The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, . LONDON, FRIDAY EVENT ----- ~._ .. ~;" f ,--, i ,t7.7.d. i ''',._ r 1 lady the one at Topsham, on account of Its being so far removed from the quay. HOUSE OF COMMONS. . THE LESMAHAGOW, DALSERF, AND COATBRIDGB Manchester ; Fisher aed . De Jersey, Aldersgate-street, Lon- tli don; Barker, Manchester. ui k i , --9 I t t - 44 rr -, ,9Vt t t 0 n Mr. Lock, engineer of the Exeter and Exmouth Railway, did not RAILWAY Jesse Hall, share broker, Rochdale, April 9, and 30, at l en es _e.e !- - -- 1, e - a4O O, - approve of the application of the atmospheric principle in crossing was allowed to be proceeded with. twelve, at Manchester ; N tlieManchesterere and CO., Ba ri District Co urt. Hobson, the canal, and considered that when an equally advantageo us coin- I NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD RAILWAYrt 1e tt 's - u i ldi ng official s v. y : SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. mualeation could be effected without, it ought to be selected in pre- was also allowed to be proceeded with. H ference. His estimate for the construction of this line was 100,0001. 1 BIRMINGHAM, LICHFIELD, AND MANCHESTER Holborn ; Heaton, Rochdale. aile as li'r. Winter had been on the Croydon Railway, in order to aster- was also allowed to be proceeded with. PRICE OF SUGAR. fu R tILINkY COAIMITTEES. thin the success of the atmospheric principle on that line. A long I BEDFORD AND CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY The average price of Brown or Mu.scovado Sugar, the PI discussion ensued relative to the respective merits and advantages was not allowed to be proceeded with. produce of the British possessions in America, computed se ( T HIS DAY.) of the locomotive and atmospheric principles. The Committee then adjourned till Tuesday next. from the returns made in the week ending March 24, 1846, is B This witness was still under examination, when at four o'clock the I --......-- 335. 4id. per cwt. Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday next. Sub-Committee, No. 3. e: HOUSE OF LORDS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) MYELIN AND ENNISEILLEN. GROUP XXI. • MIDLANH (CLAYCROSS TO NEWARK) RAILWAYS. The object of this line is to construct a branch f r om the Midland MAR KET INTELLIGENCE. The (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) LONDON Aim OX.FORD. Railway at Claycross to the Nottingham and al [infield Railway at (F rom th e Landon New Price Current of March 27.) Is , Mr. J. C. Morris, cross-examined by Mr. Bovee - The g rand j ur y (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) N ewar k . Estimated cost, 580,00 e/. Parliamentary a g ents, Messrs, SUGAR.-To-day there was a fair business transacted in ti ( of Meath preferred this line to that of the North Midland Company, Mr. Win. Hatton, farmer and carrier, in the parish of Ashton Burke and Co. Engineeers, Messrs. otephenson and Swanwich. because it would pass through the heart of that country. This line Rowell, 11 miles from High Wycombe, said he carried 700 or 800 I The formal proofs having been given by Mr. Grubb. the West India Sugar market, and stiffer rates were paid for tl would accommodate 580,000 people. I see the name of Don n y brook tons of goods a year, which he should send by the line if it were The Committee postponed the thither cons ideration of the case till all kin ds , making the advance since last Frday 6 d per cwt ; v included in the list of parishes which it is said this line will accoin - made. The line to Wycombe proposed by the Great Western would Tuesday to hear the advice of Mr. Cump and Mr. Charles Lee. The the quantity sold amounted to 300, so that in all 1240 bhds b modate. Why do you include it?-Because there's a great fair there.and arcs have been disposed of during the week ; the market closes firmly for all kinds of home trade sugar. - be of no advantage to him as it would be 11 miles from his place Of , Yes ; for who has not heard of Donnybrook fair, but they business and was indirect. The station of the London and Brighton case will be the first taken on Tuesday. MIDLAND (NOTTINGHAM TO • MANSFIELD) RAILWAY. cannot derive much traffic Ow that source?-There is a great many offered advantages which the Great Western station did not possess The projectors of this line propose by it to connect Nottingham and ___ r horse-dealers who attend UM fair. What side of Dublin is Donny- because it was near Newgate and Smithfield markets. Mansfield-the distance being 16 miles. Estimated cost, 275,000/. ; It Eesi et .D.-To-day refined goods were taken sparingly by brook on ?-On the south-east side. And on what side is Clontiliagb, p a rliamentary agents, Messrs. Burke and Co. ; engineers, Messrs the home trade, and prices are not so firm, brown lumps, ac - j; ullagh, Mr. HILDYARD said, as he stated in o p enin g the cise, the branches the proposed terminus of this railway ? - On the north-side.-(Laugh to the Great Western were proposed in order to obviate the difficulty Stephenson and Swanwich. cording to quality, selling at 63s to 645, and standard lumps I ter.) lie did not think that Tyrcne was a grazing county. Some of in which they were placed by the report of the Gauge Commissioners. The formal proofs having been given, a question arose as to the 64s 6d to 65s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Sugar is sparingly t the parishes included in the list were much more di s t an t than five He would answer the question of his Learned Friend if he would tell publication of the required notices for three successive weeks in the dealt In, and 34s 9d to 35s is the value of first sort for forward I miles from the line. It was not a general rule in Ireland that; the him whether the broad or narrow gauge would be adopted or not on • months of October and November last, and as to the delivery of the , i . , f produce was sent to the nearest port. The traffic which was carried all the lines in the Compa n y . notice at the office,of the Gazette two clear days previous to the time sie,lN ery. . • from the north of Ireland to Dublin was very great , and would Reiser. Payne, a flamer, at Saunderton Lea, six miles from Hig h that would allow of these three successive publications. It appeared MAURITIUS.-All descriptions have been much in request a include more than agricultural produce. Wycombe, spoke to the advantages which the line would confer on that in this case one publication took place in December. for grocery and refining purposes, and the rates obtained are l Mr. Joseph Hill was next called on behalf of the promoters. H ad the i n h a bit a nts and trade of the districts through which it was de - Mr. VENABLEs contended that although the last notice did not fully equal to those previously quoted, indeed in some cases a been employed by the Poor-law Commissioners in Ireland as valuato r. signed to pa ss. appear till December, he was prepared to prove that the notice was delivered in sufficient time to allow of the three successive publi- they are Gd per cwt above, although the market has been c Was well acquainted with the district through which this line would Mr. S immonds, chemist and gas manufacturer, at Theme, stated pass, and believed that it would afford the best communication to t he that he used 115 tons of coals a-year, which he had from Newcastle, cations. abundantl y su pp lied, and the Sugar brou g ht forward has distr i ct. for which he paid 15s. Bd. per ton in the pool. The cos t of transits The Committee did not think this ported that it amounted to a non-comp me anon-compliance. satisfactory answer, and re- again consisted chiefly of the better kinds. Mr. Barnes, a magistrate of the county of Meath, was of opi nion would be materiall y reduced if the lirfe to Aylesbury were continued EasT INDIA.-This afternoon two parcels of Bengal Sugar ( that there would not be as much traffic and passengers on the line to Thame. WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY. amounting to 1,769 bags were offered at public sale, and through which the North Midland would pass as on that of this M r. Ti p lock, a linen-draper at Theme, said he bought his woollen The object of this line is to connect Kenevyn, in the county of sold at full market rates. Of Java 903 baskets duty paid Company. Drogheda, through which this Company's line wo uld good s in London, as the y g ot them better there. Thinks if they had Cornwall, to Penzance, a distance of 45 miles. Estimated cost, with certificate were offered, a superior parcel, and sold fur pass, was an export town to the county of Meath. a line fro m Theme to the north that they should still buy them in eao,ooo/. Refining at high prices. After some further evidence in favour of the line in preference to London. He now went four times to London yearly ; but if the line Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Burke and Co. ; engineer, Mr. W. were made he should go twelve times in the same period. FORINGN.-To-day at public sale 223 packages of Savanilla 1 the opposing scheme, Johnson. Mr. ALEXANDER, Q.C., on the part of the opposition, applied to ai r . et . H. Cowland , carr i er , Th eme , said he now sent the goods he The formal proofs having been riven, the further consideration of Sugar were sold at the full value. The principal transactions 1 their Lordships to have the case adjourned until Monday, on the had to convey, at three tons a week, to Aylesbury, and so on to the case was postponed till Tuesday. , privately during the week have been 500 chests of brown ground that the opponents wished to consult their engineer, and that London by the London and Birmingham line, or by the same line The Committee adjourned at focr o'clock. Havannah at 18s, and a floating cargo of fine yellow, but the ; Saturday was the only day on which he was disengaged. If their to the north. A line from Thame to join the Aylesbury line would _., . . - price has not transpired. Lordships decided to proceed with the case to-morrow, it would be a be very beneficial. Trade had greatly fallen off in Theme, owing to the Great Western and Birmingham lines. BANK OF ENGLAND. MOLASSES.-There has been a much better demand for great inconvenience to the North Midland Comp an y . The CHAIRMAN said that their Lordships would have preferred Mr. I. Stone, also a carrier, and Mr. Plilllipps, cattle-dealer, (From this Night's Gazette.) West India, and the business transacted has been greater sitting to-morrow, because on Tuesday they were afraid that they Theme, gave evidence in support of the line. 4.11 Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for than for some time ; the rates paid have been rather above would not be able to sit. Mr. TALBOT inquired if the promoters of the Bill intended to pro- the Week ending on Saturday, the 21st day of March, 1846. those that previously existed. In Honey there has been a It was ultimately agreed that the C ommittee should stand ad- teed with the short branch into Oxford, which is proposed to forma ISSUE DEPARTMENT. good deal doing, but upon rather lower terms. journed until Monday. Notes issued.. ...... 27,264,475 Government debt .. 11,815,100 junction with the Great Western. Z• X. TEA.-Although Mr. John Farrell, another mag istrate for the county of Meath, Mr. VENABLES, who appeared on behalf of the landowners who • rathesrtillolwthere rates have pu purchase s n e againonly taken ample stated that he was possessed of cons iderable property near Kells, and have petitioned against the li ne , i nqu i re d o f th e promoters of the line for Congon of all kinds, was well acquainted with Meath. The amount of cattle produced if the intended to proceed with the Southall branch ? Other securities .... 2,984,9 00 there was very great, and the owners preferred sending them to Mr. Ceevear sa id h e was no t i n a pos tti on t o sa y th a t they would Gold coin and bullion 11,5 54 , 194 for their immediate wants. Pouchon g has been s p arin g ly Silver minim ...... 1,710,281 dealt in, but little reduction has taken place in the value. Dublin for sale and exportation. Navan was a very important town, not proceed with this branch. He believed, however, that Paella- ----- and as this line passed through it (which the North Midland did not) ment would adopt such a course as to preclude its construction, on £27,264,475 £27, 264 , 475 For Hyson prices rule low; still there are few buyers to be he should much prefer it to the opposing scheme. account of the diversity of guage. M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. met with. Cross-examined-This line would be more advantageous to the Mr. TALBOT said the question was one which the Prime Minister Dated the 26th day of M ' arch 1846. people of Trim and Atliboy than the opposing line, because it WES could not answer. It was important that the question should be then COFFEE.-This afternoon there was no public sale of any more direct. decided, as the construction of the branches would affect the es- • RANKING DEPARTKIRT. kind of Coffee, and the amount of business transacted pri- X. X. Cross-examined by Mr. Alumna (of the Irish bar), who appeared timates. vately was small in all descriptions. The value of good or on behalf of the Belfast Junction Extension Railway Company, who After a short discussion, - Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Government secnri dinary pale native Ceylon 46s to 47s per cwt. contemplate forming a branch from their main line, which should Mr. Iluaireen undertook, at the request of the Committee, to re- Rest ......... ...... 