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h 4 .6 , ; 44 *.- '-t4trh . a l- 7 - 10,4eif t On rAFFICL, S:ven o' Clock. STAFFORDSHIRE AND ...HROP snigr_ RAIL AY.—(THIS DAY.; - 4,Th aejoarttad rt , izt.ng, of ,ho t.nareholders of this Com ',my took place this day, at the Ofiees of the Company, Abingdon-street, to consider the best means of winding up the affairs of the Company. At one o'clock the chair was taken by Mr. Brainton. It appeared from the statements made at the meeting, that a great deal of disreputable conduct had taken place in the ma nagement of the affairs of the company. A number ofparties had been elected on the committee of management to vote sums of money for the purposes of the Company, who never held a single share; and it also appeared that cheques had been issued to the officers of the Company to the amount of 2,500/. for the purchase of shares, or, as it is termed, " rig ging the market." It was alleged that a sum of 3001. had been received by Mr. Kemp, the former chairman of the Com pany, for which he had never accounted, and when asked for an explanation, he only wrote a letter to Mr. Brainton, saying he was going to Paris. It also appeared that the sum of money paid up in the way of deposit was 17,0004 of which only 8 0001. remained, while that sum was liable to some dentine claims. Mr. Tram; Q.C., explained that he was not aware when he was on the committee of management that the cheques were for the purpose of purchasing shares. Mitch disapprobation having been expressed by theshasoen t holders, a resolution appointing a committee of investiga _ • into the accounts , and ascertaining the liabilit ies of I. Company, was appointed, and the meeting dissolved. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (TFIIS DAY). OF HOUSE OF LORDS. Noirrn sTitrrozzoSIETRIS. (Cc sowed from our Afternoon Edition.) Lord Ingestrie, M.P. for the South Division of Lancashire, and Lord Sandon, M.P. for the borough of Liverpool, gave general evi dence in favour of the line, expressing their opinion, that it wou ld greatlybenefit the district through which it would pass, an d wou ld the best and most direct line that could be made through the dis tricts which it would traverse. Mr. Alderman Copeland gave similar evidence, and also some sta tistical details as to the existing traffic in the north of Staffordshire. Mr. Bidder, who, conjointly with Messrs. R. Stephenson, Gooch, Hawkeshaw, and Forsyth, is engineer to tits line, gave the usual engineering evidence, the main facts of which were contained in Mr. Talbot's opening address. The works were generally light; the gra dients were good throughout, and the curves but slight. The line was laid down by himself and Mr. Robert Stephenson. The witness was cress-examined at great length by Counsel for the petitioners, and re-examined by Mr. Sergeant Murphy. On the eonciue;on of the re examination, Mr. Serge nit ALLEN requested the Chairman to ask the witness Whether, I a eeviation which be exhibited on a sketch, the Injury to Sir Henry Everett's property might not be avoided? The CHAIRMAN having put this question, Mr. Bidder admitted that it might be so avoided. The Committee then ordered the room to be cleared, and in the course of about five minutes the counsel and agents were re-ad mitted. In about a quarter of an hour the room was throWn open, sad we were admitted. The proceedings in the - interim did not transpire, but we understood that the Committee had caused the room to be cleared, in order to consider certain suggestions which they had proposed to offer for the consideration of counsel, and also to discuss the proposition of Mr. sergeant Allen as to the deviation line. No decision, however, was made, and _ . _ The Committee rose at about half-past four o'clock, and adjourned till eleven o'clock to-marrow. DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSPOLOUTIE. (Continued froth our:Afternoon Edition.) Numerous witnesses were tailed, and give evidence as to the want of railway communication in the district wkich this line Pro posed to accommodate, and as to the advantages that would result from its formation. They were cross-examined by Counsel on the part of the several petitioners. Shortly alter four o'clock the Committee adjourned till Monday at eleven. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP IT. CORNWALL RAILWAY. • The Committee met at the usual hour, Viscount 3forpeth to the chair. Lon; I , ‘-ign and Mr. Dirett, M.P., gave evidence in Pavour of it,11,14,1, engineer, stated the difficulties attending the con struction of a bridge over th 3 Tamar, and the inadequacy of the esti mate of Mr Brunel for constructing the same. Capt. Berkeley, M P., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, considered that the navigation would be seriously injured by the bridge over the river at the height proposed by Mr. Brune:. Mr. Pare believed the traffic on the central line would be Consi derable. Mr. Gold3worthy Gurney thought the curves and gradient on the Cornwall line very- severe. Mr Locke was examined at considerable length by Mr. COCK /WAN, on behalf of the Corporation of Saltash. . Mr. Brunel was also, by the consent of the Committee, allowed to be examined on several points of the South Devon line . alluded to by Mr. Locke in his examination. The Committee adjourned at five o'clock till eleven on Monday morning. GROLiP XIII. AYRSHIRE AND GALLOWAY. 4 .:ciitinued from our Afternoon Edition.) • The e.a3e for the opposition was then gone into. Mr. Laurie, an extensive farmer in the neighbourho^d of Dum fries, was examined as to the damage that would be done by the line to the pi operty of Colonel Maxwell of Orchisten. The line passed for three miles through the property. The distance of the line from the mansion at one point was about 780 yards. There were two approaches with lodges, and the line approached within 50 and 40 yans respectively. The turnpike road was between the house and the railway, and it was twice crossed on a leve , , so Mitt which ever approach Colonel Maxwell took he had to go over a level creAtng. _ Crosi-examined—He believed they could get rid of the level cross ings it Colonel Maxwell would consent to- allow the proposedAlne of deviation. 31r. 31•Kie, convener of the county of Kirkcudbright, corroborated the evidence of the previous witness. There was very little traffic north and south parallel with tt e route of the present railway. The curse of traffic was from east to west, the route the British and Irish Union was to have taken. According to the letting of the tolls last year, the tolls on the south and north route let for but 3501. Mr. Gas, keeper of the toll-gate pat Kenmure-bridge, rear New Galloway, about half way on the route of the line, deposed that he bad 901. a year rent for the toll, and he had been obliged to give it up because he could not make anything for his trouble. • - • - The witness rend a - number if particulars which he had taken down, to show the meagre character of the traffic. Mr. Geddes, mining engineer, was examined, with the object of showing that the Dahnellington and Patua mineral fields were not so extensive and prolific as they had been represented by the p. a rnotere of the Bill, th.ugh he admitted they might turn out very good fields. Mr. Christie followed to the same effect. Captain Robinson, R,N., was next examined, to show that Bateary Bay was not well adapted' for a harbour; that there was scarcely :my water in it at low tide, and that ships could not be sheltered in the port where water was deepest, unless the wind was blowing from ott the tare; • The Committee adjoanied till Monday', at twelve o'clock.' GROUP XIV, The Selett Cotmnittiie appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in , this group re-assembled atthe usual hour this morning, Yrotheroe in the chair. . •:•;-• SOUTH-EASICEMMT (MIMI RENT '7.11(M). , The Contanittee were occupied the whole of the day in discussing ...,.andiettliug the claitns- as to this Bill. . The, whole, of the clauses, with amendments were got through, )I ' . tilt' the 'Chairman was Instructed to report the Bill. = , slw COratitittee then adjourned GItQUP, XVII. • MANCHESTER , AND SOUTHAMPTON.. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) lincliarn, Ma#YrAhipieright at the dockyard, Portsmouth, 4 for s , ?,yeral years, said otrVied great gUantities of materials from 7 4 .. the leirth; Mancliesiir Xnelts'inimAiate neighbourhood, and that a direct communication between Manchester and Southampton would be of the utmoseirnportatiee; The opening pp-of.a c,ommunicati with the timber districts about Marlborough and . ether places on ; e !Inc would also be of considerableadvantage. tc. ,, :•l4 o Pkvit'.ltzi•rigo'—fosiof time was alrelibuS : irie - oifi r tideticit. e toes of halliAtiphour might cause a ship to lose her wind, and, conse quently, prevent her leaving the port for twelve hours They kept a large stock at the arsenal, but sometimes they happened to be out of articles required without any but necessary delay. A break of gauge would be a great ineonveniewte. Major White, town major of the garrison of Portsmouth, said many thousands of troops went tattle north every year, for the pur pose of embarking at Liverpool for Ireland, and for duty In the north. Mad heard it intimated that the depot for troops at Weedon was about to be removed to Birmingham, but lie was not sure whether the report hod any foundation or not. The Manchester and Southampton would:llford the means of ready access to the north. The saving of IS miles was an important matter. It would render Southampton very eligible for the embarkation oftroops. By Mr. lilaartaa—The• garrison at Fortsmouth averaged from ,000 to 5,000. Mr. Cop 4., traffic taker, had the traffic along the course of the line taken In October and the middle of November last, a period not very favonrabl, on account of there not being any fairs. His experience showed that railways increased traffic four and sometimes sixfold. There was a great moving local traffic on the line, independently of the traffic. from paint to point. lty the CliAnlstaN—Traffic increased to such an extent, es almost to defy calculation. The existing local traffic he valued at 48,7351., the estimated increase at 147,435 1 ., making a grand total of 194,1911, which would yield in the shape of revenue, after deducting 401. per cent. for working expenses, 114;514/. Or 7/.lgs per cent. on the million and a half to be expended in the c•nstruction ot' the line. The witness was then cross-examined by Mr. ILOrs, the continua ttdn of which was deferred until to-morrow :tt eleven o'clock, Wh'en the Corrimlttee will meet and sit till three o'clock. GROVE XVIII. . __ • . , pacwrras maims , wrigtinsitar). - . The cross-exarnination of Ur. Brunel occupied a considerable :ti me of the C ommittee's sittiags. . . . . Lord be llauley gave general eviderice in favour of the line. Mr. Miller was also examined in corroboration of the evidence of Mr. Brunel, the Comn.litee, having decided that two engineering witnesses should be called upon each side. The Committee adjourned till twelve on Udipday next. LONDON -emit-grams OW— .. (Continued from our Afternoon Xdttion.) . , ..,...I.aty arose In proceei Mg, en account of thevetition not of the petition, and to prove, Some au nt being und in the clerk's ro4 Ofil a c c e e . a copy 3, J smEs offered to 9 . Ir. " . evidence, that the original had been duly deposit ed. by secondary.. ro o m was cleared, that the Committee nsider the admies- 1 After some discussion in might co . i e wlity Of Stich secondary evidence. But the original petition being found lit the meantime, no decision on the point was necessary. It was, however, ultimately ruled that the date of the petition took It oat of the scope of Mr. DU.Uconabes, resolutions, and that it could net be entertained. The preliminary . London and Windsor, and hters. evidence was then gone into on the subject of this, •Mr. Sergeant WasNolfast stated the case for the proM Mr. CHAMBERS, for the opposing petitioners, instated_ that original deed should be produced. --ttecl by Mr. Mitsewrruza, for the bill, explained the that what was ..... _ his Learned friend the origin a l d eed had no legal eXistence,.irtantinch Its it had been cancelled by a subsequent deed. • The Committee decided that the original deed should be produced. Mr. MEsEwrrnms undertook that -it should be. forthcoming 08 Monday, and proceeded to can witnesses on the-rneritt The Committee adjourned at four o'clock to twelve on Monday: GROUP XXIV. Tirmwronzo AND NEWSZA.V.ZET. The cemtotttee . me t t0.. 