The Sun. — London, England, 1846-02-13 00:00:00

fclitro o.4,4Dtticat SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Cluck. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL W AY.—(T HIS DAY.) MEETING OF TILE PROPRIETORS. The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of this railway was held at the Company's offices, Easton Station, this day. The meeting was also a special, one for the put.. pose of submitting to the shareholders the drafts of several Bills proposed to be introduced into Parliament during the present session for the formation of railways mentioned in the advertisement convening the meeting. There was an unusually large attendance of shareholders, and near the chairman we observed Joshua Procter Westhead, Esq., the chairman of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company. GEORGE CARR GLYNS, Esq., the Chairman of the Board of Directors, took the chair at twelve o'clock precisely, and commenced the business of the day by calling upon Mr. It. Creed to read the advertisement, which, having been done, the chairman, with the consent of the meeting, affixed-the seal of the Company to the register of the proprietors, and also to the register of the holders of 201., 25/., and 321. shares. The Secretary then read the minutes of the last meeting, after which The CHAIRMAN said that he believed hon. proprietors were aware, from the advertisement which had appeared in the newspapers, that although this was the usual half-yearly meeting for the passing of the accounts and declaring a divi dend, it was also a special general meeting for the purpose of laying before them Acts of Parliament in which this Com pany was particularly interested. He had proposed, consi dering the value of the time of those present, particularly at such a part of the day, to make a few remarks upon the matters which would be brought under their corisi• deration at the special general meeting, as the Bills had already passed the standing orders of the House of Lords. However, before he did that, he would say a few words with regard to the dividend which would be shortly proposed for the last half year. The Grand Junction Company had declared that the amalgamation entered into with them last half year was satisfactory to them, and he believed he might say that it was also satisfac tory to this Company.—(Loud applause.) Since lie had had the honour of occupying a seat in the board of this Company, he knew nothing that was so cal culated to give satisfaction not only to the parties concerned, but also to the public at large, as that amalgamation.— (Cheers.) He sincerely rejoiced that it bird fallen to his lot to be a director when that amalgamation was carried out. —(Hear.) But with reference to the accounts it was right that they should know that a very satisfactory result had fol lowed the recent reductions which had been made in the fares. both for passengers and goods. However the dividend for this half-year would not be so large as the dividend of the corresponding half-year in 1845, because they would all be aware that the last year was one of the most extraordinary excitement, and the number of passengers and the amount of traffic passing along the different lines in England was greater than might be expected for some time to come. That remark applied especially to the amount of goods passing along railways. They were aware that since the commencement of this year, as regarded passengers, there had been a very large reduction in the fares, and the directors were also determined to make those rates still lower as soon as it was deemed prudent. It was, however, quite impossible for him to enter into that subject now. They were determined to show the public that their policy was to do everything that might advance the interests of the public at large con sistently with those of themselves.—(Cheers.) Indeed, that was the course which they had pursued for years, and he did not, for his own part, see that a proper reduction in the fares for both passengers and goods at all prejudiced the in terests of the Company.—(Hear, hear.) He did not mean to say that the first of such reductions would be a decrease in the income of the Company, but he did not think that any reasonable man would deny that those reductions, under the proper regulation of Parlia • ment, eventually tended to the interests of a Company: But whilst they made reductions on one particular article of traffic, they should also take care that a corresponding de crease was made in the rates on other articles. He believed that they might learn a lesson on this head from other railway companies. Foreign Governments took great care upon this point. They took care that the public should have the advantage of as low rates as possible, but that was not effected by giving their sanction to competition. They effected the object by Parliamentary regulations, and that he believed was the only way in which, in point of fact, the object could be carried in concerns of the nature.—(Applause.) And although he was not one of those who were willing to subscribe to the doctrine quoted by some people. namely, that the cost of a passage from London to Dover should be more, mile for mile, than the cost of a passage from Ostend to Bruxelles, he yet believed that the cost of the different articles of food, &c , in each county should be taken into account in regulating the rates of fares to be paid for passages on a lit e of railway. It must be recollected, that although the cost of a passage from London to Dover was as much as was paid for a journey on a French railway from Ostend to Bruxelles, yet all the in cidental expenses eventually made the cost as large as the fare from London to Dover. If the rates for passengers in the foreign lines were small, those for luggage were enor mous—(Hear, hear)—and in point of fact made travelling by railway precisely as expensive as it was in this country. It was an extraordinary fact (and he did not mention it merely for the purpose of showing the cheapness of the fares charged by the London and Birmingham Company, but merely for the purpose of showing the extraordinary reduc tion which had taken place in the fares of passengers and goods since the formation of railways), it was a fact he re peated of the most extraordinary character, and had been communicated to him the other day by a large carrier—that when the Grand Junction and the London and Birmingham Companies first commenced operations, the cost of one ton of goods between Manchester and London was 41. 108 , and the cost of a similar quantity of goods now between London and China was only 31. ss. (Great laughter and applause.) He did not say that this Company could take to themselves the credit of that reduc tion which they hoped to make still more marked, but still it was a remarkable fact in the statistics of this country as showing what a vast change had been effected by the reduction of fares by the different railway companies. It would be clear to those present, that, looking forward as they did to the great increase in traffic which, in point of fact, must yet develog itself, though those reduced rates, the accommodation which the Company had at present for its re ception would not be sufficient. They had, therefore, made a very large and considerable purchase from the Duke of Bedford, for the purpose of increasing the accommodation at the Easton station, and the directors would now ask the leave of the proprietors to complete that purchase. The directors also proposed to enlarge the accommodation provided by the Company at Birmingham, if power were given to them by the proprietors. The proposed site would be in the very best position in Birmingham, especially in reference to the traffic which was expected from Wolverhampton and Dudley. It was proposed to expend rather large sums in the erection of the two contemplated stations. Those proposed additional accommodations would be made solely for the purpose of meeting the increased requirements of the public ; and that would show the public that they were determined to de serve their confidence. This liberal conduct on the part of the Company, he felt satisfied, would also gain the sane ' tion, rather than the discouragement, of ParliaMent. As regarded the different projects which the directors had in view, he thought he need not enter into a great discussion about them ; but he would draw the attention of the pro prietors present to a few of them which called for some brief remarks. One of the Bills which would that day be brought under their consideration was, " A Bill for authorising certain arrangementsbetween the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the Company of proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigations with reference to the purchase, leasing, or use of the said nayigations." He made mention of this Bill first, because the directors some time ago thought that such an arrangement would contribute considerably to the prosperity of this Company, and they were not now at all disposed Co disturb that arrangement or alter their views. The next projeet to which lie would' refer was Also one which he believed would be most advantageous to the Company if carried out, and that was the formation of the Buckinghamshire Railway. There were too Bills for that project. He mentioned that fact be cause he believed that some honourable proprietors, then pre sent, had complained that the directors had proposed the in troduction of an unusually large number of Bills into Par liament during the present session. Now, the fact was, i hat in some instances there were two, and in some instances, three and four Bills for one and the same project, a step which had been recommended by their _ Parliamentary advisers. The Buckinghamshire line would connect this COm - pany's main lime- with Banbury, Buckingham, and Aylesbury. It would also connect this Company's line with the Warwickshire line, which would form one of the very best communications between that part of the country and Cheltenham ; it would also give the best and shortest com munication between Leamington and Warwick, as well as Buckingham and the metropolis. The next line in which this Company was engaged was the extension of the line inter the tewn of Leamington, which was in point of fact a mere local line, but it , was one which the inhabitants were very anxious to have made. The remuneration arising out of the traffic on that line would be exceedingly small. The next project would be an extension to wnich he had already al ludes!, viz. the extension of the line into the heart and centre of Birmingham. The next was the Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Rai!. way. This project he mentioned to them in August last. The &rectors had arranged that the Birmingham, Canal Company, and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Rail way should have a third of the interest in that railway, and this Company two- thirds. That project