The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-18 00:00:00

!••1 I' L+lcl 1, Pei Ve., I A lIOUSE OF LORDS, (Ili!) 17. The Earl of StrAFTESEUeY teak his sea.: or. the Woolseck 'daily belor e pi., ve t c ''' o. railway Be a k were bro ug ht up f rom th e H enn of 'onion s and read a fi,st tai RSIIEFIIELIe :11\1.} LINCOL s: RAILWAY. Nesiec Lone preseend two p tithe's to favour of this eon e7eatt ""e wlech e as from tec rev or and corporation of -' His Lerdship als eetireesed a hope that toe Bili ld receive the assent of their Lee ships. The D I LUNATICS BILL. lie • 4 -ce of RICHMON if presented a petition from 'tlogdon agoiest the Lunatics Bill of last se•slen. The 4 se , UNION SET ILE ENI b pio N n DUK E .tiro ;,resented a petition praying that ttlements might not take plate. POesT-01:FiCE. as f i t°4I BROUGHA 111 moved for a return of the revenue ef janttaeaperiss of te sa LPie os flee fur the se endieg the idib ;Y, e 1846, ch ag reed to. ar Th e 0,4 0. E i._: (Ye INTXICATING LIQUORS. Cle e . t , It'shnp of LONDON preserved a peinfen frcm the thei r .wardees aul• overseers of Bury, i n Lancashire, p ra y ing 14;):- t o , dship s to t-e pas. a measure inveining the sale el spin "'liquors on the bb h. Tb, litiTeiS AND WASHHOUSES. th e h 'IRV PRELAT E al s o pre s e n t e d a p e titi on f rom lits 3 t: r(j .sivard ens and overseers of St. C ern: nts Dane's e oht i seer Lord s h ips t:, pass a measure to entitle paris hes4. ` ) " f , •the • - • of et ec:ing baths and wash me, Ji put 'a - .for the peor. ' r d SIGNING PROTE T. tojite- .A.r. .DEDALE called the attentio n ofth e i r L or dship s he d Nufeg of prote s t s by P eers w h o wete not pr; sent at tertlevbates on the que.str , si to which their prot e st s h a d .bs o ,: l 'ee• lie was aware that there was an i m p res si on Aot that unless Peers were pres e nt then questions were t t , t,e et the y were not a po•ition to sign prote s t s with te e d to them. He Cad referred to authorities, t est .°ll4 d wh instance of a Peer signine a pre- Deevas not present at t h e d e b ate on I lok e jet_ti• to whi c h i t h a d re f erence, i n the pea son of the L eafs Somerset, in 1823, axles signed a pretest when an ari n •ent was move d to sel cdiiress to the Crown, he not Preter!tbeen i n his plate at i h e time it was put, but as he was j tite e , at the debate tin the suej -et, l e ase was ' , t °4 ~„`o his G race to sign theprotest. That ,ate, "Le only instance h e cou ld find of recent also refer re d t o th e fi rs t th r e e v olumes of 41:anl'haemba ~, in which he found three cases of Peers signing to who were not present at the debates on the questions ;t1 Q ";*elt , they refer i red. The first occurred on the 14 '146 S ePtenaber, 16 7S , when Lord Clare signed a i'les ee '. to a supply Bill; the. next in 1720, fifty years tigL a 7 r4 s by Lord Ileytesbury, and the next by Lord Not pg ilt,tiovho was not present. After referring to the stand heit4'ers he went en to say that there was nothing in it Ha,!ee shr 'g that Peers should be proem at the discussion on er d e ' t 0 enable them to sign protests with respect to them. gapa, their Lordships three instances in which it so gi n r ,T,that the was a difference of fifty years between 'ouee of th ose p ro t es t s ; th ose P eers s i gne d protests al feee'ho:s3? teere not present during the debates. .The sub l•ord well worth an inquiry and . alterations. 411PBELL said that, in his (pinion,. those persons l 'utes t 4 'were present during a debate w, re entitled to enter a k,lt est 'because a protest was understood to came from a Peer rler-e.,4rgunients had * been overruled. But how could a litis e e, l .) Ras never present at al! during the debate be sup .;° be overruled in that sense ? BROUGHAM said that the Noble Baron (Lor . d ltopi: m le) had, it appeored, given expression to theeneral en this subject, but he did not exactly agre! 4 .l lse ' l a Noble Friend's arguments as to the principles which yft , laid down with respect to the eternity of proxies. ~Lo r t e c i ,lIEDESDALE—Protests, not proxies. ie reROUG HA M—However, he hoped that 1 4'enlit saon expire notwithstandine the prayer which had de. °flered by the Noble Marquis (he Marquis of Lans -I_o far their immortality.—( Lau g ht er . ) ta i r,l LANSDOWNE—I did say colloquially, ii immortal k Lo rd iere BROUGHAM— " May they be"--( Great Laughter.) k o t tle conversation ensued on the subject, in which several it Lords took pert. 14. AIESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. ' ss ' ll Zers fro m the Ceiereons brought up several Bills. tereSFIEF:AF.LD AND LINCOLN RAILWAY. ICes,'4I(INNAIRD presented a rtetion in favour of this Th ' l ' l and reeved the third reading of the Bill. ce,e,Eart of JERSEY opposed the third reading, and prn- NT to allege residential injery in cases where compensation le ap ratit be given. It passed for a length of two miles over ‘t Ite ° PtY in a very objectionable manner—in such a manner Fse tt f did not think the House, would sanction. The Noble i p t e '",e, l llded by moving, that the order of the day for the i thr el a ctioe of this Bill be, discharged, and suspended until Qst 1. 1; 1 %7, in order that in th.' meantime the praricabi es a better and more direct line between .Sheffi•ael e ert,th t i:", 11 May be considered, lesa obnoxious to the interest Te e it l tlue d Proprietors, and more conducive to the public se SOX se - lid replied to the remarks of the Noble Duke, 0 4 1 11 1s ei r - L t o hat the Bir w as well worthy of adoption on the part h4eelin.Ptdsh•ps. There were certainly some dissentients s e ;,, e uel e ? out they were by no means numerous. fle , hoped, V:Ialle,, 1 1 1 . that they would piss the Bill. and so ac.. in ae- ' L A tpp„7'th the opinions of their own Ganmittee which had - (l — ta il lred t ' - Quire into this subject. tila t44 :(/ . 4 NBU o ß in Y'avowed his extreme . distaste to all rail- Patteßa th p laghter. ) Indeed he would, if he had the power, to „,'Aia t i;ulto a certain locali-y, to which he would not more - titil at ' allude.—(Great Laughter.) . This line proposed li °ltete hi s property in a moss objectionable manner. r P O rt e s he would not oppose, although . did not mean to e i vs ‘oe Bill. He believed, in his conscience, that the k e l e el t :Tbe as beneficial to the country as most of the lanes rnie e t it th. v were threetened.—(Hear, hear.) 41. Z WILLIAM was not about to enter upon a general h5l he againstall railwa s after the manner of his Noble Friend, but r aust ex ar his y opinion that their Committees were tt ers -°flat ittned i m e ," just f oun e at e e 4 . He den . ied that , they tit f ree fr o s e arli er 1 : 4 the charge of impartiality and ignorance. In alee t h er X ,s od of the sessiin he had the good fortune to be lily was one Iztr those Cemmittees, and he knew that his !e tc ' P er f"ro his labours conscientiousli and imparti tipt„ [mar, h ea a •1 r• But he was called upon to pronounce rai. way which would pass through a portion of the are i e o n which he had never put his foot; and, there wa" knew not w h e th er hi s d ec i s i on was j us t or not. tt a matter o f notor i et y tha t th e Parliamentary agents t less, („ care to bring forward what was called " good wit 40t in favour of their ewe, that said; was . to say, men who were fs, h aver scrupuleus in w h at. they Fast and , he was afraid that tti.: nk roen had been brougnt f .rward in support of l. this e i"iected to this Bill because it was not a proper me, ina as it wou ti l eanro, hear.)thro the important district of He had reason to believe Committeethe on this Bill did not hear the engineer Kt Would hare given evidence in favour cf the rival Bill. th,_would, therefore, gladly support th e N o bl e D u k e ' s very oruntsble proposition. I hat p ro p os iti on wou ld h ave the effect hit:PPing the Bill this season , b ut it wou ld b e t h e most just °f proceeding. t he rdBROUGHAM had no great opposition to offer to ldstranesition, but inasmuch as the stopping of this Bill, the ° WC clf which had been fully considered, would, in his Ins e . - ,as cr eate great mischief, because it would set the bad ?Ilea l t of upsetting the decision of the Committees.— bear.) He had no wish to consign this or any other s e )h a t Y to that place where the iron would melt—(Laughter) certaioly did regret see i ng t h e lace o f t h e country ‹e t i•P for the pur ose of railways, anti the good old mode of Inielth t ravelling p d d --( Hear hear. ) If the railways llieVlot sent to thatsu- superseded e which had not been named, Tie; naps 4 v s il atl r i e : i l w a r part of th p eir promoters .. syould . —Laugn - er.) He %ruin aYs objeet to cases these bein e , escut back to the :,:etv a r n 4 l l X, as a member of the Committee, replied to the d r e j u l t; n : of the Noble Duke, and contended that they ts: e — `'ned in coming to the decision that it . was the hest ' e 'etl, - ,1 d irect line In fact the Noble Duke himself, he be - The jj a e l . iu favour ' of the line when it was projected. Lk.ere si;e NEWCAS I'LE— When was that ? 'ere AUX_I n teee, ho believed. He hoped their lo Aips W ° l lld uphold the decision of the Committee by al ih p - e Bill to pan; a third time. Zaes%'farl of RADNOR briefly supported the Bill. The ' WielL u 41W -Sheffield an d Lincoln, if the Hill were thrown of a direct cAmmunication with 41 . 1,0 5 0 4 ; " 4 manyother advantages which it would confer. I i ll 1 4 ,thr e e ., 1)4 ea of NEWCASTLE said he by no means wished l i ''':lute - ,1 1 :ot this Bill. He also felt the mischief that would . Peck , ov errulinei of the decisions of the Committee but Delieved that the postponing of the Bill would be of th Att s te r n 'ite to the public. f'?? wool from Lord KINNAIRD, in support of . tti: l e I) L. -1 1% . .of NEWCASTLE consented to withdraw his t; th e OrIC 4, T10N OF THE OREGON TREATY. earet t" - is of LA NDO NNtaE sai that he had great sa te% It 'a in I in., upon the ble of d their Lordships' House, ` to her Majesty s comman d s , the treaty concluded eketh.„ll h 'egarsq er Majuestion, t esty and he the ratificatio ns of which United States, bad been exfor the settlement ; u - g o d this day —( Lend cheers ) is CLASSIFICATION' COMMITTEE. s taff - ri "larqu s of LANSDOWNE move .. d th . a . e. the Earl of 1. 1, 401 11, ' :; i b e added to the Committee of Classification, in the Besboroucrh• ‘431-1111 AND LORD GOUGH'S ANNUITY I3LLS. t ilt, e e - farquis of L AN SDO \V.NE I moved the third reading of i s t Itae e e %Ike of RICHMOND would not object at the present thanetor t ' ) °f the proceeding ; after the decision which had been to upon the subjea . . ' He thou , however, if passed, Id lead to the establishment of a dangerous precedent. re:its:M(l not see why an officer of the army was not to be ~,arded in the some mariner as a civilian. '1 hen there was one Itilect connected with India which had given him great regret. ,that more notic e h a d not beets taken of the gallant sotr (..hatles Napier. He considered that he hod been e enri "r ‘ are an officer as any one who had commanded in that 'r3 7 . He not only conquered Scinde. he defeated the ,e,o t e a r tribes, penetrated into their fastnesses with great u l ll . ey skill, and with a great deal of hard work ; .and atter iaoadvinshgoewneddurheidrnmse,amf yaLsrievffiatieoiennst, atoernor. ei l i s i Ce a ß t e li d e in l taking them, these tribes down and made tnena He brought given up their predatory habits, an i we e , o w hying ; they had . honest industry. He nad conciliated theth:eetr.einfilin a state Etueetub 'oldiers under his command, and he was i lls 9f the Y ti a i ll the 1/e ople whom he had conquered. lie th at som e m ark of approbation, besides a mere vot e or t o ugh' Ould be bestowed upon him. He knew it was a vercadniffi . k ' , e subject to touch upon, connected as it was so closely the Prerogatives of the Crown. He ceald not, boa ever; ane w the P r esent occasion to pass without expressing his regret th a t tt4 gallant services of Sir Charles .Napier had not beers re- Lled in the manlier they deserved. e xh 'rd BiIOUG lIA 'I qui:e concurred in the opinion just the er Ray ed by tea ud Presmted a more gallant soldier or ff mitre ab le "F -t e r• He tiouffht that even in the field of India, where ~54ihnell 'battles' hail been shed, and so much brasscry Nee; the in which the Gallant General Sir el et 'i e r had been triumphantly engaged would stand out 1 1 - ,• 411m 1Y prominent The Noble Duke, who at otie perm, Ilitnilitary career:had served with such talent and bravery l' e el e 4 , n as had alluded on a f ormer occas i s n to t h e i nc =parable kftei 4 °f Sir C. N ap i er. fi e qu i te agreed w i t h t h e Noble tle,: u Zho h a d j ust sat down as to the delicacy of dealing with f lat iisjeet ; but h e th oug ht t h e present case was one so strong tl e ett ':eally seemed t o f urn i s h an excel ti me su ffi c i ent to j usti f y sef t e eetien to the general rule. lo th er a few words from the Duke of GIIAFTON, who said God 4:ight sufficient thanks had not been given to Almighty thi rd for th e i r late successes in India, the Bills were read a 'ale and passed. thThe b . SUNDAY TRADING. e et °lshop of OXFORD presented a petition from a place, ' l .j e 41e of whieh we were not able to catch, prayi ,ng -n has ll'easurr° Government to pass as speedily as lios.nb,e bl ne t i 'or a sian'a , . nature to that which had received the tr °lt of the Legislature a short time since ; he meant. the Act, teilb;le•lioe" Ligiaors °Pthem opening their shops fur the sate lif intoxicating .1. 