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• 4 t I p. 19- ittr+f',t+;.:s:+R:='+l:= . ~ r•-: ` 9 "' 7lfc ~ J ~ rs ~ fS. ~ .R+.;6R.Rßare NO. 16,721. LON 1)0.N, T sporsr.,mm,seressnonaur.s.m.r.--- _ " V ATES" will bring out a NEW WEEKLY PAPER, starting with his DERBY PROPHECY. 4 0 :ACRED lIARAION [C SOCIETY, EXETE.- R I. 7 HALL. O', FRIDAY, Aram 24th, 1846, will te performed 13ELATIAZ ZAWS FEAST, a Sacred Cantata. composed by Mr. G. PERRI' ; IdENDELSSOILN'S C.XIV PSALM; and HAYDN'S SERVICE, No. 2. Principal Vocal Performers, Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, Mr. Lockcy, Mr. ,sitter, and Mr. Phillips. The Band and Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Per formers.. Tickets 3s. each; Reserved Seats, In the Ga 55.; in the Area, 10s. 6,1_ ; may be obtained of the principal St ran Mitsidcsellers; Hof Mr. Bowley, 53, Ch.L r i n g-cross; Mr. Ries, 102, or of Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross. THOS. BREWER, Hon. See. CHARITABLE TRUST BILL. CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIE fY, Founded A. D. 1818, • yor providing a permanent Relief to I)acay ed Artizans, Mechanics, Manufacturers, Tradesmen, and the widows of such Persons, above Sixty Year , of Atfe. Supported by vo'untiry contributions, l'Alaos—The QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. At a specie' Meeting of the Governors of thi, Institution, held at the Loudon Tavern this day, Mr. Sheriff Laurie, a Vice-Pr,sulent of the Institution in the '2. hair, he Secretary, Mr. 11. F. Rich-tr4sou, stared that, among numerous other letters received from Members of Parliament and ~e n lenten Governor,. of the Institution, expressing their disapproval ct the Bill, but in tbiiity to atte,,d, was the following from Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.:— " To H. F. Richardson, Esq. " Dear Sir,—My mind has long been made up to oppose the Charitable Trusts Bill, and therefore it is not needful for me to attend the . Meetlng on Wednesday. "Yours truly, "W. THOMPSON. "Thames-street, April, 18, 1846." It was then moved by FREDERICK SALMON, Esq., seconded by THOMAS JAMES SERLE, Esq.. and unanimously carried, "That, in the opinion of this Meeting, the Bill purporting to be An Act for securing the due administration of Ci.aritable Trusts in England and Wales,' is unnecessary and impolitic, likely to be vexatious and distressing in its operation, and will tend to the injury of all, and the annibilatiou of some , of those public and private phi lanthropt InsTitutions hitherto alike the honour and pride of the British nation." It was resolved unanimo.:sly— " That petitions be presented from the Governors of the City of London General t=ension Society, praying the LegisWure to reject the Bill intituled An Act for securing the due administration of Charitable Trusts in England and Wales,' and that the preparation and - prisbritment of such petitions be confided tp the Board of Directors of the Institution. " That the best thanks of this Meeting he presented to Mr. Sheriff Laurie, tor his at is conduct In the chair this day, and for his en lightened benevolence towards this and the numerous charitable In etitutions of the City of London." HENRY F. RICIIARDSON, Secretary. 31, Coleman-street, April 22, 1816. ARTIFECIAI,' MEMORY, "JP or PHRENOTYPICS, daily at Two P.M., and Half-past Seven Evening, at 8, Bow-street. , Admission Is. At the itoyal Adelaide Gallery every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Three. " Such a wonderthl memory as the Lecturer's has not, we may say boldly, appeared. The keys of this. invaluable science are con veyed with the greatest ease to any of his pupils."—Sun. Private lessons, at 8, Bow-street, three guineas the course (six lessons). To private families at their residences, six guineas. Lan guages, six guineas the course (twelve lessons). To families a". their residences, twelve guineas the course. The learner has to study two hours daily during three months. Can any man commit to memory the meanings of 1,000 foreign words in oue forenoon, or 30 deckn , sinus, 30 tenses, in oue hour? Can any man recollect a sermon, era:- ton, &c., without having taken any notes? We can; and we do enable others to do the same. Phrenotypics perform similar lucre diblliCes In every department of human science where memory is concerned. Hand-books of Phrenotypics 2s. 6d. Prospectuses gratis. —B, Bow-street. tr ENIOWSKTS NEW INVENTION FOR ThE BLIND. • LECTURES on Major BEN lOSVI-',KI'S newly •Invented PROCESS of (frcui u- nal typei) for the BLIND, and teaching them to read and write, at he threnotypic Institution, 8, Bow-street, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Twelve o'clock ; also at the Royal Adelaide Gallery every Thursday, at Four o'clock. " One of the greatest triumphs of modern ingenuity."—Sun. By this invention an immense huik or classical, periodical, and mu sical compositions is at once made available for the blind. This, conibit,ed with Major Beidowski's Artificial Memory, or Phreno typics, has produced effects which the Inventor deems it to he the duty of every philanthropist to witness. Admission free. Free Lec tures on the same days, at One o'Clock, on Major Benlowski's or Phrenotypic Method of Teaching the Seeing to Bead. B ENIO NV SKI'S PUBLICATIONS in his EASY ORTHOGRAPHY. PIIRENOTYPIC PRIMER for TEACHERS, lg.; for Pupils, for the Blind, 2s. ; Dictionary, 45.; Getasis, Is. ; St. Matthew, p h reno typed for being conuni.ted to Merilf ry rapAly, 2s. 6d.; the F ,ur Gospels, 2s. ; the Common rraycr-book, Gil. ; e Missal for the Laity, 6d. ; Handbook containing the principles and their applica tion, 24. Cd. —B, Bow-street. BENIOWSKI'S GERMAN by ARTIFICIAL M EMORY. A new CLASS, under Major BENIOIVSKI, on Friday evenings at hlt'-past eight, commenced Aunt 17. One guinea the course (twelve lessons) ; I.rivate lessons, six gumeas the course ; to famili , at their residences, one guinea each lesson (twelve lessons). rros pectuers gratis.-5, Bow-street. "Z . ,' j _... L .---,-------- - f--e—c/f/ d e==e----- -- 1.--Z--- - -C...-" L .... 7 ..G.E....r.A___.----Z...- ••••"" i1.....C—..--- -7 :21/ ..." •I" ) ,11 1 , ' 4 ? P' s . • A ,, ,,i ftr . <o- • .. - - 4 " . .- , • ; . i . ..V i ( • - r4 , - , , , :.4. 1: .,..-_;11. s • / ... . ''',.. s ' i 7 0 ; . IN i ,4,z , :,a . z, l t u ~., W 417-1 ),,r. .' ... , - 1 : .. 4 ______:, ..,,,„,..- „„..._____* .z .il I ...7 4,4-7 c 4 ' N ...n..7 , r-7: ,...7 , 77 . y 4,,..5p,.....-t c7_ , 4,4,, ir , ~, ~„.,,- .„__ _,,, t , *7 , 4 , .._ ,/+ - ,,,- ( , -it, d , , , ..., - mit, ~,,....,, ,, z ,, :i:'--- 13,,-,-,.......,2, ..; llo ollXlllLVlESlefrarannsgierTV.K . • . P a ICE SD. - 13 they wo uld aceoltplishing ?try pod tcfnitioge. — - twee. hinge, however, would be matter for discussion when the Bill came before them, and be should confine the few observations he had to make to the present praposi ion of the Right Hon. Baronet. He bad observed, with satisfaction, a desire, on the part of the House, to give a general support to the proposition ; and, for himself, he was ready to say that he concurred in the co iclution which the Right Hon. Baronet had come to. He thought the courses recommended by the Right Honourable Baronet was the best they possibly could adopt under ;existing circumstances.—(Hear.) He did not mean to say, however, that it was not open to objection and inconvenience, but in the present state of things it was impossible to take a step which could not entail incon venience: of a dangerous nature upon some pat ties. All the -other suggestions be had heard spoken of were surrounded With more objections than the recommendation of. the Right Hon. Baronet i • and on the whole h e th oug ht i t was t h e best they could adopt. He must say, however, that he could not agree with the opinion of the Right Honourable Baronet that this was the legitimate and proper time for bring ing this measure forward, for he recollected a speech which the Right Hon. baronet himself made at the commencement of the session which left en impression upon his mind that the Government eensidered the subjee', and had come to the conclusion that interference was necessary even at that time. That was the im pression on his mind, ant he be i,ved it was this impression which he eublic generaly had after readin, the s, eeeh itself, but more par ieularly the specuh made at the same time by Lord Lincoln. and he thou,4ht it would have been better bad they t.ilten more decided steps then. lie thought that in questions of this kind it was the duty of the Government to undertake the responsibility.—( Hee% hear.) They ought not to wait unit the public out of et) :rs were in a complete ferment in e,inst qiience of the uncertainty of the law. —( Hear, hear.) And he thercfore could not quite spree with the Right Honourable Gentleman, that he had beets very felieions in intredin leg his measure at this particular period. However. a e been proposed at last, he was prepared to give it his cordial support. There was one inconvenience which would probably result from this measure—h alluded to the new companies which had lately been projected as rivals to the great independent ralway companies already . in existence. This measure would most probably hare the eff-ct of bringing •these projects to ;n end, and the public would consequently be deprived of the interests which they must have received bad those companies succeeded as rivals to the already existing companies and he thought that the Government should have taken that point into their grave consideration. This, he confessed, was a very wide subject, and he would not say whether it was an evil or a good; but he would say that it was the duty of the Government, in these matters, to protect the public. interosts. No doubt her Majesty's Government had takdn the advice of competent parties before they had ventured to propose the present measure, and must be better informed than any Honourable Gentleman who might offer his suggestions across the table to the Members of the Govern ment. At the same ti me h e wou ld ven t ure to ma k e one or two suggest ions upon this subject ; one of those suggestions was this—whether it would not be astphoessyibshleoutlodphraovp:stehep e a:t of ern ex at t i m v e e ss t ing oth th e eir scripowners, wishesand that opi nions as to the desirablene:s or otherwise of proceeding with their Eills by written communication, instead of being comp. let t t attend at those meet ings. It was not stated when the meeti ng o f t h e scripholders wasto take place. An Irish Railway Company might be summoned to meet in London. With regard to the suggestion of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Weymouth, to postpone all railway business to avoid subjecting the parties to any inconvenience or expense until this Bill should be passed he doubted whether any benefi ciallobject could be effected by such a course. The people would know the persons connected with these companies, and would jadge whether there was any pro s . prospect of the shareholders of the company persisting be desiring to pass the Bill, and he took it for granted that they would in most cases avoid passing the Bill through unnecessary stages, and it was not their intention ultimately to proceed with it. He would not trouble the House with any observations. He should only state that he heartily rejoiced that her Majesty's Government had directed their attention to this important sub ject ; and he thought that their proposed proceedings would give satisfaction to the country. Jr.A HUDSON said that he fully agreed with her Ma jesty's Government in the time which they had choaen for this, measure, for the present time was almost the only one in which they could act effectually in this matter. He believed that if the Government ho e d brought forward this measeee a t an , earlier period of the session, it would not have :met with the public support which it Would meet with on this occasion. The measure woo:a be placed on a sound solid basis, for parties would seriously eteasider the position in which they had placed themselves, and the consequence was tha tby the meetings that would take place under this measure He was 4rt that, notwithstanding these resolutions, railway Measures good in themselves would be introduced. Iles trusted that the measure would be received and fairly treittedi by the directors of every railway, but that no needles.i)aastrak would be adopted in dissolving companies. (igErT SPEAKING.) COMMONS' Sum_mAßy. (Continued f - ;-om our Third Edition.) Mr. HUDSON agreed with the Government that the present was the best time to bring this measure forward. He be lieved if it hai been brought forward at art rarlier pe io of the session it would not have met with that general support which it would at the present moment RAILWAY SIIATIE MARKETS. mum L, Anti, 22. STOCK Exeuknoi.