was also sanctioned at the meeting held in August last. The next Bill which would be laid bdfore them was one for formally carrying out the arrangement to which he had alluded, and which had given so much satisfaction to all parties, viz., the amalga matien of this Com Company. That guts" with the Manchester and Birmingham observation from liiect, he was sine, would not require a single all the Bills in which t h e yll4s,o,be had now gone over cerned, and he would, ther -... elves . immediately con riirgeted to make some ob servations with respect to :4 e_ projected undertakings in which they would become The first of those pro jects was the Rugby, Leamington,l: ir s s : r a o nd l Warwick Railway. That was a short line, and very part of the country, and was one, h e would strongly in that prove very advantageous and remunerative to t w h hic ' h The Bill had already pa: se 1 the standingw u d ordersh a l N n, e t7h t o (‘'lni° subscribe : i • Lords. The capital which this Company would be 450,0001. The next project was the Nor thareps sn bury, and Cheltenham Railway, which would pass, as ' they might be aware, through a very extensive district of the country; the capital to be subscribed by this Compa n y would be 300,000/. The line he had reason to be lieve would be a very remunerative oi.e. The next project would be the formation of a railway from or near the Blisworth station to the towns of Banbury and Cheltenbani. He had spoken upon the advantages o ne ch a line at the meeting held in August last. It was which would be very cheap in its construction and was called for by the inha bitants of that district. There was also another line in t l.e formation of which they would receive a considerable amount of support from other parries, and that was ,the proposed line from Rugby to join the Midland Counties line a t Stamford. The district_ through which it would pass was a veryrich one, and the traffic was considerable : they would, in point of fact, realise such advantages from that undertaking as they had already reaped from the Peterborough line. The next line mentioned in the advertisement was the extension of the line at Camden-town to Farringdon-street. At present the directors did not sanction the extension of the line into the heart of the metropolis, on account of the enormous expense which the Company would subject themselves to in pulling down property to tha_t extension. That project would, therefore Y rata), be abandoned.—(Applause.) \ inainli l; which would be laid before them, to n dir o e f cto t r h s e Tyhtewnoerecommended il to th the e a West p - other xtw attihtles wl Watford, ic St. Albani 0 f ah smallrem slued bra branch re for the making 'on, to the town of Newport Pagn . orthampton to Weedon. Th e Chair- ." • . . lit of ' A, 4, 2 %I: . II I the 440 Pre p •;. • 'Watt-4i Bibb .*o9r4, fl :'t : ~~~~ that the Bill to authorise arrangements between the London and Birmingham Railway Company and the proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigation was before the meeting, The CHAIRMAN of the latter Company stated that the arrangements between these Companies were calculated to be highly satisfactory, not only to those interested in them, but to the country generally. A very great increase of traffic would flow on to the Birmingham and London Railway ; in consequence of not less thankfour million tons of iron haying been conveyed upon the canal in the course of the past year, and this amount would probably be greatly increased on account of the readier access to the great mar kets of the kingdom. He deprecated the contests which were constantly . arising between great companies, and believed that a majority of the ephemeral schemes of last year owed their origin to these disputes. Mr. LEDWORTH thought that they ought to reduce their freights to the utmost, for not only hrd they to compete with the Great Western but with another powerful Company, the Direct Manchester, and when be said that the promoters of that Company were business men, he need only mention the fact that many of them belonged to the L. ague. The CHAIRMAN was not aware that the supporters of that line were members of the Anti-Corn-law League. He did know that they were Manchester merchants, who looked more to the facility that would be given for the transmis sion of their goods than to the comfort of their passengers. Mr. CROSSWAITHE proposed a vote of thanks to the Chair man and Directors, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then briefly returned thanks, and incident ally stated that the I. ondon and Birmingham fares were, in the year 1846, as compared with 1844, as follows :—Firat class passengers paid now exactly what they had in 1844 paid for a second class conveyance. In 1844 they paid to Birmingham for the first-class 605., and in some carriages 655., now they paid 265. Gd. ; while for the second - class t he y paid 50s. and 405., which was now reduced to 18s. 6d. After some further observations the meeting separated. man then proceeded to animadvert on the observations which had been made by Mr. Russell, the Chairman of the Great Western Railway Company, at a meeting of that body on the previous day, with respect to Oxfordshire and Birming ham line; and in the course of his remarks stated that Mr. Russell had said that it was not till the London and Bir mingham Railway Company had been connected with Mr. Hudson in the purchase of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, that they (the Great Western) consented to have anything to do with the Oxford and Birmingham line. This was the first time he (Mr. Glynn) was aware that the Company was connected with Mr. Hudson in purchasing the Bristol and Birmingham Railway. He thought that Mr. Russell ought to have ascertained what the real facts of the case were, before he ventured to connect the Midland with the London and Birmingham in this transaction. But be would now advert to what was really the pith of the whole matter. He would for himself and his colleagues say, that they had ever exhibited the most anxious desire to keep on terms of amity with the Great Western Company. In fact, as ;far as they consistently could, they conceded for the sake of peace. And now he would inform the meeting how the negotiations, which had for some time been pending betweenthe two Com panies, were somewhat abruptly brought to a close. Two gentlemen, one high in the confidence of the Great Western, and the other connected with- the London and Birmingham, conducted these negotiations. The gentleman who represented the Great Western, referred from time to time to his principles, and at last, after ten days passed in arranging difficulties, the negotiation was apparently brought to a close. He (Mr. Glynn) held in his hand a paper containing the terms of the arrangement. Those terms, he repeated, were accepted by either negotiator, and yet they found Mr. Russell stating that the terms which were proposed by the London and Birmingham Company were no less than that they (the Great Western) should sur render every advantage that they had obtained by the arduous struggle of last year, and that the only equivalent offered was •' peace, peace," which at least would be of as much be nefit to the London and Birmingham Company as to them felves. And this announcement seemed to be received with loud cries of " Hear, hear." They would not wonder, therefore, that these terms were declined, and that there was no longer any negoitations between the Companies. This was, indeed, very true, for on the night before last the nego tiations were broken up. And what did this rupture all turn upon ? They wished to have the traffic from Leamington to London.—(Hear, hear.) Now let the meeting examine the comparative merits of the lines of the two Companies. Even as the London and Birmingham then stood, even now, by their circuitous, route by Covet:- try, they were three miles nearer than the Great Western Company, and they gave to the town of Leamington the advantage of a close station. The Great Western was longer, and they did not approach the Wwu at all. But how would matters be improved, when their line through Bucking hamshire was completed? Then, instead of like the Great Western having a line of one hundred and six miles in length, they would have a line of only eighty-nine miles long. He must do the gentleman who represented the Great Western the honour to say, that he at once abandoned the point that the traffic of Leamington belonged to the Great Western. But the Great Western asked that the town of Dudley should be given up to them.—( Cries of " Oh, oh.") That proposition not being conceded, the Great Western would not attempt to enter upon any other arrangements. He thought that Mr. Russell should have inquired calmly into the facts, especially as he must be well aware that they would be explained at that meeting, instead of making . statements other than those that were justified by the real circumstances of the case. He was sorry that he had been obliged to occupy their time so long, but he felt that it was only due to himself, to his col leagues, and to the shareholders themselves, that the London and Birmingham Company should be put right before the world. He had not had an opportunity of going through the whole of Mr. Russell's speech, as the newspaper which contained it had only been put into his hands just before the business of the meeting had commenced, but he had referred to these points in order to satisfy the minds of the gentlemen present that no efforts had been left untried by them to bring ttiose negociations to a peaceful termination. He should now propose that the report be read by the secretary. Mr. CREED, the Secretary, then read the following re port : - • - - BANKRUPTS. James Young, ship owner, Salcott, Essex, to surrender, Feb. 20, at half-past twelve, and March 27, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, 13ir chin- lane ; Marriott, New Inn. William Chessor, cooper, Commercial-road, Stepney, Feb. 20, at two, and March 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing', all-st reet ; Brown, Marten, and Thomas, Mincing-lane. William Sibson Alderton, steel pen manufacturer, Chan eery-lane, Feb. 24, at half eleven, and March 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as signee ; Mayhew and Son, Carey-street, London ; Hawood and Co., Birmingham. Robert Kent, liceneA victualler, Elstree, Hertfordshire, Feb. 24, at two, and March 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside. George Prentice, fishmonger, Tollesbury, Essex, Feb. 28, at half-past two, and March 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-street ; Compignd, Bucklersbury. Thomas Reynolds, cheesemonger, Cow Cross street, Mid dlesex, Feb. 24, at one, and March 24, at twelve at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers, London ; Turner, Mount-place, )riaite chapel- road. Richard Widen Cronk, grom, Seal Kent, Feb. 20, at eleven, and March 21, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Wa terman and Co.. Essex-street, Strand ; Carnell, Sevenoaks. Frederick Jones, wine-merchant, Canterbury, Feb. 26, at one, and March 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. F. diet, official assignee,_ S am b ro ok-court, Basinghall- street Lawrence and Plews, Bucklersbury. Charles Oswald Robson, plasterer and builder, Finsbury street, Finsbury-place, Feb. 20, at eleven, and March 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee ; Reed and Langford, Friday-street, Cheapside. Charles James Baker and Edward James Eastwood, ware housemen, City, Feb. 20, at half-past one, and March 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official as signee ; Reed and Langford, Friday-street, Cheapside ; Sale, Worthington, And Co., Manchester. Robert Lambert, chemist, Liverpool, Feb. 27, and March 24, at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Cottrill, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Fletcher and Hull. Liverpool. John Ross and Enoch Burton, flour dealers, Newcastle upon-Tyne, Feb. 23, and April 7, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court of Bankruptcy. Wakley, official assigne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Story, Newcastle npon-Tyne ; Plump tre, Temple. Henry Moore Naylor, haberdasher, Birmingham, Feb. 26, and March 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Heywood and Webb, Birmingham ; Mayhew and Son, Carey-street, Lin coln's Irin, London. Gilbert Brown, banker, Shiffnal, Salop, Feb. 26 and March 21, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Birmingham ; Vin cent and Co., Temple, London. Rict ard Lewis, woollen manufacturer, Wootton -under - Edge, Gloucestershire, March 5, and 30th, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Timbrell and Merrick, Bradford, Wilts; Jones and Blaxland, Crosby-square, London. William Bradley, flax spinner, Richmond-hill, Leeds, Feb. 24, and March 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Leeds ; Robinson and Co., Essex-street, London ; Ward'and Son, Leeds. William and Samuel Holdsworth, millers, Adwalton, Yorkshire, Feb. 24 and March 17, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court, Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Nether sole, New Inn, London ; Foster, Bradford ; and Cariss, Leeds. . _ RAI LW A►Y COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee No 1. TUN =WESTER AND nzproup. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. BURKE next proceeded on the petition of a Mr. Turner, a landowner on the line. Mn COATES objected to the petition being gone into. The petitioner, Mr.:Turner, had on the previous eveninglpetitioned the House of Commons to have his name withdrawn from the petition—in fact he was not now an opponent. Mr. BURKE said that he had to complain of a non-compli ance with the standing orders on a point which affected the public. The survey of the property belonging to Mr. Turner was not properly executed, inasmuch as the fences or boundaries of the property was not shown on the plans and sections. This, in fact, amounted to a very grave breach of the standing orders, inasmuch as the plan was drawn from a wrong survey, and was calculated to mislead the Committee and the public. The property so drawn must have been wrongly described in the books of reference. Mr. COATES pressed upon the Committee the fact of the petitioner having withdrawn the petition against the Bill. The room was then cleared, and upon the parties having been called in, The CHAIRMAN, after having consulted with Sri William Heathcote, chairman of Sub-Committee No. 4, said that the Committee had given the point raised their most serious consideration, as it was one which might arise in many other inquiries. Me Committee were of opinion that the allegation, in so far as it applied to the public, should be entertained. Mr. Bußai then called a witness to prove that several fields divided by fences were shown as one field, the fences having been altogether omitted. Mr. COATES would again press the fact of the petitioner having withdrawn his opposition. Mr. BURKE said that it was a point of practice where a petition was presented to the House for withdrawing a pre vious petition, unless the House referred such petition to the Committee, it could not weigh in the inquiry. Mr. COATES then read the petition. The CHAIRMAN said, that it was clear the petition was not referred to the Committee, which was the usual course. Mr. COATES said that the petition was only presented the previous evening, when it was ordered to lie on the table of the House, so that there was not time to have it referred to " The directors, in conformity with the resolutions of 'special general meetings of the proprietors of the Loudon and Birmingham and Grand Junction Companies, held on the 7th of November last, by which the Agreement of Amalgamation, concluded by the respective Boards, was approved and confirmed, have laid before the present meeting a statement of the Accounts of this Company for the half year ending on the 31st of December last, with the Amalgamated .Account of both Companies appended to it. " On this first occasion of meeting the proprietors in their altered position, the directors are gratified in being able to exhibit accounts which afford such satisfactory evidence of continued prosperity; for although, in consequence of greatly reduced rates and fares, there has been a large accession of traffic at low prices, with an addition of charge proportioned to the increase of business; the net receipts con siderably exceed those for the half-year ending on the 31st of Decem ber, 1844, amounting, for the London and Birmingham line, to 83,8191. With their limited experience, however, the directors are not yet able to give a decided opinion as to the result of the recent reductions in the working expenses of the railway, and they would, therefore, still wish to regard them, in some measure, as an experi ment, which they hope may, in benefiting the public, work out fa vourably for the proprietors. " The directors recommend that from the common fund of the Amalgamated Company, a dividend be declared to the proprietors of this Company at the rate of 101. per cent per annum, clear of pro perty-tax, being the same rate of dividend that the directors of the Grand Junction Company will recommend to their proprietors. " The payment of this dividend will leave a large surplus of profit to the credit of the current half-year, but not more than the directors of the amalgamated Company consider requisite to maintain the same rate, under the circumstance of an unequal receipt in the halt years ending in July and December, and with the possible contin gency of a check in the increase of traffic, against which it is wise to make timely provision as essential to stability in the value of the Company's capital. " The union of the two Companies having happily placed them in a position to act in perfect accord on matters affecting the accommo dation of the public, whose interests are necessarily associated with their own, the directors of the Amalgamated Company have not been I backward to profit by the advantage. " They have already adopted a uniform and reduced mileage rate of fares for the passenger traffic, and are occupied in the considera tion of the most effectual means of conveying both goods and passen gers with the greatest punctuality and expedition consistent with safety, and at the lowest prices which the fair remuneration of the proprietors will admit of. It would be premature to enter into details connected with this subject, whilst the Bill for giving a legal sanction to the amalgamation is yet:before Parliament ; but the directors of this Company may be allowed to state, that with a view to the in creased and increasing traffic, they have thought It expedient to adopt measures, of which the following is a summary : " The enlargement of the Euston and Camden stations and ap proaches, and the establishment of a more central station at Birming ham, for which a Bill is now before Parliament. " A second line of rails from Northampton to Peterborough, which they expect will be completed this summer. " The establishment of coal stations at various points of the line, and the construction of additional shed room for the goods traffic generally ; " And an increase of locomotive and carrying stock of all descrip tions, to an extent which, when the contracts they have entered into are fulfilled, will, they expect, be fully adequate to every emergency. " The Directors contiue to receive satisfactory accounts of the pro gress made in the construction of the railways with which the Company is directly connected, comprising the Lancaster and Carlisle, Chester and Holyhead, Trent Valley, and Bedford and Bletchley lines. " As regards the Chester and Holyhead Railway in which the Company's stake is the largest, the engineer, Mr. Robert Stephenson, roperts that the experiments which have been made for the purpose of testing the efficiency of his plan of bridge over the Menai Straits, having fully verified his calculations, the construction will commence at an early period. The reports of the Directors on that line are equally satisfactory as to the progress made with the other works. "In addition to Bills for projected lines in which this Company is interested, and the objects of which have been already stated to the proprietors at former meetings, the directsrs have considered it ex pedient that a branch shall be made to unite the town of Stamford with the main line at Rugby, in the view of completing, without which the public accommodation in that district would be imper fectly proviced for. " The directors have also taken a portion in the line for connecting the Camden Goods Station with the East and West India Dock, for which a Bill is now before Parliament. " The directors, in pursuance of the fourth resolution of the last half-yearly meeting, have elected the following five directors, viz. : Hon. Colonel George Anson, M.P., John Benbow, Esq., M.P., John Ellis, Esq., Edward Tootal, Esq , and Joshua Proctor Westhead, Esq. ; and they have also elected Frank Somerville Head, Esq., to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Robert Garnett, Esq. " The following directors go out of office at the present meeting, and are re-eligible :—Pascoe St. Leger Grenfeli, Esq., David Hodg son, Esq., Joseph Frederick Lcdsam, Esq., Captain Constantine R. Moorsom, R.N., John Lewis Prevost, Esq., and Thomas Smith, Esq.' , Resolutions receiving the report, and confirming the divi dend announced therein, were then put from the chair, and carried unanimously. Mr. AmmtERST in connexion with many gentlemen from the north, moved , in terms of a notice given at a previous meeting, that the shareholders residing in the country should be permitted a free passage to attend the meetings of the Company, and as it was sometimes impossible that they could arrive in town and depart on the same day, that they be permitted to come up on the day before the meeting and leave town the day after. The resolution was seconded. A long discussion ensued, the great body of the meeting affirming that this system was likely to lead to abuses, and that as the dividends were sufficiently ample, the share holders should pay their fares. On the question being put, the resolution was negatived by an immense majority. 