4 14ty at twe,vt. o'clock, Mr. G. Venion In the chair, when • Mr. Bedells, a grocer and ale and porter dealer at Bury, was exa mined by Mr. O'MsLLEY—IIe stated that there ,was a considerable trade carriort on betweeri Bury and Mildenhall, .that the terminus At Bloomfield Paddocir would be most advantageous to the town, that the opinion was unaidinous hi favour of it, and from his own expertet•.ess he meld say Mae the , intercourse with Mildenhall was of the utmost importance. Mr. JENNINOB said that the quantity of oats .brought yearly from Mildenha 1 to Newmarket was not less than 10,000 quarters, acd that there was the utmost necessity for keeping the old commualea tions open. Mr. Croft, surveyor of Bury, stated that h'e had surveyed the greuod for both the stations in Bloomfield Paddock and the North Gate, and he unquestionably gave the prelhrence to that in Bloom field which world run on a level while that In the North Gate could only be reached on a strong incline. . IPSWICit AND aunty. At the conclusion of this evidence Slr.. TALBOT addressed the coimnitt, , . on L,.half• of the Ipswich and Dory Company, dwelling particularly on the advantages which are likely to acerte to Bury from the access given to Oxford and the south -north-west of England, nd the be he . vier i 01 FAY rat le ingham and the iseWch were likely to arise from the extension of the ,tr . These he • thought were advantages which r.... :'- ':" iou -teG• idered sa far more important than any that could ---, dotiVeib the opening to Syston and Peterborough. He had 4 / --', i -,-.. ~..1, Ix an snick sod with the observations ofMr. Sergeant Wranghara I 7... 4- ..l,Tir:with_reknefi e cheap distribution of Mel, but yet he could not 7--- , .. -- - -- i1:1: i , ,ttftelistre g a, - eration to that point. for ke little expected to see r , : 4- , be Le } I.fielclopenedr:,and even if It were, : that was no \\..J ~,,,-.--. pscullar roan is favour of the zpooting lb% lot tiwillith iiis now .Z:%,..... ....._." 1 STIN, LON n ON, F . 4Y EVENING-, J 1 NE - 12 5 184 e . planned, would enjoy equal opportunities of reaching other coal fields. The difference of 20,0001., or 30,0001., wasnot worth noticing, as the money would be saved in the soundness of the foundation, and the loss would therefore be ultimately prev,4ited. Then with regard to gradients, that also was no consideration't for should the trains to as long as was represented, the difficulty would readily be met by an increase in the power of the engines, and if the gradient of 132 were to be considered as too severe, certainly, if it ware to be objected to, there would be a contravention of all the decisions of Parliament daring the present session. And as far as the station was concerned ho should observe that tte station selected bythe company lrhich he represented was the ve - v., one which had, been approved ef last yeti without any oppositiCn, and. which Inns: hereafter ti) t * to station fbr fee through traffic ; and if the station. at Bloom. field's Close were to be made it would be just as com petent for the Ipswich and Bury to make it as any other com pany, and self-interest would naturally prompt its adoption. The Learned Gentleman then went through the objections of the pe titioning landowners. Another point was the difficulty of the junc tion with the Thetford branch at Newmarket. The curve proposed at that junction was of ten chains radius, and in the event, of th e Board of Trade requiring a larger radiusthe company were prepare d , by the possession of property, to make it. So tha t in f a ctthe i r n. e was no remarkable ground for opposition to the prea mble of t his Bill. Mr. Mr. Sergeant Wasercissst addressed tite Committee on the van tthagatese the line d e h b at y t t a h a e ly El t y w an o pdlaßeuesryaCf any importance rta l n n a d e o o in n g it— so th , he stated i stetetrd Sohan and Mildenhall ; the former a place of considerable agricultu ral importance, and through this place the line actually ran, instead of going at some distance from it. Then with regard to Milden hall, it was absolutely the fact, that the great portion of the population which was resident in the two hamlets attached to it were even north of the Ely and Bury line, and therefore placed in a worse position for the line than if they were all con centred round the focus of the town. Then it should be observed that the population, exclusive of the . terMini which It was proposed to accommodate, was only one • third of the number of those who would get the benefit of railway transit by the other line. After speaking of the injury which would be wrought to the mills and the ether establishments on the river Sark, the Learned Sergeant alluded to the rumoured plan of amalgamation between the Thetford and Ely end Bury Companies, and stated that unless the Ipswich and Bury l :e ne be were adow th e e d best t the country c ou ld a ff ord, i t m i ght not pass. He then compared the" gradients on the two lines, and discussed the difficulty of • the Junction at Newmarket. After a long address the room was cleared, noneand on the he preamblesr e adssi°hnadof t t ee he n parties the .tkeTChhae Bills for irmande t c h li e r F ed ly t a h n a d t Bury, the Ipswich and Bury, and Thetford and Newmarket lines are consequently fir the present session all thrOwn out. GROUP XXXI. 2ZXSTOL AND ISIRATINGILILIK (GLOUCES. TER AND STONEBOUSE JUNCTION). The Committee re-assembled at twelve this morning, when ➢fr. Tate and other witnesses were examined in support of the Bill Their evidence merely went to prove the amount of traffic which might be expected along the proposed line, and also the necessity that existed in the district for railway accommodation. Mr. Connell, superintendent at Gloucester, and other witnesses, were examined at considerable length witk lespect to the engineer ing capabilities of the line, the expense of construction, and. other matters connected with the accommodation proposed to be, afforded to passengers and traffic along the line. The witnesses als6lied into detailed accounts, by which it would seem the inconvenience of the break of gauge at Gloucester, where the broad and narrow lines meet, was very considerable, but it would be superseded if the pro posed line was made. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXIII, The Committee on this group met to-day, at twelve' o'clock, in Room No. 24 (Grand Corridor); present, Sir Robert Ferguson (chair man), the. Marquis of Worcester, Viscr,unt Norrey, Mr. Fellows, and Mr. Smollett. They resumed the consideration of the LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (BIRMING HAM EXTENSION). A good deal of additional evidence was given in favour of the pro posed site for a central station in New-street. It was stated by the witnesses that the arrangements contemplated would be a great ad vantage to the town, and that an expense of 5001. a year would be saved to the post-office, by the increased proximity of the railway terminus. In cross-examination it was endeavoured to - elicit that the station proposed to be erected by the Dudley; Wolverhampton, and Binning ham Railway Company, between Snow-hill and Livery-street, woulti be more central, more commodious, and at the same time free from that objection on which the petitions against the Bill was founded, namely, the interference with, the burial-ground. • Mr. Robert Stephenson,'engineer to the London and Birmingham Railway, was examined •to show that he could not find a better 'or less objectionable site in Birmingham. It would be a great lin provement to the town, removing streets of a low and vicious cha racter from the part where the principal public buildings and the most respectable persons are situate. The case for the promoters having been conclueled, Mr. WHATELET, Q.C., proposed to put in eviclene as to the extent of the interference- with the grave -yard, to which - the petition against the Bill applied, but J 1 The CIAIRMA'N said the Committee were not disposed to hear any further witnesses to that win of the case. They would postpone their decision upon the preainble until they had gone through the other Bills in connexion with the Loudon and Birmingham Railway Company. '" " NOELTNAMPVON AND WEEDON. . . . . To this Bill there was but one opponent, a petitioning landowner who did not appear. ' The Ustiarprelltniriary evidence having been put in, the promoters called Mr. Robert Stephenson, the engineer, who stated that the line had no engineering difficulties. The expenses of purchase, &c., wotiE be small, as the land was poor, and there was no town ►vitiuu the distm.ce. The length would be about six miles and a hall, and the ebout 150,000/. Tre: mble was declared to be proved, and the Committee ad journed till Monday. GROUP XL[. EAST maNcassiaz DEVIATION LINE. Th'e Committee assembled to-day at one o'clock, when the business Wliti opened by Mr. Sergeant WEANGRAM, who, after describing the line generally, went through the series of oppositions offered to the line. With respect to the two branches of the line, it appeared by the traffle that they would be as remunerative to the Company as they would prove useful to the public. Mr. Macaulay, the engineer, said that the line would pass over some of the highest ground in Lancashire, which it was proposed to get over by two inclined planes, on which there would be lin 40 and 1 in 96,: there being an intermediate gradient of I in 132. Those gradients were deemed objectionable, and wen the several com panies were amalgamate. under the title of the East Lancashire Com panies, he was instructed to improve the gradients if possible, and had therefore planned the deviations now before the Committee. The moat objectionable gradient of 1 in 33 he had reduced to 1 in 39, which was to be worked by an assistant locomotive. Thb- steepest gradient in existence is one on the Gloucester Railway, which is 1 in 34. There Is one in the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway of 1 in 42. Without these inclined planes there would have to be a tuutirl six or seven miles long. The expense would be 74,0001.. and the Snit deviation, which would run for 4 miles 5 furlongs along the valley of the Erewell. That valley was one continued series of manufacturing population, being studded with mills a 1 the way, and was connected with the tributary valley on which Newchurch 1 ovvit is placed. The second branch would be a mile and a hall in length, and would cost 43,0001., and would principally accommodate Craw. : shelve ; and this line, with the first, would accommodate a population of upwards of eleven thousand, all engaged in manufactures. The third deviation would cost 23,00 a, the total coat of the whole being 200,000!. The Bill sought 300,000/., because originally the line was intended to be a single one, but now it was intended to be a double line. The station also was to be en larged in consequence of the confluence of other railways. The ad ditional cost of the station w0 ,, 1d be 30,0001., and the connexion with Manchester and Liverpool would be completely opened. The Committee nest took the BLACKBURN AND BOLTON LINE, the capital for which is 250,0001. The main line runs from the former to the latter pace, going through the town of Darw:o, joining