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 9% —lCastern Counties, 22;i —Midland, 144—South Devon, 30—Tar Yalu, New, 1 MANCHESTER, Aram 22. STOOK EXCIIANOE.-The sales are-Bideford and Tavistock, 20s. die.-Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, 245. dls.-Boston. Newark, and Sheftield,• 1 1 4 dis. e.-Chelotsrord and Bury, 15s. 6d. dis.-Derby and Crewe, 245. p.- Direct Northern, I dls.-Eastern Counties, 2t%-Ditto, York Extension, p.-East Lancashire, No. 2, and Glasgow, Halves, G p.-Glasgow and Dinn trics,ll.ii. c. dis.-Hudderstield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 2 dis.-Hudderstleld anti S:heftiold Junction, - 2 3 4 p.-Laucashire and Muth Yorkshire, t 1s dis. -Leeds and Thirsk, 5 3 4 dis.-Leeds, Dews bury, and Manchester, 1 p.-Liverpool and Bury, 6% p.-Ditto, New Shares, 11 4 p. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, Gs. 3d. p.- Liverpool; Preston, Manchester, and Southport, 3i dis.-London and Manchester (Remington's), 1 11-16 dis,-London and Tork, 20s. 9d. dis.-Ilanehester anti Birmlnghant, Quarters (A), 77i-Ditto, ditto (It), 3 p.- Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, 18s. 6d. dis,-Manehester and Ilury Atmospheric, 9s. c. die. -Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 15¢ p.-Northumberland and Lancashire, 17s. c. dia.-North Starlimishire, 40, p. - Pres ton and Wyre, Halves (it), p.-Sheffield, Leek, and Crewe, 11-16 dis.-pdreMeld and Manchester, Quarters (No. 3), I-I ti p.-- Shropshire Untort, Railway and Canal, 225. c. dis.-South Eastern and Dover. Halves (No. 4), Bs. dis.- West Riding Union, las p.--- Whitehaven and Furness, 334 dis. -Preston and %V, - re Extension, 3-18 die. LEEDS, APRIL 22. SToci EXCiii.NGL—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 17s Gd, p.—Tork and North Midland Extension, 1734 p.— Ditto, East and We•.t Riding, 736 p.—East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 12s. 6d. dis. —Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares 7, 6 d. dis.— Ditto, Extensions, 20s. dis.—Huddera&•id and Manchester, 2 dis.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 21. I ls. 3d. p.— Lekds and Bratlf,rd, 24;4 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 1% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 5 1 4 dis.—North British, Half Shares, 24 p.—Ditto, New Carlisle Brunch, 10s. p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 275. dls,-111rketthoad.Che§ter, Mold, &c., 28s. die.—Bradford, Wakefield. and Midland, 225. dis.—Buckinghamshire (late Rugby), 18s. dis.— Chelmsford and Bury, 17s. Gd. dis.— Direct Northern, 2 is. 6d.—Grand Union, 16s. 6d. dis.—Great Eastern and Western, 265. dis.—Lincoln, York, and Leeds, 20s. dis.— London and York, 225.6 d. dis.—London And Manchester (Rem.), 345. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, is. dis.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 18s. 6d. dis.—North Western, Bs. Gd. dis. —Rugby and Huntingdon. 19s. dis.—South Midlands, ss. dis.— Welsh Midlands, 255. dis.—West Riding Union, 31. U.—York and Carlisle, .10s. dis. HULL. Aram 22. STocx ExcaimE.- , -The resolutions laid on the table of the lionso by Sir R. Peel are anxiously looked for ; so far as his speech dove- lopes the measure, it has given general satisfaction. Not much business doing to-day. The sales are—Hull and Selby (10 per cent. guaranteed), 100►' —York and North 3lidland, East and West Rid ing, 814 —Blackburn, Darer en, and Bolton, 2%—North British, Car lisle, 345.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 33s.—Hull and Barnsley Junction, 225. W. —Leicester and Tamworth, 20s.—Liverpool and Lewis, 2%—London and York, 28s. 6d.—Ra,gby and Huntingdon, 23e. —Shrewsbury - and Hereford (Great Western line), 2bs. —Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 21e, Nr.WCASTLE-lIPON-TYNE, APRIL 22. SToea EXChIANGE.—The only sale is—Glasgow, Dumfries, and carliiile, 16s. dis. SHEFFIELD, APRIL 22. Sxocx Exc 2 ANGE.—Tho sales are—Caledonian, s%—Grimsby and Sheffield, Extension, t - Ditto, Qaarter Shares, 15s.—Derby and Gainsborongh, 13s. —Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, Its. 6d. dis. PUBLICATIONS. HURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL. LIBRARY. Oa April 30th, No. 32, Post tsTo., price 2s. 6d. LIVO NIA N TA 1.4 ES. By the Author of .• " Letters from the Baltic." On May 310, No. 33, c intAining MEMOIRS of a CHURCH MISSIONARY IN CANADA. John Morni:".•, Albemarle-street. O:WER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIO.:• ERS OF THE ADMIRALTY, AREPRINT of tho NAGTIuAI. 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Troops at once so saluttry an d oho , l ' *diell ' eB, I have never found on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. from redundant bile, &c., sw.. wit :l o in the relief of the system Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the AnatomY, little inconvenience; lam PhYslol,stey, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, therefore, warranted in declaring tf! at : the supply to me a means explaining their various etructurce , uses. and functions, and showing ong wanting, of be in g ai de to recommend the,' families, schools, an d the injuries that are produced in them , by soli t a r y habits, and other especially mercantile men, wheth er at the deck or on the road, a most excesses. With practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous valuable resource in an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit Debility, Local and Censtitutienal Weakness, and other diseases of to myself if, in giving this testimony, i _ am ishe means of making the Urethra. FRAMPTON'S r ILLS more generally known :yid appreciated. ley SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, - " I am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILIZA.II SMITH." 9, Bedford-street, Bedford -square, Loudon; The auprecedeind sale or these Pills, raisin _ 1; free= the earnest re- Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary eommetelatious of the many thousands who hare derived benefit Member cf the Le d u Oil Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate pf from their use, render any lengthened comment ne , -are they ‘; are Apothecaries' Ball, London, &c., &c. not put forth es a c 're for all diseases to which inalikin die liable, but f o r Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well-known at- "The ECYLEWS OF THE WORK. tendants, Bilious and Sick Ileadache, Pain and Oppressict it niter meals, fled medical l li t 7 of this singular and talented work is a legally quell- Giddluese, Dizzinces, Singing Noise in ileall and Ears, Droves:mess, ti treatment' an, whovariousconsiderable disorders ariatng from • kieartbitrit, Lots of .Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &e frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings the follies and Two or three doses willl convince the afflicted of that stilutery dltien, by demonstrating the consequences are an Invaluable ad elfeete. The stontach will speedily regain its strength; ahe dray act as a salutary warning to youthani of . excesses, which must action of the Liver, Bowels. and Kidneys, .eat rapidly toke place ; meaty questions may be satisfactorily replieditlatu t r c, ity t • - n , a a t ndby its perusal admit of no ap d instead of liver, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance, p ea t, eves to the most confidential frieed." F . .TB. au t o rood old aee Published 1 strength, activity, and renewed health, extent ling will be the result of taking this medicine, acoo riling to the directions ! from S. Gilbert, 52, Paternoster-row; !Janney and Ce., 63, Ox' t a " fird street ; Static, Tielmorne.street, Quadrant • 'teed m 116 xecompanying each boX. s 1 1 4 d. and 2s. Pd. hall-street, London ; Newton. 16 Chu • '-' (---. • Leaden- Sol 11 • T Proud, 299, Soil i. T. strand, London. Prh e I . , e rally throughout the all Booksellers. . Church street, Liverpeol ; aad by per box, alio by the Vendors of Medicines ina t At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from kingdom. erre the ,- Five tl Fi dit • and all letter i ,•• i mmteliately replied to, If containing Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF 11E4/1.,T11, affil ohs fee ' 6 ' ' ' Osimuld, LOtidelV 911 the the ot IL, for auvice,BLe.-9, B.EDFOItDeSTILEET, BEDFORD -Name and Address of " Thomas Proud 2* 1 sgivatz, LONDON GoTernment Stamp . EDINBURG 11, 'Apßrt. 20, STOCK EXCHANGE.— The sales are —Abenleen, 31.- —Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 1/. ss.—Airdrie and Bathgate, 21. ls.—Arbroath and Forfar, 271.—Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 10s. —Ayr and Galloway, It. 10s.—Banffshire, 188.—British and Irish Union, 1/. 19s.—Caledo• _ _ mail, ill. 55.-Ditto, New, 11. as. W.-Caledonian Extension, IL lis. -Caledonian and Duinbarton, D. 10s.-Caledonian and Northern Direct, I/. 17s. 64,--Clydesdale Junction, 12 1 .-Dlrect Northern, 11. 35.-Dundee and Arbroath, 391.---Ditto, New, 211.-Dundee and Perth, 141. 155.-East of Fife, 11. 10s.-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, 1/. 45.-Edinburgh and Itathgate, 21. Os. 6d. -Edinburgh and Glasgow, 721.-Ditto, Dal f Shares, 16'. 5 5. - Ditto , Quarters, 171. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, New, 15/. -F. ilifiburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/, Os. 61.- Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, 16s. -Edinbuigh, Leith, and Granton, ' rt 85 dd.-Ditto 161.-Ditto, Preference, 181. lON. -Edinburgh and Northern, 4/. 55.-Ditto, Newpo ,_ . , Loehgeily, 15s. -Edinburgh and Peebles, 11. 4s. 6d. - Edinburgh and Perth, 2/. 55.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 11. 139.- G lasgow and Ayrshire, 70/. les. - Ditto , New Stock, 241.-Ditto, Quarter ~hares, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 11. 135.-Glas. g ' ow ' l7/. IN. -Glasgow, and Dundee Junction, 1/. 11L-Glasgow and Garnkirk. 401. IN.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, New Stock, 101.- Ditto. Proference, 11. 159.-Great North of Scotland, IL 121.-- Gra ii ton Junction, it. 10s.-Inverness and Elgin, 11. is. 6d.-Londort and York, 11. 10s.-North British, 251. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, St.- Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, V. 145.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith,, W.-Perth and Inverness, 11.95.--Scottish Central, 131. 103.- Dilti, New, pt. ss.- Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 11.6 s -.. Scottish Midland, Si. IN.-Scottish Southern, U. 13s. Cal.-Stiles ling and Dunfermline, 1/. ils. GLASGOW, APRIL 21. STOCK' EXCII/NOt. -The sales are-Aberdeen, 605.