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such reasons as have been alluded to, and if your Lord ships continue receiving these objections, you will never have a road from London to York. Such objections may be continually brought forward, and the Bill may never pass in consequence of the delays which may take place. _ The petitions were ordered to lie on the table. THE GREAT WESTERN AND PORT DARLING- TON RAILWAY. Lord 1311AIJMONT then presented a petition from the hig:a sheriff and gentry of the county of Mayo, in favou'e of the above-mentioned undertaking. iscount CANNING said that in pursuance of a - notice he had given on Monday last, he now moved for the second reading of the Metropolitan Buildings Bill. The House would remember that the sessions before last an Act was passed, the effect of which was to repeal the old Building Act of 1774, which had been found very insufficient, and to establish a well digested and well regulated code of rules for the purpose of se curing to the community at large as much safety and accommodation in houses as was dependent on a well ordered and well regulated system of building. The Bill passed the session before last, and of which the country might be said now to have had the experience of more than a year was now to be agitated. He admitted that in some parts the defects of the Bill became apparent, and it would be the duty of her Majesty's Government to find some remedy for them. It was not to be expected that it could be otherwise with a measure so minute in its details, and affecting so many conflicting interest of so many various kinds. The consequence was that many recommendations of different sorts had been addressed to Government, stating the real or supposed difficulties of the measure, and many suggestions had been made (some of them ridiculous enough) from various quarters, pointing out what would be the most proper and the safest course which the Government could pursue.—(Hear.) The Government had taken this matter into considera tion. with a view to make certain corrections, in order to obviate mistakes in future ; and it would be his ditty to bring those corrections under the notice of the House on a future day. In the Act :passed in the year 1844, certain clauses were pas sed empowering the appoint ment of district surveyors and referees, and to the latter all matters of dispute were to be referred. Another clause warranted the appointment of a registrar, who was to be a barrister, and his duty would be to make de cisions and awards in all disputed matters; in fact, he was to act as a sort of legal assessor. But the expe rience of this working of the Act had shown that many questions had arisen of great importance, and upon which the referees could not be got to come to one opinion ; and on which it would be difficult for the registrar to say which party was right.—(Hear.) The object of the Bill was to appoint a third referee, two being already appointed, but the third would give an opportunity of coming to a decision upon the matters brought before them. This appointment would, how ever, make no difference in the charges borne by the public. By the former Bill the referees were not al lowed to exercise their calling as surveyors, but by the present Bill they were allowed to do so. This, how ever, it was apprehended, would lead to no public in jury, for if they should have to refer to their own works, the Commissioners of Woods and Forests would be em powered to call in temporary referees.—(Hear, hear.) The salaries of the officers who would be appointed under the Bill would be paid out of the Consolidated Fund. The Noble Lord then went on to state the minor clauses of the Bill, and concluded by moving the second reading of the Bill, and expressing his intention of pro- posing its committal to-morrow. v • Lord COLBORNE said the Bill proposed by the Noble Viscount was still open to innumerable objections, and would not remedy the evils intended. It was but a small improvement on the Act of last year, which was open to every objection. That Act was oppressive, and those who came within its operation bitterly complained of the expenses entailed by the official referees and other officers appointed under the Act. Lord CAMPBELL would not oppose the second reading of the Bill, but he must join with his Noble Friend in saying that the Bill passed last year had failed altogether. He reminded their Lordships that when it was under their considera tion, ho asked them the delay of another session. He and those who had opposed the Bill foretold the mischief it would inflict, but in vain ; however, all their prophecies had been more than fulfilled, and his Noble Friend had given but a faint idea of its oppressive and defective operation. Not only were the clauses of the Noble Viscount open to objection, but all the clauses. In short, it was beyond his power to make the old Metro politan Buildings Act a goad one, and he therefore hoped that he would remodel the Act which he introduced, and make it an Act to supersede the old one, or to commence de novo. That would be a better system to rely upon until a new measure could be framed. The Duk of BUCCLEUCII said, that with regard to the measure of 1844, it was a considerable time before the second reading was moved. It was a very long and very heavy Bill, and no person seemed to wish to take the trouble of it.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the particular measure of official referees, he found that in several cases one had given one reason, and another had given another, but as it was quite impossible to hope for any measure, with regard to the buildings of this metropolis, which was not open to objection, he be lieved that the amendment introduced by his Noble Friend was well worthy of consideration. Lord ASFIBURTON was quite ready to meet the difficulties of this qusstion, and among the first of the objects which this board had to consider was the subject of smoke. He knew that in the large towns in the north, for the expenditure of a few pounds, the great manufac turers had been enabled to obviate this serious evil, whereas it was well known that it was only by a mere accident that the inhabitants of the metropolis ever suc ceeded in seeing the sun. Now, this was a difficulty. and a mischief that might very easily be obviated, and he trusted the mischief would be attended to. Lord CAMPBELL was ready to bear his testimony to what had fallen from the Noble Lord. When he bad the honour of filling the office of Attorney-General, he had found it necessary to grant patents for the cone sumption of s:noke. It aas well known that the parti cles of smoke were mersly inconsumed particles of fuel, and he shcaild be. rosily to accede to my motion which stopped such an evil. The Earl of DALHOUSIE was glad to accede to any proposirion which would remedy suck an evil. The Bill was then read a second time, and the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow ; the House then adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. THURSDAY, IrIAR - Cll. 19. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills Ordered to be brought in by the undernamed Hon. Members : Surrey Iron Railway Company (Dissolving)—Mr. Kemble, Mr. Antrobus, and Mr. Trotter. itirminghain, Wolverhampton, and Dudley—Viscount Ingestre, Mr. Muntz, and Mr. Sp64rer. Bristol and Birmingham (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction) —Mr. Hudson and Mr.PhillpOtts. Edinburgh and Bathgate—Sir J. Hope anii Mr. W. Bairns. Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction—Mr..oswald, Mr. De] tistoun, and Mr. W. Willie. Glasgow Southern Terminal—Mr. Bouverie and Mr. P. Stewart. Leeds and Thirsk (lilnaresborough Branch Extension)—Mr 0. Dun. combo, Sir G. Cockburn, and Mr. Aldam. Scottish Midland Extension —Viscount Duncan and Mr. Duncan. Horhury Bridge and Calder Railway—Mr. Beckett and Mr. Aldan, East Dereham and Norwich—Mr. }lnv, Mr. Chute, & Mr. B. Smith. 'Shrewsbury and Herefordshire—Mr. W. 0. Gore. Mr. Ilaghe,s, Mr. Ackcrs, and Mr. J. Bailey, jun. Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dew,bury, Leeds, and Bradford— Viscount Morpeth and Mr. Stansfield. Northumberland and Lancashire—Mr. Ord, Mr. Granger, and Mr. Watson. Buckinghamshire (Tring to Banbury)—Martinis of Chandos and Mr. Tancred. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate—Mr. Mangles and Mr. Wall. Worcester and Porthdynllaen --Mr. Clive and Sir W. Wynn. West London Improvement and Extension—Colonel A nson and Mr. Mangles. RAILWAYS The Committee of Selection kave nominated the following Select Committees on Railway Groups : A Committee consisting of—Mr. Hawes, Mr. Wilshere, Viscount Chelsea, Viscount Bernard, and Sir R. Howard, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised is Group No. 4 of Railway Bills, viz.:— Great North of Scotland, Perth and Inverness, Inverness and Elgin Junction, Banffshire,' Morayshire, Alford Valley, Deeside, Great North of Scotland (Eastern Extension), Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, Strathtay and Breadalbane. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 30, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Entwisle, Earl of (Shelburne, Mr. A. Hope, and Captain Vyse, to whom they have re ferred the Bills comprised in Group No. S of Railway Bills, viz.:— North British, Caledonian (Leith Junction), Caledonian (Mid-Lothian Branches), Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Extension and Branches), Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric, Carnwath and West Linton, East Lothian Central Tyne Valley , Edinburgh and Peebles, North British (Hawick Branches), North British (Carlisle Lxtension), Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Amendment. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 30, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Mr. G. W. Hope, Mr. Ross, Lord W. Bentinck, Mr. Tancred, and Sir R. Pigot, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 29 of Railway Bills, viz.:— Staines nod Richmond Junction, Staines and Henley (No. 13, Staines and Henley (No. 2), London and Windsor, Windsor, -lough, and Staines Atmospheri c , London, Hounslow, and Western, London and Brighton (Wandsworth Branch), Mitcham and South-Western, Grand Surrey Junction, Richmond (Kew Branch), Londea and Brighton and London and Croydon Consolidation, SwTSY Iron Railway Dissolving. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 30, at twelve. 