the Bolton and Manchester line, it being intended also to make a branch to the North British Railway at Clitheroe. There was also to be another branch to Turton, when it would be connected with the Liverpool and Bury Railway. The length of the branch would be 6 miles 55 chains, the cost 150,0001. This branch would go through a district altogether without accom modation, and which is a thickly peopled manufacturing district, there being not less than 57 mills, and more than 20,000 Inhabitants. Taking coals alone, there were as many as 57,000 tons used in each year for domestic and trading purposes, and the saving would be fully 10,0001. a year at the present rate of consumption, beside the prevention of inconvenience. The dye woods, oils, and chemical substances would also come by a muc h quicker as well as cheaper transit. That this was no mean cons!. deration was evident from the factofthe quantityof this sort of goods now introduced into the neighbourhood of Bury. At one end there was communication; there were Lines with all the radiating lines leading to every part of the country, so that the communication was alWays safe. Lastly, he might say two or three or words respecting the opposition offered to it,:the only plea being a matter of gradient, and such being the case he conceived that the opponents did. pot de serve the slightest consideration. Mr. Vignoles was tken called to show the engineering character of the line, and the Committee adjourned till Monday. tiAdur xvvr This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock ; present, Mr. Bramston (chairman), and the other members. NEW CASTLE -,UPON - E, EDINBURGH, AND DIXECT GL..SGOW JUNCTION. The evidence in support of this Bill, which is a competitor of the Newcastle and Carlisle Extension and Branches with the consideration of which the Committee have been occupied during the last two days, was heard to-day. It was substantially the same as that on the part of the tint Bill. _ The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP LIII. This Committee re-assembled to-clay at twelve o'clock ; the Hon. E. Lascelles (in the chair), the Earls of Arundel and surrey, Captain Dalrymple, Ur. it. Clayton, and Mr. 1111dyard. SHREVISIIIIIIIr AND 'GRAM. The first witness examined this morning in favour of this Bill was, Mr. John Walton, ironmaster, of Priors Lee and Donningtoft Wood, in the parish of Sham], who proved that the construction of this railway would confer great benefits on the people of that district, and, would enable the manufacturers to send their products to South Staffordshire at:' - half the present cost. A more conve nient corrmiunlcation With that district could not be devised. surveyor, Mr. Thomas Walter, ironmonger, WoLver hatprl B en a , n a k n es' d Mr. Benjamin Hicidey, of the firm of Crowley, Hickley, and Company, Wolverhampton, were also called to show the. desir ableness of the project: The difference between the cost of carriage per canal and per railroad, from Birmingham to ' London, would be 10s. per ton, according to . elk - evidence of the laid-named witness ; he also preferrild'• the proposed sta tions of this Company- to those or the rival Companies. lie preferred the higher level. Queen-street, into which this line would enter in Wolverlutmpton, was the principal street of that town, and ' in the immediate neighbourhood of ,the market-place. The station of the ihrewsbury and Staffordshire CoMpaily would be about half a mile from Wolverhampton, and the street in which ifwouldhe (Old 301-street) was exceldingly narrow, and the approach•to the station very steep and dankerdifs. The haulage of goods from the station to - the town would alsolotni an important item in the expense of their. transit. .Cress-examined by Mr. F. RoatssoN—The proposed access to the station of the South Staffordshire Company was the same as that df the Grand • Junction Company. He did not know Nitether power had been obtatnet to widen that access. He Was not aware that 1,600 of the people of Wolverhampton had petitioned Parliament in favour of the South Staffordshire Company, and a like number against the scheme under consideration. Mr. Underhill, of Wolverhampton, gave similar eilderice' to the preceding witnesses. Mr. Browning believed that no better scheme than the present could be devised for the accommodation of the district through which It was proposed to pass . The witness was . muti t , i . anipton, and Dudley. stations, , y Mr. w briefly cross - examined as to high and low lee el trmliri.ight, ri ttniv, ?, wwoi lIATELY, Q.C., who appeared on behalf of the in the county ouiteka.,:i an extensive ironmaster and coal proprietor Avals. . This line . :opuompuldatactionteunodpgloet,tarbaen: having the iteeteernodaiip a tt was a loop line, which lie eo w n i sl whilst I t wows goods would not interfere with the ti Its llarlaston, containing accom modated bY this 'lineprincipal B.44, advantage, w ould u d that that district su ff ered mush fr. in not w hi c h gotild not be asthe which line would afford. This line tragic. uc T b h ed e town by its system of rorzeelrling and n, that corn y waete,toll-, erree t t„4 every town -in by the rese r i ctilanealdoirsthtriect;ther proposed railways. He was of b y P t petition, in in respect of the means of that t. the pods, was a com tal p_sery greatest safeguard tOgito tranginltt ing their g the e t pinsubtiaicn,ce s, ended n re, very and not c mar moderate, in fact, than the tons of its r ivals. The tolls proposed by this Compa master, Wolverhampton, w as of Xl'. Pa ' The evidence , .. . to the same effect. moderate ,-"l na peuchtitif„ e c now TT, iron In answer to Mr. C "13zthat after the case for the promoters of The Hon. CHAIRMAN s aid, concluded, they wo uld proceed to hear the this Bill had been peti tioners against it, ed at four o'clock, until ' twelve o'clock on • The Committee Rtijallrll Monday next. _.—...---..........------ • GROUP L IV. LXIXCESTESZ AND 13/12MINGUAM, WITH A BRANCH. The Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual h h our; and proceeded with the examination o f witnesses IN support of the line. Mr. Mintz, M.P., was examined, and stated that he was clearly of Opinion that an independent line of railway accommodation of the traffic and passengers between Leisester, and NU12104011. The Losdon and Birmingham Blt .and 311d was necessary for, the land Companies were riot eqOal to supply the requisite railWOY dof e cowl-iodation, in consequen ce of the Ir re g ularit y and insuftWeiroy their trains, He was in favour of the proposed line then 'before the Committee, as, in his opinion, it would be suMcient to saeat , all !the wants of are district through which it traversed. At the close of Mr hiuntz's evidence, Mr. Vignola, thElgtildlueer* in-chief, who had beet; previously examined, was recalled, and 'cross examined as to the engineering merits of the line, th 6 Sullielency of the estimates, and the general capabilities of the line. Mr: Shaw, deputy ghainnan of th e Com p an y , was also egamined in support or the una,"sis also was Mr. M Ilsr, who corroborated the eaginsering evidence of Mr. Vignola. Mr. Pare and Mr. Atkinson Were theu examined, and with their evicie;ce the case of the promoters *as brought to a close. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP LTI: The Select Committee appolliSed to eoinkler the lusrit° Of tiu3Phis 20th Foot.—Lieutenant and Captain J. A. V. Kirkland, from the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Captain, vice Baring, who exchanges; Captain E. L. Knight, from Ist India Regiment, to be Captain vice Powell, June 12. . . 32d Foot—Lieutenant S. Reed, from half pay 40th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice R. Souter, who exchanges; Ensign C. Clapcott, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vavasour, who retires; C. F. Stewart, Gent„ to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clapcott, June 12. . 45th Foot—Ensign C. D. Cameron, from 63th Foot, to Le Ensign, rice Morley, &ceased, June 12. 54th Foot—Lieutenant L. E. Wood, to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Mostyn, deceased, May 24 ; Ensign J. S. Thomson, to be Adjutant, vice Wood, May 24 ; Colour Sergeant W. Marriott, to be Ensigh, without purchase, vice Thomson, appointed Adjutant, June 12. 64th Foot—Lieut. W. H. Candler, from 80th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dunn, who exchanges, June 12. 69;1 Foot—Gentleman Cadet F. G. lslocd, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ca memo, appointed to the 43th Foot, June 12. Dr 7 a l g s o t o i n 'oo--- 14 to Li be eut L . i C eu . te C n . an W 4 . I D ic o e rn D v e i l n l e n , y, fr w o m h 0 l e 3 x t c h h - a L n i g g e h s t , j2 .7l3 s :: t h i hl 2. 2 F i, o o o ot ti E Li n e s u ign tenant C. F. Stadclert, from 9th Light Draoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Nelthorpe, who exchanges, W. C. Rose, to be Lieutenant, by pur cEtinas. l e g , n . 1 .• le , )e. purchase,la id sn , rice whoß,rejSu4l?. Stuart, Gent ~ to be 'Both Foot—Lieut. W. C. Dunn from it . ne .2 4 . th Foot, to be S e u x rg clul eon ng J e: . 4 . •G ' ..P. Moore,.from the 01, M.D. who vice A. J. N. Conn 9 1. 7 i tB e i t s : t i . iF , lo Ni o i o c t (: e ti C 7 a b_ n e ie d s s ! s e i s r ui , ar ih t o o n , Military 3 (i }: °ot College,- -G s e r n s:t t oe l e aab m nteot a :;E n i;.sji Cadet gorn :j J. withoutEß. purchase, e f , ro l m ice ß n o . : .. l . retires upon half-pay, June 12. -Desmond, to be - Quarter tio retires Ilium half -pay •C. V. d- ( teased, June . 12. . elaY j Vi.tlx Dot— ss stant.Surgeon, vice Moore, ' of Cad', -en ' j 12 promoted June • the in 88th Foot, . Regiment J * ' th e Ist Welt India.,.. captain .J. Powell, from 20th in ast e f. f ! Foilto be Captaf ,'n vice l‘ht, whh exchanges, AR. Ridirwa ll B c' June 12. gluier- . t , 4 A rf.,,T- • ; „,.. 3, •,to be kisistint 0611UP • nd 'cross- ,, ,a Forces , vice .gustin, appointed to the 6th lieleticy of Surgeon to tu ."ti°cJiorl 1,. Mr: Shaw, Foot. June 12. in support or s, Robert Ambrose. ,e wirimeerlng 62d Foot, are ICE OF ORDNANq, J!:NE 10. Jon Were •gaen mAu, OFF Iliajor General I . A promoters was ' o f ,Art i llery_ W al ker .a i i t o a;u i ll it AN e g u l rri tl D e l. ••- t T o h d l e , RI, C h ris t i a n ts..e Fy e n r a B m . , to becoiofier ConiMag . 1 .,_ , . iL d• L titenant of Dorsetsb:re r • le • t- • • gonithipsii.fis pi the 9 wa ~, commonly ealled-Prd Thißight Hob. 5:: . F Strang H. F. Teattnan . Es male rp- stavordate tO'be'peputy Lkentenan H. , 1., d e : c. ,e l i : 3 eli.i C a p t ain 1 y S B. et, 1 i comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning; i to be Deputy Lieutenant ; S. 