-Ay? and Galloway, 305.-Banffshire, 19s. 6d.-British and Irish Union, 405.- Caledonian, 10-Ditto, New, 26i.-Caledonian Extension, 9 ..15. 6c1.- Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 275. Gd.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 255.-East Indian Railway, IN.-Perth and Clyde Junction, 325. 6d.-Glasgow General Terminus, VA-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 275.6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, IS ew, 29- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 355. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 27a.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 355. W.-Lanark and Lothians, 415.-Lesniahagow, 415.-- Scottish Central, 13 -Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 245.-South Midland, 375. 6d.- Stirling and Dunfermline, 30s. 6d. {ADVERTISEMENT.] —The Gentleman's Real Head of Hair, or Invisible Ventilating Peruke, is so close a resem blance to nature u to defy detection ; and to enable any gen tleman to see the effect, a large assortment is always kept for inspection, any one of which, it approved of, saves the purchaser both time and trouhle, These splendid specimens of the per ruquean art, superior to anything to be obtained elsewhere, either in Paris or London, have only to be seen to be admired, and are the sole invention of Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London. N.B. Splendid hair-cutting apartments on the ground-floor, the whole of the walls being lined with looking-glass a /a mode de Paris. -. .. [ ADVERTISEMENT.]—A FRIGHTFUL - CASE OF A BAD LEG CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OtNymENY AND Pra.s. —Mr. Thomas Clarke, a retired captain from the South Sea trade, residing in Glebe4aite, RI ile-end, had a bad leg for five years. There were about twenty holes in it ; several pieces of bone had come away. The limb was often the size of a child's body ; it had frequently caused the most excruciating pain. Tile captain was told that his leg must be amputated ; but he, like hundreds of others, has which are just get it soundly healed by means of these surprising remedies, infallible in the care of all wounds, sores, and ulcers.—Solo at Pro fessor Holloway's Ustahlisinnent, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), said by all respectable medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. A HAWK AND A WEASLE. —While watching the movements of a brood of vf easles, which were basking upon a shelt of an old wall, by the edge of a wood in the neighbourhood of sior peth, I observed a hawk overhead. Relieving that he had his eye u pon the young bloodsuckers, I concealed myself amongs t the brush wood, and watched hi% motions with considerable interest. After wheeling round a few times, as if to ascertain the most favourable position po i n t of attack, lie took up a dire ctly above his game. Gradually and cautiously descendi ng to the po int of attack, he darted upon his prey, and, in an instant the air with a young w eas 1 instant , was seen wingin g hi s wa y through e secure in his talons. So soon as the hawk was out of sight, I a ". • b arn turned my eye to the wall, and ob served that the Iv( asles had all disappeared but an old tone, which stood UpOn its hind legs snuffing the air, and, by the violence of its gestures, appeared to feel its less acutely. At length It laid itself down, and, by the apparent carelessness of its position , seem ed to invite attack. The hawk was Flair. overhead, and; emboldened by his recent success, descended with great velocity upon the only re— maining object of his appetite. Ile caught a Tartar. No sooner had he secured his prey than lie shot upwards with the rapidity of a rocket, and in an instant was almost lost in the clouds. A desperate Str,:ggie appeared to be going on for the mastery, which tided in the 1 two combatants falling violently to the ground . I n run n in g to tint spot where they Mil Rama cum Nth doacL—Nitwaitic q'tnirdian. L ONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. From an anxious desire to meet the public convenience, and ',vial a view to placing the varied advantages of their Railway, inowspect both of business and pleasure, raore within the reach of every class of the commuity, the Directors of this Company have resoled, on and after the Ist of May ensuing— To inareass the number of the trains and to accelerate their spee4, and vary the hours of departure and art ival of many of them. To carry Second-Class Passengers with their Express Train& To abolish their Slow Trains altogether, and to convey Third- Class Passengers at the Parliaments., fares, with their or.lin lry Trains, four times a day each way, and at hours to allow of an early departure and late return to and Air. To make the following great Reduction in their Fares through out : Express Train, first Slags reduced to Vs. - second class i7s. Fast Trains, first class —17 s. secon class —14 s. Mixed Trains, first class 14,. second class —10 s. Third class Gd. By an arrangement with the Floatin! Bridge company, the Omni bus fare between Gosport and Portsmouth is reduced from Is. to Gd. each Passenger, including the same weight o Fagg. ge - as allowed by the Railway Company. First class, 1121b. f ; second . elaes, 841 b.; third class, 561 b. Steps are in progress to increase the convenience of passengers proceeding by steam to France, the Channel Islands, the Southern Coast, and the Isle or Wight. This route to France, although s-me what longer, is by far the most certain tubl secure. from there being good harbours for departur , and arrival at both ports. Parcels will be carried at a greatly reduced scale, the throughout charges between Southampton, Gosport. end London, including delivery by passenger trains, being to fixed lb as follows, viz.— Is. Od. r2B . Is. 64. „ 56 lb. • 2s. Od. „ 1121 b. Time Bills, giving particular:, are in course of publication. (Ity order), I'. LACILENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. April 18, 1846. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAII,WAY. NEWMARKET RACES. SPECIAL TRAINS will leave LONDON for CHESTERFORD and CAMBRIDGE, calling at Lea Bridge, Broxbourne, and Bishops Storttord. at 8.40 A.M. on Ito:Noar the 27th and Tozsuar the 2Atli inst., returning trout CAMBRIDGE at 6.3 1 p.M , and from CIIF TERFORD at 7 P.M. On Fames' a ,PECIAL TRAIN will leave CAMBRIDGE for LONDON one hour and three quartars after the Races terminate, and will call at CHESTERFORD halt an hour later. Passengers bookM through, to and from Newmarket, at the same fares as for the first Spring 'Meetihg. For further particulars see handbills, to had at any of the Com pany's Stations. By order be , C. r. ItONEY, Secretary. Offices, Shoreditch Station, 22d 1846. t„,:tou'ra mit)LAND, OR LEICESTER , ICORTIIAMPTON, BEDFORD, AND lIUNTINGDON, RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a General meeting of the Shareholders of the South Midland Railway Company, will be held at the Railway Atation, Derby, on SATURDAY, the 2d of May next, at Two o'clock in rille afternoon, for the purpose of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with the Bills now before Parliament rela y:lg to this undertaking. • votes wilt be. taken according to the amount of Scrip held by each Olutreholder, present, or represented by prOxy, at the Meeting ; and evey person claiming to vote, either tit his own right, or as proxy, wi;) be required to produce and deliver up the Scrip attached together, VIM the name and address of ti me owner of fixed, whose 'vote will henottd, and the Scrip retuned. Forme of Proxy- may be ob'ained by applyinx to the Secretary, at the Company's (`flees, Midland Railway Station, Leicester. The Directors then: it rglit to inform the Shareholders, that the preamble of tee 11111 foe' the Huntingdon Branch of the South Mid land Railway, has alroady been declared proved by the Committee of the Mouse of Commons, and that the Bill for the Rugby and Hunt ingdon (a compering line) has bean rejected. The Committee on th, 21.111 for the Northampton and Bedford lines 13 appointed to meet on thv 27t11 instant. Dated this 13th day of 9 POI. 1 8 4 6 - ccairman of the Committee of Directors. GEO. lILTD - ' , ON, By order, G. N. BROWNE, Secretary. L 0 N 0 N ANI) YORK RAILW AY. The Committee of Shareholeers call the attention of the origi nal Subscribers and actual Holders. of Scrip in this Company to the advertisements issued on the 16th and 18th instant by the Direc tors of the London and York Company. The first expresses their confidence in ob(.l2nlng their Bill. This the Committee conceive to be the greatest misfortune that can happen to the Shareholders, as calls must then be made, and the shares be come valueless The second announces that the attention of the :r'irectors is being " directed to the pract icability of treating with axy rivals upon terms advantageous Co the London and York Shareholders." The Committee give the Directors Lull credit for the intenti)n thus ex pressed, and have the satisfaction of feeling that the steps they are taking will facilitate the Directors In the attainment of this most im _portant object. The holders of many thousand shares have already signified their arccurrence in the views which led to the formation of this Com tnittOe. and as they almost universally express an opinion in favour of an Amalgamation with the Eastern Counties Hallway, the Com enwee Are nirecting their attention to this point, and only remdre the early adhesion of those Shareholders who h ,ye nut yet replied to the circula TS to insure success. The Cetnittee, in reply to many letters received offering pecu niary sup,loll. beg to state that being personally holders of nearly 5,000 sears', they decline receiving any subscriptions, and iniend bearing all t. he expews, unless the Shar_holders in the Loudon and York line vote the payment from the general funds. By order of the CommitH E teeN, RY PHILIPPS. Cotamittee-Roculk-• No. 4, Sise-lane, Bueklersbary. 'A pril 24, 1646. NlS.—Nvery sh a reholder who has not yet done so is earnestly requested to fill UP the fo,2°r'hec form (Printed copies of which may be obtained at tihy Cominit.ceßooms), and return the same signed without delay : TO THE CO3I3:ITTEE Or THE LONDON AND YORK , SHAREHOLDERS. Gentlemen,— I am a sc.-rip-holder ot shares in the London and York Itallwa and am dt: 4 lr us, firstly, of having the line south, of Peterborough gl% en up, so as to lessen the cost ; or, secondly, of having terms ma with the Plastern Counties Cotnnany tr an abandonment of tile Lomion and York Railway and Inialga xnation with the Eastern CountiCO line. I would prefer the of these alternatives, suld I authorise the Committee of Shorelrold,zs t to carry the same to represent my o pinion to the Legislatu re, and top ray Parliamen Into effect. Name in full • • •—• .. itesid , tic , : • ..... ......... Nuinbess of Scrip .. * Here insert the word " or " second " • TUE PROVIDENT CLEI.:I(, AIUTUAL EVOLENT FUND, BENEFIT ASSOCIATION' AND BEN 420, 22d April, 184... Notice is hereby , giv Mo n e that rgate-street a S t'Ei:IAL GENERAL 31EETING ff the Donors, Subscribers, and Members, to the Bette ;'elent Fund, will he had at the Louden Tavern. on WEDNESDAY. :tay at Eleven o'clock preciskly, f.r the purpose of Electing Two ADD . • TIONAL ANNUITANTS. John Abel Sm ith, Esq., M.P., the •Chair. The Right Ilon. the Earl of Dalhousie, rresident of the Board of Trade, will take the Chair at the Dinner, at Six o'clock in 11,0 Zvening. By order of the Managers, THOS. AIULLINDER, Secretary. OTFICE of the GOVERNOR and COMPANY of COPPI.R MINERS in ENGLAND, Old Broad-Street, Londe n, 8, 1846 The CoVrt of Assistants of the Corerrier and Company of Copper Miners In V.sigland hereby give notice, that a DIVIDEND, for the hair-year en ding at Lady-day last, has b-en this day elt•clatred, at the rats of dye p.er cent. per annum, tre,i of Income-tax, on the paid-up ap,tal stock of the the and will be pa ele at this Office, ex and after FrODiT, the 24th instant, hetmen the hours of Eleven and Three. By order of the Conn of Assistants, W. INGLIA, Secretary, ORNAMENTAL CLOCKS.