The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-30 00:00:00

CROUP SOUTH-WESTERN (ALTON AND rium aaivi The Committee on this group (Sir Charles Douglas in the chair, and all the other members present) took the clauses of this Bill to day ; ana after a few amendments, which referred to private pro perty, th e c l auses were passed, and the report was ordered to be presented. Ejkl)1141G1 GUILDroup, AND REIGATE. It haulm I>ee n ascertained that counsel were present on behalf of the se veral petitioners, the Chairman wished to know which line it was desirable to take, when Mr. Cockburn suggested that the longest line should be taken, 'and when was th e , • gai7dt,ltuuddatfoLd„,:del- gate line. s Mr. Rol, who appeased Dr. Fellortweaes, ested in neither of the nea r ' l, but w about particular inter course,urs when he was interruptsd by 's t(:) 'aggeBt CaN, who conceived that h' out of order, and after some further aconvisel'atinionealtrwriiritieweiradqtullitaet should be - taken ; and the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate bra-nrcTi Mr. COCKBURN Opened the case by putting s through Mr. Noyes, one of the solicitors of thielilifthie,e.wthcr, suabluptirtotoefri the returns required by the House of Commons last session i which the names of the several officials of the Company we2rews.tea!i The capital was 800,0001., the number of shares 40,000 of the whole of which were allotted. The deposit being 52 ,842/. les.; no shares being reserved for provisional committee. To the CHAIRMAN the witness replied, that about 6,060 shares had been allotted to the provisional committee, upon all of which they had paid. The original subscribers' agreement was then put 111 and proved. The money in hand was 11,1971. ISs. 4d., deposited with the Ac countant-General 57,8601. ; deposits on allotments 92,7381. 10s. ; interest 3571. 13s. sd. ; expenditure 12,9881. 12s. ; engineering and traffic 7,635/. 13s. 4d.; printing and stationery 2,3191. ltin. 6d.; sala ries, commission, &c., 1,0931. 16s. 3d. To Mr. Bracwrrr, the witness explained that the broker's com mission was Is. 3d a share, but nothing had been paid for buying and selling shares on behalf of the directors; the broker's commis sion amounted to about 1501. Mr. Coexist:fax then proceeded to open the case, whim he was Pi terrupted by Mr. 3fellor stating that he should have to ask some questions respecting the returns of the last witness ; bill Mr. Cock burn objected to that proceeding, and stated, that althottgh the Com mittee were perfectly competent to question the validity of the re turns, after, however, the returns had been received, although the Committee would have tile right to question the svitriesses, they would only have the power to report to Parliament upon the returns, and that was the way prescribed by the resolution. To this Mr. 3fitrzoa objected, and after reading part of the reso lution which expressed the rule, that in the event of counsel differ ing among themselves the Committee were entitled to decide the question whether counsel should be heard or not, Mr. Cockatran replied by citin the resolution, and stated tat the Committee ought to require the returns to be produoced anti h to be 'refilled. This had been done by the witness; and tf the Com mittee entertained any doubt about it, he was quite prepared to go into the whole case. If the Committee had any doubt whatever lbogatth w es the matter, they might exercise their power of cress-examin einiseswith the utmost st r i c t ness. At this point the room was cleared, and when parties were rzi admitted, the Chairman declared that the Committee were of opinion that the counsceloccop.zsiang To this Mr. the Bill have a right to cross-examine. power of crots-exam'hjected, and said that he conceived if the used now, or not at malign Was to be exercised at all, it should be Mr. Tatalo'r stated that there w as another alternative, and that was to adjourn the case and hand over the papers to the opponents for inspection. It was at last agreed that the opponent should have the right of going to the Committee Clerk's office, or to'tht the company, and make what extracts they ples ' -s t ,P f ‘l ' e solicitors io The Committee then adjourned till 12 o'clock to-s from the returns morrow GROUP XIX. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of tlie Schemes comprised in this group re -assembled at the usual hour this morning in the Committee-room; Lord Harry Vane In the chair. TE CHARD CANAL AND RAZZIXT.ax. :The Cm3J/AMA:Ir intimated that the Committee were now desirous of taking this case. Mr. Sergeant Wit/INGRAM said the object of the promoters this case was, to eonyelet time Chard canal into a railway. nVie, canal connected the town of Ilminster with the town er.Chard, and the proposed railway would give to those places a COt nmunication with the metropolis by means of the Bristol and Et, - iter Railway and the towns of Bridgewater and Taunton anti the pros .used &Word. The line ran in the route by which the traffic had uniformly passed ; while, as it was only required to fill up the eau 1 and lay down the rails, it would not in any way interfere with RAILWAY COMMITTEES (YESTERDAY.) ROUSE OF COMMONS. • GROUP IV. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills included in the group reassembled at the usual hour this morning, Mr. B. Hope in the chair. THE GREAT NORTH OW SCOTLAND. Mr. AstntEws opened the case for the promoters of this scheme. The line was to run from Aberdeento the south of Inverness, and was the last link of the chain of railway communication between London and Inverness. The effect cf the formation of the line, therefore, would be to give a communication between the whole of the south of England and north of Scotland. It would pass through five counties, namely, Aberdeen, Banff, Moray, Inverness, and Nairn, which included 1,734 square yards of arable land, and a population of 318,000. The Southern terminus commenced at the Aberdeen ter minus of the Aberdeen Railway, and was connected with the docks of Aberdeen, the population of which town alone was 70,000, and ran on to Inverness, a distance of about 107 miles. Independently of this main line, there were four branches--one to Banff, another to Portsoy, another to Garmouth, and another to Barglaead ; and the length of the main line and branches together was 137 miles. There were two ether lines connected with this scheme—namely, the Eastern Extension of the Great North of Scotland and the Alford Valley Rail way, but these would come before the Committee at a subsequent stage of their proceedings. Out of the 137 miles they had 109 miles of assenting owners, and this fact alone was sufficient to convince the Committee of the high estimation in which this scheme was held which the line by the inhabitants of the different counties through passed. New, with regard to the merits of thelin eir e, en e e w er as h i a i d o doubt the promoters were in the field first, and ample opportunities for selecting the best linehe th e ad e ra ine t after a very careful survey, that the: districts engineer reported,of four practical lines, but that upon the whole he recommended the line now before the Committee. That engineer was the districts through Mr. Gibb, a gentleman well acquainted with Scotland, and particularly thought it advisable to have which this line passed, but the promoters the four lines looked over by a gentleman who was not immediately connected with or acquainted with the district, and they, therefore, secured the services of Mr. Cu bitt. That g entleman, after care fully examining the whole of the four lines, came to the sam e conclusion as Mr. Gibb, and he recommended to the promoter s the adoption of the line recommended by Mr. Gibb. The estimated cost of the line was 1,500,0001., while it was calculated the working expenses world33l. per cent. on that amount, leaving an ample b a l ance to be be appropriated to a dividend Now this line was Oppo se d b y the promoters of three schemes. The first of them was the Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin Railway, which competed with the first section of the Great North *1 Scotland from Aberdeen to Elgin, pursuing the routes of Tarriff to Banff, and thence following the line of coast by Portnoy and Callen to Elgin. The second was the Inverness and Elgin Junction Railway, or a line from Elgin M Nairn, which ran parallel to the corresponding portion of the Great North of Scotland. The third was the Perth and Inverness, a line which commenced near t o Perth, and passing the line of the Highland road across the Demuntains, proposed to strike the coast at Nairn, from which point to Inverness it ran parallel to, and com peted with, the Inverness end of the Great North of Scotland Rail way. Now all these railways would be under separate manage ments, and would Involve breakages of line and stoppages between the extreme terminus and the metropolis, while the Great North of Scotland Railway would be under one management, and would in volve no breakage or change of carriage between Loud.. eioi In verness. The ruling gradient on the Great North of Scotland was 1 in 242, but on the competing line some of the gradients were of so objectionable a character that the line at some parts could not be worked with the locomotive, while at some points there was only line a single of way. It avoided, moreover, the population of the district, and he might say it would only accommodate the grouse, while in the winter it would be liable to interruptions from snow drifts, none of which objections could be urged against the Great North of Scotland. On the whole, then, lie considered that the Great North of Scotland would give better lo ca l accommodation, better stations, better termini, and better gradie n t s , and in the end he confidently anticipated its competitor would be condemned to the tomb of all the Capulets. Sir Andrew Leith Hay, aI.P., was the first witness called. Ile raid hewas Railway decidedly of opinion that the Great N er th o f S eot l and was the best that could be devised for acco mmo d at i ng the trade and traffic of the districts through which it passed. It was the shortest and most direct line between Aberdeen and Inverness. On cross-examination, the Hon. Baronet said he thought the rival line was more liable to be interrupted in the winter season by snow drifts than the Great North of Scotland tine. The CHAIRMAN said it appeared to the Committee that there were two lines before them for connecting Aberdeen and Inver ness which ran along the coast, namely, the Great North of Scotland and Aberdeen, Banff and Elgin, and Elgin and Inverness, and a direct through line known as the Perth and Inverness, joining the second coast line at Nairn. Now, the Committee thought the best course to be adopted was for the Great North of Scotland to endeavour to show that the traffic of the districts would not justify the construction of two lines namely, a through and a coast line, and that in tins state of things their line was the best ; while, on the other hand, it was for the Perth and Inverness, and the Aberdeen, Banff, and iglu. and Elgin and Inver ness Companies, to produce evidence tending to show that the traffic was quite sufficient to justify all these lines. Mr. Sergeant Beeeesie said he should be prepared to show that there was sufficient traffic between Elgin and Aberdeen to justly the construction of a railway without having reference to a line running from Elgin to Aberdeen, and of course it would be open to him to prove that ihe Great North of Scotland did not give so much accommodation to those places as the Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin. Mr. Sergeant WeArierfax said he appeared for the through line from Nairn to Perth, which, as between Inverness and Perth, was ee mle3 shorter than the Great North of Scotland; but the promoters contended that the through line would n. t remunerate them without they had the traffic between Inverness and Elgin in their own hands. Mr. ANDREW 3 said he had intended to follow out the views of the Committee, as intimated by the Chairman, by calling witnesses to prove that the traffic of the district would only admit of one line, and that under these circumstances the Great North of Seo.laud was the most favourable scheme. Lord Lovell gave evidence is favour of the Great North of Scotland line. Ilia Lordship, however, admitted that the Perth and laver noes was the best for the through trafile. The Committee adjourned shortly after four o'clock. GRUP inf. This Committee met at twelv O e in room Igo. 24. Present, Mr. Pai mer (in the chair), L