'Serrell, Esq., to be Deputy Mr. Ewart In the chair. Lieutenant ; G. IC. Clapeott, Ebq to be Deputy Lieutenant, EAST AND WEST INDIA 120 MS AND June 3. ISISLIKINGELADI bu t, cage s i o iro s i h n , o ,r t t c : s i tofwathsisa Itline.o f fir. w the a s ge TALBOTge l a l t t es m ' t Iperesunbe longd e It was promoted by the th ;im ebpou rtanc ca.te. London" and Birmingham Company, for effecting a com• inunieatiolf between their Caniden-town station and the :East and West India Docks. It passed through Holloway, Hack ney, Homer:on, s•kirted the Victoria-park, formed a junction, 'villa the .Enstem Counties and the Blackwell Railways, and run into the docit-baste tit Blackwell. The want of this communication Seas very much test by the trade of the country, and the rates of cartage between the Thames and the London and Birmingham Railway, was from ss. 6d. to 7s. per ton, which would be considerably reduced by the proposed line. The capital of the Company was 600.00 , 1., of which 350,0051. was subscribed by the Railway and Dock Companies, and the remainder by private individuals. Mr. Cook, of the firm of Truman and Cook, colonial brokers ; Captain Huish, the general manager of the Grand Junction Railway; Mr. Poole, general goods manager of the same railway; Mr. Alder- Man Copeland, M.P., and Mr. Horne, of the firm of Chaplin and Horne, bore testimony to the importance which it would prove to the trade of the country to have an uninterrupted railway communi cation 'between Liverpool, Manchester, and the Midland district, and the docks and port of Londen. Mr. Martin, the engineer of the East and West India Dock Com pany, who laid out the lisle under Mr. Stephenson, detailed the pro gress the line took from the docks to Camden-town, and the nature of the works. The line presented no engineering difficulties. ills estimate for the works was 349,7791. The line would cross the Lou don and York line. The Committee adjourned shortly after four o'clock Commission by t" Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire. - To be Deputy Lieutenants—Sir W. S. R. Cockburn, Bart.; Rev, R. L. Venable Clerk; T. Davies, Esq . ., Jun:; 1. Commissions by the LGrd Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. Royal Lanarkshire Militia—H. H. R. Aikinan, to be Captain, vice Landless. deceased, May 14 ; U. A. Irving., Esq., to be. Captain, vice Fullarton, decew,ed, May 15; A.. -Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Taylor, deceased, May 14. COURT Or COMMON PLEAS. Trinity Term, in the 9th year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Wednesday, June 10, 1846. This Court will, on Monday, the 6th day of July next, bold a sitting, and will proceed to give judgment in certain of the matters standing over for the consideration of the Court. N. C. TINDAL. GROUP L VII. THE LONDON AND nrastraras.aivx GRAND JUNCTION, AND MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY AMALGAMA TION. (Continued f ern our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. HOPE said he expected that the companies, when amalga mated, would be able to reduce their tolls. The question was ever tually adjourned until Monday, for the pur pose of enabling the proprietors to show the irnpossibihty of carrying into effect the arrangement proposed by the.lloard of 1 rade. DUDLEY CANAL AND BIRMINGHAM AMALGAMATION. Mr. Hut, who appeared on behalf of the Worcestershire Canal. then proceeded to address the Committee in opposition to this scheme, At the conclusion of the Learned Counsel's address, - The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee would give their decision on the Bill on Monday nest. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (AYLESBURY PURCHASE). The consideration of this Bill, which is unopposed, was postponed until :Monday next. SHREWSBURY, OSWESTE7, AND CHESTER JUNCTION (NORTH WALES PiinvE.RA.l. ALIVIA.I.GAMAVION). This Bill, which is also unopposed, was next called on. A portion of the clauses were gone through and sanctioned, and the Committee adjourned until Monday next. GROUP LX IV. IRISH GREAT WESTERN (PORTARLING TON TO G. 3.I.WAY). Mr. Bagnell was next exam/lied, and stated that the general depth of the water of the Shannon where he had been employed to bore was 27 feet, and that the deposition of the mud there was from t to 20 feet. After hearing some further corroborative evidence, the case of the promoters of the Bill was concluded, and the Committee ad journed. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met this morning in Roo►n 1, House of Lords, at eleven o'clock. Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. The further consideration of the DUMBLANE, DOUNE, AND CALLANDAR was postponed till Tuesday : as was that of the KILMARNOCK AND TROON. The case of the STIRLINGSHIRE MIDLAND JUNCTION . . was postponed till Monday. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN. (NEWPORT RAILWAY AND ST. ANDREW'S BRANCH.) • F:DINBUROII AND NORTHERN (STEATHERN DEVIATION), EDINISUR.M AND NORTHERN (DUNFERMLINE BRANCH), EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (PE VTYCUR BRANCH). These four branches of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway were passed. In the case of the BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES JUNCTION RAILWAY AND FERRY, the standing orders were declared complied with. The same decision was made with respect to the Bristol Water works, and some other Bills of a local character. EAST OF FIFE. This Bill WILS passed, and ordered to be specially reported. CALEDONIAN AND DUMBARTONSHIRE JU.NCTION Standing orders complied with. WILSONTOWN. 3101ININOSIDE,AND COLTNESS (BATH- GATE BRANCH). WILSONTOWN, MORNINGSII)E, AND COLTNESS (IMPROVE MENT AND BRANCHES). In both these cases the decision of the Committee was that the standing orders were complied with. SLAINIANNAN (BATIIGATE AND JAWCRAIG BRANCHES): Standing crders complied with. EAST AND WEST YORKSHIRE JUNCTION. - _ Stanahig orders complied with. LONDON AND BRIGHTON (WANDSWORTH BRANCH). This Bill was also passed. Their Lordships then resolved themselves into a Select Committee on Merits, in order to proceed with a list of Estate, Gus, and other local hills, and one Railway (namely, the East Lincolnshirk ), all which were unopposed. No point of ptitilic interest arose, and at about a quarter to five o'clock their Lordships rose, and adjourned till to-morrow at one. BANK OF (From this Ni An Account, pursuant to the Act' the Week ending on Saturday, th EN GLAND. fight's Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, fat le 6th day of June, 1846. 'ABTMENT. ISSUE DE .e. Notes i55ued........ 28,325,000 Government debt • • 1 I ,015,100 Other securities .... 2,941,900 Gold coin and bullion 1?,192,710 Sliver bullion 2,132,290 Z 28.325,000 X 28,325,000 r. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the I lth day of June, 184, lEPARTMEN T. Government securi- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,988,065 Other securities •• • • 18,321,641 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 8,468,1 e 0 Gold and silver coin.. 684,691 X 40,461,577 4. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. ,NGE.--(THIS DAY) Gibraltar .............. Leghoin ...........- .. 30 50 Genoa Naples . . 39% Palermo, peroz.- Il9), Lisbon 53 Rio Janeiro 23% Bahia , • . Buenos Ayres .. — New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia YWCAS OF BULLION. rtz oz. Foreibn► Gold In bars... £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coln .. 3 17 5, New I►oubloons ...... 0 0 New Dollars ••..• • • • 0 4 5% Silver in bars 0 4 11 DAbISING D: Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest . Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, SaT- Ings-banks, and Di- vidend accounts) .. 5,753,512 Other deposits ••. • • • 15,927,013 Seven day and other 852,008 4 40,464,577 Dated the 11th day of June, 1841 COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam ......C F. 12 954 Ditto, at sight ..... 12 6% Rotterdam .... •• 2 U . . 12 10 Antwerp.• ............ 26 15 liamburgh M.B. 13 15 Altona . Paris, 3 days' sight • . 25 80 Ditto, 3 months .. .. 26 5 Marseilles ••.. • . • ..... 26 10 Bourdeanx.... .. Frankfort on Maine.... 12214 Petemburgh, 3 US.— . • Vienna, effec.flo • . 10 14 Trieste, ditt0.......... 10 11 Madrid 36 Cadiz • . •.. : ........ 36 tx 8i1ba0.... • • . ..... Barcelona ............ THE LONDON A Z LTT E VENIN FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 9, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles Maximilien Hartung, as Consul at Freetown, Sierra Leode, for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. • The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Lut4er Brackett, as Consul at Picton, Nova Scotia, for the United States of America. \VAR-OFFICE, Juxu 12. sth Dragoon Guards—G. Duckworth, Gent., to be Cornet by purchase, vice the Hon. W. F. Scarlett, appointed to the Scots Fusilier Guards, June 12. 6th Dragoon Guards—Chptain C. Sawyer, from 3d Foot, to be Captain, vice Pryse, who exchange?, June 12. 2d Dragoons—Lieutenant G. Reid, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Campbell, deceased, May 29. 9th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant H. Nelthorpe, from 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Studdert, who exchanges, June 12. 13th Light Dragoons--Lieutenants A. Denny. from 71st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Doraville, who exchanges, June 12. COldstream Regiment of Foot Guards-,Captain W. Ba r i ng , from 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant and Captain, vice Kirkland, who exchanges, June 12. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Lord Gerald Fitz Gerald to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice BreVet Major Gage, who retires ; Cornet the Hon. W. F. Scarlett, from sth Dragoon Guards, to be En:liga and Lieu tenant, by purchase. vice Lord G. Fitz Gerald. June 12, 3d Btgiment of Eoot—Captain -E. L. Pryse, from 6th Dragoon Gnardr, to be Captain, vice Saw 3 er, who exchanges, June 12. • 4th Foot—Ensign G. H. Temlow to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gibson, who retires; F. E. Mauesell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Twemlow, June 12. 6th Foot.—H. Bindon, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, Jane 12. BANKRUPTS. John Compton Hill, grocer, Reading, Berkshire, to sur render on June 22 and July 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turqnand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers; Lewis and Lewis, Ely-place, Holborn. John Wyatt, common brewer, Ocknam, Surrey, June 23, at eleven, and July 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basing hall-street; Walker, South-square, Gray's Inn. Charles Beans, nailer, Winchester, June 23, at two, and July 14, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Gedge, George-street, Mansion-house; Pain, Whitechurch, Hants. Whilliam Hart, hat manufacturer, High-street, White chapel, June 23, at half-past two, and July 14, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Rawlings, Crosby-hall .hambers, Bishops ate-street Within, and Romford, Essex. John Bedford Pim and Charles Payne, paper-makers, Mansfield- street, Borough-road, June 23, at one, and July 14, At two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, fficial as signee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Lewis,, Grosvenor street, Bond-street. Thomas Simmons, corn merchant, Wooburn, Bucks June 18, at half-past two, and July 21, at eleven, at the Court of Fankruptcy. Bell,official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Waller, Finsburv-circus; Spicer, Great Marlow. JAEllei Holt, glove manufacturer, Castle Donington, Leicef tershite, June 23, and July 28, at twelve, at the Birming ham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Huish. Castle Donington ;.11ebbert, Birmingham. David Clark, leather dealer, Liverpool, June 22, and July 21, at twelve. at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Johnson and Co., Temple, London ; Grocotr, Liverpool. James Stavely, warehouseman, Manchester, June 24 and July 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, Official assignee, George-street, Manchester; Gregory, Faulk ner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London. Charles Fox, victualler, Kingston -upon-Hull, June 24 and July 15, at eleven, at. the Kingston-upon-Hull District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Kingston-upon-Hull ; Wells and Smith, Parliament-street, Kingston-upon-Hull; Tilson, Squance, Clarke, and Morice, Coleman-street, London. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro duce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending June 9, 1846, is 355. 5%d. per cwt. MARKET- INTELLIGENCE. (From the Landon New Price current of June 12.) SUGAR. —To-day there was a fair buSiness transacted in West India Sugar, and the rates paid were 6d per cwt above those of this day week for Refining sorts, and in several cases yellow kinds brought prices rather above those of that tima. REFINED.