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

RAMWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRI.STOIi, ELL 13. E XCHANGE.-The 'sales are-Bristol and Exeter, 89-- Ditto, New, 13-Taff Vale, New, 1%. MANCHESTER, FEB. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are -Blackburn, Chorley, Liver- Pool, &c., % die. - Derby and Crewe, 3% p. -Eastern Counties, New, P.-East Lancashire, No. 1,4% p,-East Lincolnshire, 1% c.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Rifling, 4 p.-Goole, Don caster, Sheffield, &c., 1 1 ,6 p.- Lancashire and North York sa P. Liverpool, Warrington, Manchester, and Stockport, dis.- London awl &Arta Western, h 0; Manchester and Leeds, Fif ths, 11% p. - Mancliester and Leeds Extension, 4 p. -North Staffordshire, 4 p.- Preston and Wyre, Halves, 4% p.-Shropshire Union, % dis.-Trent Valley, 18 p.-West Riding Union, 4% p. LEEDS, FEB. 13. STOC E EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex- tension, 225. p. - Manchester and Leeds, Fifth shares, 11% p.- Ditto, Extensions, 4% p.-York and North Midland (East and West Rid lug), 9% p.-East Lancashire, No. 1,4% p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 10% -Ditto, Quarter Shares, 1% p.-Ditto, Extensions, 14 s• P. - Leeds and Brsdford, 55 cash-Leeds and Dewsbury, 17% cash-- Ditto, New Shares, 3 p.-North British, New Carlisle Branch, 3 - London and York, 3% - Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 2% - Direct Northern, 2 %-Glasgow and Dumfries, 21. Gs. 6d.-Liver- Pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 5 %-West Riding Union, 6 %-Brad ford, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. 6d. dis.-Clitheroe Junction, Is. 6(1 . did. -East and West Yorkshire, ss. dis. - Essex and Suffolk, ss. p. -Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 12s. Sd. dis.-Leeds a nd Liverpool Di rect, ISs. dis.-Leicester and Birmingham, 3s. dis. -Lei cester and Bedf or d , ss. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3 45, P.-North StallOrdshire, 4 p.-North Western, 21. Ils. HUDDERSFIELD, FEB. 13. STOCX EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Grand Union, 1%-Hudders- Junction, f ield, Halifax, and BradtOrd Union, 51. 19s. 6d.-North and South d ls. - Shetlield and Lincoln Extensions, 21. 17s. 6d.-East -211 Counties, No. 2, % p. -London and York, 4-Direct Northern, IN. esi. - West Riding Union, Si. 19 e- Gd• • STocg SHEFFIELD, FEB. 13. EX CHANGE.-The sales are-Grimsby Railway and Dock, ,4 -H uddersfield and Manchester, 13% -Derby and Gainsborough, .`,‘l7 - Goole and Doncaster, U. 1 Is.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire Ex `sien, 3/. Is. 6c1.-Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, HULL, FEB. 13. Brit. ' 6TC 'e, X FEC HANGE.—The sales are—Leeds and Think, 101 i —North lSs Carlisle, 31. 2s.—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Easy—Treat Valley, 2235—A rmag h, C o l era i ne, and Portrush, 28s.— ;_r— iu Cst, 1% —Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 31. 12s.—Grand n, 3 oa2s. — Hull and Lincoln, dis.—Leicester and Tamwortb, North Staffordshire, 61. 2s. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FEB. 13. ~..STocK AtIV E xclIANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 135 p.—Ditto, P. — Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 4 p. sTo ex YORK, FEB. 13. %vie , _ E CUANGE.—The sales are—Grand Union, 1 " 41-1, 1 Bury Extension (Norwich), 214—Leicester and Bedford, 34 1 , 8 ' Gd.— London ami York, 31. 19s.—Ditto, Extension, 2 on mist Driffield Junction, 2 4—Manchester, Buxton, Mattock, ild, 31. 168. 6d .—N ewcastle and Berwick, 22 1 4 —Newcastle (7_sle 11arlington Extensions, 111. Is. 3d.—North British, 25%—Ditto, ExtellSioll 3/. ls.—Welsh 3lidland, 1/. 178.—York and North g4l;;:4l'ol,ll.E4sx.tensioi;, 37 4 cum all—Ditto, New (East and West Rid- URGH, Excussoa.-Th EDIN o sales are - Airdrie ll and Batbgate, 48s. 6d. and Galloway, -British and Irish Unioa, 655.-Direct t),l-tero 49 s.-East of Fife, 40s.- Edinburgh, Glasgow, and bum. k:di nt l ' I 7 s. 6d -Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric Direct, 40s.- ur kigi, and Northern, 6%-Ditto, Newport, 255. 6d.-Ditt o , ,; I r.° ll Y, gh 285. 29 5. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 755.-Inverness and - North British, Extension to Carlisle, 595.-Ditto, Ex- Ce t iv n t o Dalkeith, 06-Perth and Inverness, 375. 6d.-Scottish I'4l, 15 -Ditto, New, 81. 14s. STo c GLASGOW, FEB 12. tan 111,( E Galloway, 3iIsXCHANGE.-The n .-British and Irish Uni sales aro-.lirdrie and Bathate, s aied s.- 0 - 2.5. 9 , - ‘( :.1 o, 65g5.-C 1, 775.-Ditto, Ext ens i on , 53 5 .-E a st Indian Railway, and Edinburgh and Glasgow, New, 16 -Edinburgh, Glasgow, aqd 11 ,, elf ast Union, utribarton, 17s. 3d.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 405.-Glasgow at, c 455.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, Bw . ".,•- Lanark B and Lothians, 485.-Monkland and Kirkhitilloch, arrhead, and II urlet, 525. 6d.-Scottish Central, 15% 34 - " ,Bll Southeni, 395.-Scottish Central and Caledonan Junction, 14,6j4.- Siamannan, 261.-South Midland, 80s.-Stirling and Mid- unction, 425-Wishaw and Coltness, 511. RAILWAY RETURNS. AT TEAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail rt,, n _.7 , the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the w e ," 1 171 e the Pr retu evins r o a r feu together with the receipts of the same ous year Week *4 CII rig Last week. 0 C.) .5 MAIL. chives bel° ll g i d to the Conl'f e accord i ng to IP missioners he archives*. rg. sal t h e petition read in the a ` adopted ag uarv. d ice If SOP, a ll the Sze., P"v to se st Belgium, kevissen and noc ( C4 ' tere st of Bpu,vr- cde' 1. • "" *1 commun e wining ° se e 101 reprisal. e Leinburg jotol. L'hamber ef to s dA ,iisly agr ee : ', 0 ") t e efierge t * e (ty:, l anuarY• pie 0 that the sa 1 for rep enera t ot ) are assure" t betli askiag e Lar y till tn le two e e ctioe s Pre du --Du re treaty v . ITEILDIS%O. '.6°34 •• " " • • " 9 4 % ..... 'Cent • . 64 • 190 ght • • :: _v i zrati, ..."" . ..... ....... 'S. IP, •''' ••• • • " .• ' • • • " ''':••" • • """" / , .....•••• BERLIN , ; 131/ 1 "/ 911 ent • • •' 6 2 -Youths• • . 444 2 Montlo• .. .. / ~ . NAME OF RAILWAY. Arbroath and Forfar ,•••• •• • • • Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • •• • • • • •• Chester and Birkenhead ........ ..... Dublin and Drogheda... ... ••• • • • Dublin and Kingstown ••• • • • •• •• • • Dundee and Arbroath ..• • • • • • •• • • • • • • Durk am and Sunderland.• • •• • • • - • • • • Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • ••••• •• Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • •• Glatkmw and Greenock ••••• • •• • • • G rand Junction •• •• • • •.** • ••• • G ravesend and Rochester.. •• • • ••• G reat North of England • • •• • • •• •• • • Great Western .•••••••• • • • • • • • • " Bartlepool • . ... •• •• London and Birmingham, &c.....• - London and Blackwall. • • . • • •• • • •• •• London and Brighton . •• • • • •• •• London and Croydon . ••••••••• • • • - London and Greenwich . • • •• • • •• •• •• London and South Western. • •• •• •• M anchester, Bolton, and Bury •• • • Manchester and Birmingham • • .• •• Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Midland Counties . Newcastle and Darlington • Newcastle and Carlisle• •-• Newcastle and North Shields North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans.... • • • • • • Paris and Rouen . • • • • • • • • '• •' • • • • • • P reston and Wyre• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Sheffield and Manchester • • • • • • • • •• • • South Eastern Ulster . ......... ..... •• • • I:axmouth and Norwich•lork and North Midland . .. • • • • 579 589 229 472 2,072 3,666 1,384 654 14,010 27,796 1,089 3,258 910 4,941 853 3,071 5,2113 12,276 1,002 1,455 346 171 4,623 3,846 •395 632 3,445 869 550 SPGRTING INTELLIGENCE. BUNTING APPOINTMENTS. IV e : the t ore We., M on ., C or b y P as t ure ; T ues., A yston ; --' kr Bull, Witham Common ; Fri., Tillon Wood ; S a t., ket Overton. doZ'idgesh*re hds Mon., Tempsford Hall ; Fri., Whad- Vir• 11 e:tier's hds., Mon., T o thill ; T ues ., H ors i ng t on Mill ; 'u Nc rth Willingham; Sat., Well-10i. Sat righton hds., Mon , Covey Heath ; Thurs., Seighford; u evi Inn, Ridge Heath-10. totl ; 1. 7, 1 " r • M'yna's hds., Mon., Llansaintffraid ; Tues., My :. e .` s h il u ir r e , h , dLsl.a,nfyllin; , Laninynech-10i. c;,' lt ed Pack, Tues. Spoonhill Wood-8. Mon., ' Church Minslude; Wed.. Hawkslow ; OT Hur leston ; Sat., Wrenbury Vill age . allnet harrs , M on ., S arre Milt ; Wed., Vincent. 44,01nit).Kient lids., Tues., Swingfield Park; Fri., Brabourne Cirov,,"l°P hds., Mon., Boulter's Barn; Wed., Bradwell Loughborough Gate-10i. Town.. Drake's lids ., Tues., Edgecote Village ; Thurs., Brill At, ' s at, Astrop House-10i. • Rutherford's harrs., Mon., Riccalton-11. kQersthne hds., Mon., Go Sall ; Wed., Oldbury Hall ; Fri., 1341,. 114 i 2 _• Sat., Newbold Gate—l 04. hur t . rir,of Beaufort's hds., Mon., Burton ; Weddhistiamn 41141 '9, Hullavington ; Sat., Mermaid, s - hds., Wed., Moor Gardens; Sat., A.sheldham. gall ;" s E ssex hds ;'Tues.„ Balmer Plough ; Thurs , Mark's Di t.' St. Ann's Castle-10. tow e l A.. Smith's hds.. Mon., Shoddesdo Gate ; Tues., ; Wed., Wherwell Wood; Thurs., Weyhill ; g,.,-"th Gro ve ; Sat., Ashmansworth-11. v,lk lids., Mon., Dalin:lm Hall; Thure, Kennel, 10i 1- 1., Tues., Charlton Gate; Thurs., Lydiard Main. jiie dsw orth lids., T ues ., Heckleton Hall ; Thurs., Grove Sat.., Hemsworth-lam! End, 9 r i. UISt On hri B ., M on., Renishaw ; Pliurs., Wickersley 41,atrord has., Mo o ., Laxton Village • Thurs., Barn. °stun "d gQ ; Sat. Th ores b y Park, 10.1. ' arl of Harewood's hds. Mon-, Spacey Houses; Wed., vtos s - road.:, Bramham Moo r , 10i. d oes Geo. Bentinck's hs., Mon., Norrnanby-b- Stow Snarfortl Bridge ; Wed., Bardney ; Thurs., Carlton le °foreland ; Fri., Till House Beck; Sat., Bramston Wood. lir. Deacon's harm, Wed., Mears ; Sat., Dows'and Barn. top harm, Mon., Tolche Moor Gate; Wed., Pitten. to tia V. Tues., Green Man Inn; Fri., Lower Chesel- ShQ-sili' eratood harr s ., Thee., Parliament Oak ; Fri., Robin -11,;1'113 Hill -11. tler ° rn lids. Mon., Grunley; Tues., Grooby ; Thurs., Bil l?), he ; Fri., Bunny Park-11. Sat ""„k• Ingram' hds., Mon., Loxley ; Thurs., Eaton Wood; L 8 nourst-10i. -rark7lnc,gton lids., Mon., Cotgreave Village; Wed., Calke 4k ' 34 t, Belton Village-10i. "et' inf. Rutland's hds., Mon., Three Queen's; Tues., Wesk ktlti'lge ; Fri., Leadenham_lot. -4,440 RD GRAND STEEPLE-CHASE.—THU i r Pstakes of 5 sous. each, 3 miles, was nr! Mr. e) '''e Jerry, beating Gipsey Queen and The T u ke Pstakes, of 3 soya. each, were won in three heats Brewood, beating Delamere and two others. 1 4t 4 n4-. 117•1 G - AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. at. 4 1% ~-500 to 25 agst Best Bower-22 to 1 agst tip t- 41. 5 0;, ' ": , 52 P ic, 1 agst The Baron -35 to 1 agst Fitzallen th t Zly to 10 each agat Discord, Inheritress, Lothario, The s1 3( ; - " re %) to 1 ag s t Sting-500 to 15 agat Tibthorpe. uo ar ... NVIK e all the bets laid since Tu esd ay. h e t ) ht, re all CET,FRIDAY. ,_ t Was Wo n by 3dr, Debede's Dunkirk. fhPrYB4ol),,,,wpal Won by Lord Stradbroke's Miles, beating ni e O a k s igaro. -4e P an t 's : 'l3 Pe won by Lord Straidbroke's Meg ; Mr. Fyson's 'tli4l-).l)rt Sta kes were won by Lord StrAdbroke's Win 'll ' 41 14 1 h.