014 A.!11 Lord's Day. He regretted the evils which arose '41413111105 among the labouring classes. He trusted that the principle would be ailiipte3, which was that the public in tho c Jutvry ,h.iuld be i hack fcorn twelve o'clock on I Saturday night rill o'clock on Sunday___ !-.cHooL:ti:isTEßs. The Marquis of liiIEADALIIANE. presented a petition from the s.'eocim ster: in S..o;1,;(1 attached to the Free prayi ,g that they might erj , y the advantages now pos•essed by tii,.se erigageo. in he :e: vice of the Establish , d Church of Scotland It was known that not unit were the ttelmo!rna,ters in that country subjected .o intellectual exami,.a ton, but al-o to religious tests, and at the present titres great poririn of those individuals were deprived ot all the advantages cI einplo meta in their propr scat ion because they could not, in their c:rugviences accede to an establishment whit h wie!ded all the patronage of their profession. There was a calculation bur - iced, he believed, in a correct know!, dge of the country. tint about ime-third of the schoolmasters of Scotland were members of the establishment, one-third were members of the Free Church, sod the other third belonged to tuber com muoites. lie saw no reason why the prayer of thi. petition should not be complien with, and he ttiesefore moved that it shcid:; - : be la it on the table. LAW OF ENTAIL IN SCOTLAND. The .111:11 - gus of ill - IEADALBANE also presented a petition fre.rn several lit:downers-, prating that the law of vntall might lie so altkre,i as to give a more equitable right to the descend4r,t ihhcritors of land. THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY. MORNING, JULY 18, 1846. stare be promoted to form a narrow gauge link from Gloucestel' to B istol, and also from Oxford to Basingstoke, or by any shorter route connecting the propriFed Rugby and Oxtitr-d line with the South Weitern Railway; without prepr d ee, however, to the format ion of any other line also con: re;invr, upon one unVorm tiule, and by a direct route, the north of r.n,!l.tud with !he soulivrn coast. 4. That it is the op - pion of this House that it is exiled cot that the South and Nor,h Wales line, with its liran;d:cs to Mon- mouth and Hereford, should bo fotrue.l on the broad guage. 5. That it is the opinion ni this House that it is riot expe. dif nt to alter the provisions of the Acts fur forming a line of railway from Rugby to Oxford, and fur forming a line of railway from Oafird to Worcester and ‘Volver'nampton, with respect to the gauge on which they may be for Med, or with respect to the powers therein conferred on the Beard of Trade. Lord REDE'.',DALE said he did not intend to oppose the resolutions proposed by the Neble Lord, thoeizli he was not satisfied pith them. Every one roust feel that if a uniformity of gauge were established it would be of great service to the courery.—(Hear, hear.) The narrow gauge was preferable f r sums lines, hut it was perfectly clear to he Commissioners, who had been appointed to inquire into this subject, that the broad gauge hails combination of advantages over the narrow. --(Hear hear ) For his own part, he eelieved that if a me dium gauge had been recommended it would have been met with very little opposition. there were now 1,50.) miles in operation ; more than that were already granted, and still rao-e than that were in the course of being granted in the present session of Parliement, and more would still be sought far in the course of the next three years, and he certainly thought if the Commissioners hal at this most opportune time approved of a medium gauge, they would have done much to remedy the evils of the contest between the two gauges. The resolutions were objeetiorable, irincipally because they con templated the existence of two gauges They were powerless fur good, whilst they would sanetion much evil. lie did not think that the two gaff es wog bed well together, notwithstand ing the o e inions of interested engineers. Mr. Brunel did not say last session which gauge he was prepared to prefer—pro babls he had now arrived at some definite conclusion as to the merits of the two schemes—at,d yet it was at that very time that the Commissioners declared that it was perfectly easy to work the two gauges in conjunction. lie was afraid that the working of the two gauges together was hable to great acci dents; the narrow and the broad gauge carriages goirg at dif frrent speeds, would be continually coming into collision. Although, as he had befere said, be did nut look upon the reso lu!ions with great favour, and at that late period of the session he was not prepared to offer a decided oppositioe, to them, be cause they might probably be of s6,aze service to the public. gilt he n t;st say that there vt as yet suffieient time for the Govern ment to inquire into the subjec - , and thus prove to the public that they meant to come to some (=elusion on this point, and that they did contemplate favouring an uniformity of gauge. He hoped that they would do their best to rid this country of the evil of having two gauge=.—(Hear, hear.) Lord KINNARD nrefectly concurred in the remarks of the Noble Lord as to the evil of havirg two gauges, and he would take the opportunity on some future occasion of moving for the appointment of a Commission to take into consicfcre.tion the whole of the subject., and.the great desirableness of establishing a uniformity of gauge. He contended that the members of the late Commission had not considered the subject in the spirit intended by those whe had supported their appointment. He was glad to Sod that he would be supported in his motion for such a Commission as he had alluded to. He had been informed on good authority that had a uniformity of gauge been insisted on this session the expenditure consequent on the alteration of the gauges on the part of the different railways in the kingdom, which would have recognised it, would only have been 800,030/. He objected, therefore, strongly to the resolutions. The Earl of GALLOWAY thought the country was in debted to the Noble Lord who introduced these resolutions. He thou; ht there should be a resolution to suspend any further railway business till the question of the comparative merits of the different gauges should be settled. The Earl of WARWICK thought it highly objectionable that any line should be laid down with both gauges, similar to the proposed line from Oxford to Rugby. Lord HATHERTON regretted that a subject of so much importance should be brought forward in so thin a House. He believed that the inconvenience of the break of gauge had been purposely aggravated by the narrow gauge party for the purpo,e of getting up evidence against the broad gauge, and he believed if both the lines at that place were under the management of Mr. Brunel, Mr. Saunders, and Mr. Gooch, instead of Mr. Hudson, he thought there would have been comparatively little heard of the inconvenience of a break of gauge. He thought that the broad gauge must be extended northwards, ler the people of Liverpool and Manchester would never be content to hear that the people of Exeter could travel with so much more speed, safety, and convenience than they could. He did not think there would be any inconveniences from working a railway on the broad and narrow gauge, and even if there were, the Board of Trade would have the power to interfere to prevent the inconvenience. Tt.e Earl of CLARENDt)N said that the able manner in which the Noble Lord had expounded his principle!) to-night, upon this imp .rtant. subject, gave hint some alarm ; he feared hat he should not have the abilities to fellow in hi; steps, or to discharge with the same abilities the duties of his office. It would, however, be his highest wish to emulate the Noble Lord In the discharge of those duties which devolved upon him as his successor in the office of the Board of Trade, and whatever information he might obtain in his office, he would use it to promote, to the best of his abilities, an uniformity of gauge, and an efficient settlement of the question. The resolutions were then agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned. • HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 17. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. MacauLAY took the oaths and his seat for the city of Edinburgh. Mr. Rica eso took the oaths and his seatfor Richmond; and Mr. GIBSON Cltatc took the oatna and his scat kr the city of Edinburgh. _ _ _ Mr. B. - BALDWIN moved that Cameron's Caalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Railway Bill be read the third time, notwithstanding, the certificate required by the resolutions of the House, on the 231 day of August last, to be deposited in the Private Bill-office has not h.ten deposited three clear days, such certificate having only been deposited upon Tuesday, the 14th day of this instant July.—Agreed to. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. thought the Bill should not be allowed to pass as a matter of el;urEC. _ Mr. HU TT considered that the right arid privileges of British subjects shou!d not be. lightly disposed of to persons who cUd not intend to reside in this country, or render themselves amenable to 13riti&I los. Passing the present Bill would, in his opinion, be estab!ishing a dangerous precedent. He thought the Biii should be referred Le a Select Committee up stairs. Sir GEORGE GREY =a!'.l be would support the Bill, and he con si'.. tea that it 1 6,s a most ungracious act to refute tl:e privi:ege (I,•rnanded. The Bill Iva,. then read a second time. Several reports were th,n brought up, nnd were considered. THE FLEETWOOD, PRESTON AN.!) WEST RIDING JUNG [ION RAILWAY. The Lords' Amendments to this Bill %sere considered and agreed to. BIATHYSEN'S DIVORCE BILL. This Bil rua{-1 a seeonl time. PIDIBERTON'S (OR GERAIS) ESTATE BILL. This 131 1 1 was also rcatt a second 'time. ..... GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, AN!) PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY (No. ) . The Lords' amendments to this Bill were considered and agreed to. HEMELL'S CHARITY ESTATE BILL. This Bill seas read a third time and passed. NEWRY, WAR RENPOIN T, AND ROSTREVOR RAILWAY. This 13i.l was also read a third time and passed. ANDOVER CANAL NAVIGATION BILL. The report upon this Bill was considered and agreed to. • :MORTALITY IN THE ARMY. Mr. )VILLIAMS presented a petition from Coventry, stating that the petitioners had heard, w.th very deep regret, that a cotsiderahle mortaity existed amoig the British troops quartered in the colonies, and they prayed the House to take measures that no more troops be sent out until arrangements had been made for proper quarters for the men. The petition was ordered to lie upon the table. OREGON — RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY WITH T LIE UNITED STATES. Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, I have to lay upon the tabl e of an House a copy of the treaty between this country and the Government of the United States reFpectint , the Oregon ter r it ory, t h e rat i f i cat i ons o f w hi c h were exchanged' this day between in) self and theaecredited agent of the United States. MILITARY FLOGGING. Dr. BOWEIING gave notice that Ile wouM, en Monday next, a,l a question of the Secretary for the Home Department respecting the alleged death of a private soldier in the it.h Hussars, stationed at Hounslow. It was reported that the poor , nan had died in contequence of a military flogging for some breach of discipline. CO:‘l,llo2iS ENCLOSURT. BILL. Lord CLI VE wished tro know from R the Mi g ht Hon. Gentle man the Secretary for the Home Department if ho intended to t,ring forward any measure of this nature during the present se: on I;i e G. GREY said that the Commissioners had adopted the same course this year as they had done in former years, and an Act had been passed in the month of May, whiets applied to seven eases of enclosure. - No subsequent report had been made since by the Commissioners to the Secretary of State, but from a conversation which he had wish them, he understood that there were fifteen additional cases. On receivin; a special report from the Commissioners in reference to these cases, stating the grounds on which they rested each, it would be his duty to consider the propriety of bringing in a Bill embracing them. He had some doubts, however, whether they could con sistently with the provisions of the Enclosure Act, introduce a Bill ; but if on inquiry he should find this to be the case, and if the Commis , ioners made a special report before the close of the session, he should consider the propriety of preparing a measure to carry their recommendation into Effect. The Earl of LINCOLN said that, as the Right lion. Gentleman had expressed some doubts whether he could bring in another Enclosure Bill during the present session, he begged to inform him that the same difficulty occurred to him when he held office; and he assured the Right Hon. Baronet that no difficulty whatever existed, fur there was nothing what ever in the Enclosure Act to prevent him from carrying the recommendation of the Commissioners into effect by the intro duction of another Bill during the present session. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. It was then agreed that the House, at its rising, do adjourn till Monday next. On the motion for reading the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply, After some conNereation between Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir Howard Douglas, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the purport of which did not reach the gallery, EDUCATION AL ES f IMATES. Mr. EWA ta moved, " That it is expedient that an annual statement on the state and prospects of education be made by a responsible Minister of the Crown, on going into Committee on the education estimates. 2. That it is expedient that the formation of additional training sehools for schoolmasters be encouraged. 3 'That it is expedient to encourage the forma tion of public libraries, freely open to the public, in large towns. 4. Teat it is expedient that appointments to the subordinate ollices of Government be made, as far as possible, en the principle of open examination of the respective qualiti - ew ions of the candidates." The Hon. Alember said that he rose with some reluctance to trouble the House with this motion, but he thought that it was one of considerable importance, and one requiring the most serious attention of the House. He had spoken last year to the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury, and requested him, as the first officer of the Crown, to allow a state ment of this nature to be made upon going into Committee. The Right Hon. Gentleman had at once assented to his re quest. There were statements made on the army estimates, on the navy estimates, and he did not see why a statement on this subject should not be made also. In foreign countries libraries were generally open to the people, but in the event of a foreigner coming over here he had no means of obtaining any entrance there, except under certain troublesome rules. Such a fact was a disgrace to the country, and one to which he would cell the attention of the House at some future period. On the subject of education it was remarkable that this country was behind every other. It was now ahout tweAy years since Lord Brougham had first brought this important subject before Parliament, and some time subsequently a Committee had been appointed, from which but little had re sulted. The maximum of the advantage was that 30,0001. a-year had been appropriated for the purposes of education, and he now saw that 100,000/. was proposed for this year. In Switzeraland, with a population of 2,500,000, he found that there were thirty normal schools, while in the popu lous counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire, with a population of nearly three millions and a half, there were not more than five normal scho :Is. In France there were thirty normal schools, all of which had been begun under Napoleon. It had been carried out in 1833, most efficiently, by M. Guizot. It was a disgrace to this country, in his estimation, that all the other countries of Europe had preceded this in their career of enlightened policy, and he trusted that the deficiencies which appeared in the reports of the inspectors of education would not be long before they were supplied. He had observed that the system followed in Switzerland was one which prevented that spirit of ambition which was so rife in that country. The primary schools are extended to all the provinces of France, and it was so arranged that if the communes could not meet the expense the difference was paid out of the Treasury. —( Hear, hear.) He found that they had the state ments of the different inspectors from their reports. He would state that there was a lam_ntable deficiency in the means of educasion for the poor, and far inferior to the rate of the United States and Switzerland; in the former of which it was one in four, and in the latter state it was one in five of the population who were receiving education. He was one of those who believed that the compulsory western was not a beneficial ss stein. He must also call the attention of the House to the case of the schoolmasters of this country, a body of men who devoted themselves, with admirable principle to the services of the country, and whom he should like to see elevated in their condition before the public. He considered that there was not a more honourable profession than that of a school master.—( Hoar, hear.) It was not estimated by many as it ought to be, but it was a high anti nonourable profession, and while he was upon this point he might r e f e r to the celebrated letter of Monsieur Guizet to the schoolmasters of France, in which he had stated his feelings upon this subject in such just and elevated language that he would trespass upon the patience of the House by reading it.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member then road a long extract from the letter, which desired the schoolmasters to remember in their loneliness and solitude the sacred duty which was committed to them, and that they then ought to gather hope and strength from their work. In the various countries ef the Continent the eduea tion and moral condition of children, but especially of the poorer children, was careful], attended to, which he re gretted to say was not the case in this count' y. Many teachers in the schools devoted to the poor, were extremely ignorant bottti forth,o f spelling ; and a report by John Watson e this the case, but that a kind of s grammarthathat not and only was " scholastic slang" was prevalent amongst them • and they were continually committing a gross violation of the commonest principles of their native tongue,. a; they were in the habit of saying, " them books," " them houses," "them children," &c. Of course if there was this ignorance on the part of the teachers, the scholars entrusted to their care could not be otherwise than ignorant. He then referred to the pamphlet of Dr. Hook, and complimented the doctrines it contained with respect to education. Between five and seven millions a year, was annually derived from charity for the purpose of support ing charity schools, and upwards of 403,0001. annually for the sup iort of grammar-schools, showing the great interest taken by the opulent in the education of the lower classes, and that Cie Government ought to aid those schools by grants. He then called the attention of the douse to the state of edu cation in Scotland, and highly eulogised the system as the means of educating all, and of creating mon of great eminence. From the introduction of ehe present system of education into Scotland, ignorance had been driven from the country, thus showing that the parochial system was superior to the one pur sued in this country. He must say, however, that the system there required great reform. He thought.that a better system might be adopted than leaving the appointment of the school masters to the heritors entirely. He came now to the system of education in Ireland. Now he was happy to say that the system suggested by the Hon. Member Vyse) and adopted by Lord Sta n l e y, had been productive of the best results. More than half a million of children were now receiving the benefit of a good education. He said Mr. Kay properly drew the attention of the House to the increase of poor-rates. The amount of out-dour relief was perfectly astounding. But, he asked, what they had been doing to remedy the evil. They certai n ly h a d n ot been wing those mea ns w hi c h would confer dignity of characer, under the influence of which they would shun crime and contribute to their own support by their labour, in orde r to a void the disgrace of becoming paupers. Of this he (Mr. Ewart) was certain that Parliament could introduce a national system of education, with out at all in terfering with:th e r e ligious opinions of any sect in th e country; and there was this guard besides, that wh a t ever might be adopted, there would always be, in this free country, an a s peal against any abuse to Pariareent. He thought the House was called on to make such a provision for the use of the lig pule, orders in the state. Democracy was prevailing in the country, aid no doubt would continue ; and, therefore, for the peace and safety o f the country, th e y were bound to attend to the education of the people. The Hon. Member concluded by making t h e motion of whi c h h e had given notice. Mr. CHRISTIE rose to second the motion, He said he had at an early part of the session given notice of a motion for an inquiry into the state of education at Cambridge and Oxford, with a view to introducing i m proveme n t i n the same, and to the admission of persons of all religious sentiments to the ad vantages of those Universities. He did not mean to bring for ward that motion during t h e prese n t session, he would post pone it till next session, when he expected it would receive the attention of the House. He said they would soon be called on to give a vote for the professors at these two Universities. lie had called for a return, with a view to this, of the state of the lectures and the attendance on them in the Universities, and he found by that return that they were in a most deplorable sate. That - return showed that a professor of chemistry had an attendance of nine for 18.13, four for 1814, thirteen fur 1845, and sixteen for the present yeere , . The Professor of Natural Plelosophy, who, he ( Mr. Chilitie) remerubered, used to have a large audience, had only ten or twelve pupils last year. Thi3 state of things, he thought, ought not to pass without notice. They would then b e caged on also to pass a vo'e of money to the London University. He was sorry that that institution was not made availeble to the utmost extent, for all the advantages which flowed out of it. Nor was there encouragement given to young persons in th e scho o l s a nd universities, who might b es t i mu l a t e d in their education by the prospect of obtaining employment in certain of the lower branches of the public service, made avail able to them on the ground of merit. The SPEAKER then put the question. Lord SANDON said he did not agree in all the sentiments which had been cx ressed, but he admitted the general prin ciples on which the motion was based. At the same time he recommended that the subject should be left over in the hands of the Nobie Lord at the heal of the Government. The great difficulty was, that in these endowed schools nobody but a lawyer could manage the funds.