-- i 0-day Reined Goods were much sought after by the home trade, but few parcels are to be had. Brown lumps are firm at 6'..5.t0 68s 6d. and standard lumps at 69s per cwt. The market for bonded Crushed Sugar is firm, 33s 6d for first , quatity. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale, but privately a fair business was done, and at prices shewiug a small advance on those of the last auction. EAST INDlA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in good request, and at public sale 2248 bags were all sold at full rates. FOREIGN.—YeIIow Havannah has been sought after, but holders insisting on an advance on former rates of Is to 2s per cwt, busines- of moment has been prevented, and the only sale is that of 800 chests of low yellow quality at •21s per cwt; had there been sellers at a slight advance on previous prices, it would have led to large transictions. For white stiffer rates are insisted upon, but there are few buyers at present to be met with. There has been a good desire evinced to operate in brown Brazil, but the stiff rates asked prevented much business from being done; the few parcels of white dis posed of were at rather higher rates. There are not sellers of Porto Rico excepting at improved prices. Mot.A.ssms.—All kinds of India are much in demand, and would command even further improved rates; but business of moment has been prevented by the scanty supply at market. COFFEE,.—This afternoon there was no public sale of Coffee, and privately little busi.less was transacted in any kind, the value of good ordinary native pale Ceylon is 42s to 43s per cwt. Cocoa.-11 ith West India the market has been much bet ter supplied this week, and the demand having been limited, prices have slightly given way. Foreign is Hot offered upon lower terms, but there has been little business transacted at present. There is, however, a less quantity offered for sale. TEA.—The demand for black and green Tea has been con siderably checked by the announcement of the large quantity of 40,000 pkgs for public sale on Tuesday, and former rates are with difficulty to be obtained. There has been little business transacted in any kind, as the trade seemao - think that if merchants are sellers at the approaching sales, that a decline in prices will take place, as the stock of black and greew in the banded warehouses is large. IticE.—To-day Bengal Rice was wanted, but rather higher rates being asked, operated against business. SricEs.—With Cassia Lignea the market has been abug dantly supplied this week, but merchants submitting to a decline on lase nominal rates of Is to to 3s per cwt caused the demand to be active. Cassia Buds have nearly sustained the former value. Black Pepper is still purchased with caution by exporters and the home trade notwithstanding the low rates, : Of African and East India Ginger several parcels have been disposed of privately, and at somewhat better prices; the supply is still falling off. Jamaica has been in fair demand at the previous currency—the middling kinds have been the most in lequest privately. Pimento is wanted, and the par cels sold privately were at firm rates. Nutmegs have suf fered no further depression, and privately several parcels have been sold at 2s 8d to 4s 2d for brown, and at Is ed to 3s firlimed. The supply is less than it was, especially of the better kinds. Mace is wanted, but we have no farther ad vance to notice in prices. In Cinnamon little business has been transacted, low as quotations are. Cloves are heavy of disposal, notwithstanding the low rates that prevail. FatnT.— In Currants lately there has been a large busi ness doing, and the deliveries for home consumptian great; Cephalonia and Morea Fruit 464 Patras 46s to 47s per cwt; a large parcel of the forunr taken on sp •culation, and an offer for a cargo to arrive at the same price refused; the Low priced common descriptions of Raisins have been in 'more reqvest—old Chesme Raisins, cases, 295, Valentias from 263 to 30s, new Chesine Raisins, barrels 335, cases 355. Russ, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.— There has been a better demand for all descriptions of Jamaica Rum this week, and the rates paid have been hilly equal to those of last Friday ; the quantity sold has been 150 puns. This afternoon at public sale 38 casks of Madrae Ruin were sold at Is lid t.) 2s Id for proof to II per cent over-proof. COCIHNEAL.—This afternoon Cochineal was in better re qUest, and 116 bags of Honduras were offered at auction, and chiefly sold at full rates, viz., at 5s 7d to 63 Id per lb for low to tine silvers. E ot as t t h j e ud la i s a t ' agoudairiterly auctions would INDIGO.--The market has a ve r y d u ll appearance for all ' parcels were to be pressed for Spanish there has b een li ttle passing, low as not' be ss d au e is s et c ,a r n p t ie t l I de oln r a s tl ot ens prices are. SALTPETRE.—To -day the market was better supplied with Rough the parcels offered at public sale amounting to 3,889 begs of Calcutta, there was a much better demand, and the whole sold at full rates for the low and middling sorts, whilst the better kinds brought 6d per cwt advance. Ores.—This afternoon Southern Oil went at lower rates, but at auction one hundred tuns were nearly all sold. Fine Foreign was taken in at 281 . Sperm is cheaper, and 45 tuns. at public sale only in part sold at 771 to to 771 15s for bright a demand large supply; but very good, and this is b quality. Taer.ow.—For home made tallo w p r i ces cont i nue to go do , w t. n, e t t h t er e but at 40s to 40s 6d per ct‘ cheaper than Russian. For Australian the d eman d h as on ly nceasbheh thelg been for small parcels, and holders experience difficulty in getting 37s to 42s for low to tine quality. American is little wanted. Russian on the spot has been purchased with much caution, but in the value little variation at present has taken place. For forward delivery there are few buyers to be met with. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS The LORE. CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Messenger• fium the Commons brought up certain Bills. Lord LITTELTON laid upon the table of the House cer tain papers containing information respecting the colonies of New Zealand, Australia, and New foundland. EDUCATION. The Bishop of BANGOR presented several petitions from different places in Wales in favour of a better and more ex tended system of education in Wales. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. The Marquis of NOII3IANBY presentrd a numerously signed petition from the county of Down (Ireland) against the punishment of death. CRIMIN AL REFORMATION. The Bishop of OXFORD presented several petitions from the city of Oxford, praying their Lordships would take some mea sures for instituting a place of refuge for erimin.als who had been liberated, and enable them to obtain an honest FORGERIES BY A CLERK IN IRELAND. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE rose to draw the atten tion of their Lord,hips to the conduct of a clerk to a certain firm in Ireland, who had committed some very extensive for geries, yet who had been liberated withoui being brought to trial for such a procee3it g. PROTECTION TO AGRICULTURE _ _ _ . A NOBLE LORD presented several petitions from Salop and other places praying that their Lordships would give protec tion to Briti.h agriculture.—( Hear, hear, ) TENANT RIGHT. The Duke of RiCHMOND gave notice that he would, in the Committee on the Corn Bill, move fur the insertion of a clause for the purpose of allowing all tenants to vacate their leases and to receive compensation for their exhausted crops. A Noble Lord said that he never had subscribed to the Cheshire Agricultural Protection Society, but he had the minutes of the Cheshire Protection Society before him, in which he found Lord Delamere's name down as having sub scribed 25/., and as being an annual subscriber of two guineas. CORN DIPORTATIOI4 BILL—ADJOURNED DEhATE. The Marquis of EXETER then opened the adjourned debate on the Corn Imrortation Bill, but in so low a tone atnodfont arR the n present entsha idiro born t i io as to be almo s t w h o ll y inaud ibl e i n the reporter's gallery. He was understood t o i mp l ore t h e i r Llrdships not lightly to abandon litoa adduced agriculture , and ~ a no d f asked wh a t, w e ' i h n a ,d t so reading of this lull.—(" Hear." from the Duke of Ili:Almond.) The Noble Lord then referred to the years 1792, 1793, and 1794, when, he stated, the price of wheat was 505.. with a protective duty of 245., but owing to the extremely low tone in which he spoke, the tendency of his remarks were, as we have said, inaudable in the gallery. The Noble Lord then went into a statistical statement, for the purpose of showing that the free.trade principle, ar developed in the late t ar iff , had not worked so favoura b ly as to justify the deductions which had been made by the Minister — that an entire free trade in corn would be beneficial to the country ; on the contrary. he could show that it would have a fr ost disastrous effect, by throwing land ou t of egitivatiOn, Which would sot re i ngn efate the Wiper fur 44 14- Lour, in consequence of low rate at which corn would be sold. When the price of con' fell, rents were always found to decline in proportion ; and thus the landowner and the tenant would be ritu . ually injured, whilp the country would lose the benefit of having a revenue which sh,uld be m•Antained in some sort, and the only way it could be maintained ou'd be by 'tiyiai2 some heavy tax upon property, which it u ou,d not be able to pai, urAcr the old system, agriculture had flourished and the country pro , pered, and he ' did not see what real in they could week to change it, and, believing that the measure ;vould be hurtful to the country and injurious to her interests, he would give it his most deeided opposition. __ _ • Several Noble Lords rose at the conclusion of the Noble Marquis's speech to address their Lordships, but these lxis.g loud cries for Earl Delawarr, Earl DELAWARR accordingly proceeded to address their Lordships, and said that he rose to perform a paint's' duty in reference to this question. From the first moment that these measures were announced to the public, and at the commencement of the present year, he felt that he should be called upon, as an humble indivilual, to sty aye or no to +hese measures in his place in Parliament, and he foresaw that he should be placed in painful and difficult circumstance. On the one hat d, th e quest i on of revering himself from strong political attachments presented itself ; and on the other hand, stern requirements of duty and conscience. He felt that a ques tion of t his magnitude and importance, involving fearful changes according to his opinion, required that he should give, when called upon to express his opinion on the subject, a solemn and serious consideration. He had laboured hard and long with those who had brought forward this measure, and he felt that it was an honour to be associated with such a name; but he also felt that great as that honour might be considered, it was of far inferior importance with the duty of acting according to his conscience in reference to this Bill. -.( Hear, hear. ) The Noble Lord, who seemed much affected, proceeded to say that at that protracted period of the debate he would riot enter into the details of the process which brought him to the con cusion to which he had ultimately arrived, suffice it to say, that with ad the attention he could command, he devoted to the consideration of the subject, but all the arguments advanced failed to convince him the there was ought in the extger.cies of the present time to call for the adoption of such a measure, or that any irr.s.stible circumstances hail suddenly come upon us—he would not say to change the cur rent of their legislation, for they were told that it was but bil lowing in the course of their past legislation, but he held that nothing had occurred to induce them to draw up the flood-gates which stemmed its too suntlen impatuosity. He would not impute any improper motives to the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel), and the Noble Duke (the Duke of Wellington), or to the other Members of the Government, or the course they had adopted, had been taken, as on former oc casions, becathe they considered it would benefit tne country. He thought they were mistaken, lint that never theles they had carried it out with a single ness and sincerity of purpose.