3 780 009 ties (including Dead connect Navan and Kells, and there join the North Midland. If reply to the question, if possible, en Monday. Public deposits (in- ' ' Weight Annuity).. 13,136,440 RICE.-To-day Bengal Rice met with little attention, and their Lordships sanction the Belfast Junction branch to hells, would The Committee then adjourned until that day. chiding Exchequer, 2,182 bags at auction were nearly all taken in at about the not that afford the most direct eetinection by railway with your Commissioners, of Other securities .• • • 21,806,19! 8 ' 033 ' 66 ' ormer value. nearest port, viz., Drogheda ?-Cei tiinly it would. GROUP XXV. National Debt,Sav- Gold and silver coin.. 709,222 Srecis-To-day, at public sale, 567 bags of White Pepper lugs-banks, and Di- Mr. Lambert Disney, a steward of Lord Farnham's estate, near The Select Committee apppointed to consider the merits of thiswere only in part sold at rather lower rates ; 140 cases of Athboy, was next examined iii favour of the Dublin and Enuiskil- groups re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, in the Wes- vidend accurits).. 7,065,482 Other deposits • • .... 17,356,203 Bengal Ginger went at 27s to 29e for middling flinty home len line, which he considered by far the more preferable project. Ile minster Sessions House, the Hon. M. Lascells in the chair. should oppose the line of the North Midland, inasmuch as it would Seven day and other consumption kind, 25s to 2Gs for low, and 24s 6d for sea pass through the estate of Lord Farnham, and compel him to change HARWICH AND EASTERN UNION. bills ••••• • • • • ..... 921,887 damaged, being lower prices. his residence. The county through which this line would puss was The business of this morning was commenced by Mr. AUSTIN SPIRITS.-For Demerara Rum rather lower rates having 4 43,676,521 , Z 43,676,521 a very important and commercial tract of country. opening the case on behalf of the promoters of the Eastern Union and been taken this week, tempted buyers to operate with more Cross-examined-Did not know that there was any Particular traffic Harwich Junction Railway. It was clear, he said, from the fair and M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. freedom. The market has a dull appearance for Leeward between Athboy and Dunshoug,hlan, but he believed that it was only very creditable evidence of Mr. Braithwaite, that, so far from Dated the 26th day of March, 1846. Island. Calcutta is not to be obtained upon lower terms. to justify the formation of a branch from the main line of this coin- shortening the distance between Harwich and the metropolis, the - Jamaica has been sparingly dealt in. Brandy has met with pally. Ile had never sent any cattle to Drogheda. He was more advantages of the two lines were about (equal ; but between Her- COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(THIS DAY.) less attention this week for all purposes, but holders evince particularly acquainted with the county of Meath, and as regarded with and Ipswich the Eastern Union line had a great advantage over Amsterdam .... -C.F. 12 93 2 Gibraltar.. • • ...... •• .. - that county, he was certain that this line would be more advantage- its rival, insofar as it shortened the distance by six miles. It Ditto, at sight ••. . . . 12 6 Leghorn ous to the public than the opposing sceme. shortened, in fact, the present distance between Harwich and Ips- Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 10 Genoa .. The evidence of this witness having been concluded, the Committee with, which was nineteen miles by six miles. It . meat .26 15 Milan . ... - common has been sparingla dealt in by exporters, at 2s Id to • M.B. 13 1534 Venice ...........• .... - adjourned until Monday.A. m n a t m w b e ur rp g.i . l .... .. .. 2s 2d. British Corn Spirits are selling at lOs 6d per gallon be remembered to, that formerly parties w t is h h e ing cen t t e re go of E tr i o i m g. Harwich to the midland counties, and - • Altona... ..•... - ... - Naples land, had to go round by way of London, but this he hoped Parrs, 3 _ , , , days sight .... • •• - 39 % nett cash, Gin 22 per count under proof at 8s 10d, and 17 HOUSE OF COMMONS. 23 80 Palermo, per es -- - - 11934 underproof 9s 4d per gallon. would never occur again ; indeed it could not, for there was a line in Ditto, 3 months -- - 26 5 Lisbon.... .... .. . ..... 52% GROUP IX. the course of construction from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, WEST :or SCOTLAND JUNCTION. which was now reported to be extended to Norwich and Cambridge, Marseilles • . .......... 26 5 Oporto-. • ..... . • .... 52% „ passing by way of Stowmarket and other important towns, and 80urdeaux............ 26 15 Rio Janeiro ..........24 LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) between all these places and Harwi id ch the distance by the Frankfort on Maine.... 1224 Bahia ................ Mr, Sergeant BLLLAeIe briefly cross-examined the witness wit h line he was now advocating wou be shortened by six Petersbu r g h, 3 U 5 .... .. - Buenos Ayres .. ••.. • • - LN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM the purpose of showing that one of the alternative branches would miles. It was clear, therefore, that the Eastern Union line B er lin ..... ..... .. .... - New York, 21 da y s' si g ht - PANIES' STOCK. interfere at a crossing with the Barrhea d andj Neilston Direct was upon broad merits the best of the two; but some fuel- Vienna, effec.flo...• • • 10 1034 Philadelphia .... • • ...• - 410. Railway. dental opposition had been raised to it, by bringing forward some- Trieste, ditto.. -••.. . . 10 1034 PRICES OF BULLION,PER I7 oz. Air. Witson, inn-master of Dundyvan, near Glasgow, was next ire had taken place with respect to the Admiralty. Now, Madrid .... ...... .... 364 Foreign Gold in bars .. £ 3 From tile Official List, called in, and was undergoing examination as to the great advan le wished to have this - point cleared up. He would admit - that Cadiz .. ... : ........ 36% Portugal Gold Coin .. 317 5 PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING tage the proposed junction would confer on the trade of the stir- ' rounding districtovhen the Admiralty could stop the construction of this portion of the Bib New Do u bloons 0 0 0 ... •• • LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 27. THE CHAIRMAN interfered. He said he had sent to the Admiralty the p ro j ect ; but the Committee ought to discard this consideration, Barcelona .. ..... ..... - New Dollars • • ...... 04 9% JOINT-STOCK BANKS. for Captain Warhington, one of the Tidal Harbour Commissioners, to and look at the two Bills and decide upon either upon its merits, as Seville.. • • .... • ..• • ... - Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11% • be examined as to the crossing of the Clyde ; and as that gentleman adduced b y evidence. This was the course adopted last session in Dividend Amount had arrived, it would be copvenient to take his evidence at once. the case of the Great Western and South Wales Railway, which THE LONDON (31 AZ EWE Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Captain Washington was then examined, and said his attention p ro p osed to cross the Severn a little below Gloucester, by means of a • Annum. Share. ____ bridge, planned by Mr. Brunel; but the Admiralty, who were (THIS EVENING.) _____________ ...._____ ___ had been called to the Harbour of Glasgow last year. He gave evi- _____ ............ dence then against the proposed crossing of the Clyde, but he had extremely jealous of schemes which could be in any way supposed -.--...40.- X s. d. X s. d. not attended to the present plan. [The plan was here produced and to obstruct the navigation of the Severn, objected to this bridge. Australasia ... •• • .... 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 2634 placed before the witness.] Looking at the plan he considered it a The Committee, however, saw that the proposed line would be of WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 27, 1846. Britsh le orth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 444 great public advantage, and they determined upon reporting to the 4th Dragoon Guards-Lieut. T. O. W. Coster, to be Cap- Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 decided improvement on the plan of last year, still he objected to it. House in favour of this railway, including the project for the bridge ; 1. per cent. 100 o'o 25 0 0 16 It would still interfere with the harbour, and rather than the smallest tain, by purchase, vice Rochfort, who retires ; irnet F. H.G.H. G. Colonial . but the Admiralty's objection was supported by the Government, and obstruction should be offered to the navigation, he would rather the Nicolls, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coster, March 27. Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 56% the consequence was that the Bill was ordered to be re- o• L ndon Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 present bridge was pulled down, axed one of two or three spars built Bth Light Dragoons-Lieut. A. C. Lindsay, to be Captain ' Metropolitan in its stead. He would also prefer that it should be built further up committed. Accordingly the Bill was recommitted, and . . - 25 0 0 710 0 the Committee again reported in favour of the Bill, by purchase, vice Jenkinson,who retires ; Lieut. J. S. Na ylor, Provincial of Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 48 34 the river. leaving out the bridge. It was afterwards sanctioned by the from the 83d Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ditto, New......... Sl. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 17 t , A letter from the Admiralty was here produced, to the effect that the Achniralty would not interfere with the present plans, but leave Legislature, and now the line was being made without the bridge. Lindsay, March 27. National of Ireland • • Si. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 18 the matter to the Committee. , Now that was precisely the course which the present Committee 16th Light Dragoons-Cornet G. B. Williams to be Lieu- Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per eent. 100 0035 0 9 3534 ought to adopt. Let them report on the merits of the two Bills, and Ditto, New. •••• • . . . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Captain WASHINGTON, ill continuation, said his believed the Mini-tenant, by purchase, vice Leigh, who retires ; I. N. Fellowes, f they did so, he was sure they would decide in favour of the Eastern Union f Australia.... ratty would not put a veto on the plan, but submit the whole matter Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Williams, March 27, Union line. Now with regard to the matter of the Admiralty, he Union of L0nd0n..... 5d per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 to the direction of the Committee. Still he was certain if the - subject contended that the Board of Admiralty had given no adverse deci- 1846. was left entirely to them they would decide against the proposed . 0 in in respect of the Eastern Union line, but he would admit that they Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards-Captain C._ plan. IriSIJ7ZANCE COMPANIES. had declined to receive a deputation from its promoters. But it was At the close of the examination:the room was cleared. Randall, from half-pay unattached, to be Lieutenant and said that the Admiralty had sanctioned the rival line, and if they Dividend Amount On our return Captain, vice Brevet-Major Somerset, died of his wounds ; had, he could assure the Committee, that if such were the case, it The CHAIRMAN said there was one point on which the Committee Ensign and Lieutenant C. L. B. Maitland to be Lieutenant must apply only to the pier at Harwich . and if the arn- Annum. Share. required special engineering evidence. It was about the proposed mittee would just look at the plan, they would see that and Captain, by purchase, vice Randall, who retires • J. junction in the tunnel on the north side of the line. Unless the pro- Mr. Locke had so prepared them, that he could make Mr. Evelyn, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase , £ s. d. £ s, d. sent Impression was removed about the danger of that junction, there Braithwaite's pier within his own limits of deviation. But vice Maitland, Meech 26, 1846. Albion ••••••• • • • • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 would be little use in occupying time with the other parts of the ease. without wishing to impute anything improper to the Admiralty, he Liliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19% Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS said they would be prepared with evidence Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards-Ensign and Lieut. complained that if they had given any opinion at all in favour of J. R. Wigram to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, Ditto Marine... •• • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6 1 4 on that point on Monday morning. the rival line they had arrived at that opinion through ex parte .. 13s.6d.pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 164 The Committee then adjourned till Monday at twelve o'clock. vice the Earl of Caledon, who retires ;- U. bannen' g Lord B A ri ti ti as sh . Commercial .. 7s• per share 50 0 0 50 0 73i statements and ex parte information. It was just as if the judge Dunkellin to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cleriel,Med. & Gen. Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6% had called in the plaintiff and the jury into a private room, and there GROUP XII. decided the case in the absence of the defendant, and when Wigram, dated March 27, 1846. County ........ ••• • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) the poor defendant applied for permission to urge his 2d Regiment of Foot-Capt. A, Campbell, from the Royal Crown ••.•-.•• • • • • • 10s. 50 0 0 50 0 - The Committee then decided that the preamble of the 1:11I, defence, instead of obtaining a hearing, the door was slammed in his Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, vice Hamilton, who Eagle ..... face. l ie could not help thinking, therefore, at oar Tim GLASGOW, PIIISIMIt, N.I'LMTALSMOC IE, th the Bd of Ad- exe . l i anges, dated March 27, 1846. Economic Life. se miralty's opinion in favour of the rival line had been obtained through 3d J. T. Bth Foot, be t &30s.bs. AND AYR ( No • 3), WITH I/2a-NCIIES 7- the manoeuvring of the promoters ; indeed, the correspodence which Foot-CaptainListon, from the to Eng. & Scot. Law ••• • • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% LAIVIPITS AND lissra.a.u.aoomr), had passed between the promoters and the Admiralty bore out this Captain, vice Speedy, who exchanges, March 27. European Life .•• • • • 5)4 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 11,4 pr 431,1 ;as also conclusion. The Committee, he trusted, would throw overboard this sth Foot-Second Lieutenant H. Knapp to be First Lieu- Freemasons' -...... •• - ... ... SI. per cent. 20 0 0 30 0 THE GLASGOW, X.ILMARNOCH, AND op inion, and decide u p on the merits of the two Bilis. If , they did so, tenant, by purchase, vice Gretton, who retires ; F. H. Pen- Globe .. 6/. per cent. Stock. - 138 ARDROSSAN. he was satisfied they could not do otherwise than pass the Eastern der, Gent., to be Socond Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Guardian •. • ....• -• • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 49 Union Bill, because the evidence preponderated in its favour. Imperial Fire .. • ..... 61, and bonus 500 0. 0 50 0 0 240 The Committee inthnated that when the clauses of the latter Bill Evidence of a general character was then adduced in favour of the Knapp, March 27. Imperial Life .... • ... 12s. 100 0010 0 0 17 came to be considered the one which referred to the purchase of the line. Witnesses from Manningtree, Ipswich, and Harwich, were 6th Foot-Lieutenant G. G. Webb, from half-pay 2d Indemnity Marine.... Id sh. & bs. 100 0 0 5' 13 1 29 Law Life ...... ••• • . . 11. Ss. . 1 1 25 0 6250 0 05 0000 0 0000 0 1 1 1122 0 52 11 0 0000 0 0 000 5 1116 0 055 i harbour would require to be amended. The clauses of the first- called to prove that the Eastern Union line would afford more ac- Foot, to be Lieutenant, Vice Muller, promoted. named Bill were then agreed to, and the Committee adjourned. commodation to those towns than the Harwich and Eastern Counties 7th Foot-Lieut. W. R. Browne to be Captain, by pur- Legal and General Life - Junction line. chase, Vice Cummin, who retires ; Ensign W. H. D. Fitz- London Fire ........ 10s. GROUP XIV. Mr. Ransom, an extensive ironmonger at Ipswich, who was well gerald, from the 72d Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, London Ship •.•• • • • • Marine .. ......... hi. NORTH KENT LINE acquainted with the trade of the east Anglican districts, preferred vice Brown, March 27.peirC4c.ent (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) the Eastern Union line, because while it gives a direct continued- viceBth Foot-Ca James Speedy, from 3d Foot to lee Captain Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 441. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 3 cation with the metropolis, it also shortened the distance betwoen National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 234 By Mr. Sergeant WRANCHAM-There would be a loss to the pro - Liston, Harwich and Ipswich. At, present, the steam - boat communication who exchanges ; Lieut. C. F. B. G. Dickenson National Life ....... • • 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 934 prietor, but that less might be e-timated and compensated in money. between those places was extremely uncertain. to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lavie, who retires ; Ensign Palladium Life 6l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. 2s. In the absence of Mr. Austin, he proceeded to address the Com- On cross-examination, the witness admitted that there was a mittee in support of a petition against the proposed line by R. S. Baynes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Di ckenson; Pheenix • . project before the present Committee, known as the Stour Valley Gent. Cadet H. Ximenes, from the Royal Military College, Protector Life per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 4s. Provident Life- - • • • • Messrs, Hall, the proprietors of the gunpowder-mills in lavers- Railway, which would carry that traffic from the midland countieslox Amountso - o. o fo. d O O. i 1 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 205 2 4 3 % ham. He called thought it to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Baynes ; Surgeon - .J. C. G. Rock Life and the north, altogether away from Ipswich, but he Mr. Colter, an assistant to a surveyor in Canterbtuy, who proved the Tice, from 69th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Gardiner, who ex would be more ' advantageous to take the (rattle through Ipswich. Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock. 180 - accuracy of the plan of the mills, and the course of the intended The Stour Valley line ran to Sudbury. The local authorities of changes, March 27. Sun Fire . • •• •- 210 line. . p_ I swich had laid out 120,0001. in the improvement of the port, and 12th Foot-Lieutenant W. H. Queade, from the 40th Foot, Ditto Life •• • • - - 49 Mr. William Hart, a superintendent and manager of the business it was altogether a rival port with Harwich. to be Lieutenant, vice S. Reed, who retires on half-pay, Universal Life .. of Messrs. Hall-The mills originally belonged to Government, but The Committee acrourned, at four o'clock, until one o'clock en . j March 27. 615 0 18 were purchased in 1823 by Messrs. Hall. The mills existed in the Monday DOMES. time of Queen Elizabeth. The business Is very large, and the •‘"``' 28th Foot-Lieutenant J. G. R. Alpin, to be Captain, with- . average sale is about 500 barrels of powder per week. Is in the Sub-Committee No. 2. out purchase, vice Brevet-Major Hunter deceased ; Ensign z ra l l , d . . d. Lice. habit of contracting with Government. Within the last fortnight BRITISH AND IRISH UNION. F. G. Moore, to be Lieutenant, vice Alpin; Nov. 20, 1845. Name of Conipaey. per Messrs. Hall have contracted to supply 2,340 barrels of powder. Annum. Share. By Mr. Sergeant Wneeseuela-Cannot explain the process as carried (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) 50th Foot-Assistant-Surgeon C. F. Stephenson,. M.D., -------- on in the different mills. a• 'rho next class of allegations was to the effect that the lands, &a., from the Ist Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Brummell, Mr. Wm. Monks, foreman to Messrs. Hall, stated that he had been on the line were not numbered eat the plans. whose appointment has bee cancelled, larch 27. Commercial ......... 31. per cent. Stock. employed 24 hours. The materials for the powder are prepared in Some instances of the alleged omission were adduced and sus- 54th Foot-Lieut. A. Gillespie, from half-pay 2d Foot, to East and 'Vest India.- 61. pr ceut. Stock. _) East Country - 140 the saltpetre refinery, and are then taken to the other mills. There tained, which concluded the case for the petition. be Lieutenant, vice Jacson, appointed Paymaster . f the 6th - .. Is per sh. 100 0 0 - 21 are six pairs of runners, or millstones at the Osprich Mills, and in the The Committee found that in the case of this Bill the standing other mills the number varies from two to ten pair. Af- orders had not been complied with. Dragoon Guards. .1. ndon ............. 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 116 ter the runner is turned round once o r twice en the GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN. 61st Foot-Ca p tain J. B. Thomas to be Major,, without s - t Southampton Katharine . ........ 5 per cent. Stock. 10434 • ...... 41. per cent. ,50 0 0 50 0 0 30 materials, they are called " mill cake," and is stronger The object of this Bill was to connect the iron district of South purchase, vice Verner, deceased; Lieut. T. W. Hudson to be than when it is in a manu f ac tures s t a t e . A two ounce Wales with Herefordshire and the maufacturing districts of Stafford- Captain, without purchase, vice Thomas; Ensign A. Arm- LIST or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES c h arge o f "mill c ake" will scud a 68-pound ball 20 feet farther than shire. The length of the line was about seventy miles, and the strong to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vi ce Hudson, a 2 oz charge of the manufactured powder. The contents of a barrel amount of capital 1,280,000/. Engineer, Mr. Griffin; Parliamentary Dec. 7. Dividend Amount is 1001bs., and there are "charge houses" in all the mills. The charge agents, Messrs. Burke and Co. 64th Foot-Lieut. the Hon. G. F. W. Yelverton, to be Name of Company. per of Paid. Price house of the Osprich Mills contains fr om 30 to 40 barrels of powder. There were two petitio ns a g ainst the Bill. Annum. Share. The mills are 185 yards from the line. The mills are built of alight Mr. BURKE said that, with respect to one part of the formal proofs, Captain, by purchase, vice Stirling, who retires ; Ensign - - materials, to mitigate as much as possible the effect of any explosion. he had to solicit the indulgence o f the Committee. It was that which J. B. Borne, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Yelverton ; £ s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 e 165 but the charge houses are built of very thick masonry, and related to depositing the plans. These plans had unfortunately not W. W. Pogson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice in case of an explosion, it would be very violent. Great precautions been deposited until the Ist of December, in consequence of the Illness Borne, March 27. Royal Bank of Scotland Cl. per cent. - 100 0 0 159 are taken to avoid accidents. The men enter the mill with list shoes. of the engineer, who broke down through physical debility ; but heßritish Linen Company Si. per cent. - 100 0 0 224 The powder Is very volatile, and the roofs of the mills arc covered was prepared to produce evidence to show that neither money nor - • 66th Foot-Lieut. F. Gilded, from half-pay 2d Foot to be - , Commercial Bank .. • • 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 16234 with powder dust, as also the trees round it. A force hump is kept labour had been spared to make the deposits as soon as possible. Lieutenant, vice F. Smythe, who exchanges, March 27. National Bank. ..... - 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 14t4 at each mill to wash of that powder. The contents or the magazines After son - .e deliberation the Cuentetee (Mr. E. Yorke) agreed to 69th Foot-Surgeon W. Gardiner, from the Bth Foot, to be Union Bank of Scotland 7341. pr cent. - 50 0 0 9234 are removed by water. The "Ore Creek" corneae-lose up to the mill. hear the evidence in question. Surgeon, vice Tice, who exchanges, March 27. Western Bank.. -- - 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 80 By Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM -The powder, when in the states 0 0 7,4 Evidence was then given that all due diligence had been used by 70th Foot-Ensign F. W. Dowse, to be Lieutenant, with-called the " green charge," is me explosive as th e manufactured the promoters, who had succeeded in depositing their plans before time Bank •••• • • ed per cent. - 10 0 0 13% powder. The magazines are built much stronger thanl the mills, in office hours on the Ist of December. out purchase, vice Rutsos, who resigns ;J.A. F ead, Gent., E - Si. per cent. - C N l o v rt de ll s o d f ai S e eotland Bank 61. per cent. - Easters Bank .. .. order to keep the powder safe. There is a steam-engine at work to be Ensign, vice Dowse, March 27. Mr. shepherd, a surg,con, residing at,Toweester, was also examined- Caledonian Bank • • - 210 0 44 rear the Osprich Mills. It is about 15 yards distant, with its boiler, He stated that he attended Mr. Garvatt, at that time engineer of the 62d Foot-W . . A. H. N. Kellett, Gent., to be 'Ensign, by Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 67 chimney, and furnace. Mr. Hall resides in a cotta g e about GO Com p an y. at Worcester, lit October- Mr. Garvatt was labouring p urch ase , vice Fitzgerald, promoted to t he 7 t h Foot, City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 1334 yards from the mills. There is also a gas factory within GO under a severe disease, calculated to produce nervous irritation, and March 27. Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 o 0 1 0 0 245. cent. 200 100 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 27 4 ,4 yards of the mills. There is a steam-engine on the was quite unfitted to attend to his business. Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% premises called the Bennett Mills, which contain from 30 Cross-examined-On the 30th of October and 2d of November Mr. 73d Foot-Lieut. W. C. O'Brien, from the 401`h Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice D'Arcey, promoted, March 27. to 70 barrels of powder in the charge house. One of the charge Garvatt was able to go to London and attend business, and during 87th Foot-Second Lieut. J. H. le Contour to be Frist timer. co. of Scetlnd 5l. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9% houses abuts on the public road, but the walls of it are built very his attendance he found him with maps and other documents beforeNortheaiedonßiraintispirlenrsurwm thick near the road, and very thin on the inside, so ;as to direct the Wm, and surrounded by clerks. Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Robinson, who , retires ;E. Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 184 explosion away from the public. Explosions have taken place in The CHAIRMAN said, that as far as the fact went they must find Stanley, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edin. & olasg. Railway 11.10 5 . Pere. 5 0 0 0 60 0 0 se% 5 10 34 1. L p P e r r nearly every 111111, but no explosion has extended its influence to the that the standing orders had not been complied with, with reference le Conteur, March 27. Ditto, 4 Shares •• • . 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 184 distance of 100 yards. At a distance of 50 yards windows have been to their non-deposits of the plans in the proper time. The mitigating changesLig lit pr ; ar a o s n i g s, a toA A. W. L. Cameronieutenant,tevibcee Lit,Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0020 0 0 174 92d Foot-Lieutenant W. Alexander, from half-pay 24th broken, but that is the extreme distance at which he has known circumstances might be stated above stairs... Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 71 damage to be done. The end of the mill facing the magazine or The other formal proofs were then proceeded with and concluded. ee y, who cx-. eu P ten ti t .nt, by pnr- Glasgw & Green& Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 19 charge house is made strong, and no explosion has hitherto reached One of the petitions had relation to the non-deposit of the plans, andGisgw&Garnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 41 the powder contained in it. About 40 lbs. of powder are placed was therefore not pressed. chase, vice Alexander, who retires; Gentle mai a Cadet A. per cent. 150 0 0 210 0 8 Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 3934 under the runners at a time. .11r. BAXTER, solicitor, appeared for the next petition, from John M. M'Donald, from the Royal Military College,. to be En- Standard LifeAssarnee.l 51 Captain Tulloch, of the Royal Artillery, stated that he is super- Colburn, which stated that he was one of the subscribers to the sign, by purchas?, vice Cameron, March 27. intendent of the Government powder mills at Waltham Abbey. The company. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment-Captain G. 17. Hamilton, WATER-WO TIM 3 green charge is very explosive, but the mill cake is much more so. The first allegat'on was that the plan originally proposed to go from the 2d Foot, to be Captain, vice Campbe 11, who ex- In 1843 an explosion occurred, which destroyed a counting - house 216 from Yarmouth to Swansea, whereas it now proposed to effect a Dividend 1 Amount yards distant from the ignited powder. junction with the Vale of Neath Railway, and, therefore, that the chan g es, March 27. Name of Company. :• per I of ( Paid. Price. Mr. AUSTIN was proceeding to cross-examine this witness, when petitioner was exonerated from all liability. BREVET.-Captain C. Randall, of the Ist ta . Grenadier , Annum. Share. The announcement was made that the Speaker was at prayers, and The Committee decided that in this case the standing orders had Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Major in the Art ny, July 22 ; -- the Committee adjoaraed until twelve o'clock on Monday. been compiled with. Captain T. F. Tait, of the 2d Bengal European I regiment, to 1 £ s, d. An allegation with reference to an error In the supplemental con- East London.... -- • . SI. 100 0 0 - 215 be Major in the Army in the East Indies, blarch 27. GROUP xeer. tract was sustained. HOSPITAL STAFF.-H. C. Martiu, Gent., to he Assistant- Grand Junction •.•• . • ' 8/. 10s. 41 13 4 90 Ise commit= men nai,.....-a. Kent •••••••• • • - • • -- 7 - 111. 10s. 100 0 0 - - Surgeon to the Forces, vice Hardie, who has al , sented him- Vauxhall ............ , Si.per cent. 100 0 0 - 65 Z.PSOM BRANCH. 57 (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) self without leave, March 20. West Middlesex ...... 5L ss. pr emit. 63 12 9 -•130 Sub-Committee N 0.4. Mr. Butcher, a surveyor at Ewe], and proprietor of brick-fields in MEMORANDU3L-STAFF.-The date of the cinnmission of - • that WHITEILAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION. CANALS. Parish, testified to the non-interference of the line with orna- Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel J. B. Gough, of that 3d Light mental prop erty ,(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Dragoons, to be Quartermaster-General to the Quinn's Forces and to the low value of the land. He made Names of Dividend' 4 Dividend nearly a million of bricks, some of which he had attempted to Other allegations of a similar nature were sustained. in the East is 20th 1846. Price. Names of ,-, per Price. send to London, but the cost was 11. a thousand, and the carriage In the case of another petition, the CHAIRMAN expressed a doubt Indies, March , Companies. per Companies. . beat him. On the railway he could transit them for less than ss. a The Christian names of Assistant-Surgeon Lanes, of the eo Annum. se Annum. co thousand, an advantage which he should be very glad to obtain, that the petitioner was entitled to be heard unless he had a direct or indirect interest in property within the limits of deviation. 4th Dragoon Guards, are John Harry Ker. --------- - --. i - -- -. From his profession h e h ad much intercourse w i t h th e m iddle and Mr. PRITT submitted that in other C omm itt e es in had been ruled Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of L anark. X £ Ashtn k 0161 h 97'5/.55. pe, 72 hionmouthsh 100 higher classes, and lie was convinced that their feelings were de- Si. 160 that ally person could petition on behalf the public. Sir W. C. Anstruther, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. cidedly iu favour of the South Western branch. Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. 70 3lntgoinrysh 100 Si. 98 The point was ultimately reserved, and the Committee adjourned. 28 • J. Lumsd , . en, Esq„ to be Deputy- Lieuten tint, ; W. F. Mr. Stfel, a resident of ElAoro, stated that there were about Barnsley.. - 160 12/, ISO Macclesfield. 100 - 38 12,030 sheep, 3,000 oxen, and a number of lambs, calves, amid other H. Pere, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, March 2; T. Wal- Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ...... 100 171. 340 stock which might he sent much more advantageously by this line Sub-Committee No. 5. rond, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; IL Dunlop, Brluik&Abrg 150 6/. 85 Nottingham. 150 lid. - than the other. The posting was also chiefly to the West-end. On THETFORD, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, AND NEWMARKET. Esq. to tie Deputy-Lieutenant, March 3;T. M. Cromford .. - 100 14/. 150. Peak Forest. 78 31. 68 the Derby day the lumber of persons present on the race course Dudley ...... 100 4/. - Regent's ••• • 33 1/. ss. 25 were from 180,000 to 200,60 e, which were chiefly persons from (Continued from our Afternomi Edition.) M'N ' eill Hamilton, Esq., to be Deputy - Lieutenant, Derby .. •. . . 100 61. 73 Rochdale -• . 85 41. 77 the London side of the country. lie had been to ever March 4• J Finla E to be Deoutv Lieu t n • Sir J The next allegation was that no notice had bee/ served on the , . y, sq., , , iMu t , . EllsnaredtChs 133 41. 65 Shropshire .. 125 81. - respectable house in Epsom, and he could say that the feeling wasY surveyor of highways in respect of a certain road which would be Campbell, Knt., to be Deputy Lieutenant •J. II amilton, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ;J. Dunlop, isq ,to be Deputy F E o r r e t w h a & sh Cly ' d 100100 311. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 almost unanimous in favour of this line. With respect to the petition crossed by the line. The surveyor himself le as called to prove that4l. - Do.LkkalSt 12 Gl.p. c. 11 against the line he had ascertained that fifty of the Petitioners had he had received no notice, and the Committee declared the allegation Lieutenant :A. Buchanan, Esq., to be Depu by Lieutenant, Grandsunete 100 71. 95 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 300 signed this petition ; fifty had declined to sign, but they should ap- proved, no evidence being given on the other side. Match 6. 0 Grand Union 100 11 . 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 1 5 1. 230 pear foolish, though anxious to do so ; thirty were on the li s t or those The remaining allegation of this petition were utterly uninteresting BANKRUPTS. Glarnorgnsh. 172 13%1. 210 Stourlxidge.. 145 20/. 280 excused on account of their poverty from paying rates ; fifty were to the public. Gistr &Brkly 100 - - Statird on Av 79 1/. 10s. ---• lodgers, paying no rates at all ; and the remainder squatters on the The petition of David Batty and others was next taken. It de- John Charles Barrett , carver and silver, Strand, to sur- Grantham .. 'l5O 12/. 100 Severn and feammon. All the magistrates had signed in favour of this line, aunt Pended chiefly on discrepancies in the gradients, &e. render April 3, at half-past twelve, and May 8, at twelve, at Huddersfield. 57 Wye - Rail. }26 11, 88. 32 - the only person of respectability who had signed the other was the Several of the allegations were dismissed, as not being properly the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official ass ignee, Birchin- Kennt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. - Trut & Mr-/ 50 301. - • vicar and Mr. Northey, who was Lord of the Manors both of E we n worded, and several were declarcd to be proved. The Committee Lancaster ... 47 1/. 10s. - sey, 4 sh. a and Cileatn ; the latter of therm gentlemen, bower was decidedly in p e i f a t i r to admit several objections as to minute discrepancies in the lane ; Taylor, Moorgate-street. David James Kinghorn, baker, Boston-, treet, Manic , Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 520 Timms &Med 19 - - Leicester .... 140 10/. 105 Worcstr & favour of the South-Western line. It a e • bone, April 7, at two, and May 8, at one, .at the Court of pal is, was the in of a rival Railwa Cot nin . Mr. MASON, of the Spring Hotel, at Ewell, testified to the feelings ~ .PP mired in the eourse of the day that the petitioner, Mr. Leicstr &Nth 83 4/. 60 Bi „ lg. } 78 21. 44 Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ;T.au.d D. Harrison, Loughborogh 142 70/. 850 ,Wiltsk Brim 67 11. 11 of the inhabitants, which he had gathered by going rotted with . a • . ens net sieved was. his having ~,,O,nl..ll,lyAoi;t.c.oilogation of y the next petition, that Y of i a Mr. y Benton, was Walbrook. . ___ ciao UP XVI. EPSOM BRANCH. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Butcher, a surveyor at Ewel, and proprietor of brick-fields hi that Parish, testified to the non-interference of the line with orna mental property, and to the low value of the land. He made nearly a million of bricks, some of which he had attempted to send to London, but the cost was 11. a thousand, and the carriage beat him. On the railway he could transit them for less than ss. a thousand, an advanta ge w hi ch h e s h ou ld b e ver y glad to obtain, From his profession he had much intercourse with the middle and higher classes, and lie was convinced that their feelings were de cidedly in favour of the South Western branch. Mr. Steel, a resident of Epsom, stated that there were about 12,000 sheep, 3,000 oxen, and a number of lambs calves, and other stock which might be sent much more advantageously by, this line than the other. The posting was also chiefly to tke West-end. On the Derby day the namber of p er sons present on the raee course were from 180,000 to 200,009, which were chiefly persons from the London side of the c ountr y . li e had been to ever and he could saytha tti t thi:tfietemining petitioners was respectable house in Epsom,almost unanimous in favour of this li ne. With r espect to the petition against the line he had ascertained that fifty of signed this petition ; fifty had declined to sign, but they should ap pear foolish, though anxious to do so ; th irt y were on the l ist or those excused on account of their poverty from paying rates ; flay wre lodgers, paying no rates at all ; and the remainder squatters on the eommon. All the magistrates had signed in favour of this line, and the only person of respectability who had signed the other was the vicar and Mr. Northey, who was Lord of the M anors both ot Ewell and Cheatn ; the latter of these gentlemen, bower was decidedly in favour of the South-Western line. Mr. MASON, of the Spring Hotel, at Ewell, testified to the feelings of the inhabitants, which he had gathe red b y going rotted with a petition. The reason why the vicar had no t si g ned was, his having sold a considerable quantity of land to the Croydon Company, :Ind he therefore thought that it:would not look well to support their opponents. The petition from Ewell in favour of the Croydon line