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ribtr)3 I.abittonl SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius.) (Before the Lour. CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.) THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. ALLEN. Mr. Jervis, with whom was Mr. Wilde, appeared for the Crown, and Mr. Humphreys for the defendant. This was an information filed by the Attorney-General, to recover penalties for a breach of the Excise laws by defendant, who was a soap-manufacturer. There were several counts in the indictment, each varying the offence, which, however, was in substance, that the de fendant did sell and send out a quantity of soap from his premises which was not of the form required by law. Mr. HUMPHREYS, on the part of the Alefenclant, consented that a verdict should betaken for the Crown for two penal ties for 100/. each. Verdict accordingly. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the proprietors of the Great Western Railway Company took place, this day, at the offices of the Company, Paddington. The chair was taken at one o'clock by Charles Russell, Esq. The CHAIRMAN stated that this meeting was held under Lord Wharncliffe's order, which required that a general meeting of the proprietors should be held in order to submit certain Bills to their consideration before the directors would be empowered to proceed with it in Par liament, and which the proprietors had_already,:at a previous meeting, sanctioned. The Bills which he was about to sub mit to them were—a 8111 for making a railway, otherdworks, from Plymouth to Farlmouth, and other places, to be called the Cornwall Railway. A Bill to authorise certain al terations and extensions of the line of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. A Bill for ma king a railway from Gloucester to the Monmouth and Hereford Railway, and to the South Wales Railway at Aure, to be calledthe Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway. A 1.1111 for completing the line of ' the South Wales Railway, and to authorise the construction of an extension and certain alterations in the same railway, and certain branch railways in connexion therewith. A Bill for making a railway from Worcester to Porth Dynllaen, in continuation of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton R a il wa y. A discussion here arose as to whether this Bill should be proceeded with. The Ciiaixmas said that, with reference to the Porth Dynllaen Bill, the directors did not intend to make that line Unless they were allowed to make it on the broad gauge prin ciple. The Board of Trade had, however, at the present time, refused to sanction such a proceeding, but they might fairly hope that the Board of Trade would review their decision. After some discussion, in which it was alleged that the Government would not make a harbour of Porth Dynllaen, and that it was not fit for a harbour of refuge, inasmuch as it had a stony bottom, and did not afford safe anchorage, the proprietors sanctioned the further progress of the Bill on the promise of the Chairman, that it should not be virtually proceeded with until there was an oppor tunity given to the shareholders to decide whether it would be advisable to make the line or not. The line was 123 miles in length, and of a very expensive nature. The next Bill submitted was that of a Bill to authorise certain alterations in the line of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto. Also a Bill for making a railway from Birmingham to join the lines of the proposed Oxford and Rugby, and Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton Railways, to be called the Bir mingham and Oxford Junction Railway. The proprietors having sanctioned these and some other minor Bills, the meeting separated. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. THE GLASGOW AND sELrasT UNION. The Committee met again this day, and proceeded with this case. The Committee expressed a wish that the evidence as to the general advantages of the line should be given. Provost Miller, of Ayr, Mr. Christie, Mr. Myth, Mr. Miller, and Mr. Whitfield, with other wit nesses, were briefly examined. The Committee then intimated that they would hear the evidence as to the traffic. Mr. Marshall, of Leith, traffic accountant, was called, and shortly examined. He said that the income from passengers, goods, and minerals, he estimated at 29,1001. He had taken the rate of income on passengers at 150 per cent. This he considered to be a moderate allowance, as all experience had shown the increase to be much more. The witness went Into other details, proving that an adequate remuneration would be obtained by the working of the line. The Committee then, after a brief deliberation, declared the pre amble of the 8111 proven. The clauses were then gone through. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP 11. 0 °UNWELL'. DISTRICT, WEST CORNWALL The Committee mot at the usual hour. Viscount Morpeth (chairman ) The proofs having been tendered this monting, in accordance with the Duncombe resolutions, Mr. AUSTIN, Q.C., opened the case on behalf of the promoters of the West Cornwall Railway. Several witnesses were called, who gave evidence in favour of the law. The Committee adjourned at Five o'clock till Twelve to-morrow. GROUP XII I. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) GLASGOW AND BELFAST UNION. This line, which is unopposed, was then proceeded with. Mr. TALBOT opened the case on behalf of the promoters. The line was originally proposed to run from Ayr to Portpatrick, so as to con nect Glasgow and the West of Scotland with the North of Ireland. A portion of the complete line was however given up, and that which was now proposed to be made was the portion from Ayr to Girvan, a distance of 21% miles. There was a branch to Maybole, of three-quarters of a mile in length. Evidence was then called in support of the Bill. Sir David Hunter Blair, Mr. Hugh Miller, provost of Ayr, and Mr. James Brown, of Maybole, generally depesed as to the benefits the line would confer upon the district through which it passed. _ . Mr. Wylie, factor to the Duke and Duchess de Coigny, who have a large property in the neighbourhood, gave evidence as to the benefit the line would confer on the town and neighbourhood of Girvan. Mr. Whitfield gave evidence as to the coal-field in the valley of (irvan. The ontports at present was 40,000 tons, and with a rail way would increase it to 100,000 yearly. Mr. Blythe, civil engineer, deposed that the estimate of the line from Ayr to (Bryan was 330,0001. This was ample enough for all the works, land, &c. There were :no engineering difficulties, the severest gradient being one in ninety, and the sharpest curve a radius of half a mile. Mr. Miller, civil engineer, was examined In corroboration Mr. Martin estimated the traffic as a local line at 25,1061. Of this 14,202/. was for passengers. _ _ The room was then cleared for a decision On the admission of the parties, The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee had come to the decision that the preamble of the Bill was proved. The Committee, however, in coming to that decision, wished it to be understood that the Glasgow and Belfast Union should not offer any opposition to the Ayrshire and Glasgow Railway in Its entrance into Ayr, providing the Legislature should see the expediency of that Bill passing in another session The Committee adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock GROUP XIV. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, Mr. Protheroe in the chair. DOVER AND DEAL. This morning the landholder;' opposit'on was taken against this line. It was contended that there was no immediate necessity for such a line, and that, in the present depressed state of the capital market, it ought not to be sanctioned by the Committee. The Committee postponed their decision till Monday next, when they propose to go into the South-Eastern and North Kent scheme. GROUP XVIII WESTERN DISTRICT (EXETER, GREAT WESTEEN.) Mr. B. Denison, Chairman. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE replied on the evidence adduced yesterday in support of Mr. Frampton a landowner on the line. Mr. BUTT, Q.C., opened the case of the Earl of Digby and other landowners against the line. Several witnesses were called who spoke to the nature of the In juries which the proposed line would inflict upon the property of the Noble Earl, The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. our xx. LONDON AND WINDSOR. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) In the coarse of the cross-examination of Mr, Thompson, it ap peared that the promotusi had not odtained the conssnt of the Me tropolitan Roads Commissioners to cross the . r roads upon a level. The Committee, after a long consultation, came to the opinion that, under such circumstances, it was useless to proceed further with the Bill ; they would, however, hear counsel in reply to-morrow. Adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP XXXi. BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM :(GLOT.T... CESTER. AND STONEHOUSE JUNCTION. In consequence of the discussion expected to take place to-night in The House of Commons, and the resolutions of the Board of Trade, in reference to the question of the gauges, the Committee postponed their decision on the above Bill. The Committee then proceeded with the Bristol and Birmingham (Abehurch, Tewkesbury, and Merlin), in support of which several witnesses were examined. The Committee then adjourned. GROITP X-XX I IT. 184"..A.XLWXCICSIZIRE RAILWAYS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Several gentlemen c onnected With agriculture and trade In War wicitshire and the adjohan tavour of the three lines no : b ea , u r nties, gave evidence strongly in the committee adjo____nm ed at 1 . 0 4 ~t iri ,k Committee. GROUP Xxj — LEEDS ilitaD 1327t a .;: r .. The Cornmittee met at the usual hour, "` WrX). Ev id enc e of a general nature was adduced b, to . r , this morning, which was not of an Interestin g 0 : ,`„, 1 ". committee ,he ratter. chR- The Comm !Mee adjourned at four o'clock XXXIX. This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock. Present, Air. Devitt (chairman), and the other members. OLDHAM DISTRICT. The consideration of this Bill wits resume( Mr. Leigh was cross-examined at great length as was b s tian of property about Manchester, but nothing material a.s f eli V c al ite u d a . The evidence of this witness closed the case for the promoters of the Bill. Mr. Hoop opened the case for, the petitioners Messrs. Lees and Whitehead. He said he would not offer any observations to the Comr.:lttee, but proceed with his evidence. Mr Whitehead (brother of the petitioner). He merely stated that his brother's property would he injured by the proposed railway. After hearing some further evidence to the same effect, the Com mittee adjourned. GRVGP XLI. MANCHESTER, EOLTON, AND BURY (CA, NAL, NAVIGATION AND RAILWAY.) ELACICEITILN, DAV:WEN, AND 'BOLTON (BRANCH TO BURY.) MANCIKESTEn, BOLTON, AND BURY CANAL NAVIGATION. The Committee met this morning at the usual hour; the O'Conor Don in the chair. _ . Evidence in support of the Blackblirn, Danvers, and Bolton project, and evidence by the opponents that the line, if made, would not pay more than 15s. Sd. per cent., and that it was not called for by the wants of the districts through which it was propcsed to pass, and that a better line, in an engineering sense, might be formed at a cheaper rate by a junction with the East Lancashire line north of Bury, and that two large viaducts at the Turton end of the branch line might be obviated, and at least 30,0001. ...dyed hi this item of the expenditure by increasing the length of the line about 100 yards. The case having been closed on the part of the opposition, Mr. MEREWETHER proceeded to address the Committee in support of the project, and contended that as the Bill was approved by local Parties for the promotion of local objects and not for pecuniary ad vantages, that the Committee ought to pass the preamble Irrespec tive of the damnatory evidence adduced against it. He also held that there was sufficient traffic in the district to yield a higher revenue than that stated by the witnesses caned for tile opponents of the measure. The opposition, besides, was got up by by the East Lancashire, who were jealous of the project, al though they pretended it was a bad one, and not required in the luUdity. The room was then cleared, and on the admission of the parties, stiter the lapse of a few minutes, Tlaec aaaasus intimated that it DECISIO was the opinioll Of the COMMittee That the reelable of the Bill had bveu proved. The Committee thel GROUP XLVI. This Committee re-assembled to-day at twelve o'clock ; present Mr. Bramstone (chairman), and the other members. NEWCASTLE AND EDIN23I7ELGII-UPON -. TYNE. AND GLASGOW DIRECT NNC TION. Mr. Stephenson was examined and bore testimony to the merits of this line. Mr. WHATELY then addressed the Committee, and Mr. KNOW ES replied. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP XLVII. SWANSEA. VALE. The Comir Mee on this group, which comprises the SaT a a e n a se m a e lfa t l a c ., the Shrewsbury and Hereford, and the Neath Valley l day at one o'clock, when the preliminary line, who ascertain ing who appeared for the several petitioners againstthe Swansea Vale are numerous, the Committee decided upon taking Railway first, arrangemeshoef as well as the general standing orders of the promoters, stated that this The formal proof of compliance, with Mr. D u r a c s o e m , w be h ' e s a resolutions, Mr. F. Bostsox, who appeared for the pr r o ailway, Swansea, which for the pur lipanseew.fasopyrionjgecatcedeoas.manadaextitaeanswhich Is quite feet high on either side. features of the country was exhibited on A map, showing the geological s isolated, there being hills of fromtioo extension mineral e vale to ,of it appeared daerpeodaitthedatitahae b b e a d ain of af co limea al ab t o an ut e. S wansea, as neces sarylinsdeedi always is, in the manufacture of iron ; and by breaking through the edge of the Swansea basin, a great advantage would be obtained in provid ing this article. The line has been twice surveyed before, but in conse quence of some works for the improvement ofthe port being in progress, the line could not be commenced until 1844, when it was seriously adopted. The main line is sixteen miles long, and evidence was adduced to show the particular features of it, but an opposition was offerred by the Swansea Canal Company. Mr. Brain, one of the witnesses, stated that during the severe weather in the winter of the year before last, the canal had been kept open by the iron and coalmasters at their own expense, they employing upwards of a hundred men constantly employed in breaking the ice. The witness believed that the slow ness of the canal transit was prejudicial in the way of necessity which it induced for keeping large stocks of iron and coal at Swansea ; and he conceived that coal was injured by being kept long in such stocks, though he could not state an instance. The terminus is as at present projected, would be at the top of the valley, and around it there would be a scattered population. at the base of a mountain with a valley winding round it. It ordi narily occupies sixteen or seventeen hours in carrying down a cargo of coal or iron, there being 24 locks between the works of the wit ness and the canal basin. On re-examination the witness stated that his boats, horses and men were absent two days every voyage, while the journey by railway would he perfcrmed in an hour and a half at the most. He saw no objection to the making of shares about the terminus; and the doing so would have the ad vantage of cheapening the wharf accommodation at Swansea, for his own part, of which he paid 110/. yearly. He coneeived that the coal was better on the eastern side of the Towel than that on the western side, but the ground was not so favourable, and the means of com munication are bad. _ _ To the Chairman of one of the Committee the witness stated that the injury sustained by coals, through the various means of tranship inent:was much greater than that by railread, and that during the prevalence of long dry weather, the coal-oaners were obliged to re duce their freight by one seventh or eighth. Mr. Barber, principal mine agent for Sir Charles Morgan, who has much property in Qlamorganshire and Caermarthenshire, stated the circumstances of the principle feeding branch, and that the tolls to be taken upon the Monmouthshire Railway do not exceed Id. for coals and 13 d. per ton for iron. The usual expectations of the in crease of traffic are quite likely to be fulfilled, and that this line is likely to become a very valuable link in forming a trunk communica tion with the interior. The Committee here adjourned till to-morrow. GROUP LVI. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this gronp re-assembled at the usual hour this morning ; Mr. Ewart in the chair. EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCKS AND BIRMINOILAIVL JITECTION COMPANY. The Committee were occupied the whole of the day in hearing the opposition of the London and Blackwell [Company, who complained that the proposed line, in crossing their railway on the level, would interrupt and greatly inconvenience their traffic. The line was also opposed by several landholders. The Committee adjourned till to-morrow. GROUP LVII. This Committee met to-day at the usual hour, in'room 27, Grand Corridor, Mr. Baring in the chair. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND MAN CHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM CANAL JUNCTION. The clauses of this Bin were gone through and passed. The CHAIRMAN stated that he had had an interview with Lord Dal housie respecting the amalgamation, and his Lordship and the Board of Trade had given an opin.on that if a clause were inserted in the Bill to give the Board the power of interfering, if the amalgamation should prove to be disadvantageous to the public, there was no objection to theipassing of the Bill. Aclauseto that effect was a:cordingly inserted, and the Corn• mittee passed the preamble. DtirDLER'S CANAL AND BIRMINGHAM CANAL AMAL. GAMATION. LONDON AND BIRMINGAAM (AILESB RY RAILWAY PURCHASE). SIIREWSBITEY AND OSWESTRY AND CHESTER JUNC TION AND NORTH WALES MINERAL RAILWAY AMAL GAMATIGN. NORTH UNION. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (BIRMINGHAM ARRANGE• .VENTS.) The clauses of these Bills, which were unopposed, were gone through, and the preambles declared to be passed, on a clause being Inserted in them similar to that above-mentioned. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP LVIII. MIDLAND RAILWAY (PURCHASE OP OAXHAM CANAL COMPANY). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The Committee proceeded with the clauses of the Bill, which were agreed to, and adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP LXI. SCOTTISH CONSOLIDATIONS. Mr. Sergeant WRANOHAX (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition) said—The traders had supported the Coltbridge Railway, simply because they might have two means of access into Glasgow. On one route they would have every advantage, while on the other they would have to contend with every impediment, if the monopoly were obtained by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company. It was evi dent that the object of the latter company was to abstract the traffic from its natural and direct channel, that of the Caledonian line, which, if sanctioned, would have the effect of injuring the public Jr general, traders especially, and the Caledonian Company peculiarly. Other witnesses were called to prove the same facts, and at four o'clock the Committee adjourned till to-morrcw. GROUP LXIV, IRISH GREAT WESTERN (PORTARLING- TON TO GALWAY). MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN OF IRELAND (MULLINGAR TO GALWAY). The Committee met this morning at twelve o'cloek, Mr. T. Dun eombe in the chair. Evidence was adduced in favour of the last mentioned line. Lord Castlemain, Sir Francis Hopkins, H. M. Tute, Esq., M.P. for West meath, and G. A. Boyd, Esq., being examined in its support. Mr. Stovel, the engineer to the line, was examined at great length. The line wculd pass through Athlone, Ballinasloe, and other towns of great importance, now suffering from the present means of con veyance. By this line, direct communication from the east to the west of Ireland would be effected, as Dublin would be connected by a direct line with Galway in the west. The country was extremely rich, presented no engineering difficulties of a serious character, and met with the approbation of the districts through which it was pro posed to pass. Besides, it would a work of great public importance. Adjourned until to-morrow, at twelve o'clock. GROUP LIII. SIIIIEWSBUILY AND BIRMINGHAM. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Scott, cross-examined by Mr. H. ROBINSON (on behalf of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton)—He never instructed the engineer of the line to do his utmost to enter Wolverhampton on the same level with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, or Grand Junction lines. The level of this scheme at Wolverhampton had been taken with reference to the canal traffic and the traffic of the town, and not with reference to the competition with any rival schemes. He had no doubt that the line of the Oxford, &c. Com pany was surveyed previously to that of the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham. Cross-examined by Mr. CORBETT—Tfe was aware that many iron masters, whom the rival lines would accommodate, had petitioned against this, and in favour of the other schemes. Re-examined—As soon as he saw the project of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton in the field he set about devising, with other gentlemen, the present scheme, and was convinced that it was much superior to its rivals; he saw that the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton project would not sufficiently ac commodate the people of Wolverhampton. There could be no doubt that people at Wolverhampton who wished to go to London would travel by this scheme became It had a direct communication with the London line. Mr. John Williams, ironmaster, Smethwick, then proved that this line would afford the best accommodation to the people of that district. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN. Q.C.—Was a considerable shareholder in this railway, but :had; no shares in the canal; his brothers had. He preferred this line, because it went nearer to his works than the other schemes. Re-examined—l think this line best adaptod to the district generally. Mr. Best, ironmaster, Dudley, considered the Shrewsbury, Bir mingham, and Stour Valley line the best adapted for the South Staffordshire mineral district. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN—He was aware that several ironmasters In the neighbourhood of Dudley entertained a different opinion. The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line was too high with respect to his works. Richard Bradley, ironmaster, Tipton, stated that his principal markets were London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, and that the line would give him a cheap and direct communication with those towns. From 9,000 to 10,000 lived close to the spot where the station of this line was proposed to be erected, at Tipton, whilst the station of the rival scheme would be a most inconvenient one, being from 18 to 24 feet high. That would also be merely a goods station, the nearest passenger station being at Dudley. Ile was of opinion that the combination of this line with the canal would be most advantageous to the public. It would be impossible by any system of railway to accommodate all the mineral works. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN—His works were close to the Oxford &c. line, but in consequence of its being very high, it would be impassible to make use of it for the carriage of his goods. He was not aware that the Oxford &c. line would be on a level with the canal. There was a difference between the level of the two schemes of 40 feet near Tipton. Cross-examined by Mr. CORBETT—IIIs son might have signed a petition for himself and the firm in favour of the South Stafford shire scheme. Mr. Smith, mining agent to Lord North, in the neighbourhood of Dudley, believed that this line would best accommodate that dis trict. In his opinion the public would be benefited by the union of this Company with the Birmingham Canal Company. If this line were not sanctioned, parties going from Dudley to Birmingham would have to pass over four different railways, which would be most injurious to the public. He believed that the tolls on this line would be lower than that of its rival. The majority of the iron. r„te a r? . in_ . th, e district through ; which this line would pass pre ne station of this company to ao c a=tiTal. This line would afford all the accommodation of a number . g The Bay-7 without a six-mile clause. , which was a very ' School, am& r e a Prince Lee, Master of the Birmingham Grammar hhoausm,eswaotuthldeeausaback o th or thromoy , in New-street , Binnin - het sir of Birmingham, stated ing. The houses were a e ilfs.