111 r. Sratutow thought that while so many improvements were in contemplation, the providing of a larger board-room should not be overlooked. The CHAIRMAN intimated that when the extensions at the station were completed, this evil would be remedied. Mr. DICKENSON complained of the retention of goods at the Crewe station ; imputed no blame.to the managers of that department at the Euston station; their arrangements were perfect, but he thought that a little surveillance would im prove the stations further down the country. The CHAIRMAN said that they could not always control private carriers, to whom the goods might be consigned after leaving the railway, but he would make inquiry into the matter complained of. This completed the business of the general meeting, and the shareholders formally adjourned. The meeting was then made special for the purpose of ap proving the Bills referred to in the Chairman's address. • The following Bills were then severally put from the chair and unanimously approved of by the meeting Three Bills to authorise the construction of railways from the London and Birmingham Railway ; one of such railways from or near the Harrow Station to Aylesbury ; another thereof from or near the Tring Station to Banbury ; another thereof from or near the Bletchley Station to the city of Oxford. Three Bills to authorise the construction of railways from the London and Birmingham Railway; one thereof from or near the Hampton Station to Banbury ; anoth, r thereof from or near the said Hampton Station to join the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, in the parish of Ashchurch, In the county of Gloucester; and another thereof from or near the Weedon Station to the city of Worcester, with a branch to the town of Alcester. A Bill for making a railway from the London and. Birmingham Railway, at Coventry, to join the line of the Trent Valley Railway in the parish of Nuneaton. A Bill Oar making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Weedon Beck, to join the Blisworth and Peterborough Railway in the parish of Hardingstone. • A BM for extending the line of the Coventry and Leamington Branch of the London and Birmingham Railway to the town of Lea mington Priors. A Bill to authorise the extension of the London and litirmingbam Railway to Navigation-strcet, in the town of Birmingham. A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway at Rugby to the town of Leamington. A Intl or Bills for making a railway.from the London and Bir mingham Railway, in th e p ar i s h o f A s t o n juxta Birmingham, to the Grand .1 unction Railway, in the parish of Buslibury, in the county of Stafford, with branche s t o l'at..llei. .'.n.l also to authorise certain arrangements between the London end ilirmittglitun Railway Company, and the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigations, with reierence to the par chase, or leasing, c 1 use of the said navigations. A Bill or Bills to authorise and empower the union and consoli4a tion into one under - kmg of the London and Birmingham Railway, the G. a nd Junction Railway, and the Manchester and Birmingham Railway; or for effecting such amalgamation separately between the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Railway Companies, and the-London and Birmingham, and Manchester and Birmingham Railway Companies respectively. A Bill for making a railway from or near the Bllsworth Station, on the Loudon and Birmingham' Railway, to the towns of Banbury and Cheltenham. a b r anchrsil te wa t y ne ir t o e m wn th e e f L s o t n a tn er a d a . d Binning_ from t the t London e f and New Bir hat BRaiilllfworaym, a a k t in e f near Rugby, Bir mingham Railway, at er . A Bill for waking a bran ne Birmingham Railway. °la's railway ra y Pagnell, and thence to Join the line of the Bedford and Londonand from the London and Birming- A Bill for making a branch railway' Albans and Dunstable, with or near Watford, to St. A Bill to authorise the purchase of the Aylesbury Railway. ham hallway, at a branch to Luton. A Bill for making certain alterations in th e line of the West on don Railway, and extend the same to the river Thames. A Bill to empower the Londo n and B' masingham Railway Com- L pany to enlarge their stations nea r Euston-sq town, in the county of Middlesex. uare, and at Camden- In the course of these proceedings, and while the question the Committee. The room was then cleared, but the decision of the Com mittee was conveyed privately to the agents. The point was no doubt decided in favour of Mr. Burke, as he was allowed to proceed on the allegations. Mr. BURKE called other witnesses to prove that the fences on the property of Mr. Turner were not shown. The allegation was sustained, and several others were al lowed. The Speaker having been announced at prayers, the Com mittee adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. Sub-Committee No. 2. WEST RIDI tt G UNION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) _ . . The room was then cleared. On our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were of opinion that the parties were not at liberty to give evidence with respect to the level of the scales, and that the standing orders in this case had not been complied with. The remaining allegations were of a similar character. The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were of opinion that in the case of the West Riding Union Railway the standing orders had not been complied with. The Committee adjourned till Tuesday, at twelve o'clock. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the produce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending Feb. 10, 1846, is 355. sd. ptr ewt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Feb. 13.) Sub-Committee No. 4. SUGAR.—To-day there was no public sale of any descrip tion of Sugar; West India Muscovado was sparingly dealt in by refiners and grocers, the quantity sold amounting to only 160 hhds, &c., but the rates obtained were generally the same as on Friday. REFINED.—To-day although refined goods could be pur chased upon further reduced rates, still little business was transacted. _ MAUltMUS.—Although the market continues to be well supplied, and still chiefly with the better descriptions, yet the rates previously established have been supported, and a good demand'has been experienced for all qualities. EAST INDIA.—The supply of Foreign East India Sugar being scanty, prices keep up, but there has been little busi ness transacted privately in any description, and none has been submitted to public competition. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign, and the principal operation for the week has been that of 600 boxes of fair yellow Havannah, but not strong, at 23s for Rafining here under bond. COCOA.—British Plantation has been sparingly dealt in, but holders are unwilling to further reduce their prices, and at public sale 312 bags of Trinidad were taken in at 42s for middling dark red, and at 40s. for common quality. In Eoreign little business has been transacted, but prices cannot be quoted lower at present. Ricz.—Bengal has been sought after, and full rates offered, but business has been checked by the small supply at market. Madras is wanted and the parcels disposed of privately were at firm rates. Java is wanted at 15s to 17s 6d, but there is little in the market. Italian and Spanish are held for 18s to 20s for white. COFFEE. —This afternoon there was no pubiic sale of Coffee The business transacted in Ceylon privately was upon a more extensive scale ; good ordinary pale Native brought 48s to 495, and low ordinary 46s to 47s TEA.—The demand was very limited for black and green Tea at the large public sale, which commenced on Thurs day, and concluded on Monday : of the total quantity offered, amounting to 42,800 pkgs., the very small proportion of only 4,200 pkgs actually found pui chasers, the principal portien boxes and damaged, and the rates taken were rather under those that prevailed by private contract. SPIRITS.—There are now sellers of Jamaica Rum generally upon lower terms; but the business transacted has been ex tremely limited in all kinds. Leeward Island is wanted. Although Calcutta can be purchased upon rather lower terms, still there are for buyers. Demerara has been sparingly dealt in. There has been a lively demand for Brandy this week. Holders have evinced much firmness. Geneva is held with firmness. The value of English Corn Spirits is lOs 6d per gallon nett cash. INDIGO. —A fair business has been transacted in Bengal and the rates paid have been equal to those of the last Quer te.ly Sales, and in some cases rather above. Madras is still attracting attention, and fetch previous sale's prices, indeed the inferior kinds still command 2d to 4d per lb advance. The kiwis most in request are those from is 6d to 2s Od per lb. Spanish is little wanted, and prices keep very low. SALTPETRE.—The private operations in Rough for the week amount to nearly 3,000 bags at 25s to 27s 3d per cwt for Calcutta. SPlCES.—Nutmegs have been in much better demand, and the rates paid exhibit an advance of 2d to 4d per lb. Mace has met with little attention, and a decline in the value has occurred. In Black Pepper the business transacted privately has been upon a more extended scale ; still prices do not improve. Of White several parcels have been sold privately at 3jd to 4d, and good to fine 4id to 6d per lb. The demand is increasing for Cassia Lignes, but prices at present cannot be quoted higher. Pimento is held with firmness, but the demand has been only for small parcels at aid to 3 per lb. Cinnamon has sustained last Quarterly Sale's prices. Ginger is not to be had on lower terms. • Offis.—This afternoon at public sale 21 tons of Sperm and Headmatter were offered, and sold, British Sperm at 751 to 781, Headmatter 791 lOs to 801, Foreign Sperm 761 — FRUIT.—This market continues in the same unsettled state, and prices in most instances nominal. From the bad condition of Valentia Raisins there are sellers at almost any price, but good and fine maintain the highest quotation : for Denies in baskets there] has been rather a better demand this week at the reduced quotation. For Currants of an in ferior quality, and damages, there is more inquiry at a low price. Greek Figs (in the absence of Faro) have been in re quest at the present low price. Tallowrnoo a s t al 3 e Bs lB 3 9 d p t ip o es 42 l ,9 l 6 4 d hh f d or s \v American — T ig afternoon of l S lA ou l t6 ) of New South Wales, fine, low to fine quality ; 382 casks 42s 6d to 43s 6d, good 41s 6d to 425, middling 39s 6d to 40s, of Archangel at 41s 3d to 41s 6d, low 39s 3d to 40s 8d ; 139 casks Petersburgh second sort yellow candle 41s 6d to low 36s 6d to 38s ; 27 casks of East India 42s 6d ; 46 casks 41s 9d, soap tallow 39s 9d to 403 6d, inferior 38s to 39s 6d, il w a e t re pu so b l l Ci e unbracked 39s 6d to 40s 6d. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. At Five o'clock, neither the Lord Chancellor nor the Earl of Shaftesbury being in attendance, Lord BROUGHAM inquired if there was any ob jection to Lord Denman officiating instead? No objection being taken by their Lordships, Lord DENMAN took his seat on the Woolsack. PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE. Earl SOMERS presented two petitions from occupiers of land, and other persons residing in the county of Here ford, against the proposed withdrawal of agricultural protection. The petitioners stated they were apprehen sive that great evils would, in consequence, fall not only on the agricultural interest, but on all classes of her May sty's subjects. ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. The order of the day was then read for going into Committee on the Administration of Justice Criminal Bill. The Bill then passed through Committee, and the report was brought up and agreed to. RAILWAYS. The Earl, of REDESDALE presented a petition, complaining that several names were attached to raii way schemes which were not sanctioned by the parties whose names were thus attached. He considered that in a matter of such vast importance the standing orders in Committees ought to be carefully attended to and enforced by their Lordships. He (Lord Redesdale) would suggest that where names were attached to any such scheme, security should be given that the TtIE SUN, LONDON, FRI DAY - EVEN !NM, FEBRUARA IL 1846, to be Colonel, vice Sir T. Bradford, appointed to the 4th parties had actually given their consent to such pro - I Foot, Feb. 7. . 1 positions. 32d Foot—Ensign H. J. Davies, to be Lieutenant, by pur- The Earl of DALHOUSIE then rose to move the chase, vice Townsend, who retires; M. Turner, Gent, to be by purchase, vice Davies, Feb. 13 . adoption of the resolutions contained in the seco nd Ensign report of the Lords' Committee on Railways. H e had 49th , Foot—Lieut. D. Seton, hom the93d Foot, to be Lieu to move that certain alterations shout' be made tenant, vice Rosa, who exchanges, Feb. 13. 80th Foot—Second Lieut. W. H. Candler, from the sth in the standing orders 219, 220, and 224, in order to yoot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Riley, promoted, facilitate the passing of certain Bills, which were to Feb. 13. I originate in that Howe during the present session. 89th Foot—Brevet Major W. Hope, from half-pay Unat- The Noble Earl then entered into a detail of the altera tached, to be Captain, vice H. Wndyard, who exchanges; Lions intended. (These have been already given in the Lieut. H. C raw f o rd to b e Captain, by purchase, vice Hope, resolutions inserted in our yesterday's paper.)—Agreed who retires; Ensign C. Richardson to be Lteutenant, by to. purchase, vice Crawford, Jan. 23 The Earl of CLARENDON wished to ask his Noble 93d Foot—Lieutenant R. L. Ross, from the 49th Foot, to Friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he be Lieutenant, vice D. Seton, who exchanges, Feb. 13. 49th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. D. Grant, from the Staff, would have any objectioe to lay on the table any to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Leitch, appointed to the 78th correspondence between himself and the Spanish Govern- Foot, Feb. 13. . ment on the subject of Cuba sugar? GenrasoNs.—Brevet-Colonel the Hon. G. Cathcart, on The Earl of ABERDEEN said that he could not half-pay unattached, to be Deputy-Lieutenant of the Tower have any objection to produce the correspondence re of London, vice Colonel J. Gunvood, deceased, Feb. 13. I ferred to. _, . • BREVET.—Captain E. Stephenson, of the 3d Foot, to be iTheir Lordships ileiteadjourned until Monday. Major in the army, Nov. 23. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 9. Corps of Royal Marines—Gentleman Cadet A. 0. L. Lewis to be Second Lieutenant, vice Tucker, promoted. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham. Durham Militia—Sir W. Eden, Bart., to be Major, in the room of R. S. Surtees, resigned, Feb. 9 ; C. Skinner, Gent., to be Liieutent, Feb. 9. LORDS' , SUMMARY. Lord DENMAN, in the absence of the Lord-Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack in - the House of Lords, shortly after Five o'clock. Earl SOMERS presented several petitions against any alte ration in the corn-laws. On the motion of Lord DENMAN, the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill went through Committee. The Earl of REDEsnALE presented a petition from an indi vidual complaining of the course pursued by many parties with respect to railway Bills, and praying that their Lord ships would make it a standing order of the House that all parties, before they should be permittted to introduce railway Bills, should be bound to prove that the provisions of the Registration Act had been complied with. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the adoption of the resolu tions contained in the second report from the Lords Com mittee on Railways, which was agreed to. The Public Works Ireland Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported en Monday. In answer to a question from the Earl of CLARENDON, The Earl of ABERDEEN stated that he had no objection to lay on the table of the House the correspondence that had taken place between the Spanish Minister and himself rela tive to the duty on Cuba sugar. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY gave notice of his inten tion, on Tuesday next, to ask the Noble Duke (WELLING TON) the cause of the dismissal Of Mr. G uxi sTorm from the Poor-law Commission in Ireland. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he would take care that the Noble Marquis should have the information he required on the day he had stated. The House then adjourned till Monday. BLACKRITILE' AND PRESTON AND MAST LANCASHIRE AIHALGAZZATION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) In this Bill the standing orders were complied with. SONZERSETSUIRE MIDLAND. The object of this Bill was to make a line from the pro posed Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway at Frome, in the county of Somerset, to the Bristol and Exeter Rail way, with which it will form a junction at the High bridge station. Mr. J. R. Hill is the engineer, and Messrs. Bulmer and Durnford are the Parliamentary agents. The estimated cost is 360,0001., the length of the line being thirty. one miles. There were several objections raised to this Bill. The datum line was not distinctly referred to any fixed point— which omission was fatal to another Bill, before mentioned. The proofs of service of notice were insufficient, in consequence of the absence of one of the witnesses, but a certificate was produced to show that he was absent on account of illness. It was said, that if the case were adjourned, acknowledgments of the service of these notices could be produced, and ultimately it was agreed that, on account of this and other difficulties, the case should stand over to Thursday. - - GREAT WESTERN AND WYCOMBE. The parties to this Bill not being in attendance, the case stood over. - - - - ___. _ ..... The Committee then adjourned to Monday next. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this Night's Gazette.) (II Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, oap, 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 7th day of February, 1846. ISSUI DEPARTMENT. .. Notes ta5ued........ 26,698,620 Government debt • . 11,e15,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,140,210 Sliver bullion •.• • .. 1,558,410 X 26,698,620 M. MARSHALL. Chief Cashier. Dated the 12th day of February, 1846. A 26,698,620 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital • • 14,553,000 Rest •••• • • • •. 3,462,787 Public deposits (In cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 5,054,438 Other deposits . • • 18,912,445 Seven day and other bills - ...... 963,688 it 42,946,358 Dated the 12th day of February, COURSE OF EXCH/ Amsterdam .... C.F. 12 91 2 Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 5% Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 10 Antwerp • • ............ 26 15 Hamburgle —ALB. 13 14 Paris, 3 days' sight .. • . 26 75 Ditto, 3 months.... .. 26 Marseilles •..• ...... 26 10 80urdeanx............ 26 10 Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Petersbnrgh, 3 U 5.... .• Berlin .. Vienna, effee. flo •- • • 10 10 Trieste, ditto • • .... 10 10 Madrid •. Cadiz ........ 36 ...... -- Barcelona ............ ....... Government securi ties (Including Dead Weight Annuity). Other securities Notes • • • • • • • • • • 13,137,04' .. 22,908,661 .. 6,263,625 637,025 Gold and silver coin • • 42,946,3:S M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. , 1846. LNGE.--(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar. 30 7 Leghorn Genoa .. . Milan .. • • ... Naples Palenuo, per oz 119% Lisbon ..... . 52% Oporto .... • • .... 52% Rio Janeiro •... .. 24 )4, Bahia .. . ...... . .. Buenos Ayres .. New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .... • • PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. X. 3 17 9 Portugal. Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars ........ 0 4 9% Silver in bars . ...... 0 4 113 j THE LONDON GAZETTi (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 11, 1846. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon Roderick Impey Murchison, Knight, of the first class, of the Imperial Russian Order of SL Stanislaus, &c., Fellow of the Royal Society, V.P.G.S. and R. Geogr. S., Member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburgh, Corresponding Member of the Institute a France, Honorary Member of the Royal Society of Edin burgh, and of the Royal Irish Academy, &c., &c. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 11. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Doctor John Richardsoa, R.N. F.R.S., Medical Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Charles Augustus Fitzßoy, Knt., to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the colony of New South Wales and its dependencies. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Clarence Thomas Wylde, Esq., to be Clerk of the Peace at Swellen dam, in the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Walter Harding, Esq., to be Crown Prosecutor for the district of Natal, in South Africa. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 13. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT City of Chichester—George Charles Henry Gordon Len.. nos, called Lord George Charles Henry Gordon Lennox, in the room of Arthur Lennox, commonly called Lord Arthur Lennox, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Ma jesty's Manor of Hempholme. Borough of Buckingham.