or d J. Chichester, Colonel Powell, Mr. H. Staunton, and Mr. Seymour. They proceeded with the ease of the EDINZURGII AND NORTZIM.R.N (STEAT:I - DEVIATION) LINE. The preamble of which was declared proved. A hang discussion on the subject of the clans , s, In which Mr. Lang, on the part of the promoters of the Bill; and Mr. Austin for the pro moters of the Scottish Central line, took a part, ensued, and occu pied the Committee for a considerable time. A clause, to be numbered as clause 7, was proposed by the Ch.,ir man, the object of which was to provide, that compensation sitou:d be given to Captain Hay, for any injury that he might sustain from the passing of the line through his property. It was proposed, by Mr. ArsriN, that this clause should stand over till Frliay, in order that the Committee might hear the decision of the Committee on Group No. 6, as to the Dundee and Perth line, in which a point had been raised which resembled this. This proposal was assented to; but, after some further discussion, it was agreed that the Ccni nsittee should adjourn until Friday, and they accordingly rose at about half-past one o'clock, and adjourned till that day. GROUP XIV. SOTTTH-Ra.STERN AND nnaNeszs. The Committee to which this group of railways is referred met to day, at half•past- twelve o'clock, in Room No 30 ; present—Mr. Prstlieroe (chairman), Lord Eoalyn, Mr. J. O'Connell, and Mr. Grogan. General Lygon was absent, in consequence of the death of Lady Beauchamp. Mr. Norton, of the firm of Hoggart and Norton, a valuer, was called on the. part of the South-Eastern Company, by Mr. Mr.mte- WETIIER. Mr. TALairr (for the North Kent Company) said that his Learned Friend had two or three surveyors presmt. It would be easy for the :North Kent Company to call counter-evidence, a course which the Committee would regret. The committee decided on hearing one witness on either side. Mr. NORTON stated that, the property proposed to be taken by the North Kent, between Chatham and Loudon, would cost 486,8161. The number of claimants would be 1,200 or 1,300. The sum mentioned included nothing but the value of the property to be destroyed, the rent of which is 17,400/. per annum. By Mr. Temsox—Never valued any town property for a railway , company. Cannot say how many houses to be taken down were oc cupied by weekly tenants. Has taken that into consideration In his valuation. Houses let to weekly tenants are not worth 28 years' purchase. There are not 400 houses let to weekly tenants on the proposed route. Ile -examined—Though the amount stated is 28 years' purchase, it was not 23 year' rental, but on quite another principle. Mr. G. Smith, a surveyor of Mercer's Hall, valued the whole of the metropolitan property of the Greenwich Railway. The value of the property to be taken by the North Kent was 491,7971. By Mr. TALBOT—Valuod the property last year fer the London and York. Valued the property to be taken at a distance of two and an eighth miles, from Battle-bridge, including a clearance for the station, and the removal of the Small-Pox Hospital, at 300,0001. By Mr. 3 . l zaamantaa—The land to be taken by :the London and York is clear in comparison with that of the North Kent. Mr. Wakley produced the table of the tolls required on the South- Eastern Railway. Mr. Mcacwvramt put in a letter from the Board of Ordnance, stating that in consequence of the introduction of a certain clause in the Act of the South-Eastern Company all objection on the part of the Board was removed, and also some correspondence with the Lords of the Admiralty, in which they agreed to the formation of the iron bridge over the Medway. Mr. Massy DAWSON, who appeared on the part of Mr. Evelyn, a landowner en the proposed line, then called evidence to prove the damage that his client's property would sustain from the proposed railway. At the conclusion of the evidence, The Learned Comm. addressed the Committee at some length. Mr. CaLvEaT then called evidence on the part of Mr. Angerstein, a landowner on the line, and proved the very serious damage that the line would cause to Mr. Angerstein's property. At the conclusion ,of the evidence the Committee adjourned until twelve o'clock to morrow. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY ErENING, ATIRTL 3O, 1846. any private right or private property. It was opposed by the Creoker branch of the Bristol and Exeterßailway, which was pro posed to be a branch of the Yeovil branch, sanctioned by .he Legis lature last session. It was sufficient for him, however, to say that not a spade had yet been put into the ground for the Yeovil branch, while the proposed new branch ran in a circuitous 6irection, and diverted the traffic of the district from Its natural channels. The esti mated cost of the proposed line, for which he appeared, was 139,0001., and it was proposed to raise that sum by the sale o shares at pre sent in the possession of the Chard Canal Conapaby, and it was calculated the traffic would yield a return of Si. i.er cent. on the outlay. _ _ . Mr. Giles Laing, a merchant, residing at Ilminster, proved that there were three coaches passing daily between Hminster and Chard, and Axminster and Taunton, and in his opinion the propos ed con version of the canal would be of great public utility. On Cress-examination the witness admitted that these coaches ran from different places to Croker, and, perhaps, it would be more convenient for 1101120 of the passengers toihave a line extending on to Croker. Mr. John Thorns, a merchant, of laminster, gave similar testimony. Mr. Humphrey Brown, the gentleman who made out the traffic tables of the proposed line, proved that the traffic would yield a very ample per tentage on the outlay. The canal Acts were then put in to prove that the Company had the power to raise more money than would cover the estimate for the proposed railway. Some other evidence of a general character was adduced, and the Committee adjourned shortly after four o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 29. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) FACTORIES BILL. Mr. HINDLEY presented 58 petitions from various places in the neighbourhood of Manchester in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. THE RIVER CLYDE. Mr. HUME moved for certain returns respecting the amount of debt, and the progress of the debt, of the River Clyde Trust, with the revenue and expenditure of the navi gation.—Agreed to. --- THE FACTORIES REGULATION BILL. " On the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. HUME said he wished to ask the Hon. Member for Oldham a question, in regard to his motion on this Bill. It was important that the fullest freedom should be given to capital, and it was also an essential of commercial prosperity that there should be the same freedom given to labour. On that ground he was sorry to see the system of attempting to interfere with the free application of capital which prevailed in certain quarters in the country. To that he was directly op posed, and seeing that it was going forward to such an extent he could not let the matter pass over without calling atten tion to it. In a question of such importance he begged leave to suggest that it ought not to be discussed in such a thin House, and at the time when there were twenty Committees sitting. Members could not in consequence attend, and in order that there should be the fullest and fairest discussion he thought the Government might be prevailed on to allow a Monday or Friday evening for the discus. sion of the question.—(lronical cries of " Hear, hear.") Well, if that could not be arranged, then some other day might be fixed on. What he meant was, that the question should not be dealt with in such a thin House. On that ground it was that he had made a suggestion.—(Hear, hear.) Sir R. PEEL concurred with the Hon. Member as to the importance of the question, and would be willing that some other Government days should be set apart for the discus sion of it ; but, in the present state of the business, he could not make a promise of any day. It was out of his power to give any pledge in the matter. Mr. HUME thought the Bill might be postponed till such time as the Corn Bill was disposed of. The factory queetion. was next in importance to that question, and it could come on in due course then. Mr. BANKES asked the Hon. Member if, in the event of the Corn Bill being carried, he would vote for the pre sent measure ? Mr. lIUME intimated that he would oppose the Bill in every stage. Mr.• BANKES hoped the Hon. Member for Oldham would persevere in his motion. Wednesday ,was, in fact, the only day on which public business was transacted, and he did not see why the Bill might not be taken. He had lately been applied to by several delegates of the opera tive classes interested in this Bill, asking his advice re specting the conduct they ought to pursue. He gave them his humble opinion, that the sooner the measure was pro ceeded with the better, as, on a former occasion the delay which had taken place was fatal to the measure. The Bill, after being carried by a vote of Hon. Members, was in consequence of the delay lost, and the House thereby brought Into great discredit.—(Hear, hear.) Instead of meeting any suggestion for delay,'he trusted the Hon. Member for Oldham would bring forward the measure at once; and if they could not finish the discussion that day, it could be pro tracted till to-morrow night. If it was adjourned till to-morrow evening, he had no doubt the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork, and other Hon. Mem bers, who had motions on the paper, would give way, so as to bring the discussion to a conclusion. If the Hon. and Learned Member and the other Hon. Gentlemen who had motions did not interfere, he (Mr. Bankes) had no doubt OA debate would be concluded by that time. He hoped that his Hon. Friend would persist in his motion. What he had principally risen for was to express a hope that the Right Hon. Gentleman would take the Thursdays to himself at once. Mr. FORSTER said this was a most important question ; - but before it was decided he certainly thought that they should adopt measures for giving the people food. His Hon. Friend the Member for Durham had, at the commence mencement of the session, prosented a petition, signed by 7,000 of the inhabitants of Shetland. He was not surprised that those people should have petitioned that House. He had, on Monday last, received a paper which detailed the state of distress which was existing in the Shetland Islands. The inhabitants of those islands were 32,000 in number, depending chiefly upon fish. Their agricultural produce was very scanty, and during the last season was more scanty than ever. The Hon. Gentleman here read a document which stated that great distress existed in the Shetland Islands. The inhabitants only traded in fish, and their chief customers were the Spaniards. The Spanish mer chants would be glad to send corn in exchange, but the corn law prevented it. A Spanish vessel was actually now on her way to Shetland in ballast, and she would have taken corn if the repeal of the corn-laws could be depended upon. Mr. COWPER rose to order. He thought this was an unfair mode of getting rid of the discussion on the Factory Bill. The SPEAKER was understood to say that the Hon. Gentleman was in order, as the question was whether the order of the day should be proceeded with. The Hon. Gentle man was at liberty to show that in his opinion another order of the day ought to be taken. Mr. FORSTER was again proceeding, when Mr. T. DUNUOMBE Lose to order. He must say that the Hon. Gentleman's reading the document from the Shetland Islands, looked very like an indirect mode of defeating the discussion on the Factory Bill. Mr. FORSTER repudiated this charge, and said he had no such intention. The SPEAKER decided that the Hon. Gentleman was in order. Mr. FORSTER proceeded. He had already said ,hathe did not deny the importance of the Factory Bill, but he thought their first duty was to legislate to give the people an increased supply of food. He could assure the House that the utmost stagnation existed in commercial circles, in consequence of the delay which had taken place in the progress o f th e G overnment measures. He understood that a Noble Lord in another place, not very successful in his legislative pleasures, intended to hoist the standard against the Government measure? What would be the effect of any mutilation of that measure. It was a gene ral opinion among the great body of the merchants that something of that sort would take place. Commerce was a timid bird, and would not take its flight in a storm. Mr. GIBSON—The question brought before the House was a pressing emergency—a question of present starvation—a question of people not having a sufficiency of food for their subsistence. The Factory Bill was not of such a pressing na ture as that of the Hon. Member's with reference to the Shetland Isles. Irish distress had been brought before the House, why should not the case of the people of the Shetland Isles be considered? He thought that Hon. Gen tlemen on the opposite side came down to the House for the purpose of putting the Government in a minority rather than to support the Factory Bill.