-- ho°l of handie a c r ehuY_on the subject of these some build i ntio n to the people of Mr. Matins , corahm a a o - i to Tr t te the scho o l, that at a meeting of his colleaguest railways, it was resolved that the Would decidedly afford the greatest ace a n and Birmingham mi T u he inn to i w n n gh s a n iu rve c y o o ni r p hz ,. o propo.ertp_ain favour of the Shrewsbury Birmingham a. Cross-examined by Mr. ROBINSON—S II OWhiu. m i ' vr ' i t i l l e c f t l. was one of the widest streets in Birmingh am Oxford, W or cester, and Wolverhampton Company pro, was the o erect their ,tation, streets the: e, bat he did not think that the T . 1 .,,, th ,e most fashionable . . *to and from the station would —l3- in which this company's line would be made, Was 0j ; New. cause street, any residential injury. d that they did not require any more evi dence Committee intimated . d the engineering evidence buses, &c., everlastingly passim:, to be given to-morrow. fhe Committee adjourned at four o'clock. denee of this nature, and that they desire GROUP LIV. LEICESTER AND BIRMINGHAM, AND BRANCH TO COVENTRY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The Committee were occupied during the remainder of the day in settling and passing the clausei of the Bills, the preambles of which had been declared to be proved. All the Bills included in the group having been disposed of, the Committee broke up. STANDING ORDERS' COMNIITTE ES. HOUSE OF LORDS. This Committeee met In Room 1 (House of Lords) at one o'clock this afternoon, Lord Shaftesbury in the chair, and present the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of 'Winchester, and Lord Hawarden. There were on the list twenty-two Bills, of which eighteen were railway Bills. On these decisions were made in the following cases : STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE. Standing orders complied with. In the cases •f the Gorbals Graviation Water Company Bill, and the Aston Rates Bill, the standing orders were complied with. LONDON AND BRIGHTON (WANDSWORTH BRANCH). Standing orders complied with. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (CAMDEN AND EUSTON STATIONS ENLARGEMENT). The promoterS of this Bit had also complied with the standing orders. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY „ETENING, JUNE 16, 1846. GENERAL TERMINUS AND GLASGOW HARBOUR RAILWAY. O ; B . O R U A G N I C I H E X D T I V I S A I T %; ) N . The promoters bad complied with the standing orders. ). LEEDS AND THIRSK (NORTH EASTERN EXTENSION, LE L E E D E S DS AN A D ND TH TII R I s R K SK (s ( r K . HELEN'S AR ESB WATH TO HARTLEPOOL). These three Bills, for branches from the Leeds and Think Railway, were " tried in the balance," and were not " found wanting." READING, GUILDFORD, AND REIGATE. Standing orders comptied with. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (THING TO BANBURY). A portion of the necessary evidence having been omitted yesterday was supplied to-day, and the Bill was finally disposed of, the stand ing oriters being declared complied with. The Rye and Derwent Drainage Bill and the South Leith Church Bill were also passed. Their Lordships then resolved themselves into a Select Committee on Merits, in which they disposed of two estate Bills, which occu pied thorn up to four o'clock. The list included ten Bills, of which four were railway and five estate Bills The remaining Bill was the Hamilton New Gas. The proceedings were of no public interest. The Committee rose at four o'clock. to himself and to the other members of the Committee. The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Renfrewshire (Mr. P. Stewart), whom he saw in his place, had thought it tight, at a public meeting of the Caledonian Company, to cast very grave imputations on the Members composing that Committee. He had thought proper to state that the report of the Committee was unjust, and that if the House confirmed the report of the Committee, that the public would withdraw all their confidence in its deci sions, and that no property would be secure while the House was sitting, but that there was a House of Lords where the opinions of certain Noble Dukes and Marquises would be taken at their intrinsic value, and where, no doubt, the decision of the Committee would be reversed. He regretted that the Hon. Member had so far forgotten himself as to make such an observation, because the Members of that House had most arduous and important duties to discharge, involving immense interests, and it was not right that they should be rendered more anxious and annoyed by any such painful im putations cast upon them, and especially when they did not deserve them. But if there was wanted any fresh proof of the extreme inconvenience of dis cussions on the decisions to which Committees of the House had arrived, that proof he held in his hand in the shape of a map, sent by the Caledonian Company to the members of the Committee, in the hope of endeavouring then to reverse their decision. This was a document which na one should have dared to present to a Committee of the House of Com mons, as it was wrong in various particulars, as it made the Solway Firth terminate at Dumfries instead of going up to it, and in addition to other misrepresentations set forth that the line through Nithsdale Ras not a shorter line from Carlisle to Glasgow than the Caledonian, whereas the real distance from Carlisle to Glasgow by the Cale donian line was 151, whilst the Nithsdale was only 1251, and even by a short line passed this year, the distance would be reduced to 116 miles. The ques . lion they had to consider was, whether they should be pre vented from acceding to the construction of a railway on local grounds, because the Caledonian Railway had expended capital in constructing a line only' accommodating aportion of the distrie. There were no dissentient landowners to the Nithsdale project, and it would intersect great mineral, agricultural, and com mercial districts; and whether they were to refuse to sanction lines required by the wants of districts, simply because lines which had been sanctioned by Parliament, but which did not offer that accommodation, wished to have no competition. The Caledonian Railway completely broke down with respect to their through traffic. The Nithsdale would interfere with it. The Committee sat for fourteen days, and after the most care ful and anxious consideration of the whole evidence, they una nimously came to the conclusion on the subject that the line was required for the wants of the district. He would only further add that the promoters of the line had completely made out a strong case of local traffic, and that it did not interfere with the Caledonian line. He would leave the matter in the hands of the House, with the firm impression that they would see the propriety of not interfering with the decision of the Committee. Mr. P. M. STEWART wished to make a few observations in explanation of the question before the House, and in refer ence to what he had said at a meeting of the shareholders a fortnight ago, and about which there was some misunderstanding. What he stated was rather a compliment to the Committee and the House than otherwise. He stated that he was sur prised at the decision of the Committee, and that if the Com mittee and the House understood the real state of the question they would not agree with the decision which had been some to. All the Caledonian Company wanted was fair play, a thing which every Englishman required. The decision which the Committee had come to in June this year was precisely different to the decision in July, 1845, when the two lines underwent an investigation for six weeks, ending in the approval of the Caledonian Company, and he rejection of the other. He stated at the meeting that he was sure the Committee were not aware of the merits of the case, else they would not have come to such an unjust decision. He stated also that there was still the report to be considered when the House of Commons could be appealed to on the sub ject ; and if such reports were not to be considered in a bona fide manner, to bring them before the House under that name would be a mockery. If this consideration was not successful, reversing the decision, he said they had then the House of Lords to apply to, where any aristocratic witnesses that might be taken would only be estimated at the intrinsic value of their evidence. He stated this, because one Noble Duke, who was adverse to :the Dumfries line last year gave evidence in its favour this year. He said then that if justice was to be done, this decision must be reversed. When the Committee met, they seemed to have been under the impres sion that they were proceeding to a new trial of an old subject, and, accordingly, the other party moved for the evidence of last year. An Host. Maseaaa here rose to explain, but was called to order. namely, the evidence given before the Committee last year ; that ppOication lvid not been grated.—( Hear, hear.) From a report which he held in his hand, it appeared that Mr. Sergeant Wranghain made this application, for some reason unknown to him. That evidence had not been received. If the House concurred in the decision of the Committee, the effect would be to deprive the half of Scotland of a trunk line. H. hoped, therefore, that Hon. Members would exercise that power vested in them of revising the de cisions of their Committees. If the House consented to aban dont its right to do so, there was an end to the matter. He en treated the House to take it into their serious consideration. He thought if such a decision was to be deed on, it would risk the carrying out of the railway system throughout Scot land, and materially interfere with the application of ca pital. An Hon. Member whose name we could not learn, spoke in favour of the decision of the Committee, on the Netherdale line, would open an important mineral and agricultural dis trict, which-at present looked from the absence of railways. The mineral riches of Ayrshire at present were eel) , great, there being 34 iron furnaces in Oast, and the connection with Dumfries.hire would be a great service in bringing the coal and iron of the former country to the latter, and in taking back agricultural predue to the manufacturing districts of the west. Sir EDWARD COL EBROK E said that on the present question it was important that they should have before them the grounds of the first decision, on the merits of the two lines. He did not wish to consider the question as a shareholder, but on public grounds, and he appealed to the Chairman of the Committee of last year, when the whole question was fully considered, to state whether the inquiry went to show that the country was too poor to support the two lines of rail way. If tee fact were so, no alteration, he pre sumed, had taken place since last year to justify another decision. They must, if the joint decision was the right one, and if the Caledonian was the best to supply the general wants of the country, support it, and reject the Netherdale scheme. Mr. PARKER, as he had been appealed to, rose to explain. It was not Lis intention to have spoken on the question, but after having been so pointedly ap pealed to, he felt it to be his duty to rise and offer an explanation as to the proceedings of last year. It was perfectly true that the Committee of last year were divided on this subject. The four Members for Winchester, Cheshire, and Barnstaple joined with him (Mr. Parker) in the opinion, that for the general purposes of Scotland, that was to say for local traffic—( Hear, hear)—they considered, and he saw no reason why he should now change his opinion, that as a national line, and one calculated to accommodate all parts of the north of Scotland, the Caledonian was the bes.., trunk line.—( Hear, hear.) If, therefore, there was to be a Caledonian line, then they had to consider what was to become of that most important population situate in the mineral district in the west of Scotland, a line for which dis trict should, in point of fact, be considered with respect to Dumfries. He was sorry to be forced to say that last year the Committee came to the conclusion that these two lines could not exist together.