% e C ..' S TLE MEETING, FEB. 10 AND 11. 4 ; l ip°4 Stakes w ere won by M r . Her ron ' s Young r * ull ' eside ran up. Livp " s y n . C, follow, — ReOOL STEEPLE CHASE. o l e o rr" ° :._Tr ,ii i"g have paid for the 20 soya. Handicap : n, P, Sacrifice, Single Peeper,_ Co-heiress, Fox- P eter, Latitat cla a nd y Belshazzar, Little shazzar, Amalgamate, Sa.tan. 1 , 1, liq lor ' 4 )IE B half-yearly ~ I'l4z E!l ,4l,t tini )LAT E held at the GLASS COMPANY — The ! 1 11 - ;1 1 0tel j i , e ' t. the Proprietors of this Company, was to licibsilt., le other matters. The divisible profits - t r„: 1. 4, . ski' o no garden, on Thursday, for the d ta ecla a r m at o i h o o n te o d fa Lt I.,,i.Nerloavng ,a, handsome balance for the deterioration fund. W„ .i liv s ,. , . L 7 SUICID E OF SIR GEORGE WILLIAM r th 'eY to "er.--Last evening aa inquiry was held before 111 t o. Btut.. ltching the death of Sir W. G. Le Fevre, late al p iv h e ys c i r c o irt s : ing ~,,'I3-ce Park' arty.uess Deceased had last been seen Oh o '4. ao,Oxordseet. He was observed to fall to the , 44, t 1 , ~,_ll the bystanders going to his assistance they found to,:hitni tt i'',ll,g oorulition. A butte that had contained prussic acid ek„'hrof t ; It's Pocket. From the evidence of Mr. J. Humphrey, stoZnati on : ollege of Surgeons, it appeared that on a fo,N,Qe.. whieharile qua ntitY of the poison had 41,,,,,h0etthe aeceaadsm eyeultiently been . the cause to 31y . , the previouslY,ih:T:4lrietavurungleddeapntdosmfierivinettrilialide tit, 1 , 13 1 , 114,1 4ut os ve e rdi t c 'e t hed o inse f as ' ft ` ti f e emporary t he t r "tkir 3 . ,04, ATs—The Lords Commissioners of the tovi*rie of t`,',._hog under their consideration a communicat i l t o h n f i r e /L .. ~.:,th ap.lit.;a nnintifttee of Privy Council for i Trad t e h , at w the duty 44.1. thek 114 tt„'„,eaztetnlatros n lo t a a y certa e i party, be n n tirelyre ' p r e a a y le n d g , Mr. Cardwell, tort.t:rltle,4,elEtrles to the Treasury has conveyed to the Customs' tk„ rtati o , ,, " ±(ar Lordships' permission ' for the delivery duty free, on a o “ arid it, int o this country of dunnage mats, on certain condi- Ju),..,he Great particular instances' viz ,when the ;slue of them shall ri ti , pp,„`_ 4 _ , rothao ten shillings' the ' hundred. These mats, as may ought4lthl' tl e a r r „ nt t he term dunnage, are used for the purpose of se tlttio their'P.in. the ships' hold, from motion or damage, and liro, t. en' to ant•e'nt,!'Y free is provisional, the privilege is almo f s a t . I • 4lltie u. th au „Lret rze....i..fdt.he duty, as they are seldom o h'Otic, ‘lOll. , , llst . i tue announe • tr.,' bio•nk.ipr of the House of Corn tl„ v llt e t., the 28 ,.e4 his ParliarnentAry levees for Saturday next. the 1.41144,4 rettehenst., a'.ci the ith of Mardi, at the Right Hou. ;tat e 6 tiepount e in Latou-squltre. s reee ved 3' sterday from Badminton , b tli4 t lh' re t4,.t444trilis tord l, i v i a l," siglit amentinent in the state of Lord Alvan ti wnertatn:4 S O T]. . continued so seriGuAy ill that but slight lila ultimate recovery. „. • 2 7 7 7 7 a 4,411 Feb• 7 SUN, LONDON, SATUR DAY - EVENING, FEBRITARI 14; 1846. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS: (From ow,,Votes and Proceedings of the Rouse of Commons.) FRIDAY, FEB. 13. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in V the undernamed Hon. Members : • Wilsontown, Morning:side, and Coltness (Improvement and Branches) —Mr. Oswald and Mr. Forbes. Wilsontown Morningside, and Coltness (Knewton Branch)—Mr. Oswald and Mr. Forbes. Slam:intim) (Bathgate and Jawcraig Branches)—Mr. Forbes and Mr. Oswald. Celtness-:-Mr. OsWald and Mr. Forbes. Ea,ste , n Union and Hadleigh Junctitn—Captain Gladstone, Mr. L Fox, and Lord Rendlesham. London, Hounslow, and Western—Mr. Byng, Colonel T. Wood, and Mr. H. Berkeley. South Midland (Huntingdon Branch)—Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Currie, and Captain Polhill. London and Birmingham (St. Alban's and Luton Branch)—Colonel Anson and Mr. Ryder. Louden and Birmingham (Newport Pagnell Branch) —Mr. Dupre and Mr. Mangles. Slannuman axd Barrowstowness— r Mr. Forbes and Mr. Oswald. Taw Yale Extension—Mr. Divett, Mr. F. Hodgson, and Mr. M. Gore. Norfolk Extensicn (Derehatn, Wells, and Blakeney Branch)—Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Burroughs. North-Western—Mr. Patten, Mr. Greene,-and Mr. Beckett. East and West Yorkshire Junction—Sir J. Lowther and Mr. Lawson. South Midland (Northampton. and Bedford Lines)—Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Currie, and Captain Polhill. Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth—Lord Courtenay and Sir T.Acland. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (Amendment and Branches —No. 2)—Lord J. Stuart and Mr. Oswald. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (Amendment and Branches —No. 3)—Lord J. Stuart and Mr. Oswald. South-Eastern (Chislet to Margate) —Sir E. Filmer and Mr. S. Douglas. - • „ • Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Amendment and Branches (No. I)—Lord J. Stuart and Mr. Oswald. Ayrshire, Bridge of Weir, and Port Glasgow Junction—Mr: Bouverie and Mr. Hastie. South-Eastern (Maidstone to Strood, near Rochester)—Mr. W. Bodkin and Mr. Dodd. North British (Carlisle Extension)—Mr. F. Scott and Mr. P. Howard. North British (Hawick Branches)--Mr. F. Scott, Sir H. Campbell, and Mr. F. Afackeniie. - Ipswich and Bury St. gdmund's (Norwich Extension)---Captain Gladstone, Lord Rendleiham, and the Marquis of Douro: North British—Sir H. Campbell and Mr. Craig. Perth and Crieff Direct—SirJ. Hope and Mr. Drummond. Exeter and Exmoudi—Colonel Baillie and Mr. Hussey. • South-Eastern (Branch from Reigate to Dorking)—Mr. Fuller, Mr. Curteis, and Mr. Dodd. South-Eastern (Rye and Rye Harbour)—Mr. Fuller and Mr. Curteis. South-Eastern (Tunbridge Wells to Hastings and Rye)—Mr. Faller, Mr. Curteis, and Mr. Dodd. South-Eastern (Godstone , Station to East Grinstead)—Sir E. Filmer and Mr. Dodd. South-Eastern (Canterbury to Dover)—Mr. Plumptre, Sir E. Filmer, and Mr. Douglas: St. Helen's Canal and Railway—Mr. Patten and Mr. Legh The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time : York and North Midland (Leeds Extension)—" for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to make a more direct Line of Railway between York and Leeds." Windsor, Slough, and Staines Atmospheric—" for making a Rail way from the town of New Windsor, in the county of }Jerks, to the Great Western Railway at Slough, in the county of Buckingham, with a Branch or Diverging Railway therefrom to Staines, in the county of Middlesex, to be called The Windsor, Slough, and Staines Atmospheric Railway.'" Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction—" for making a Railway from the Manchester and Birmingham Railway at Cheadle, in the county of Chester, to or near to the Ambergate Station of the Midlands Railway, in the, county of Derby, to be called ' The Manchester, Btixton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway.' " South-Eastern (No. 1) from the Waterloo-road, near Hungerford- bridge, to the Greenwich Railway—"to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make a Railway from the south-west side of the Waterloo-road, near to the York-road, in the parish of Lambeth; to the London and Greenwich Railway." South-Eastern (No. 2—Greenwich Railway to Chilli= near Can terbury,- with Branches)—" to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to make a Railway from London and Greenwich Railway to join the South-Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate and Margate Rail way, in the parish of Chilliam, in the county of Kent, with a diverg ing Line to Dartford, and with Branches to Sheerness and Faversham Creek." Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric—" for making a Railway from the City of Edinburgh to the town, pier, harbour, and docks of Leith, to be called The Edinburgh and Lath Atmospheric Railway.' " Stirling and Dunfermline—" for making a Railway from Stirling to Dunfermline, withßranches to Kinross, to Tillicoultry, and to Alloa Harbour, to be called' The Stirling and Dunfermline Railway.'" General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour—" for making a Railway from the Polloc and Govan Railway to the river Clyde and Harbour of Glasgow, with Branches, to be called ' The General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway.' " Mold Junction—" for making a Railway from Mold, in the county of Flint, to the Hooton Station of the Chester and Birkenhead Rail way, to be called ' The Mold Junction " North and SOuth Junction—" for making a Railway from Halifax to Keighley, in the West Riding of the county of York, to be called ' The North and South Junction Railway." York and North Midland (East Riding Branches—No. 1)—" for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to make certain Branch Railways in the East Riding of the county of York, and for other purposes." . • • Aylesbury and Tlihme Junctien—" for making a Railway from the Aylesbury Rail Way at Aylesbury to Thame." Kirkiatilloch and Kilsyth —" for making a Railway from the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway near Kirkintilloch to Kilsyth." London and Brighton (Dorking Branch)—" for making a Branch Railway from the London and Brighton Railway to or near to the town of Dorking; in the county of Sarre} ." Brighton and Chichester (Bognor and Littlehampton Branches)— " for making Branch Railways from the Brighton and Chichester Railway to the towns of Bognor and Littlehampton, both in the county of Sussex." Brighton and Chichester (Steyning Branch)—" for making a Branch Railway from the Brighton and Chichester Railway to the town of Steyning, in the county of Sussex." Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction—" for making a railway from the Richmond Branch of the Great North of England Railway to Preston with Branches, to be called ' The Li verpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway." North British (No. 4 —Gretna Branch)— "to empower the North British Railway Company to construct a Branch Railway from the proposed extension of the Edinburgh and Irawick Railway, to join the Caledonian Railway, at or near Springfield." Direct London and Portsmouth —" for making a Railway from the Croydon and Epsom Railway, at Epsom, to the town of Portsmouth, to be entitled The Direct London and Portsmouth Railway.'" London and Brighton (Wandsworth Branch) —" for making a Branch Railway from the London an d Brighton Railway, in the parish of-Croydon, to join the South-Western Railway, in the parish of Wandsworth, in the cotintY'of Surrey." York and North Midland Railway (Whitby and Pickering)—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Blackburn, Chorley, and LiverpoOl Railway— Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway—Second reading, Mon day, Feb. 16. Blackburn and Preston Railway—Second Reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon Railway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. North Staffordshire Railway (Harecastle and Sandbae,h Line) — Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley Line)—Second read ing, Monday, Feb. 16. East Lincolnshire Railway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Epsom and Dorkingßallway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. North Kent Railway—Second readlag, Monday, Feb. 16. North Kent Railway (City Extension)—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. London and South-Western Railway (Hampton Court Branch) — Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. London andSouth-Western Railway (London Bridge Extension) — Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. London and South. Western Railway (Chertsey and Egham Branch) —Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Staines and Richmond Junction Railway—Second reading, Mon day, Feb. 16. Landon and South-Western Railway (Epsom Branch)—Seeend reading, Monday, Feb. 16. Great Junction Railway (Buyton and Warrington Branch)—Se cond reading, Monday, Feb. 16. • Manchester and Birmingham Railway—Second reading, Monday, Feb. 16. SPECIAL REPORT. EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER RAILWAY. Mr. Strutt reported from the Select Committee on Petitions for Privatb Bills, to whom several petitions complaining of non-compli ance with the standing orders in the case of the petition for the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Bill were referred, that it appeared that the said petitions " had not the name or short title by which such Bill is entered in the Votes written at the beginning thereof, nor was it there stated whether such petitions were iu favour or against the Bill, or relating to the non-compliance with the standing orders" as required by standing order, No. 11l a. That the said standing order, No. II l a, Is not one of the standing orders relating specially to the duties of the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, but is one of those relating to the practice of the House ; but as the attention of the Committee has been called to the point in r question by the petition of Edward Woolmer, which has been specially referred to this Committee, the Committee con sider it their duty to submit the point for the consideration of the House. COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR RAILWAY; BILLS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. MONDAY, FEB. 16. Leicester and Bedford. London and South Essex Staines and Henley. ' Rugby and Stamford. Yorkshire and Glasgow Union. Great Western and' Wycombe. Rugby and Huntingdon. Tenby, Saundersfoot, and South Wales, Grand . Union. Leeds and Bradford (Guiseley Branch). Leeds and Bradford (Junction Line at Bradford). Gloucester and Dean Forest. Lancashire and North Yorkshire. York And Carlisle. . Hull and Selby Purchase. Cornwall. Shrewsbury and Hereford. Shropshire Union Railways and - Canal (Newton to Crewe with Branches). Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Shrewsbury and Stalford). Shropshire Union Railways and Canal (Chester and Wolverhampton Line). LOlll4Oll, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster. Lincoln, Wainfleet Haven, and Boston Railway. NOrth Staffordshire (Potteries Line). Carnwath and West Linton. Ballochney (Shotta Branch). Monkland and Kirkintilloch (Chapel Hall Branch). Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction. • Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltuess (Bathgate Branch). Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness (Caledonian Junction). Killarney Junction. Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe. Mountmellick Junction. Great Southern and. Western (Cork Extension). Cambridge and Lincoln Extension. Enfield and Edmonton. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Branch. Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway and Tyne Dock. Oldham District. Maldon, Witham, and Brandon. . Midland and Eastern Counties (Cambridge to Weedon). Bristol and Exeter (Crewkeme Branch). London and Blackwall (Widening). Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Extension (No. 3). Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Extension (No. 2). Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Extension (No. 1). East Lancashire (Deviation and Branches). Dundee and Arbroath Extension. Dundee and Perth Amendment. East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction. Mitcham and' South Western. Newmarket and Chesterford London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction (Basingstoke to Yeovil). Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Huddersfield Dl version and Cooper Bridge Branch). Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction. Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct (Branches to Thornliebank, Househlll, and Hurlet).. Qlasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct (Branches to Paisley). GlasgowiTaialey, and. Greenock (Polloc and Govan Branch). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Harbour Branch). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Bridge of Weir Branch.) Dartmouth, Brixham, Torbay, and Exeter. Richmond (Kew Branch). Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Dukinfield, Wors borough, and Glossop Branches, and Sheffield Station). Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Barnsley branch). sikeffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Aekton Canal and purchase). sherlleld, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Oldham Branch). Huddersfield And Manchester Railway and Canal (Bradford Branch). Glasgow, Stratheam, and Lesmaliagow. Scottish Midland Junction Branches. Scottish Midland Junction (South Inch of Perth Branch). Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction Terminus. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan. Macclesfield and Lichfield. Liverpool and Prest , n and ..Manchester and Southport. Liverpool and Leeds Directs I Northumberland And Lancashire. Tring, Readhig, n and Basingttoke. Hertford and Hatfield. Great North and South Wales. Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bolafa. Kent Atmospheric. Great Grinisby and Sheffield Junction (Humber Ferries). Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway and Grimsby Docks Consolidation. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford. Derby, Gainsborough, and Great Grimsby. Chester and Manchester Direct, Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheater Junction, Extensions and Devia • Hons. North Wales M'neral Deviations and Branches. Manchester and Leeds Extensions. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction. Lynn and Ely and Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynu and Dereham Railway Companies Amalgamation. Bridgwater aid ,TAUntOn Canal.ltailway and Harbour. Farness and Windermere. Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester. Manchester and Poole (Luggershall, Salisbury, and Poole). Whitehaven and Furness Junction (Whitehaven Extension and Kirksanton Deviation). Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction. Boston, Newark, and Sheffield and Nottingham (Grantham Junction). Llynvi Valley. Ely and But y. Ely and Huntingdon (Bedford Extensions). Cockerruouth and Workington Extension. Lynn and Ely (Extension to Spalding). Lynn and Ely (Extension to to March). South Union. Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Leads, and Bradford. Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby. Dover and Deal. Doncaster, Wakefield, and Leeds. • Stamford and Spalding. Monmouthshire. Huntingdon and Wisbeach. Wear Dock. Derby and Crewe Junction. West Lancashire. Congletou and Crewe. Glasgow and Belfast Union. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway and Port of Goole. Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction. British and Irish Union. • • Monmouth and Hereford Eastern Counties, Hertford to Huntingdon. Bedford and Cambridge Extension. EaStern Counties (March to Lincoln), Eastern' Counties (Epping Extension). Exeter Great Western. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, Midland (Claycross to Newark). Midland (Nottingham to Mansfield). Eastern Counties (Tottenham to Barnet). West Cornwall, Grand Trunk and Peterborough, West Loudon Improvement and Extension. Norfolk Extensions (Thetford and Needham Branches). Taff Vale. London and Brighton and London and Croydon Consolidation. Midland (Burton to Nuneaton). • - Worcester, He'reford, Ross, and Gloucester.. Midland (Leicester to Swannington). Midland (Darfield to Elsecar). Chichester, Portsmouth, and Fareham. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Stour Valley Line) Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (Birmingham, Wol verhampton, and Dudley Line). Eastern Counties (Cambridge to Lincoln). Eastern Counties Stations Enlargement. Eastern Union (Ardleigh to Colchester). Midland (Swinton to Lincoln). Midland (Newark to Gaineborough). Midland (Purchase of Oakham Canal) Sheffield and Lincolnshire Extension. South Wales (No. 2). South-Eastern (No. 7—Ashford Stations Enlargement). ,i,Shrewsbury and Birmingham. Staines and Henley (No. 2). Worcester and Porthdynllaen. Vale of Neath. Great Eastern and Western. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. ' Eastern Counties (Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension). Eastern Counties (Thames Junction Branches). Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Ely Extension with Branches there from). Monkland and Kirkintilloch. Gravesend arid Rochester Railway and Canal. Lowestoft and Beccles. Midland (Erewash Valley Extension). Midland (Erewash Valley Branches). South Wales Great Western. London and Birmingham, and Birmingham Canal Arrangement Birmingham and Oxford (Birmingham Extension). Birmingham and Oxford Junetion. Hu ldersfield and. Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds Railway Companies Amalgamation. Southampton and Dorchester. Trent Valley (Alrewas Branch). Liverpool and Bury and Manchester and Leeds Amalgamation. Chard Canal. Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and Dock Company. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway. Cornwall and Devon Central (Hale, Lelant, Saint Austell, and Bod min Branches). Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction. Liverpool and Prestos, and Manchester and Southport. London and South Western Railway Acts Amendment. Trent Valley Midlands and Grand Juncton. Liverpool and Bury. Warwick and Worcester. Runcorn and Preston Brook. Northern and Southern Connecting. Cornwall and Devon Central. Direct Birmingham and Leicester. Thetford. Bury St. Edmund a, and Newmarket. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth. London and Birmingham Extension (Northampton, Daventry, Leam. ington, and Warwick). Rochdale Canal and Manchester and Leeds Railway. Shrewsbury and Herefordshire. North Union (Horwich Branch). Leeds, York, and Midland Junction. Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland. Manchester and Hyde Railway. Bristol' and Birmingham and Midlands Railway. Buckingham Railway (Tring to Banbury). Bristol and Birmingham Railway (Bath Line). Bristol anti Birmingham Railway (Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, and Malvern Line). Bristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Gloucester Railways. Bristol and Gloucester (Gloucester and Storehouse Junction). Chester and Birkenhead Railway. