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tsarttNbition A , ..Eennrawa i , SUN OFFICE, Sergi i o' Clock. W'AITEHAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION RAILWAY. SPECIAL MEETING.—(THIS DAY ) A special meetini of the proprietors, shareholders, and seripholders took place this day, at Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, to consider the propriety of their proceed inz with their Bill in Parliament. Lord Lonsdale took the crair. The Sr_;CRETAItY read the advertisement convening the zneetinr, and the heads of the Bill which they sought to obtai•,, ':he meeting had formerly been twice adjourned for the avant of a sufficient number of shares being represented, only '2,756 having appeared, but at the present meeting there were 5,829 represented. The whole capital of the line was 17,500 L Resolutions in favour of proceeding with the line were put from the chair, and passed unanimously. The CHAIRMAN observed that the company were pro ceeding with- the line as fast as possible. A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned. LARNE, BELFAST, AND BALLY MENA RAILWAY. - SPECIAL MEETING.—( THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the proprietors, scripholders, and shareholders of this ampany took place this day at the London Tavern, in pursuance of the sessional orders of both Houses of Parliament Mr. Spotti3woode in the chair. The SECRETAUY read the advertisement convening the meeting. A strong opposition to the further proceeding with the Bill in Parliament took place, but on a scrutiny it was found that the total number of shaies re presented were 2,830, and that 1,980 were in favour of pro ceeding with the Bill, whilst 1,690 were against it, leaving a majority of over 300 in favour of the progress of the Bill. The original length of the line was 45 miles, but in consequence of the shares not having been paid up, it was reduced to 14. The Company had spent the 15,0001. paid up, and brought the shareholders 1,500/. in debt. The meeting then separated. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. SPECIAL MEETING (THIS DAY). A special meeting of this Company was held this day at the Hall of Commerce to consider the propriety of proceeding with their Bal. Henry Howard, of Graystock Castle, in the chair. . -- Tile meeting was merely formal, and resolutions in favour of proceding with the Bill were unanimously carried. QUEEN'S BENCIL-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) Tim .QUgEN AT THE PROSECUTION OF THE HON. EAST INDIA ____ COMPANY V. CAPTAIN D 01;;;; :" ---- The arguments in favour of a new trial in this case were resumed, pursuant to agreement, this morning at the sitting of the Court, and occupied a considerable time. When they had concluded Lord DEWIA IT asked the Attornev-General whether it would not be well if he were to take time, and consider whether there were not some counts in the indictment upon which it would be expedient and advisable to enter a nolle prosequi, and leave the Court to deal with the other counts. He was of opinion that there were some of the counts which admitted of the course he suggested. The ArroßsEy-GENERAL said he would adopt his Lord ship's suggestion, and would take time to consider until Thursday next. The remainder of the day was occupied with a case in reference to the appointment of a parish officer, in which a great number of law points moose. The case was of no public interest, BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Tiara being no business before this Court beyond one or two very trifling cases, it rese after sitting a very short time. RAILWAY COMAIFFTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP I. LONDON AND YOBS (EASTERN COUNTIES.) The Committee met this day at eleven o'clock, the Earl of Love lace, chatr m tr.. Mr. Late, a traffic-taker, was called to speak to the comparative amount of traffic of the Eastern Counties and the London and York Bites. PAGETT objected to the Eastern Counties Company examining in dean on the traffic evidence, and the Committee having curtailed ti a' portion of the case for the London and York. A long discussion then sprung up on this objection, after which the room was cleared. After a lengthened consultation the parties were called in, when the following decision was given by the Chairman t The Committee resolved not to hear further evidence as to the traffic, on the ground that the tables given in WI both sides showed very similar results in some of their compor.ent items, and that the dis trict traversed by both the compettug lines, with their respective branches and with the transverse rfAlways which communicated with them, will constitute n sufficient revenue ior either project. The case was then proceeded with in accordance with this decision, tIGLSF4 OF COMMONS. GROUP This Committee met to-day at the usual hour, Viscount Morpeth In the chair. CORNV7.IML. Mr. VigIIOICS wits examined with reference to the engineering fea tures of this line. His evidence went to support the statements made by Mr. Locke on a previous occasion. Mr. Hawkshaw also gave evidence of a similar nature. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP IX. The Members met in Room 7 (Clobters), at twelve o'clock, Lord Worsley in the chair. CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW TERMINI AND BRANCHES). The CHAIRMAN read a communication, which he said he understood to have been sent by the Admiralty to the parties to this 8111, and which was to the effect, that a meeting of the Admiralty would be hold today, and that they would be able after that meeting to give their decision as to the crozsing of the Clyde. It was, therelbre, pro posed by the Chairman that this Bill should further stand over till the meeting being over, the decision of :he Admiralty should become known. They certainly could go on with the proposed alternative line, but as that line would be opposed by the West of Scotland Junction, it would not be worth while to go into it unless it appeared certain that the Admiralty would refuse their consent to the crossing ,of the Clyde. This was assented to, and after some discussion as to which case should now be proceeded with, the case for the GLASGOW SOUTHERN TERMINAL was opened by Mr. Ilitnyean. The Leaned Counsel said that this line was projected by the proprietors of the Glasgow, Barrhead, and :Weilston Direct Railway, who obtained their Bill last session. By that Bill they had proposed to cross the Glasgow and Paisley Canal capon a swivel bridge and on a level, but, in consequence of the op position of the Canal Company, a clause was inserted by which the parties were compelled to cross the canal upon a fixed bridge, giving nine feet clear headway. The necessary alterations of level resulting from this clause would require a deviation beyond the limits. Mr. Dixon, the owner of property through which the Barrhead line would pass, had agreed to give his consent to the extra deviation, on condition of his receiving 3,0081. from the company, but not otherwise. In consequence of this de mand the company had left their line unfinished, and had made use of the goods station of the Greenock Company as a terminus, having no terminus of their own. By this Bill they proposed to make line from the Barrhead Railway, near Titwood, to the Caledonian Railway, which was, in fact, the same concern with this, an agreement for an amalgamation having been made. By this means they would have a communication with a station at their own disposal. Mr. Graham, the secretary to the Barrhead Company, gave evi dence in, support of Mr. Hildyard's statement, and Mr. Ilobson, the engineer to the line, gave the usual engineering evidence. The length of the line is one mile, one furlong, and five chains. The steepest gradient was I in 136, and the sharpest curve had a radius of six furlongs. The estimate was 531,0001. is. 9d. Several other witnesses were called, and cross-examined by Mr. Mom on the, part of Mr. Dixon, who petitions against the Bill, on the ground that it would d o great i njury to iron works on his property. The Learned Counsel set up t wo li nes, either of which would avoid . all the injury to property, but the Committee rejected both as impracticable, one being directly in opposition to a clause in the Barr head Act, and the other having a gradient of 1 in 41, at the point where it would join the Caledonian Railway. Mr. Hors withdrew his opposition, anti after some further evi dence had been given, The preamble was declared proved. The Committee then proceeded with the case of the GLI.SGOVI, PAISLEY, AND GIZZIENOCIL (POLLOO AND GOVAN 33SLAWCII). The clause which had been agreed upon on Tuesday was, inserted : and the Bill was passed. CALEDONIAN (GIIASGOV7 TEJ:asori N x AND BaANCIIES). A message was received from the Adro'4.alty retying their anent to the crossing of the . Clyde. A clause was therefore inserted ir, the Bill empowering the corn- parry to make a station on the sc ,atti side of the Clyde, except in the ease of their ataining the cf ..asent of the Admiralty at any future time, in which case they w as originally p ropose d . 