—R. P. C. G. N. C. Temple, com monly called Marquis of Chandos, in the room of the Right Hon. Sir T. F. Fremantle, Bart., who has accepted the otlice of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. WAR-OFFICE,Fics. 13. _ _ 2d Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant H. S. Lumley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lucas, who retires ; 11. Johnstone, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Lumley, Feb. 13. 3d Regiment of Foot—Capt. E. W. Stephenson, from half pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice P. Dore, who ex changes; Lieut. H. P. Chamberlain to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Stephenson, who retires ; E ns i gn A. Fitz-Gerald to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chamberlain; Gentle. man Cadet C. Taylor, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitz- Gerald, Feb. 13. 4th Foot—General Sir T. Bradford, G.C.8., from the 30th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General J. Hodgson, deceased, Feb. 7. sth Foot--L. Fitzgerald, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Candler, promoted in the 80th Foot, Feb. 13. 30th Foot--:Major-General G. Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T., HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes before Four o'clock. PETITION FROM THE CITY-CORN-LAWS. The Sheriffs of London, Messrs. Chaplin and Laurie, appeared at the bar, clothed in their insignia of office, and presented a petition from the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of London, in Common Council assembled, in which, after stating their approbation of the general policy pursued by her Majesty's Ministers with respect to the commercial interests of England, regretted that the total repeal of the corn-laws was to be delayed for a period of three years. NEW WRIT. A new writ was moved for by Mr. BERESFORD, for North Nottinghamshire, in the. room of Henry Gaily Knight, Esq., deceased. RAILWAY BUSINESS. Lord DUNCANNON brought up the report on the Manchester, Matlock, and Buxton Railway Bill, which was ordered to be read a first time. The following Railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed:—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway (Methley, Askern, and Oakenshaw branches) ; Sheffiuld, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway ; Leeds and Bradford Railway (alteration of levels in Bingley). Mr. STRUTT brought under the notice of the House the fact tint several petitions for private Bills had been received by the iiow-e in consequence of some irregu larity which they contained having been overlooked. There were several instancEs where the standing order, 111 A, had not been complied with. Mr. GREENE gave a notice of motion to the effect, that in :all cases of private Bids no petitions should be received unless thty had been prepared and properly signed by the parties themselves. Mr. iINT WISLE said, that complaints had fre quently been made of the operation of the standing orders nt reference to matters of a minor and very trivial nature, and parties were often put to enormous expense by being compelled to attend here, and then all that was lost by reason of the Bill being thrown out upon some matter of a very trifling nature, and they were told that they had been defeated by a non-compliance with the standing orders. With regard to what the lion. Member for Lancashire had said, i[be would just make this observation, that the number of petitions was so great thot that it was quite impossible for this House to take cognizance of the con tents of the whole of them. It would be well, there fore, if some measure were introduced to prevent this useless expenditure of thousands of pounds before a Bill had paisysed the standing orders. STRUTT said his observations did not apply to the Standing Orders Committee, but to the commissions of this House. . Mr. E. ELLIS said that much inconvenience had arisen by reason of the vague manner in which the standing orders required the notice of a Bill to be in serted in the " first part" of the petition, without defining the particular part. Mr. GISBORNE said he could not at all understand on what grounds his Hon. Friend had submitted his motion to the House. The house itself had established certain rules, and they were neither few or unimportant, with which all public companies were compelled to comply. He believed they amounted to about 120 or 130, the slightest infringement of any one of which was suffi cient to cause the rejection of their petitions ; and now Jheru were petitions presented to them by parties who had only two standing orders to comply with. He thought it, therefore, extremely unreasonable to Ink for this indulgence in the House, with out any notice having been given of the intention to present them, although they concerned property to a very large amount, and when in fact the House knew no more about them than if they had just dropped from the clouds. He could see no reason for assenting to the proposal of his Hon. Friend, and if his motion was persisted in, he should certainly divide the HouEe ageinst him. Sir W. HEATHCOTE begged to explain that the resolution upon which the Committee had acted was one which had been imposed by the House. It was not founded upon any general apprehension of the standing orders, but was a specific direction of the 111th clause. Although many directions of the standing orders were general in their character, yet, whenever any particular rule of proceeding was to be observed, it was clearly laid down, as aas the case in No. 9. The Com mittee, therefore, could not dispose of this case, aed he conceived the Hon. Member for Dt rby was perfectly right in repeating it to the House, instead of disposing of it summarily. After a few observations from Sir GEORGE CLERK and M.r. GISBORNE, which did not reach the gallery. Mr. R. HODGSON said if the parties referred to had made a mistake, they might petition the House to allow them to rectify it. The case was precisely similar to one which occurred in the House a few nights ago. The 27th order required that a list of the assents and dissents to a Bill should be delivered to the Clerk for Private Bills, who was desired to endorse the fact of their receipt on the back of them. In the case to which he referred, this endorsement had been omitted. The parties petitioned the House to permit them to rectify the mistake, which was granted. The case was perfectly analagous, and the parties in this case might adopt the same course. The report was then ordered to lie on the table. Sir JOHN YARDE BULLER presented a petition against; the Birmingham and Leicester Railway Bill. Mr. BARRY BALDWIN presented a petition against the Direct Union Railway Bill. Mr. VILLIERS gave notice, that he should, on Wednesday next, move for a return of any direction of the Poor-law Commissioners for the incorporation of the parish of Farnham, in Surrey, with other parishes in a poor-law union, and the copy of any m emor i a l th at may be presented against it. LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he would, on Mon day next, put a question to the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government, (if he should then be in offiee)—(A laugh)—whether it was his inten tion to fill up two offices lately vacated—he alluded to the offices of Lords of the Admiralty—(Laughter)— as, in the event of his not doing so, he (Mr. Ferrand) should move that the offices be abolished as being quite useless to the country.—(Renewed laughter.) LANDLORD AND TENANT. Mr. SIIARMAN CRAWFORI) gave notice of his intention to put a question to the - Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury, as to whether it was the intention of Government to propose any measure on the subject of landlord and tenant in Ireland. 'MERCHANT SEAMEN'S SOCIETY.I An Hort. MEmnErtinquired whether it was the inten- tion of Government to bring forward any measure in the present session in reference to the Merchant Sea men's Society, as the matter had been strongly recom mended to the consideration of the Legislature by two Committees appointed on the subject? Sir G. CLERIC replied that he had been for some time in communication with some of the most eminent merchants on the question, end he hoped in a few days to be able to give a satisfactory answer to the question. Mr. FORSTER said he had no doubt the petition spoke the sentiments of the Ship-owners' Society. lle must, however, protest against these parties coming for ward in the way they had done of late, and stating that they spoke the sentiments of the great body of ship owner.s That society had been invariably opposed to relaxation.—(Cheers.) He was not, however, opposed to discussion on the subject of which they complaineo, as the more they entered into the in vestigation they found that they had no reason to com plain. Mr. LIDDELL said he was not desirous of bringing on a discussion then, but he could not allow the re marks of the Honourable Member for Berwick to pass without a reply. It was his intention to make a sub stantive motion to the effect, that the petition be printed, when it would stand before the House on its own basis. The chair man of the General Society of Shipowners had signed the petition, and he believed it expressed the opinions of the whole of the members of that body. It was a matter of little conse quence to him whether Hon. Members said the petition was got up or not.