--(No, no, and hear, hear.) The House should bear in mind that the people of the Shetland Isles did not come to Parliament intimating in their peti tion that they wanted a grant of money for the promotion of public works, or-for giving the means of employment to the people of the Shetland Isles. All they ask is that the House would remove those prohibitions which prevented them from exchanging the fish which they catch for the corn and meal of other .:auntries. It is their opinion that much of their distress would be alleviated if those prohibi tions were removed. Could the Right Hon. Baronet explain to the House the grounds of his refusing to allow these p oor and starving inh a bit ants of Shetland, the power of ex changing their fish for the corn and meal of other countries? Had he provided them with ships or with fishing tackle, or in any way facilitated the progress of their industry ? Why did the Right Hon. Baronet insist upon their paying tolls on their fish for the benefit of himself and other landed proprietors of this country? It would be of great benefit to the people if they were allowed to exchange their fish for corn and meal. Many families were on the very brink of starvation. The potato crop had failed. There were Spanish ships which could deliver them a supply of corn if they were allowed to do so. Hon. Members opposite were delaying public busi ness night after night in that House.—("No, no, 'from the Op position. ) The House was entitled to call upon them to relieve the starvation of the people. While they were persevering in their opposition to the Corn Bill they were contributing to the starvation of those people.—(" No, no," and cheers.) He was discharging a public duty in thus pressing on the attention of the House the condition of the inhabitants of the Shetland Isles, and he considered it was as sacred a duty as could be performed by any Member of that House. He thought that the House should first settle the great questions which were then before them (the Corn and Customs Importation Act) before they proceeded with the consideration of other business. He hoped that the Factory Bill would not then be interposed between the Corn and Customs Bill. The public mind could not entertain so many measures at one and the same time, neither could that House legislate upon several questions at the same time in a proper manner. No delay should be allowed to intervene in the carrying out of the measures brought forward by her Ma jesty's Government. Sir R. H. INGLIS said that motives had been imputed to Hon. Members on his side of the House that it was their in tention to place the Government in a minority rather than to support the Factory. Bill. He begged to state that they would not yield to any person on the other side in attachment to the sacred cause which had brought them down to that House to-day, and which had brought them together upon other occasions when they were more happily united, and when it was s till more pa i nful for them to differ - from the Government. Mr. FIELDEN, after presenting two hundred and thirty petitions in favour of the Factories Ten Hours' Bill, proceeded to draw the attention of the House to the deplorable condi tion of the factory children. The Honourable Gentle intfbaaveno—urgeaauds gallery, len aand alway s ra si milar h es i e s — asnnpsnee w eecire a uh s ae, snweheee deai perfectly inaudible in r f d e the l h v i h s e o l t i Mr. AINSWORTH seconded the th m a motion of the papers with a copy not erut eahobarilnvei morning give anything like a report. co l n em se b n e t r ed for to Ol t d h l e ia p m as . sinligeobfetihieisvedßill they the Government satisfy parties. Some change was evidently necessary for ts all employed in factories, scarcely any time bei ng allowed their instruction. I c i o a t d to b n ee m n h m iee th se e , nhuemwbaesr boundof petitions t o believeha t Mr. _HUME said that this measure would no doubt be satisfactory. to the greater part of those employed in the an pr u es fa: n t te or d ies. to t F he ro that this Bill would be desirabl e t o the wor king classes. But it was because he thought that a more dener usroceedin to the interests of the countr could t possibly g be enter tained, that he thought it was y the duty Df• those who be lieved that such a proce • eding should be opposed, that he came forward to oppose thi s his opinion , w measure, which, in , as calculated ultimately to being ruin upon the best it He had on no occasion shown himself • of the country ; eats of the working classes--(Hear , h indifferent to the inter ,he prided himself on having, on, ear)—on the contrary. deavodred, as far as he was able, to fr eevartirs occasions, en from all tile trammels of monopoly under w hich ouring artizan (Hear(Hear, hear.) And he did wish to submit to th he existed.— , House what had been the cOnseuence since that great and important which he had been i 4 strumental in effecting. liechange submitt ed, too, that if the House assented to thi s Bill they vi acting in direct contradiction to the great ' principleouolf free trade, which they had lately adopted.—ur,hear.) This Bill was con t rar y t o the common trade, sense and t h e good Meuse of the Ifogse, to remove all trammels on the capital of industry whilst tli.e . y proposed et the same time to impose trammels on what was edually important.—the capital of the labouring fleet) It was not only an imposi- tion .cu" the capital of the ‘laleotiring man, but also on the capital of the manufacturer, who employed him, and lie ventured to say diet if this principle were carried out it would end in the destruc tiou of the interests of both ,ettiployer and employed. —(Hear; hear.) And it was on this groundehet be (named any, eerenroinise on this question. He objected to anything that would admit—the principle, that the House. had any right whatever to entertain the consider ation of this most injurious measure.—(Hear, hear.) Although he had paid the greatest . attention whilst the Hon. Member who moved the second reading of the Bill was speaking, he could not hear one single word of what lie said.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He, therefore, knew no- thing of what had fallen from him, but he knew his opinions, having seen reports of his speeches deli vered in other places on' this subject. He was therefore compelled to confine himself to the opinions expressed by the Honourable Gentleman that had seconded the motion of the Honourable Member for Oldham.—(Hear.) But he hoped that they had arrived at that time when the principles of commercial restrictions would be clearly understood.—(Hear, hear.) It did not appear to him, however, if they put shackles on the manufactures, they would be able to meet the demand in the markets which has given employment to so many millions of their fellow-countrymen. The result would be, that they will be thrown out of employment and the manufacturers will remain idle. You will then have not complaints that they are over-worked, but that they cannot get work. Again, if the manufacturer is limited, what would be the result ? The millions must stand still, and they would re gret the day when they besought you to impose these restrictions. He was against this Bill. No trammel should be imposed on the manufacturer save in the case of children of tender age; and when a Bill was brought in for their protection, he well remembered telling the Right Honourable Gentleman that it would be used as a precedent, and the principle would not be limited, but would go on from stage to stage. If they agreed to a Ten Hours' Bill, they would have one for eight hours pro posed before long. It was true it was a hard thing that men should be compelled to labour for twelve hours, and that no limitation should be enforced to alleviate their hardships; if he considered that it was possible to enforce any limitation, he would be the very first to afford it—he meant any alleviation which could be afforded with out destroying the principle on which their livelihood de pends. And it was because he could judge of results, and because he felt that if they carried out their request, that they would be laying the foundation of future distress, that he opposed the present measure. He would like to know on what principle they claimed a right of interference in private rights. He would suppose a case. He had three hundred people on his estate;" he had no means of employing more than one hundred at agricultural labour; how would he employ the other two hundred? why,by manufactures alone. There was no mode by which he could employ them unless he was placed in a position, in regard to the produce of fo reign countries, that he could give them employment in ma nufactures. Unless he was able to supply his produce at a rate by which he could compete with foreign manufacturers, the effect would be that he could not employ them in manu factures, and they would be driven back on agricul ture for support. With regard to a glut in the market, there would not be any, but the want of the means of purchasing. The cheaper the article the larger would it be purchased, and the greater the demand. It was not fair to the manufacturers of this country to be stopped in working their machinery two hours a day, when it was necessary they should do so in order to compete with foreign producers. It was the right of a manufacturer, in the first place, to attend to his own interest as a capitalist, and in the second place to regulate his affairs as to the parties whom he employed. In such circumstances it was not fair to step in and say that they must not employ their machinery for twelve hours a day. The present Bill confines a manufac turer only to work his machinery ten hours a day, or else not to employ parties, in which case the latter would be driven to the union. . The principle which was inapplicable to one case was inapplicable to the, country generally; and in his opinion they could not take a worse step than to interfere with the industry of the country. Hence it was that, in a measure of such national importance, he suggested that it should not be discussed in a thin House and while so many Committees were sitting. He appealed to the Rouse if such a principle of interference as he had cited was admissible, and if not, why seek to extend it:to the whole country ?—(Hear, hear.) No one deplored more than he did the long hours and hard labour of the English operatives, and none could be more anxious to support any measure to expand their minds and elevate them in the scale of being, but he opposed the present Bill . because he believed it would be highly injurious. Master and labourer should be left at per fect liberty to make the best bargain they could without any interference. If such a measure was carried, it would be impossible to continue the same rate of wages. Mr. Senior, and three other gentlemen, had been sent down into the manufacturing districts, to inquire into the effect which the reduction of one hour per day would have on the capital and the rate of wages. They had inquired into the respec tive influence of 12 hours, 11 hours, and JO hours daily; and Mr. Senior had repeated that a large proportion of the profits of machinery arose from the 11th and 12th hour's work. If that was the case the House would see how vain it was to limit the hours of labour in factories. If Hon. Members on the other side would provide a fund to supply the wages of those who would be turned out of employment in consequence of such bad legislation, he would then be prepared to sup port the measure. He protested against any doctrine that interfered with the capital of labour. The Hon. Member concluded by moving, " That the Bill be read a second time this day six months." Mr. WARD seconded the amendment. Sir G. STRICKLAND was of opinion that many who had opposed legislation on this subject were rather shaken in their convictions. Even the Hon. Member who had last addressed the House (Mr. Hume) stood upon no very high ground in his opposition. If the law were to be left in its present state it would have the effect of requiring a labour of fourteen hours, instead of twelve. He thought the Hon. Member had done well in putting this as a case of humanity. Sir J. GRAHAM said thatalthough upon personal grounds he was unwilling this morning to interpose himself in the course of this debate, yet, as the question now stood, it was expedient that some member of the Government should state the course that Government intended to adopt. The Honourable Member who had just sat down had truly remarked that this subject had undergone much consideration in the course of the present Par liament. On former occasions, when it had been fully dis cussed, it was his duty to state to the House the principles which guided him in coming to a discussion on the question which they were then debating. That question was of paramount importance, and most decidedly of great interest. It had been his duty carefully to re consider all these opinions upon the subject, and he was bound to state to the House that his opinions had undergone no change, after the most careful consideration he could bestow on the subject, and therefore it was his duty to concur with the Hon. Member for Mon trose in resisting the further progress of the Bill.