41 make their terminus on th e nor th s id e, ' The Committee W P to abou '`e occupied in settling th e c l auses of the Bill up baying tnow a quart e-- past lour, when th e y arose, and lingtlly adjourned, di :Lioaed of all the Bills on their list. GROUP X. CALEmezTxoantizTnned from our Afternoon Edition.) (G.A.R,N wan then a ltrZti.E rtAx XIC R I, AND COAT- Which was the lust of frgrontmaa, Thls Bill, promasetotrihr Reaellesdaon. Mr. ICoasirni stated the ease for the this Bill was a very short one for a very short line, and hi: d s It"' tensurate length. Having brZflel; should not be of more than co sketched the details of his L'firlL, INVlLtwhich the Committee 'were generally acquainted PretvhihoL,ullygtaridaene'iPdiedred on, the inquiry TOsyecting the Bins he subniitted that the preamble of agreed to with a clause which should prevent the promoters from rom be carrying out the Airdrie portion of their line, if the Glasgow, Air - dine, and lionklands line should be completed. With respect to the otherprurtion of the line (the Castlecary branch), he humbly trusted that as it was not a competitor with the other railway, the Com_ =Wee would a:low it to pass. The CHAIRMAN was of opinion that the Airdrie Tortion of the scheme was disposed of by the decision of the Committee in favour of 'the Glasgow, Airdte, and Monklands. However, they would re ceive the evklenee which the promoters were prepared to offer. Mr. 4rritigton, the engineer of the Company, was examined by Dlr. WHITMORE as to the merits of the lint in his department. .. i Mr. King, manager of the Garnkirv: Railway, and Mr. Baird, of kartsherrie, the extensive ironmaster, gave evidence in favour of thus branch. 3dr. HIIIIIARD, Q.O , addressed the Committee against the The room was then cleared, and the Committee deliberated. On our re-admission, The CHAIRMAN stated that the Committee had decided that the preamble of the Bill, se far as it related to the Airdrie and Coatbridge portion, was not proved. The Committee adjourned at five o'clock tiii one to-morrow. GROUP XIII. Thia Committee met to-day at the usual hour, Sir William Clay i 31 /ire chair, when the case was resumed on behalf of the CAL. MOn LLIN (SANGICOLST and in op position to the case ot the promoters of the NORTH BRITISH (CARLISLE EXTENSION). Mr. Collister, civil engineer, was recalled and examined. Ile said thero were One or two points which he had not explained on Tues day. One was that he had .not added to the estimate of the North British scheme tho expense of the application to Parliament for their Bill (30,00010, which would make the total estimate 850001., in stead of 66 'MU, as stated by them. The other point was in re ference to their entering the Carlisle station. The N'orth British proposed to use the same station as the other line's that converged at Carlisle—the Lancaster and Carlisle, the Mary - port, &c. The level of tie former line was different in level to the others, to the extent e eight feet, whereas, the Parliamentary deviation only admitted of two feet. Besides, there was not room for more than the four companies that intended to Liao it, and Caere was not land scheduled to make up the difference: Cross-examined by Mr. LIDDELL— There were no lines of railway In Carlisle at pre.sent north of Crown-street. He was aware that there was a branch of the Maryport line on the same level as the North British line np to Crown-street. The same was the case with the Lancaster and Carlisle line. He was not aware that the North British scheme had scheduled land at Crown-street, in order to effect 3urictiv. The difference in the levels took place at Borough street. The Lancaster and Carlisle line rose from Crown-street to ' Borough-streat, which it crossed at 18 feet elevation; whereas the North British crossed at an elevation of only 10 feet, according to the plans. We was aware that the /and for the joint station was between Crown-street and Borough-street. If land in that position ""as obtalaed, and the North British sanctioned to join the Meryport line, then the juncticg would take place by the North British with a gradient of lin 270. That was an ob jectionable gradient at such a position. Though there was a station , at the place ofjuneti , fil, still it would be a through traffic that would pass along theft, and therefore the gradient was objectionable. Sup posing the North British line to be elevated two feet in crossing Borough-street, that would flatten the gradient all along to about 1 in 500. The Caledonian, in its approach to Carlisle, went up on a gradient of 1 in 110, and again