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway. Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Pontop and South Shields Railway Purchase). Lsndnn and Birmingham Railway (Birmingham Extension). London and Birmingham Railway (Coventry and Nuneaton). South Devon Railway (No. 2). Leicester and Birmingham Railway. Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Stamford to Wisbsch). London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction (Salisbury to Yeovil). Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway. East Coast Railway. London and Windsor Railway. Hull and Lincoln Railway. Leeds, Wakefield, and 3lidiand Junction Railway. Teals and Dove and Eastern and Western Junction Railway. Haleswerth and Norwich Railway. Manchester, Bolton; and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation. Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries, and Crewe Railway. Whitehaven and Furness Railway. Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction and North Wales Mineral Railway Amalgamation. London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct Railway. Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway. Northampton and Banbury. Railway. Ipswich, Norvitch, and Yarmouth Railway. Furness Railway Extensions. Northampton and Bedford Railway. Manchester, Bo:ton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway Extensions. Buckinghamshire (Oxford and Bletchley Junction) Railway. Bristol and Birmingham (King's Norton to Halesowen) Railway. London and Birmingham (Weedon and Northampton Branch). London and Birmingham (Leamington Extension, Coventry and Rugby Stations Enlargement) Railway. London and Birmingham Railway (Aylesbury Railway Purchase). Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway Company. Midland Railways (Birmingham Extension). London and Birmingham Grand Junction, and Manchester and Bir mingham Railways Amalgamation. Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Banbury Line) Railway. Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railway. Warwickshire and London (Worcester and Weedon Line) Railway. Bideford and Tavistock Railway. North Wales Railway. /MOM= ..•••=l. Manchester and Leeds and Leeds and Bradford Arnalgatilation. Moreconnbe Harbour and Railway. Leeds Central Railway Station. Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North 'Western Junctioa Railway. Blackburn, Darren, and Bolton R a il way. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction (Darffeld Branch) Railway. Shrewsbury,Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway (No. 1). Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshirm Railway (No. 2). Clitheroe Junction Railway. Exeter, Yeovil, aad Dorchester Railway. Norfolk Extension, (Stowmarket and WyMondharn) Railway Colchester and Stour. Valley Railway. TUESDAY, FEB. 17. Great County Down Railway. Clonmel and Thurles Railway. Belfast and Holywood Atmospheric Railway. Dublin and Enniskillen Railway. Londonderry and Inniskillen Railway. Portbury Pier and Railway. Inniskillen and Sligo Railway. Newry, Armagh, and Londonderry Junction Railway. Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway. Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction Railway. Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway. Scottish Midland Extension Railway. Lanarkshire and Lothians Railway. Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway. Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway. Irish North Midland Railway. Great Southern and Western Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland and Kirkintillocb, Ballochney, and Slamannan Railway. Edinburgh and Glasgow and Wishaw and Coltness Railways Amal- gamation. - Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway and Forth and Clyde Navigation Amalgamation. Morayshire Railway. Arbroath and Forfar Railway. Caledonian, Polloc, and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways Amalgamation. Scottish Central (Alloa Branch) Railway. Scottlih Central (Crieff Branch) Railway. Scottish Central (Denny Branch) Railway. Caledonian Extension Railways. Polloc and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways Amalgamation Caledonian Railway (Clydesdale Junction Railway) Deviation. Caledonian Railway (Carlisle Deviation). Caledonian (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Branch). Caledonian (Glasgow Termini and Branches). Caledonian (Langholm Branch). Caledonian (Mid Lothian Branches). Caledonian (Leith Junction). Caledonian (Dumfries Branches). Caledonian (Dundyvan Branch). Caledonian (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Purchase). Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway Extension and Branches. Helenaburgh Railway Extension and Police. Stirlingshire Midland Junction. Strathtay and Breadalbane. Scottish Grand Junction. Caledonian Northern Direct. Perth and Inverness. Inverness and Elgin. Ayrshire and Caledonian Junction. Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Extension. Scottish Central (Perth Termini and Stations). Forth and Clyde Junction. Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct. St. Alban's, Luton, and Dunstable. Kihnarnock and Troon. Goole and Doncaster Railway. South Yorkshire Coal Railway. Templemore and Nenagh Railway. Great Leinster and Munster Railway (No. l). Great Leinster and Munster Railway (No. 2). York and Lancaster Railway. North of Norfolk Railway. East Dereham and Norwich Railway. Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway. Chichester and Bognor Railway. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway Amendment. Dunblane, Donne, and Callander Railway. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edinborgh, and Direct Glasgow Railway. Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction. Oxford, Coventry, and,Burton-on-Trent Railway. Launceston and South Devon Railway (No. 2). Eastern Counties (Lincoln to Milford Railway. Leeds and Thirsk (St. Helen's Branch Deviation), Leeds and Thirsk (North Eastern Extension, Wath to Hartlepool). Leeds and Thirsk (Knaresborough Branch Extension). Edinburgh and Glasgow and Scottish Central Amalgamation. Mallow and Fermoy. Monkland and Kirkintilloch. East and West of England Junction. Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin. Manchester and Southampton. Alford Valley. Great North of Scotland. Great North of Scotland (Eastern Extension). East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction. Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway and Chesterfield and Gains borough Canal. Harwich and Eastern Counties. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester (Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canal Purchase). Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier. Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick. Airdrie and Bathgate Junction. Leicester and Tamworth Junction. Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester. Leeds and York. London and Oxford. Direct London and Manchester. Edinburgh and Glasgow and Dumbartonshire Junction. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and Branches (N 0,6). Cork, Blackrock, and Passage Railway. Axholme, Gainsi>orough, Goole and York, and North Midland Junc tion Railway. Midland Junction Railwa; . South Staffordshire Junction Railway and Branches (No. I). South Staffordshire Junction (Bilston and Priestfield Branch—No. 2). South Staffordshire Junction (Showlfill and Portobello Branch— No. 3). South Staffordshire Junction (Wlllenhall and Bloxwich) (No. 4). WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18. Carlow Fxtension Railway. Cork and Passage Railway. Dublin, Duindrum, and Enniskerry Railway. Cork and Waterford Railway. Sligo and Shannon Railway. Galway and Maim; Railway. Midland Great Western of Ireland (Mullingar to Galway). Midland Great Western of Ireland (Longford and Sligo). Midland. Great Western of Ireland (Liffey Branch and Longn)rd Deviation). Cork, Bandon, and Kinsale Railway. Horbury Bridge and Calder Railway. Birkenhead and Llangollen Railway. Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Aslichurch Line). Glasgow and Dundee Junction Railway. Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor. Derbyshire, Staffo r d s hi rc, and Worcesters hi re R a i lway. Band - on and Bantry Railway. Cork, Macroom, and Killarney Railway. Great Munster Railway. North Devon Railway. Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester (Whaley Bridge and Hayfield Branch). Dublin and Kingstown Railway Extensions. Chehnsford and Bury Railway. Slimersetshire Midland Railway. THUSDAY, FD. 19. Wexford, Waterford, and Va ß lencia R E lwaiay. Surrey Grand Junction Railway, Cork, Passage, and Kinsale Railway. Oldham, 'Manchester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead Railway. Midland Railway (Birmingham and Gloucester Branches). Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway. eric Dublin and Sandomount FR (A IDAY, . tmosph) Ra2oilway NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE FR F EB. 13. Derbyshire. Staffordshire, lD a AY nd , Worcestershire Junction Railway— Coinmittee on Petition, postponed Irons Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb, 18. Bandon and Bantry Railway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Tuesday 17 t il l Wednesday, Feb. 18. pos e t e p r o k n , e lt a l f a r c o r i oo n T in u , and eTuesdayu Kin t a il rAe v y ed li n a e i s l d ss a •a y y , ay—Committee on Petition, Great Munster R a il way —Committee on Petition, postponed front ' Tuesday 17 till W ednesday, Feb. 18. North Devo n R a i lway—Committee on Petition, postponed from Monday 16 till W e d nesday, Feb. 18. —C Feb o . m l - Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Whaley Bridge and Hayfield Branches) —Committee on Petition, postponed front Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. Dublin and KingstoWn Extension Railway—Committee on Peti tion, postponed from Monday 16 till Wednesday, Feb. 18. Direct Northern Railway—Conunittee ox Petitioa adj urned till Friday, Feb. 27. • a • Welsh Midland' Railway—Committee on Petition adjourned till Tuesday, Feb. 24. Newcastle and. Darlington Junction Railway—Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway and Ferry—Second re .ding, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway—Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (Extension to Caledonian Railway) and Lancaster and Preston Junction Ra iway Amalgamation— Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Newcastle and Berwick Railway—Second reading, Tuesday Feb. 17. North Union Railway— Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Grand Junction Railway—(Pluyton and Aston, Huyton, Prescot, and St. Helen's, Warrington and Kenyon, Warrington and Parkside, Showhill and Portobello, and Hedgebill and Huyton Branches) — Second reading, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Leeds, De.vsbury, and Manchester Railway Deviations and Branches —Second reading; Tuesday, Feb. 17. London and South-Western Railway (Farnham and Alton Branch) —Second reading, Thursday, Feb. 19. March and Sheffield and Midland Junction Railway—Second read ing, Thursday, Feb. 19. - Ma:each, St.lves, and Cambridge Junction Ila!lway—Second read , Eng, Thursday, Feb. 19. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Deviations —Second read. ig, Thursday, Feb. I!. _ hasthourne,Hallthani, Seaford, and Newhaven Branches—Second reading, Thursday, Feb. 19. London and Brighton Railway (East Grinstend Branclies)—Second reading, Thursday, Feb. 19. MORE RESIGN ATIONS. We have reason to believe that Admiral Sir George Cockburn has resigned his seat at the Board of Admiralty. It would be difficult to calculate the loss that the Government must suffer from this retire ment, as Sir George has been, for all professional and practical pur poses, the mainstay of the Naval Department. Virtually he was the First Lord of the Admiralty. It is further understood that Lord Forester has resigned the post he held in the Royal Household as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms. Some short time ago we stated that the Earl Delawarr had ten dered his resignation of the high office of Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Ilowehold, but that, on the urgent request of an illustrious personage, he had consented to retain the appointment. We are now assured, however, that his Lordship has actually resigned. Thus has the persistence of Sir Robert Peel, in he attempt to drag his supporters through the dirt, deprived the country of one of its ablest executive officers, and the Court of two noblemen whose cha racter and bearing added dignity to the offices with the duties of which, in better days, they had been entrusted by their Sovereign. —Post. It is currently rumoured that Sir George Cockburn and Rear- Admiral Bowles have resigned their seats at the Board of Admiralty. The appointment of Captain Roes is the reason assigned for these resignations.— Citron icle. SOUTH NOTTINGIIA3I ELECTION NOTTINGHAM, FRIDAY.—Both the candidates are canvassing with much assiduity among the townspeople of this place and the adjacent farmers : both express themselves most sanguine of the result. Mr. T. B. T. Ililtlyard is only twenty-five years of age, with a moderate paternal estate, and but little known in connexion with local politics. Lord ncoln's address is acknowledged on all hands to have been most able. There are six polling stations for the election of Members to re present the southern division of the county, viz., Newark, South well, Bingham, Lowdham, East Leake, and Sutton-upon-Trent. The number of voters for this division on the register of the present year is about 3,400. As to Lord Lincoln's present success, we find that out of one hundred county voters in Nottingham and.Sneinton who were can vassed his Lordship only met with four refusals, the other ninety six promising to vote for him. Wednesday, the 25th instant, will, however, show which party will come off victorious. ONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. ITY, FG. TIMES.—It was a prevalent notion. o here for RIDAY a day EVEN or two IN after the amount of the railway deposits was disclosed, that matters would soon revert into the ordinary channel, and the subject lose all its importance; but this does not appear to be the case. They become, on the contrary, a subject of constant and increasing uneasiness. At the Stock Exchange prices of all kinds seem almost wholly under the influence of the broker for the Court of Chancery ; the bankers and discount-brokers avoid all transactions for distant dates, the most useful and necessary of all for the trading interest, because they are uncertain what assistance they may receive from the Bank of England ; and the Bank itself is, In Its turn, kept in a similar degree of suspense, because they are en titled to no notice whatever when the railroad money is wanted for investment, and hold theSe large funds in fact at absolute call. It is not easy to perqeive by what .means thi , great weight is to be removed, for being subject to so many species of control, there Is no gone power which can act upon it. Dependence is now chiefly placed upon the r ommittees of Parliament, and espe cially upon that Committee to which it is referred to place the lines in groups, where any decision upon one must dispose of several others, and thus set free a large portion of the capital locked up. At present all managers of companies are placed under the greatest diffi culty how to act with the funds they hold in trust. Luckily the Bank is at present affording assistance most liberally, and the opera tions there take a much wider range than fonnerly, by assimilating the facilities to those of the private bankers, and dispensing with many of the old forms ; but still there are large classes not in the position, as already intimated, to obtain this relief, and who are com pelled to pay far more dearly in the open market than they would do if these funds were properly distributed. It has been remarked wills respect to the influence on the funds of the purchases by the Accountant-General, that it was hardly fair to impute to the members of the Stock Exchange any preconcert to raise or depress prices as the broker of the Court was supposed to be a buyer or a seller. The real Influence is that of a scarcity of means, such as existed some years back, for effecting large operations. As there is very little floating stock, so the jobbers keep less money at disposal to carry on their bargains with, and when a sudden demand arises either way there is no power to meet it. A sudden demand for stock, for example, to supply the Chancry broker, puts the jobbers upon the inquiry where it is to be found ; and in this way, and not by any concert among them, the market is influenced. During the great loan - transactions of the war, and for many years afterwards, the case was different, but the Stock Exchange has since undergone a great revolution. The greater portion by far of Government stock is locked up in trusts and endowments, es held by great public com panies who never think of moving it. The present state of things has thrown a great increase of power into the hands of the Bank of England, which probably never stood in so high a position, or possessed so great relative importance towards the rest of the banking and trading community. Money has been in much demand during the day, independently of the Stock-Exchange. The arrival of the India Mall has proved a most seasonable relief to the public mind, as the attempts to account for se singular and unusual a delay have led to the circulation for some days past of the most disastrous dispelled, but th e causes of that detention, which are now made rumours in the City. Ail these are now h a ppily known, are commented upon in terms of great indignation. That any public officer should take upon himself at so critical a period to detain Government dispatches at Alexandria, of the importance of which he could not but be aware, for six sr seven days, is deemed at present perfectly unaccm.ntable. The whole depends upon whether the Consul had any intimation that it was designed to send a second steam-vessel from Bombay with the results of the late battle. Still the delay, even under that supposition, far exceeded what was requisite and proper. For the letters through France the delay is a serious one, but far more so for those which are to come by Malta and Southampton, which can now hardly be ex pected to reach England before the middle of next week, and that portion of the bi-monthly mail which is to come by the Marseilles route will follow close upon it. One false step in such a machinery as that of the India mail has a tendency'to throw all the rest into con ffision ; and this is what the merchants would desire to see - impressed upon all public officers who manage it in its transit. As regards the Consul at Alexandria, or whoever gave the order for the present de tention, it is but right before condemnation that his explanation should be heard. The commanders of the British steam-packets have no voice in such a proceeding, as they are under the direction of an Admiralty agent, who is plaeed on board for that purpose. IMPERIAL PARLIAM HOUSE OF LORDS, Friday, Feb. 13. At Fire o'clock, neither the Lord Chancellor nor the I Earl of Shaftesbury being in attendance, Lord' BROUGHANI inquired if there was any ob jection to Lord Denman officiating instead? No objection being tal:en by their Lordships, Lord DeacuAN took his seat on the Woolsack. PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE., Earl SOMEItS presented two petitions from occupiers of land, and other persons residing in the county of Here ford, against the proposed withdrawal of agricultural protector. The petitioners stated they were apprehen sive that great evils would, in consequence, fall not only on the agricultural interest, but on all classes of her Majesty's subjects. ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. The order of the day was then read for going into Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice Bill. The Bill then passed through Committee, and the report was brought up and agreed to. RAILWAYS. The Earl of REDESDALE presented a petition, complaining that several na mes were attached to raja.: way schemes which were not sanctioned by the parties whose mints 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 sugge,t that where names were attached to any such scheme; security shoull be given that the Parties had actually given their consent to such pro positions. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then rose to move the adoption of the resolutions contained in the second report of the Lords' Counnittt e on Railways. He had to move that certain alterations should be made in the standing orders 219, 220, and 224, in order to facilitate the passing of certain Bills, which were to originate in that Howe during the present session. The Noble Earl then entered into a detail of the altera tions intended. (These have been already given in the resolutions inserted in oar Thursday's paper.)— Agreed to. The Earl of CLARENDON wished to ask his Noble Friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he would have any objectio•i to lay on the table any correspondence between himself and the Spanish Govern ment on the subject of Cuba sugar? The Earl of ABERDEEN said that he could not have any objection to produce the correspondence re ferred to. Their Lordships then adjourned until Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Friday, Feb. 13. The SPEAKER. took the Chair at a few minutes before Four o'clock. PETITION FROM THE CITY—CORN -LAWS. The Sheriffs of London, Messrs. Chaplin and Laurie, appeared at the bar, clothed in their insignia of office, and presented a petition from the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and citizens of London, in Common Council assemblcd, 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. + - savage 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 hal this been carried, that it had been difficult, with the assistance of the yeomanry cavalry, to preserve the peace of the district. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had received no official information on the subject. Mr. EWART wished to ask the Right lion. Gentle man the President of the Board of Trade, whether he had taken into his considerath n the necessity of obliging railway companies to make some provision to prevent the recurrence of such acts, and thus to protect the public against the injuries likely to be sustained by having some hundreds of these labourers scattered over the country. Sit G. CLERK made a remark across the table, which was inaudible in the gallery. WESTMINSTER- BRIDGE. Sir R. INGLIS said he had given notice of his inten tion to put certain questions relative to Westminster bridge and the new Palace at Westminster. At the close of the last session of Parliament he put several questions upon these subjects. The Right Hon. Gentle • man the First Lord of the Treasury then said he had received certain communications en this subject. He now wished to aekiv hether those communications com prised the amount of money which had been expended in therepairs of the bridge, if such a word could be applied to such an object; and whether the Government sere prepared to appoint a Committee, or object to the appointment of a Committee, upon the subject? Mr. CARDWELL said that the subject had been carefully and fully considered by the Right Ho• nourable Gentleman at the head of her Majes ty's Government, and after considering th e re p ort of the Commissioners who had the care of Westmin ster- bridge, he did not think that there was sufficient reason for building a new bridge. Instructions, however, were given to the Commissioners to inquire into the state of the bridge with respect to its security. The re- : port of the Commissioners did not recommend any alter - - ation in the bridge, nor did it recommend any further steps to be taken. Under these circumstances, seeing that ample care had been taken with reference to the safety of the public, he (Mr. Cardwell) hoped the Hon. Bart. would not think it necessary to move for a Committee. Sir R. H. INGLIS was not at liberty to say more than that he thought the answer most unsatisfactory. He would now, however, ask when it was likely that the New Houses of Parliament w ould be ready to be occu pied ? He did not mean the room only in which the Legislature was to meet, but the committee-rooms end the other parts of the building. lie wished to know when they would be able to have their accommodation in the new Houses of Parliament—nut merely into the room where they were to sit, but also when the other apart inents w uld be in a state of readiness ; if the expectation which had been held out, that the new Ilouses 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? Mr. CARDWELL—I have some reason to entertain a doubt that the expectations with regard to the readi ness of the new Houses at the conenencetnent of the session of 1847 may possibly not be realised.— (Laughter.) I am aware that some causes of delay have occurred with regard to them, and in consequence of those causes some pestponement may take place, but I can assure the Honourable Gentleman that every exertion will be made to bring the works to a completion without any unnecessary delay. And I hope, in answer to the last part of the Hoe. Gen tleman's question, that should :the :Houses not be in a state of readiness at - the expected time, he will not ape poiet the Committee to which he refereed. Mr. COLLETT begged to ask the Right lion. Baronet the Secretary of State for the 11, - ,me Department if the statements which had lately appeared in the public Papers in reference to an alleged loss which the revenue had sustained by a flaw discovered in the recent Corn Act were true, and if so, what course the Crown in tended to adopt in reference to the parties concerned ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that different constructions had been put on the Act in question. The first decision was in favour of the Crown. The parties afterwards appealed from that decision, and by the judgment of the Judges in the Court of Excite quer, that decision was revers( d. Now, whether the case would proceed further he was not prepared to say ; but the case, as stated in the newspapers, was considerably exaggerated. It was then agreed that the House at its rising, should stand adjourned till Monday. CORN-LAWS. • Lord MORPETH presented a petition, numerously signed, in favour of a total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. RAIKES CURRIE preFenttd a petition from Northamptonshire in favour of a tctal and immediate r,-peal of the corn-laws. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition against the abolition of the corn-laws. Mr. HUME presented several petitions from dif ferent places, one of which was front the limn manu facturers of Reading, praying for a total and immediate (Teal of the corn-laws. The petitioners stated that tl..e Legislature afforded no protection to their trade, and they, therefore, did not think it was just to protect agriculture. Mr. L ABOUCHERE presented a petition to a similar effect. Mr. B. SMITH presented a petition from the city ot Norwich to the same t fFect. Sir J. APTAGGART presented a petition to the same t Get. An MN. MEMBER presented twelve petitions from Hampshire in favour of protection to agriculture. Sir W. IIEATHCOTE presented a petition, pray ing for total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. AGLIONBY presented a numerously signed pe tition from the inhabitants of Cockermoutli, in which the petitioners stated that, although the proposal of Go vurnment was in many respects defective, yet as a whole they looked upon it us a good measure, and they theteiere prayed the House to pass it into a law. He had also another petition from the inhabitants of Egre mont, in Cumberland, praying for a total and immediate reveal of the corn-laws. Mr. E. BARRINGTON presented a petition in favour of agricultural protection. Mr. G. BANKES said he had a petition to present frorn the inhabitants of the county of Dorset. That petition was egreed to at a public meeting of that county, regularly convened after a long notice, and the meeting was of so exten s i ve a nature, that no hall in the county-town, or street in that county-t own , was capa bl e to contain the number of those who attended.—(Minis terial cheers.) The consequence was, that they ad journed to a plain without the town, and at that meet ing the petition which he was .about to present was agreed to. Mr. POULETT SCROPE presented several petitions in favour of a total repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. B. ESCOTT presented several petitions from Suffolk in support of the Government measure, with the exception that they prayed the repeal of the corn-laws might be-immediate. Sir A. BROOKE presented a petition from Lanark in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. PHILIP MILES presented a petition from the county of Devon against the commercial policy of the Government, and stating that the present corn-laws had entirely answered the end for which they were pro posed, and praying that no alteration be made in them. Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions from the county of Durham and Wiltshire in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition in favour of the Government measure, from Sunninghill ; also one from Fiteshire, for a total repeal of the corn-laws. ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the order of the day for the adjourned Debate being read, the head of her Sir HOiVARD DOUGLAS said that he was sure the Right Honourable Gentleman at _ his objec tion Majesty's Government would understand was his intention to vote against the measure to the measure now before the House. It for the purpose of protecting agriculture. The present combination of parties was a significant circumstance. He had uniformly voted against a repeal of the corn laws in the House, and he (Sir Howard Douglas) had no r ason to regret his having done so, although he had re-considered all he had said and bean! stated on that measure. He had nothing to regret, except that he could only imperfectly speak his sentiments on that subject, to which he bad given his most dispassionate considera tion. He could not, in consequence, concur in the measure of the Right Hon. Baronet, on which he would take leave to make a few observations. It was true there was a stop put to the exportation of British and Irish produce in the year 1844. The period which the Right Hon. Baronet had taken was that of the lowest depression, he meant the year 1842. It was very material to inquire what were the causes of that depression. He believed that the solution would be found in the system which prevailed in their manufactures, and the extension of mechanical power ; but with respect to the corn-laws the Right Hon. Baronet had himself admitted that no alteration of the corn-laws would remedy evils in separable from the commercial system he had already referred to. Thus, he admitted that the cora laws were not the cause of the depression. In 1844 the exportation to foreign countries was not so great as in many years. With respect, for instance, to Russia, it was greater in 1837, and as regarded France, the case was nearly similar. He should be sorry to attempt the repeal of protection, or the relaxation of restrictive duties. When he first appeared in Liverpool, and avowed the principle of pro tection, he admitted his readiness to alter and modify it so as to make it of advantage to the general interest, and as litt:e hurtful as pf s sible to individual rights; but he was now called upon not to modify or surrender protection, but abso lutely to extinguish it. Protection had never been de voted to the interests of any particular class of persons, and far less had it been devoted to the interest of any class which he had the honour to represent. It was his principle to protect all classes of artizans without distinwion—to protect labour when the labour market was in that state of severe de pression which it sa frequently experienced. Wlie t 7 , he perceived the Gov e rn me nt a bout to rush in a measure by whi c h native industry, unprotected. was made to compete with the to protect it, 1 foreign states, without even much capita l He was i he felt it necessary to enter h his was indeed any j protect i ed industry of not going to discuss the relation—if o, _ and t I price oflabour. i r i e e l a he would leave the perfectly l cunvincctl wouldtion— bneobtveteankethuepprinicuecohrtimel question abler corn-law would displace the produc that a repeal of the co British manufactures in every market lions of in hands, but he was in the world to which the British merchant had access. lie found a nother remarkable deduction from the paper to wh i c h he had referred, and that was an unlimited importation of corn dal not by any means ~ , . --, ...-.-..._..--.......