—(Hear.) Now, be would shortly refer to some of the topics broached in the course of the debate. It was urged by some Hon. Members, and particularly by the Honourable Member for Preston, that they ought to make some compromise on this question, but lie thought that the time had gone by when it was prudent to adopt any such course. Already the Legislature had restricted the hours of labour for children to twelve hours, while children under the age of eight years were restricted altogether from working in factories con ofsilkth, e an n d ian fl u a tture Th o e f n th e e cted cou N n Y t i r t y h_ co fo t u t r brancheson,.vioollen, hours of labour for persons between the ages of twelve and sixteen were limited to twelve, and in some factories the hours of labour for children between the ages of six and thirteen were restricted to six hours and a half per day, while the Acts of Parliament, which made these restrictions, provided most amply for the education of the childrea during the leisure hours. Having said thus much, he would e n t reat t h e H ouse to consider the immense magnitude of the subject they were discussing. First, with reference to our trade. What proportion did the four branches of manufac ture he had mentioned bear to the exports of the country? He said fearlessly that three-quarters of the value of the whole exports, amounting to between thirty and forty mil lions, were connected with these four branches of manufacture. Now, with regard to wages. How did these four branches stand? They paid in wages 225,0001. a week, 'while at least half a million of the popula tion of the count].) - were dependent for their living on these four branches of manufacture. He said, therefore, if they committed an error in their legislation upon this subject it was no trifling e nor, as it touched the staple manu factures of the 'country, a great portion of the foreign trade of the cc untry, affected the industry of half a million of the ro oat industrious of their population, and touched also the circulation to the amount of nearly a quarter of a milli( )n per week.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It was impossible, th erefore, that th ey could consider a question of more frightful importance as bearing upon the interests of either the whole country or particular classes, but he objected to the time at which they were called to discuss this mat ter, or in its being discussed at all now, because it had al ready, in the course of the present Parlia ment, undergorre the most full and ample consideration.— (Hear, hear.) 1t had been stated by one Hon. Member that the working cla asses were disappointed in the conduct of that House, but he • for one absolutely denied that the House had ever pror tounced an opinion in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill. It was true, Lord Ashley, on a former occasion moved an amendment to a fact ory Bill that the hours should 1 me limited to ten instead of twelve, but that s pehdoartdtotuhnoecefa. beforerti 7 Th ehooebp d is cus s ionur observed, erte present session, time h i n eißcmhu f o a t ,scr most inop portune . measuresinadwohe pe a was amendment was.: negatived by a majority of 395 to 158. (Cheers.)osi t t neth h hs s e seti r hro e isnne w a amendm ent hfist e r sato r edm e tr n c pea Ao i ol t r oa f t n c f.tc L u d hew : ei :a :pt.tsdhthraniees resent ecßne Governmentsit Ashley.llt, wi had ch reso a lu lli n dy a c u o t m ho e r i i n si t n o g op re e m ra o t v io a n fof while the restrictions on t he importation of corn, and articles used in the in aking of bread, had not yet come into force, while o ur home manufacturers had at once been placed in free Dampetition with their foreign rivals. Ten per cent, of the fifties enforced on the cotton, and 15 per cent. on the woollen, 1 ;rade, had already been removed.—(Hear). What were ca pital and labour ? Somebody had said, " Don't treat thi s question as one of pounds, shillings, and pence."—(Hear, hear.) What were wages, and what was capital? Was t 'ere any difference between them? They could not cons der the questions of capital and la ri:munrufaseeptuarreale(lyii.e.ar, An in.a. d .ar n ) o h w . , la bour rise in price was a of this measure a if they attempted to abridge the hours during whi . ch machinery was in action from 12 to 10 with respect to the effect hours, they woul ci' diminish the time of labour one fifth ; and the effect of the measure, if they adopted it, would be ;educe the a reduction either in the ofits or the prices.—(Hear, hear.) Ile believed the intensity of foreign competition actually prohibited a rise in the: price of all our great branches of andwag e n s ec o e f ssa h r i and he, therefore, held that a question. There must be a reduction in the profits , •or in the wages ,• and what would be the effectlist' of a redo, ction of the profits? The capita- Part of t s only resource if la s profits were diminished would be to Now he had heard some :thing said about the possibility that y s s c v o o u r r k s - e people. i n T t h o a tt take.—(Hear.) was e o a n r l . y ) the same amount of i vork would be produced even if the duurs w ere re( laced from twelve to eleven hours per and.—(tiear-) had heard an Hon. Gentleman cheer, 8 e • .6 un the qrs .rt er w h ence th a t c h eer c ame, he must say that. he . had every possible respect for the ° P in f"ns es! the Ho L. Member. But he held in his hand a statement r osiaectioss; the results of the experiments of Messrs. Item:s a s s, the ex , , ensiye manufacturers, who had recently redeem th , hours of labour in their mills from twelve to eleven "on rki par day. That statement appeared in the ifanchester • Guardian of the 4th of April, and it appeared from that statement that the effect of the reduction of the hour lof labour was a reduction of 6i per cent. in the amount of goods manufactured—(Hear, hear)—and he thought 6: ,t he wag quite correct In his calcu l a t io ns that the effect o f th e reduction of the hours of labour would, to the extent sou, lht by the Bill, have tha effect of reducing the profits of the manufacturer 16 per cent. But, as he had a l rea d y said, he b e li e ved that in a series ?f Years tl, e employers of the labourer in the manufac turing distiS 'as would, in self-defence, propose a reduction of ra" to effect. • s es tot he extent that this Bill was c alculated Let them • leo take int o their consideration the other view of the case. What would be the effect of that reduction of ;he wages of the labouring poor? The capital of th , f working man was his labour. — ( Hear , was the hard lot of man hea r.) It ss "that by the sweat of . his brow he mint earn his bread," and it was also the curse of mankind th at sorrow and hard labour was it that I bread m ust gee ll b ned. Then let them take cure lug no doubt with the that whilst acting no e ear purest and most phi e lanthropie inotiy did not increase that sorrow and' 111 •, they more ho_ ear, a aki ..a He knew of nothing nourable, more 1 amiable, or more worthy of the en couragement and dmiration of the higher classes than to endeavour to she :ten the long hours of the patient and industrious of the labouring classes.—(Hear, hear.) But let them tal4 a care that they did not throw any GROUP XX, The Committee met at twelve o'clock. Present, M r . S otheron (chairman), Sir R. Pigot, Lord W. Bentinck, Mr, Rosa, and Mr. Tancred. -- - STAINES AND RICZBIOND. The returns necessary, according to the recent resolutions of the House of Commons, were handed in. Mr. M. Cuamszas, Q.C. (with whom was Mr. Calvert and Mr. Cowan) opened very briefly the merits of the line. In consequence of the line which was being constructed between Richmond and London, the present project was, in fact, a metropolitan line. It was ten miles ix length, and would be executed at less than 150,0001., although the proposed capital was 200,0001. The people of Staines were almost unanimous in favour of the proposed line, and were earnest to have it passed by the House ; for since the construction of the South- Western and the Great Western Railways in the neighbourhood, that town, through which sixty or seventy coaches used to pass daily, had suffered exceedingly; and, moreover, the fact of the importance of a railway from Staines was witnessed by there being two other Bills before the House for the same purpose. The proposed line passed the Thames near Rich mond, and from that place proceeded on to Hungerford-bridge, by the Richmond and London Railway, through several important towns. The competing linos were the London and Hounslow, the London and Windsor, and the Henley and Staines ; but these were encum bered with great expense and engineering difficulties; besides that, the London and Windsor proposed terminating at Knightsbridge, which anti any n b e a inostinconvenientid necessary stri o fora station a community.respectedtionas coals m y of f those commodities Mr. proprietors and o C t h h a e nte a r n s d sa a i l d lud th ed ere ge w ne e r r ail e o y th w er t o h p e N e n ha en r th aCte p r riv o a f te their opposition, which would resolve itself into a of E questil i m and o a f other compensation. Mr. T. H. Ward, a magistrat e gentlemen, wer% then examined before the Committee as to traffic on the source of the proposed line. Thd - exfimivation of witnesses had not ilnisked when the Committee adjourned. GROUP XXVII. This Committee re -assembled this morning at the usual hour; Sir Charles Lemon in the chair. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE (THREE LINES); The engineering evidence on this scheme was resumed this morn.: ing by the examination of Mr. John Hawkshaw, the engineer of the Leeds arid Manchester Railway, who deposed at great length to the practicability of continuing' the line, and to the great accommodation they would afford to the traffic of the dietrict. It was merely a cor roboration of the evidence given by Mr. Bidder, which we have already given. This closed the case for the promoters. Mr. Towsseso, counsel on behalf of Mr. Wood and Mr. Warren, two opposing petitioners, then addressel the Committee, and was proceeding to enter into the general question of railway eommunica t tion for the district, and to urge considerations which affected the preamble of the Bill, when he was interrupted by Sergeant WRANGKAN, on behalf of promoters, who contended that the opposing petitioner (Mr. Wood) had no right to enter into the general question at all, that his objection to the line, as far as it affected his own property, was all that could be gone into ; and this, he again asserted, was merely a question for compensation. The room was cleared in the point, and on our re-admilsion, The CorasurreE decided agabist the course proposed to be pursued by counsel for the opposition. Mr. SMITS then addressed the Committee, on behalf of Lord Begot and the Inhabitants of Leek, against the Churnet 'Valley line, and contended that it would not afford the accommodation which the district required ; that it was not a bona Ale undertaking, for the directors last year would give no guarantee (when called upon to do so) that it would be then carried out, and that the promoters were merely desirous to pre-occupy the district, so as to prevent of ier companies from laying down lines which would afford better accom modation. Mr. Ohs Honer, solicitor to the Macclesfield and Lichfield Railway (a projected line lost this session on the standing orders), was then exainthed by Mr. Austin, for the purpose of showing that the pre sent opposition, though ostensibly fr o m L or d B ago t and the inha bitants of Leek, was in reality from that Company, whose project was at pre=ent in abeyance. Mr. iIISTIN then submitted that the petitioners had no right to be heard, inasmuch as the petition was " got up" by the Macclesfield and Lichtlel.l Company, and did not emanate from the Inhabitants of Leek as a bone fide opposition to the line. Mr. ➢I. SMITH objected to such surmises, and said that the opposi tion of Leek was not prompted by the Macclesfield Company, bu that their opposition existed before that company was incorporated. The Committee decided that evidence its favour of a competini line could not be admitted. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXIX. This Committee assembled to-day at eleven o'clock—present, Mr. Laboueliere, Sir W. Molesv4 orth, Sir J. Duck worth, Colonel Rawdon, and Sir J. Smyth. BOSTON, sTAmpor.n, AND 21 TIN AIM (STAMFORD 7.'0 WISISISCH) LINE. The Committee went through the clauses agreed to by the corpo ration of the Bcdtbrd Levels, and the promoters, for the purpose of securing the drainage of the land, and the reversion of the property through which the line was to pass to the original pro prietors at the price for which it was sold, should they be desirous to re-purchase, in case of the railway being abandoned. The amended clauses were then read seriatim, and received the signature of the Chairman. The report was also read, and signed by the Chairman. The Committee then separated, this bLing the last Bill referred to them. GROUP XXXVII. SUTIrPIELD, IZOTEMitIITAM, 11/I.IINSLEY, wra33.ia-XE.L.120, ELITDDMRSI"/ELD, (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. G. Chambers, a coalowner and member of a local geological society, gave evidence very strongly in fayt,t:r of the measure, on account of the facility it would afford to, .erbaps, the largest coal field in England, the coal being of the be, , 'nudity. There was also a great deal of iron ore of good qaality, and the several ironworks at present established would be greatly benefited by the line. The town of Sheffield alone would save 83,0001. per annum in the cost of its coal for manufacturing and other purposes, by obtaining their coal by railway from this district. The railroads as yet formed in the neighbOinhood having driven off the stage-coaches, without supply ing other means of tr.afile to the district, had done it considerable in jury. The proposed line was greatly wanted, and would be highly beneficial to all the towns in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The witness was shown a petition in favour of the Bill, signed by 2,500 parsons, who were, he said, the most respectable inhabitants of Sheffield. Cross-examined by Mr. PEaxixs, on the !fart of certain petitioners against the Bin —The silkstone bed extended to Sheffield, but In a convulsed or disruptad manlier. There is a coal-pit at Sheffield, from which the coal was sold for gas at 6s. I.od. per ton. There was a great demand for lime :for manufacturing .as well as agricultural purposes throughout the district. But the cost of earring, was so great, that they did not know which way to turn themselves for it, Projected branches of the Sheffield and Manchester line would give some accommodation to this coal district but not sufficient lie was not altogether aware of the details of that branch. He was not here to oppose the Barnsley branch of the Sheffield and Manchester. As a director of the Company now before the Committee, he had moved a resolution that the Barnsley branch should not be opposed by them. This Company took neutral ground In respect to that branch.. There was an agree ment with the South Yorkshire Company that the latter was to wake the line south of Barnsley. Cross-examined by Mr. LEE, for the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury, and Bradford line, which is the competing line with this, ruining parallel to it for a considerable distance. The witness stated although there was a circuitous water communication between Shef field and Barnsley, yet this did not touch the coal pits, which, in fact, had no canal accommodation. Sheffield received the largest part of its supply of coal from the estates of the Duke of Norfolk in the town itself or immediate neighbourhood. Tha Manchester and Leeds Company were to supply one-half of the capital. That was the ar rangement frown the beginning. The Committee then adjourned at a quarter-past four, and will meet to-morrow in room No. 21. GROUP XL. The Committee met at one o'clock, Mr. Stafford O'Brien, chairman NORTH WESTERN. Mr. BRINES shortly laid the merits of the project before the Committee. It is proposed that the line should start from Skipton, where it joins the York and Lancaster and other lines, and passes by Kirby Lonsdale, through the north-west of Lancashire into Westmoreland, etecting a junction with the rail which lies between Ke:idal and Penrith. A. branch leaves the main trunk at Clapham for tim town of Lancaster, and another branch proceeds from Kirby Lansdale to Milnthorpe, at the head of Morecombe Bay. The length of the main trunk is 36 miles, the branch to Lancaster 18 miles, and that to Miluthorpe 13 miles. Witness es were examined to show the amount of traffic in coals and Furness ore and manures for the land. Mr. IVILi'An;LBY opposed the Ifilnthorpe branch on behalf of "the proprietors ou that part of the line, and shortly addressed the Com mittee. The room vas afterwards cleare d. On being admitted parties were told that the Committee were o opinion that the preamble of the Bill was p roved, except so far as it ,referred to the branch from Kirby Lonscial& to Milnthorpe. The Committee then adjourned till to-mwrow. STATE OF TRADE. Although the accounts from t L i o o n a do in n MANCHESTER, APRIL 28._ the state business generally within the . s o t tli t e e r o p f ar bu ts si of the kingdom speak of an amiaseltiorafew days, the improvement does not seem to have reached this market. The demand for yarn to-day has been very limited, and, on some dvscriptions, prices are a little in favour of the buyers. In the goods' market, however, there is a little more activity, especiaily in the better qualities, but without change in prices, whilst the iaferior qualities: remain in very limited demand. RocrinaLE, Arno, 27.--There has been a steady demand for flannels, but prices have been low and unremunerating to the manufacturer. The wool market las been in much the same state as last Mon; - lay. LEEDS, Amu. 28.--We are happ3r to say our markets keep improving, and a ve, y fair quantity of business has been done to-day.. Wool is much firmer in price, and some low descriptions very much sought aft er , anti decidedly higher. HUDDERSFILD,ArrsiL2B.—IIre have Wad a good attendance of buyers to-day in the market, and sales to some extent have been effected, but at such pri es as to leave little or no profit to the manufacturers. Several: orders have been re ceived that will give employment i'br some weeks. The weather is each we have but few buyer 3 for the home trade. FATAL ACCIDENT ON TIM BLACXBURN AND PES TON RAnwA.. - r.—On Monday evening, about six o'clock, an appalling acm;dent occurred on the Blackburn and Preston Railway. Art engine, drawing a loaded truck, was proceeding along the line, in the immediate neighbourhood of tit Blackburn Station when a drunken fellow approached it, at the imminent risk of his life, as was isnagined by thos e w h o saw him. A labourer, named John iWNelly, belonging to Blackburn, rwi forward to snatch him from the Ate which appeared to in spend over him. Poor liPNelly fell a victim to his own go. xl intention. Losing his footing, his legs were thrown across the rails, and both of thenl torn off below the knee, by the wheels of the locomotive passing over them. He was immediately conveyed to his biome, in Penny-street, Blackburn. The unfortunate sufferer is married, and has six children alive; but slight. hopes are entertained of his recovery.—The line will be opened in Alkirnext.—/fanchester j Guardian. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY NICAit WITIIA:f, oN TtrEsDAY--We regret to say that an accident of a fatal nature occur red on Tuesday, on the Eastern Counties' line of railway, at about 200 yards on the London side of Witham, The circums tances are as follows :-101 elderly woman was crossing the Ene, when the engine-d Jiver of the day mail train, then taming up, immediately brlie-whis whistle to alarm her; of this. :she seemed to take no 3 Mks, and was shortly afterwards :struck by the buffer of the engine, and thrown oil the line, out .of the cc•urse of the engine, so that none of the Wheels (lia.tely, an pa. se d over her. The engil to was stopped imme cl the engine -driver, gua xis, and assistants ran from the t: ? her Aid, but life was quite e: dinct, the sudden blow g ': n in tie t i b r e bi tter having killed her. F tom the testimony of a slightesittil"sellt, lc,: are led to ur ulerstand that rot the ties, a l l ot . ;Tim is attributable to any of the railway .1 authort ' EToN C4iV, L m E were deeply concern .ecl at the oceutrusite. Shewsbur , educated at E t h e Tot urine, Esq., N.P. for ry r W to, I,ilnicassojusnotf the late Bish. )p of Winchester, who was annual maths .a, hie" intention of founding an ms .t cal prize at Eton Coll( gt Mr. Tomlin° has pre sented the su, )1 •of 1,000/. t o the Provost . anti Fellows, the interest of N appropriated to the pc nose contemplated by the impediment in the way of the poor, patient, and hard working man, who strived to obtain a living for himself and his family.—(Hear, hear.) If they increased their poverty (as he contended would be the effect of this Bill), they would run the risk of corrupting their morals.—(Hear, hear.) If they degraded their station he was satisfied they would corrupt their morality.—(Hear, hear.) Any measure of this kind was fatal to the independence of the working classes and the destruction of that independence would be surely fatal to their morals.—(Hear, hear.) Nothing could be mere fatal to that independence than the alteration of the present system of labour. He had received several petitions from all parts of the country, stating that the effect of such a measure would be to reduce the amount of the profits of the manufacturer 16 per cent. Whatever the mea sures of the Legislature might be, the effect of that measure would be, not to mitigate this evil in any way. All he asked was, that they would proceed , with caution, and not depart from any decision of their own laid down, so as to cause a violation of a principle. to which the House of Commons had, in its legislative capacity, already acceded. He, as a member of the Govern ment, acting in conformity with the other Members, felt it his duty to oppose this Bill. Mr. COWPER moved that the debate be adjourned. Mr. COLQUHOUN thought that it would be better if the debate were continued till six o'clock. Dr. BOWRING said there were a number of other orders of the day to be disposed of, and he really considered that it would be hard if the debate should be continued so as to make them dropped orders. Sir ROBERT PEEL did not see why they should adjourn the debats at so early a period, therby losing half an hour. Mr. COWPER said if the sense of the House was against his motion he would not persevere with it, it was to prevent the other orders of the day from becoming dropped. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. M. PHILLIPS said, that frequently as the present subject had been introduced there had been no attempt made by its advocates to disprove a fact which he considered of the utmost importance. In former times they were frequently attempted to be seduced into a support of the Ten Hours' Bill by the allegation that there would be an equal quantity of work done in ten as there was in twelve hours. But now the fallacy of that statement had been entirely exposed. Experiments had been made by ma nufacturers, and he was then able to stand up in his place, and say that it was utterly impossible with ten hours' work to perform the same amount of business as was done in twelve. Well s then, it comes to this plain question, can the persons employed in the different branches of trade live on ten hours' pay ?