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) The trusts for educational and other purposes, whie'a were to be found all over the country, were in the hands of lawyers. He would not take up the time of the Ilutelmger, but hoped the Noble Lord would give the subject hi 3 most attentive con sideration. Sir IL INGLIS concurred with the Hon. Gentleman, that her Majesty's Government might to have a fair and impartial trial with regard to this great question. He trusted that his Noble Friend at the Head of the Government would weigh well every suggestion made to him, before he adopted it. As this was not the time to go into the question fully, he would reserve his remarks till a future occasion. Mr. WARBURTON thought the Government ought not to lose sight of the last proposition of the Hon. Member for Dumfries. Let none be presented to places of the Treasury, or to any of the subordinat e o ffi ces o f G overnment, unless theywe'eproperly qualifi e d t o fil l them. He would be sorr to away take Parliamentary patronage, but let. no Membery seek to procure a situation in the Customs or Excite for any individuals unless they were properly qnalitied. By the late Government the general registry office was to inadequately managed by the c'erks who were appointed to it, that it wes for a long lime very inefficient fly the previous Government also the office of bankruptcy was fired by a number of clerks whose intolerable incempetency was a matter of notori• ty. The late Government, he understood, did away with the tests to ascertain the qualification of clerks for the Treasury, but, in his opinion, they did not act wisely in doing, so, for lie con sidered that their continuance would tend very much to pro cure a more eilielent body of in.rsans to fill those situatlons. Mr. WILLIA3IS hoped the Noble Lord would take the matter into his early and fullest consideration. in Scotland the progress of education was most gratifying. The country looked up to the Noble Lord with the most hopeful feeling, and he (Mr. Williams) sincerly trusted it would not be disap pointed. In France, the vote passed in the Chamber of De puties this year was upwards of 700,000/. sterling. He hoped her Majesty's Government would give the question of educa tion their most deliberate and early consideration. Mr. HUME considered that the moral state of the people was as important as their physical wants. He saw with regret that education was of late years more opposed by Dissenters than by the members of the Church of England. The state of education in this country rendered them the reproach of Europe. England had one in eleven educated; Belgium one in ten ; France one in ten ; Friesland, and other places in Germany, one in six, on in five, and nee in four ; so that in this country, as compared with some of the states of Germany there WAS twice as much ignorance. —( Cries of Hear, hear.") England also was the only place where children of differ ent religions were not allowed to attend the same school. If they were at all in doubt how that united system operated he sl - ould say to them that they should be cautious how they proceeded, hut they had the example of Ireland, and witl) that example all doubt as to the result was removed. Tie Irish system had been successful in Liverpool, and it was also attended with complete success in flolia.nd, where children of all creeds were educated together. If, instead of expending large sums in the maintenance of criminals, they were to apply it to the education of children, there would not only result a considerable banear, but even a saving of expenditure. The time was now come when the Government could attempt to introduce that means which had been so successful in It eland, and he had not the smallest doubt that the country would aid them in their endeavours, and their efforts would be feund of benefit to all classes. Mr. J. STEWART admitted the importance of the subject under consideration. He thought that the education of the people of this country was one which ought to deeply interest the Legislature. He did not, however, think that the subject had at all been fully explained or put f:rward by what had taken place that evening. Those who brought forward that motion, seemed to take the opportunity of attacking the Esta blished Church. The Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool had departed from the subject of education, and had spoken of the administration of justice in the courts of the law. The Noble Lord had spoken of the difference between a rich man and a rn - ,or man in a court of law, and had stated that the price of justice in an unoppo.ed case was 701., and for an opposed case he did not know how much. The Noble Lord should spe cify the case which had occurred, and bring it forward for inves tigation, in justice to his own character and the character of the Court in which it was tried. The Court to which he belonged was very unpopular, and it was so because it was exclusively engaged in investigating those cases where breaches of trust had existed for a long series of years, and the persons who smarted under its influence abused it. He said there was no member of the profeasson to which he belonged would refuse their assist ance towards the amendment of the law. It was easy to cry out about abuses, but much snore difficult to remedy them. Why, he held in his hand a Bill got up under the patronage of the society for the amendment of the law, and introduced into the upper branch of the Legislature—a Bill for facilitating conveyance of property— which showed what labour was neces sary for the amendment of the law. Yet that Bill, he said was a vast mass of ab urditit s, which, he was sure, no Member of that Ilimse would take in hand. This only showed the diffi culty of the subject of which the Noble Lord had spoken with such levity. Mr. HORSMAN thought that no system of education would ever be successful, which was not accompanied by a system of close inspection ; and hoped, the Noble Lord would recollect the remark of the late Minister, that no vote would be asked on the subject of education, without a statement concerning the state of it in this country. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he would confine himself to a very few observations, as any lengthened statement at pre sent would rather impede than further the progress of the ques tion. The statement of the late first Minister of the Crown, in reference to the vote on education, had been referred to by the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down. Such a statement, he thought, would be the means of furthering education, and it I was, besides, due to the House, so as to enable the House to i comprehend the real state cf the country in that respect, and take such measures as would further their views. He owued, however, in reference to what had fallen from Hon. Members, that he did not think the same facilities were to be found in this country which existed in foreign countries for the establishing of a national system of education, One great impediment to it consisted in the voluntary efforts which had been •made for conventional purposes.—(Hear, hear.) Laws might be promulgated in Russia, because there they had the power to make them absolute ; and those who sat in the Par liament of Scotland, in the year 1696, had the full confidence of that country, agreeing with them in a national religion. This remark was applicable in some degree to what had been done in Ireland some years ago, under Lord Grey's adminis tration, but in this country the question' was in a very differ ent situation. Efforts hed been made on the national system to supply schools . ; the British school society had also established schools in various districts; various denominations of dissen ters, Wesleyan and congregational, had shown the greatest zeal in the establishment of schools. These bodies had got their own rules and their own systems which they had established in the schools they supported. They were proud, and justly so, of what they had done ; they had admitte d the light of the Gospel into the cottages of the poor, and had disseminated instruction in the manufacturing districts. It was not wonderful, therefore, that in their attempt to introduce a national system they should meet with opposition ; that such persons should dislike that which seemed to destroy their own benevolent labour. He said he stated these things to show what any Government which interfered on this question would have to consider. Yet he said, after all that had been done by benevolent persons in the Church, by Dissenters, and by per sons in high stations and in low in this country, for the educa tion of the people, it was a lamentable fact that great ignorance still prevailed; he said it was a lamentable fact, because the disgrace to this country was light compared with the evil itself. But it was evident that, in this situation at least, great advan tage would follow from the establishment of additional clay schools, and in having the condition of the schoelmasters raised in this country. Perhaps Parliament might fall short of what it would wish to accomplish, yet it was well that such as the lion. Memb•r far Dumfries called the attention of the House to the subject, as he was certain it would have the effect of conferring additional influence on it. .t was a matter of great importance to have a measure which would make large sums in endowed schools more available.— ( Hear, hear.) He could not agree with the scruples of the Hon. Member for Oxford, who thought that, in a case where Greek and Latin were to be taught, and no one learned Greek and Latin, yet Parliament was not to touch the funds because some ene might rise up who would learn Greek and Latin. He did not expect the Hon. Member, with all his known reverence for things established and ancient, could have gone so far. He (Lord John Russell) assured the House that he would give the subject his best attention, and that when it came again before the House, that he weuld make a statement which might show that he had not altogether failed of his promise.—(llear. ) They did not make a man a better member of society by teach.. ing him to read or to write. They did not make his morals better by ineructing him in chemistry.—(Hear, hear.) He called on the existent state of morals in universities to bear witness to the truth of his assertion.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped he would never see the task of public education taken from the worthy hands in which it was at present vested, to those of a public Minister. The object of education was net to make good scholars, but good morals. However amiable the intentions of the Members for Montrose and Dumfries, the ob ject of their proposition would be to make men more clever criminals than they were at present.—( Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN MANNERS said, he could not imagine that any desire could be manifested to assimulate the education of this country with France or Prussia. If they observed the present opinions delivered from the chairs of the French College they could not fora moment wish for such an assimu latioe ; whatever good had been achieved by the educational system which at present existed, was entirely in connexion with the church. Dr. BOWRING considered that the French and Prussian educational system was much misunderstood, lie was sorry to say that religious tests had been applied to the candidates before admission into schools, and he would regret it extremely if there should be an attempt to meddle with the liberty of the subject under the pretence of introducing a national system of education. Mr. ESTCOURT joined completely in the opinion which had been expressed, that education without reference to morals would be in itself a bad and dangerous system, and he did therefore consider that the duty of education should be transferred from the hands in which it was at present vested. After a few words from Mr. E WART in explanation, the motion was negatived without a division. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The House then went into a Committee of Supply. Mr. HUME objected to the method in which the sums of money granted for education was distributed. Poor districts did not receive the sums of money, whereas rich ones did, and this was because there were certain qualifications required be fore money would be granted. Sir JOHN PARKER said that the report upon education . . would show the distribution of the money. Alr. lA of the whole of E TILLIA 31Sconsiden7dlantldi a at nd l there should and that sack districts agenseretial inspection districts as showed an unwillingness to comply with the requi site qualifications required by Government, should be com pelled to do so by a rate lev ied u p on the inhabitants. The sum of 100,00V1. was then agreed to for the purposes members th e y e y grantedi,v ou o l d f of education. On sir t ß he cl i ß te E m ß o .r f s for sa e i t d l a c t a h t a i t on hoe i e n lfa l nht r hdo e ep, la ema n ds d o p a e r u m n t t e t d h echmuer church, members of apply fora arch portion n I r to the National Church, and that a fair proportion cf the money would be accorded to them. This was a matter of merejustice, Mr. HUME said that the fund in Ireland was administered with great fairness and equity, and there could be no fault found with it. After a few words from Mr. P. BORTHWICK, Lord J. MANNERS rose, he said, simply to second the appeal of the Hon. Member for the University of Oxford. He hoped that what he had thrown out would be duly attended to by the Government. He could not see how they could make an exclusive grant to the so-called national system of education, and deny a similar grant to that system of education in connec tion with the Irish Church. Mr. HAMILTON quite agreed with the sentiments which bad fallen from the previous speakers as to the grant in ques tion. Mr. THYME said the national system was established by Lord Stanley, and had been found most useful in its working. Mr. LADQUCHERE mid subjects iu conualou with Ireland gave him to much consolation as the fact, that the people of Ireland, under the national system of education, were enjoying a blessing which many more favoured countries did not possess. It was destroying prejudice, and gave him the best hopes as regarded the future. He rose merely to do away with any impression that the Government were in the least degree indifferent to the national tystem of education. Sir R. H. INGLIS merely wisLed to impress on the mind of the Noble Lord that he ought, in justice to those connected with the Church of Ireland, to give them a grant for education in such a mote as.they could receive it. Mr. HENLEY briefly supported the views of the Hon. Member for Oxford. The vote was then agreed to. The neat item proposed was 5,3 l/., for the me!ropolitan and provincial schouls of design. Alter a few observations from Air. Ewart, Lord George Manners, and Mr. llume, Dr. 110 WRING thought there should be a more efficient system of registrat in than at present, and that there ought to Lie n tribudat to decide regarding the right of designs. Such a tribunal might be composed of manufacturers and workmen. Tribunals of this kind were foundof great efficacy in France. Mr. P. BORTHWICK was opposed to any such tribunals as hoe named. Jr. J. HEATHCOTE would like to know what those tribunals spoken of as being in France were, and what were the expel sea attending on them, before he supported such an institution. Something, however, ought to Le done in regard to the regulation of designs. Mr. HENLEY said that he was astonished that, after the extraordinary powers which were granted three or four years ago to carry out the law about designs, they were com pelled, after all their beautiful new systems of legislation, to resort to the Court of Chancery. Ad their fine French courts and tribunals would turn out to be mere moonshine. The vote was then agreed to. On the item of 2;000/. to support certain professors at Cam bridge and Oxford, Mr. IVILLIAMS briefly objected to the high salaries re ceived by the professors for very trifling duties. Sir R. H. INGLIS defended the vote. The sure was not one-fourth of what was annually granted to the University of Landon.— (Ilea!, hear.) The professors at the University of Glasgow and the College of Belfast were quite as liberally paid as those at Oxford or Cambridge. The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Williams) hail admitted that he had no: very strong ()- jections to the grant, and he ( Sir R. H. Inglis) therefore hoped that the House would consent to the grant.—(llear. ) Mr. DICKINSON opposed the grant, and said that the Universities received quite sufficient for their support from other sources, than grants from the public treasury. The vote was then agreed to. The following votes were then agreed to witliout ob servation : —.1,50t1. to the University of London, 7,4'301. to the Scottish. Universities, 3UO'. to the Royal Irish Academy, 30.3. to the Royal Hibernian Academy, t 3,080/. to the Royal Dublin Society. On the vote of 2,60:4. to the 11.411 Belfast Academy, Mr. HUME wished to know why there had been an increase of 500/. un the grant of last year. Sir J. GRAHAM explsined the reason of the increase of the salaries and number 6f the professors. As the greater portion of the people of the North of Ireland pro!essed the Presbyterian religion, which was supported by th e State, it. was thought but ILIA that increased means should be given to the professors to instruct the young men of Ulster in tho principles of religion and science. Lord J. MANNERS would be glad if the Right Hon: Baronet would inform the Cummitte whether there had been ary correspondence between the Government and the synod et • Ulster on the subject of the professors' salaries ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that there had been such a com munication, and it would probably be produced to-morrow, in pursuance of the motion of the Hon. Member fcr Montrose. Mr. L A BOUCH ERE thought that the Hon. Member for Montrose woul I not derive any advantage by postponing this vote till the production of the correspondence. Mr. HUME understood that the authorities of the college had not asked [or the increase, and the Right Hon. Baronet ought not therefore to have made it, as it was the public money. The Right Hon. Baronet might give 509'. out of his own pocket if he pleased, but he had no right to give away the public money in that manner. The Right Hon. Gentleman had given no explanation whatever for giving the increase, and under all the circumstances he would oppose it. Sir J. GRAHAM said that he had stated the grounds why the increase was made. A deputation had been specially sent over from the synod of Ulster, consisting of the moderator and three of the principal Presbyterian clergymen of the north of Ireland, and it was upon their representations that the in crease was made. This, however, was a question of policy and equity, and it remained fcir the present Government to take whatever course they pleased on the matter, but he had stated the circumstances which induced the late. Government to make the increase on the former allowance. Mr. WILLIAMS thought that the people of this country had enough to do with their money, besides giv:ng it away to parties who had not asked for it. There were other institu tions in far greater need of Government assistance, and in the exercise of their genk•rosity they should rather look to them. Mr. LABOUCIIERE had considerable difficulty to come to a decision in the case, as he did not know Wily the eircum stances under which it was made. It" might be right to in crease the salary of the divinity professors of the institution,• but he thought sufficient grounds should be shown for that pur pose. As the vote, however, had been brought forward by the late Government; who had examined the matter carefully, he would not change it; but next year, when the estimates came on, should he not c3nsider it warranted by the circum stances of the ease, he would withhold the increase. Mr. HENLEY thought that this was one of the fruits of the grant to Maynooth. He did not mean to give any opinion on the justice of the case, but he thought it might be in structive to know whether the overture came from the Govern nent or the increase was applied for by the College. As no principle, however, was involve•l, he would trot oppose the grant. Mr. HUMS said after•what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary for Ireland, he could nut press his amendment to a division. BRITISH MUSEUM. On the sum of 45,4941., for the new building of the British Museum, Mr. l I MME asked when it was likely that the alterations would be completed? Sir R. INGLIS thought, that the whole of the buildings would be completed within three years. The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 3,3001. was proposed to defray the expenses of the National Gallery. Mr P. BORTIIWICK objected to an item in the estimate of 6001. for the purchase of a portrait of Hans Holbein. The country should not he called upon to pay for the blunder of a public officer. He should divide the House upon the question. Colonel SII3THORP said this was the first time he had en tered the House since the late Ministry had resigned, and be really did not know where he was— ( Laughter)—he could not make out the position of the parties.—( Laughter.) With reference to the picture to which the Ho nourable Member fur Evesham had alluded, he did not know who painted it, and he did not care. —( Renewed laughter.) He for one would be glad to give his vote to pull down the whole building, and sell the old ma terials for what they would fetch. Look at the building, and see the display of water works outside, with a lot of dead dogs and dead cats round it—(Laughter)—smelling most offensively, rendering the water-works at once the laughing-stock to the people of this country and foreigners, who were allowed to see them by the kind permission of the Metropolitan Police.— (Laughter.) He should like to see the vote stopped at once, and let them have a gallery worthy of the country, and not such a building as at present existed, tit only for a blackhole for the confinemen! c.f eonvicts.—(Laughter. ) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER must confess that the picture was not worth the money, and the purchase of it at that price was merely a blunder, to which public bodies were frequently subject. Sir J. GRAHAM said that both the Right Honourable Member for Tataworth and himself were trustees of the National Gallery, and were both responsible, in some measure, for the blunder whic had been made. The picture was not, as the Hon. Member for Evesham had stated it to be, a very bad one. It was certainly a high rice to pay for it; it was admitted by all that it was not a Holbein, but at the' same time it was not considered to be a bad one, and the late Go vernment thought that they had better come to Parliament and ask for the money for the purchase, than to take an lion. Member's advice, and go to law upon the subject. —( Laughter. ) Mr. HENLEY thought that they should not quarrel too much with the trustees of this institution because they had been taken in once. After a few words from Mr. PETER BORTH\VICK, who said he was sent there to guard the public purse, and he would not be mealy-mouthed upon this question, Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that arrangements had been made to have the opinion of competent judges on future pur chases, which would prevent any such blunders in future. Sir DE LACY EVANS said he was aware Government had in hand many new buildings, and he would not at present propose a new gallery. But in taking into consideration the improvement of the metropolis, he thought they ought to put themselves in communication with eminent architects, with the view to providing something worthy of the country at a future time.—The vote was then agreed to. A vote of 10,9111., for the general survey of Great Britain and Ireland having been read, - Mr. HUME certainly wished to know what had been done in the last year. After a few words from Mr. HOPE, the vote was agited , to.l A vote of 5,01`3'., for scientific objeetp, was, at4o. agreed A vote of 3,061!., for BotanicalGatileni . lis Ireland, wa l agreed olv to o . of:3,0 701., to d ' efraY.t ' fie- - , * ; lishment in Prince Edward's Tilinci; was agreed to. A vote of 4,3101., for a similar purpose la the island of Ber muda, was also agreed to. A cote of 4001:, for the expenses of lighthouses on the Sable Mantis, was agr.'tl to. A vote of 11,500 t., for civil esallishments in St. Helena, was agreed to. ..: . • A vote of 7,219%, for civil establishments in Western Antra hia, was agreed , ~ , .