1 Committee consisting of—Mr. Labouchere, Sir J. Duckworth, Sir W. Molesworth , Colonel Verner, and Colonel Rawden, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 29 of Railway vis. : Midland, Syston to Peterborough (Deviation and Branches), Rugby and Stamford, Roston, Stamford, and Birmingham, Rugby and Huntingdon. The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 30, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Hon. W. Cowper, Sir J. M`Taggart, Mr. A. Oswald, Mr. M. J. Blake, and Mr. Gooch, to whom they have relterred the Bills comprised in Group'No. 34 of Railway Bills, viz.:— Great Grimsby and Sheffield (Humber Ferries), East Lincolnshire, Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, and Midland Junction, Lincoln, Wainfleet Haven, and Boston, Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension (No, 1), Hull and Lincoln Direct, Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension (No. 2), Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension (No. 3), Midland (Newark to Gainsborough). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 30, at twelve. Select Committee on Group No. 16. Lord Brooke disehargeT;Hon. 0. Dunco - Mbo selected, and added to the Committee. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY, MARCH 23. Banftehire. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley (Stour Valley Line). Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley (Birmingham, Wolver- _ . hampton, and Dudley Lines). Midland (Purchase of Oathaw Canal). Midland (Burton-upon-Trent to Nuneaton). ladliuul (Leicester and Swannington Railway Alteration &Branches). A statistical department has just been established by the Haft tails Company, on the same plan ae the statistical depart ment of the Board of Trade, THEATRE'. ROYAL, ADELPHI. Wondrous success and hearty shouts of laughter at the New Farce of " Did you ever send your Wife to Camberwell ?" THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Petite Drama, in Two Acts, called, THE CABIN BOY. Mons. Vincent, Mr. 0. Smith; Largecetti, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Julien, Madame Celeste; Mdlle. Laroche, Miss Woolgar. After which, a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Honeybun Mr. Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs.lloneybun , Miss Woolgar. To be followed by TAMING A TARTAR ; or, Magic and Ma iourkaphobia. In which Messrs. Paul Bedford and Wright, Miss Wocdgar, Madame Celeste, &c. will perform. To conclude with a Now Farce, entitled THE PHANTOM REAKFAST. Supported by Mr. Paui Bedford, Mr. Wright, Miss Woolgar, &c. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1846. the Commissioners of Woods and Forests were empowered to appoint temporary referees, to which such cases might be re ferred. The salaries of these officers were to be paid out of the consolidated fund, and the treasurers of counties were to contribute to that fund their respective quotas. Lord COLBORNE objected to the referees being permitted to practise as surveyors. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, the motion was agreed to, and their Lordships adjourned. themselves and the townspeople, and who plume them selves upon being sure to escape with impunity, by rea son of their high connexions, and the injury any parti cular college would receive were the gentlemen of their importance to retire and patronise some other as yet less favoured college—were these insurrectionary tyros to be promptly expelled and finally excluded from par ticipating in the advantages (such as they are) of a uni ♦ersity degree—we should soon have a cessation of those disgusting practices, and the authorities would free themselves from a stigma and scandal for which they are at present so much to blame. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Several Railway Bills were read a second time, and ordered to b 3 committed. Mr. GREENE, in moving the recommital of a Bill, took occasion to complain of the great delay that took place inla public office in sending in their clauses to Bills, whereby great expense and inconvenience was occasioned. Sir GEORGE CLERK believed that such delay did not take place in the office of the Board of Trade, and would take care that, in future, the occurrence complained of should be avoided in all the Government offices. The Chichester and Bognor Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed, on the motion of Mr. ESTCOURT, who moved the suspension of the standing For the simple and candid manner in which, yesterday evening, the Marquis of LONDONDERRY called the atten tion of Government to the helpless condition of the Irish tenantry, he deserves every possible credit. And, although we make some allowance for the exaggeration with which circumstances of peculiar cruelty are usually order 110 for that purpose. Mr. Wu-sox PATTEN called the attention of the House to the sixth report of the Railways Classification Committee, and moved an address to her Majesty for the appointment of a Committee to investigate and report upon the various rail way projects of which the termini are proposed to be esta blished within, or in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis. Sir R. PEEL doubted the propriety of the House adopting the motion upon a mere verbal statement. He should pro pose the debate be adjourned to Monday, when he would state the course her Majesty's Government would propose to be taken. coloured in the course of their dissemination, we cannot but deem the occurrence which the Noble Marquis adduced as one demanding the strictest scrutiny. Ac- cording to his Lordship's authority, no less than four hundred tenants were very recently dispossessed in the vicinity of Roscommon, and in addi tion to this, it was asserted that upwards of two thousand human beings have suffered eviction within the last two years upon the same estate. Philosophers have not unfrequently observed that a deli cate and sensitive female can peruse, with scarcely a shudder, the lists of killed and wounded, dated, together with the bulletin, upon the battle-field ; whereas, could each of those mangled bodies be brought under our actual inspection, could each broken limb be seen, and each death-groan be heard, the most callous would recoil from the spectacle with horror. In like manner, their Lordships might listen with merely a casual or evanescent pang when the voice of the Most Noble the Marquis of LONDONDERRY informed them that four hun dred of their fellow-countrymen were, by this ruthless eviction, " plunged into the greatest distress, without the slightest means of shelter." Could they, however, be come cognisant of the privations to which those ousted labourers are subjected, and behold the total abandon ment of so many houseless creatures, we might be assured of an instant and strenuous effort in behalf of the sufferers on the part of our legisla tive aristocracy. In speaking thus, we are far from wishing to impute any individual or remark. able indifference towards misery to the House of Peers : we are merely reverting to an abstract quality in the temperament of man ; and we do this for the pur pose of enforcing the necessity of interposition on the Legislature by repetition upon repetition of the general grievance, so as to compensate in some measure for our incapacity to present a vivid picture of the details. By Mr. F. MATILE hoped the Government would follow the course proposed by the Committee, and address her Majesty to appoint a Royal Commission. After some observations from Sir G. GREY, Sir R. INGLIS, and Mr. LABOUCTIERE, Sir R. PEEL said that notice should be given this day of the motion intended to be made by the Government on the subject, on Monday. After a short discussion, the debate was adjourned till Monday. Lord - EnnmuroN gave notice of his intention on Tuesday next to move for papers relative to the letting oat paupers to hire in the Honiton Union. Mr. P. &nor% gave notice of his intention, on Tuesday, to move for leave to bring in a Bill for the better protection of life and property in Ireland, by more effectually pro viding for the improvement of the condition of the poor of that country. Mr. MACEJNIION gave notice of his intention to move, on Tuesday next, for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent inter ments in large towns. Sir G. GREY wished to know whether it was the intention of the Admiralty to institute any inquiry into the less of the Great Liverpool ? Mr. CORRY thought it would be an objectionable precedent to institute any such inquiry, especially after the directors of the company had instituted an inquiry upon the subject. Mr. P. M. STEWART, as chairman of the Committee, said that every care had been taken to prevent accidents, and that this was the first serious one that had occurred in the company's service. Three nautical gentlemen connected with the company had been appointed to inquire into the subject, Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, in answer to a question from Cap tain LAyann, stated that he was not prepared, without fur ther inquiry, to make any alterations in the circular which had been issued, by which officers' servants, and other de serving and meritorious soldiers were not allowed to benefit to the full extent of the new warrant. The report on the Fever (Ireland) Bill was agreed to, with certain amendments, the Bill was ordered to be en grossed, and read a third time this day. Mr. ELPHENSTONE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to limit the duration of polls in counties at contested elections of Members to serve in Parliament. the mere utterance of a sarcasm upon the fictions con tamed in Irish newspapers, the Marquis of WESTMEATH endeavoured to throw discredit upon the statement regarding the proceedings in Roscommon. This, we conceive, was scarcely fair. Declarations arc not to be overthrown by inuendoes, but by counter declarations. And hence, in the present precarious position of the multitude in Ireland, the Noble Marquis might, with more propriety, have suppressed his doubts as to the authenticity of the rumour until he could have con firmed his supposition with facts. A corroboration, indeed, of these reports as to the continuation of evictions transpired as recently as Saturday at an anti-famine meeting, convened in Mel low. One of the victims of this cruel system, a working farmer, addressed the assembly upon the spread of destitution among his countrymen , stating that he himself had been dispossessed by a landlord of Annakissy, although he had duly paid up his rent to the moment of ejection. And in answer to the inquiry of a clergyman as to how many had been subjected to similar treatment upon the same property during the last ten years, he supposed from fifty to sixty families. It is folly indeed to question the continuance of this great social evil among the Irish peasantry. Eviction is persisted in, and will be persisted in, until Govern ment, by some stringent and comprehensive measure, forces its cessation upon the landed proprietors. At all times and seasons the sudden dispossession of an Irish labourer is fraught with wretchedness. Driven from his cabin during periods of absolute abundance, the colleen is subjected, ipso facto, to the most bitter penury. How much more extreme must this penury become at a moment when the commonest description of human