—(Haar.) He stated in that House formerly, that if they would take the question by ballot, of the working classes whether they would prefer ten hours' pay to twelve hours the question would be at once settled, and they would unanimously prefer the latter. It was very singular, in the number of strikes which had taken place among the working classes, if they were so anxious for the measure. that they had never attempted to obtain it. Taking the question in a political and economical point of view, he con sidered, that in agreeing to it, they could do nothing that would tend so much to inflict evil- on the labouring com munity of this country. He cordially concurred in what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir J. Graham), and he was persuaded the Government, in deciding to oppose the Bill, were doing the best thing, not only to protect the com mercial interests of the country, but also the best interests of those who lived by labour. On these grounds he opposed the second reading of the Bill.—(Hear, hear). Mr. GEORGE BANKES then moved the adjournment of the debate till to-morrow night. • The SPEAKER said it was not competent for the Hon. Member to move it to:any precise time. Mr. BANKES then simply moved the adjournment. He hoped Hon. Members wbo had motions would postpone them in order to allow the debate to come off. He hoped also the Government, who had the Coercion Bill adjourned debate for the same night, would give way to this arrange ment. Mr. HAWES said he had a motion, the first on the pape r , to-morrow night, and as he had already twice given way he should certainly not do so on the present occasion. Sir R. PEEL would be willing to fall into any arrange ment that might be come to, to allow the present debate to come off to-morrow night; still there was an understanding with the Irish Members, that if there was any time to-morrow night, the debate on the Irish Protection Bill should be resumed He must say, however, to Hon. Members, that when the Corn Bill was under discussion there was no disposition shown to allow the discussion on that Bill to proceed day by day. Still he would be willing, with the concurrence of the Irish Members, that the debate on the Irish Bill should be taken on Friday, at five o'clock, so as to liberate to-morrow night. 'After a few words from Mr. T. Duncombe, Sir R. Peel, an, Mr. Fielden, the debate was adjourned. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, am the House rose at six o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Elizabeth Larkin and her daughter, Eliza Larkin, were brought before Sir Peter Laurie yesterday, charged with having robbed their employer, Mr. Tallis, of No. 100, St. John •street, of a great number of prints, and a large quantity of paper, on which Mr. Henry's Bible was printed. City policeman 651 went to purchase some butter at the shop of a cheesemonger, and found that it was wrapped round with a sheet of Henry's Bible, whi c h h e a t once sus pected to have been st o l en . He forthwith went into Pater noster-row, and exhibited the sheet to several of the book sellers and publishers in that place, and at last he was 're ferred to the premises of Mr. Tallis, where it was at once identified as _part of property which had been stolen ftcen that gentleman. Accompanied by Mr. Tallis, the policeman returned to the. shop of the cheesemonger, who without hesi tation stated that he had purchased a quantity of paper of that description from a female who resided in Bartholomew close. Upon crilling at the house in Bartholomew-close to which the cheesemonger gave the direction, the policeman saw the two prisoners, apprehended them, and told them they were charged with the seri o us offence abovementioned. They did not deny the truth of the accusation, and sub sequently the elder prisoner acknowledged that she was guilty, and that she had sent her daughter to dispose of the property which she had taken from her employer's premises. Mr. Tanis stated that he had, about six weeks before, dis charged the elder prisoner, who had been hi his service as a stitcher for a considerable time, because he ascertained that she had defrauded some of the other women, who were em ployed in a similar manner, of a large part of their earnings. His suspicions of her integrity on other matters were, of course, excited. • The policeman 651 stated that the cheesemonger, im• mediately upon seeing the younger prisoner, declared that she was the person: who had sold the paper to him. Witness found, upon searching the room 450 prints, which Mr. Tullis identified as his property. Upon calling at a house in a court in Goswcll street, witness found ten more prints, which bad been given by the elder prisoner to the person who re sided there, and which were also identified by the prose cutor as having been stolen from him. Mr. Price, cheesemonger, of Bishopsgate-street, stated that he had given 3d. and 2d. a pound for a quantity of the paper produced, to the younger prisoner. He had purchased altogether, of the Bible sheets, about t wen t y pounds weight. Sir P. Lour—Did it not strike you as suspicious to see such a quantity of such paper with these women? Witness must be therefore —I asked them particularly where they got it ; an d t h e soldansw b e y r N w Vil e s igi t i h t t T it h w e as pris m on is e p r r s in w te ere remanded. d,d EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER. An affray of a fatal and extraordinary character has oc cupied the attention of the magistrates and coroner of Ramsgate during the last few days. The facts elicited by them went to show that on Wednesday last a large number of the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages congregated in Margate to celebrate a festival of a benevolent society, in the Tivoli Gardens. Amongst them was a man named James Sutton, reported to be respectably connected, who, to wards night, attracted attention by his boisterous conduct. It appears that after the evening's amusement he left his brother's company, and nothing was heard of him until mid night, when two men, named Kemp and Kitching, on their return home from the gardens while proceeding along a foot path leading to Hartsdown, an adjacent parish, saw a man some distance in advance, calling " Holloa 1" On coming up they found it to be John Price, a carrier, living at Runcorn. Price said, in a very excited manner, " Here is a man who has been attempting to rob me, and I will not leave him until I see who he is." A few yards distant they saw a man lying on the ground, who seemed senseless, who ,was dis covered to be Sutton. Price then charged Sutton with attempt ing to rob him. His statement to the in spector on duty was as fol lows :—" On Wednesday night, about half-past ten, I was going home from the Tivoli, and when half- way between that place and Hartsdown, Sutton jumped out of the kedge by the footpath, and demanded of me, catching me by the collar, if I had a watch. I said I had. He asked if I had any money. I said I had. He then caught hold of me by the neckerchief, and said he must have it or my life. We struggled together, and I slipped up my hand and untied my neckerchief. He then knocked me down twice, and kicked me. I at length got the better of him, and got him down. I struck him several times violently on the head, calling out for assistance, and sitting across him to keep him down. Kemp was the first who came to my hour.assistance I w ; as w e so b werestruggling erand a alone. I for did three-quartersthe o m f an. al ' l The man Sutton being apparently dying, medical aid was promptly called to him, but he never rallied, and expired in the course of a few hours. On the magistrates hearing of the death, they ordered Price to be arrested, but sub sequently liberated him on bail. On the inspector inspect. ing the spot where the affray occurred, he noticed a quantity of blood ou the ground, and marks of a very violeLt struggle; and in the ground was a hole, evidently made by a man's head beaten against it, and in the centre were two small stones sticking up about an inch. At the coroner's inquest, Mr. Thornton, a surgeon, who had made a post-mortem examination of the body, deposed that death had been caused by concussion of the brain, and which might have 'been p re d uce d b y beating the head upon the ground. The head was dreadfully knocked about, the eye blackened and lip cut, and marks on the throat as if seized by the neckerchief and a man's knuckles forced into the flesh. It was proved that the deceased and Price were per fect strangers. The deceased's relatives spoke to him being a quiet orderly man, an d ca ll e d t h e pol i ce to s h ow that t h e y a knew nothing of him, at l eas t i n th e s h a pe of highway e robber. The coroner's jury, a ft er a l e ngthened consultation, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter' against and he was Price, con sidering the violence more than necessary , and committed to forth with ordered into custody by . the tc coroner, ensuing assizes. Maidstone gaol to take his trial a SHAKSPERE SOCIETY. The fifth annual meeting was held on Monday afternoon, in the rooms of the Royal Society of Literature, St. Martin's-place, when, in the absence of the Marquis of conyngham, the President, the chair was taken by J. Payne Collier, Esq.,;Director. The report, which was read by Mr. Tomline, the Secretary, represented the affairs of the Society as in a con tinued progressive state, there being a balanee in hand of 355/. I6s. 3d which much exceeded the amount of debts, whilst the subscriptions of the year were 8121. 13s. Id., and the arrears due 5101. The ordi nary businesshaving been transacted, the Chairman drew attention to the original mortgage deed of Shakspere's property in Black friars, once in the possession of David Garrick, and now the only autograph of Shakspere in private hands, the last having been sold to the City of London Library, at Guildhall. It had been offered for sale to the British Museum for 200 guineas, but the purchase having been declined, it was suggested that a subscription be entered into, in order to secure a document now invaluable to the lovers of dra matic art. A CHILD DROWNED IN A BUTTER-FIRKIN.—On Saturday, Mr. Mills, Deputy Coroner for Middlesex, held an inquest at the Coach and Horses public-house, at Ealing, on the body of William :smith, a child sixteen months old, who met his death under the following circumstances :—The deceased was the son of a labour ing man employed in the gravel-pits, and living in the Uxbridge road. On Thursday morning, about ten o'clock, the mother of the deceased left him for a minute or two crawling on the floor of the room near an almost empty butter-firkin standing there, and when she returned she discovered that the child had, in the interim, crawled to the tub, raised itself by it, and then tumbled head fore most into the tub, face downward% Into about four inches of water. It was immediately got out, and a surgeon sent for, who pronounced life to : be quite extinct. Verdict—" Accidental death" GOOD FORTITNE.