—(Hear. hear.) It had been raid " what was the use of resisting the measure, what would they obtain by their opposition, public opinion was in its favour, and if it was not carried this session it would be carried the next ?" He begged to deny that the public were in favour of it—( Hear, hear)—if it was well known that a gt: eat number of Noble Lords in that House and Members of the other House of Parliament who had supported it stated that they very much disliked the Bill, in its present shape, and that a very large number in both Houses disliked the principle of the Biil altogether; and there fore it was riot lair to suppose that the public were in favour of it, and he believed if their opinion were asked it would be found tint to be in favour of it. —( Hesr, hear.) He doubted much whether it would be found that the well disposed portion of the cern triunity were in favour of any change in the present state of things-- ( Hear, hear. ) There was one important fact in connaxion with this measure. that they were not allowed lair play in the expression of their feelings. It was pushed forward as a party measure. It Noble Lords did their duty and fearlessly. honestly and manfully looked at the measure as it was proposed to then), they might yet escape from the difficultfes by which they were surrounded. He had endeavoured thus to discharge a painful duty, and to declare that he could not assist in passing a Bill that would be so detrimental to the landed interest. The shop of ST. DAVIDS wishs.tt to be allowed to say a few words on the measure before their Lord-hi -v, ant. he could assure them it was not because he intended to en'er into a discussion of the general merits of this great ques , ion, which had been already so well done by ether Noble Lords, but to state the gronnds why he thought it necessary t add , ess the House. He mu t say that the subject was so ali . n to his u•u.,l pursuits, that he did not put himself up as an authoray of the slightest weight, or c .uld t.avauce any new facts and arguments to those which had been already stated. It wag from a different motive that he broke silence and claimed their attendance. (LEFT SPEARING.) HOth.4E COMMONS. The SPKAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. NEWCA STLE- UPON- TYN E IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill wasread a third time and passed. REPORTS. _ _ The following reports were brong!it up anal agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be engrossed :—Ardnosan Municipal, Police and Improvement—Enfield and Edmonton Railway— Haleswcrth and Norwich Railway—lpswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (Norwich Extension) - Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth Railway— Loa estoft and Beccles Railway and Drainage—Norfolk Railway Extension ( Siownvirket,Wymond ham, and Attleborough Branch)—North Wales Mineral Rail. way— Waveney Valley and Great Yarmouth Railway—West London Railway Improvement and Extension. EDINBURGH PAVING BILL. Mr. GREENE moved that the Edinbuigh Paving Bill, which stood for the third reading on Wednesday, the loth, be read a third time on 111unday, the.lsib day of. this ,Mstani Juhe ; ar..t* that staNdir:g firer . No. MI, - as tar as relates , to certain amendments on schedules t Et) and (E), rendered ne dessat y by alterations of the numbtirs of the sections, 'be then made.— 1 he motion was agreed to. • • AIIDLAND RAILWAY. Mr. GREENE moved that it be an instruction to the Com mittee on . Grinip No. 31, to eidel lain all petitions a,_;ainst the Alidland Railway (Birmingham and Gh heester Blanches) Bill, which have been pre,t nted to the House on or • before Ftinay, the sth day of this instant June.. Ihe motion was agreed to. . . P.OitISAIDU I H HARBOUR PIER, BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. Sin GEORGE DUNRAR'S ESTATE .'BILL This 13;11 wai read a third time and passed. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill was also read a thirst time and passed. LIVERPOOL SANATARY REGULATIONS BILL. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS moved the third reading of this Bill, which was agreed to arid pa!sed. GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND . MONKLAND JUNC TION RAILWAY BILL This Bill was read a third time and passed: - LEITH PAVING . BILL. This Bill was read a third time and pas-rd. SOUTHPORT 11.41PRVEAlh.NT BILL. The Lords' ameunmtnts on this Bi.l were considered and agreed to. . YORK IMPROVEMENT. RILL . . On the motion of Mr. B. DENISON, this 1111 was re,..d a third time. Up to five o'clock the time of the House was occupied in the reception of petilions on private affairs. URIC:A . I lON IN WALES. Mr. WILLIAMS resulted a petition from a place in Rad norshire, praying the House to take into consideration the state of education in Wales. RAILWAYS. Capt. POLHILL gave notice ihti on Friday next, he should move for the appointment of a Select CommAtee to inquire into and report upon certain railway Bills now before Parliament. TOBACCO DUTIES. .• Dr. BQWRING moved tor c•tples•ofmernorials on the sub ject ot the tobacco datte9, adda es ted to the Fir 4 Lord of the _Treasury, on the 9th day of December, 1845,and the 31st day of January, 14346, which was agreed to. • - - Earl of Lincoln).• fle shorld have had great pleasure in lis tening to that speech ,characterised as it was by atone and temper which was entitled to his warmest approval. Hrd he been pre sent, he should have fe t it his duty to -ay a few words upon the subject. He would now, however, take the liberty of saying th,t his Bili was merely pro•-pective, and was not calculated to meet the evils which at present existed in that country. Now, the great object was to produce tranquillity in Ireland, Ile wished to call the attention of the attention of the Noble Lord to the tenant.right in Ulster, which was the source of the great prosperity and tranquillity which existed in that part i of Ireland. This Mil did nothing for that, and he therefore sub mitted to the Noble Lord ihat the law as it at pre sent stood required considerable improvements on that head. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. T. BARING presented a petition against any alteration in the law of settlement. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Earl of Blesinton's Estate (by order) ; Glasgow, Audi ie, and Monkland Junction Railway ; Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway (No. 2) ; Leith Paving ; Lesmahagow Dalserf, and Coatbreige Mineral Junction Railway (amend ments to be proposed; Liverpool Sanatory Regulations (byorder); London and South Western Railway Acts Aniendnient (further proceeding by order); Newcastle-upon-Tyne Improvement ( urther proceeding, by order) ; Portsmouth Harbour Pier (further proceeding. by order) ,• Sir George Dunhar's Estate (by order); Worcester New . Gas (clause and amendments to be propsed) ; York Improvr•meor. REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Glasgow Municipal, Police and Statute Labour; Newport and Pillgwe nlly w. aterworks ; Lough SAO - and IA Nil Foyle Draining and Embanking. The Lords' amendment on the sowhport Improvement Bill was taken into consideration and rejected. • DROPPED ORDERS. • The dropped orders of the day for yesterday were re appointed. PROTECTION OF LIFE ( IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that the order m the day for this 80l be read, THE LAI E POISONING IN NORFOLK. An HON. MEMBER wished to ask the Right Hoi ourable Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department whether he could say if any report had beta received at the Hcme-office with respect to the rec. nt eases of poison ing in the county of NoryoN, and also, whether it might not he proper: that the Registrar-General should issue instructions to the registrars of the districts not to issue any certificate of burial in cases of sudden death where no in queit had been held ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that the circumstance to which the Hon. Gentleman referred had been the' subject :A investi gation before the coroner, and he believed that investigation had closed, but they had not yet received the result of it. With reference to the registrars of death, it was their duty to obtain the certificate of the householder of the place in which the death occurred, containing a statement of the cause of (!eath. Positive instructions hah been issued to the registrars to be cautious in the performance of the duty, but still it was not the duty of those persons to refuse to enter any death. He thought, on the et:ntrary, that the refusal of the registrar to enier any death on his entertaining any suspicion, would be vexatious and reprehensible. He must take that opportunity of stating to the House what he thought a very serious cause of compl.iint, arising from the frequency of inquests held in this country. It appeared that no less than twenty pet sons had died as there was reason to believe ft om the effects of poison administered by one individual, arid yet no is quest had beers held in any case. 1 he law with regard to holding an inquest was, that any party having rea son to suspect that the death occurr. d under unfair circumstances, was entitled to call upon the Coroner to hold an inquest. It was the duty ot every constable in every parish, if he had reason to believe that the death occurred under suspicious circumstances, to call upon the coroner to per form his functions. In the last few years, however, so much jealousy had arisen at the quarter sessions thole re ference to the charges o f corone r s , the payment charges had been so much grumbled at, that inquest had not been held in many cases, in which by the law of h ought to have been. The magistrates of the county of Devo in n have come to the resolution nut to allowets otbaany., inquest D Died by which the verdict of the jury should the visitation of Gad." This it now nd during under thatthe co n sideration of the Court ofQ ti case was en'sßen , Hume t. pet ind many representationshiaiiitqhueetsttn s o made ught t t t t o t h h a e ve been he Officeli i w ith regard to cases n which As soon as the magistrates came to this restoiluetei,a.nutseoof the f the county of Devon brought Under the coroners n consideration of the Court he had . referred to. such a resol ut i on was hostile to the performance of the duty of the coroner, an d Inquests had not been held where they should have been held. This was a most serious grievance ; arid though h e IA eouiu not adopt the suggestion of the Hon. Member with reference to the registrar, he agreed that some alteration in the law was neces sary to remedy this evil. HUSE' COERCION BILL. on Othis n the order o read,f the day for re sum i ng the adjourned debate 13.1 l beinG 41r. P'COY, NEP:expressed regret that he was unable to attend lade pifht to hear the speech of the Noble Lord the INSURANCE COMPANIES. i Donuead 1 Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - ----- - X s. d. X s. d. t Albion -•.••• • • • • •• 3/. 101 000 0 0 50 0 0 74 i Alliance )grit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 18% Ditto Marine.- -• • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 filAi Atlas 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16% • British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7% ; . lericl,Med.&Gen.Life ;,/. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6% 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 , , !row') .............. 