food is almost entirely beyond the reach of even the most flourishing of his class. And that this last circumstance is be coming more and more apparent, the most indisputable documents are witness. "It is unnecessary for me," says the Mayor of Cork in a letter to Lord HEYTESBURY, "to go into the numerous and most painful details of the deep distress of the poor of Cork, and of its alarming progress : " another account informs us that typhus fever has been actually traced to the use of diseased potatoes ; while, as if to afford a climax to this catalogue of suffering, the Cork Reporter mentions even the possibility of an outbreak of— (and the writer hesitates for an instant, in the very em plo3 ment of the dread word)—cholera I So malignant are the cholics produced by eating decayed vegetable mat ter. It is from a consideration of these occurrences, and the prevalence of so many miseries among the population of Ireland, that every sane individual must acknowledge that the matter introduced last night by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY required no apology whatever. We are only anxious that the substance of the remarks uttered by the Noble Marquis may not be overlooked by Go vernment or by our legislators generally. By remem bering this vile system of eviction, the measures adopted by Parliament for the alleviation of famine and con tagious diseases would be conducive to the more lasting welfare of the peasantry ; and by shielding the te nantry from suck arbitrary acts on the part of their landlords, Ribbonism might be soon numbered among the bygone, the Whiteboys would be forgotten, and Coercion Bills would be no longer applicable to the peaceful inhabitants of Ireland. Mr. Monnisox then moved, in pursuance to notice, for a Special Committee to inquire whether, without discouraging legitimate enterprise, conditions might not be embodied in railway Acts better fitted than those hitherto inserted in them, to promote and secure the interests of the public. He had at first intended to have gone at considerable length into this subject, but, as he understood his motion was not to be opposed, he would not now do so. Mr. MANGLES, though he would not oppose the motion, thought the French system objectionable, and the Hon. Member for Inverness had admitted that by the course he had adopted. Mr. PARKER thought that many of the railways ought to be postponed for six, twelve, or eighteen months, in order that capital might not be locked up in the way it was likely to be. Mr. HUDSON denied that any alarm need be entertained with respect to the amount of money about to be expended in railways. Mr. LABOUCHERE thought some check ought to be put upon the extraordinary powers that railway's were exercising, otherwise it would be found difficult hereafter to deal with them. Sir G. CLERK assented to the proposition of the Hon. Member for Inverness, and assured him that every facility would be given by the Government to the fullest inquiry be fore the Committee. . Mr. HAYTER opposed the motion. After some observations from Lord Enmakkaos and Mr. AGLIONBY, Mr. ENTWISLE supported the motion. He believed that it was the fault of the Legislature that speculation had ex isted to the extent it did last year in railways, and he hoped that the Committee, if appointed, would lay down some rules by which legislation would be more certain and stringent than it had hitherto been. Mr. Humx was glad the Government had agreed to the Committee, because he was satisfied that great good would come out of it. Mr. P. M. STEWART opposed the Committee. He consi dered that the course of legislation hitherto had been any thing but wise and proper; but he thought such a proposi tion as the present ought to have come from the Govern ment, and not an iadividual Member. If the Committee was not constituted in a superior manner, it would do more harm than good. Lord WORSLEY thought there would be great advantage derived from the appointment of the Committee. After some observations from Sir G. GREY, Sir R. PEEL, on giving his consent to the Committee, thought that some early report ought to be made, advising Parliament as to the course it should pursue with respect to proposed and future railways. Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought, if the Committee was neces sary, it should have been proposed by the Governmect. The CitaxcELLort of the EXCHEQUER supported the Com mittee, and would be ready at all times, as far as lay in his power, to aid their deliberatiors. After some discussion, in which Mr. F. BARING, Mr. HORSMAN, and Mr. Wawil took part, Mr. MORRISON replied, and the motion was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. HumE, certain reports were ordered with respect to the receipt and expenditure of the Post offices of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay. The Burghs (Scotland) Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported on Monday. The report on the Consolidated Fund (8,009,000/.) Bill was received, the Bill ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time to-morrow. The Mutiny Bill, and the Marine Mutiny Bill, went through committee. The Fever (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed, and the House adjourned. It was but a few days since that we felt it our painful duty to offer some commentaries upon the lax system of guardianship exercised over the minds of the youth who enter the Universities of Oxford and Cam bridge. Those remarks sprung from a consideration of the recent trial of a doctor of divinity for the crime of adultery, in which the jury had returned a verdict con firmatory of his guilt. Another disgraceful instance has just been elicited in support of the general observations e then made, as will be seen by referring to our assize intelligence of yesterday, which contained a report of a trial at Vambridge before Mr. Baron PARKE, developing a fearful scene of riot and bloodshed, occasioned in that town during this present month, by what is familiarly known by the expression, " A town and gown row." The eldest son of Sir JOHN WALsh preferred an indictment against a policeman for a vio lent assault, committed during the excitement of the scene alluded to. The jury found the charge proved, and the prosecutor recommended a lenient sentence, as it was only from a strong sense of public duty that he had in that instance had recourse to a court of justice. Nothing could be fairer than the way in which the Learned Judge put the case to the jury in his summing up, viz. —whether, the assault being proved, there was evidence to show that the defendant committed it in order to quell a riot. Every one knows how great are the aristocratical influences that prevail in the precincts of the Universities, and how dependent are the trades men and townspeople upon yielding a pliant obedience to the dogmatical tyranny of the members of the col leges, of all grades, and hence we can easily conceive that there was the greatest difficulty on the part of this poor and unprotected policeman in producing satisfactory evidence to show that what he did was necessary to check the outrageous disturbance created by the disgraceful conflict, in which he was called upon to act as a conser vator of the public peace. The evidence discloses that the "flower of our youth" had armed themselves with weapons of a formidable description, amongst which were pokers, one of which was produced by a police constable, who had been felled to the ground by it by one of the alumni. On the other hand, testimony was freely given by tutors and other academical gentlemen to overwhelm the almost friendless policeman in his attempt to prove that the circumstances of the case justified him in striving to suppress the riot. One thing is clear, that so long as these annual displays of brute force (unpro voked as they generally are) find an arena within the jurisdiction of the Universities, the authorities must be held highly culpable' and most wanting in the discharge of one of the first duties they owe to the public. To such a pitch does this unpardonable spirit of insubordi nation seem to have attained, that we find one of the tutors remonstrating with the police, and urging them not to interfere with the youthful disturbers of the public peace, as it was next to useless. Thus, it would appear, that even with those, from whose position and years we might look for better things, a species of prescriptive right is autho ritatively recognised for their pupils to sport with the very lives of their fellow-countrymen whenever they find themselves in:the humour. We call upon the heads of the colleges, who assume the province of giving the hest education to our future clergy, magistrates, and members of the other liberal professions, to take some vigorous steps for preventing a repetition of those dis orderly and shocking occurrences. It is notorious that the undergraduates sally forth for the indul gence of their pugnacious propensities whenever it is expected that a town and gown row oT the to nobility m a will take place. Were the authorities to be but ordinarily those scions vigilant, exam plesanfedwarsisatotarcyyw ho &re generally the foremost to court a rupture between I In the account we gave yesterday of the funeral of the Rev. J. T. GUYER, we have another painful instance of the unfeeling and bigoted prejudice of some of the clergy of the Established Church, which at once enlists our warmest sympathies with the deceased, and arouses our indignation at the conduct of the Rector of Ilinstead. For twenty-eight years had Mr. GUYER exercised his ministry in an exemplary and irreproachable manner, beloved by all who knew him, and shared in the benefits of his exertions. Simultaneously with the depositing of his remains in a vault at the foot of that pul pit be had so long adorned, were the shops of the neighbourhood generally closed, and every outward token of respect paid to his memory. It was his dying request to be deposited in the ground at Bin stead that contained the bodies of his children, and for what reason was this refus3d by the rector? Simply, forsooth, because the deceased was a Dissenter, and worshipped his CREATOR in the manner which in his conscience he believed to be most proper. Can the Church of England expect to retain any hold of the affections of the people if this deplorable and unchristian conduct is practised and sanctioned by their functionaries, and what greater stimulus can be given to the growth of Dissent if this cruel enforce ment of legal right is to be made at the expense of every noble and enlarged sentiment? We rejoice to observe that a numerous body of members of the Church of England signed a letter of condolence, upon the above circumstances, to his bereaved family, and thus marked their opinion of the outrage that had been offered to every feeling of humanity. Such a document carries with it the strongest commentary upon the proceeding, and we sincerely hope its moral will not be lost upon the heads of the Church, whose duty it is to take the initiative, and, by their influence and authority, to save us for the future from the pain of any similar occur rence; or, if they should fail in this, that the circum stance will not escape the attention of our Legislature. Madrid papers and letters _of the 12th have arrived. The MIRAFLORES Cabinet was in a state of dissolution, and the return of NARVAEZ to power was anticipated with alarm by all parties. These papers contain no news whatever. MADRID BOLI3A, MARCH 12.