— Recently received from Paris a carefully selected variety of Fourteen -day CLOCKS, to strike the hours and .112 a-hours, in ormolu, china, and marble cases, in the style of Donis "XIV., with various figure groups, as Rebecca at toe Well, Rollin, Time and Ilistory, Ike. The prig' four, five, and seven guinea, cacti, ,site and upwhe ards. A. fB. SDuke AVORof Y and SONS, 9, Cornhill, Loudon, opp , t statue o the Wellington. QUPERB NOVELTIES in PAPIER MACRE, at 4, Leadenhall-Oxet .t t i " td". A visit to his establishment will prow that t, sore is not in London t eas es, another such stock of Elegancies. They conAst envelope cases, netting "boxes, companions, cabia.'‘‘. 3 i j ewel cases ' work boxes, dressing vases, tea ca. dies, hand and pa, ‘s,.. Screen~, yang racks, table inkstands, regency writing-desks, porni., cards, and visiting card-cases, cigar and I,ottle-cases, basketsshell, m ; also an assortment of ncealle-casys, in pearl stn, 'M cake "'"", es suit il e. acy L " salver aid gold pencil-cases, pa ti holders, and other tacaa e for presents. Inventor ,at the patent castellated tooth-,...st"sh. TIE ItEGrISTERE'D SHIRT \V AltE11011SC • ' 42, REGENT-ClItcUS, P ICCA DILL Y. __ l The Proprietor begs M stat tin the form of the REGISTERED 81111{T a very great improvement necessary OTected, yet care is te to preServe the CO sy looseness so ilut • a ni to retain this appearance garment, t ak e n with a plain smooth setting front, and to this ()runner and a most important dur ng the whole time in wear. composed parts seen, viz. the advantage is offered—the niatFri.d the Golden ' ilalt. t 3 , 71. 1.3! its bleach, thus fronts, collars, and wristhanils, ~,., so widely celebrated ter thet'°iTtii of cc,wProprietor Linen, now presenting a beautiful mow-white appearance. fur ther begs to state, that rigorous attention is given i prices and excellence of workmanship. Anypc;lfnetrlst,atitirt‘t:itse,ciee:re:caaolkrsiasiotcl:: gentleman who may he desirous of giving em reduced means with such intention, the Proprietor o went will be happy to to-operate, anoi merely req chnon of work, and a card of the lady or gentleman recommenditne; Samples of the Golden Flax Linen, ormbc, with prices and di . rections for self -measurement, will be cheerfully forwarded by post to nom residents in London. Also an sssortment of the higliiy-pa troinsed Golden Flax. Cravat Collar call be obtained by application, addressed as forlows :-- The Registered Shirt Ware house, 42, Regen t-circus, Piccadilly. L , t , URGESS'S N ELY SAUCE , raE, for general pu r- 'i_ poses, having gained such great approbation, and the deane for it continuing to increase, JOBS BURGESS and SON isee Public z mosi respectfully to efter t thus their best acknowledgments to th for their liberal patronage of th e same ; Its utility and great conveni ence in all climates have recoramended 11. to the most distinguished oreign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda tion. It Is prepared by them only ; and for preven tin : disappoint ment to families, all bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and addltres canno s, as web Al each label haying their signature, without which t bt genuine. JOHN BURGESS and SON'S lontg-established and mach-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared hy 1.14. mi after the sane runner that has given t i ke greatest satisfaction i'or many years. W ar ehouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. SPENCER'S CIIINESti. LIQUID HAIR DYE changes in a few minutes, without trouble, red or grey hair, whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black will . by simply using a comb wetted with the liquid. One application produce a pleasing and permanent change. rrice 3s. 6d., bs.. and Ns. per bottle. To be had of ths Proprietors, ”, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whitechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapsido ; Trout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, 1111s..in-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birm in g ham; and o ent f most Perumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sto sal tart of the kingdom by receiving a remittance , p e s t- p aid. as. theto ask for " Spencer and Ce.'s Chinese Liquid Hair e. Observe,Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. A "7 1 ' E; 7l • "rt• "" r • L ' Uf lURDAY r EASTER HOLYDAYS. NovelVes of ,xtrem- interest and iniOrm,tion at the ROYAL POLYTECHN IC IN sTi furrioN. Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY for. a p +rt of an en tirely NEW SERIES of _DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORT:ZAITS of the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQ,;k: MICRO:COPE ; al , o.P•wtraitsof Sir Henry liardioge, Sir Robert and La,ly Sale. The and CLIROMATROPE, wi h new and beautiful variations: The most interesting of the Novelties at work 1.0 MACINTOSH'S ItOrARY ENGINE. COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ;mending and descending Planes. FARRELL'S ARCIUMEDIA RAILWAY, aq ENVE LOPE CUT I'ING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEA'E ENGINJ GOV. Noj, ant the ATMO PILE RIC RAILWAY. Experiments with the 1)I VINO It ELL and DIVER. Lectures on CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex periments. company should be closed, and enabled to wind up their affairs at a consequence of a decision of the majority. Tne holders of stock are scattered all over the c :unary. No body- knows whO are the scrip-holders. i hey have no means 41 communication with each other—they have no organisation among themselves. Some of them are hoeiera for small amounts, and they do not think it worth while to trouble them. selves about the matter ; anti : a vast numb er, who are the most substantial persons' concerned in them, would refuse to come forward- in order to wind up those concerns which they ware interested. as it would have the effect of destroying their credit, and you have no hold whatever upon the smaller parties. who are sca 'tered ail over the world. We p ro p os e. the re f o re, not t.) adopt the plan proposed before Easter, hut we propose to adopt the recom mendation which hasewithout one exception, been made to us from the highest authority to stop all railway Bills of ay,ever de sereption, to ellew no Bill to be read third time, unless eti tion, signed by a majority of scripholders of the Company, should he presented to that. House praying their Lordshipa to visa such Bill. Ile considered such a caurse as that he bad proposed would be better than any subterfuge. It would only be acting in the more manly and straightforward manner, and net under cover of the imp-it ion of conditions which it would be impossible to comply with. We propose slat no Bill should be read a third time unless evidence should be given to that House, that a meeting of the stock-holders of the company had been held—that meeting representing one third of the stock of the company, and that three-6f.11s of that meeting desired their Bill should pass. Lard BROUGHAM—Are proxies to be admitted to vete? Earl DALHOUSIE—Proxies must be admitted, because the directcra and other parties connected with the government 2 of the company, who, h av i n g a vast amount of shares, meet ing. For that reason they require that at such rneetinga there should be a quorum cons i s tin g of would in every instance be able to rule the one-third of the stock of the cemptn). If such coaditicns were not imposed their Lo• d s hip. ;n ight spare themselves the trouble of passing the propos e d B i ll, as the meeting wo uld be formed of the directors and their friends, woo would r ule the meeting. But it was necessary a f ur ther test shoulet•be applied. and that was, that in case it sho u ld be said that a compa n y was desirous to ge on. it would be necessary that a meeting should be held, at which three-fifths of these then present should ex• press an opini. n to that effect. This had been rendered necessary by the fact that the circumstances of the present time were such as to cal . for it, and such as were of no ontinary nature, and in fact he might say they were ot an unprecedented character. The num ber of Bills souglit fit in the year 184 t involved an outlay to the amount of IS 000,000.. sic:line; and those for which the sanction of Parliament was sought in 1845 amounted to about 60,000,000 e, so that in fact the amount of liabilities this session would amount altogether to between seventy and eighty =lawns. The number of Bills for railways which were to come before the Legislature this •eesion amounted to about 519, which involved an outlay of about 300,0C,0.000. Now he need not say that that amount of money was not to be hail ; but there could be no doubt that about 70,000,0091. sterling would be required. He would not now go into the question as to the amount of the surplus capital of the country, he merely wanted their Lordshe s to look at those circum stances as they now really stood. He had heard it stated by a Noble Friend of his, that to so great a height had this rail way fever risen, that it exceeded by 50 per cent. that of last year. It had been remarked, why not let the parties to these companies b ar the consequences of embai king in them ; but he begged to say that unfortunately they would not alone be the sufferers. Sach was the state of the redrew: trade, that even in some of the very best lines, parties were so enable to get its the cabs made, that they had to give up the schemes in despair; arid such a feeling had spread over the trade of the country, that it had been found halms:di:he to procure capital to carry it on ; and as a f. iend of his from Scotland had observed in a letter of his, it was taking away the very heart of the country. On these grounds, than, he would ask, was it too much to a-k that, in future, the parties to every railway should be satisfied of the utility and feasibility of the scheme, and of their ability to go on, before they should call upon the LegisLture for its sanction to those Bins? He would now conclude by reading the resolutions he inter' led to submit to their Lordships, and which he would leave for their consideration until to-morrow eight. Having read the resolutions, the Noble Lord went. on to say that it had had also been endeavoured to provide against cases when a large proportion of shares had been received or held back that ctau-e nes to the off et that all scrip issued should be paid for before the . 31st of March. The necessity for this clause was apparent, when it was remembered that in maey cases parties would purchase, seehulating on the winding up, and by which tea• y would make one hue de ed per cent. on the bargain. ( Hear. hear. ) The -Noble Lord then read the resolutions, which are pre cisely the same as those prop aced in the other House of Par liament; and, in concluding, said he wished to correct a mistake he had made in expleiedug the mode of winding up rail eay companies. The subject was so complicated, that it was d.fficult to make it so clear as he was desirous of doing. The way propo•ed wss to wind up the affairs in conferality terlh the provisions of the Bill he had explained, or if that course was dissented from, then the company might be wound up under the Joint Stock Companies' Act of last session. and an assignee appointed at the meeting to act with the official assignee. He had now set before them the provisions of the present Bill, and also the sessiunal order which was to give effect to the objects of the Bill. The subject was a di and complicated one, and in the statement he had made he had genet ally given the provisions of the Bill and the reasons why it should be adopted, in order that those companies that thought fit might be wound up with a, little trouble as possible.