—On Thursday last, intelligence was received in this town by the family of Mr. Hugo;-of the demise of a distant relative, in the neighbourhood of Truro. We understand that the deceased maiden lady has left considerable property, the bulk of which, to the tune of s me 10,0001., falls Into the hands of a young man of this town called Richard Hugo, a clerk at the office of Mr. J. N. R. Millett, solicitor. —Penzance Gazette. DISCOVERY OF SKELETONS IN MANCHESTER. The neighbourhood of the New Cross has been in a state of much excitement, in consequence of some men, employed in excavation, having discovered two human skeletons there: The e xcava t ors are employed in digging a branch sewer, ne ar t o , an d parallel with, the easterly side of Oldham-road, at the New Cross, to con nect the property of Mr. Wolstencroft with the main sewer. The men came to the first body yesterday morn ing week, at a depth of about three feet only from the surface. It was in a coffin, the skeleton being entire, and a considerable quantity of dark, pitch-like fluid was at the bottom, which emitted a most horrible stench, probably being a portion of the body in a state of de composition. The workmen disengaged the skull, which being exhibited, and purchased from them by some passer-by, led to the matter being noised abroad, and a great cr )wd of people collected to witness the further operations of the excavators. At length, towards even ing, about seven feet from the first body discovered, and about five feet deeper in the earth, the workmen touched upon the foot of another coffin. The excitement upon this became almost past belief; and though there was no occasion in this case to have disturbed the repose of the dead, the end of the coffin was broken off, and one of the excavators actually crept inside it, almost to the length of his body, that ho might reach out the skull. When the much-sought prize was obtained and exhibited, the "fever of speculation" may be said to have attained its height, for the riot and confu sion were so great that the police were obliged to interfere. At the moment of their intervention, this second skull had just been knocked down to a cabman belonging to the adjoining coach stand. We believe, however, it was subsequently taken from him by the police, and by them privately interred again at night. During the remainder of the evening it required the presence of a strong police force on the spot to keep order. These skeletons are supposed to be the remains of suicides interred there under the " old law or usage," by which the bodies of all persons committing suicide, and upon which a coroner's jury had given a verdict of "Felo de se" (being denied a place in" Christian" burial grounds), were interred in the pub lic highway ; and a shoemaker upwards of 70 years old, who has resided for the greater part of his life in the neighbourhood, states that he distinctly recollects two bodies of suicides being interred near the cross, ap proaching to 40 years ago, the one being a male and the other a female. The former was a man named Smith, a boot-closer, who had worked for Mr. Tysick, then a flourishing tradesman in " Market-street-lane." This man was said at the time to have committed suicide in consequence of an " affair of the heart" with a female of some considerable per sonal attractions living in Milk-street, who kept a very disreputable establishment at the time, and which, through the public feeling excited against her by this tragic act, and an indictment at the subsequent ses sions she was compelled to give up, and she quitted the town. The interment was at near midnight' the " run ners" of those days officiating to keep order among the spectators attracted to witness the sad scene. Of the female nothing particular is known, beyond the fact that she was a domestic servant, destroyed herself by poison, and was buried here on the 22d of September, 1808. The last interment there is said to have been the body of a soldier, who committed suicide in 1821. We may add that another place of sepulture in such cases was Kersal Moor, where, in 1807, a prisoner in the New Bailey, named James Massey, who hung himself, was buried the same evening near the distance chair; and was a few days afterwards exhumed and " buried in the ditch where old Grindrod was gibbetted," was a second time exhumed, and finally buried near the Salford weigh ing machine.—Manchester Guardian. --- --- CIRCULATION OF NOTES. The Bankers' Magazine, of which some proof sheets are before us, furnishes some interesting particulars relative to the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, from which we take the following portio n , re f err i ng to le Irish and Scotch issues, not included, of course, in the weekly returns from the English banks The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks, for the four weeks ending the 28th March last, give the fol lowing as the average circulation, viz.:— Average circulation of the Irish banks £7,444,960 Average circulation of the Scotch banks 3,018,681 Avera g e circulation of these banks d ur i ng th e past month on comparing these amounts with the returns for the month ending the 28th of February last, it shows— A decrease in the circulation of the banks in Ireland of X 24,769 A decrease in the circulation of the banksin Scotland of 65,111 Total decrease last month £89,880 And as compared with the month ending the 29th of March, 1845, it shows— An increase is the circulation of the banks in Ire land of An increase in the circulation of the banks in Scot land of 67,811 Total increase on the year £460,594 On comparing the present returns with the amounts which the several banks are now authorised to issue, under the New Banking Act, it appears that the following is the state of their circulation : The Irish banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,090,466 The Scotch banks are below their fixed issue ... 68,528 Total circulation above the fixed issue This excess of circulation is based on the stocks of gold and siver coin held by the several banks:— Gold and silver coin held by the Irish banks £2,568,158 Gold and silver coin held by the Scotch banks Total of gold and silver coin 3,700,305 Being an increase in the amount held by the Irish banks over that of the preceding month of 8581., and a decrease in the amount held by the Scotch banks of 11,330/. ; the total decrease on the month in the amount of gold and silver coin in Ireland and Scotland being, therefore, 10,4721. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. This Bill is again amended, and of course again reprinted; and it is now to have a new title, the phraseology of which is, on the face of the new Bill, enclosed within mournfully strong black lines. The following is the inscription inserted under the title that is to be defunct on the third reading of the Bill :—" New Title for Third Reading : An Act to amend the Laws relating to Friendly Societies." Then follow the new clauses, of which we give the leading particulars. Clause (A.)—Contributiens to be distinct for each purpose. Clause (0.)-r-Separate books of account to be kept. Clause (P.)—Returns of sickness and mortality, assets, and liabilities. Clause (B.)—For establishing the legality of certain so cieties, namely—That any friendly society established before the passing of this Act, for any purpose which is herein before specified, or for any legal purpose which shall be cer tified and allowed, as is hereinbefore provided, and shall not have been adjudged not to be within the provisions of the first-recited Act, by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be deemed to have been within the provisions of the said Act from the time at which the rules thereof shall have been or may be certified or allowed by the Barrister or Advo cate appointed to certify the rules of friendly societies. Clause (C.) repeals part of 10 Geo. IV., cap. 56, and 4 and 5 Will. IV., cap. 40. Clause (Q.)—Provisions of 39 Geo. 111., cap. 79, and 57 Geo. 111., cap. 19, not to extend to friendly societies. Clause (D.)—Registrar of friendly societies in England to be paid by salary. Clause (E.) provides how salaries and expenses of office are to be paid. Clause (F.)—One transcript of certified rules to be kept by the registrar. Clause (G.)—For securing the solvency of friendly societies. [A most valuable clause—it is rightly termed clause " Cr," ror it is good—it is to be hoped that it may at all events pass.] Clause (R)—For appointing new trustees in certain cases. Clause (11)—Settlement of disputes.—That every dispute which shall arise between the trustees or managers of any friendly society, and any member or officer thereof, or any executor, administrator, or next of kin of any such trustees, managers, members or officers or any creditor or assignee of any trustees, managers, members or officers of any such society who may become bankrupt or insolvent, or any person claiming to be such executor, administrator, next of kin, creditor or assignee, or to be entitled to any money paid to such society, or to any benefit arising therefrom, for the settlement of which, according to the laws now in force, recourse must be had in England or Ireland to one of her Majesty's superior Courts of Law or Equity, and in Scotland to the Court of Ses sion or Sheriff Court, may be referred in writing to the Registrar of Friendly Societies in England, Ireland, and Scotland respectively; and where the value of the subject matter in dispute does not exceed twenty pounds, every such dispute shall be so referred, unless in England or Ire land her Majesty's Attorney or Solicitor-General, or in Scotland the Lord Advocate, shall certify, in writing, under his hand, that such, dispute ought to be decided by the judgment of a superior court of law or the said registrar shall have power to proceed ex-par or sent by left te o in writing to the said trustees or manag e r s last-known - s k a o i d o w registrar place o t o f the res i d eofficeresidence of of the eevery e institution, trustees, rn mana gers, determination he ger s , roffi e ce m rs a ; de an b d y w t h h a e te sa v i e d r r a eg w i u s r tr d a , order,rshall b or e binding and conclusiveoroses,without lotnantany all parties, appeala; a shall nd able, payments,final to intents and purposes, assignments, sales, and transfers made in pursuance of any such order, shall be good in law; and no submissio n t o , or award or determination of, the said registrar shall be subject or liable to, or charged with any stamp duty whatever. Clause (I.)—On reference, books may be inspected, and oaths administered to witnesses. Clause (K)—When trustees shall be absent, &c., registrar may order stock to be transferred, and dividends paid. Clause (L.)—Fees of awards. Clause (M) for enforcing awards.—Be it enact e d, th at any one Justice of the Peace res i di ng within the county within which such society shall be h e ld, or within which th e i party resides against whom such award s.tnade, upon com plaint made upon oath by the party desiring to hav e th e benefit of the award; or, in the case of the managers or trustees of any such society, by an officer of such society, appointed for that purpose, may summon the person against whom such award shall be made, to appearat a time and place to be named in such summons; and upon his or her appear ance, or in default thereof, upon due proof upon oath of the service of such summons, any two justices residing within the county aforesaid, upon due proof of the execution of such award, may order payment of the fees and money thereby awarded to be paid, to the party appearing to be en titled thereunto, with such costs as shall be awarded by the said justices, not exceeding the sum of ten shillings ; and in case the person against whom such order shall be made shall not pay the sum of money so ordered to the person, and at the time, specified in the said order, such justices shall, by warrant under their hands and seals, cause the same to be levied by distress and sale of the goods of the parson on whom such order shall have been made, or by other legal proceeding, - together with such costs as shall be awarded by the said justices, not exceeding the sum of ten shillings, and also the costs and charges attending such distress and sale, or other legal proceeding, returning the overplus (if any) to the owner. Provided always that in Scotland it shall be competent to enforce payment of such fees, and of any sum of money so awarded to be paid, by proceeding before the sheriffs in the same manner as is by the law of Scotland com petent fur the recovery of any debt of the like amount. Clause (N).—C er tifi cates, awards, & c., to be receivable in evidence. GRAY'S INN, APRIL 29.