—The Three per Cents. are per cent lower to-day, closing at 28} for the 31st inst., and 281 for the 30th of April; 37 millions done. The other funds are not quoted. The Paris papers of Wednesday have arrived. They all eulogise the speech of M. TRIERS on the previous day in support of M. REMUSIT'S motion for the exclusion of the paid servants of the public from the Chamber of Deputies, as a masterpiece of eloquence, although the Journal des Debats and L'Epoque consider M. DUCRA TEL'S reply afforded a complete answer to all the reason ings of M. Tux Ens. The latter journal says— " The speech of M. Thiers was animated, brilliant, and charming. It is his best piece of oratory, but his most de testable political production. The speech of M. Duchatel was measured, wise, and practical. He did as m u c h to secure the vote of the Chamber as the other did for the gratification of the galleries. We and many others have often said that M. Thiers was desirous of again becoming Minister ; but after having heard his speech of yesterday, we are convinced he has ne such thought; for when a man treats the Chamber with disdain and monarchy with levity, it is impossible for him to b&ieve that he cnn over obtain the support of one, or the confidence of the other." All parties seem to agree that by this remaritable speech M. TRIERS has completely closed. against him sels the doors of. office. On this subject the National says "We acknowledge that he spoke bold truths. TLis bold ness must deprive him of office for a long time to come. He declared it himself when he uttered these words,--' I mill place my vessel on the highest point of the shore, and will wait until the approaching tide shall set it afloat.' Let him net labour under an illusion. When the tide rises it will be in stormy weather, and M. Thiers's vessel is too fragile to resist the waves of the ocean." The discussion on M. RESIUSAT'S motion was re sumed by the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday. The proposition was rejected by a majority of 48. The num bers being—For the motion, 184 ; against it, 232 ; Majority for Ministers, 48. There were 416 Deputies present. We extract the following from the Courrier Francais : " An extraordinary courier has passed through France for England, from Egypt. It is said that he was sent by the English Charge d'Affaires at Alexandria, with the intel ligence that he had just obtained from the Pacha the autho risation to carry through Egypt the reinforcements that are to be sent to India." These papers contain but little news from Poland. The latest accounts from Cracow are of the 10th. The town was then tranquil, but nothing had bee■ determined by the protecting powers as to the course to be pursued for the permanent maintenance of tranquillity. We learn from Posen, the 12th, that after having pro claimed martial law, a proclamation was issued declaring that tranquillity was restored, and that the persons who had attempted to create an insurrection, and who were in custody, would receive the punishment decreed for such an offence. The Augsburg Gazette says it has learned, from a good source, that the statement of the Austrians having set a price upon the heads of nobles delivered up by the peasants, was utterly unfounded. The Reform gives the following account of the pro gress of the insurrection : " The movement in Samogitia and in Courland is confirmed. At Prague,' says the Augsburg Gazette, the Poles who were studying in that city all disappeared, with the exception of two.' A letter from Breslau, dated the 10th inst., relates that during an engagement which took place on the frontiers of Russia, several soldiers of Polish origin quitted the Russian ranks and joined the insurgents. The Gazette of Voss con tains a letter, dated Kcenigsburg, the 7th inst., which an nounces that the Polish insurgents crossed the Prussian frontier near Ortelsbourg, and captured 700 muskets in that town. This fact proves that the insurrection was making progress in Poland." The National states that the subscriptions received for the Polish insurgents by the Paris journals, together with 43 provincial journals, amount to a sum of 88,528 f. 55c. - - - The Univers publishes a long reply to the note of M. DE BOUTINIEFF on the subject of the nuns of Minsk, in which many of the statements of M. DE BOUTINIEFF are absolutely denied, and others designated as explana tions supported only by sophistry. The accounts from Algeria state that ABD•EL-FADER is retiring, but still the preparations of the Government to meet unfavourable events continued. The Ministerial crisis in Belgium still continued. The Three per Cents. 'Used on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday at s4f. 35c. ' • the Five per Cents., 120 f. 70e . ; the Orleans Ra ilroad shares, 1,330 f. • Rouen, 1,070 f. ; Havre, 757 f. 50 c. ; Great Nort h e r*, 793 f. 75c. ; Avignon, 9851.; Tierzen, 750 f.; Bordeaux, 690 f. ; Bou logne, 5351. ; Troyes and Montereau, 425 f. ; Basle, 245 f. ; Fampoux, 467 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 475 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 543 f. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 578 f. 73e.; Paris and Lyens, definitive, 621 f. 25c. ; Belgian Two-and-aglalf per Cents., 57% ; Spanish Three per Cents., 37% The following were the quotations for other lines :- Lyons and Avignon Railroad (Talabet). 510 f. ; ditto (Le cotnte), 504 f. 50c. ; ditto (Compagnie Ideridionale), 5021. 50c. ' • Bur-- deans. and Cette (Mackenzie), 503 f. ; ditto (Espeleta), 509 f. Charleroi, 496 f. 75c. BUSINESS DOWB IA FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THIII LONDON STOCK EaCILANGE, Itasca 19. Boulogne and Amiens, 11—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette ;Mackenzie), 2—Ditto (Espeleta), 3Li —Dutch Rhenish, G— East Indian, %—direat Northern of France Constituted, 16—Great West ern Canada, 3% —Lyons and Avignon, 2—Namur and liege, 3-- Orleans and Bordeaux, 12% —Sambre and Meuse, 4—Tours and Nantes Constituted, 7%—West Flauders, 3%. 111ARKE'1 - It; vi - 6 -0 - 1118 DAY.) CORN EXCHAN(TE-,-FRIDA Y. Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat for our market have been on a very moderate scale. Although the attendance of buyers to-day was by no means large, the demand for that article was steady at fully previous quotations. In free foreign Wheat rather more business was transacted at very full prices, while Corn under lock was more inquired for. We have a short supply of Barley this week. The trade was firm at late rates. Superfine White Malt was in quired for ; such goes off as it comes to bawl at full prices. The arrivas of Oats are on the increase, yet the Oat trade ruled steady at extreme currencies. In Beans, Peas, and Flour, but little was doing. ARRIVALS. Barley. I Oats Flour. 970 qrs. 2,470 qrs. 1,020 sks. 11 ; 590 - 690 - English .• • • • • Irish •••• • • .• Foreign . Wheat. 2,160 qrs. 25,000 :Halt, 3,240 qrs. smxTErxzzio. In to-day's market the supply of Beasts was moderately extensive, owing to which the Beef trade was heavy, at barely Monday's prices. We had on sale 30 beasts and 40 sheep from Holland, to gether with 90 Scots from Scotland. The numbers of sheep were not large, yet the inquiry for them ruled dull, and the quotations had in some instances a downward tendency. From the Isle of Wight 66 lambs came to hand per railway. Prime qualities sold steadily, at full currencies ; otherwise the Lamb trade was dull. In calves, only a moderate business was transacted, at late rates. The Pork trade was steady, at full prices. Milch Cows were a slow sale, at from 141. to 181. each. Suckling Calves, 18s. to 30s. ; and quarter-old store pigs 16s to 205. each. Beasts, 705 ; Cows, 130 ; Sheep and Lambs, 2,590 ; Calves, 119 ; Pigs; 310. WillrarGATZl AND The trade here today was very dull, and prices were somewhat In favour of the buyers. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. Selected parcels of Hops in pockets, of last year's growth, command a ready sale, at very full prices. In all other qualities exceedingly little is doing at late rates. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP IX. THE GLASGOW HARBOUR. DZINERILL TERMINUS. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Lord Worsley la . the chair, when the evidence on behalf of this scheme was pro ceeded with. Captain Washington, one of the Royal Tidal Commmissloners, was called and examined—He had been engaged some time ago hr making investigations into the state of Glasgow harbour. Last year a great number of witnesses of the first respectability, merchants. manufacturers, engineers, and magistrates were examined, and they all bore out the fact of the great pressure of shipping and the want of accommodation. He considered •hat even the proposed decks at Stob cross would not give all the accommodation required. It was most important that the general traffic and the minerals she uld b. separated as far as possible. The point selected by the General Ter minus Company was decidedly objectionable, as it was opposite to the steam-boat quay, and if eight or nine tiers of colliers lay there, as he expected should that scheme be carried out, the large Liver pool steamers would not be able to turn in the river. Looking at the map, and calculating the almost certain increase of trade down the river, and the extension of the quays, he considered the Harbour Mineral scheme better than the other two. He took no exception to the tidal basin except that it was too small. Still it would do something towards relieving. the pres sure of the shipping in the river. Independent of the idea et a rail wit.% -this place had been pointed out some time ago as a good place for a dock or tidal basin. It would also have another advantage ; the vessels would not be liable to suffer from floods and high tides as they were in the river. Others had confirmed the evidence he gave in a similar question last year before a Select Comniittee, that it was highly objectionable to lay down rails along such crowded quays as those of Glasgow. In the cross-examination to which the witness was subjected, the witness reiterated substantially all the points he maintained in his examination in chief. He most emphatically dissented front any plea to bring the mineral traffic np the quays to interfere with the general traffic. THE MAIL OF THE GREAT LIVERPOOL STEAMER. — The mails saved from the wreck of the Great Liverpool steam-packet, have arrived this afternoon at the Ge neral Post-office. Many of the letters and papers have been destroyed by the sea-water, and the remaincler are so damaged and defaced, that it will be impossible to deliver them before to-morrow. lONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, QUART. ER TO TLII?1 , :E. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday amounted to 3,000 bales, including 500 American for export ; 150 llaranham, at stAd. to 5 3 4 d. ; 130 Egyptian, at 5 3 / 4 d. to 6%d. ; 400 Surat, at 2%d. to 2 3 /4d. per lb. The remainder Americans to the trade. The market was rather more quiet, and prices rather easier. Shares were heavy We regret to hear, by accounts which have come to hand this morning, that Captain Ai'Leod has destroyed himself at Coruniaa. It will be recollected that this ill-fated gentle man was commanding officer of the Great Liverpool, which recently had been totally lost. The accident, no doubt, has preyed upon the mind of this gallant officer, and led to the fatal result above stated. There are not any late arrivals in the City from the British Colonies this morning. The only bargains in Consols made up to the present hour were at 95 3 / % for immediate transfer, and at 961 for the Account. The premium on Exchequer- bills is on the decline, a pretty evident proof that cash is getting scarce. Some sales have been just made of the 1,0001. Bills at 235. premium. In Bank Stock, for the Account, a fall has occurred from 213 to 211. There were many of the proprietors of the Stock of the Corporation, who expected that the dividend would have been increased yesterday at the meeting. The report inserted in The Sun, yesterday ' afternoon shows that no such determination had been come to by the Court of Directors. Not half-a-dozen bargains have been made this morning in the Foreign Funds. Grenada Stock is quoted at 21 3 4 the Deferred at 4 1 ,i ' • Spanish Three per Cents. for the kccount at 36 1 A; the DutchTwo-and-a-Llalf per Cents. at 59 1 4 ; and the Four per Cents. at 94%. For the Railway Shares and Scrips the demand continues very slack. The latest prices are annexed. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK* (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Consols Annuities • • • • 9534, % Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .• - Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% Bank Stock for Account • • • • .• 213 211 Consols for Account • • • • • . 96% Exchequer Bills. 1 %d. I%d. 1,0001. .• •• - 24 27 23 26 23 pm. 5001. • • • • - 28 23 - - pm. Ditto, Small • • - 28 24 - - pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Granada, 1 per Cent. • • .. .. 21% Ditto, Deferred • • • • • • .. 434 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • • - Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • • • - Ditto. for the Account • • • • 36% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 59 1 ,4 Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certiticates .. 94% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SIIARE., Aberdeen • • • • • • • • • 10 6 .. 7 Birmingham and Gloucester • . • .100 126 to - Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 • • 2% .• .. to - Bridgewater and Minehead .. • . 425. •. • • 1% ors. to - Buckinghamshire • • .. • • .. • • 425. .• • • % d:s • • to - Caledonian • • .. • • • • • • •• 10 •• .. 10% to - Ditto Half Shares .• • • • • • 2% •• • • 23¢ •.•• to - Ditto Extension •. • • • • .. 2% •• • • I%•• • • to Chester and Holyhead - • • • .. 20 20 •• .. to 19% Direct Manchester (Remington's) • . .• • . X, ••.. to 1 Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) .. • • 51 % •• • • 3% %• • to - Direct Northern . • • • • • .. • • 2% •• • • . to 2 Eastern Counties • • • • .. 141. 16s. Od. •• • • 20% %• • to - Do., Perpetual,s per Ct. No. 1, 61. 13s. 4d... .. %p•• to - Ditto, ditto • • .. N 0.2, 61. 13s. 4d. •• • • 14 p.. to - Ditto, York Extension • • • • • • 10s. •• .. I% •• to - East Lincolnshire • • • • • • .• .• 1%.. • . 1% %•• to - Edinburgh and Glasgow .• .• 50 • • 72% ••..to 73 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorcnester .. 2%• . • . 1 ••.• to - Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) 1% • h 3 4.. to - Great Eastern and Western . • .. 234. •• • •• . • to - Great Southern and Western (Ireland) IS 16%.... to 17 Great North of England • • • . • .100 .• • • - .• .. to - Ditto, New • • • • . • • • • • 134 • • 14% 13% to 14% Great Western . • . • .. .. 85 .• .• .... to - Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 5 163( ••.. to - Hull and Selby . • • • .. 50 .• • • - •• • . to - Ditto, Half Shares • • • • .. 7 .• • • 24% 1 U • . to - Lancaster and Carlisle • . .• .. 35 .• • . to 52 Leeds and Carlisle • • • • .. .• 2% •• • • I%• • • • to - Leicester and Bedford .. .. 225. % die- to - Liverpool and Leeds Direct .. • • 2% •• • • 234 %•• to - London and Birmingham • • .. .. 100 -219 217.. to 218 Ditto, Thirds . • • • • • .. .. 16 •• • 81 .. ••to - London and Blackwell • • 161. 13s. 4d. •• • • 8% •• .. to - Loudon and Brighton .. • • .• 50 •• .. 62% • • to 63 Ditto, Consolidated Eighths • • • • 40 •• • • - •• .. to - Ditto ditto Fifths • • • • .. • 20 .• 28% .... to London and Croydon .. .. 131. 15s. 9d. .• • • 21 •• .. to - London and South-Western.. 411. 6a. 10d. •• • • 76 • • . to - Ditto, New Consolidated Eighths • • 28 •• .. 43 .... to Ditto, New • • • • • • •. .. 1234 .... 22 .. • . to - London and York • • • • • • • 2 34 •• • • 31 4 li•• to - London, Warwick, and Kidderminster 2% .. • • 114 •• .. to - Lynn and Dereham .. • • .. .• 10 .• 8 .•• to - Manchaster and Leeds • • • • .. 82 •• • • - .. • • to -- Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • • • 38 •• • • 56 .... to - Ditto, Extension • • • • • • • • 425. •• .. 2% p•• to - Manchester and Birmingham .. • • 40 .• .. 76 1 ,4 •• • . to - Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) .. 4 .. • • 11% %•. to - Ditto, Quar.er Shares (B) . • 2 .• • • 9% to - Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) • • .. 1 •• • • 7% • • to - Midland .• .• . .100 • • 145% •• .- to 145 Ditto, New • • •• •• • • •• 1 8 •• • 301 % •••• to - Newcastle and Darlington Junction • • 25 •• • • 43 •• • • to - Ditto, New • • • • • • • • .• • • I •• • • 9% ••.. to - Ditto, New, Brandling • • .• •• 2e ••.. s 6 to 36 Newcastle and 15erwick • • • • •• 10 •• • • 18% •.•• to - North Staffordshire • • • • • • • • 42 5• • • 3)9 pto - Norwich and Brandon • • .. • • .• 18 .• • • 23 .... to 22 1 4 Perth and Inverness • • • • • • • • 2% •• • • 1 34. •.•to - Scottish Central .. • • • • • • 10 .. • • 16 •• • • to 15% South Midland • • • .. • • • • 42 5. .... p.. to 1 p South and Midlands Junction • • • • 425. •• .• 1 dis .. to - South Eastern and Dover • • •• • • 33% .. •• - to - Ditto, New, No. 2 • • • • • • • • 10 .• . 1134 .... to - Ditto, New, No. 4 . • • • .. .. 234 .. to - Tean and Dove Valley • • . • .• .. 1% .• • • %••• • to - Trent Valley and Holyhead Junction 2% .• 1% to - Waterfd., Wexfd., Wicklow, & Dublin 1% % .... to - ' West Riing Union .• . .• 425.• •.. 2% p.• to - Yarmouth and Norwich .. • • .. 20 ••• • 25 to - York and Lancaster • • • • .. 2% .. • • 1% ••.. to - to York and North Midland • • • • .. 50 •• • • - • • • .. to - Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .... 9 1 % %.. to - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens • • .. .. 10 •• .. 10% to - Bord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 •• • • - to - Ditto, ditto (Espelete) • • • . .. 2 .• • • 234 to - Dutch Rhenish • • .. • • .. • • 5 •• • • 536.-•. to - Great Northern of France Constituted 5 •• • • 16 •• • • to - Luxembourg • • • • • . .. 4 •• • • 1 'h i %.. to - Namur and Liege • • • • . • • 4 •• . • 2 N .. to Orleans and Bordeaux • • .. .. 6 •• • • 133( to - MINES Real del Monte. Unregistered . • • • -3% to - United Mexican • • .. • • 28125 B%d 434.... to - William Grove, L. sq., many years a stipendiary magis trate at the Worship-street and Greenwich Police-courts, has signi fied to the Secretary of State for the Home Department 11:s Intent,n to retire from his judicial office at the cud of the current qu?-r:er. Mr. Traill, one of the presiding magistrates at the Southwark Police court, succeeds Mr. Grove, and will, on Mr. Greve's retirement, dis charge the duties at the Greenwich and Woolwich courts in conjunc tion with Mr. Jeremy. Mr. Traill will be succeeded at the Southwark Court by Henry Lockett, Esq., of Raby-place, Bath, and a barrister on the Chester Circuit, who was called to the bar of Gray's Inn the 22d of November, 1797. Mr. Grove retires partly on account of ill health, and having, by the :death of his father (late a deputy-lieu tenant of the county of Stafford, residing at Lichfield), come into an ample fortune, which has removed the necessity of his following any professional occupation. tie is a gentlarean of retired habits, ;tll will leave Greenwich with many regrets of friends and tif,.obow and more particularly of the deervlug poor, towards whom his feel ings were always alive. We are Old to announce tliv.t at a nurnorous a.,;: , ,mtnit uf the Oxford Circuit bar mess, ou Wednesday, the resolution against reporting was rescinded by a very large majority.—Mbreitig airt/141S. - at LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) ' that there was a ;mistake, but the promoters canal tore! l e r. / private road ; and h' thought there was not sufficient av P ' LONDON, MARCH 20. Wind N.W., light airs and hazy. Thee has sho - v tha it was a public carriage way. been a heavy fall of snow during the night. The Costmerree decided that the allegation was proved._ ....„ e i, Deal., Mute's 19.—Arrd. James Holmes, Head. Demerara ; Sphe - The next, ally gallon was that the height and span of an .."''''' roid, Italie, St. Vincent ; Manado, Batavia, for Rotterdam ; De a canal were not marked. Goede Verwakting, Batavia, ter Amstt rdam ; Tell, Diercks, La A witness was called to point out the arch in question. ar id Guayra, for Bremen. Arrived from the River and sailed, lath, Isle Mr. BURKE admitted that the h ight and span were nSU + l ' of Whitbread, Mauritius ; Zealous, Douglas, Montreal; Pearl, and the Committee declared the allegation proved. Chalmers, Montreal ; Caton, Havannah. There was an allegation that the height an d s p an of the Are_llio; WHITEHAVEN, hisacn 18.—Sld. Thomas, Hargrave, St. John's , a turnpike-mad, No. 11, leading to Birmingham, were not; n"„tip, New Brunswick, , but as it was found that they were marked , the allegation WO " WHITSTABLE, MARCH 19.—Part of the cargo of the Richard has drawn. been saved and lauded here. Several allegations , referring to the p oints ar g ued yest tiklB7, a/Y1 LYNN, MARCH 18.