—(Hear, hear.) t e had before state d his opinion, that it the subject were left as it now is, that eine-third of the railroad plans which had been submitted to Parliament could not aoasibly go on this session. Lord BROUGHANI was quite aware that their Lordships were acquainted with the interest which he took in the subject ot railway speculations. Nothing could have delighted him more than the luenimius statement which the Noble Lord (Dal housie) had just made to the House. They were scare, also, of the interest which he took in the subject of railways gene rally; but, without more time to consider the business, he felt incompetent to come to any positive decision on this matt er ; in the meantime, he must only say that great difficulties presented themselves, wehout more time to con sider the other consequences that were likely to arise. He had repeat e•tly warned their Lordse ins of •he effects of the rail way mania during the last two yeare and he must beg to remind them not only of the evils that were likely to arise t o the commercial credit of the country, but also to the mora l i nter e s ts of the community at large. He regretted to find that as he had anticipated not only was the spirit of gambling in railway shares exp erienced b y the higher classes of soci e ty b ut that it was extending to the middle classes, and furth er sti ll th a t it seemed to have exten ded to the lower classes whose livelihood was dependent o n their industrial exertions. He, had repea - edly warned their Lordships hat it was likely to affect the morals ot the whole of the com munity. He had stated instances in which poor clergymen and widows with small means had been deprived of all their -übsistence, of ladies living upon their jointures and with small means, as well as of other individuals who had been deprived of the whole of their subsistence by this mania. Many parties were exiled from their native homes n eorve qaence of their inability to meet the demands made upon them, or answer to the liability which they had incurred; but to a great degree this measure will prevent the evil from proceeding further. Great relief would be administered, by the act of his Noble Friend, to the poor sufferers; and he would fain hope the mere statement which they had then heaid, and the recep tion it had met with would have a salutary effect, betore the Bill would pass into a law, for there was a railway house else here—( Laughter)—which vr•s admire-1y adapted for talking, though little so forawing.—(Hear, hear.) There were some railway bodies so full of discussion that they could debate for v‘elvo days, witheen intermission. They could make speeches ny the score, and obtain attention by the hour.—( Hear, hear.) But there seemed to be amongst them an utter incapacity for business. He did not know to what it was owing. The Duke of RICHMOND—It is the directors fault. Lord BROUGHAM—No, no, I did not say that. I am not to be caught that way. It arose from stone bad construction in the body itself—they cauld debate 'or ever—they could argue for aver, but as for denting to a decision it. was quite another thing ; in truth, it was so much out of their power, that it was quite out of the question. But he most devoutly hoped that the bare promulgation of the pi ak weuld have a great effect in remedying the evils whick akped. The course they were about to adopt of not reading a Bill a eird time was not a very usual ene —to pledge themselves that no consideration would tempt them '0 read a Bill for the third time after it had become ripened, unless something was done out of the House by parties over whom they had no control, was certainly a proceeding exceed ingly dangerous, and requiring great deliberation before they -hould adopt it. But he was very much disposed to strain a point in this instance, as it weuldeffs ct, hebeheved, a great good. tie did not think the propi..ed measure would be effectual without som, such order.—(Hvar, hear.) If he were to state which of the two eneamres be thought would be nio.t effe..tual to should pre!er the order. but he did riot Fee why he sh,uid be put to the selee:too. His opinions wls they would both be fficiocious, but there was oi.e quAlity in the order whieh the Bill did not possess. The one was certain and speedy, while of the other they were not sure that it would pass. li e would not detain their Lordship , . He could have desired that. all these things had ti ken another course —he could have wished that all private It gislation, nsd tritunat. and Pame including railways, canals, wet roads, should have been tra stould havferre e made to de t m,tme anether arrangements which that would ar ha li ve nt en obled ail private business to be satisfactorily arid cheaply done within ., a rese , a ble time, so as to avoid the great expense and ittex o t f be bot o h ti ll ie o r consequent on the present system, and to avoid the tll ea inefficientnxietymanaer in which of necessity (without impte ins any hla but more especially the Houses, but were obliged to carry on that important branch of Legislation. When they looked at the enormous amount of private business amounting for this . • year in one department enly tee the enormous sum of 591 ,000,0001. When ) Co th m e m C it te ree n : flamed that these Bills had power to inflict a they re most trans eevedental injorye hen they reflected that these Bilis gave ;tower to interfere with every mar e s private property—to re move his wood: to grub up plantations. to drive a road throu:l i a manta _leas_ overthrow h ouses , t o person's e4ate worthless to trim, andV u . r e e greunds, t o ma k e a feoapabl in habited by human beings to of being , compel with their property whether they people t o p ar t i,e would or not, a n d that too, not at prices fixed byt would be bad enough but at prices fixed by though that considered that this breach of legislatio n , and others. Wh en th ey i t of legislative fuectunia that could b( t . , and of all th e b ranc h es which required to be entrusted to tribunalsnamed, this was one of a than that of a Commi t tee of this Hou,e different kind difficulties which the country and the 'ParliamentHe hoped th a t th e ' into would lead to some steps being had now got taken which he must say should have - been by that House, adopted years before. There was some ground for encouragement even in the pre. v ent state of affairs , b ecau se , from thy very b e tter arrangements would he made for managing the private necessity of the case b us i n ess of the House. He felt grateful to the Noble Earl for the statement of the opinions of her Majesty's G overment import this sulj , c t, for the can dour , as we ll led severely • e o ing nature of th e statemeens he unadorned s on the occasion. His telt thanked to tha Gevarnment for • bringing forward so necessary a measure as the present. 'The Earl of WICKLOW considered that the expense of taking Bills through both Houses of Parliame t would form a tie promi • n t part of i t consideratio n i n t h e me, n tles that were to be held unde r the p rovisions o f the' pro, osed Act, and he !bought it neces-ary, for a right consideration of the co, rest data of t hose ex p ensea s hould be accessible case, that The Alatquia of SA LIS/41JR y had a, to them. He thouglit h railway mania. , owe „ r, greet a horror of the , t ey would have some reason to Mead the winding up of these affairs. There a s ene point in the measure p ro p osed by the Nulsle Earl tO r which he would call the attention of the ir • L ordships. It was p ro p ose d t o requ i re th ree -fif t h s o f - thg scrip holders t o assent ea, ehe. winding up of the concern. The meeting wa s t o repr es e n t one -thi r d o f th e scr iph o ld ers of the Company. It wou ld r e qu i re th ree -fif t h s o f t h ose prese nt to assent to the petition to their Lordships. It would, teerefore, a t to he regarded taken under Engia e h: arrangements n v, g . h e t m . ne he e t s s proneaw that tihoughtd it in ea t t h , e n :i t ll , . , Ire_ wardsd m o t s h u they re were endeavouring to put a stop to what nailed the P Government P °' to e a c n ou i railway mania. The evils which had been described by the Noble t le Noble E .r 1 who had proposed the Bill, were sufficient to justify theste; that was about. to b e t a k en . B ut w h at was th e ra ! wa y mania? Why it was neitner more nor less than that upon which dep riled th e great cemmunications of this great l country. Railways, in a mi iiary point of view, were of the utmost importance, and the Legis'ature must be careful how they checked their construction. For some years pact he had thought the Government ought to base taken some step upon this subject. If they had done so years ago, the present railway mania never would have existed. At present, and under existing circumstances, the proposed resolutions were necessary, and, so far, he could not object to them ; but he would remind the Government that in Ireland especial) , it was their duty to take the railways under their care and control, and if they did so, there could be no doubt that railways would be made without embarrassing the eotintry. The Earl of ROSEBERRY rose for the purpose of putting a question to the Noble Earl who had . proposed the resolutions. He apprehended that his Noble Friend did not intend this ses sional order to become a standing order upon which Parliament was to proceed in fusure, hut merely as a sessional order for the repletion of the proceedings of the House during the pre sent session. It was desirable under existing circumstances to facilitate the wielding up of companies with as little incon venience as possib'e. Lord ASH BURTON said it was useless to complain of what thould have been done some time ago. The real question they had to consider was the peculiar and anamalous position in which they found themselves placed, and the wisest course it behoved them to take. Taking that position into consideration into consideration, he must say that as far as he understood the Bill submitted, with the sessional order with which it was ac companied, it appeared to him the best means of relieving them from the diffieulty in which they at present stood, •and to meet the evil arising from the enormous demand on the capital and labour of the country, which stood in the way of 'the legitimate commerce of the country.—( Hear, hear.) lie must, at:the same time, remind the Noble Lords who sat on the Railway Committee, at the early period of the session, that he (Lord Ashburton) stated very similar views to those stated that night, respecting the difficulty in which they would find themselves placed.—( Hear, hear.) It was imposible to go on with the present means of adventure, which was beyond the means of the country to accomplish in any reasonable time. A Noble Lord opposite had referred to the case of Ireland, and the relief which the construction of railways would afford in the peculiar circumstances of the country ; but however anxious they might be to relieve Ireland, they must recollect that if they went beyond the means of the capital of the country, instead of benefiting Ireland they would clog all:pro ceedings intendel for that purpose, and defeat the very end sought to be obtained.