" loch Forbes, Esq., of the Bombay Civil Service, to Margaret Moir , third daughter of Henry David Forbes, Esq., of Balgownie.; O . n the 16th ult., at Wareside, Herta, Charles Tween, jun., Esq . ' to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of- the late Randall Norris, Esq., of the Inner Temple. On the 19th ult., at Castle Bank, Perth, Donald M`lntyre, Ee'l' to Sarah Robina, only daughter of the late Major James Todd. On the 22i1 ult., at Lugwardine, Herefordshire, the Rev. J. Leigh Hoskyns, M.A., Rector of Aston Tyrrold, Berks, to P. Emma , youngest daughter of th 6 fate Commodore Sir J. S. Peyton, K.C.1 1 . On the sth inst., at Trinity Church, St. Marylebone, Charles, Manners, youngest son of the itigeit Hon. S. R. Lushington, to nen_ rietta, eldest daughter of Henry Stafforti Northcote , E s q ., of Pries House, Devon. DIED. On the 30th ult., at Dover, Kent, Mrs. Way, relict of the Rev. Vi r • Way. On the Ist inSt., at Brockhurst, near Gosport, the Roy. Frederi ck William Ryle, M.A., incumbent of Elson. On the 2d inst., at Brighton , Mr s. Mary Fowler, aged 67. On the 2d inst., at Cheltenham, Edmund Haynes, Esq. On the 2d inst., at Brock-hall, Northamptonshire, Susannah, the wife of Thomas Reeve Thornton, Esq. On the 3d inst., Mr. Joseph Hetherington, of Connaught-terrac e . Edgware-road. London: Printed and Published by MMIDO YOUNG, of N o. 11 2 Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Preeinot of the Savoy, iu the County of Middlesex, Thursday, 31. V, 1846.