—The Mafia, Ltmdt, arrived here from Hens- decided on the meeting of the Committee, were wittOrawn . ..,. ite d bury, picked up. on the 4 th insta n t in the Steine, a fistin g coble, It was alleged that " the sections and cross-sections Ae!.: i se named the " Success of Whitby , No. 5, J ohn Barrett, master." with the Clerks of the Peace , and nuinberA respectively-, IvF n o a. t Alartvrotor, MARCH 17.—A large vessel is repored to be capsized in accordanc.• with the standlig orders, inasmuch as the V did on the Scotch Bank, near this port. state the inclination of the ex is t in g roads, ~d of tl.e props fed FALMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Wind N.E., fresh breezes.—Sid. William and did not describe the ?iterations proposed to be made." w i l et Mitchell, .. 7 .4'Loehlau, China ; Essex, Howard, Madras ; Emerald, Mr. BURKE objected to this allegation, as it did not gat! wer e Pavey, Antigua; Leander , Phillipps , Santander ; ,arion, Bell, sections were meant ; i nstea d o f sa ying that the sect ion . ...re Ceylon. Off port, 18th, Dorothea and Wilhelmina, outward bound, ..numbered respectively," they ought to have stated what they '— with damage, bore up for Plymouth. numbered respectively. BULL,3IAacu 18. —Sid. Abram Couldrey, Davis' Straits ; Wel-rtlenlit Mr. CARTER said, that the allegation did not refer to any' IA , . come Home, Deck, St. John's; Wood house, Tate, do. ; Tremont, sections, hut to all the secti o ns ; and tha t if he could show that rt..a. l aa - Taylor, Charlston ; Venerable , Mar tin, St. John's, New B runswick. contained the necessary descr i pt i o n of the alteration, the Itnaga DARTMOUTH, Mancit 19.—The American, Curstan, trout Ralti- would he proved. tO the more, bound to Bremen , put in he re with loss of mizenmast, sails. Mr. BURKE — Then , i f yo u fail in one, y our allegation falls 0 rigging, roundhouse, and other damage ; captain, second mate, and ground ; and we ought to point out or.e for you to begin up011:..,,t4 five seamen washed overboard. Burke then called Mr. Brunel , the e n g iacer to the line, to PObenor PADSTOW, .MARCH 15.—The Racer, Strout, arrived here to-day, sue of the sections, but a witness called by Mr. Carter W. 0 , iii from Milford, reports having spoken the ba r q ue Daven p ort, of Ply- band with him, and proceeded to point out one of the seclicak. mouth, off the Lizard, waterlogged , and f ore mast g one. whi c h, he said, t here was no description of the proposed alter s ir I t was found that the level of the present road and that a wi t o tended road were both marked on the section in question, 0 allegation fell to the &hound. 100 14. Mr. CARTER wished to call a clerk of the peace, an d Clare sealed plans opened, butoPeei - Mr BURKE objected. He referred to the plans which avere_ o d ir by the clerk of the peace for Worcester yesterday , in which ..1!„Ite. crepancy was found, and said that his friend was fi s ting iror 1...7 po e Mr. CARTER thought he could show that the inclines ,:rar e marked on the sections. del44 Mr. BURKE sail he thought the Committee had alre ad y the point, and d° The CHAIRMAN said that the allegation had been disproved,a n ~„ ail not be further entertained. The Committee would not sass .- opening of the plans. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Committee met this day at 12 o'clock. pjosent, the Shaftesbury (in the chair), Lords Redesdale and Haqvarden. WISBECH, ST. IVES, AND CAMBRIDGE iIINCTIm. RAILWAY. AoolM 4 The Committee, after hearing the usual formal evislence, ssi that :be objections urged against the Bill had not been ousta/00' that the promoters had compiled with the • tanding oreloro., Of , SHEFFIELD AND LINCOLNSHIRE EXTENSION BAJ" This line, which was unopposed, occupied but a short time- , t ok Their Lordships decided that the Company ha d fulfilled thetrood ing orders. The line about fifteen miles long, and its el cost is 25'1,000/. Parliamentary agents, Burke and Company. Jam AXHOLME, GAINSBOROUGH, GOOLE, AND YORK, NORTH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. ...tat The length of the main line is thirty-two miles, with a brailea_ni Gainsborough to the Sheffield and Lincolnshire of one miles quarter, and another branch to the river Treat, at the Trent-Po of three-quarters of a mile. There was an error confessed f i ale l e vels, but the landowners and occupiers having, without a ..,1$ exception, given their assent to the line, the Committee decidea they would report favourably of it. The estimated cost is 350,000/. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Room No. 8. nt I °' The Committee met at half-past twelve o'clk ; Prese -- 2,t otte Aldam and Mr. Thornely. Mr. Aglionby entered about h alfl o'clock, EXETER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ‘,0,04 The projected line is proposed to p roceed from the Bris_"' oat) Exeter Railway near Exeter, to the Wil ts, Somerset, and NUT sitl• Railway at Yeovil and at Bridport, branching to Chars mouth. Extent of the line 69 miles ; est i m ated cost, 1,300,00 u.: posit, 32,000/. Parliamentary agents, Burke and Co. I. K. Seven pe Brunel titions, Esq. ri 6, ter ° were p re sented against the line from prop - * O Ol the district, exclusive of those on whic h no a pp earanceS were No. 9, Room. This Committee me', as usual, this morning, at one o'cloe. Toy Members present were :—J. B. Estcourt, Chairman ; MOO' darves, Aglionby, Miles, C. Bruce, and Strutt. The Committee decided in the cases of the Chester and .P. - ifor ter, Direct Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway, and the pe oli Midland Railway, that the standing orders ought not to be di, * o ilt with. That the parties should not be allowed to proceed 1,1 '" Bills. PRIVATE CO MMUFTE ES.—(THIS v` - lIOLME RESERVOIRS. the 1/14 This was a Bill to provide water for certain parishes in the Rein of Yorkshire. ch 48 Unopposed. Standing orders not complie d with, inasrall '- fixed point for the datum line was declared insufficient, he'll, stake driven into a figld, and quite unprotected. METROPOLITAN SEWAGE BILL. The consideration of this Bill was taken this day, 11 I,"fa Committee of Standing Orders, No. 4. Mr. PRITT, the agent for the Bill, stated the object I'2 provide manure for agricultural purposes, by drainhatte e. sewage of London, and carrying it by pipes into ~, eSall cultural districts. Ile did not think that the Ow der, properly within the standing orders requiring the O o h of plans and sections with the Board of Trade, or ef o Pr f . with the Receiver-General : but for the s ake of security, orders had be , n complied with, as if they applied t o the 'L i d tr 4 submitted, however, that be need not go into the proofs , 71. p 0 1, the orders did not extend to the case. lie submitted t..,;rep merely to avoid the setting up of a preceden t a g ainst par' might be in the same position as the promoters of th. measure. The CHAIRMAN said that he thought the Bi ll came under Orrol ing orders referred to, as it propose d to g ive power te4.o 4 0 r pipes and to construct a water-way across the country. _;„. sits and the services of notices to propr ietors must be pre." Mr. Pritt put in accordingly the usual formal evidence. tare dOl. Tho consideration of the Bill was then adjou rned to a fa` -- NEWS FROM PORTUGAL' (From the Morning Herald.) ,„ptl SUICIDE OF CAPT. APLEOD, OF THE GI" LIVERPOOL STEAMER. • SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEVEN - , assi*, The Peninsular and Oriental Company's stearn- 0 P fror„ Captain Russell, arrived this morning at four dates r the Peninsula, bringing the usual mails. Her date c e '01) 01 parture are as follows :—Gibraltar, 10th Marc h kra o 11th; Lisbon, 13th ; Oporto, 14th ; Vigo, 15th ; -- 00 46* 16th. The Queen brings a full ca r g o of dates, ° specie, eggs, &c. The schooner Brand, for Liverpool , with corn. et,,,drilcre Oporto Bar coming out ; she apparently sustained no al- and proceeded on her voyage. toltl The Queen experienced very stro n g S.W. gales 0 11 w e and a succession of northerly ga les homewards, or she have performed the voyage two days sooner. The Queen brings home about 90 persons, passeng7o eluding the crew and passeng ers of the Great Lit They are in a very distressed c ondition for waat of eiv and many other necessaries. deat h It is with extreme regret that I announce the t p .A Captain DPLeod, the late commander of the Gr e4 .. t be_lS pool, who died by his own ha nd immediately afr " _e',,,d 0; e r of the passengers had departed for Corunna. oftessrik Ii in a most desponding state of mind ever sin ce the s nate cccurrence, and it is supposed could not bear 1;1 0 ) 00 oS misfortune. The melancholy even t has left A glowedrol? the whole town. He was a man universally ` respected. He bas left a large young family, with r At of an early increase. OP" There is nothing further saved from the wreck rif i t o b b e st A e l Liverpool. The ship is entirely gone to pieces, n" t he luables floated ashore were principally purloined 139 cally natives. ner 9°P- Or The Queen brings home her mai ls. I has'e_s„oiblej. Inspected them ; but as they are in boxes it is ilvr,einy a casual observer to state what damage they haveri; Ant I regret to add, that Lieutenant Williamson , t o itil i ol ralty agent of the Great Liverpo ol, lies danger°. 110 Corunna ;so much so, that his life i s despaired or. fo r totally unable to come to England in the Queen. v O ll O Too much praise c m not be given to Captain ,t to tio i his kind, humane, and polite attentio n in every r e % 0 4i ,d unfortunate passengers. Most of their triends Ken it 5, at the various hotels in the town to r eceive then, °l.diti he readily imagined the greetings were of a m ost c° ratter. Lissow, Mama 13.—Baron RendOrey Minister to the Court of Spain, set off . ;al the I .* is Madrid rid Cadiz. One chief object of rn is r !, gn ll7 o be, the negotiation of a match between the ' - ' 1 tbe, and Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, brothex' `foiseut," Consort of this country. ilis allowance has heel-, 0 lit o', furnisheds3oo to tOhm crediti lrei s t p o e r t annumhe amount. ; b besides (41e0s:weo: s tertainrnents and douceurs to those influential P er- 40 Gan aid him i his oljeet. t „elto e have to report the loss of another Englis-b tA.beoli brig Vesta', wl.ich went on shore near Vtanna , inst. The toaster, mate, and six seamen, were (119,,fet° eight seamen were saved. The vessel and carg olo lost. ter -- M H ......; -6 TROTTING ATC FOR TWENTY POU ND day afternoon, Mr. Manley and Mr. Soe trotte d their h° 0 0 O r , mile match at Finchley. The former drove his horse i n V, under three minutes' time. , 0 : 0 FOUR THOUSAND MECHANICS WANTEm „or CHESTER.— Large posters were yesterday displayed !J_l;oi inetropolis,iannouncing that Ito less than 4,0 i 0 meth I } P ' to the undermentioned branches of the building trade . dpa fir, immediately, at the following wages, in Manchester A: pe c o hood :—Carpenters and joiners (geod workmen) , 28 , 3 istsi' / bricklayers, 303. ; plumbers, 275. ; slaters, 265.; I' painters, 265. ; labourers, 18s. .