10 s . 5 0 0 0 I 5 0 0 - 11; agle Eng.& Scot. Law ' European Life ... • I Freemasons' ....... • ;lobe - 136 Guardian ••.-. . • . . . 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 48 Imperial Fire • • •••• - ill. and bonus, 500 0 01 50 0 0 240 Imperial Life ........ 12s. 100 0 01 10 0 0 16% fiideinnity Marine.... 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 ! 513 1 29 Law Life • • IL 3s. 1 225 0 550 0 000 0 000 0 ~ 11 1 222 0 11000 0 000 0 i 14145462 ••••• • • .. ' Legal and General Life - London Fire .. London Ship •.• • ' Marine ••••••• • • • • .. 5 /. per cent. 100 0 0 1 15 0 0 10 9 ' Med. Invlid &Gen. Life 1%/. per ct. 50 00, 2 0 0 3 National Lman Fund- 51. per cent. 20 00;2 10 0 2% National Life.. - ..... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5O 0 9% colladium Life"... • - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 1 2 0 0 21. Os. i'licenix ..... .. 31. p. et. & bs. - - '205 , rotector Life.. -•- 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 I/. 3s. t'rovident Life-- -• • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 lock Life .. .. .. .. .... 4s. 50 0 010 0 4% ;oyal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - ISO -um Fire........... - - 210 Ditto Life . 11. 6s. - - 49 'niversal Life MIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. --- X s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 166 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. -- 100 0 0 , 157 British Linen Company 81. per cent. - 100 0 0 223 Commercial Bank -.• 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 , 161 National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 , 15 Union Bank 01 Scotland 7741. pr eent.l - 50 001 93 Western Bank - ... •• • 6/. per cent. I - 50 0 0 83 North of Scotland Bank 61.'per cent. 1 - 50 0 7 1 4 Clydesdale Bank- -• • GI. per cent. ! - 10 0 0 13% Eastern Bank.. ... •• • 5/. per cent. , - 10 0 0 1.1 Caledonian Bank - 210 0 454 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. p e r cert.l - 5 0 0 7 % 10 0 0 13% City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. 1 - Scottish Union Ins• Co. 51. per cent.l 20 0 0 1 ° 0 2 14 5 ;,' Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 g Insur. Co. of Seotlnd • • 1 5 1. 1 1 . 0 p s e_ . r p c e e r i e t , t . . 1 :,15 1 02 : 0 ~ North British Insur 5%1. pr cent. :2 00 9 ‘ o ' Caledonian Fire Insur lOl. per cent.:loo 0 0 12 10 0 1834 ; t: 0 :11 p oo 0 alc1 00 " . 2 9 20 4: Edin'.urgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 1102 0 0 50 0 0 75 73 •6d•P • s ' 20 1 00 0 0 00 0 0 _ lA 2 A o iil i l l ip p O ma a ii i ld d o .. . i 716 5 4 0 ., Edin. &Mau. Railway Ditto, % shares. • • • Edln., Leith, & Grantn 71. per cent. . 2/ per cent. 25 Si per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. i 40% GGililisaag,s'ggww&SlGA.mrYreeksiirilikkr lull:a:1111.1 sDuituilddefterd&tirtehArostsh.lmtaelle iZ/.. per e c e c i i i t t t : 5205 0 0 r A 2D ll ll : l 3 .d tt e i o t n i d . 3 , 9 cANA.I.S. I .; 1 1 • • Names of i2 .DIv i d e n d Price. N ames Of Companies. !A ' per `'``" Companies. a per I Price. ,m' Annum.' :2 Annurn.l ' 1 1 1. 1 6 9 1 03 751. 1 5 4 : 11 ' " '7O \--------fonmouthsh 1-406 81. 160 , 70 llntgomrysh 100, 51. ; 180 Macclesfield. 1001 - Asi A l a s hhr Barnsley.... n syl _ & edy. o .la. l sl . . z h . B B r a k si n n k g & st A ok b e rg. .. l l s o o o - 98 - Neath ...... 100 171. 340 38 5/. ,' 85 N- ottingham . 150 121. - Cromford.... ilOO 164:: 150_ Peak Forest. 78 31. (.1.11.3.!;0303 4/. E D i u i s d l l n e r y e . B„ . 6B Derby Regent's ...., 33 11. ss. 22% Erewash -•• • • 'loo' 73 Rochdale ..• .1 85 4/. 77 4/. '55 Shropshire ..!125 81. _ •• • , 100, 32/. I 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. l Os. 130 Forth & Clyct 100 4/. 1 - Do.Lk Fd St' 12 61. p. e. ; 11 GrandJunctn 100 71. 95% Stffrd&Worc:l4o 28/. ' 290 I Grand Union 100 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.' 12` 15/. '230 GlamorgnSh. 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridge - 1 145 201. 315 Glstr& Brkly, ioo' - - Strtfrdi - ,n Avl 79 1/. 10s. ,! - Grantham •• i 150 , 12/. 1 100 Severn and ' Huddersfield.' 571 --- i - Wy e Rail. 26 1/, Ca. 132 Kennt & Avu! 39 7s. 6d. ' 10 ,T7_ - .1:&, Yii , Lancaster ... ' 471 1/. 1C,;.1C,;.-:•,- ley, 1 4 50 sh. ' 301. I - Leeds. B s. PY-rPllOO' ' 341. 520 limns &Med 'l9 - 1 - Leicester .. .. 140' 101. 1 105 Worcstr & 44 78 21. Leicstr&Nthl 83' 4/. 1 60 Binning...s Loughboroghll42l 701. 830 Wilts f , 1 1 44,11 0,7 ii: 111 1 lATItTER-TiTORIES. Name of Ccmpany. Dividend Amount per I of Annum. Share. Paid. X s, d. East London.... •• •• • • 81. 100 0 0 Grand Junction .... •• 31. 10s. 41 13 4 tient ••••...... . • • • • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 Vauximll .......• •• •• 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 — West Middlesex Prlca. DOMES. Dividend 1 Amount I Name of Comparay. per of I Paid. I Pr ice ' Annum. ' Share. _ --- r£ .. d. ' £ e. •i i , a Commercial • East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. I 1414 121 East Country 11. per sh. ' 100 0 0 Lyndon . 104 I 1134 St. Katharine .. ••, • • • 5 per cent. ' Stock. I Southampton ••..• • .. 41. per cent. SO 0 0j 50 0 0 ' a' r" LAW IN TELLIGEN CE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 11. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court took motions to-day till one o'clock, when the new trial paper was called on, and one case taken ill which did not present any feature of interest, either public or private. In the course of the day it was intimated that, owing_. to the paucity of m o ti ons , t h e new tr i al paper would be pro ceeded with to-morrow (this day), notwithstanding it is w' la,t day of term. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before Mr. Baron PARKE and Common Juries.) IRONSIDE AND ANOTHER v. WHARTON.—ItAILWAT REPUDIATION. This was an action for money paid for railway s h are s on account of the defendant. The defendant pleaded th a t h e was never i n d e bted, and that he had never authorised the p urc h ase . ' he Mr. Martin, with whom was M r . T . J ones, con ducted t case for the plaintffs; and Mr. J erv i s appeare d for the de - tendant. It appeared that the plaintiffs are b ro k ers a t Sheffield, and the defendant a file-worker in th e same p l ace , a nd that on the 3d of September last year th e l a tt er ca ll e d upon the former, and instructed them to p urc h ase t en s hares in the Manchester and Southampt o n R a il wa y. In the course of the same afternoon, however, the son of the defendant called by his father's direction, and begged that the purchase should be for twenty instead of ten shares. On that evening the plaintiffs wrote up to their agents, Messrs. Alsopp, to ex ecute the commission. Those gentlemen did so, and bought at 41. 7s. W. premium, the deposit of 2/. being paid The Messrs. Alsopp wrote by post on the 4th, stating that they had made the purchase, and the terms upon which it had been made. This letter was received by the plaintiffs on the sth, and on that day they apprised the defendant of their having carried out his instructions. About the end of October the scrip was issued, and then the plaintiffs called upon the defendant to take up his twenty shares. Instead of doing this, however, he applied, through a friend of the name of Barker, for time, accompanied with a promh4 to pay after illiristmas. The plaintiffs acceded to the request. In the month of January, the defendant was called upon for the performance of his promise, but he then called upon his friend Mr. Barker, and stated, that as many respectable nien were repudiating their bargains, so should he in this particular transaction. Barker remonstrated with 1 3 1 upon the dishonourable chara c t e r o f suc h a pro ceeding, ba without any effect. The pl a i n tiff s , upon h ear i ng this, wr° t ° a letter to the defendant, threatening to post his name, un less he at once came and took up his. shares, for they were e not at that period aware that there was any remedy in t r"„ 1 shape of an action at law. Matters, however, went on 00 " e the month of March last, when the plaintiffs sent the name of Belcher to demand payment for the shares. T he the defendant on that occasion denied all knowledge o f plaintiffs and the shares, that he had ever had an y traits; actions with them, or that he had anything to do Wit h t r p. shares. In consequence of this treatment the plaintiffs '- solved upsn instituting the present proceedings. On behalf of the defendant it was contended that the shares were the shares of the witness Barker, and that they bad not been bought by the plaintiffi on account of the fendant. This point, however, after the examination: Barker, the Learned Counsel for the defendant abe nci°ll ., d He also contended that an unreasonable time a clerk 01 between the date of the instructions to purchase end , alleged purchase, inasmuch as that if there had been any In structions at all, they had been given on the 15th of Aug de whilst it had been admitted that no purchase had been ma until the 4th of September. his CVO - The son of the defendant was examined,. but in examination he proved that he had c-filed as recently O afs , turday last upon Mr. Unwin, of Sheffield, the plai n attorney, and offered a compromise. Said - Mr. Baron PARKE, in leaving the case to the jury, , that the first question was, whether the defendant bad g e ivl7; had depth% any order for this purchase; of that fact there could be thel doubt after the testimony of his own son; next cam question whether it was material as to whether the inTenr, u tions were given on the 15th of A ugus t or the of SeP ber. Now, as to this it was clearly not material, bec ause any of the subsequent corresp on d ence which the defend___enh' had had with the plaintiffs h e had never raised anY_ B t u a o point as an objection. Inde e d, h e had never raised it a until the action had been brought. These were matters 0 _! '- consideration for the jury, and they must determine u p on them. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs;-DWlng es ' 1291. FATAL' ACCIDENT FROM INTOXICATION. evening an inquest was held before Mr. Baker, Jun., 1.0 Hospital, on the body of Richard Pitnm, aged six y o residing at No. 8, Palmer-street, Stepney. On Thursday w deceased had been drinking very freely, and became very " t toxicated. On entering his bedroom about twelve o'clock, be ca his foot against the bedstead and he fell with grea t 0 t — n a etY. forcet haeeSwtueeceetr!udvdgt;eoll: gmiund. He retired to rest, but complained of pains In his side. O n the following. morning he expressed a desire to he conveyed to hospital His wishes were complied with, where he lingered not" yesterday morning, when he died from a contused fracture of the left side. Verdict, " Accidental death." IMl=EttiA L rA tt.L LAMENT. HOUSE OF -LORDS,June 11. Earl SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack •t • quarter to Five. CORN LAWS. Lord COMBERMERE presented a petition froM a a ° - meeting of Cheshire against the corn-laws. bijou' Lord DELAMERE was well acquainted with the OP t h at of the inhabitants of . the county of Cheshire. and believed 6 _. they were generally in favour of the Bill before the 11 0 °_ s , public benefit, and would be far from inflicting anY of - thei e He supported the Bill, because he believed it would be l i c u r r e y. He did not creeit that it would interfere with anY establi.hed institutions. as it had been asserted• stdered that it would, he would be far from supporting, it. . Lord COMBERMERE—As to what the Noble Ler° said that it was a very popular Bill with the county of Lap t ; shire he could only say. that such was not the cue, but ~.. Noble Lord must have taken his opinions from Stwould port or that part of the county, as he . arts lf he con state that the contrary was the fact in other Pt a of the county, where he was intimately acquaint'; and where large meetings of the tenant-farmers had expressed their opinions against it. Lord DEL AIsIERE was not aware that such had been the filet He admitted that this was not a faimer's but a landlord's Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND thought the tenant-farmers had been ill-used upon the - question, for no , Lsooner did they present petitions against _the Bid than up get a N o bl e Lord , and said be kneW the farm ers were not against the Bill. What , woulatheir Luidships think (whoa, Ite.to4l their( that the Noble -Lord who had just explained was a.sohacriber to Theltlitaibie e Protection . Society, :of. which .thelloble,pitzsotrao,he )iiii .. , - luded to, as. being f avoura bl e to t hi s - Bill, 'Was the iresideet- When the question was first agitated in the House of CAra mons the tenant-farmers of Cheshire got up a society to pre serve protection, and their cry was " Protection, and nothing but protection, as it then existed." Now he found these 0 ' 1 .7, n m o Noble Lords joined that Society, and suppo r t e d it with the great influence, and contributed to its funds. He bed what they the farmers of Cheshire were grateful to them for wl, they did, but he thought this gratitude would not last vv r e , long.