had been chiefly signed by persons occupying cottages of from 41. to 61. a year rent. lie had been a coach proprietor for the last seven years, and tip to that time there were twenty-six coache s which pried his house, twenty of which went to the west end. The witness spoke also to the value of the land and the feelings of the people. At this point the room was cleared. When the puble wcro re-admitted, the Chairman declared that the Connnitteo were of opinion that it was unnecessary to other any opposition, as the preamble of the Bill had not Leon proved. PARNHATH AND ALTOII7 BRANCH. On inquiry by the CHAIRMAN as to whether the parties were ready to proceed, Mr. Goldsd,id said, he appeared on behalf of the Reigali. and heading Company, to oppose part of this scheme, and Mr. Wordsworth appeared on behalf of several landowners, also in oppo• si tiun to the line, of which the South Western Company are the pro moters; but it being suggested that the inquiry had better be a..ljoured until Monday, the Committee acceded. It appeared in the course of the day that the petitioner, Mr. Barty, vvas the secretary of a rival Railway Company. Only one allegation of the next petition, that of a Mr. Benton, was entered into, the others being identical with those of Mr. Barty's petition. • • Thie allegation was that the junction of the proposed line with the was ditteicntly mar k e d i n th e pl ans an d se ctions, its d iC is ° t r a lb n i c k e l f t r ai o l in vaY the principal station not being the same. This allega tion was delared proved. After dispobing of several other points, the Committee rave their decision that the standing orders were not complied with. They then rose at four o'clock, and adjourned to Monday at twelve. Jonas Tebbutt, auctioneer, Cambridge, Ap sl3, at eleven, May 8, at tweive, at the Court of Bankru; ptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Wilkin, Furnival's Inn, Lon don. William Rogers, draper, Lewes, Sussex, 1l .pril 4, at half past two, May 23, at eleven, at the Court )f Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Bas inghall-street ; Soles and Turner, Aldermanbury, London. Robert Clifton, brewer, Brandon, Suffolk, A . pril 2 and May 11, at half-past eleven, at the Ceurt of Banl zruptcy. Tur quand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chamber i, City ; Hens man, Basing-lane ; Wayman, Greene, and Sin it hies, Bury St. Edmunds. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X a. d. £ F. d. Australasia ... •• • .... 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 2634 BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 443¢ Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 5/. per cent. 160 o'o 25 0 0 16 Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 16% London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 483 Ditto, New......... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 17% National of Ireland • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 18 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per eent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 353 Ditto, New. ••• • • . 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 Union of London. •• • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12 IN'SURANC E C 0 MPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. X a. d. X a. d. Albion ••••••• • • • • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19% Ditto Marine •• • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 6 1 4 Atlas . 13s.6d.prsh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 1630 British Commercial • • 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 734 Clericl,Med. & Gen. Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6% County ........ ••• • • • 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 'los. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Eagle 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 534 Economic Life. l&3os.bs. 1000 0 0 250 0 0 Eng. & Scot. Law ••• • • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% European Life ••• • • • 5)4 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 Freemasons' .. •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe 6/. per cent. Stock. 138 Guardian •. • ....• • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 49 Imperial Fire .• • ..... 61. and bonus 500 0. 0 50 0 0 240 Imperial Life .... • 12a. 100 0 0 10 0 0 17 Indemnity Marine.. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29 Law Life ...... 11. 55. 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% London Fire ........ 105. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 34 London Ship •.•• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 36 Marine .• • • . 51. per cent. 160 0 0 15 0 0 10% hied. Invlid& Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2 34 National Life 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 9% Palladium Life bl. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. 2s. Phoenix . • 31. p. et. & bs. - 205 Protector Life.. • • ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 4s. Provident Life •••• • • • • 11. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Rock Life.. .• •••• • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4% Royal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock, 180 Sun Fire . - 210 Ditto Life ..... Universal Life .. 1 0%1. pr cut 100 0 615 0 18 STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. LIST 01' SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. A s. d. s. Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 159 British Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 0 0 224 Commercial Bank .. • . 61. per cent. 100 0 0 1624 National Bank. ..... 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1434 Union Bank of Scotland 7341. pr cent. 50 0 0 92 34 Western Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 0 80 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 7% Clydesdale Bank.. • • Eastern Bank.. .. Caledonian Bank • • Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 638 City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1334 Scottish Unless Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 24a. Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Scetlnd 5l. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9. 4 North British Insur 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 273 Caledonian Fire Incur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Incur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1834 Edin. &Ulasg. Railway 1/.los. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 734 Ditto, 1 A Shares •• • . 73. 66. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 184 Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 173, Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 71 Glasgw& Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 19 Glom & Garnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 41 Dundee & Arbroth Itail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 39 34 Standard Life Assarnce. f5l per cent. 150 0 0 210 0 8 WATEF—WORBS Dividend Amount Name of Company. per I of Paid. I Price. Annum. I Share. -- - (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) CLONMELL AND THURLES EAILWAY. This case was adjourned for the want of one witness who was not in attendance. The length of this important line is 381.1 mileai including a branch to St. Cividagh Colliery. The capital of the Company is 400,0006 Solicitors to the lire, Sir Matthew Barringtop, Son, and Company. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN EXTENSION AT CORK. The formal proefs having been entered in this case, the Committee to adjourned it until Monday next, in order to give themselves time consider what quantity of land they should allow for the building of a:station at Cork. The promoters sought for fifty acres, and it was urged that three would be sufficient. The following lines were then adjourned to give time for the examination of certain clauses in their respective Nils: MALLOW AND KILLARNEY ; OMAGH, DUNGANNON, AND PORTSDOWN ; AND THE DUBLIN, BELFAST, AND CO LERAINE RAILWAY. In the case of the London and York Railway, their Lordships inti mated that they would further adjourn their decision until Tuesday next. Their Lordships adjourned until Monday next. 1 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) SosepiTimmins brick-maker, Capiham, Dadlow, Shrop shire, April 14 and May 8, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Bina Ingham ; Col mere and Baale, Birmingham. Benjamin Mercer Burroughs, ironmonger, L hrerpool, April 7, and May 8, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazeneve, official assignee; Cheater, Staple London ; Tyrer, Liverpool. John Arkell, miller, Donnington, Glouces tershire, April 14, and May 12, a t e l even, at the Br i stol 1 )istrict Court. Acraman, official assignee ; Brookes, Stow on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire ; Short, Bristol. Thomas Edmond, merchant, Liverpool, April 16 and 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Ilebson, offi • cial assignee, Manchester; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkin son Manchester. Atkin son, Featherstone and Robert Kirkpatrick, it en-founders, Manchester, Aprlll6, at eleven, and May 1, se t twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordship met at Five o'clock. SELLING SPIRITS ON SUNDAY. A petition was presented at the bar from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the city of London, against the sale of spirituous liquors on Sunday. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a person near Barnet against this line of railway, on the ground of the great damage it would do to his property. Also, a petition from a place in Lincolnshire to the same effect. CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY. Lord BROUGHAM held in his hand a Bill, the first read ing of which he should now move, the object of which was to redeem the pledge which he had last year given of extending the wheleseme' and salutary provisions of two Acts passed last session for simplifying the conveyance of landed property by sale and lease. Those Bills gave certain formula, and shortened the conveyance, and was a great comfort to those whe had property to convey, although it was a discomfort to the coun sel and practitioners. But he did not care for that, he looked only to the client and his interests. The Bill also extended to town leases, to mortgages, to settlements, and sales acid exchanges of all sorts, and to wills and farm leases. The ex. pence of conveyance was one of the greatest evils uuder which THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. IVIARCH 27, 1846. the landed interest laboured. They had a body of evidence upon the subject which was frightful. They found that the price of land in other countries, where the expense of con veyancing was little or nothing, was thirty-five and thirty-six years purchase in one country, thirty-eight in another ; and another, where the expense of conveyance very small, it was forty-eight years' purchase. There was a reludtance in the profession to use the forms prescribed in these Bills, and they could not be compelled to do so, but he had inserted in this Bill a provision, giving taxing masters power to disallow the expense of a long conveyance when the short one could be used. Lord CAMPBELL heartily concurred in the Bill brought forward by the Noble Lord. He was glad to see that the Noble Lord had beeome a convert to the principles which he (Lord Campbell) had long since advocated on the same ques tion. It was, therefore, a source of satisfaction to him that the Noble and Learned Lord now supported a system which he formerly opposed. He was quite sure that it would be supported also by the legal profession. Lord BROUGHAAI intimated that the most eminent bar risters were advoc:tes of.tbe plan now proposed. Lord BEAUMONT congratulated all interested in the sub ject that it was now taken up by such able hands as the Noble Lord, who had brought it forward. He could state, that owing to the difficulties which surrounded the conveyance of property by the existing law, a large amount of capital, which would find its way to investments of this nature, was diverted into another channel. He merely rose for the purpose of congratu lating all interested in the matter, that a Bill was at length brought forward for doing away with those difficulties, and fa cilitating the conveyance. The Bill was then read a'firzt time. The Duke of WELLINGTON moved the second reading of the Mutiny Bill. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. CASE OF T. S. DUNCOMBE, ESQ., M.P. Lord BEAUMONT said he had to present a petition from a Member of the other House of Parliament, complaining of having had great injustice done him by certain allegations which had been introduced by petitioners in an appeal case in allusion to him. The petitioner was Thomas Slingsby Dun cembe, Esq., and the petition further stated, that that gen tleman was in no way interested in the appeal case mentioned, and it prayed that their Lordships would immediately adopt such means as would allow the petitioner to disprove, on oath, the grossly injurious slanders which were aimed at his cha racter. The Earl of CHARLEVILLE said the petition had been presented by the Earl and Countess of Glengall in an appi.al case. Extracts were subsequently taken from it, and it was designated as a gross perversion of the truth. The petition was presented in the usual way, and when it was brought under the consideration of the House it was referred to the Appeal Committee. This was on the 27th of February. The Lord Chancellor would then have received any petition with the object of showing that the Earl of Glengall's petition was incorrect, and contained irrelevant matter, and the solicitor who appeared on behalf of the Hon. Member who now addressed the House had had every opportunity of objecting altogether to the allega tions it contained. The Earl of Glengall's petition did not allude to any individual in particular; but as to the appellant acting under the influence of a certain individual, that was a sufficient ground for going :before the Appeal Committee and having the case adjudicated on. Every allegation in the Earl of Glengall's petition was founded on affidavits, and the case was proc. eding in the Vice-Chancellor's C.mrt, where the fullest opportunity was afforded for the lion. Members to meet those allegations, instead of petitioning that House. Lord BROUGHAM said there was one circumstance in which he would refer. It was quite a mistake to suppose that a breach of privilege was committed in presenting these peti tions. The petition of the Earl of Glengall was presented, not in his capacity as a Member of that House, but as a private in dividual. In that capacity he came before the House and pre ferred certain charges against the Hon. Member (Mr. T. Dun combe), and it was perfectly competent for the latter Hon. Member to deny these charges. This was no breach of pri vilege, as each had a perfect right to prefer charges in their individual capacity. But he by no means agreed with the prayer of the petition presented that night. The appeal Committee agreed that it was not a matter for the conside ration of the House, Lut for the Court below. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SrEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed, viz.:— Bristol and Birmingham and Midland Railways. St. Alban's, Luton, and Dunstable Railway. York Improvement. Harrogate Waterworks. Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury, Leeds, and Bradford Railway. North of Norfolk Railway. East Dereham and Norwich Railway. Glasgow, Paisley, and Johnstone Canal Sale. Warrington Warterworks. Shrewsbury and Herefordshire Railway. Bristol and Birmingham Railway (Gloucester and Stouehouse Junction). Buckinghamshire Railway ( Tring to Banbury). Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway. Midland Railway ( Erewash Valley Extension). Midland Railway (Erewash Valley Branches). Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway. Worcester and Porthdynllaen Railway. threwsbury and Birmingham Railway. West London Railway Improvement and Extensions. Glasgow Union Arcade. 4 St. Austell Small Debts. London► and Birmingham Railway (Birmingham Extension.) Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham and Gloucester Railways. The following reports were brought up, and ordered to be laid on the table, viz. : Sunderland Gas. Sunderland Waterworks. Bromsgrove Improvement and Small Tenements. Burnley Improvement and Waterworks. Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway. Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway. Brighton and Chichester Railway (Bognor and Littlehampton Branches). South-Eastern Railway (Godstone Station to East Grinstead). Mr. LAW moved that the Administration of Justice Bill be read a first time. It was ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday next. Petitions were presented from the Chamber of Commerce at Edinburgh, in favour of the Ten. hour Factory Bill, and for the abolition of the duties on Timber. INTERMENT IN TOWNS. Mr. M‘KINNON presented a petition from Wolverhamp ton in favour of the Bill for the prevention of interments in towns. Sir R. PEEL said he had to present a petition from the merchants, bankers, and other persons at Bristol, who stated that the stagnation of trade was great, and that it was to be remedied by the measures proposed by her Majesty's Minis ters, and they therefore prayed the House to pass them into a law. The petition was signed by over two hundred of the largest and most respectable houses. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. BRISTOL WATER-WORKS. This Rill was read a first time. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Mr. CARDWELL moved the adjournment of the House, at its rising, until Monday.—Agreed to. WINDOW DUTIES. Lord DUNCAN, according to representations which had been made to him by his constituents, owing to the delays which had taken place in the discussion of the corn-laws and the commercial duties introduced by the Government, he deemed it expedient to postpone his motion on the subject of the window duties until after Easter. THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES. Mr. NEWDIGATE wished to ask her Majesty's Govern ment when it was their intention to introduce the Bills for affording facilities for the draining of estates, for the consolida tion of highways, for the payment of schoolmasters in union workhouses, and the Bill respecting the payment of the Irish constabulary force, wLich were referred to in the speech of the First Lord of the Treasury when announcing the Government measures. Sir R. PEEL said—With respect to the last two question s —namely, what steps the Government had made for intro clueing Bills for the payment cf schoolmasters in union work houses, and for supporting the constabulary forca in Ireland at the public charge —he begged to inform the Honourable Member that provision could not be made for these objects until the next Committee of Supply, With respect to the Bills for improving the drainage of estates, and consolidating the highway rates, the Hon. Gentleman was, no doubt aware, that since the announcement of these measures, there had been an extreme presents on the time of the Givernmont. Their announcement brought a great number of suggestions which required much time for consideration.—( Hear.) They had, however, lost no time in doing so, and he hoped on this day week to be in a condition to lay them on the table of the House. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. Sir R. H. INGLIS inquired when the Bills for improving the Metropolis, and for making a park at Battersea, like the one at the east end of Londjn, would be laid on the table. The Right lion. Baronet observed, that his only object was that the Bill should be laid on the table of the House. Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that the Bills were already pre pared, and the drafts had been printed. His Noble Friend gone t, Ireland; and, as he took such great trouble in pre paring them, he wished the drafts to be sent after him for his revision. LOANS TO LANDED PROPRIETORS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PROVERTY. _ _ Mr. G. ESCOTT wished to ask the First Lord of the Trea sury, whether he was prepared to lay on the table of the House that portion of his scheme for the improvement of land, where by it was intended to give loans to landed proprietors, on proper security. Sir R. PEEL said that the Government had been exces sively occupied, but he hoped by this day (Friday) week that he would be able to lay that Bill upon the table of the House. INFORMERS' (IRELAND.) Mr. S. O'BRIEN said he would move for a return of the total amount of money which had been paid for services, by the Government, to a man named Robert Reilly, alias Robert Alexander, alias William Roberts, alias Hugh O'Neil, who had been sentenced to transportation at the last Tyrone assizes. He would also move, on Tuesday next, a resolution to the effect that several royal commissions had been instituted with a view to the improvement of Ireland, and that these Commis sions had laid before the Government a variety of sugges tions, not one of which had been acted upon. PRIVATE Mr. HUME gave notice of his intention to call the atten tion of the House on Wednesday next to the adoption of means by which the private buriness of the House might be lessened. ADJOURNED DEB A.TE.—CORN-L AWS. On the question being put that the order of the day be now read, Mr. COBDEN rose to present a petition from 114 tenants on the Right Honourable Baronet's T (the Secretary f or the Home Department) estate of Nethe : by, in Cum berland. The petitioners stated that they viewed with satisfaction the measure of the Government, but they would rather that the repeal had been total and immediate.— ( Hear, hear.) The petition was signed by tsvenki-soven names, and he found that the rentals placed opposite these names amounted in the aggregate to 8,000. He might state, that on a former occasion, the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn, had presented a petition, which he said emanated from 3,000 of the Netherby tenants. Ho (Mr. Cebden) congratulated the Right Hon. Baronet on th e f ac t, th a t some of his tenantry entertained more rational opinions upon this great question. Sir JAMES GRAHAM then rose and said—l can assure you, Sir; that I am very unw illi ng to protrac t to any fur ther length this debate, which the country generally, I be lieve, are as anxious to see brought to a termination as I am by a decision in some way or other, be that what it may.—(Hear, hear.) But not hav ing been able to secure an opportunity of addressing you last evening until an hour, so late that I could not then think of trespassing upon the time of the House, while I was at the same time extremely desirous that this discussion should not terminate until I had made some reference to the discus sions and arguments that have been used by some Hon. Members on this side of the House.—( Hear.) And I can assure that the House that in respect to what has fallen from one Hors. Mem ber upon a subject somewhat personal to myself, that I was not cognisant of the occurrence he has stated with regard t GROUP XIX. The Cornmitteee assembled this day at twelve o'clock ; present, Lord Harry Vane (chairalan), the Earl of Marsh, the Hon. Frances Scott, Mr. David Morris, and Mr. Phillip Bennett. Tile further consideration of the proposed line of the EXETER. AND EXMOUTH WAS proceeded with. Mr. Rows and Mr. COCKBURN appeared on the part of this DM, who produced several witnesses, residents in Exeter, Exmouth, and Topsham, all of whom advocated the present line new under consideration, as it afforded more facility and ac commodation to :the public than the opposite scheme. The principal objections they advanced against the rival Bill were—the passing the canal, and the stations they had selected, more particu- my tenantry. I can, however, assure the Hon. Member and the House, that I have never, either directly or indirectly, in terfered with the expression of the opinions of my tenantry upon this question—( Hear, hear ) but on the contrary, 1 have invariably left them to the full and free exer cise of their own opinions and judgment upon a question in which I conceive they kad as deep an interest as myself.— ( Hear.) With thi 'urief explanation upon this point, I shall now proceed ,with the permission of this House, to make some allusion to ch 'speech of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn. Isbell first dispose of his peroration, and which I must say was, like many of the other speeches delivered by Hon. Members in opposition to her Majesty's Ministers frcm this side the House, characterised almost entirely by a continual outpouring of personal invective.—( Hear, hear.) I shall not, in the course of my observations, indulge in a like strain of severity upon the language in which their opinions were, I believe, sincerely and honestly made. Neither shall I say— for I could not say so with truth—that I do not appreciate the grounds upon which other Hon. Members on this side of the House differ from the Government, for amongst them are several lion. Members upon whom I have many times relied, and never relied in vain. —(Hear, hear.) In considering the public necessity which I, as a Minister of the Crown, conceived existed for this measure, I do say it was with pain I felt that necessity urged upon the Government. Sir, I was prepared, and I am prepared, on public grounds, regardless of all taunts and obloquy that may be attempted to be heaped on me--I repeat, lam preeared, ; from a sense of public duty, to meet the present emergency by the main tenance of this measure, which, in my conscience, I be lieve to be necessary.—(Cheers.) Althoegh, Sir, I may be taunted with inconsistency, yet steadily, firmly and fearlessly, I hope to be able to discharge my duty ; and in persevering in that course, I am consoled by this single reflection, that the time is not far distant when the country gentlemen of England will be satisfied that her Majesty's Minis tees now in office have not betrayed their interests, but that, on the contrary, they will be reconciled to the fact, that the interests of the great body of the community, whose prosperity is more immediately the object of this measure, will be materially benefited by this House giving its sanction to the measure.—(Cheers.) 1 hope, Sir, to be allowed to advert to some of the arguments of the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn. The arguments adduced by the Noble Lord were the most stringent and unanswerable of those urged by the opponents of the sliding scale ; and I will, Sir, with the permission of the House, advert to the first position taken up by the Noble Lord. Speculating on the price of wheat, the Noble Lord, with a view of forming an estimate of the prices of wheat in this country and France, went through a most ex traordinary process of argument.