„,.v. 4,1 1# THE LEG OF A FEMALE FOUND IN V. - 0 0 4 ,1/ Yesterday morning, a man employed in clearing tbs of 170 1 t io embankment, now forming at the river side of the I _,.s i f fosr,iP i posite Greenwich, for the purpose of making whsr.7l,oo i , , mud the whole of a leg and foot ; it had on a woman 1 : 1 ,, be e / remains of a black worsted stocking. It had eviden Jo 0 water for many months, as, „on being taken on shor e ' mass of crumbling dirt, leaving only the bones. 1 431° 0 EXTRAORDINARY DISEASE.—There are :p i 010 / fear an epidemic of a strange and malignant charadg ioft the flocks of several farmers in the neighbourh ood of _fool appearance of the animals after death offers n o slurp pestiosl,4( mation; the only part affected is the lungs, which - o m i s rto ° lo ,9 and ready to fall in pieces. Mr. Fisher, of Rowthorile, teen hogs out of a flock of sixty ; and several other o d , lost eight or ten. The sheep are seized ° I Tw o / breathing, refusing their food , and die in a few &Jo' of appears infectious.—Edinburgh Weekly Register. LT CS" THE LATE MURDER AND SUICIDE 1 0. .0 POI WELL.—The subscription raised for the widow an d ,,.i - s h i ed Phelarite llorcan, who, it Wi 1 he remembered, oet'a - 0 0 _eiffe children and nearly deprived another of life about ' g agewl oi fr enabled those gentlemen who have taken a most Pr or ae r" in it, to place her in business in Mount-street, Waw 5 0 t e j, P : maker. The poor lad Phelarite, whose throat at 7 ll :: : :::f, jured by his father in the kitchen, is now perfectlY ,- 1 , o pti v THE CARLTON CUM.—The Carlton Cl° 9 0 0 1 tt f iet# well supposed, is, like the Conservative party two sections, who may be classed as Peelites and r r° I WO 4/?, anl 0° f ~1 Tuesday last the annual election of the house CO t ri _Ay and we hear that the occasion was seized upon no the r• -- 0 1 id between the two parties. The result was that a a Pi beaten hollow, the Protectionist list being ca rried jority.—Brighton Gazette. rp Fs ;f fe t l ibi" EXECUTION OF JOICEY, THE PARRICi„...O.IO4 morning, at eight, Ralph Joicey underwent the e ~,, i -t 0. .,.,,ei the law in front of the county gaol at Morpeth, t' i , fat'j V. some thousands of spectators, for the murder of P ,,,irni' , ooo l receiving his sentence he was very attentive to tp•°: ‘ ,l o o:,,,ti .A 1 How of the chaplain, the Rev. T. Finch. On the 1 4 14 tli°10,1? the prisoner's relatives wrote to him to the effect t i ed Pr" seeing him unless it was his own wish; and he el""tsnis,a p p written in the most affectionate and penitent stre,Aliir t - il 1 : ,o farewell. lie spent a great part of the night in r! o 7 f isse,;: o e:9 tures, and slept but little. Ile walked to tile scatl o _ l .,,.e. P'' 4 turnkey, and behaved with a great deal of corneesn'eets_eti sues on the scaffold caused no apparent excitlestaifif crowd, who behaved with great propriety, and in ~c o , sles , . re at silence while the chaplain, with considerable ennpplitreof impiessive accents, commended the soul of the to; an, pi fi g mercy of his Creat or. The bolt was then loosen nurivg s o p pi ? wretch, with scarcely a struggle, ceased to eXifit:_o o r ipi e : cou rse with Joicey , th e cha p l a in sugge sted to 107.,.1,0 s , eetking a lull confession of a l l the circumstances u ii, ia , prisoner a ccordingly requested to be supplied w ith I' d ~ el / • and cu annitted to writing au 'amp --: le conieFsion• ----' - Af f '''',..l'nr_._": _- - --- -----, 0. - i ii IR TIM . ,3,,r• e '''''-' r On the 18th lust., at Ackworth Park, Yorks. ' i , el, i daughter. 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RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE, AND IaLMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock„ at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place all favours, containing instructions, are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, "[all of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. To-Morrow Evening, SAT URDAY, MAltcli 21, will be performed Verdi's highly successful Opera of NINO. With New Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. Nines, King of Assyria, Signor Tornasari ; Idaspe, Signer Corelli , Orotasphe (High Priest of the Temple of Isis), Signor Botelli ; Ab dello (an Officer of the King of Assyria), Signor Daffier! ; Fenena (daughter of Ninus), Madlle. Corbari ; Anna (sister of Orotasphe), Madame Benin' ; Abigail (a slave, supposed to be the eldest daughter of Ninus), Madlle. Sanchioli. To conclude with the highly successful New Grand Ballet, by M. Perrot. In Five Tableaux. The music by Signor PugM. The Scenery by Mr. C. Marshall, entitled, CATARINA ; ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT. The principal parts by Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, Madame Petit Stephan, Mdlles. Moncelet, Cassan, Demelisse, and Madame Louise Taglioni ; M.M. Gosselin, Bertrand, Di Mattia, and Perrot. Madame Castellan is daily expected in town, and will shortly appear THEATRE ROYAL, ➢RURY-LANE. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed a New Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS. The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har rison, Ifurdini, Horncastle, S. Jones, Weiss, Stretton, D. W. King, Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. After which will be produced the popular Ballet, called LA TA RENTULE. In which Mons. Barrez, Mr. A. Webster, Mr. Marks, Mons. Desplaces, Mdlles. Maria, Neodot, K. St. Louin, Mrs. Payne, and Miss Hicks will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Coniedy,called LONDON ASSURANCE. Sir Harcourt Courtly, Mr. W. Farren ; Charles Courtly, Mr. H. Holl ; Mark Meddle, Mr. Webster ; Cool, Mr. Brindal ; Mr. Spanker, Mr. Buckstone ; Dazzle, Mr. Hudson ; Lady Gay Spanker, Mrs, Seymour; Grace llarkaway, Miss Julia Bennett; Pert, Mrs. Ilumby. The Band will perform the Overture, " La Refine d'un Jour," "Antoinette," Cellarius Waltz, and the Quadrille, "Le Rol d'Yvetot." After which a New Comic Drama, called THE IRISH POST. Characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Tilbury, Mrs. Humby, &c. To conclude with a New Farce, called LEND ME FIVE SHIL- T.INGS. Mr. Golightly, Mr. Buck.tone ; Capt. Phobbs, Mr. Tilbury ; Capt. Spruce, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Major Phobbs, Miss P. Horton. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELET. First Appearance in the Regular Drama of the celebrated GENERAL TOM THUMB ! THIS EVENING The performances will commence with WATCH AND WARD. After which, a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARBLE MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Laidlaw. To be followed by an entirely New and Original Burlesque, en titled HOP 0' MY THUMB ; or, Tho Ogre and his Seven League Boots. In which General Toni Thumb, who is engaged expressly 'or this occasion, will have the honour of making his appearance. To conclude with NEXT DOOR. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, Bellingham; Misses Arden, Villars, and Howard. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Herr Keller has much pleasure in announcing the engagement of M Tournaire and his troupe, together with the finest Stud of Horses in the world, for one week only. On Monday, and during the week, a GRAND VOCAL and IN STRUMENTAL CONCERT, with Solos by eminent Artistes. After which Professor Keller's POSES PLASTIQUES, Zephyr, Tableaux Vivans. Concluding with a new Pantomimic Spectacle, called THE CRU SADERS ; or, the Siege of Jerusalem, Introducing M. Touniaire's celebrated Dramatic and Equestrian Corps. Private Boxes, 11. Is. Dress Circle, 3s. Boxes, 25. Pit, Is. Gal lery, (id. PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE, OXFORD-STItEET. Tills EVENING Will be performed a New Vaudeville Comedy, entitled, TUE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. Duke de Chartres, Mr.J. Vining; Count de Brissac, Mr. Harris ; Dr. Druggendraft, Mr. Compton ; Pierre Palliot, Mr. C. Mathews; Mdlle. Duval, Miss E. Honner ; Duchess de Chartres, Madame Vestrie. To be followed by a New Comic Drama, entitled, A SPEAKING LIKENESS. Baron de Raney, Mr. Granby; Alfred, Mr. James Vining ; Coco, Mr. Compton ; Nanette, Madame Vestris. After which, the favourite Farce, called, HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR. Motley, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Griffith Morgan, Mr. Granby ; Dickey Darling, Mr. Oaben - y ; Mr. Currant, Mr. S. Smith ; Edward Sinclair, Mr. A. Harris; Becky Morgan, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with Shakspeare'a Play of KATHERINE AND PETRUCHIO. Petruchio, Mr. Wallack ; Katherine, Mrs. Stirling ; Bianca, Miss E. Honner. NEW STRAND THEATRE. SE. PIIILLIPPE'S SOIREES and MAI INEES MYSTERIEUSES. Two Morning Performances during the Week. At the urgent and reiterated solicitations of many distinguished families, and in order to accommodate the crowds who flo k to attend his Morning Performances, M. PIIILLII'PE will give his Grand Juvenile Entertainment every Wednesday and Saturday Morning, af Two o'clock. 31. Phillippe's most Popular Deceptions and Peculiar Experiments .viii to repeated every Evening, varied by the Amusing Per formances of the Chiarini Family, and the astounding Feats of the American Brothers.—Doors open at a quarter p tst Ses en, to com mence at a quarter before Eight. Stalls, 3a. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; revate Boxes, 1/. Is., and 1/. I Is. 6d. AsTLE ROYAL AMPHITHPATIIE OF ALA S. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Last Week but Three of the Winter Season, and of the present brilliant Spectacle, which is acknowledged by the countless throngs of admiring Spectators to surpass all previous efforts, in gorgeous tableaux and magnificence of effect.—Splendid Double Band, Stu pendous Performing Elephants, &c. THIS EVENING Will be performed a Nava Drama, entitled THE RAJA OF NAGPORE; or, the Sacred Elephants of the Pagoda. In which the whole of the Company and beautiful Stud will appear. Unique Scenes of the Circle, combining the unequalled Feats of the British and Foreign Company. The whole to conclude with a Grand MILITARY BALLET. oAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURItE kTitt; Enormous hit. Unparalleled attraction. The New Grand Spectacle and the Army of Women received with Thundeps of Applause. The New Drama highly successful. TIIIS EVENING Will be performed THE SSA KING'S VOW; or, a Struggle for Liberty. Supported by Messrs. Hughes, Rogers, Cowell, May ard, Johnson, Lewis, Heslop, Monson; Meadms. Vining, Daly, Martin, Miss Glover, and One Hundred Female Warr iors. After which the New Drama, entitled, THE PASTOR'S DAUGHTER. To conclude with THE WARLOCK OF THE GLEN. THE WEATHEIL—Sox OFFICE, MARCH 20. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 32; Highest, 41; Noon, 38, BAROMETER, 29.66. WIND E.; last night, heavy snow; this morning, cloudy Milli WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 20 minutes after 6. I Evening .. 45 minutes after 6. `.,-* dc . • 7 ' CbIR , 4 - 4 I ›,.::, . u 1 • f , f,4 ~ It It ." ,Z E 1). , t• 3 / 4 , s ` 47 - 0 ,1 4 ,:fr -I N Of. , - ,,,,t1,1) • ~ ii A ,- , 0....., .1 .V 7 4v • ... - .., ^ , i . 1 - ;,,, k •5r, ; 41,.._ . .1 7 ' = -V%. , :ro': f" " v .. 4, L 4,,A1.;%-. ,:. . , -,,; Vtie.4 , „„i!, -=; x V , ~ ~- -. t. . (0 ' 4 .. , `,e' , ''‘lentiV l ''lTl;* 'l ,, =` ' SECOND EDITION. k 4 tfi ifl :Ailtt LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1846. The LORD CiLtNCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack al Five o'clock. . . the V subjectari ;i r ti a o i n lw s a h y a s v . ing been presented, Lord Ktartmaro gave notice of a motion for Thursday on Lord in refusing t Baouanam com pl a i ne d o f the conduct of Mr. GUN STON lordships certain oproduce before a committee of their documents one relating to the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners He thought that no public body like the Poor-law Commissioners produce papers. were justified in refusing to The subject then dropped. The presentation of a petition, complaining ß of the substi. York e k one before ra the House last and for Company of an t ut year, gave rise to a lengthened conversation, i amended on by the contract-deed London ion, which led to no result. Viscount CANNING moved the second reading o f the Metro politan Buildings Bill. Various amendments were now u nder consideration, and it would hereafter be his duty to submit them to their Lordships in another Bill. The present measure was intended to remedy the deficiency of the present law, so far as it related to the jurisdiction of the registrars andreferees. The object was to appoint an additional re feree in addition to the two already appointed, so as always to secure that the decision of the board of referees should take place by a majority, and that thus the registrar should be relieved of the responsibility of being called on to give a decision on questions about which he could have nu know ledge. This appointment would not involve :Inv increase of axpense to the public, but the referees were to be permitted to practise in their private capacity as surveyors ; and, in case they should hays to refer their own works to the beard GROUP XIV. The Committee appointed to ascertain the merits of the lines com prised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning, Mr. Protheroe in the chair, when the case for the NORTE ILE T LINE was resumed. - - • Mr. Vignoles was eross-examined at some length by Mr. Calvert, on behalf of a number of landholders residing between Gravesend and Rochester, who were averse to the railway intersecting their property. They alleged that the South-Eastern line was the best of the two, which would do the least injury to their property. Bub-Committee No. 1 The Committee met at twelve o'clock in Room No. 7 Members present—Mr. Strutt (Chairman), Mr. Clive, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Cavendish, and Mr. Forbes. Mr. RICHARDSON appeared to promote the first Bill, which was one for Improving the WEE ";;SPZILRY PASSAGE. The projectors took powers to compel the Edinburgh and Perth Railway Company to purchase or lease their undertaking. Unopposed. Standing orders complied with. SURREY GRAND JUNCTION. The object of this Bill is to effect a junction between the London and Birmingham and Great Western, by an extension of the West London Line, also with the South-Western Railway at Battersea. Length, three and a half miles ; estimated cost, 170,000/. Agents, Messrs. Dyson, Hull, Parkas, and Coates ; engineer, Mr. Lax ton. Unopposed. Standing orders not complied with, Inasmuch as no axed point had been taken for the datum line near either of the proposed termini, it baying been drawn from the surface of the London and Brighton rails at a distance of six miles. The projectors stated that it had been originally intended to effect a junction with the latter Company, but this portion of their Bill had been after wards abandoned. RAILWAY GUARANTEE CORPORATION. The promoters of this Bill sought to establish a Corporation for the purpose of guaranteeing the capital of proprietors invested in railways, and also to enter into arrangements with Companies in their collective capacities. The Corporation proposed that the capital should be half a million, in shares of 2?. 108. each. _ . . • --- The Committee decided upon the following clause :—" And be it enacted, that it be lawful for all railway companies to enter into ar rangements with the said Corporation, and to accept the guarantee of the Corporation for a stipulated yearly dividend, to be mutually agreed on, and in consideration thereof to transfer to and entitle the said Corporation to all the profits derivable from the railways of the companies so agreeing to accept such guarantee, beyond the amount of,such dividend," that the standing orders had not been agreed to, inasmuch as they had not published their notices in all the counties in which the works of all the railways in the empire were situated ! ntrivinLANE, DOITNE, AND CALLANDER. This Bill sought powers to construct a railway from the City of Dumblane, by Donne, to the town of Callender, in the county ef Perth. Length of line 10 miles ; estimated cost 80,000/. Agents, Messrs. Graham and Weems, London ; Mr. Archd. Reid, Perth, Engineer, Mr. Mitchell, Perth. The Bill took powers to lease or sell the line to the Scottish Ceti tral Company. Cnoppo'sed. Standing orders not complied with, as no notice of their intention to apply to Parliament for pow , rs " to sell " to the Central Company had been published in the Edinburgh Gazette, or the cuunty newspapers. The Committee then adjourned, (Sub : Committce, No. 2.) This Committee met to-day at one o'clock; present, Sir J. Y. Buller (Chairman), Mr. Bell, Mr. E. Yorke, Mr. Kenible. CHELMSFORD A D BURY. The consideration of the remaining petitions against this Bill was resumed. Mr. GataisE appeared in support ofthe petition o f Irian and Jones, owners of property a!ong the line, complaining of non-compliance with the standing orders. Mr. WEBSTEE supported the Bill. The petition alleged that in No. A, in the parish of Gernsthorpe, within the limits of deviation, was not marked on the plans deposited with the clerks of the peace for the counties of Suffolk and Essex, which was sustained. Some similar allegations were abandoned. The next allegation was, that a brook in the parish of Barneham, b. tween the heath and field marked 76 and 78, was omitted on the said plans. Evidence having been heard pro and con., the Committee considered that the point was so trifling that it was not pressed. It was next alleged that a wood, marked 41, in Little Benny, was not shown in the plan, which was sustained. It was then alleged that the limits of a lateral deviation at 7 fur longs 5 chains, and 1 furlong 3 chains, on the 50th mile on the main line. was not shown. . . Y, 4.0 •••-,, • • "' Evidence was adduced in support of this allegation, which the Com mittee found was not sustained. The next allegation was that a field in the parish of Halstead, between sections 117 and 118, was not marked on the plans, which was not sustained. Sub-Committee No .4. The Committee met at twelve o'clock. Present, Sir W. Heath cote (chairman), Mr. Hope Johnstone, Mr. Acland, and Mr. C. Leigh, rinuumnarairo, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE. The conslleration of this Bill was resumed. The Chairman said that the Committee had decided against the objection raised by Mr. Eliscombe, at the last:sittbig of the Committee —that the service of notice upon two parties at Warrington, whose houses were within the limits of deviation, had been imperfect, in asmuch as the papers were only shown to them, and were at once taken away. The Committee were at first of opinion that this was a very irregular proceeding, and that if it were passed over in these instances, the door would be opened to an exceedingly dan gerous practice. However, upon considering the evidence of the parties themselves, it appeared that, in effect, they had sufficient notice. Mr. Pim, on the part of the Company, said that he was now better able than he had been when the objection was first alleged to explain how it happened that the notices were taken away from the complaining persons. The Company had nothing whatever to do with that proceeding. The fact was, that much of thqgproperty in Warrington, through which the projected line was to pass, belonged to Mr. Standish, M.P., who had directed his agents to collect for him all the notices that might be left with his tenants, and the persons who served the notices were in some instances employed to get them back again. He thought it but justice to the Company to offer this explanatien, which he was prepared to prove if the Committee re quired it. The CHAIRMAN was glad to hear the explanation, as it removed a somewhat unfavourable impression from his mind. The Committee then shortly deliberated, and agreed to report that the standing orders were not complied with. LONDON AND WINDSOR. -- - The object of this Bill is to form a direct railway communica tion between London and Windsor. The length of the line is 21% miles, the estimated cost is 500,0001. The engineer is Sir J. 11`2%.Teill ; the agent, Mr. Dornford ; and the solicitor, Mr. G. Smith. The formal evidence having been gone through. Mr. WYATT appeared in support of a petition against the Bill, the chief allegation of which was, that the datum line was not cor rectly marked in the plans and sections deposited. Engineering evidence was given in support of the allegation. Mr. DORNFORD called Mr. Thompson, one of the engineers of the line, to prove the correctness of the plans ased sections impugned. No. h, TWA Contrnittue n - ct at twelve pro:isely, in room'_ ; Mr. Home llnunniond (chainnatn), Packe, and Mr. Walher. SIXRIVIINGHELIVE AND OXFO7IIXI (13XXLIKING-. EXTENSION)), AND ZIRIVEINGINAIVE - AND' OXFORD JUNCTION. In respect of the several points reserved as to these lines, the Com mittee gave their decision that the allegations were not proved, and the standing orders were complied with. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION. The point which was under considerotob rose yesterday, which was a question us to ‘Tnetlie,r u eeria , o describud RS a private road , was or was iiot . carria;;,• - .1r5.3, was disensSed at some length. A witness was called to prove that it wa-t a putt, way, and Ord lie li:mself bad u,ee. ea it al tioner going uver it in a gig ;p Warwick), said that he had several other witnesses to call if it was thought necessary. rata ,r etanot ea u 91171001•1, It Wows 4114vE s ERERsA] 4.1!, r 1,4 ghment 41, e 0441.1_ NB*" , "ts. 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