—( Hear, hear.) He was bound under the present circumstances to state the reasons of that decision. The Committee thought that they were called upon to sanction the Caledonian and reject the other, as they did not consider it as well adapted for the traffic of the district through which it would pass. The Noble Lord the member for Ply mouth was of a different opinion ; he thought that both lines could exist at the same time. The Committee, therefore, with the view of leaving the whole matter to another decision, con cluded that die decision on the branch to Dumfries should be postponed. They did not wish to sanction a scheme that should be incompatible with the interests of the public and the companies concerned. Now these were the simple conclusions at which they had arrived. And the Hon. Mem ber opposite would hear in mind that, in the first instance, the Caledonian was considered to be the best for Scotland at large, and they left the question as to the best railway accommodation for the western district to a future decision. They were de cidedly of opinion that that district should be immediately pro vided with railway accommodation. He had felt himself called upon to lay this short statement of facts before the House. , Mr. ESTCOURT rose, but was almost inaudible in the gallery, but we understood him to say that he was glad he had heard the opinions of the Chairman of the Committee last year. He begged the House to recollect that that Com mittee had given its decision on evidence such as was laid before them, and the facts as they were there stated no doubt appeared to justify that decision. Both schemes went into Committee, and that Committee it seemed paeferred one of them on the grounds then laid down. But that evi dence was also introduced, no doubt, by the Niths dale Company, and that was the time when the Caledonian ought to have opposed it ; now to come in and oppose it, bow ever good a line it might be, however convenient for the country was too much. All that had been done by the com mittee of this year, was that they disallowed our expression used in the decision of last year's committee, "that there was not sufficient traffic for both lines," and gave it as their opinion on the decision they had come to, that there was traffic enough for both lines. Mr. AINSWORTH said that an impression seemed to have been made on several Members of the House that the Com mittees of this year refused to hear evidence; such seemed to be the impression made on the Hon. Member for Perth. What had been said in that Committee was simply that they were ready to receive all information that might be offered on the merits of the line, but they had nothing to say with ought that had been done by a Committee of last year. They listened with the greatest attention to the whole of the immense quantity of evidence adduced before them in order that they might come to a just decision on the merits of the Bill. It had been stated that the Caledonian and Nithdale were rival lines but this was not so, and he considered the distinction drawn by the Hon. Member for Oxford was a fsir one. The Caledonian was given last year as a direct line to the north, and without the slightest regard to affording railway communication to the eastern and western districts of Scotland; it was not granted with .any view to intersect those rich mineral and agricultural dis. tricts. They had the evidence of parties from Kilmarnock and from the mineral districts, and of every landed proprietor, all of whom were praying that the Nithsdale line might be made, as it would promote the interests of the country at large ; in short, they had the evidence, it seemed. of the whole population,_ whose prayer was t o t h e same effect, and the c oun t ry from Dumfries up to Kilmarnock had been illumninated by the decision of the Committee.— ( Hear, hear.) And there could be no doubt that it would be a very great benefit to the whole country at large. It appeared to him that that the Committee last year looked forward to this Caledonian line as connecting the South with the North of Scotland, and the Committee this year viewed it in this light when they refused to pass the Nortu British Railway, as they cLrisidered it would :compete with the Cale &llion Railway; but they could not take that view of the Dumfriesshire line, as no reason was adduced why the im portant districts of Dumfriesshire, Kilmarnock, and Ayrshire, should not have communication with the Dumfries line.— (Loud cries of " Divide, divide.") Mr. LOCKHART considered that the Committee were justified in passing the Dumfriesshire project, but that they were not justified in cutting off branches projected by the Caledonian, w birth in the aggregate amounted to seventy miles. Mr. EWART said, as he represented the district which the Nithsdale railway was proposed to traverse (Dumfriesshire), ho wished to state that upon its success depended in a great mea sure the prosperity of those large districts. He would not say one word more, except to express his hope, that after the unanimous opinion of the House and of the Honour able Member for Oxford in favour of the' project, that the Hon. Member (Mr. H. Johnstone) would not per severe in his motion. ( The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst loud cries of " Divide, divide.") Sir R. FERGUSON wished to ask the Hon. Member for Renfrewshire, whether he was a reader of the Edinbur9h. Ad rtr;iser.—(Cries of "Divide, divide.") He wished to ask the Honourable Member this question, because he thought it a most unbecoming thing for any Hon. Gentleman to go to a public meeting and say that the decision of the Committee was a partial one, for that was what the remarks of the Hon. Gentleman amounted to. He stated that the Sommittee had THE LONDON GAZETTE'. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 12, 1846. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Keppel Robert Edward Foote, Esq., In the room of Charles Pettingal, Esq., deceased, to be Arbitrator on the part of her Majesty in the Mixed British and Por tuguese Commission established at Boa Vista, in the Cape Verde Islands, under the treaty of the 3d of Jane, 1842, between Great Britain and Portugal for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 12. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint Thomas Crowley Weston, Esq., in the room of Charles Brooke Bidwell, Esq., deceased, to be Registrar to the several Courts of Mixed Commission established at Sierra Leone, under treaties with Foreign Powers for the Suppres sion of the Slave Trade. Mr. P. M. STEWART continued to say that he had his in , formation from those who were better acquainted with the de tails than himself, and he certainly was informed that counsel —he thought Mr. Cockburn—applied for the evidence of last year, but it was refused by the Committee. What, then, he asked, were those facts which had affected the decision of the Committee of last year ? There were two schemes proposing to iroceed into Scotland by Carlisle ; these two were brought before the public—Commissioners were appointed by the Board of Trade to investigate both of them—the very same schemes as were now before the House. These Commissioners having made their investigation, gave their decision in favour of the Caledonian, as the best of the two schemes. That Com mission was appointed in 1841, but it was not till 1844 that subscriptions could beget up sufficient for the company pro ceeding with their operltions. Here he claimed the help of the Board of Trade, for they had interfered in a most obvious manner. The Board gave their decision in favour of the Ca ledonian, because, in their opinion, there was not traffic suffi cient for both lines. Both schemes, however, were now brought before the House. He would not mention the sums expended in the eontest, for he thought it would cast a slur on that House, that public undertakings must be burdened with so great a cost. The Caledonian passed both Houses last year, and on the 31st July it received the royal assent. Since then contracts had been entered into, as many as 10,000 men were employed on the line, and as much as 200,000!. had been laid out. Although the other scheme had been put forward as not being a competing line ; but the chairman of the Nithsdale Company said at a meeting of that company, that they might rejoice, for they had broken the back of the Caledonian at last. The map was faith fully drawn as regarded the districts through which this line was proposed to pass. Was there anything, he would ask the Hon. Member, required in a map, beyond showing dis tinctly the juxta-position of the railroad ?—(Hear, hear.) And as regarded the, traversing of the country, and the juxta position of the railroad, he would maintain that the map was sufficient for every purpose of that nature. It was alleged that it represented the line as too near Dumfres, and too far from Carlisle. The original plan of the Caledonian was laid down by Mr. Locke, the engineer, and Annan was in cluded in it. The Board of Trade ordered him to draw it out in its present shape. It was proposed that there should be, instead of one branch as originally proposed, a south branch springing from the main trunk line at Carlisle, and a north branch near Glasgow. But what had th ey done'? They had awarded the construction of those branches to their opponents. Now he would ask the House to consider this most impor tant expenditure of 2,000,000/. on the construction of one line. It had been plainly stated that there was traffic only for one line, and that the Caledonian line was merely a 5 per cent. line with all its expenditure. The Committee appeared to have acted in a most anti-Caledonian spirit, —a spirit for which he could not account. For a length of seventy miles there was a strictly Caledonian line. By this fell swoop of the Committee they had refused to give the Caledonian, for a length of seventy miles, one single branch.—( Hear.) It had been reported by the Board of Trade that there was traffic only for one line. The Caledonian had faithfully discharged their duties. Wy were they n o t permitted to go on and finish h their work. And if they did not properly carry out the spirit of their undertaking, let Parlia ment visit them with all the vengeance they could exercise, but let them not pretend to say that this line was not a competitor. He would ask them to say whether between 300,0001. and 400,000/. had been expended by the Caledonian Company ? He asked whether that was the way to dispose of the public money without any reasons being assigned. He asserted that he was not interested in this matter, further than being a director of the Caledonian Company, and he was glad to be able to afford that information to his Hon. Friend, who appeared to feel no sympathy for him. He had no interest in it beyond that. His constituents and friends were strongly in favour of the line, and last session he presented a petition from them in favour of the Bill, but after the Legislature had given its decision in favour of the Caledonian, all the constituents on earth should induce him to play so foul a part, to turn round against those who, under the sanction of Parliament, had em barked their capital in the undertakin g , and support their old had been l y i ng i n the grass for the prese n t Bill was the same e Hous e i n t h e last session of as tch em t the Parliament, only it was under a differe n t name, but he trusted one i n t fe o e rw, whichm who,. ntchasm. like e a bl nefo truth,r et snake, the House would not allow it to pass, and at the same time require the Caledonian proprietors to complete the task which they authorised them to take in the last session of Parliament. 11r. HUME wished to ask whether the Committee were unanimous or not ? been dazzled by the case attempted to be made out by the promoters.