—( Hear, hear.) He must say, con sidering the peculiar circumstances of the country, that the measure was a necessary one to mast the difficulties. His object was to insure the classification of these several schemes, and he thought that this classification ought to be observed—that is, that the several railway schemes ought to be apportioned into classes. He was aware, that under the direction of the Noble Lords who bed formed the Com mittee. that certain lines ought to he preferred, and the first class they recommended was that which comprised the lines of the national defences. The next class was that which was described as being likely to fill up ppm in established railways ; though if the business were to be conducted as it was at present devised, there was little proba bility of obtaining, their Acts during the present session. It was much to be regretted that such should be the case, as the passing of these Bills was likely to contribute laTely to the advantage of the public The next class eves that which was called the offspring of the strong companies, more particularly these of the Great Western, Louth-Western, and the London and Birmingham, and others of a similar character, which com panies, from their enormous incomes, possessed all the ap pliances for carrying out their designs. He was not. aware of the precise feelings of the Government, bat he thought it was necessary to look to the results of such pre ference • and he must say, that in the consideration of the Select Committees the object of the national benefit should be particularly keit ‘n view —(Cheers) —particularly wl en the object of such companies was kept in view. Lord CAMPBELL was sati,fied that the interval of ti e re cess had been advantav,eous in the consideration of the several plans which hail been submitted to Government, and E r the regulation of private enterprise. He was satisfied also that this direction of private enterprise would be advantageous in the improvement of the railway system. A great evil had been complained of, but he thought if they were only to look to the Contineni, the Government would have a very effectual care, salutary as wen as effectual. But his revs'', for thus presenting himself to their Lordships upon this subject was, to ask the Noble Lord opposite whether it was proposed to• insert any clause for the purpose of indem nifying those who should have become liable to the creditors of a ral eay company. At pro's nt a person might take an action against a member of the committee, and he had no means of indemnifying himself. Lerd WHARNCLIFFE was of opinion that it was at pre sent premature to be abscessing the merits o the 13111 not yet before the House. He had heard of the proposAion of the Noble Lord in reference to the nio in which parties should proc ed who were desirous of winding up a company ; but in cases w' ere it might not be possible to procure the proposed number, the meeting would then have the power ofdisposing of the question He thought that if the number required were larger, they would be more likely to get at the real opinion of the sub stantial hotly of shareholders. What they had to dread was, that attempts would be made to gei up these meetings for fallabious purposes. He had already stated that he con sidered three-fifteenths too small, and he could wish that the number required had been somewhat larger- He would not detain their Lordships longer, but he hoped that the suggestion he had made would have the consideration of the Noble Lord. Lord KINNAIRD asked if the standing order would be considered to-morrow? Lord DALHOUSIE—No; on Monday. It was exceed ingly satisfactory to him to find that their Lordships ap proved of the course pursued by the Government on the subject of the standing order and of the Bill. It would be necessary, however, that the Bill and the sessional order should go hand in hand. He would endeavour to reply to the various remarks made by the various speakers in their roper order ; and first he would refer to what had fallen from his Noble Friend beside him. His Noble Friend objected to the amount fixed as likely to be too small, and as also to open the door to a system of jobbing and fictitious meetings, which would be unsatisfactory, inasmuch as it would nest really represent the sentiments of the shareholders in the companies. That objection had been caretully considered, and although the amount fixed upon appeared to look small yet the Noble Lord would recollect that it was the minimum. But he would find on looking at it in another point of view that it would be amply suffieient. Supposh g, for instance, in such companies as the London and Birmingham and Great Western, which hail :each a capital of five or six millions that a meeting were called under the operation of this order, it would require a very considerable degree of exertion to oh • lain that aiuouut. Other companies, it was true, had advan. tags which these great companies had not; but it would be found that even in their case the sum in the Government pro position would be found to act very stringently. His Noble Friend who sat further down had offered a different objection. He felt that to ask the sanction of the twe-fifths of the subscribers was to ask too much for the purpose of pre venting the progress of the Bill. But when their Lord hips looked to the circumstances of the times—when they looked to the consequences which %You'd result from any considerable ad dition to the railway pr.jects which had aireaoy passed the House of Parliament —when they recoil, sated that a vast num ber of these Bills were forced through Parliament contray to the wishes of the proprietors, he thought they would find that the objections urged by his Noble Friends were untenable. Wherever there was a doubt, Parliament should throw the doubt on the side of the negative. With respect to the ques tion of the Noble Earl, he order was only sessional—of a pe. culler character it was true, but it - wrs intended to apply to en extraordinary crisis—it was to expire with the session. It might be in the recollec•ion of their Lordships that her Ma jesty's Government, at the commencement of the session, ex pressed an earnest desire that every possible indulgence should be shown to those Bills which had for their object the construc tion of railways in Ireland. But hedid not think his Noble Friend would wish that Irish Bills should be excepted from the operation of the order. He was anxious to say that there -horrid be no obstacie thrown in the way of those Hills. They should receive their third reading in that House, and they 'dipole not conic under the operat on of the order until they went into the other House, arid lie was accordingly prepared to move on the 27 , h, to move the third leading of all those Bills which had arrived at the proper maturity. With respect to the other Bills, he wished to mention that they would receive no additional delay. Lord CAMPBELL wished that something would be said in reference to the indemnities to be granted to shareholders. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said that whatever liabilities were now imposed on the parties, would remain. The lia bilities would remain exactly as they were at present. Lord CAMPBELL—The liabilities will remain, but the in demnity will be gone. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said that creditors would have the the same security as existed at present. The Bill was then read a first time. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then moved that the sessional order be taken into consideration on Monday.—Agreed to. The second reading of the Boroughs (Scotland) Bill was tostponed wall Monday, The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. RAILWAY BUSINESS OF THE SESSION The SOLICITOR-oh:NER AL (in colitis Cation from our Third Edition) said, these was at the present moment a diffi culty existing. It was the general eomplaint of the commer cial community of this country, that before these Bills could pass into a law, and the greater proportion of capital called in, the 104 king up of the deposits would keep out of the circula tion of the country:a sum amounting to from ten to twelve millions of money. That would seriously interfere with the commercial operatiens of the country, in every one of its branches. They had heard this from the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool, who had presented a petition contain ing complaints from Manchester and other parts of the country. They heard the lound complaints in the City, and in Scoland That all commercial operations, large and small, from the opulent banker to the small tradesman, were depressed to an alarming degree by the want of that capital which constituted their means, and which was taken from their hands and from the country by the continued demands of further calls on the se schemes. How was this to be remedied? It had been sug gested and urged upon her Majesty's Goverhment when this state of things was beginning to be felt, before the meeting of Parliament, that some measures should be adopted for selecting from the numerous schemes brought undm - th, , attention of the Legislature those which might seem most necessary and reason able. He could not think that tho-e who cff--red that suggestion had properly considered the difficulties of selecting from 500 scheme those which ought to be submitted. When they considered the numerous grounds and varn ingredients which entered ci as fur instance, which of direct—whieh passed througl. i; r t: jec a t nedinq lines niry w of as th th a e t l the most populous distric t, and other investi g ation: of that ,nature it was impossib le to go through all these in- Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price, A. brief Description of the Oregon Territory, treat Notes by a Nine Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors. MALDON, WINIAM, AND BRAINTREE RAILW AY. (Provis:onally Registered.) Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL MEETING of the SW:11'1101..1)ER , , of this COMPANT will he held at the White Hart Inn, in the town of Witham, or SATURDAY, the 2,1 day of May next, at twelve o'clock at noon, when a copy of the ball now de perding in Parliament, intittiled, "A Rlll fin* makit4; a Italway from Mahlon, tarough Witham to Braintree, all in the county of Essex," will be submitted to the consideration of such meeting. Dated this 22d day of April, 1846. BLOOD and DOUGLAS, Selicitors tor the Bill, Witham, NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUit- ANCE iOCIETY, 26, CORNUILL. LONDON. Capital 0,60,000. Empowered by Act of Pexlisraezt This institution °Mrs important And suestarttlial aticsn tages with res•pect both to Life Astairanees anti Deferred Annaitiea, The assysed has, on all occasions, the power to borraw, withont ex pense or rerleitere et the Polley, two-thirds or the premium paid. tsee table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conr4sior interests to Inset ether convent:A:tees rr neeesoity. Ascuances !or terns of yous ars icrs.ntod on the lovos.st possible rates, • DIVISION OF PitOFIT:. The shccess and increasing freswirity of 'Cat: goetely as ert , e,)lee he Director,;, et the lAst anxkal investigation, to declare a thine; icams, varying from 3u to 75 per cant or the premiums paid on •ach Policy effected on the Prot scale. EXAMIPIAS. :,c 1 ca gi z* g‘"? • cla _; nti o^as i;onkis tra , frematm. 4 „ kw. th.