-" iroduce a cotemporaneous exportatinn Or manufacturci. , The fact, then, was, that it would be quite apparent from this statement that the troth of the axiom, that England was England's best customer, forced itself upon . their minds, and that the great, cause of their recent prosperity was the activity of the home markets. He would now say a few words upon the dis advantageous position in which free-trade laws would place this country. He would ask would the position of the country be such as the Hon. Member opposite had depicted ? Would it alter their position in respect to France or Germany or the United States ? They had often evinced a disposition towards France to relax the English tariff, but the result was only to make France enforce her protection with a still more stringent hand. The United States would do the same, for he would contend for it that every President of the United States, from Washington down, had evinced a. disposition for protection ; and Mr. Polk's last Message stated that he would be prepared to recommend a reasonable amount of protection. Ile thought, it was necessary to take every precaution ' before they made this great alteration—to make ev..ry trial for improving the condition of the country before they made this plunge. For what were they about to do ? They were about to enter into a competition with hostile tariffs—not with hostile tariff.., tor, indeed, no tariffs could be hostile—but with rival tariff,. And the effect of that competition would he to reduce the products of British industry and British labour, which was the chief component in the value of those projects, not to the level, but above the level, of hireign articles. TheJiberality was to be all on this sldc• of the water, for it could hardly t e supposed th3t foreigners would purchase articles of British production its their own markets, at a higher price than those of their own manufactures, when of equal quality. If, instead of the scheme now laid before the House, and which he could designate in no other way than ,to say the least of it. as the height of imprud ence , they hadtloeked to the unlimited resources offered to them in immense variety and exten sion of our foreign possessions, they would have im proved and extended the mark., t without depre ciating its value. But now, by entering into this cotup , tition, they would only prove success • ful by rendering British labour • cheaper than it now was. It was evident that by this reduction of the import duties they would he reducing. the revenue of the country, and they couldlonly restore the r quilibi iota of its finance be annual grants. lie contended that it was not of the slightest interest to lay heavy duties on articles of importation when foreign tariffs acted in a similar way towards British - exportations. What was the adventage he wished to know ? lie agreed with an observation which fell -last night from the Noble Lord who represented the West Riding of Yorkshire, that it was necessary to provide food for an increasing population. The population was increasing to a great ex. tent, and the question then naturally arose how they were to be fed. —( Hear.) His (Sir . Howard Douglas) l conviction was that if agriculture continued to be protected there would be no difficulty in satisfying the wants of even an increasing population, for he was satisfied that any reduction in the price would be followed by a corresponding reduction in the price of wages and provisions. There was a species of free t r sde which might be introduced with great advantage amongst ourselves.—( Hear, hear.) When he voted for the Canada Corn Bill, he imagined that the - principle on which that Bill was founded would be carried out with respect to other articles produced in our colonies, from which he believed the people of this country would derive great advantage. The inhabitants of the colonies might also derive great advantages, from which they were now shut out, by b e i ng a market in wich they could sell their produce at the best price it could realise. He believed that Australian cairn ought to be admitted on the same prin ciple as the Canada corn ; and he considered that even the Canada Corn Bill should be carried out to a greater extent—it ought to have included Prince Edward's Island.—( Hear, hear.) That Bill (the Canada Corn Bill) was a solemn compact made between this country and Canada, and when the measures proposed by her Majesty's Govern ment should be passed, it would have the effect of im mediately abolishing that solemn compact; and not only would it act thus towards Canada, hut it would also extinguish the colonial system itself. —(Hear. ) The colonial system is nothing more than a system of protection. The mo ment you abolish the differential duties you release the colonies from the necessity of dealing with the producer of British goods, and also of our dealing with them in return. Their glorious flag might still fly—there might be those who would wish to die under that flag in support of their country's rights—that flag under which their ancestors had fallen, but he (Sir H. Douglas) would tell them that their ships might guard their colonial coasts, and their troops might garrison the country, but their colonies would be useless to them. This country would no longer have any right to regulate the commerce of the colonies. Mr. Iluskisson's Acts were not free-trade Acts. They had for their object rather the protection of agriculture. He found the colonial trade in a state of monopoly, and he then brought forward his A cts of 1824, for the regulation of colonial trade. The object of his measures was to allow the Colonies to have free-trade with other countries that were independent States, but all free-trade intercourse with the mother country, either circular or direct, was prevented, except that of the coasting trade. They had taken off the timber duties here.—( Hear.) New, the American colonies laid a tax upon the West Indian produce —they had a perfect system of free trade amongst themselves ; and the German States had also a free trade amongst themselves, but by a compact they had a protection against the foreign im ports. It could not be denied that the German States pros pered by the protection they had fenced themselves with. We had introduced our cotton manufactures into .India, and by so doing we had ruined the native manufact urea of that country.— ( Hear, hear. ) The manufacturers of this country had superseded the manu facturers of India, and thereby rendered the price cf manufac tured articles in that country much cheaper.—(Opposition cheers.) Mr. Huskisson,in a Speech which he delivered in that House on the Bth April,, 1826, clearly pointed out the gre.t dangers which this coon try would render itself liable to by inakiog itself dependent upon foreigners for the supply of ecru, The Hon. Gentleman here read an extract from the speech in question to the foregoing effect, stating that from 17ti5 up to the period of the war, we had been to a considerable extent dependent on foreigners for the supply of food—that ee had paid sixty millions of money for a scanty supply o f corn ; and yet, though we had parted with our gold and silver currencies, Europe had shut its ports against this country, and America laid an embargo on its produce, and went to war. The statesman to whom he (Sir H. Douglas) alluded, further stated, that if this country was made to depend for food on foreign nations, improvements would stand still, inferior lands would go to waste, and the nation be subjected to general de cline. He ( Sir H. Douglas) considered they should platted the colonies so as to provide for their safety and defence. Honourable Members should never listen to the theory which would put an end to colonial protec tion, on which depended the safety and commercial ascendancy of Great Britain ; and least of all should they listen to repre sentations evincing disregard to the nation's security and peace, and maritime ascendancy in war.---( Hear, hear.) He alluded not to what other nations were now doing. He believed they had a sincere desire to cultivate the relations 1 of peace ; still he was sure that those powers, 'though they had I no immediate intention of going to war with thii country, had an intention, whenever a a favourable opportunity occurred in the future, of giving it a stab, their ultimate object being to deprive Great Britain of the dominion of the sea, He felt that he had trespassed long upon the House—( Cheers, and cries of " No, no")—but he hoped and expected that his Right Hon. Friend, who was as devoted to the interests of the country as his judgment and his experience enabled him to be, ' would see grounds for changing his opinion.—( Hear, hear.) Sincerely did Le hope that th e op i n i ons which he (Sir Howard Douglas) professed might turn out to be erroneous, but under the strong conviction that this measure cannot be carried out with advantage to the British labourer, arid that agriculture will be injured, and that manufactures or commerce would not be improved, he would give his vote against the measure.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) In some respects be (Sir H. Douglas), reluctantly opposed the Bill ; but, on the whole, he gaNa confident, conscientious, and con sistent vote against it, for it appeared to him that the measure i was an unnecessary and dangerous experiment. It appears on was a movement from which there was no retreatnig, and o prosperity, the wealth, the ed or eh i e t e s re u . t ) ter it depended in a great measure the before r the ruin. —(The in honour , ( T a h n e d l e o e ry tine of ee th ee i this d g o re w a n t a c rp o i u d n s Hon. the 6 Was not every person in that on that occasion it was his to express his views as Lord VILLIERS said, that on intention appearing. House as possible.— ( Hear. ) " that protection would always remain a subject House aware briefly o f c ontention, and could he conscientiou s ly support a principle of that character ? He would be bound to say, that whatever opinions he had entertained upon this question at a former period had been completely changed by the experience of the l as t few years.—( Hear, hear, ironical cheers, and cries of .. cm, oh.") He would repeat that the experience of the last few years had established beyond a doubt that this law was no longer necessary to the prosperity of the country. He was opposed to the opinions advanced on the last night by the Honourable Baronet the Member for Rutlandshire, that the prosperity of the last few years and the abundance of capital, originated not in the measures of the Right Honourable Baronet, but in the good harvest and the employment afforded by railways. He (Lord Villiers) contended that railways had not given birth to capital, but that capital had given rise to railways. He con tended further that the reduction of taxation did not necessarily imply a fall in the revenue. They had seen the country rise from a condition pregnant with ' difficulty to a 1 state of comparative prosperity. He should give his most cor dial support to the measure.—(Cheers.) Mr. F. SCOTT said, that when this measure was first brought forward by her Majesty's Government, he had come down to the House with the hope that he might have been enabled to afford it his fullest support— ( Hear.) He had always given his voice and his vote to the measures of the Right Honourable Baronet, He regretted that he was now compelled to do otherwise, in justice to his own principles and the inferred understanding with his constituents. Although he had not given any distinct pledges to them, his principles in the year 1846 would be the very same as those he had avowed when he stood an unsuccessful candidate in the year 1834. In 1841, he addressed them with more success, and be obtained their support. When he again entered that House he main tained the same course from a firm conviction of its rectitude, and a belief that he could not fellow a safer leader than the Right Honourable Baronet, whose opinions and ideas on the subject he knew from his childhood, and whom he had a l wa y s regar d e d w i t h respec t an d admi ration. Those feelings had i ncrease d th e stunnin g effect which he had felt when h e h ear d th a t his friend had turned round on all his former opinions, and had d eser ted the men who had placed him in his high position .