- Jo. . • .. A cote of 2,965/., for the charges and expenses of Port Les sington, was then proposed. After a fen' words from Mr. HOPE, Mr. HUME said that he cordially supported this vote, and begged to call the attention of the Government to the advantages of this port as a centre of communication by the overland route between this country and Australia, and hoped the Government would take some steps to carry out• that project. The vote was agreed to. A vote of 4.7561. for the charges of the establishments on the Falkland Island was proposed and agreed to. A vote of 30,0001., to defray the charges of civil establish ments in New Zealand was proposed. After a few words from Mr. WinntAass and Mr..Horr., Mr. HUME said he did not know whether this money was for military expenses or on account of paper credit issued by the Government. He wished to know if there was any thing like a correct stability when a man was appointed Governor, and whether Governor Fitzroy had arrived, and had rendered an account. He did not lay any blame to him, for he believed when he was appointed that he would make a good governor. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave Governor Fitzroy all credit for having acted on good faith, and with the best intentions, but he had failed, and had been recalled by the Government which had appointed him, and he (Lord J. Russell) thought that enough had been done in the matter.--( Hear, hear. ) After a short discussion on the general policy of General Fitzroy, the vote was agreed to. was then voted for the expenses of Heligoland, and also 18,394/. for the salaries of the governors and deputy-gover nors of the West Indian colonies. On 11,1.53/. being proposed for the expenses of the eccle siastical establi.hroents of Canada and British North America, Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the item of 3,000/. for mis sionaries there ; to what country did they belong ? Mr. HOPE havin. , explained, Mr. HUME also offered some opposition to the vote. Mr. WILLIAMS called on the Government to withdraw this vote altogether. Mr. DICKENSON briefly supported the vote. Mr. P. HOWARD said that a very small sum was allowed to the Catholic Bishop of Newfoundland, the principal portion of the population being Catholic; he was only allowed 75/. per annum, whilst the Protestant bishop was allowed 2,000? He did not mean to advocate a lavish ex ten4iture, but surely this was a case in which the Government was called upon to act more liberally to the Catholics of Newfoundland. The vote was then agreed to, On 18,000/. being propoed for the expense of the GOTelli. ment of the Indian department of Canada, Mr. HUME opposed the vote, but it la as eventual) , agreed to. 12,164/. was then agreed to for the Emigration Board. On 43,1(.01. being proposed for the saltries of the Stipcn— dial y Magistrates of the West Indian Colonies. Mr. WILLIAMS said that the sum was far too large, and that the people did not require these magistrates. Theieople were living in a state of luxury as compared with the people of this country, and the crimes were but few. He therefore pro— tested against the people of this county being taxed to so large an extent for the purpose of raalutaining an unnecessary esta blishment. The vote was eventually agreed to. The sum of 45,t300/. was voted to defray the ex, - .enses of Ile establishment at Hong-Kong. 120,000/. was voted to defray the extraordinary (LstursemerVa of her Majesty's Ministers abroad. A vote of tto,ooo/. for the expense of supporting captive negroes under the provisions of the treaty fur the suppression of !he slave trade was proposed. Mr. HUME thought the expenditure alsegether uncalled for, as all attempts to put down stave trade by this means htd been ineffectual. Lord PALMERSTON thought the effect of the operations under the slave-trade tready had been of great benefit in the supprefsion of that nefarious trade. After a few words the vote was agreed to. The sum of •?'l,BOOl. was voted for the expenses of the Mixrd Commission. The sum of 112,600/. was, after a short discussion, agrt ed to, in order to defray the expenses of the different British Cc n suls abroad. The House then resumed, and the Chairman reported the resolutions of the House. REAL PROPERTY CONVEYANCE BILL. The second reading of this Bill was postponed to a future day. COMMONS INCLOSURE (No. 2) BILL. _ _ After a few V% ords from Lord WorsleY, Sir Graham, Sir a Grey, Colotel Stbthorp, and Mr. B. Eseott, the Bill was postFongd till Monday next. ORDNANCE SURVEY BILL. The report on this Bill was btought up and agreed to. WESTERN AUSTRALIA BILL. This Bid was read a third time and passed. NEW ZEALAND LOAN BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and pissed. PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. LA BOUCHER E. moved for leave to bring ir. a Bill to amend an Act for consolidating and amending the laws relating t4S prisons in Ireland.—Agreed to. THE GAUGE QUESTION. The Earl of DALHOUSIE, in brie ging this subject before their Lordships, felt it necessary to explain %%In', after it had been alineunced, it had been so long delayed. lie had been quite ready to bring it before the House at the time appointed, but their Lin:ships, oweig to the change el Ministry, and the important ciaeuisiona in which they had been engaged, were too much trecuired to entertain it. But with the consent of her Msj soy's Government he was now quite ready to bring it before their Lordships. From the present state of the House he obsei ved that there was not much anxiety respecting the subject which he bad to introduce, and he would, if they thought proper, most readily postpone it, although he would rather, if he now consulted his own inclination, refrain from doing so. The chief part co the matter bad been so fully stated in the report of the Commissioners, that he had little left to do than to re mind their Lordships of what had there been most amply and perspicuously stated. The resolutions which he had to propose simply proffered the result of that report, which was chiefly filed by a consideration of the railway system. The object, therefore, ot these resolutions was in tl.e first place to regulate the gauge of railways already in existence, an d f ur th er t o establish an insaorna gauge for all ra I ways that may hereafter be farmed. It would be cecessary for him to revert a little in order to put the Horne in possession of the circumstances which hail induced the inquity of these Commissioners, and originated :bc resrautious wntch he was about to propose. .It would be recollected-that all the railways which hid been first formed acre constructed on what was called ten. narrow gauge ; but, contrery to the general belief, the e did not appear to be any particular reason why they should be formed of that par tit:sear width. On the contrary it would rather seem that it was done without any definite cause, and arose more than any thing else out cf the circumstance that the earlier railways were mods to form communications with the tram ways for the carriage of goods and iris when they were drawn by horse power. The usual width of the carriagei &awn — by :these h - orties was 4 fret ea ; inches, and that consequently becimeattia 'COMITI' , II • gauge ot the noire important railways that • were at first foamed. After some yeas a Bill passed throueh Parliament for the formation of a railway from London to Bristol. In that Bel there was tin regulation respecting the gauge, and, as by an aerei went with Mr. Brunel, the directors had decided upon taking the broad gauge, that lire was to:med with a width of seven feet between the rails. There was no doubt but that with the broad gauge there was the oppertunlty of getting greater power and more speed, bat the majority of the lines in the country were constructed on the 4 feet el inch gauge. But even that was not uniform, for while these two gauges were used in some places, the Northern Railway was con structed on a gauge of live teet, and the Dundee and Abroath, and the Abroali and Forfar Railways were constructed on the five feet six-inch gauge. This was the case until the com mencement of 1545, when an immense mass of railways were breught into Parliament, and the question of the break of gauge forced itself on the attention of the Legislature. At that time upwards of 1,9:10 miles of railway had been formed on the narrow gauge, and about 30J miles on the broad gauge, but then the several railways were not at that time in connexion with each tither. The Great Western line was formed on the broad gauge, and the Eastern Counties, and those running to the north, were made on the narrow gauge, and as they did not join each other no inconvenience bad been suffered. But in 1815, Bills were brought into Par liament which compelled the attention of the Legislature. lii that session upwards irt lao Bills were brought under considera tion, and among teem two on which the question of the gauge was seriously involved. They were respectively for the formation of lines front Oxford to Rugby, and the other from Rugby, by Oxford, to Wolverhampton. The termini of these lines would respectively meet with broad and narrow gauge lima. There was a department of the Government whose duty it was to consider the merits of the several lines about to be submi• ted to the legislature, and after much discussion the MemLers of that department had come to the decision that these two lines involve an undoubted and serious evil— namely, the break of gauge; and they recommended that in the construction of all suture railways, an uniform gauge should be adopted. But its the meantime, a question had arisen in con sequence of the presentenon of a petition in the other House of Parliament, and a Commission was appointed to inquire into the merits of the different gauges, the Mena. ers of which sat for sev, ral months employed in the arduous and anxious investigation. U,srn the merits of the several members of that Commission he was not dis posed to say anything. lie was aware that they had, in con sequence of interested and garbled statements, been subjected to gross misrepresentations and attacks, but be must take leave to express an opinion that no men could have discharged their duties more efficiently. Their report was now laid aspen their Lordships' table, and he should be saving their Lord ships' time by stating the conclusions at which they had ar rived. In their report they say that, alter much examination, they are induced to state that the break of gauge is a great and serious evil; that many mechanical means, such as expanding axles, the moving of bodies. and other contrivances, had been submitted to them, but that none of them were effec tual for the purpose for which they were intended. They fully acknowledged that the difference of gauge was a serious evil, and that it was exceedingly desirable that a uniformity of gauge should be established. It would appear from that re t ort that the narrow gauge was for the conveyance of pas sengers, tho more compact for the transit of exprass trains, ..nd for the conveyance of passengers,and-ljght.goods. On this gauge there were upwards of 1,905) miles constructed.. while there were only 274 miles made upon the broad gauge. They recommended that future lines should be constructed on the gauge of 4 feet Si miles. They recommended; secondly, that the companies whose lines are made upon the broad gauge should not alter them without the express permission of Go vernment; thirdly, that some means should be devised for equa!isine the gauges, though they could not come to any conclusion as to the means which were to be used for meeting the expense ; and, fourthly, they ex pret:sed their ceinion a the great commercial advantage of retaining the narrow gauge, and of instituting it where it did not already exist. It was certainly very desirable that some means should be adopted equitable to all parties, for effecting the change, and establishing an uniform gauge. For future railways there would be no dußculty, if the recommendation of the Commission were to he adopted, and the narrow gauge were to be used ; but the difficulty chiefly arose from the change from one gauge to another. From the estimates which Lad been laid before the Commissioners, it appeared that the ex pense of the alteration would be about 1,500,0001., including the alteration of the line, locomotives, and other things. It was not right to appeal to the Exchequer for this great outlay, for the country at large had little to du with the traffic on these particular lines. Then again it was not right to call on the Great Western Company to make the change at their own ex pense, for they bad made their works under the sanction and by the authority of Parliament, and it would therefore be a gross breach of principle to ask that great company to be at the expense of a million and a half after they had provided the best accommodation for railway transit in the country—after they had not only introduced nunaerties and valuable improve ments, but hid stimulated by their example all the other com panies to increased display of energy. and increased exertion. If it were not right a r come upon the Exchequer, still less was it right to lay a tax on the other lines; for what reason was there to impose a tax on the South-Western Company, who were in many cases the opponents of the Great Western Corn pansy? The Commission did riot recommend . any precise plan, that they left to Parliament ; but with respect to the railways about to be consti ucted, the resolutions which he had to propose would in some degree prevent the evil. ( Hear, hear.) If the group of railways to the south of the Great Western line was joined, then they would get rid of the break of gauge which was at present com plained of. The greeeest inconvenience would arise if the break of gauge was continued at Rugby and Gloucester, while. the evils would be got. rid of by the break made at Oxford and Gloucester. It was also • proposed that with respect to the south-we-tern district, the break should be at.Barnstaple, instead of at Reading. Aceord ing to the arrangement proposed, all railways south of the Lon don and Bristol line would be Ott the breed gauge, with the exception of that portion of narrow gauge railway which went from Leaden to Southampton. with its oranches; t his was proposed, not as a compromise, but for this convenience of the public.