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Now, Sir, it appears to me that the great argument in favour of the:free importation of corn is, that in the present circum stances of this country it will supply a large number of the population, who would otherwise find a difficulty in obtaining from the land an adequate supply, especially as their number is increasing. The effect of the measure will be to lower the prices in this country, and to raise the prices on the Con tinent of Europe ; and it will therefore equalise the prices both here and abroad. We shall then obtain the object so desirable; for the people of England will have a security against the uncertain and extravagant rise of prices, and the commercial interest will not only have free trade, but they will have an opportunity of an interchange of commodities. The prices of corn will rise in Europe, and the raising of prices is no less an object to the manufacturer than an increased price for his own produce. The Noble Lord, on proceeding to argue with reference to the steadiness of prices, produced a table, which illustrates in a more clear manner than any other table I have hitherto seen, a fact which the enemies of the sliding scale regard as inherent in our present system of corn-laws. He has demonstrate d very clearly in the table which he has produced that the great fluctuations of prices on the continent depended mainly on the demand from England. He adduced the table of fluctuations which chews that the rise or fall of prices on the continent is in exact proportion to the demand from England. It would appear from that document that the places most affected by these fluctua tions, are Hamburgh, Amsterdam, Datttzic, and Odessa— in fact from those places from which we are accustomed to draw most largely. The Noble Lord also declares that the trade from Bordeaux and from New York is inferior, because the distance is considerable, and the parties who held corn were liable to serious interruptions in their trade. This had a material effect upon the foreign market; for what had we done ? So far as our present experience goes, we had been, in fact, preventing the production of those crops of corn which are necessary for the keeping up of a constant and steady supply ; and the effect is, that we are tending to con vert these corn-growing countries not only into com mercial rivals, but into actual enemies. This cannot but act in preventing our obtaining those supplies which are necessary to preserve an equality in the corn-market. la con sequence of the uncertainty which prevails among the agricul turists abroad, t hey never knew at what rate their corn would sell in the British market, and the supplies therefore are un certain and irregular. On the whole the conclusion is strong that they can place no reliance whatever on the state of the British market, and they therefore impose higher rates of duty on our manufactures in order to realise the advantages which they ought to reap from their corn trade, and thus despairing of ever obtaining the advantage to which I allude, they are led to measures which have the effect of depressing the whole in terests of the country. This then is one of the reasons which indicate the cause of those fluctuations to which the Noble Lord has alluded, and which have rendered the British markets so uncertain that the supplies have been irregular, and, apart from other considerations, offers me one of the greatest reasons why the corn-laws should be altered. The Noble Lord has said, and has laid great stress upon the point, that thsre has been great evenness of price since the alteration of the law in 1828. Why I have said repeatedly in this House, that I have always considered that evenness and steadiness of price neither more nor less than a nuisance, and so it is considered by the grow ers abroad. The Noble Lord considers that this evenness has been a benefit, hut what have been the real effects ? It is well known, and I appeal to the oldest farmer for a confirmation of the opinion that during the present year there has been no such effect created. I believe that during the present year the price of the best wheat in the home market has varied from 58s. to 725. a quarter, and that this state of things is a constant stress upon the trade, and a continued nuisance, and it is on account of this imperfection in a portion of the sliding-scale that I believe it ought to be altered. Then the Noble Lord has another ob jection which he says is cccationed in the importation of foreign corn, in foreign instead of British ships. Why, it is this very uncertainty of the sliding- scale which prevented the merchants and the foreign growers from knowing what the condition of the market would be on the arrival of the cargo, and what the price would be at the moment of its import which lost to British ships their charter age. The Noble Lord had stated that the corn trade should he rendered as certain as possible, in order that when th ' importation does take place, the British ,ships should bring the foreign corn. The circumstances which I have stated are the very reasons why foreign ships obtain the cargoes, instead of British ships.—( Hear, hear. ) But, Sir, the Noble Lord then proceeded to state - that the farmers looked with dread and consternation at this measure. The petition presented by the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Stockport (Mr. Cobden) clearly shows that all the farmers do not entertain such a dread. But the Hon. Member for Huntingdon said that if this protective law were removed a great deal of land must be thrown out of cultivation, and the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Cambridgeshire, said, as 1 undei stood, that the panic in Cambridgeshire is so great that drainage was suspended, and - that agriculturvl improvement had suddenly ceased. Now, Sir, I must beg to observe, that to the best of my knowledge, the panic to which the Hon. Member for Cam bridge has referred, prevails much more within these wolls than amongst the farmers of this country. My inquiries do not lead me to believe that either the landlords or the tenants, whe are not ; exposed to the dangerous atmosphere of this House, are affected by the panic to which those Hon. Gentlemen have referred.—( Hear, hear.) Now, I Ihink that some Hon. Gentleman stated in the course of this debate, that a certain landlord in Sonnersetshire had offered to his tenants to release them from their engagements, and sixty of those tenants had refused that railer. Now, Sir, lat once admit that that refusal on the part of the tenents is no sure criterion that they are satisfied with the present measure—(Protectionist cheers)—beause the tenants having a large capital em barked in the land—( Hear, hear)—cannot suddenly with.- draw that capital without an immense' sacrifice. But having made that admission, I must contend, on the other hand, that at the present moment we have no conclu sive euidence to show that the farmers generally are dissatis fied with this measure. Now, Sir, perhaps as this matter is of great importance, and as I am sincerely of opinion that there is no ground for the alarm entertained by any of the Hon. Gentlemen of this side of the House; who sit below the gangway, the House will allow me to state some facts that have come within my own knowledge. I allude, Sir, to the farmers of East Lothian in Scotland. I have a letter in my hands from a Noble Friend of mine (Lord Glenelg). The letter is dated February 21. He says, " I have had an opportanity of learning the opinions of the farmers of East Lothian and Berwickshire to a considerable extent. One of the factors to a large proprietor in this neighbourhood tells me that there is not a farm in the country now to be let but for which there are more and higher offers than have ever been made, and that too by men of capital and skill. I asked them (he says) how they accounted for that mecum stance, his answer was that the corn question is now considered to be settled, and that the prospects held out by Government of getting their lands drained by a grant from the Treasury, in stead of having themselves to advance the money, has created a general feelingof confidence throughout the country. A gentleman who is a trustee of some property in the neighbourhood, has also informed see that offers have been made for some of his farms ten per cent. above the prices for which they at present let, These are (he continues) facts which are worth more than all the arguments adduced in favour of an altera tion of the corn-laws, coming as they do from one of the greatest corn growers in this part of the country." Now, Sir, allusion has been made to the county of Gloucestershire. I will inform the House with re ference to the prevailing opinion upon the subject of the corn laws, that Mr. Charteris has every chance of being returned as a Member for that county upon the principle of an alteration in the corn-laws. Then, .Sir, I will allude to the Isle of Ely in Cambridgeshire. It has been said that if the corn laws are repealed, the land will be thrown out of cultivation, and the fens will revert to their primitive wild- i ness. Now, Sir, I hold in my hand a letter from a very large proprietor of land in that county, dated the first week of March, COMMONS' SUMMARY. The SPEAKER took the chair at tour o'c!ock. Several railway Bills were read a second time, and orderer to be committed. Sir R. PEEL presented petitions in favour of the Govern ment measures, with respect to corn and the tariff. Lord DuNcAN postponed his motion with respect to the window-tax till after Easter. Sir R. INaus asked, pursuant to notice, when it was the intention of the Government to introduce the Bills, prepared by the:Treasury, for carrying out the recommendations of the 4th and sth reports of her Majesty's Commission(..rs fur the improvement of the metropolis. Sir B. PEEL said the Bills were prepared, but his Noble Friend (the Secretary for Ireland) feeling desirous to see them before they were introduced, they had been sent to him in Ireland, and they would be introduced immediately on their return. Mr. Comma x presented petitions from the tenantry of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, at Netherby, in favour of the Government measure with respect to the corn-laws. The petitioners stated, however, that they would have preferred the imme diate and total repeal of the corn-laws. Sir J. GRAHAM, in resuming the debate on the second reading of the Corn Imrortation Bill, assured the House, with reference to the petition that had just been presented, that he had never interfered in the slightest degree with his tenant:,' upon the subject on which the petition had been presented. Lie was prepared on public grounds, notwith standing all the obloquy that had been attempted to be cast upon him, to support the present measure, which, he felt as sured, would receive the sanction of Parliament. Middlesex, the smallest county but one in England, is richest in railways, having an annual income from them of f 60,4431. ; Lancashi-e stands for 593,5151. ; Surrey fur 191,0121. ; Durham for 171,0191.; Derloshire for 104,2041. ; and YorliAiire for 93,5191. The total amount of railway income in 1843 was, for Enz. land and Wales, 5,417,6091., and Scotland, 131 ,333/. ; since which period a material increase must have taken place. At the Bete in question no less than twenty counties in Englund, and rive i n w a l es, were without railway*. THE STATE of the CORN TRADE. The following petition, signed by forty or fifty of the principal millers and corn-factors of :ewcastle-upon-Tyne, has been presented to the Premier : " TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR R. PEEL, BART., &C. " The humble Memorial of the undersigned, corn-merchants, factors, and millers of Newcastle-on-Tyne, " Showeth,—That your memorialists beg respectfully to refer to the memorial sent from this town early in February last, in which the advantages that would result from the ad mission of foreign grain, under the peculiar circumstances existing, were pointed out—advantages not limited to the holders of grain in bond, but extending to the agricultural interest of this country, which could not have failed to benefit by the opportunity of mixing the dry with the damp grain, and thus bringing the latter into consumption under more fovourable circumstances, " That since the transmission of that memorial the old wheat in the country has been still further exhausted, and the difficulty of obtaining a sufficient supply of dry wheat to mix with last year's crop greatly increased. That the price of old wheat has in consequence advanced without a corre sponding rise having taken place on the wheat brought to market by the farmers. " That your memorialists are decidedly of opinion that no class would benefit more than the English farmers by the admission into the market of the wheat now in bond, and that instead of thereby suffering a diminution in price, an im provement in that respect would probably follow such a measure, calculated, as it would be, to meet the wants of the consumer, and having, therefore, a necessary tendency to benefit the producer. "That from the complete exhaustion of the stock of old wheat, further delay in the settlement of this important question must be followed by most injurious consequences; and your memorialists, therefore, earnestly solicit that the privilege which has just been conceded in the admission of buckwheat and maize into the home market, may be ex tended to wheat. "And your memorialists will ever pray," &c. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. March 26. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. THIRD READING. The York New 'Waterworks Bill was read a third time and passed. TEN HOURS' BILL. Dr. I3OWRING presented a petition, signed by fifteen medical men of Bolton, in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill. SETTLEMENT OF THE POOR. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, the House would bear with him while he made a few remarks upon the motion proposed by the Hon. Member who had just sat down. The Hon. Member had alluded to the speech of his Right Hon. Friend (Sir Robert Peel) upon this question. Now, he considered that the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet was clear and perfectly intelligible. The ques tion raised by the Hon. Member was from a forced and strained construction of the two expressions which fell from his Friend. The first of them was the proposed alteration in the law of settlement, and the second was its bearing upon the Corn Bill. He must say, that had it been his lot to opera this question to the House, the subject could not have beets better stated with reference to his opinion. His Hon. Friend had clearly described the precise object of the introduction of this Bill. He spoke under the correction of the highest legal authorities in that House, and he believed it impossible to alter the law of removal without altering the law of settlement, for the principle in either case was the same. His Hon. Friend said that a permanent settlement was not intended to be pro' posed by Government. The question was not by any mean' connected with the alteration of the corn-laws. It was an' nounced in that House as a measure brought forward by her Majesty's Government in connexion with the landed interest. It was a measure conducive to the public good, and \ELIO might stand by itself, perfectly independent of the other nu's' sures to which the Hon. Gentleman referred while calling th e attention of the House to the other measure. He (Sir James Graham, was prepared to support the Bill without reference t° the corn-laws, and he was also prepared to vote for the Corn Bill in its present shape, even though it should be the pleasure of the Legislature to reject the other Bill. He must nay told, in the course of allhis experience in that House, a mot: e xtra' ordinary motion was never made than the one just made laf the Hon. Gentleman who had just spoken, and who p ro posed that the subject should be referred to a Select Cow' mittee before the se c o n d rea di ng o f t h e Rill' They had a Bill then befoe them which had received the firs" reading, and stood for the second. Many of the most /0 1- portant provisions, with reference to the law of removal, wer e conclusively not injurious, but, on the contrary, highly belle' fieial to that portion of the community likely to be effected by it. Now it struck him that the proposition of the Hon. Go' tleman was rather en extraordinary one, as it gave the go-b 9 to that already before the House ; though every object sough; to be gained by the Hon. Gentleman cauld be accomplishe d after the second reading, on the motion that the Speaker dos leave the chair, and th e H ouse go i n t o C omm i ttee. —(H e ar.) The first proposition of course would be, that the Bill be divided into two parts, which he ( Sir J. Graham) would de' cidedly oppose. The Hon. Gentleman, however, said there were certain portions of the Bill that dil not meet his fell sP" probation. He ( Sir J. Graham) had the honour of proposia a similar measure to the pre-ent at a former period ; but thl he accompanied it with several alte ra ti ons as regar d e d pa rocl i settlement, instead of settlement und e r th e o ld sys t em , whit he did not press, in consequence of the opposition of Hone Members. If that opportunity we r e l os t. th ere wou ld be gre e difficulty in hereafter settling the ques ti on ; w hil e th e arrattg,, e, r merit, as it now stood, was excellent an d f a i r , and it was I s the House to determine whether it s h ou ld b e carried out. was true there were matters of detail which it might be necec vary to alter, but they could easily b e arrange d w h en the 1 3 i got into Committee. The p r i nc ipl e , h owever „ h e believed' could not be objected to, and he, for one, was prepared to gil t his moat hearty and uncompromi s i ng su pp or t t o the Bill. ` a was his most decided opinion that it was equitable and fair, an viewing this question irrespective of any other measure before. the House, it was one well worthy of support. M an y o f thv alterations proposed to be made in r e f erence t o th e poor Were humane and just. The Bill itself had been most carefullYPr e : t pared, under the advice and guidance of the highest ler: authorities of the country, and he was quite satisfied °' machinery could not be altered with advantage. Under the! e circumstances he should most certainly give his decided °MO' Lion to the motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords brought down certain Bills. Mr. SPOONER wished that the motion of his Hon. Friel! would be agreed to • and, with regard to wh a t h a d fallen fr° l 7 the Secretary for the Home Department, namely, that he h a t , never held nut the proposed m easure as one o f compeose ti° for the passing of the corn-law, h e wou ld on ly re fer to t h , o , statement which he mad e w h en h e i n t ro d u ced t , ", Bill, namely, " that he beli eve d th a t it w ould ,, g itt o a a very material relief to th e ag ri cu lt ura l i n t ere st ; the First Lord of the Treasury said, " that t h ey 4 intended to accompany the C orn Bill w i t h arrangeoti en f calculated materially to ad v a n ce th e i nteres t o f th a t portion ° of the community which would be called upon after the lapse three years to relinquish pr o t ec ti on ." H ow t h en would t the get over the great difficulty by bringing the measure on next night? He quite agreed with what had fallen from 1 " , Hun. Member for Oldham, th a t thi s ma tt er was no t at all ol i o derstood in the towns ; as the measure a t p resen t s t o od, it s c l e r likely to create a gre a ter ev il th an th a t w hi c h ex i s ted and the present poor-law, if the evil it contained was to be ea% out. It might lie all very well if confined only to the in Bpi trious poor, who at present were occupied in towns. 4 1 how were they to disti n gui s h b e t ween th e i n d us trious. 4 vagrant poor, if the laws re ma i ne d, as th e Right ft,j,' he Baronet proposed—after a cert a i n t erm o f res id en ce ? t, poor man could not be removed, even w ith hi s ow n ec'e se t - se should he fall into sickness or up - et with an accident, t O , O S care of those who were best fitted for rendering as sistancelj, consolation necessary under s u c h c i rcums t ances . H e sh e- s . s s therefore, contend that a C omm itt ee .;f the whole Hous e . ea t. not the proper pl ace f or th e cons id era ti on o f suc h a !o b j It ought to be dealt with by a Committee up sl o e There was anoth er p rac ti ca l difficu7ty. Th ere were t s ee, parishes in Birmingh am ; and suyposing a man to live ie.: n ie and work in another, and had to change his residence W the the five years, he would be deprived of all benefit unde r o e' law in such a case. Hi s o bj ect was, that some practical ods weuld consider these difficulties up stairs, and be preP it o et against the second reading of the Bill, with some plan te, ,et• them, so that the matter might be fairly and satisfactoriY r tied at once. These were th e g roun d s on w hi c h be suer „ the motion. d jo t Sir R. PEEL said, that his Ho n . F r i en d w ho he spoken did not mi sun d ers t an d h er M a j es t y ' s Governoletd to this question. What that Hon. Gentleman said was Wit t he the greatest consideration, as he had great experience ? it the subject, living, as he did, in a large town, and knowl t he csndition of the poor therein. H e sa id th a t t h e o bject ° b oa Bill, as explained to the House, wa s t o su b s tit u t e insio° l3 ,. sad for removability, and n ot t o con f er r i g h ts . H e , a t least' to no doabt on the subject, respecti ng th e ex p ress i on s age do fp what were the intentions of her Majesty's Governmen t. Toes (Sir R. Peel) would again say, that the intention of tir t itots sure did not relate to th right of settlement, but to so u lore ing irremovability for removability. He proposed the ot o ltsi because he eanceived it would no t on ly b e a b ene fit to the a nd interest, but a good in itself, and fraught with great toc e. s e es' social advantages.—( Hear, hea r .) A n d w h en t h e Hon i ' d th e her for Finsbury (Mr. Duncomb e ) sa id h e atteel thei greatest importance to this m e a sure , an d hope tbse (the Government) also did, he did nothing to ete d i s i express the feeling of her Majesty's Ministers. They e G°' tach great importance to it. He (Sir R. Peel) saius th iiastiol; yernment considered themselves u n d er th e positive ow : e s o' of doing everything th e y cou ld t o secure the adeso te :f tot , the proposed arrangement, not only for the benefit o reg landed interest, but for the interests and combrt of fh e ., l 3 ) e ipls f classes. He could not consent then to discuss the P i l o pre or provisions of the measure, so as to interfere with t t imat 6 gross of the Corn Bill before the House, but he would p ros that he should do everything in his power to mak e t t e lef/ . posed alterations a good and efficient measure of tone gift, His Hon. Friend who had male the motion wished od d the right of settlement, and his Hon. Friend who had sr pe seJ the motion had expressed himself as most decidedly to the right of settlement—( [dear hear) —and th e w ig: which he proposed to deal with the question wai, by ha t they discussion en the second reading of the Bill, and 0 0n8 . should consent to a Select Committee for the purpose e ' s o f the into consideration the laws relating to the settlemen.Lions poor.—( Hear, hear .) It had been stated by the ""j that & s r : her who proposed the appointment of a Committee,__at p e t' lain impressions had been propagated throughout a li v r e e ron se tion of the towns of this kingdom, that the G e f s etthr o f intended to bring in a Bill to confer the right ° ..rno se . ,,, ment; and he proposed the Committee for the ,1 3 _ 14 5 ',gaci;Jj removing those impressions. Now, considering fou, o W ool of the Hon. Member, he should have thought that Sit have been the last to propose any such course. .7tionse io Peel) hoped that his Hon. Friend would permit Bill tivg (Hear, hear.) „ v ide, t p h r e oc s e e e t d tle in me th n e t u of su ti a i l e c r o e u o r r s . e — with respect to the Bill re'" to say, that he hoped his Hon. Friend would, after to°, o `,. ta° Mr. COLQUHOUN rose, amidst cries of " Dividet_u s l oa . e . ch . of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State t m he ot e io o n u . r — se ( by because it did appear him would be the best.—(Divide, divide.) end ` l°° Home Department,,ae wteithhdimrawthehtis Sir R. H. INGLIS also hoped that his Hon. Fri not press the House to a division.—(Hear, hear.) t hat h i ! Colonel SIBTHORPE hoped, on the contrary, 0601 Hon. Friend would divide the House on this q u a rter th ,, hHear, hear, and laughter)—for he did think that, hro keo eavy i pledges which the Right Hon. Baronet had p iedg, e (Laughter)—no reliance ought to be placed on aey from i j picked o u t which he might choose to make.— Hear, he ar V o peod% 1845 to 1846, a sum, n o t l ess th an 52,000/. had been Pura I on the old sy s t em , an d h e cou ld not see t h e use of aryl onger. ierir / no , . . of ssANKES thought that, if he withdrew his od f should like her Majesty's Government to hal t A stoo'• ,q, ° e r lf when the measure would be brought forward. It __ ne ar ,e s second reading on Monday next, but it did not 2;ll;l'sta/ices he that it would come on then, and under those e i e rc soc i s ion. far thought that a fixed day should be named fortn Sir ROBERT PEEL said that it would be ' n Bill disc lae d him to name a fixed day Bill we e . th on the measure. The second reading of the coot 4 for Monday, and if it were possible then to pr bse fc the principie of it could be affirmed. one o on which to bring o Mr. VERNON SMITH would ordy host us''s by by tion. The words " industrial residences ( n u lam e , sal* several lion. Members in the course a h tio:arsdi l i g nEg n i l tßh il le o NL ; :vr,, tl i ni.es i ß o il n ' thalets:lwords Lard: e ,tatention of th 1 Ilc i 11 1,011 t : i i : e l t iiii r h .e t hi I br e eu . B ds d i l i Pe l n lflo si - t E s r i l ° , t l: h h ' he e °' ' l land. Sir k 44 W. JOLLI ti had consulted 'eh ought not t Oflraw his moti , ''''a disp ose d o f . Ifter a few obs( 11. 17 r. BANKES doHon. Baron 'O l the feeling c tli t il li ° ,l . He shot I,„sa, be begged at heshould it,„ ac: Alashim by t - ' , :liati on the e ll ' MBill was final he motion was ern:jeetC. O T R h N e - R L i : the order 14 Bill being re 4 r. FINCH thia kib . second oce bath • had endea 1 ", 4 1e h ts as compared (Mr. Finch't i l itt een a fixed d % t fixed duty es e Were matte !fed tO agrieultur i 4lll.°q e s f t ea t ; at b :tt l a e htstihil a eew a s itbr t °l ttletr Wisdom, and b ete should thial L t it fully justifier t hat House. I 1. 4-t, or more for iiit °l:ld 14 toenrseujee.ct ved a fivefod acing ratio to