„k„ • - it. 1837 $l9l 13 h iiB7 13 f:1413 17 I 1000: 74 1 4 1838 164 13 0 74 13 10 , 11 8 6 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 1840 39 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 X 395 Il 1 846 2 3 12 247 A S Ti Q dlxision of proetta is manual, and the next will be made in Dc u -,:tr of tb.e present year. F. FF,RGIT‘OIT CAMEnI7I7. : VONDON, EDINBURGriT, and DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, fLA 3, Charlotte-row, 3lansion-house, London. RICHARD SPOONER, Esq., M.P., Chairman. BENJAMIN (FILL, Esq., Deputy Chairman. THIS IS THE ONLY GUARANTEED MUTUAL COMPANY, those assuring on the participating principle ha'. ing the security of a jolut-sto k company, and being entitled at the same time to the whole of the mutual profits. THIS I.S THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed of constitution not to dispute any policy unless they eau prove that it was obtained by fraud, and for title purpose the Company have, I),' a clause in their deed of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived 'them selves of the power of objecting to any policy unless they undertake to prove that it was obtained from them by fraudulent misrepresen tation. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who hind themselves to pay the full amount of the policies, although the debts for which they were effected shall have been liquidated before the claim arise. THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour of creditors' whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured, although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe. BY THE HALE-PREMIUM PLAN only one-half of the first seem years' premiums is required, the other half being payable at the convenience of the assured, thus allowing a policy - ho be con tinued for seven years at one• half of the usual rate, or to be dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice. A reductioc of 25 per cent. has been declar•d upon the current yeaT's prenutuns of all participating policies of five years' standing. Copies of the last report, prospectur - es, end all other information, may be obtained from the manager or agents. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. THE EXPRESS EDITION. SG FF CE, past Eight. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Continued from our Ti.ird RELIGIOUS DISABILITIES ACT. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice that he would, on Thursday next, move the second reading of the Act for the repeal of r.ltgieue di abilit et=. THE RAILWAY BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. Lord DA L 0 USIE, in rising to introduce the Bill of which he had given notice ou the last evening of their Lordships' sitting s together with the sessional °Het, would detain them but a very short time in opening up the provisions of the Bill, and stating the grounds on which I:e would ask their Lordships to sanction it. On the evening on which they had adjourned for the recess he had taken the liberty of stating to their Lordships what was the subject to which he wished to direct their attention, and to the complaints which had been made by individuals connected with railways, setting forth the evils complained of, and the pro. posiion which he intended to make with a View of remedying them. He had endeavoured then to trace the pro gress_ of the rise in .speculation on railway undertakings for 'the preceding year, but now he woted take their Lordships a little iurther back. He hail stated then, that in the last year not has than from 1,200 to 1,300 railways had ten provision ally registered as joint-stock companies, and out of this number there had been deposited with the Bo,ird of Trade, on the 30th November, 800 plans, which on the very last day had only diminished to 7.0.. He (Lord DaUtousie) had, at the commencement of the session, thought it his duty to direct their Lordships' attention to the subject, 'and since that time the expectation of the public with respect to rail ways had entirely changed. It was exiected at that time, in the first place, the test of the deposits would greatly reduce the number of Bills which stood for the consideration of Parini merit, but nevertheless a sum within a fraction of 15,00,000% was deposited with the Accountant-General. It was also thought that in consequence of the extraordinary rapidity with which these schemes were got up that the stand ing orders would considerably diminish them, but that Com mittee hail only breathed light as a zephyr upon them, and the number reduced was therefore only twenty. It was now dis; • covered that in consequence of the application of the enormous amount of capital to other branches of commerce, an uni versal competint was pouted in from every part of the country, and these cemplaints were not merely confined to those engaged in the ord,nary commercial pursuits of the country, but extended to the very persons vho were themselves concerned in railway speculations. It would not he necessary for him to enter into many details on this subject. Their Lordenips would see by a reference to the stock of the various companies that what he had stated was true • and that now, so changed was the public opinion on this subject, that the prof ets which were the more likely to pass the house were thine which were most viewed with apprehension ; end in proportion as the scheme advanced through Parliament the index of the barometer receded until it got down to zero. He had stated on a former evening that it was often replied to those who thus complained, that they should dissolve their corn panics ; but this they were unable to do. because they had not yet been constituted joint-stock companies, and unless those who held scrip were to give an unanimous consent the scheme must eo on to completion. Their Lordships would see, that in consequence of the difficulty of getting this unani mous consent in a Company composed of such vast number, Parliament was neeessardy obliged to interfere. The Bill of which he n b i au i w bi held et tz i g n d y hi s t o their h f d L and apptytiig or tohrids. b , which he h a evil bdy f giving have obj(the honour the power io a certain number of the shareholders to dissolve th e ir projects. Vs ith their Lordships' permission he weuto now proceed to state the provisioi a of the Bill. On the requisition being pi esented to the chairman of a com pany, and the meeting called in pursuance of the provisions of the present Bill. then the question 01 diSSOlUtiOn shall be I,ut„ and the business of the meeting confined to that alone, It is provided before the meeting takes place that due an nouncement of it shall be made in the newspapers and in the " London Gazette." so as to give notice to all pars ties interested. Regulations are pri.erided for the appoint ment of chairman and the regulation of the business; b or u i t gi b n e a f l or a e li : t h t e ee v: s t o e r is taken scrutineers shall see that the vote i bm s ),, p ei r ,tr o io i n i x e gy r , i t y dhu ;:e aa t tl i t . :7,tfe l vt ' (hoi he actual holsters of stock, whether the shall be , es teb i se ta tko r , t rb i e e e s br who have'purchased the scrip, e t e l l ie ig j ib o l ii e u t s o lo v c o k te c , c a , n ru d ra ti r i , e it y -s may either vete in person or accord ing to this scale of the whole stock Act.o forwarded'' e i g n u g lated repre sented at. the meeting, should be competentaccording l o b e t o u .t ! h e e d i a )r t o t v ti i A t h c e etaor company,ma o declareri majority fa rdeev o company ; or if the whole stock is not represented, lution of the then of the stock for which the vote is taken three-firths shall be sufficient to declare a dissolution of the company-- that three-fifths represented at the meeting. being not lees than one-third of the whole stock of the company. By this Bill it was understood that at least one-third of the proerietary of any Company -hould be necessary to its disso lution. The object they had in view was that. they should not allow a ny Company to proceed in which the funds were likely to be destroyed by refor te interests of a few.—(Hear, It tvas, the h e, provided that on the resolu hear. ) Company s hould be invested in the such the effect of the Bill which tion of any Company to dissolve,.ehho had de b i a at t io t t pr h ur e ostie, f o u es n se ds atno o d f their t the .ame time it should reeely to put in their claims, but a. i ht be made liable be realeeted that certaln parties m g ,Lordships. He He was aware that certain parties would be gum. render both parties the effect of this Bill was . . to _ only liable according to their individual responsibility. H. for detes to which they were only parties in common. And s w h a o s u a l r haraevetlitabet, right t r n c f er w ta i i ndiu circumstances,n gu thei r should have the right of winding up their affairs under the sessional order ; but if the m easures which they propose should meet with the approbation of their Lnrdships, an er d if it should inset with the approbation of the oth House of Parliament, that they would accede to the the a --sobo.tion of the clued stop to any scheme which had tot Pi r w eme d s t e n a o h f le th tl e te anxious for, was, that G sh ° a v re r b a o ' l n d e e n r shareholders to employ plgoiyveth s uchte t pourers a ; proprietors of the scheme. What he w not approve ; but, at the stop to any scheme of which they did oprieters of rive , the majority of the proprietors., eliould3.abe enabled to put a , same time he felt it neepseeey to render the pr schemes a power of adjudieat;on. Be believed that a se ietore nsi the blt recess, although he was aware that a c han g e took place from benefit would arise from this cha n g e. On tie evenin day to flay in the state of these com.anies, that a great ad vantage would be obtained, yet, on the evening of the recess, he had moved, that on the presentation of a petition, the re spective proprietorship of the shareholders should be taken tutu COlUideratioll; and that, ott . 0 decision of a majority, the APR IL 23 9 1846. 9 (pities without exercising all the functions delegated to Sub-- Committees. In fact it was found impossible to., make suches. selection. All the commercial men • and otaers who have given their attention to the subject were unab'et to make any practical suggestions that the Hoene could safely adopt. There wire four , distinct classes wish whom they would have to deal. The first class was the provisional committee, or directors, or tke governing body. 2.the second class was the original eubscribers who had aTtiliscribed the deed, bat had ceased .to possess an inttepatn the project. The third class was the holsters of scrip ; and the fourth class those eh° had given credit to the company, and who were creeitors in many - :caps to a large amount. They now saw the state in which-. they were situated. It was better that a plan should be 'submitted which weuld allow Parliament.to select the best scheme, aod this Bill would have that effect. As he said before, the promotes of many of those Bills were placed in great difficulty, for there was now no means of dissolving these schemes without the sanction of the original shareholders, many of whom had parted with their scrip. If there were no means of dissolving those schemes, what would . be the consequence of companies dissolving themselves? I' there was a company—and he was sure a great majority of alien was se— in which the great majority of the director s w ere hnnest, and a great majority of the shareholders were honest, w here they would be willing to dissolve, they were under this d fficulty, but they were not legally able to do so, for they were bound by their contract deed to carry out such works. They could not dissolve, they must proceed with the object of those deeds or they might be proceeded agai n st by action in Chancery. they being bound by the various covenants into which they had entered. He could state on his ow n knewleege, there were many companies who were willing to give up, but for being so bound ; and they were thus compelled to go into committee and incur great expense by employ ing engineers and witnesses in the inquiry. During the