— ( Hear. hear.) There was no compact at all in regu lating the matter Whatever decision had been come to, was in 'rder to provide for the public accommodation in the best possible manner. The tallways south of the Great Western Railway were to be permitted to be laid down on the broad gauge, but then not without shwving special grounds before a Coarmi.tee, as to such lines being required for the public. There had been three great lines sanc twned last session of Parliament. One was through Wales by way of Gloucester. It would, perhaps, for local purposes, have been better had that line been said darn on the narrow gauge. hut looking on it as a thoroughfare to Ireland, he thought it would be better for that purl ose that it should remain on the broad gauge, for which the Bill had been passed. The other two tines were the Oxford and Rugby, and the Ox ford, Worcester, and Wuiverhanadton lines. He regretted that these lines had been passed on the bread gauge principle, and it would have been veil had the report of the Commission been known before these Bills had parked into a law; still, it having been so, there were clauses inserted in both Bills, by which the Board of Trade could enforce the laying down double lines of rails to a certain extent, so as to form an efficient connexion with the various lines on the two gauges north and south. The extent to whi c h the Board of Trade thought it expedient to carry out the powers given them by those clauses appeared in the resolutions he was about to submit to the House. The result of the whole recommendations of the Board ot Trade would be that the south and south. west of England would be connected by means of the broad gauge, while the south-east would be connected by a narrow gauge tine. To the north and the north-east, the whole of England, including tt e manufacturing districts, would be accommodated by the narrow gauge, and the latter would also be connected with Brrstol and the west of England by a on Ralson ti a far gauge. If the Maechester and Southampton line, which "4 0i p , :ss e d th e House of Commons, passed their Lordshipe then their would be C a continuous line of railway also were cariersed ro w use pro gauge from Manchester to Southampton. that when once tboso arrangements should bear perrittoeut, that no dirsciors of railways whole It veured to gtv • an dto alter the gouge. He had now endea uut by the imperfectresului i idea of what he proposed to carry have prepused the might be said that he ought to lite as recommended by the Corn mis:iiiners' Itepsrt ; but, sn ', e careful_ra. eonsieeration, he thought the present course the most wen t,' not say any more at p i : e se " n " t e al and advisable one. Hr that t re as follow: y the t as k : m th , ough he felt he had but four feet n f l the!nieg ht of rail way on him, and would sinittleoge'Vbeyl movings i bs resolutio ns , n i o a s i e n t is H„rise excepting litres to the south 1 ~hTahilathietreisalttheer opinion formed t other h to Bristol, and excepting small lineh a I f frominch e London a u e branches s in o g f four miles in length in immediate connexion with the Great Western and South Vales R always, but that no such line as aheve excepted sarruhl be sarictiened by Parliament, unless a special report shall have been made ny the Committee on the Bill, setting forth the reasens w hich have led the Com m i ttee to advise that such a line should be firmed on any other than the four feet eight and a half inches gauge. 2. That it is the opinion t f his (louse that provision should , be made b.: law to prevent toe tl,ret , ors of any Railway pany !root al, et ing the gouge ot euen railsvays• 3. That, is order to complete the gene: al chain of narrow gauge communication from the North of t ngland to the southern eettet i and to the port of Bristol, any pultzble met STOCKPORT IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. BROTHER tON moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMIIE presented a petition, signed by 3,795 of the inhabitants of Stockport, against the proposed Bill. The petition stated "That the Bill had been introduced into the House against the consent of the inhabitants. They had always had the power of disposing of their own money, and this Bill would take away that power from them." The Hon. Member then said that the inhabitants of the borough re garded this hit as a gross job. It was proposed to raise, provided this Act were passed, the sum of MAO/. upon the security of the rates. NY hen that money was in the possession of the town council they were to have the disposal of it without the control of the ratepayers, and the fact was, that a great part of it would go to benefit their own properties. the Member for Stockport was certainly between two fires. There was the liberal town council on the one hand, and the ratepayers on the other, and in this dilemma the Hon. Member entrusted the Bill to the Hon. Gentleman who had moved it. The House in all affairs of Railway Bills required that a majority of the share holders should guide the affairs of the Company, and in this case be would promise, that if a general meeting of the rate payers were called within the week, and they supported the Bill, to withdraw all opposition. But they would not do that, for the Bill was not of a nature to bear the light, The effect of the Bill would be to remove all control from the hands cf the ratepayers over the money raised on their rates. He would move that the Bill be read that day three months. The motion was then put. Mr. BitOTHERTON said that the Hon. Mimber for Finsbury had characterised this 1 3111 as a gross job, and spoke as if he (Mr. Brotherton) were connected with it. He begged to say that he only moved the third reading in the absence of the Hon. Member for Stockport, and whether it was carried or not it was a mat ter of great indifference to him. The objects of the Bill were To purchase the manurial rights, in order to sate the peoiiie from oepres.ion, to purchase the waterworks in order to supply the people with water, and to establish baths and washhouses in the twin. There was no oppo,inon to the Bill in Commit tee, except by one man, who came from the borough, very ill provided with money, in order to oppose one clause, which ailowed the Chartists to ring bells through the streets, they being too poor to advertise or placard their meetings. Of the numerous names which appeared on the petition—of the whole 3,793, he would venture to say that not 100 were ratepayers. It the Hon. Member had ever been in Stockport, he must have seen that there was not a town in England which required improvement more, and this Bill was brought in Tor the purpose of enabling the Town Council to give that improvement at the meat economical rate. He said the Bill had received the unanimous as.ent of a re spectable Committee ; he had heard no valid objections against it ; no clause was in it but such as was sanctioned by one Act of Parliament or another, and he was amazed that the Hon. Member should lend himself to the party who opposed it. Mr. E .COT 1 said lie had received a petition from a rate payer in Stockport, who mentioned that he had opposed the Bill because several clauses in it were opposed to the statute bee of the land ; but teat a compromise had beef: enteted into, which, however, had not been ful -6 led. He (Mr. Escott), therefore, begged an ex planation of this from the lion. :Member (Mr. Brothertoi ), or if he were not prepared, that he would consent to the third reading being po.tponed. Mr. BROT LUTON did not feel himself prepared to enter into ail the facts connected with the Bill. Mr. HUAI suggested that at least time should he given to inquire in'o the facts, but he thought th_t on looking at the nature of the Bill, that it would be better to postpone it fur one year, till they could pass one Police Bill and one Paving Bill, to affect all places alike as well as a Bill afocting the sana tory rendition of towns. Sir R. INGLIS did not think a case was made out for pass ing this Bill. He could not agree with the clauses of the Bill ; they were quite wrong, and he should vote with the lion. Member for Finsbury on the subject. Mr. GREENE would oppose the further progress of the Bill; some of the clauses were highly objectionable. Mr. THORNELY approved of the principle of the Bill, and thought it would confer great advantages on the inhabit ants of the town if it were pass, d ; and he should, therefore, vote with his Hon. Friend in favour of the Bill. Mr. WAN. LEY said the clauses in this Bill (276 in number) were of the most unn,ual, oppressive, and restrictive • • • o character, - and he thought the better curse would be to reject the Bili at once. Such a course would be better than post poning the conicleratian of the subject to a future day. Mr. HAWES said he knew nothing of the Bill, and he thought it a great hardship to throw it out at once. Still there were clauses which bad been referred to to which he could not agree. The best course he thought would he the postponement t,f the Bill for a few days. By that step all the valuable parts of the Bib might be retained, and the objection able portions removed. Mr. DUNCOMBE intimated that he would press his amend ment to a division. The gallery was then cleared hr a division. After being fur some tiine eac;uded, we were again admitted and bound Mr. MILNER GIBSON speaking, who stated that he thought the throwing out of this Bill would prove a harsh measure. After a fsw words from Mr. WARBURTON it was agreed that the Bill should be read a third time this day fortnight. III:L , HOP OF JERUSALENI'S N , .A.TURAWATION BILL. Mr. HODSON moved the second reading of this Bill. He had stated the other evening that the party who was the object of this Bill was not resident in this country, nor was he likely to be so. but, nevertheless, from the contribution of the Queen to the fund for the support of the bishopric, he became entitled to the protection of the British authorities. Lord PALMERSTON thought it quite necessary, for the proper performance of his duties and as the representative of British interests, that he should be a naturalised English subs 7ect. I t wou ld he an anoma l y to suppose h i m to represent the interest s of this country were he not a naturalised member of that country. Ho hoped the House would not, therefore, reject the Bill. G stated that the Hon. Member was quite in error in supposing that the naturalisation cf this iLdividual would protect him from the power of the Ottoman Porte, He FISIIERIE (IRELAND) BILL. --------- Mr. I. A.ROUCIIERE snored for leare to bring in a Bill for the lurther amendment of an Act of the sixth s ear of her present Alajestj's reign, for regulating the Irish Fisheries.