—(Loud cries of "Divide, divide.") He did think there was something very im proper, and indeed something very unfair, in the remarks made against the chairman of that Committee. He . . did not care one - farthing whether they set aside the decision of the Committee _or not, he did not care in the slightest degree whether or not they respect the vote of the Committee, but he would say what was the use of sending Bids before a Committee when the decision of that Committee was to be opposed in that House by Hon. Members, for no other reason than that they differed from that decision. All the Scotch Members in that House were up in arms against the decision of the Committee. —(Great confusion.) He believed that there was a Gentleman who had just entered the House who expressed himself very strongly at a public meeting against the decision of the Committee, and he believed that the Hon. .Member went so far as to say that the decision of the Committee was not a fair one. He would not allow any ote to say that he had been influenced by any but the most impartial motives in voting in that Committee, and he would take the first opportunity of fully condradicting that imputation when he met that gentleman in private. He thought such conduct was most unprecedented and unworthy. He wished to know if kihe Hon. Member had read the report of that meeting in the Edinburgh Adertiser. He would hand the paper to the Hon. Member for his perusal.—( Loud cries of " Divide, divide," during which the Hon. Member handed the paper to Mr. P. Stuart.) The Hon. Member proceeded amidst great confusion. Hon. Members ought not to go to public meetings were all were on one side, and there attack a Committee who could not be present to dany or contravent what was stated.—(H ear . ) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but the division had not taken place when our repert left. Sir W. CLAY was understood to reply that they were per rectly so. _ Lard JAMES STEWART said it was not his intention to have addressed the House, but after what had fallen from his Hon. Friend the Member for ltenfrewshire, who appeared anxious to support a huge monopoly, he felt it indispensibly necessary to trouble the House with a few observations upon this important Bill. His Hon. Friend hid told the House that the Committee upon the Caledonian Bill sat for six week, and that at the end of that period, after carefully considering the matter, the Committee came to the decision that the preamble to the Bill had been proved; but his Hon. Friend carefully avoided stating that the Committee was not unanimous in that opinion. He did not tell the House that the Noble Lord the Member for Plymouth wa s opposed to the decision of the Committee. Now, with regard to the merits of the Bill itself, let him remind the House, that Ayr was one of the most important counties in Scotland,—a county which abounded in rich minerals that were rapidly and daily becoming more and more developed; and he had no doubt the knowledge of this fact weighed with the Com mitteee in coming to this decision. The line, too, passed thraugh the whole of the important towns of the district who had peti tioned strongly in favour of the line. Most of the principal landed proprietors were favourable to the line, and to show the estimation in which it was held, he might mention on its being made known th a t th e Bill h a d passe d i t was ma d e the subject of a general rejoicing. Mr. FOX MAULE said, before the House divided, he must be allowed to say a few words upon this important subject. He was connected with neither company, and was only interested in obtaining the best trunk line from England to the North of Scotland. In 1839, it would be remembered, a Commission was ap pointed by Government to examine the county, with a view of discovering the best trunk line from England to Scotland. The Commission discover e d, a f ter a very care f u l investigation, that the county was exceedingly poor, and that any line of railway running through it must depend upon the through traffic to Edinburgh and Glasgow. They were, therefore, in clined to think that only one li ne cou ld be maintained, and they reported what they thought would be the best and proper line. In 1841, the line laid down by the commissioners was adopted by a company who enrolled themselves under the name or title of the Caledonian Company, and in the course of time ano ther company presented itself to the country under the name or title of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway. Both these schemes were considered first of all by the Board of Trade, who came to the same opinion as the commissioners, that the country would not afford a sufficiency of traffic to maintain two great trunk lines ; and they decided that the line which ought to be selected and adopted by Parliament was the Caledonian railway. The Committee, after sitting for six weeks, and taking the most voluminous ev id ence, came to the decision that the Cale donian was a right and proper trunk line to be given to Scot land.i Th ey re j ected the preambles of the other Bills, because m attained itt ee o t f hei that r they fou n d t h at the country would not admit of two railways. In the y ear 1 845. after great expente and a contest of six weeks n h m Bill. n e h h e e y were could snaeywheozplloonyg. elsewhere—they.ing 10,000 men on their works ; they had entered into nogagernents for a million of money in their "con tracts, and th ere was also a large - stun for which they were engag e d. Th e present Company was one not ori ginating in wild speculation. It was a bona fide Company, acting upon the faith of Parliament, entering upon their works, and carrrying them on with the greatest possible speed. The Caledonian Company negociated to be allowed to broduce be fore the Committee evidence of the best possible nature, HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of SHAFTESBCRY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat upon the Woolsack, at ten minutes before five o'clock. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up several Bills, and praying their Lordship's concurrence. On the motion of Lord LYTTLE'FON, the Bill for Abo lishing the Office of Superintendent of Convicts to Bermuda and other Llands, was read a second time. HARBOURS OF PORT PATRICK AND DONA GHADEE. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY pursuant to a notice he gave on a former evening moved for the production of al re. ports and documents connected with the harbours at Port Patrick and Donaghadee, especially Sir J. Rennie's last report 041 Captain Evan's rudiments, which have been placcd before the Admiralty. When he had last men tioned the subject he had stated that this was the best communication, and that it. had been approved of by the Board of Admiralty of that time. It had also been ap proved of by the Trinity Board in 1819. In 1823 a Committee of their Lordships' House had come to the same decision In 1830 a Comnaitteee of the House of Commons had said the same thing, and in 1843 the Admiralty had again approved of it. The whole expense of this establishment appeared to be 8001. a-year ; this money was spent simply to direct the expenditure of a few thousands; last year the sum voted was 5,000. of which only 3,000/. were spent, so that 8004 were spent to direct the expenditure of 3,0,;0/. if he could show that there were better harbours and better means of communication, he should assign a suffi cient reason for the retrenchment of the expense. Sir They had the opi n i ons o f C apta i n L eonar d, John Rennie, and Captain Evans, in the r cost, by which it appeared th a t t h e p resen t harbours Nagem,nt, y with their attendant ex p enses f or steamers and ma nagement, 21,9001. a year ; while the harbours of Port rat , r e ic r k . and Do naghadee would be an expense of only 1,800/. a year. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said he -e prepared s no able to d to te o l I withth Noble Marquis what the:7te best eo o i vern thing the railway m compani es respect to the harbour. interested in it was to make some distinct representation upon the subject. PUBLIC HOUSES (SCOTLAND.) r v - The Earl of SELKIRK presenteds of theevera Ipesttiatitoert of sr°ln a rious persons in Scotland, complaining public houses in Scotland, and the save of spiritous liquors on the Sabbath. . THE GAUGE QUESTION. Lord LITTLETON presented teveral petitions from various persons complaining of the report of the Gauge Cornmis sioners, and praying the flouie to take the report into further consideration. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a person of DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 12, The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas O'Brien, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for Sierra Leone. Commission signed by the Queen. Royal Perthshire Militia—Captain G. D. Paterson to be Adjutant, vice Gibbons, who retires, March 21. Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Perth. Royal Perthshire Militia —Adjutant G. D. Paterson to have the rank of Captain, May 11. Commissions signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cromarty. J. A. S. Mackenzie, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; R. Mackenzie, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; A. Matheson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; 14. M. Fowler, Esq., to be Dequty Lieutenant ; C. L. Mackenzie, Esq , to be Deputy Lieutenant; April 20. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. Sir H. E. L. Dryden, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire. The Hon. G. R. Trevor to be Vice-Lieutenant, vice 1). A. S. Davies, Esq , resigned. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Carnarvon. W. L. G. Wardle, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, August 5, 1334. The Right Hon. S. B. Lord Newborough to be Deputy Lieutenant ; The Hon, E. G. D. Pennant, M.P., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Major General Sir C. F. Smith, K.C.8., to be Deputy Lieutenant; T. A. Smith, Esq„ to be Deputy Lieuteaat ; R. L. Edwards, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; J. G. Griffith, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; S. 0. Priestly, Esq., to be Deputy Lientenant ; G. A. Huddart, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant ; J. IL Ford, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, J. Rowlands, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant ; F. J. W. Jones, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; J. Morgan, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; I). W. Griffith, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; J. W. Watling, Esq., R.N., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; H. IV. Acland, .Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 1. Commissions by his Royal Highness the Lord Warden cf the Staunaries. _ _ _ The Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Regiment of Militia—P. S. Tom, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Jan. 6; R. - Edyvean, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Feb. 25 ; W. 11. Bullmore, Gent., to be Sur geon, vice Potts, resigned, March 1. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—TRINITY TERM, 9Tti VICTORIA. FRIDAY, JETNE 12, 1846. This Court will, on Wednesday, the 24th day of June instant, or on one or more of the subsequent days already appointed by Rule of Court for the sittings of this Court after the present term, proceed to give judgment on the several rules to show cause now standing for judgment. By the Court. June 12, 1846. Read In open Court.—T. Das. WHITEHALL, MAY hi. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Frederick Reeves, of Taunton, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraor dinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAY 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Channing, of Taunton, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary it the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William White, tailor, Tavistock, Devonshire. Richard Harvey, grocer, Clsacewater, Cornwall. ;BANKRUPTS. James Bickerton, hat manufacturer, Casale-street, Southwark. Henry Elphick, licensed victualler, Wardour-street, St. James's. William Filbey, coach-mater, Egham, Surrey. Edward Gardner, manufacturing chemist, Whitechapel. John Collins Staines, tailor, Ouadle, Northamptonshire. Thomas Pilbeam, coachsmlth, Parker-street, Drury-lane. John Boulton, carrier, Ashton-under-Lyne. William Kirby, hotel keeper, Liverpool. Joseph Greaves Smith, grocer, Liverpool, Patrick Hare, tallow chandler, Liverpool. Waller Bates, stock-broker, Manchester. George Barton and John Barton, copper roller manufacturers, Manchester. Sidney Smith, grocer, Bristol. William Henry Smith, printer, Swansea. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of June 16.) StmAx.