prevalence of the w ild man i a o f specu l at i on , com panies, which were supposed to have immense sums of money, were projec'ed, the uhtortunate speculator s i n w hi c h, by veil: tartng to purchase shares, and by paying the deposes, rendered themselves liable for the expenses, and if the Bills should pass into) law to subsequent calls hereafter, and possibly to the full amount of the company, or that portion of it for which they had subscribed their names. In some 150,000'., and one company, he knew 200,000/. were paid in to the Accountant-General, and there was locked up not I only from general circulation, but beyond the reach, as the law now stood. of those suitor unate persons who had subscribed it, who had no power to abolish the company, so that their money was far ever away from their hands, and was subject ti the Act of Parliament being obtined. Bets it was evident that three out of four of the Bills before Parliament could not, on any reasonable foundation, hope to receive the sanction of Parliament. Even if they were well advised to stop they were unable to do so, or to obtain their money from the Aeccountant-General, and in the meantime the Provisional Directors, who alone had any control over the fund so deposited, were obliged to continue their exertions in the chance of ob taining the Bill. Then, again, it was not the rejection of the Bill tl.at would enable the company to dissolve itself and ob twn the money from the Accountant General for distribution amongst the shareholders. The Bill might be rejected, and although introduced into successive Parliaments might not stand the slightest chance of success, but vet in the face of all this the promoters must go on with the project in the endeavour to get the Bill in a future session. Still the money was locked up—expenses increased, and there vas no m , ans of putting an end to them. The law, as his Hon. Friend stated, gave them no power to disso've. In existing state of things the would have managing com mittee-men bringing actions against allottees and subscribers, and allottees and subscribers against committee-men; but in the present state of the law it was impossible to say whether these actions would be muintainable or not. There could be no doubt, however, that these parties would go on bringing actions against each other, the one relying upon the decision of Wilmer and Tobin, which he contended was no decision at all, for the learned judge pronounced no opinion upon it, and what he aid say was incorreeted reported in the newspapers and the consequence was that upon die faith of the verdict in the case, 300 actions .were commenced by three compani e s a l one , and the other relying upon the decision of W . alstead and Spot tiswode. Thus speculation having ended in railway shar es the parties commenced speculating in actions at law; and realty in his opinion there would be no end to the litigation and mischief. That all thes e evils cou dbe re moved by Legislative measures it was in vain to hope, bet he ventured to entertain a strong expec tation that if parliament hereafter adopted the Bill which would be submitted to them by Government, and in the meantime the present resolutions, the evils them selves might not indeed altogether be abolished, but they would at all events receive a most salutary check.—'( Hear, hear.) Now, what would this Bid be without Ong into the details, he might in a few words possess the House of the sub. stantial parts of the Bill. In the fist place power would be given to the holders of some small number of shares between the time of signing the subscription deed, and then obtaining of the Act of Parliament through the zusnag.eg c ommiriee, to call a meeting of shareholders to con sider the proprietory of proceeding with the undertaking. It was pi opnsed, that when the meting shou'd Ir cunvuneci teat proper machinery should be provided for taking by proxy, or 1 ersonally, the votes of the sharthelders, and if they so choose they might came to the resolution to dissolve the com pany at once, the number required to vote for that resolution being at least three• fifths of the whole. Proper previsions would also be made to enable trustees and all persons of an official cha racter to vote at atoll meetings, and if the required majority came to a determine:len at once to wind their affairs, their concern would be brought to a termination in the same 'manner as all pirtnership c noerns were wound up. The directors would have rower of possessing themselves of the funds of the com• pony, which tiley would have to dispose of, in the first place, In the discharge of all liabilities into vili:eie they had entered 1 and, in the second place, they would have to pay the surplus in a fair proportion to such as were bona fide holders of shares in the company ; and he had hopes that there would he large surpluses in most cases, because it was impossible that the large funds which the law had r. quired to be deposited before any railway Bill passed the sanding orders of either Houses of Parliament. The pro posal of the Right Han. Baronet would create no new liabili ties, it would only give relief to such as were desirous to re lieve themselves from the engagements which they had enter eel into in a time of great excitement.— ( Hear, hear. ) The present proposal would Involve no new difficulties ; its only object was to prevent this waste and useless ex• penditure of the money of the public in foolish undertakings. It was obvious that some time must elapse before this lull could pass, arid what was to be done with the three or four hundred railway Bills now before Parliament, during the few weeks that must elapse before this Bill could pass into a law. To let these Bills go on without any check, would be allowing the evil to ge on at this period of time when it was most pressing ; but, on the other hand, were they to take the course suggested by his Hon. Friend. His Hon. Friend suggested that they should do more than classify these Bills ; he proposed that they should at once suspend all these Bills from further progress, until some reasonable time should elapse for the passing of this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) It would be better to allow these rat etings to be called at once, and the Bills to be stopped. In the first place, before the petitions can be framed, it was necessary to have recourse to serious operations, which were certainly attended with some difficulty. Most extensive interests were involved its many of these schemes, and the proprietors, in some cases, would be compelled to relinquish their projects without having had any opportunity of express ing their assent or dissent. It would, perhaps, be advisable to postpone the consideration of some of these Bills to a future period, when sufficient time might be had for the pros prietors to decide on the course most prudent to be pursued. It was proposed by these resolutions, in case the company intended to be incorporated, that such meeting was constituted of persona producing scrip of this company representing one-third part of the capital proposed to be raited under this Bill, and it would appear, unless one-fifth should signify their assent, they would be overborne by the remaining shareholders. . But then the Hen. Gentleman (Mn, Bernal asked, would they proceed on the assent of SO small a numbsr ? To that he would reply that, by these resolutions, an opportunity would be given to all the scripholders to come forward to express their sentiments on the subject. lf, however, four-fifths of them hell back, and only one fifth came forward, that circumstance proved that it was a fit Bill to be entertained. No doubt cases might be cited where four-fifths of the holders not coming forward showed an opposition on their part to the Bill, but they would have again an opportunity of petitiioring against it ; and it was competent to the Committee afterwards to reject the Bill on sufficient grounds being shown why they should c :me to such a decision. The assent of one-fifth went the length of inducing them to entertain the Bat. When they considered that these resolutions would operate on every Bill, and that no Bill in the present rate of public feeling would be entertained without a compliance with them, he considered that the mos t beneficial results would be the consequence. V arious objec tions were started, and one with regard to persons who had a right to interfere, but wh o, by these resolutions, would not be enabled to do so. It was only those whit could show that they had really paid their depo-it, who ought to have a voice in assent or dissent. at those meetings. It had been said that they ought not to take away the right of the original s ha re h o ld ers i n N oti ng at such meetings. He could by no merns agree to that view of the case. if th ey h a t pa id on t h e i r s h ares with theintention of becoming bona fide shareholders, if they had taken up their scrip with the view of becoming investors in the undertaking, they would have stood by the schemes whether successful or not. The fact of many of the original shareholders, however, having disposed of their scrip, they had no interest whatever from the Act of sale. If the scheme turned out a beneficial one, it was not the man who had sold his shares who would receive any share of the profit, notwithstanding he had signed the deed of the company.—( Hear.) By parting with his scrip he had forfeited all interest in the undertaking. He agreed with an Hon. Member, who had spoken this even ing, that it would not be safe at the present moment to go further than to apply the resolutions proposed by his Hon. Fiiend to the Bills now before Parliament. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the object of the resolutions was twofold. First, to pass a Bill to regulate and amend the Bills under which railway Companies weie constituted, and by which they were carried on r and, secondly, to discUss the general question of railway speculation, to which he should shortly devote his attention. He hearti:y rejoiced that her Majesty's Government had turned their atte .tion to a subject of such paramount importance. Any one who had the slightest attention to what had been going on during the period of undue speculation must have seen that the attention of the Government should be directed and the intervention of the Legislature asked to put an end to a state of things which were extremely prejudicial to individuals, and not creditable to the cam. mercial character of the country. There was only one point with reference to this subject to which he should venture to advert ; namely, what the Right Hon. Gentleman had stated with respect to reserved shares by directors of railways. He confessed he was rather surprised at the innocence of the Right Honourable Baronet on the subject, because he thought the prevalence of the practice was a matter of notoriety, and, he might add, scandalous none riety, that this system of reserving shares on the part of the persons who, from their station and influence , h e thought would have been incapable of such a procetevliseimilliTe erectiee had been carried to a very greet ex tent, effect of coral letely debeiving the great o w ere inveigled Y et, dof t the public —toe persons of small property , Ile h !T reated, that the in shoals' into these railway projec ts • the parties. either allotted to reserving of these shares, .which .e a c l eivic irequently came off themselves and their friends, and g those shorn scot free themselves,. . thus them. they had induced whether it was possible for . to join . He did not know the Legislature to check these evils, but if the Government would, by the Bill they were about to introduce, remedy the abuser s h. thought I ,~