— Agres d to. DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUMS (IRELAND) BILL. ill r. LABOUCHERE moved for leave to bring in a Bill, for amending the laws as to District Lunatic Asylums in Ire land; for providing for the expense of the maintenance of certain Lunatic Poor removed from the Richmond Lunatic Asylum, Dublin, for want of room therein; and for providing for the salaries and expenses incident to the office of Inspector of Lunatics in Ireland.—Agreed to. GRAND JURY CESS BONDS (IRELAND) BILL. Itir-PIGOT moved :or leave to bring in a Bill to exempt lrern stainfratify bonds and warrants to confess judgment exe cuted by high constables or collectors of grand jury cess, or their sureties, in Ireland.— Agreed to. MANDAMUS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. PIG OT moved for leave to bring in a Bill to improve the proceediNs in prohibition and on writs of mandamus in Ireland.—Agreed to. LANDS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION (IRELAND) BILL Leave was also given to Mr. PIGOT to bring in a Bill for the amendment of so much of the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, as relates to the officer by whom the costs of in quiries holden under that Act, as to compensation for lands, shall be taxed in Ireland. ADVERSE CLAIMS (IRELAND) BILL. Leave was also given to Mr. Pigot, to bring in a Bill to enable courts of law in Ireland to give relief against adverse claims made upon persons having no interest in the subject matter of such claims. SUNDAY TRADING. Mr. HINDLEY gave notice that he would, on Monday. bring in a Bill for the better enforcing the law for the observ ance of &Imlay. • Prisons (Ireland) Bill, Fisheries (Ireland) Bill, Mandamus (Ireland) Bill, Lands Clauses Consolidation (Ireland) Bill, Adverse CLirns (Ireland) Bill, District Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Bill, Grand Jury Cess Bonds (Ireland) Bill, were read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. The Gitliar orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Jeer IG. New STOCK EXCHAIWE.-Sinee the 13th inst. an increase 01 trusi neas has taken place in the Share Market. Stocks have malutalt•ed Bien' prices, but Scrips have somewhat receded. The sales arc- Birmingham and Oxtbrd, 21. 65. p.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield. 9;..11i4.- Chester and Birkenhead, 48!1-Ditto, New Shares (at 33 dis.). 416-Derby and Crewe, 3141).-Eastern Counties ' York Extensions. 1!4 p.-East Lancashire, No. I, p.-Grand Junction, '225- Great Grimsby and Sheffield Ex kision, 51s. MS. - Huddersfield and • Manchester, I tN tbs.-Huddersfield and Sheffield. 63; p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 5% dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 235. no. p.- - M: itchtsOr and Itirininhain, Qaarter Shares (II), IN p.-Man - cheater, Bolton, and Bury, MI, Shares, 7 p.-- Manchester, Mat lock, and Midland, .74 p.-North British. carilsle, 21s. p.-North suff or d,hir e ,3(4 p.-North Wales :Mineral, 3 p.-Ditto, New Shares. p, - Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter shares, No. 2, 1 p.-- Ditro, No. 3 (late L'arnsley), 4s. p.-siirewslittrv, Oswestry. and Chester, 17'f, dis.-South•Eit4ern, No. 1 (at I s tits.), p.-Ditto, No. 2 (at iti} dis.), 6 p,-Ditto, New Half Shares, p.-South Midland, dis.-Edinburgh anti - Glasgow, 714 p.- Dublin and Wexford, 259. Gd. dis.-Newry anti Warrenpoint, dis.-Dutch Rhenish, li. Is. 3d. MANCHESTER, JULY 111. STOCK E XcitlNG E.-The sales arc-Illlitheroe Jutietiolt, 3; dis.- Derby and Crewe, 3% p.-Direct Northern, 1;; dis.-Eastern Counties, 21•"!,-York Extension, I p.-East Lancashire, p.- East 'Lincolnshire, ie dis.-Exeter and Exmouth. dis.-Lan cashire and North Yorkshire, I la dis.- Leicester and Bedford, 7-16 Ms.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, H; p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 11.16 c. p.- Manchester and Birmingham. 84--Ditto, Quarters (A), IC, p.-Ditto, Quarters (II), iOiA P. - - Quarters, (C), 91,4 p.-Manchester and Leeds Extension, 21i p -Manehester and Southampton, 3 4 Ms.-311(11mM and Thirsk Junction, 1 Statror.l.4dre, 3c. p.-North Western. dis.--Oldninn, Birkenhead, &c., Preston and Wyre, Halve% (I:), 4s. lid. p.-Sheffield and Limithishire Jituction,4 dls.- Shrop sh, re Union Railway' and Canal, 1 Midland. par-Trent Valley Midland, dis.-Wtett Lisuteashire Co..ut, 15-16 -dis.-West Riding 1 - ,nun, p.-York and earlisle, 2 dis. • • LEEDS, Jura* 16. STOCK: E XcIIANOE.-The sales, are-Eastern Comities, York Es te,t.,.loit, 335. 6d. p. -East Lancashire, 4.: 1 4 p. cash -Great Grimsby ud shellield, dis.- Quarter- Shares, I 9s. 6d. tile.--Ditto, Exten simis, .30s. dis.-liudderstield and shettleld, 6!. 18s. 6d. p.-Leeds and Bradford. 39N p.-Leeda and Dewsbury, 2js c. p.-Ditto, Branches, sa. p.-Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 21. 3a. (Id. P.- Mltithitd, New, 15% p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 12 p.-Newcastle and Darlington Junction Extensions, 10!4 p.-North British, Halt Shares, p.-Ditto, Carlisle Branch, 20s. Gd. p.-York and North Midland Extension, p.-Ditto, East and West Biding, 12% p. -Clitheroe Junction, Iris. dis.-Great Eastern and Western, 31s. • dis.--Leicester and Bedford, Bs. dis.-Liverpool, Orniskirk, and Pres ton, 245. p.- London and Portsmouth, 16s. p.-North Staffordshire. 31. 2s. p.-North Western, Is. tlis.-OXford, Witney, and Chelten ham, 17a. dis.-South Midland, 2s. Gd. dis.-Welsh Midland, 275. dis.-West Union, 414 -Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 9 tits. HULL, JceY 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales arc-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 415.-North British, Carlisle. 475. ,id.-Caledonian Exten sion, 325.-Newcastle and Berwick, 263 i -Leicester and Bedford, 1 Is. 0.-Loudon and York, 195.--Malton and Driffield Junction, 48s. -North Staffordshire, 51.55.-South Midland, 41s. W.-West Riding 1",110H, 41. Bs. 641. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, duty it;. :irons Exen.txuE.-The sales are-Caledonian Extension, 19s. 6d. dis. -Ipwich ;Ind Bury Extension, 21s. IL-Manchester, Buxton. and Nlittlock, I As. p.-North British, Carlisle, I p.-Newcastle and Berwick (North Shields), 10 p.-South-Eastern and Dover, 145. p.- York and North Ilidland Extrusion, 19 p. SHEFFIELD, JULY IG. Srocit ExenANcit.-The sales are-Grimsby :ind Sheffield, 5 clic -Ditto, Extension, 32.. did.- Ditto, Quarter Shares, 1 dis.-Leeds a ,, d Bradford, 3tt ,, 4 p.-Ilanctiestar, ::%11.11and, and Great Grinasby, 21s. dis. -North staffordshirc, 3;y p.- Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 14s. dis.-siicilleht, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, YORK, .11;L1 STOCK EXCMANGE.-The sales are -Eastern Counties, York Ex. teiisn,n, tl --Leicester and Bedford, liSs. tid.-London and York, V. D.. -Mallon and Driffield Junction, 21. 75.•-Manehester, Buxton, Mattock, and Midland, 2/. 145. Gd.-- Newcastle uti l Darlington, New, 1114-North British, Carl:sic Extension, 2N--Nord! Staffordshire, 51. 6,F..-ortlt Western, I/. 175.---York and North Midland, East and West !tiding Extension, 13;,. EDIN1161(111 JILT 14. STomr EXeliama . ...-The sales are-Aberdeen, 91.--Aberdeen, mina', and Elgin, 11.55. yid.--Airdrie and 11011g:de, 3/.55.-Arbroath and lona , ' 271. 10,-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/. 105,-Armagh and I'.llloll, 11, . - Ayr and Galloway, 1/. 85.-Ayrshire and Bridge of ,Weir, 2/. Ss. -- Banffshire, 175.-.l.telti , s4t and County Down, U. 15s. -British end Irish Union, 91. Is. 62.-Caledonian, 141.-Ditto, New, I/.-Caledonian Extension, D. 1 ls. Oct.-Caledonian and Dumbarton. 11. Is.--Ualedonl.in and Northern ',greet, 11. 198,-Chelmsford and Dory, 12s. (A.-Clydesdale Junction, 17/.- Cornwall and Devon Cen tral, I/. J. fob-Decide Railway, 31.-Direct Northern, II:. 3s. 6d. -Dublin and Enniskillen, 21. los.-- Inin&e and Arbroath, 371.- Ditto, New, ill. ;is. -Dundee and real', 2V.-Ditto, Kinross Eiten shut, 2/. tis.-Eastern Counties Extension, 1/. Ills.-East Indian Railway, 9,1.-East of Hie, 11. Is.--East Lothian Central. and Tyne N'alley Junction, 11. 7s. -Edinbur;;ll and Batligate. 2 1 . Etiiiiburgh and 7-r.-- Ditto, Quartet-8, Ditto, ditto, NL- e w dii. IS . /..-F:diubttr It and Leith At mospheilc, Its.--Edit iburgh, Prel - crellt7e, Edinlairgit and Northern, Ll. 16a,-Ditto, Newport. 3s. tel. I; iinburgh and Pectdes, 11. 3 t Edirtlitiritl !.7 a 9s l .l o ....: l l) ;e oi rth irttoil: ;,..Zierg, Stock, 32/. los.-- lt!tto, Quarter Shares, ISI. 10s.-Glasgow and noripa union, 2/. 75.-(.latgolV, 1111111M, 1 / 4 , and Carlisle, 11. 12s. 6d. 1 .Wa#gOw and Dundee J u union, 11, 12s. Gd.--tdlnsgnw tint! GOv : nk a lr anti Greenock, Itl. ins. -Ditto, New, ~sl, I ; ._Gias l2s.--Ditto, ,„.,ow Preference, e,l Mineral,ll. 15s. U. is• i;1 . . • • n , ltnat noel, anti Ardrossait, i/. 13e. 641.-Gltut ii,w, ': , iratliaY(.l, and Lesmaltagow, 2/. 185.-Granton Junction, 10s. -Great County Down, 1/. 12s. 60.-Great North of Scotland, 17s. 6.1.-Inverness mid Eighl, I/. Is. (M.-Lanai k and Lothians, V. 4s. cal-Larne, Belfast, aml Ballymena, 6s.- London, Bristol, and Walos, il. N. 6,1.-.l.ondon and Hounslow, 155.-LondoH and Manchester (East.), 3/. 115.-I..ll,ton:tint Manchester (Remington's), 155.-Lundon and Yor'a, if. 10s.-Ditto. Belt Shares, 21.-3fidland and Eastern Counties, 175.-3foraysliire , Neweastlo and Ber wick, .26/. 5,4.-Newry and Londonderry, Its. 6d.--North British, 31/.-Ditto, Halves, lit. Lis. -Ditty, Extension to Carlisle, 2f. 51. 6d. --Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 6/. 10s. -North Staffordshire, 61. 24. 62--North Wiles Billies!, 141. 108.-Ditto, New, 81. 2s . 6 Di t tv - , New 7/. 10 3 .-Scolthat Central and Caledonian Junction, 1/. Scotttsli Grand Junction, 12s,- Scottish Midland, 71.-Scottibb. .Fouthern, 178.--shrewsbary and Herethrd, 75.-Shrewsbury', Os wes t ry , and ,11 ( 1. : 1 11 .1 e 2i s il t s e . . r 6_ , (1 4 .\_ 1 ‘ ..- ismt S li,r c t ) iv, tl ,l 3 ,itl l t i t( 4 , l l:, l ., a li t i i i ii : , l el , l: l T i. ,l l:2 2 s . 7. 6 8 0 5 . G S ,L thil U s t t g ra al tu ld e 47/. 10s, e l) a un ril l j ern utic ii ;lt t M . GLASGOW, JULY 15. S-rocx EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Ayr and Galloway, 288.-Cale dunian, NOV, 205.-Caledonian Extension, 313.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Extemslon, 225.-Caledonian and Direct Northern, 385.-East of file, 215.-East Indian Railway, lUs.-Edinburgh and itatligate, :Yds.-Edinburgh mid Glasgow, 724-Ditto, New, 174-- Glasgow General Terminus, 8-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 7b- Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and A rdrossan, 355. 6 d.-Glasgow, Airdrie and Alonkland Junction, 465. 6<1.-Kilmaritoek, and Ayr Direct, 3.1 e . Belfast, and Ballymena, ss. -Lesmaliagolv, 53e. 64.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 23e. 32.-3lallellCSter and Southampton, 305..-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 305.-Slantangan and Borrowstouness, 725.-South Midland, 335.--Wisltaw Mid Mt nem, New, 47;;,. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—WO have to correct a mistake that appeared in the journals on Thursday, by which it was made to appear that the Noble Lord had been elected an elder brother of the Trinity Corporation the previous day. It should have been a Governor of the Charter House, in the room of the late Lord Chief Justice Tindal. The Right Honourable Fox Mimic has arrived in town from Scotland. SALE or SHARES OF TILE " GLOBE " NEWSPAPER.— On Thursday 19 shares of the Globe evening newspaper, the property of which consists of 62 shares, were disposed of by auction, by Mr. Edmund Robins, at the Auction Mart, which attracted a large number of literary gentlemen con nected with the daily and periodical journals, the majority of whom, however, left the men after the sale of the first lot. The shares were the property of the principal proprie tor, who having reached the age of 82 was desirous of re lieving himself from the cares of the pursuit. of literature. The shares were severally divided into lots, of which the first four were purchased by Mr. Aldridge, and the remaining fifteen were bought by Mr. Ridgway, publisher, Piccadilly. The following were the prices each lot went for :—No. 850 guineas ; No. 2, 790 guineas ; No. 3, 750 guineas ; No. 4, 700 guineas; and the other lots at 660 guineas each. Tiro pre-emption price per share was, in 1816, 1,5401., realising , * dividend of 1801.; in 1845, 1,2301., the dividend being 124*i and in 1844, 8721., yielding a dividend of 1001. The total amount ON ghost" Pr 9414 94 rag 1090 Vann% t L 1.