—( Hear, hear.) He (the felt it his duty , and had Right Hon. Baronet) had no doubt On him, to 'change hi s • a firm conviction that it was incumbent course, and to hoist another gag. He (Mr. Scott) had, how his own course should ever, felt it his duty to deliberate what very miserable when he be. He felt that, although appeared . . - Baronet in intelligence or siga compared to the Right Hon. . his perception of his o man in hewould yield to n city, yet to the country His c onscience was his guide. H e h a d no to guide him i n his look to but himself po l it ical one to co urse. H e gave the Right Hon. Baronet great credit for the sinc erit y of his conviction in his form er op i n i ons, and I l ie g ave him equal credit for the since r it y o f hi s convictions now. It would be impossible for him, in three days , or in , three weeks, to take a retrospect of the l ast t h ree years ; and it would be hard for him to obliterate from his memory all that lie had read and heard during the last 30 years. He would not attempt to enter into the labyrinth of past circumstances. He would, with the permission of the House, give an instance very apposi...e to the present occasion. A gentleman possessed of extensive estates in the kingdom of England, and having large property in the South of Scotland, was engaged with a commer cial firm on the continent, with which he disagreed. He entered into a law-suit. and engaged the most able and distinguished counsel, both in the Courts 1 of Chancery and at Common Lawi , to defend his case. The claim set up on the continent was, that, as they shared largely in his profits, therefore they desired to become partners in his firm. Counsel were engaged, and although the plea was acknowledged to be untenable, the question was argued before ia special jury ; it als o h a d a h ear i ng i n th e H ouse o f Lords. The gentleman in question went down to his seats SUGAR DUTIES. Transactions in sugar, in the London market, lave been, during the last and present weeks, very limited; the quo tation given in last night's Gmette, upon the following sales to the 10th instant, were only 766 tons of West India, at 355. Sid. per cwt.; 375 tons of Mauritius, at 345. 810. per cwt.; and 844 tons of East India su. gars at 355. Sid. per cwt., giving a total average of 355. sd. per cwt. It really will be most unfair to the agriculturists to make them pay this price for sugar when their protection is reduced to 4s a quarter for wheat, when they could buy uncertificated Manilla sugar at 21s. per cwt.; the common justice of the case demands that the agri culturists should be put in a position to lay in their supplies of sugar, and other colonial articles, at unprotected prices be fore they are compelled to dispose of their produce upon simi lar terms. As it is, the farmers and others dependent on the land for subsistence will be unfairly treated. It is rumoured in Mincing-lane that when Sir Robert Peel brings on the sugar question, and insists on keeping up the distinction on the duties on the produce of Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Brazil s , i n f avour of the sugars from Java and the Philippine Islands, he will be in a fearful minority. In fact, we want more sugar: with abundance as much revenue would be obtained on it at the reduced duty of 14s. as was heretofore received when the duty was 245. per cwt. This being the general opinion, much life canr.ot be expected in the market until an altera tion is made. MR. IV. BATTY.—The admirers of equestrian per formances will be gratified to learn that this gentleman, so well known as the proprietor of Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, who has suffered so severely of late from asthma, is now, under the able treat ment of Dr. Cronin, almost recovered from that complaint. We were favoured with an interview with Dlr. Batty, who in formed us that he had been confined to his bed, and conse quently incapacitated from attending to the routine of his arduous duties, but that " since he had placed himself under Dr. Cronin, who had done mere by his treatment, (which is called anaspasia) towards effecting a cure than all his previous medical attendants, (these were his words) he was enabled to resume the onerous duties of his establishment, and in fact is almost well." Such cures as thls cannot be too widely circulated In the public Journals, for we have no doubt there are many suffering from asthma and other pulmonary disorders, who errone(nsly believe themselves Incurable. United Service Gazette. PARLIAPLENTARY PAPER-NAVY ESTIMATES AND EXPENSES. -4 return has just been printed, by order of the House of Commons, containing all account of the naval receipts and expen diture for tint year ending 31st March, 1845. This document gives the details of the expenditure of 6 , 4 66,019/. for the several branches of naval service ; which sum exceeds by 44,4201. the aggregate amount of grants voted by the House for that department. The principal excess is in the item for naval stores, building and repair of ship docks, &c„ in which the amount expended is larger by 68,6191. than the sum granted. The cause of this excess is explained to be the dispatch in providing steam machinery and iron steamers, and the necessity of obtaining supplies of tim', , er for steam-vessels at Deptford yard, which had been established during the year as a build ing yard. THE LATE. MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY OF A CHILD.- Last evening, at seven o'clock, Mr. William Payne, the Coroner, re sumed an inquiry at the Horse Shoe T avern, Friar-street, DoctorS'- commons, respecting the death of a newly-b orn f emale child, fotual in a box in the engine house of St. Ann, Ill ac k friars. Police-cop . stable ve y, but had lngt°llsaid' in answer to th e C oroner, that he had made ynot been able to obt a i n any further particu lars. The Jury returned a verdict of "Found dead." THE EARL OF DERRY AND FREE TRADE.—We are enabled positively to announce that the venerable head. of the house of Derby has no symp a th y w i t h the protectionist predilections of Lord Stanley, and may be classed among the warmest admirers of free trade.—Lancaster Guardian. 69 2,641 6,339 1,656 667 15,847 657 32,577 733 3,686 1,061 5,108 979 4,169 5,506 14,864 2,474 = 414 1,139 4,857 5,069 490 1,476 4,910 1,014 684 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 Hauchester, Matlock, and Buxton Railway Bill, wl.ich was ordered to be read a first time. The following Railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered to he committed:—Wakefield, Pontefract, and GoOle Railway (Methley, Askern, and Oakenshaw branches) ; Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, arid Goole Railway ; Leeds and Bradford Railway - (alteration of levels in Bingley). Mr. STRUTT brought under the notice of the House the fact that several petitions for private Bills had been received by the House in consequence of some irregu larity which they contained having been overlooked. There were several instances where the standing order, 1 I I A, had not been complied with. Mr. GREENE gave a notice of motion to the effect, that in all cases.of private Bills no petitions should be received unless they had been prepared and properly signed by the parties themselves. Mr. ENT WISLE said, that complaints had fre quently been made of the operation of the standing orders in reference to matters of a minor and very trivial nature, and parties were often put to enormous expense by being compelled to attend here, and then all that was lost by reason of the Bill being thrown out upon some matter of a very trifling nature, and they were told that they had been defeated by a non-compliance with the standing orders. With regard to what the lion. Member for Lancashire had said, he would just make this observation, that the number of petitions was so great 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 pasSed the standing orders. Mr. STRUTT said his observations did not apply to the Standing Orders' Committee, but to the omissions of this House. Mr. E. ELLIS said that much inconvenience had arisen by reason of the vague manner 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. GISBOIINE said lie 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 infringt meat of any one of which was suffi cient to cause the rejection of their petitions ; and now there were petitions presented to them by parties who had only two standing orders to comply with. Ele' thought it, therefore, extremely unreasonable to ask for " this indulgence in the House, with out any notice having been given of the intention to present th , m, 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 House ageinst him. Sir W. HEATHCOTE begged to explain that the resolution upon which the Committee had acted was one which had been impost(' 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 was the case in No. 9. The Com mittee, therefore, could not dispose of this case, and he conceived the Hon. Member for Derby was perfectly right in repeating it to the House, instead of disposing of it summarily. After ,a few observations from Sir GEORGE CLERK and Mr. GisnonNEp.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 ordtr 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 BALDW ‘ IN 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 fir the incorporation of the parish of Farnham, in Surrey, with other parishes in a poor-law union, and the copy of any memorial that may be presented against it. LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY. Mr. 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 office)—(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. SHARMAN 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. An HoN. MEMBER inquired 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 rtcom mended to the consideration of the Legislature by two Committees appointed on the subject? Sir G. CLERK replied that he had been for some time in communication With some of the most eminent merchants on the question, and 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. He 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 owners. That society had been invariably opposed to relaxation.—(Cheers.) lle was not, however. opposed to discussion on the subject of which they complained, 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 &hipowners had signed the petition, and he believed it expressed the opinions of the whole of the members of that body. I t 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 ferring to the subject. Mr. WALL said he was prepared to support the allegations in the petition. The petition was then ordered to be printed. RAILW Al DISTURBANCES. Mr. JAMES asked the Hight hon. Bart. the Secre tary of State, if he had received Any official account of