—The undermentioned gen. tlemen were this day called to the degree of barrister-at•law by the Honourable Society of Gray' s I nn , v i z. , J ames J ohn Wilkinson, Esq., and Benjamin Way, Esq., B.A. RAILWAYS (METROPOLIS). A" Copy of the Commission, and Instructions to the Com missioners, on Railways having or proposing to snake Stations in the Metropolis." COPY OF THE COMMISSION. Victoria, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, to our right trusty and well-beloved cousin and councillor Charles John Viscount Canning, our right trusty and right well-beloved cousin and councillor James Andrew Earl of Dalhousie, our right trusty and well-beloved John Johnson Lord Mayor of our city of London, our right trusty and well-beloved councillor John Charles Herries, and our trusty and well-beloved Sir John Mark Frederic Smith, Knight, Lieutenant-Colonel in our corps of engineers, greeting: Whereas an humble address has been presented to us by the knights, citizens, and burgesses, and commissioners of shires and burghs in Parliament assembled, humbly praying that we would be pleased to give directions for the appointment of a commission to investigate and report upon the various railway projects of which the termini are proposed to be established within or in the immediate vicinity of the metro- polis : Now know ye, that we, reposing great trust and con fidence in your zeal and ability, have authorised and al )- pointed, and do by these presents authorise and appoint you' the said Charles John Viscount Canning, James Andrew Earl of Dalhousie, John Johnson, John Charles Herries, and Sir John Mark Frederic Smith, or any three or more of you, to be our commissioners for the purpose aforesaid: and for the purpose of enabling you our commissioners to form sound judgment on the premises, we do hereby authorise and empower you, or any three or more of you, to call before you all such persons as you may judge most competent, by reason of their situation, knowledge, or experience, to afford you correct information on the subjects of this inquiry: And also to requife the production of all books, documents, papers, and retwns which may appear to you, or any three or more of you, calculated to assist your researches in the execution of the trust hereby reposed in you : And we do also give and grant unto you, or any three or more o f y ou , f u ll power awl authority, when the same shall appear to be requisite, to administer an oath or oaths to any person or persons what soever, to be examined before you, or any three or more of you, touching or concerning the premises : And we do coins mend and require you to report to us, in writing, under your hands and seals, as soon as the same can reasonably be, your several proceedings by virtue of this our commission, toge ther with your opinion on the matter which you are hereby required to take into your consideration : And we will and command that this our commis s i on s h a ll con ti nue in full orce and virtue, and that you our said commissioners, or any three or more of you, may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment: And we do hereby command all and singular our justices of the peace, sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, constables, officers, ministers, and all our loving subjects whatsoever, as well within liberties as without, that they be assistant to you and each of you in execution of these pre sents. In witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness, ourself at Westminster, the second day of April, in the ninth year of our reign. L. EDMUNDS, Clerk of the Crown. Crown-office, April 18, 1846. COPY OF THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COMMISSIONERS. To the Commissioners for Inquiring into the various RailTV''' . Projects of which the Termini are proposed to be estalr lished in or near the Metropolis. Whitehall, April 8, 1846. My Lords and Gentlemen,—Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint you commissioners for the purpose of in" vestigating and reporting upon the various railway project* the proposed termini of which, according to the schemes Igor before Parliament, would be situate within or in the itnnur diate vicinity of the metropolis, I am commanded to signify to you her Majesty's further pleasure, that you direct you r attention to such portions of the several projects or Bills not before Parliament, for railways within the limits hereinafte r described. It will be your especial duty to consider whether the e tension of railways into the centre of the metropolis is ca r. culated to afford such additional convenience or benefit t o the public as will compensate for the sacrifice of property, tih e interruption of important thoroughfares, and the interfereat with plans of improvement already suggested, which 1 10 1 probably result from such extension. The limits to which the attention of the commission shoal a be confined may be thus specified, viz. :—The Ed gw are-road h° from Oxford-street t o th e i n t ersec ti on o f t h e N ew-roa d ; New-road and City-road to Finsbury-square; Bishopsgate" street; London-brulg e • High-street, Borough ; Blackman" street ; Borough-ro a d ; Lambeth -road ; Vauxhall-road ; Vauxhall-bridge ; Vauxhall-bridge-road, Grosvenor-place' and Park-lane.--I have, &c., (Signed) J. R. G. GRAHAM. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. _ The following protest against the new sessional orders 11 0 been entered by Lord Radnor upon the journals of the House of Lords : " DISSENTIENT. "1. Because I think it is unseemly, impolitic, and of 14 example, that the House should, to mee t th e supposed ewer; gency of a particular case, alter by ex post facto resolution its own established regulations, and thus enable certain Pt; ties to violate engagements whi c h oth ers h a d entered into with them ou the faith of those regulations. "2. Because such a proceeding impairs (if it does no t totally &Amy) the confidence which sh ou ld b e reposed on the regulations of this House. "3. Because the real purport and ultimate effect of the,.. s e resolutions are not to brin g a b ou t any pu bli c or nat i ona l o°, ject, connected with the co n st muc ti on o f t h e propose d ra!' l l ways, but gratuitously to relieve p ar ti es ( w h et h er co rapanis: or private individuals) from eng agemen t s w hi c h they bal wantonly and heedlessly contracted. ,c 4. Because if it were expedient to put an end to thes ° engagements, the responsibility an d onus o f ta ki ng t h e flea s , sary steps f o r that p urpose s h ou l d b e left to the parties theill selves, and not be undertaken by the House. 5. Because the House thus goes out of its way to inter pose in, and intermeddle with, the affairs of private parties. " 6. Because, in truth, the parties intended thus to be .re lieved have in many cases incurred th e i r respons ibilitl without any view to the p u bli c goo d, b u t merely in the eP ir ,„. l of reckless gambling, for their i pwn private gain, and lle v :; therefore, no claim to so unusual an i n t erpos iti on oa the' behalf. " 7. Because the House thus holds out an expectati o 3 o that on future similar occasions it may be induced to afib r similar relief; and thus, if it does not directly enconrag such a spirit, it does n ot di scourage i t , or throw stic,l!,fs stigma on it as according to every p r i nc ipl e o f soun d , and good morals it is bound to do. "8. Because this unprecedented and mischievous procee d ; ing appears to me the more uncalled for, even in the vievi oil its supporters, as there is now before the House a Bill wiu to will enable the persons to whom these resolutions apply „ p effect the same object directly f or th emse l ves , an d t h ere iS reason to anticipate that it will not pass into a law." JERSEY. FINAL TRIAL OF MARY LE GENDRE FOR THE MITRDES °l4 MR. GEORGE LE CRONIER. 11' (Before Sir John De Ve u ll e , Bailiff, and Judges 1 31.53° 4 Bertram, Le Couteur, Picot, Pelgue, L e G a llais, 11— Arthur.) The court was densely crowded. The accused, w hell placed at the bar, displayed unusual composure. Evidence having been adduced before the petty jury On the day previous, the prisoner was found guilty, and hay' was hr claimed the benefit o f t r i a l b y the grand jury , Ana' found guilty of " voluntary homicide." and The BAILrFF then to roceeded, in a tone of much seemni fi t f deep feeling,address the wretched woman at t ' -'3 bar. " Mary Le Noble," said the Bailiff, "you have been d e ; dared by the gran d jury guilty of voluntary homicide UP°, the person of the late Mr. George le Cronier, one of the Ceu , teniers of the parish of St. H e li er , an d i t i s m y .duty toc.aotbe nounce to you that, conf or m a bly t o th e conclusions' ()I , or public prosecut or , y ou are con d emne d to transportation 1 .0 the term of your n a t ura l lif e , t o suc h p l ace as it may Or ;j1 her Most Excellent M a j es ty i n C ounc il to di rect, and Llllll'4o, your worldly goods (if you p ossess any ) are d ec l are d colo„ cated to the Queen, or to the respective lord of the rilanl to . The prisoner, apparently un move d, was t h en con d u cte c do the vehicle which await e d h er ou t s id e th e Court, and then to the gaol, amid the hootings and execrations of the crow,o which everywhere thronged the stre e t s th roug h w hich s' had to pass. • PICKED ---- „,, __On A DESERTED VESSEL Y UP AT 0. , ... „tiff Monday, two fishermen from Eastbourne, while out in their boa t of the channel, discovered about twenty miles from land a ve ss i oti between 300 and 400 tons burden, and from her drifting about it 00 evident there was no one on board to manage her. They wentll board, and found her enti re l y d eserted. She was laden and ! , P „i a rt.- rently homeward-bound. O n th e return of the fisherman to B to bourne, they gave infor ma ti on t o Lloyd ' s agent, who cara',s Brighton, and with Mr. Bl ac k, our i ndefatigable and intelliCer packet agent, proceeded to Shoreham, when the Magnet step o f was dispatched at half-past one yesterday morning on a voYae i t t o discovery. She steered eastward, and in the evening was 1 1. 0 . offing visible from our cliffs with a vessel astern.—Brighton Guar ,:, t o SAGACITY OF A SPORTING DOG. During the I „' e n shooting season, some gentlemen in the neighbo iln ur n, h ,wo o an o: dehnit o : f inpir i ipci P ii : nde l go e i : ioj e gp ; were returning after a good day's shooting, when, on passing a ° n olo a woodcock rose, but, not being prepared, or expecting to find P o o there, they took little notice of the bird. Not so, however , ie gff t a ß r l a e d n d m g o e g a r r, came k w ed h o him. u o p n tugged e he appealed to the owner of the dog—who was not carrying a g rii , go to have it explained. The master told him to take no notice, b ut i$ on, but Ranger waselnoncotkitesint,o:bennd,sdwaivehetieronted from his purpose, and lion-01' repeated e th d e t h d e og t 'w t. aat spottel s i e e acttho somaa e t w . o o T dd h i e os e t gentleman aeniksir:eie , where he h e en halted. turned Thea n 1 1 0 , then g .n and w a watched thecocked th e g g w e ar n i he t me o aaibs statueu g s u ll n. and r which d t h e yi n e t hh l intently, ,wi immediatelyr h st i l a e n h tl e y p g r pt e r.e pii - tgo fioo r o - Kastell-platz at next. The Kings ummary. tt ,f3 — or the ern E L mp . eror Francis, erected 00 ag' Vienna, is to be uncovered on the 16th of ''; e pt of Naples, Prussia, and Bavaria, are to be Pr e ' at the ceremony. The Birmingham Peace Association have just t f i , ° , l :l; warded an address to the citizens of New York, signed by „, o 0 chairman, Joseph Sturge, and earnestly remonstrating with tho-tite the subject of the present dispute about Oregon, and urging ~..___,....f riends o f Peace ii.......f._1th t city to use all their influence to prevent ` j 1 On the 19th of April, at Knockm BIRTHS ullen Gorey, the lady of CeP ti'lli Richard Owen, R.N., of a son. pelf On the 21st o f April, in Osnaburgh-street, Regent's-park, th. af of R. B. Si sson, Esq. of a daughter. i °l On the 22d of April, at Gaurock House, G reenoc k, the .a Duncan Darroek, Esq., jun., of a son. It On the 24th o f Ap r il the w i fe of Mr. Mosely, of Howland stree Fi tzroy-square, of a son. of to On the 26th of April, at Rushton Rectory, Dorset, the wife Rev. Fran c i s S m i th, W ife of a son. of On the 27th of April, at Oxford-square, Hyd e - par k, the W. Judd, Esq., of a daughter. __,.....," ARRIED. On the 28th of Ap r il, at M St. John's, Fulham the Rev. - t 1; llozley, Eckington, Derbyshire, to Anna Eliza, ' second daub of Alfred John Kempe, Esq., of Fulham. e ,lest On the 28th of April, M r . Willi am Fenner, to Isabella, t ll , - a relh surviving daughter of th e l a t e Joseph Ilarriss, Esq., of Christ Ca Surrey. DIED. Tofrb On the 22d of April, a t N orw i c h. L y di a, the wife o f o j un aged 55. i ta t On the 28th of Novemb er l as t, a t S y d ney, N ew S ou th Wales ', Eliza, wife of Adolphus Willi am Young, Esq., Hi g h Sheriff c' colony. On the 16th of April, at Hudson,sat o America. Anne, widow of George Cadogan Morgan, Esco_ag e morgl a On the 16th of April, at Cheltenham, the Rev. - New York, United States , 8 4, Whaley, incumbent of Waltham Abbey, aged 73. On i the 21 st of April, at Weston-under-Penyard, Anne, relict aft." late Thomas Baynson, Esq. 0 10 84 On the 24th of April, in High-street, Camden - to wn, Pounds, Esq., aged 79. of On the 25th of April, J aco b Henry Burnside, Esq.,- L a place, aged 23. a° On the 26th of April, at Tunbridge Wells, Alfred Wlll tain I, 3/fic " Gregor, youngsst sou o f J. D. P ow l es, E sq , o f York-place, rat square. On the 26th of April, at Brentwood, Essex, T. Wright, rEfi c . x , so On the 27th of April, Ludee Elizabeth, w if e of W.B. CM"' „sofa' On the 27th of April, M r . E ugene Clifton, o f CanonburY Islington. Pa" • On the 27th of April, in R egen t- street, the Rev. ROW d Q . non, Rector of Cloinnethan, Dublin. f NO. ,s London: Printed and Publi s h e d by 3,11711D0 YOUNG, o preci o ", l Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand , i n t " Alg'" of the Savoy, in the County of iliddleseX, 30, 1846. :, 10, 7,g