— ( Hear.) By printing it, it would be placed before their observation. He should take an early opportunity of re feet ing to the subject. Mr. WALL said he was prepared to support the allegations in the petition. The petition was then ordered to be printed. RAILWAY DISTURBANCES. Mr. JAMES asked the Right Hon. Bart. the Secre tary of State, if he had received any official account of a savavage affray which had taken place at Penrith, in the county of Cumberland, between a number of Irish labourers, who were armed with knives, sticks, and other weapons, and to such an extent had this been carried, that it had been difficult, with the assistance of the yeomanry cavalry to preserve the peace of the district. Sir J. (iRAIIAM said he had received no official information on the subject. Mr. EWART wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentle man the President of the Board of Trade, whether he had taken into his considerati , m the necessity of obliging railway Companies to make some provision to prevent the recurrence of such acts, and thus to protect the public against the injuries likely to be sustained, by f:aving some hundreds of these labourers scattered over the country. Sit G. CLERK made a remark across the table, whibh was inaudible in the gallery. W ESTMINSTER- BRIDGE. Sir R. INGLIS said he had given notice of his inten tion to put certain questions relative to Westminster bridge and the ntw Palace at Westminster. At the close of the last session of Parliament he put several questions upon these subjects. The Right lion. Gentle man the First Lord of the Treasury then said he bad received certain communications on this subject. He now wished to ask w hether those communications comprised the amount of money which had been expended in the repairs of the House, if such a word could be applied to such an object, andC whether the Government here prepared to appoint a Commwitte or object to the appointment of a Committee upon the subject. Mr. CARDWELL said that the subject had been carefully and fully considered by the Right Ho nourable Gentle-man at the head of her Majts ty's Government, and after considering the report of the Commissioners who bad the care of Westmin ster-bridge, he did not think that there was sufficient reason for building a new bridge. Instructions, however, were given to the Commissioners to inquire into the state of the bridge with respect to its security. The re port of the Commissioners did not recommend any alter ation in the bridge, nor did it recommend any further steps to be taken. Under these circumstances, seeing,that ample care had been taken with reference to the safety of the public. Ue (Mr. Cardwell) hoped the Hon. Bart. would not think it necessary to move for 1 " Committee Sir R. IL INGLIS was not at liberty to say more than he thought the answer most unsatisfactory. He would now, however, ask when it was likely that the New Houses of Parliament would be ready to be occu pied ? He did not mean the room only in which the Legislature was to meet but the committee-rooms and the other parts of the building. He wished to know when they would be able to have their accommodation in the new Houses of Parliament—not merely into the room where they were to sit, but also when the other apart ments would be in a state of readiness. If the expectation which had been held out that that the new Houses would be ready at the commence ment of the session of 1837, would not be realised. He would also wish to know whether her Majesty's Govern ment would consent to appoint a Committee to ascertain the cause of the delay. COMMONS SUMMARY. The House of Commons sat at Four o'clock. The Sheriff of London presented a petition from the city of London in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws. Several rail. way Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed. A new writ for North Nottinghamshire was ordered, in room of Mr. G. KNIGHT, deceased. Lord DUNCANNON brought in the Matlock, Manchester, and Buxton Railway Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time. Mr. Suturr brought under the consideration of the House an irregularity that had taken place in a petition for a rail way Bill, which led to some discussion, in the course of which, Mr. GREENE gave notice that he would move an order to the effect that no petition for a private Bill should be received by the House, unless it was regularly signed by all the parties. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that on ➢Monday he should ask the First Lord of the Admiralty, if he should then be in office, whether he proposed to fill up the two offices now vacant in consequence of the resignation of two of the Lords of the Treasury : and if he were afraid to appeal to the country by nominating to the vacant offices, he should move that the officers be abolished as useless. Mr. SHARMA! CRAWFORD gave notice that he should ask the Government on a future day if they intended to bring in any measure during the present session to amend the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland. On the motion of Mr. LIDDELL, that the petition of the Shipowners' Society be printed, Mr. HUME asked if it WA3 intended to introduce any mea sure carryiag out the recommendations of the Committee with regard to regulating the merchant seamen's service ? Sir G. CLERK said that Government were in communica. tion with the Shipowners' Society on the subject. Mr. FORSTER denied that the petition expressed the senti ments of the great body of shipowners of Great Britain. Mr. LIDDELL replied, and the motion fur printing the pe tition was agreed to. Mr. JAMES asked if the Government had received any ac counts of the dreadful affray which had taken place at Pen rith among the labourers employed on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and what measures had been adopted to preserve the public peace. Sir J. GRAHAM had received no official account whatever from the Magistrates of the existence of any such dis turbance. Mr. EWART asked if the Government had ever considered whether it was necessary to make railway companies exer cise some superintendence over the labourers? Sir G. CLERK said that the promoters of railway Bills were obliged to provide a certain number of special consta bles to superintend the works. In answer to a question from Sir R. bolus, as to 'the inten tion of the Government with regard to the rebuilding of Westminster-bridge, Mr. CARDWELL said the subject had been considered by the Government, and that they had directed weekly reports to be made as to the state of the bridge, and that when any thing special occurred the attention of the Government was directed to it, so that ample care was taken of the public safety. Sir R. INGLIS considered that answer unsatisfactory. He begged to ask when the Government considered the new palace at Westminster would be ready for the accommoda tion of Parliament, and if it were not ready by 1847, whether there would be any objection to the appointment of a Com mittee of Inquiry ? Mr. CARDWILL thought it possible that the expectation of Hon. Gentlemen that Parliament would sit in the new House in 1847 would not be realised.—(A laugh.) He, how ever, thought it would be neither necessary nor discreet to appoint a Committee- In answer to a question from Mr. COLLETT, of Athlone, The CliaxcELlAmt of the EXCHEQUER stated, in conse- quence of a decision of the Judges in the Exchequer Chamber overruling a decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, and deciding that • certain parties were entitled, in conse quence of the enactments of the corn-law of 1842, the re venue would suffer a certain loss, but it was still under the consideration of the Government whether an appeal should not be made to a higher tribunal. On the motion of Sir W. CODRINGTON, a new writ was ordered .for the election of a Member for East Gloucester shire, in the room of the Hon. F. CHARTER'S, who had ac cepted the Chiltern Hundreds. On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate being read, an immense number of petitions en the subject of the corn• laws were presented.. Sir Howell") DOUGLAS then rose to resume the adjourned debate, and announced his intention to vote against the proposition of the Government of removing pro tection from British agriculture. He had always voted against a repeal of the corn-laws, he had fre quently spoken against the measure, and in reviewing his past career on that subject, he found that he had nothing to explain and nothing to regret, excep th,; insufficient manner in which he had advocated the cause of protection. His opinions were unchanged, and in accordance with these opinions he should vote ; for he considered that protection was not only necessary for British interests, but also for the interests of our colonies, which were unrepresented in that House, and which were not properly understood. He considered that the experience of the last three years furnished no correct data on which to form an opinion ; and, therefore, he considered that the Right Hon. Baronet had failed to give any just reason for his change of opi nion. The corn-laws had nut caused the distress of 1840, 1841, and 1842, neither had the partial adoption of free-trade princi ples occasioned the prosperity of the subsequent years-- which prosperity, it should be recollected, had occurred while the country was subject to a corn-law. (LEFT SPEAKING.) GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY MEETING. This Company held their usual half-yearly meeting at the Board-room, Paddington, yesterday, at which there was a large attendance of shareholders. Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., having taken the chair, the advertisement calling the meeting was read, and the seal affixed to the deeds of register. The CHAIRMAN proceeded to address the meetiog, which he did at great length. Having congratulated the meeting upon the statements contained in the report relative to the results of reoucing the fares and increasing the accommoda tion, be went on to observe upon the projects the Company -had then in progres , and the position of hostility in which they were obliged to stand in regard to the Birmingham and South Western Companies. With regard to the former, the di rectors did not think that the terms offered them were at all commensurate with what the Great Western had a right to expect ; and, therefore, all negoeiations between them and the Birmingham had ceased; and, as regards the latter, he would not then enter into a series of charges of bad faith against them, as they would be brought forward at the proper time before the Parliamentary Committees. With respect to the Bristol and Exeter Company rejecting the terms of amalgamation, he regretted they had done so; but when their lease expired, this Company would be glad to meet them again. In reply to a suggestion from the Rev. Mr. Nicholson, that lists of the shares held by the Great Western Company in other Compa nies should be laid upon the table, he would beg to say that these lists were ready ; but he would also say that it would not be very judicious, for many reasons, to read those lists; but he hoped the shareholders had sufficient confidence in them not to believe them capab:e of acting as stags and stock jobbers. The Hon. Member continued to address the meeting at some length upon the nature of the projects tkiey had in contemplation, and the general state of the Company's affairs„ and when be bad concluded, jTlie SECRETARY read the report, which was one of con siderable length, but the substance of which was, that anot, withstanding that they had reduced their fare s, and placed additional number of carriages on the line, their traffic had in creased beyond their anticipation. The former had increased in one year, from 960,0(.0 to over 1,000,000, and the latter from 90,000 tons to 150,000 tons ; and the account of receipts and expenditure shows a balance to December, 1845, 1,( 001. to the credit of the company. The report went on . to sey, that after paying certain rents, tolls, &c., a dividend o f four per cent. might be declared, and _still leave a balance to the credit of the current half year of over 6,800/. After a few words from Lord Reddesdale, uggesting that the Company should take no steps until the Gauge CA M : miss on had seat in their report, the meeting agreed to actor' the director's report, and resolutions founded thereon. The usual vote of thanks was passed, and the meeting Se past ed. of over COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed earl,' walk yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Paige' Ills Royal Highness Prince Albert, attend ed by Colons ldey and Dr. Prcetorius, honoured the college of Ghemistri. \V in Ilanover-s Royal quare H ighnes, yest serdthe. ay, Duchess with a visit. Ili n. of Kent visited her Maj,sty yesterday. Sir '1 he Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Ro theY ' the Princess Alice were taken airings yeste rda y in -ure grounds. iiaJnes lie royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on Tv ‘-- -- t b a included her Royal Highness the Duchess of ge,P t J ar d, ,arl of Liverpool, the Earl of Jersey, Lady Fanny lin sr ,,f r s. Jar,ness de Speth, Mr. George Edward and the Horn Mlle Anson, Sir George Anson, and the Hon. and Re v. C. L Courtenay. T le band of the First Life Guards was in attendance. ng dinner, and performed the following piecesbpese Grand March of the Ist Life Guards—Her Royal gig the Duchess of Kent. Overture, Oberon—Weber. Walzer, Themis Fest Klanze--Labitzky. Medley, Scotch—Waddell. Medley, Cori—Rossini. Cavatina--Verdi. r Tile royal dinner party yesterday included x.e ssej th. Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Hig bee _ Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, his E xce llency t be rd and de Sotomayor, Earl Talbot, Viscount Canning, 2.pet Lady Ernest Bruce, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness""oarable Lady Augusta Cadogan, Lord George Lennox , 11° , 1/ j3art'' Francis and Lady Anne Charteris, Sir George COP"' • and Mr. Edmond Mildmay. deti The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards:tote:v/0$ at the Palace during dinner, and performed the fo pieces : Overture, " Egmont"—Beethoven. Waltzes, " Astrea"—Strauss. Duet e Finale, " Maria de Rohan"—Donizetti. Disperse in Silence, Chorus, Come with Torches, Mendelshon. - t Prayer Finale, , r eitss t#l ,,. Baron de Moncorvo, ortuguese Minister, was P's fies'`-,., by a family bereavement from attending her Majesty tsw on Wednesday. The Lord Advocate was Pres e° ., w ntsd,, t : Levee, and Cornet Soame Gambier Jenyns was Pre'L, o o, P.' the Queen, on appointment to the 13th Light Drag the Earl of Hardwicke. , tv C 0 A deputation of the Aborigines Protection Soc,,l"lla r :,isting of Joseph T. Price, Joseph John Gurney, o' r „,, ja°:.: ton, S. F. Woolmer, V. Leslie Foster, S a muel - Gor ll .;( d 'hb o4 :.,.' Henry Christy, J. Bevan Braithwaite G. L. -elsst"'', James Bell, William Grimshaw, A. B. ' Wright,. once ' Th. and G. L. Neighbour, attended at the Colonial-01. sits- Wednesday, to present an address to the Secretary toll, for the Colonies, on the occasion of his taking otficei; NO. make an appeal ' on behalf of the Indians of Buttst America and the Aborigines of Southern Africa. er ds/ . . The French Ambassador transacted business vest Wit) the . tory° , A Dean,Mr Chairman of the Customs. had an in the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Wednesday- , Peel ' The Cabinet Ministers dined with Sir Ro be " Wednesday, at his residence in Whitehall-gardens _ ad f r om 0 7 0 .4 THE POTATO ROT IN IRELAND.—It appears „a addressed by Lord Cloncurry to the Dublin Everi'efrOd that there is unequivocal evidence of decay in tb:stbetit; of potatoes, sown in November, and upon the earli4d for of which so much reliance has been placed a s ,1 people in the beginning of the summer. Getle;ic There was a fire lesterday eveninc , at We the CitiL,,r Pest-office, that fir the moment caused some alarm in w th e a or it was speedily subdued. The damage done is confin ed ., o f l> ins or a workbench and some timber, and the melon' pipes. The origin the lire was not ascertained. . IMPERIAL PARLIAM NT b. l e HOUSE OF COMMONS, Thursda.V ,- 10, 1 THE CORN-LAWS.—ADJOURNED DP the The order of the day being read for resuming bir journed debate, t he °- Mr. LIDDELL presented a petition froM p - os e .Oo owners of the city of London, praying that • dr e il " 11 0 would reject that part of the Ministerial ineo s `" laid a restrictive duty on foreign timber. g bsl* , f r Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from I3.;;0 0 'cot praying for a total and immediate repeal °'" es° laws, and that they should be delivered at onee ever from that obnoxious impost. ti Sir JOHN TROLLOPE presented sev er i ngo t in favour of the present corn-laws, and praYfte_4. confidence should be placed in the present glycolic:lp Petitions were presented in favour of the PLe s seof ir laws by Mr. John Hall, Mr. Blackburne, OP% Mr. Greene, and Sir John Yarde Buller, fronl il, sex, Buckingham, and Devonshire. Mr. G r lr no t awls prayed that the present measure wig 0 0 11 passed until the sense of the cbuutry had been 0 a general election. e01 13 : /° 0 Petitions in favour of the abolition of the 41,40ej were presented by Mr. Townsend, one of whiel l ,"od by upwards of 12,000 persons ; by Mr. Dun°"c:,ooo,ao by 3,000 inhabitants of Dundee, who wer e , it►tt with the linen trade, and who felt that tbel , tbe c` were seriously affected by the present stat e of of laws ; and by Mr. T. S. Duncombe. f4v °llt o 4 ' An Hoer. MEMBER presented a petition i 8 oil the Government measure, very respectably merously signed. ; 'ont Mr. HINDLEY presented a similar pet.° by 2,200 of the inhabitants of Pontefract. fro m Mr. BRIGHT presented a similar peti,t i _A 01, mayor and corporation of the city of Durne-.sfga:, An Uwe. MEMBER presented a petition , w oe 2,200 of the inhabitants of Derbyshire in A$ J, protection. us ty Mr. ESCOTT presented a petition nuraer ° t het ° t i e, from a town in Somersetshire, complaining, vete, tition had been presented by the Agriculturt"„ioiotV Society which did not represent the, :root' the inhabitants, and praying for a total a n br ide abolition of the duties on foreign corn. n , f tb Mr. GIBSON presented a petition fro' - ',.,,01 in favour of a total and immediate rereer;4o', corn-laws ; also a petition from theool.loo` of Manchester engaged in the Irish trade, e°,;4o e.,4; the falling off of orders in their trade in el e ' r Sol; the failure of the potato crop, and praying P , 7 - 00 11 Government to adopt such measures as Mk 'Or o' people of Ireland with food. 0 0113 '0 .10 Mr. THORNELY presented a petitin o „,,,,iesil JO north, approving of the policy of her 1 7 the , vernment, but praying that the abolition t hat on foreign corn should be total and iminedlei e h , Mr. COLQUHOUN then rose and s ts ijoSs e lit wished to make some explanation to sh e th e some observations which had fallen fre i l a jeStlin Honourable Baronet at the head of her, e-od rAtoosty vernment. It might be in the reee" s ios, ilouse that the Honourable Baronet id oPl oo lk that he (Mr. Colquhoun) had onc e be sees 0, 0 0' 4 similar to those entertained by the 14 01 1 3 Member for Wolverhampton, n aln„evi f o ce e" 0 1 ' repeal of the corn-laws, and that he liar s r ," ii s t i t so e l d, D tie in for the principles of high protee.t,,, l % . o otb ° ol o o o assure the Right Hon. Baronet he was the opinions he then held and those be 11- ifoa• so With regard to his former opinions the is it tbeoi " t 0 would think him very inconsistent. I , le „ n - °, o g9 to be one of very great importance, and 12- be tb - able difficulty and anxiety. He must now, as.j e rst i d art ive at his present convictions per sa 01 0 gi% en the question his most s erious 10 ri&f f , o ,l o l , for many years. He was excluded f f t be o u i t e r o , in 1841, at which time the question ?„,, 0 00 0 0 0 0 assumed an aspect of the most Par' 7 ,,,eo t: h de rof l oe I.:Axe, and during that period he had g' o es i l l ioe, h o tion the deepest and the most anxiont! c eecl ret i and he felt it his duty to adhere to tf e re wer'o 4 ll ; o , had come to. The Hon. Baronet bad P - 0 0 in 1841 he had found his (Mr. Colquh eu- pid t h ol• 0 0 that of the Member for WolverhauiPtonwsieer ditisloo Baronet remember that the Member for " in to. .10 moved for a Committee in order to eive e PiaiOe' 0 0e e t eS all those persons who were not of his el l Os to „ -mse 0 1 ne , debate on the subject, in 1838, he recob-„ st on - 001 - the Hon. Member for Sheffield. A sin i „l, O ho PTO one made in 1838 was made in 18 3 tw fol in 0 able Member for Wolverhampton', an d was as of the Honourable Member for Len u , ° b e re that division. They also knew tbat s oil "otei hot '''eni• man more strict in his political prineiP` r bari °:,)0 8 Member. The lion. Member for Can t % I sis° boa of the Member for Wolverhampton , as i t r .Col c l - for 'or her for Portsmouth. Why should be k e robe r hich cid remarked as having agreed with the e r t jttl e t to verhampton? He had found an 01d .0 11 9 0 139 00 yia tamed some of his opinions, as give n " kno wing os at Kilmarnock, but in . such a eas e ' lig, it ssible!, constituency was of a' liberal fee as po o int e policy to exhibit as liberal opinin ne • eivst oa, / ti. with .„p, ling as they did not clash w the haw - 0 AO r 4l , When he (Mr. Colquhoun) , was : on ro edOlt° aba his constituents put the quest.on A i t eo3_„a p pe re ar r o ed f to the voeteerhflrawsa ? he was favourable to a le ff s eot P . „ l- 0 010 * was still his opinion. He wa rs i encaaia,a t disturb eilght interestst p h r e ete e t en wasf t t h h e e a intere stg b r e i s e t u ltu h , eci o u tn ity;e ld un to the e r„, and he was favourable to any we to w Oen 011" il eo ll tlita:r t h e ad t rofl g e e h l ( a )l s t s i e t s ia . at H p e ro b te e e n t e i dw ithatthe y thout inj tcction in this country an _wi r v i i/ Ig inter7 pert of the mercantile and manu fac t hese e ag o many of tingl e country. He found that Ina ogle s v et 0 1 favour of a low fixed duty on cor n op iniOn t , 1 ,0 9 . 1 0 V now found they had changed tr e l fi x ed clu b ; 0 30 ,0 5 1 4 ( tonally on that question. As t nwe est t hat 0 , 42 so favourable to the mercantile i surpris ieg oe wa ive re turieg interest, it was 110 t ns• kissin n 1 1/e should have changed their °f M r. Ous ro eo sound,opiit ion an th d at such the as views of Mr. Huskisson weret possible,was b od e e t h o s s r t e e l h a t x l y v w oi commer ciale i u t wg h sh t t h O e tro t I: o l : b e jf i s i r o c it i br l i e G c e : sfs c e k r : e : coerce, in every possible mod e ' n o eic'y course its most desirable, and shoul d , 21:1 deserv hei , the ri omfovtehecomcomuenrtcryia.l_4rHesetrairtiolniessrb.e) a l. d h op a et t oe,to; s e n vse u ro gi maintained that such a course tit. but C i V erre d ' 2'l ceived his most cordial suPP,e_ r ndon re ilas hissen o , cr o Lord the Member fo .t gr. : i v Wi l d ,' s speech, to the authortibvt , the T s gd D ot ei, e i t ,e,l y expressed a marvel .„, iyis tey d iffer Baronet at the head of th o ho an authority, he (Mr. Colquno. pica• `ll k ty cif