—Today the market for West India sugar presented a firm appearance ; there was a good business transacted in all descrip tions at prices fully equal to those of Friday ; indeed in some c ases grey and bright yellow descriptions brought a small advance.. REFINED.—To-day Relined goods were much wanted by the home trade, but few parcels of any kind could be obtained, and prices are still on the advance. Bonded Crushed Sugar is wanted, and prices are firm. Memunus.—This afternoon several enquiries existed privately and the parcels sold were at rather higher rates, indeed the supply at market is getting insufficient for the demand. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was a good demand for Bengal Sugar, and 1,724 bags at public auction sold 6d per cwt above fernier rates. SPIRITS.—To-day the demand was good for all kinds of Rum and prices are rising; proof Leuwards selling at 2s 3d to 2s Wel, Cal cutta is 1114 d to 2s proof, and common to fine Jamaica at 3s 3d to 4s 6d per gallon ; the market has decidedly an improving appearance. FOBEIGN.—To-day the market was much better supplied with all descriptions of Brazil Sugar, but business was checked by the stiff rates insisted upon. At public sale 559 cnses 21 boxes 44 brls of white, and 185 cases 66 boxes 48 brls of ttrown Bahia were offered, and nearly all taken in 6d to Is per cwt above the value. TES.—Today there was little desire evinced to operate in black or green Tea at the public sale, low as prices are ; although there was a good attendance of the trade, and merchants generally disposed to make some concession in prices. The quantity offered was larger than has been the case for some time, and amounted to 34,616 pkgs. The biddiugs were extremely limited for all kinds, and of the total quantity passed the chair amounting to 13,000 pkgs ; the small por tion of only 1,000 pkgs actually lound buyers upon rather lower terms. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was little desire evinced to operate in Rio Coffee, and 20 casks 806 barrels and 336 bags at auction were taken in at moderate rates. In Ceylon there was little passing pri vately in any kind, and holders experienced difficulty in getting 42s to 43s for small parcels of good ordinary pale native. one was offered at auction. Mocha met with attention. SPICEF.—To-day Black Pepper was only in limited demand, and 458 bags 347 pockets at auction sold at rather lower rates. RICE.—To-day Bengal Rice met with less attention, and the par. cels offered at auction, amounting to 6,688 bags were only In part sold at former rates. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) MOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at Four o'clock. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. On the motion for the further consideration of the report on the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway Bill, Mr. HOPE JOHNSTONE, moved that it be taken into consideration upon that day six months. From the noise that prevailed it was very difficult in the gallery to catch the precise import of the Hon. Gentleman's obser vations. He was understood to call the attention of the House in the first place to the report of the Board of Trade on the railway communication afforded by the Caledonian line. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to read extracts from a printed paper to the following purport : " The Caledonian Railway follows the route which, on public grounds, was preferred by the Government Commissioners in 1841, and by the Board of Trade and Committees of both Houses of Parliament in 1845, ' as giving better trunk com munication for all the more important streams of traffic.' "It was unsuccessfully opposed before all of these tribunals by the promoters of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle scheme. " In their report of the 13th of March, 1845, the Board of Trade stated that it is quite elear that the trhffic from Scot land to the south would not be sufficient at present to support two competing systems; and that if the one be sanctioned, the other, or so much of the other as directly competes with it, must be rejected. In this point of view, the 'Caledonian and the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle lines are absolutely inconsistent with each other.' " The decision of last year was arrived at by the Committees of both Houses of Parliament after the fullest inquiry, nearly one hundred witnesses having been examined in the House of Commons ; and it having been admitted by both parties throughout the proceedings that the traffic was insufficient to justify the construction of both lines. " Thereafter the Committee on the Bill, in their report to the House, stated—' A Report by the Board of Trade has been referred to your Committee, and the decision of your Com mittee appears to be substantially in accordance with the re commendations contained in such report.' "Nevertheless, the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle scheme has been again brought forward this session, and the Committee on the Bill has declared the preamble of the Bill proved, thereby directly reversing the deliberate judgment of the Le gislature last session, and of the other tribunals before referred to. They have also rejected certain branches proposed by the Caledonian Company, for the accommodation of the lateral traffic, on which their calculations of last year were founded, and have thus deprived the Caledonian Company of all lateral traffic for 70 miles of their line, being the portion between Carlisle and Lanark. " This decision, if confirmed, is calculated, more especially during the present pressure on capital, to inflict serious injury on the Caledonian Railway, which involves an expenditure of upwards of two millions sterling, and which is new being exe cuted with all possible expedition, upwards of ten thousand men being at present engaged on the works. " Under these circumstances, the present appeal is respect fully made to the House, for the protection of a great national work which was undertaken and contracted for on the faith of the preference awarded to it by the Legislature last year, and on the distinct understanding that the opposing scheme would not receive the sanction of Parliament. The question is, whe ther the decision of the Legislature last year, or the decision of the Committee this year, is to be sustained, the latter being entirely inconsitent with, and subversive of the former." It was quite impossible that the report referred to of the Board of Trade on that Bill could not but take with the public. It was very certain that that report was calculated to make a great impression on the public mind. After the full inquiry that had been made, the decision of the Co mm itt ee was totally inconsistent with the decision given by the Committee during t a h tirs e r:,ad las session, and also with the report of the Board of oturf Trade . urede e 0 n by l yi l e i nwa theo u t l h d ebe Committeeg t o present impress decisionla st cn y e t ahre. with House cot hne the tvheerd difficul ty weeks ; .7 then allrnuednled u . 1 7., y bliad b een the chairman upwards rman of o t fh the c half om a a meeting held after actually expended. The Hon. Gentleman toPtbrho ee gr s ess by the Caledonian Railway on the of the Committee , in which proceedings of the Committee, he remarked strongly in inat i i , ts to embark their who, after having induced the co mplai nants company, at The y i naarrec:finn tm decision, r capital, at a great risk, had deprivedmthea of some of their anticipated returns. arriving at a decision had made an election Ileverdict thought o o r der rightde r t turnedtoom stateoe out to t thoe these wants e an a t stmho things, n s : t hse, unfortunate ye very ydi becauses t r i fc o rt n ot e m . 0 . 2,000,000!. to 3,000,001. had been elixependeiedd bnyotthethCinalkedoit to consent to such anciaconmßmaoildwaatye'which the Committee had p avrshseidchanhoethfeerarleindehteo Yunwilling, considering the wshataoacdtuoelmsZl:ftehtpeinurefore, conclude day amendm ent, that its was great ctoends o: aoasntscitthd imperfectly, rt i serious e u eo s t tinyr u i t, nhe grounds,jheuesrepywo.an es competing scheme. business, to trespass longer on the House, and by moving as an amendm ' he w as the chairman of six months. the report be considered t hat the Committee, the decision of whom, wit h respect to this Bill, the House would, perhaps, they were called upon to reverse, . sTihrevvinloLtioLnaha3viincgLbAeeyn seconded, d a ed s expect tha t impression that that House en the subject. He had the strong est . those questions which was not the proper tribnnal for trying . he would trouble them with a very few observations were a personal however, be excused if he alluded briefly to remitted, to Select Committees up stairs. matter He might, the name of Brown, against. the Oxford and Cambridge Rail way, r.tui designated the inomuters oi tbat scheme as a parcel of speculators. The Earl of HARDWICKE denied that such was the case. He himself held a number of shares in the line, and he was no speculator. His reason in connecting himself wide it was because it passed contiguous to his property. Other parties, also, who bad shares in it weae locally interested, and were no speculators. They wished to have some control over its management. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presented several petitions against the Oxford and Cambridge Railway, from the city of Oxford, from Bedford, and other places. Lord DACRE concurred in the observations of the Noble Earl ( Hardwitike). He was aware that many parties con nected with that railway were locally interested, and ought not to be designated speculators. Lord BROUGHAM said he had not the slightest doubt as to this truth of his Noble Friend's statement. He (Lord Brougham) did not charge the promoters as being mere land jobbers and share brokers, but he said that was gene rally the ease in such undertakings. It appeared that the shares in this railway were in the hands of gentlemen locally interested but he prayed their Lordships attention to this, that the Noble and Gallant Lord who spoke first told their Lordships that lie was obliged in self-defence to take shares in railways, they proposed to pass over his property so as to preserve it from the destruction with which it was threatened. That was not the case with his Noble Friend behind, he was not a speculator but a large landed proprietor in the district through which this railway pro posed to pass. Ile (Lord Brougham) admitted that all that were engaged in that railway were respectable people. But his Noble Friend had said that he (Lord Brougham) had made a coloured statement. Now what was that coloured statement? It was this, that a respectable gentleman, whose name he had giuen, and who was High Sheriff of that county last year, com plained that the railway would dsstroy his house and park. Why that was not a very coloured statement, unless it was true, that as his Noble Friend behind him would have their Lordships believe that it was very doubtful whether the gentle man said so or not. The Noble Lord had said he did not know his property. Why that was the very reason that these statements should be taken for true, because it did come from the per-on that did know this property, namely, the lroprietor him:elf.—( Laughter.) Surely, Air. Brown did not dream that he La I a building which cost a conci lerable sum of m his was no castle in the air or in Spain, rill he (Lord Brougham) therefore hoped that this respectable gentleman who complained of great annoyance on the part of the proprie tors of this railway, and who were respectable shareholders and not jobbers, his cesifident belief was that their Lordships would give a most attentive and favourable consideration to the prayer of this injured petitioner. EAST AND WEST YORKSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWBY. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from a Mr. Berkley against the E:st and West Yorkshire Junction LORDS HARDINGE AND GOUGH'S BILL. The Earl of RIPON moved the postponement of the fur ther consideration of these Bills, till some day in the ensuing week. Duke of RICHMOND wished to know the intentions of the Government with respect to their Loniships' amf-ndment. Earl GREY hoped he thould have an opportunity of re cording his vote against the amendment. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord STANLEY wished to know whether their Lordships would adjourn over Thursday, the 18th of June, being the an niverFary of the battle of Waterloo. The Earl of RIPON stated that it was not the intention of the Government to press any important business upon that day. Lord - BROUGHAM—You canot adjourn the judicial busi ness. The LORD CHANCELLOR —The House could not ad journ ; there was a commission appointed for that day ; accord ing to usual custom the House would not assemble for the dis cussion of any important measure. The Duke of RICHMOND rose, and was (LEFT SPEARING.) COURSE OF EXCTh Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 N Ditt«, at sight ...... 12 6)/ 2 Rotterdam .... • • 2U. 12 10 Antwerp .... 26 15 ilamburgh AI 13. 13 15 A1t0na........ • • Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 80 „... _ NGE.--(TI-IIS DAY Gibraltar.. Le;horn Genoa..... Venice. Naples .• • • . • 39% Palermo, per 0z........ 119, Li5b0u.......... ...... 53 Oporto ..... . •• • 53 Rio Janeiro • • 23y 2 Bahia Buenos Ayres .. New York, 21 days' eight Philadelphia .. PRICES OP BULLION, PER OZ, Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .• 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver tit bars • 30 50 26 10 Ditto, 3 inontbs.. 2G 5 Marseilles - .•.. • - 26 10 Bourdeatut .. • • 26 10 Frankfort on Maine 122;% Pete' sburgh, 3 Us.. Berlin Vienna, effee.flo•—• •• 10 10 Trieste, ditt0.......... 10 11 Cadiz • - • : ..... Bilbao.. • ..... ... Barcelona ..... 5evi11e........ .... - - - IMPERIAL PA IA Al EN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 15. CORN-LAWS. Some confusion here ensued horn the fact of several Noble Lords not understanding the position in which the question of the Corn-laws then stood. The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that it arose purely from an accident that on the last night of debate they did not go into Committee on the Bill. The Chairman of the Com mittee not having been present, it was agreed by their Lord ships pt esent that they slit uld go into Committee that day without any further debate. Lord STANLEY confirmed the statement of his Lordship, and hoped that he would not be deemed irregular in presenting a petition, which was every way worthy of their attention. It was a petition from certain bankers and merchants in London. They had not hitherto petitioned their Lordships, nor would they have now done so, had it not been for the petition Vk hich was presented, he believed, by his Noble Friend the President, of the Board of Trade, purporting to represent the general feel ing of the bankers, merchants, and commercial men of the city of London, in which it was stated that, in their opinion, the passing of this measure would lead to the progressive prosperity of every class in the country. If there were any class for whose interest this Bill was supposed to be especially designed, it gas the mercantile and commercial classes, and no doubt a con siderable impression was produced on their Lordships' minds by a statement coming over from his Noble Friend, who held himself a high official situation. It was the presentation of that petition, and that alone, which brought them from their private and important con cerns to present the petition which he had the honour of laying before their Lordships. After adverting to the petition which had been presented by his Noble Friend, the petitioners went on humbly to state (and the signatures to the petitions furnished statements that were correct) that they doubted very much whether that petition could be considered as representing the general opinions of the merchants, bankers, and traders of the City of London. The petitioners humbly desired to leave the consideration of this most imeortaet measure to the delibe rate wisdom of their Lordships, representing that, inasmuch as the commercial and manufacturing interests of thi s country were in a state of activity and prosperity, there was no ground for asserting that the said treasure was essential to the progressive prosperity of any class in the community, or even for maintaining the present active state of commercial prosperity., The petitioners humbly believed that the Bill in question was an experiment on the most vital branch of national industry, involving conse quences the magnitude and extent of which it was impossible to foresee, and calling for the most deep and anxious considera tion on the part 'of their Lordships' House.—( Hear, hear.) Now he hoped he should not be told that this petiti n did pray their Lordships to reject the Bill in question. He had already stated that it did not do so. But they protested against its being supposed that it was the general feeling of the mercantile gentlemen of London that it was essential to the interests of this country that this Bill should pass ; and they prayed their Lordships not hastily to adopt so hazardous and so great an experiment. Now, he felt that the importance of this petition depended upon the signatures attached to it— ( Hear, hear)—and he should not, he hoped, be deemed to be trespassing unduly on their Lordships' time—(Hear, hear) —if he stated that the petition was signed by the Chairman o f Lloyd's, by th e Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the London Dock Company, hy the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the East India Dock Company, and by a very considerable number of Bank directors. A NOBLE LOED—Hovi many? Lord STANLEY believed six—(f - ear, hear)—had signed this petition. Perhaps the Noble Friend who asked that question would like to know some of the principal names at tached to the petition. Among the merchants were some of the greatest firms in the City---Sir Frederick Purees, Messrs. Tritton, Messrs. Baring Brothers, Messrs. Frederick Tooke and Co. Among the shipowners were the Messrs. Tindal and the Messrs. Soames, two of the largest shipowners in the City. Among the shipbuilders were the Messrs. Curling, Young and Co., the largest firm in the City. There were thirteen firms which were connected with the foreign trade; several in the Bilk trade, and several in the iron trade; all without ex. ception who were engaged in the Canadian and Australian trade—( Hear, hear)—besides many others engaged in the foreign and colonial trade of the country. These had signed the petition with no intention of interfering with the decision of their Lordships' House, but they prayed that their Lordships would not believe that the feeling of the commercial amid mercantile classes universally called for the measure which had been introduced into their Lordships' House, and only sought to provide against the opinion of these classes being misrepresented. By laying, th ere f ore, that petition upon their Lordships table, he ( Lord Stanley) meant not to stay their Lordships' progress with the measure, so much as with a view that their Lordships might hesitate before making the vast experiment which ho was afraid they were about to make, and that they might enter with caution upon alterations so important in the affairs of the country. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said, that it would be in their Lordships' recollection, that he had had the honour of laying another petition on the table of the House, signed by the merchants and bankers of the City of London, in favour of the measure. He was not aware that it was the intention of his Noble Friend to present such a petition, otherwise he might have beets pre pared with an analysis of the signatures attached to that pre viously laid on the table, as a set-off against the statement which their Lordships had just heard. He did not mean to detract from the weight due to the petition just presented, This petition of the merchants, bankers, and traders, it was said by the Noble Lord( Stanley), did not represent the general feeling of the community. What he (Lord Dalhousie) then wanted, was, that the two petitions should be placed against each other, an 4 let their Lordships weigh their relative numbers and respectability. Let them not come forward with false pre tences. It was but j us t t h a t h e s h ou ld ment i on t h at th e peti tion he presented co n t a i ne d t h e s i gnatures o f 24 o r 26 Bank directors. The di rec t ors , h e b e l ieve d, on t h e o ther side, were six. It was siened by 14 other bankers, and appended to it Let them were the signature s of 267 merchants and trad plaee the petitions side by side, and he was not afraid of the result. Lord STANLEY said he had no intention was, ofhharegdinidg nottiie Noble Lord with misrepresentation. yesterday—he wh en eitbewiael,p, . riese, meant,nt merchants, the pondday know the nature of the petition referred to by the Noble Lord, till it was brought to hint The . petition before yesterday. nof the bankers, ported to be the retitletraders of the City of London, and b cti it as then The stated the petition did not represent the general opinion, answer was, if it did not represent the general ' had no contrary petition being presenv,toeduldagainst iOtP?miolniev'h'hady been instructed to state, that if they hpaatrentiheye tures of the two petitions, they would fiicid)rilt repre sented more than threefold those from whom his Noble Friend (Lord Grey) presented a petition Earl GREY said if they would examine the petition as originally drawn np, they :I,iyould find that it had contained these words, and that they lad subsequently been erased " And so littlegrolind is there, in the view of the petitioners, for urging your Lordshi to ass Bible del a y." But it P a d this me asure w i t h t h e l east pos areluage yd an o- nion too st rong for them pe t p , o agree this in a , n a g nd it was conve left out, and in the place of it, that it ought to pass with the least possible delay."—( Hear, hear.) But they did not ask them to throw out the measure, and he wished their Lordships to remember that this petition, which was presented as a coun ter-petition to the one he (Lord Grey) had been entrusted with, stated that there should be no longer delay in passing it into a lew. Atter a few words from Lord ASHBURTON, Lord BROUGHAM said it was important they should know whether those petitions represented or did not represent the feelings of those from whom they were stated to have emanated. ----- His Noble Friend did not represent that it emanated from all toe merchants, but from a very respectable portion of them. One thing should not be lost sight cf in referring to this pe titian. By striking out that passage they showed that they were not for u nnecessary delay, and they felt that if the Bill was to pass, the sooner it passed the better. He hoped their Lordships would bear that in mind, as they were just now going into Committee. If en amendment were there proposed, a delay of some months would take place, and the prayer of the petitioners would be thereby frustrated. Lord COLVILLE, who was very inaudible, was understood to say that he had listened with very g reat attention to ihe ar guments used by the Noble Lord (Lord Stanley ), an d he felt that th e y were perfectly conclusive on the subject. He did not confine himself to its operation on landed proprietor! , farmers, and cultivators of the soil, but he believed t h a t it would be injurious to all classes of the community, and was only a link in a chain which would entail the most disastrous results on the people of this country. He should, therefore, eppose it in all its stages. During the period he had had the honour of occupying a seat in that House he had great plea sure in fighting under the banners of her Majesty's Govern ment, but in the present measure he regretted he could not give them his support. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S rose for the purpose of calling attention to a statement made in a speech, and delivered by a Noble Lord whom he regretted ".o see was net in his place; He would venture to say, however, that the Noble Lord had been totally misinformed on the subject, or he would not have endeavoured to impress such an erroneous view on their Lord ships' attention. He referred to a distinction which had been drawn by a Noble Lord (Lord Stanley) between the sources of the revenues of the Right Rev. Prelates on the bench, and th e other portion of the clergy. He was sure the Noble Lord did not intend any reproach upon the Right Rev. Bench, in alluding to that subject, hut as it was commented upon 05e where, and might possibly be misconstrued by the country at large, h e was ent i t l ed to show that the facts on which he grounded his observations were totally erroneous. As to hi s own income he had to say that the one-third of it only was derived from fixed payments, and that two-thirds was subject to the variation cf the prices of agricultural produce. He did not mean to make any observations on the income of any of the other pre!ates, but with respect to his own he was suffi ciently well informed, and the statement he had now made was perfectly correct. Lord S IANL EY complained of not having been informed of the intention of the Right Rev. Prelate to refer to this sub ject. The Right Rev. Prelate did not hear what he (Lord Stanley) said on that occasion. The speech of the Right Rev. Prelate which called forth his remarks had been addressed t° the subject of motives with regard to the passing of the Bill, and he had stated, that al'hough their Lordships might not be influenced by selfish motives, yet such an opinion would attach to their character out of doors if they did not pass it. In com menting upon these expressions, he (Lord Stanley) said that the Right Rev. Prelate would be as little inclined to be influ enced by his own interest as any of their Lordships in coming to a vote on that question. It anything offensive was said, it was entirely on the part of the Right Rev. Prelate. All that he (Lord Stanley) had said was that his (the Right Rev. Pre late's) motives would be as pure as those of their Lordships, and that should the present Bill pass, the parochial clergy, whose incomes fluctuated with the value of corn, would become losers unless all other articles fell in the tame ratio as corn. The Right Rev. Prelate stated that two-thirds of his income was derives from a source subjected to the variations of the price of agricultural produce; but as there was one-third of it, he admitted, derived from money payments, he (Lord Stanley) endeavoured to show that, under those circumstances, he would not be a loser by the change. Had the Right Rev. Prelate consulted him in private, he would have explained to him that he intended nothing derogatory to either him or any of the other Prelates on the bench in the observations he had thought it his duty to make on that occasion. The Bishop of SALISBURY was not in the House the other night when the observations that occurred took place; but it was stated to him in a somewhat invidious manner, and was commented upon more invidiously. He was ashamed to be called on to explain. He could not be influenced by such motives, in giving his vote on that Bill. There were twenty-six of his Right Reverend Brethren who occupied seats in that House, and of that number fourteen of them could not in any degree be classed in the category of the Noble Lord. The injustice, however, to the parochial clergy, he apprehended did n ot arise from the passing of the present measure, but from the i3ill for the Commutation of Tithes, and that opinion pea had ueiformly held. With regard to four of his Right Rewerend Friends, three of them paid annually to the Ecclesiastical Com missioners fixed and certain charges, and the operation of the Bill, if it reduced the price of corn, must necessarily be injuriou s to their i n t eres t s , yet t h ree of them recorded their votes 50 favour of it. Two-thi r d s o f hi s Ri g h t R everend Friends were therefore removed from the imputation of being influenced by such motives, and though one-third of them were certainly ht, the habit of receivi ng a fi xed income, he (11.1 not believe that in d ec idi ng on the merits of the H l' selfish ness wou ld f orm any i ngredient in their decision. He claimed no exempti on f rom any charges fairly brought fcervrar d, nor from any strictu res ma d e on the character of the betw:ht but he thought that, with regard to the present, the imputation made upon them was by no means deserved. The Earl of MALMESRURY was of opinion that the Right Rev. Prelat e w h o h a d j ust spoS en had evinced t oo mu ch susceptibility, with re gar d t o t h e o b servations ma d e. by the : 12 Noble Lord ( L ord S tan l ey). There was not a singe Peer that House who would store unwillingly utter a word t»rd eriuQ in the slightest degree to ierpugn one sentence which had fallen . f,ene the Right Rev. Prelate ; but he could not taut disagree most strongly with him in an imputation which uestion. against the Noble Lords who differed with him on that Lords _err The Right Rev. Prelate stated that the Noble w actuated by selfish motives and interests in thecourse were pursuing on th e present quest i on. Thu Right rt theyv. Prelate had m i sre p resen t e d a speec h of his w i t h respec t to the manner in which th e c l ergy o f t hi s country wou ld b e a ffected _ by the Governm en t measure . N ow what he had sa id was , that . e the people would see a w id e diff erence in the coo dition o f the clergy and the Right Rev. Bench, and judge accrerdingly of the comparative injury which the measure would entail on both. Not one word had dropped from him which could, in the slightest degree, cast ,n imputation on the Right Rev. Bench. There was one Right Rev. Prelate, for whom he entertained the greatest respect, and by whose counsels he would ever be guided, out of that House, as far as the infirmities of human nature would allow him, but this he would say t'iat however superior the Right Rev. Prelate might be out '.if the House, he (the Noble Lord) was in all civil matters his peer in every degree. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S, in a very low tone, ex plained. The Right Rey. Prelate was understood to s ay, that tie had not imputed selfish motives to the Noble Lord, nor t° those Noble Lords wh o vote d contrary to him (the Bishop of St. David's) on this question. Lord HARDWICKE defended the Right Rev. Prehater who he did not consider to have used one word contrary to the rules of d e b a t e i n t h a t H ouse. N or did he th i n k t hat anything had bee n sa id by any Ri g h t R ev. P relate wlie_ . ad dressed the H o u se on thi s quest i on t ill t h e speec h o f the itbt Rev. Prelate the Bishop of Oxford. The Right Rev. B ench had always abstained from indulging in anything like harsh or unseemly language. The co n d uc t o f t h e Ri g h t R ev . Prelates in the debates of that Ho use was a b r i ght examp l e for their Lordships, and it was to be regretted that one Right Re r. Pre late had so broadly differed from the others. This vies, no doubt, owing to the want of knowledge of how the debates were conducted in their Lordships' House, and not from any wish to deal in harsh language. From whatever cause the imputations of the Right Rev. Prelate had been made, it was to be exceedingly regretted. 'the Bishop of OXFORD said it was necessary for him to say one word in reply to the lecture which had been read him. He fearlessly challenged any one of their Lordships to show him that he had used anything which could be , called I proper. He might, on a great public question like the pre sent, have used words in the heat of debate, which be would wish unsaid, but he was not aware that he had done so--if he had offended any Noble Lord he humbly begged his pardon. He could not, however, allow himself to be taunted with being a young man, and therefore unqualified to understand the rules of their Lordships' House. Why, he had been rea ding for twenty years and studying books, men, and things, and that being the case, he thought himself capable of giving a plain opinion on a great national question like the presen c.— ( Hear, hear.) He did complain to their Lordships of the pseudo lectures which had been read to him, because. he thought that he had not deserved it.—( Hear, hear.) He. lead been the intimate friend of the Noble Lord who last addreesed the House, but could not allow him to impute motives tp him (the Bishop of Oxford) which he could not prove. The Earl of WINCHILSEA said, that if ever t'Aere had been a lecture delivered in that House it was delivered by the second Right Rev. Prelate who addressed the 'douse is the debate on this measure. The Right Rev. Prelate was pkased to designate a speech made by a Noble Lord, on the other side of the House (Lord Stanley) as one the aresament of which was total rottenness. The Right Rev. Preleete said that Otis was totally a landlords' question. This h' s denied, and, notwith standing the eloquence of the Righ's Rev. Prelate, iae had failed to prove it so. The Earl of GALLOWAY saint, that he saw nothing in the speech of the Right Rev. Prelate but what was perfeetty con sistent with the rules of that House; and he, for his owe& part, sincerely thanked him for the informatio n he had given. on the subject ; for that speech certainly convinced him (the Earl of Galloway) of the necessity of the measure. LUNATIC ASYL:CMS BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND wished to know from her Ma jesty's Government whether they had taken the Lumatfic Asy lums Bill into their consideration with a view to its amend ment ? The Duke of WELLINGTON said that her Majesty's Go vernment would re-consider the Bill before it was again brought before the House. The Duke of RICHMOND said that with this eiciplantti°_ l he was perfectly satisfied. He had to p resent a I :►a ti e t w i ll r he m r Droitwitch en the subject. He also wished to .i _b d r4-ation the pisrae'.'di? doubt, be a b iLI brought offenders cnfi Majesty's Government had taken into their subject of providing an asylum for juvenile that he h ad inquired movedwinh existed with. reacting of this term of their imprisonment had ex The Duke of WELLINGTON into the matter, and there would, regard to juvenin to provide for ß u th c e c d L efi v c v ien: ile offenders. RECOVERY 'H the first --''''' OF SAIALL DEBTS 7, - f fir y Bill. The Duke OntVERY e, and oritred to be printed. r THE CORN IMPORTATION BI The Bill was accordingly read a first tirp LL. At se ves into a Committee the Corn Itnportation Bill, ki rose and said, that it was Their Lordships having resolved the 1 which would, d g. onThe dory of BUCKINGHA , dmenti whieh lie land given then former move e t v h e e n i n atal , p 4 notice The Bill before tiseir Lord ships was one to the agricultural interests of propose that all the words 0 great and inealculdble ury avert, if possible, any par this Country, and it was to t i t n on of that evil which cause d him to of this would be ti- Bill protection t w i 0 - ° D ula be a the first clause, after the werds "in the schedule to this Act annexed be omitted." The effect .rat instead of as at present proposed by the pi otection of 10s. when corn seas at 481. given by the measure was at'4Bs. only Is., and this could not blooked upon as protection, but on the con trary, it was a delusion. He hoped that now the Bilil was read a second time, Noble Lords, who had voted for the, principle and spirit of the Bill, would now be found ready to support the interests of the agriculturists,, without at all sacrificing their votes on a former occasion. Ile would not further occupy their attention. His 'object was that, after 1849, the schedule now in the Bill shoul at still con tinue in it. He would now conclude, by movin c that the words in the clause, " after the Ist of February, 1849," be omitted. The Earl of RIPON rose to oppose the amen dtment just proposed. A Noble Lord, who spoke the othtsr, evening, stated that he could not see how they came to intrtat lace a mo dified sliding scale, unless it were a species of coo.promise in order to satisfy those wha had an objection to it. lie (Lord Ripon) mea n t t o say most distinctly it was nave?, introduced with any such motive ; if not sal isfied wean the principle of the Bill, no miserable compromise of the kind would induce him to support it. He supported the Bill on account of doe condition of the country, and he conscientiously believed it would be for the advantage and improvement or the people. The reason why the clause was introduced was, that in a great change like that proposed to be made, some thne - ;tiould be given before the process hitherto in operation should be aban doned. He thought it was athrisable that some time should elapse before the principle of the Bill was br, operation, and th e c l ause was i ntro d uce d with t'Aat object. It did not inte r f ere w i t h the principle of th e r measure beyond meeting the temporary "1 evils that ,o ht into full mid arise from the great change proposed. With regard to the