— ( Hear, hear.) An occasion would shortly present i . self when the Cheshire farmers would have an opportunity 0... r expressing their opinion on the subject, and he trusted t!le7 would follow the example of Nottinghamshire, and the other counties, and form themselves into t , " 1 3,1 mittees, so as not to return any man who had abaltd,,. ° o/ the principles he professed in lB42.—(Hear, hear.). a s agi r had the game in their own hand !, they were an m e " °- o l; tial pm lion of the people of this country, and it they .°-;,. chose to exert themselves , even if this Bill did 1 1 4 pass, the day would shortly .come when they t ° ,l o be able to repeal it. His Noble Friend the l'l' e i t . and Gallant Duke, the other day, recommended tu Glaticester,_slif:: Lordships to pass this Bill, because he said there must be . t new Parliament before long, and that if they did not pas_l now they might expect the Bill to be sen t before 6 °l by the Members of a new House of Commons ,—( Hen , heat. t He (the Duke of Richmond) most sincerely many of the greatest agitators with respect to the repeal of the corn-laws were really now alarmed at wl.at they bad dene,•:: ( Hear, hear.) He believed that many of them had no id e a whatever that free trade was to be carried with respect to everi article in which they themselves dealt.—( Hear, bear.). A „ u a he belies ed that at the time that they asked "for anoth e r 'l t believed lbs entire repeal of the corn-laws, their object wax that they pug ask for more-than they really wanted, in order that they mig ht make terms between the parties.—( Hear, hear.) • However, the Bill was not yet passed, and he hoped and trusted that A would not pass as it at present stood.—( Hear, hear.) Lord DELAM kRE said that it was not in his recolleotioa that he ever subscribed to a protection society;, if he bad done so. this was the first time he was aware of it.—(Heae, hear, an d` laughter.) But he never has, and ne ou they were ver W0U1d,.:6 009 , ti, slat a society. X t in another part' , b y rn' Ing 'violent de clamationnot advancing the interests o The A d iarqu t i h s at of il l N e *the farmers Lb....gut on °hi •su bject • e s in one part as to What and what 'they tb(Ja b . LONDONDERRY N tthh D ee E pfu ß abr ß mliac Y enrys t p h oeftiti e 4l . part of the country, h j o o f w s d been s ha .. presented to - e not Ireland again" this Bill ? Was i extraordi nar y that this w hich was to be so much a ff ected by this Bill had eountry,. . 00 , their Lordships not to piss it ? He thought not petitin the Noble Duk e .. rather exaggerated when he spoke of the feelings miliendloguilvdenasyketrhyesallisofbacietoly per( farmers , and he when he that the t rn hat there existed all: of the tenat.:l_ Noble Lord had, in D: the tenant-farmers different thought, too, that it was opinions on this subject. ba not right for the Noble Duke to .. continually addr ess i ng their Lordships (and he always t°°` care to close his speeches with t and terrible denunciati • some o p en and some g reat on against the principle of free trade) seb ea petitions on this subject were presented to the House. _,_ bia The Marquis of SALISBURY concurred with h is vw aw Friend, that much • good was not done by s e' peerh t these ti ' tions—( Hear)—but he b d his Nbl Friend 1 egge o 0 jw b the • same time to recollect that the custom bad originate" . i i t tst the Noble Lord behind him. He knew, that in every e° l2- 4 in England the tenant.farmers were almost unanimous egs',l - 1 this Bill.—(Cheers, and cries of ~ No, no," and rt Oh ! oh: 'I No doubt the tenant-farmers of Durham, who were re resen te d in Parliament by one of the agitators of the Anti-corn Ls League, did hold opinions in favour of this Bill.—( Hear. he sr i; If he were to assert that which he believed he migh t ' o f should say that a considerable portion of the mill owners id Lincolnshire were averse to free-trad e . S ome N o bl e Lord *IL they were very anxious f o r it. . As far as he had looked a t t „I " petition on the subje c t, he f oun d th at t h ere h a d- no t been '' single petition of the tenant-farmers in favour of the mees i tf;. It was too much for his Nobl e F r i en d to find faultnit's.l Noble Duke on the cross b enc h es f or making a violent me,; damnation on this subject. The tenant-farmers had done I!: they could to prove th e i r di s lik e t o t h e Bill. They had snag; every county in England, an d h a d presented petitions 10 t o f f and to the other House, begging that the Legislature if° not be guilty of such a brea c h o f f a i t h to t h em , e..' The Inirquis of LONDONDERRY sa id, th a t ' a ft e r the e traordinary personal attack made upon him—(Laughter) -- i!i felt it necessary t o make some remarks. He had assert the tenant-farmers were ;K a apposed .to the Bill. He b * " .„ :o several occasions „„ listened in the House to the Noble Duke, A„ had made stron g remar k s a f ter every pet i t i on h e presenTio 444 a course was not usual, and when he remarked it . e r. Noble Marquis got up and made a m o s t extraordinary 1p soul attack on himer.(4t.sehtor t ) . It.. was not WM" ... _.. .. , ... - ... . . _—..-.. 0: ,, ,,,,.,;,11 , •40, l'A. 4,..1.;.4... •-' POOR LAWS. Mr. CHRISTIE said he wished to ask the Right Honour able Baron, t the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment a question relative to two poor women who were ex pelled from the Bakewell and Ledbuty unions, with their two illegitimate ehiriren, under circumstances of an extraordinary and di.tressing nature. 'I hey had been confined in the union, and their children were supplied with clothes while they remained there ; but on their expulsion the children were stripped of their clothing. It would be remembered that the Right Honourable Baronet, in answer to part of his question. r-ad an extract from a letter addressed by the Poor-law Commissioners to the masters of union workhouses, in which they were recommended that on emergencies like those he had stated to supply women with clothing for their infants.—( Hear. ) He would ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State two questions The first was, whether he was aware of the, existence of a letter from the Poor-law Commissioners pre vious to the Bth of April, directing that no clothing should be given to infants on leaving the workhouse? The second was, whether he was aware that, when he stated that the Poor-law Commissioners had taken a legal opinion upon the subject of the construction of the clause in the Poor law Act, relating to this subject, they had not received any opinion front any legal advi.er upon the subject, except from their Assistant-Commissioners. Sir J. GRAHAM—With reference to the first question he would say that the whole of the correspondence had been moved for, and would be laid upon the table of the House in a few days. With reference to the second question, he would say th , t a ca , e had been submitted to the Attorney and Solicitor- General ar.d Mr. Clarkson, but he declined to lay such opinion upon the table of the House. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. _ _ Afe4Fengers from the Lords brought do , ll --- ViSeount Har ding,. avd Lord G 'ugh's Annuity Bill with amendments, and several other 8i11,.. PROTECTION TO LIFE ( IRELAND) BILL. Mr. ROSS said that he had given a silent vote against the first reading of this Bill. He had listened, with the closest attention, to the statement made by the Right Hon. Baronet, said had finally, on considering the circumstances put forward, had felt it his duty to give such a vote. His vote had n.ws been given on account of the severity of the Bill, nor was it on account of the inconvenience it would occasion to the dis trict placed unites its operation. It was not on ' account of the innocent persons who would be inconvenienced, for he thought that if a Government was convinced of the strong necessity for such a measure—if they did find it necessary to depart from the laws and consti tution of the country, it was the part of a w'se states man to adopt such measures as would most speedily re store tranquillity. He had, in the first instance, a long bead roll of atrocious crimes committed that the Go vernment had now changed their grnundss, and the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, had brought forward a list from which the more atrocious crimes were cat efully omitted and the smaller species of offences had been alleged. Would the Government. pretend that such offences as these alleged in the Act before him were a sufficient justi fication for the application of such a measure-- o ould it have been clone in Scotland or England? Every one knew ihat the more serious crimes had been very much on the decrease lately. Even if they were not, would such a measure restrain those assassins who committed these crimes in the broad noonday ? (Ct ies of "Hear.") The Noble Lord (the Earl of Lincoln) had admitted that a great portion of the offences which were committed in Ireland took their origin from agrarian causes. If they had equal rights with England with regard to electo rial and municipal matters, and ecclesiastical arrangements, based upon common sense, and agreeable to the feelings of the great majority of the people of Ireland, weu d want no coercion, nor world England hear so much of her complaints and crimes. He believed that atOrishman was too contented an animal, he thought it would he better for his interest if he was not so. If he had but a root over his head, and could meet his friends with a good basket of potatoes, he would be as happy as any Hon. Member in that House. The external situation of the Irish people was similar to the condition of the French peasants under their seigneurs and Norman batons in the middle ages. The first remedy which he thought should be adopted for this state of things was a just and equitable arrangement of the question of compensation to tenants, and fair adjustment of the law of tenant rights. Many Hon. Gentlem,n had taken great interest in the waste lands question. lie believed that by a wise legislation on that subject much substantial goad could be effected to the peasantry of Ireland, and a race of yeomen raised up which, instead of becoming convicts, would be in time an ornament to the country. If measures of amelioration and improvement failed to produce their proper effect, then there might be some grounds for the strong hand of power to interpose. (LEFT SPr;AKINCE) ASCOT RACES. •,-(T4I-IS„,,PAY,-BY EXPRESS.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The Wokingham Stakes. (Second Class.) 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