descended on a gradient of 1 in 420. There was not much objection to this, as the descending gradient being so slight, it overcame the effect of the ascending gradient. The CHAIRMAN admitted that they need not pursue the point fur ther, as it did not appear from the evidence that there was any seri , ous engineering difficulty. It was more a question of property than engineering. Witness—He had set down the expenses of the Caledonian appli cation to Parliament at 40X001., of this about 8,0001. was set down, for the Langhoira branch. He did not know whether it was usual to add such expenses to the estimates of a line, but he always did it. He was not aware that the surveyors of the North Britieft were interfered with by the order's of the Duke of Buccleuch as well as the Caledonian surveyors. The Caledonian line was the first he had been engaged on. The works were not let by competition, but they w ere let befo th re e the passing of the Bill conditional on its enactment. Ile thought system of public competition decidedly objectionable as t t , ne r ycould get works done that way at any price. lie knew th e Miller had constructed large works last year on th had heft extensive experience in making railways in e Scotland. Mr. ra ta ils, ma an k el e mated at 6,0001., but which cost 1,8001. .T Glasgow Railway, but in that he had made a tunn h e e l w at h i l g e l h aa h l e e e s a t ti i - - of f ot it was made for a double, but that mate of the tunnel was for a single eaalughlet the difference. The base of the embankment he calculat ed at ten t a e ). b .a e rd th f i a r r ty w -t h w in o st f e ee n t e . set down at one to one-half. Mr. Miller calculated yards breadth. The slopes he The price of cuttingie ea b b r ea d e t t h d a a t ve t t i h e at b ase rock, and ordinary earth ls. 3d.; red sandstone Is. I id. a yard. lie estimated the quantity of cutting to be nearly the same as that furnished by Mr. Miller; but the great differ ence between them was in the quantity of embankment, which he made 717,000 cubic feet more, and in the price set down for the various works. With retard to the tunnel, he estimated it to be 501. a yard. The breadth of the tunnel he represented to be 28 feet. The tunnel Mr. Blythe had set down at 321. a yard, He was not aware that Mr. Miller had constructed a similar tunnel last year tl raugh similar strata on the North British line at 301. a yard. The CHAIRMAN did not see what the course of examination would w e end e i h n t b h u a t at i d t t i ff e e e ere t a t c a l e d olf av Op e in to io w n el b: g t i w a e t e t n he th el e os t e w . o T e h n e gineers differ ence at present between the two in regard to the estimates was 230,0001. Mr. LIDDELL said he was willing to leave the matter where it was in the hand s o f th e Committee , if the others would agree to the same course. Mr. CocßaußN could not consent to do se. They had Mr. Erring ton and Mr. Locke, the engineers, to call ; or, if the Committee thought 11', he was willing that an independent engineer should go down at the expense of the parties to survey the line, and report the result of the Committee. Mr. LIDDELL was quite willing to leave the matter as it was, and let the Committee decide between the estimates ; but if the other side were determined to go on in the course they named, they would have to follow up their cross examination. After some conversation the cross-examination was resumed. The witness was then cross-examined with the object of showing that similar bridges as those set down for the present scheme had been constructed in that part of the country, and on the North British line. He had set down the rails at 751bs. He was not aware that the weight they had calculated was 691b5., and that that was tee weight of the rails for the North British line. The price per ton He calculated at 111. 10s., which he believed was the estimate of Mr. Miller on another line. Re- examined—The North British line bad been rather unfortu nate in their bridges, as he believed the Inspector General of Railways could testify. 751bs. was the weight of rails on the Caledonian line. He had calculated the present works at the same rate as those on the Caledonian line. The works of the Caledonian were making by the best contractors injthe world—Messrs. Bramington, Stevenson, and 111`Kenzie. The Caledonian Langhohn branch was opposed by the two principal proprietors, the Duke of Buccleuch and Sir James Graham. The line went through their property in slight cuttings and embankments. Mr. Locke, engineer, deposed that the Hawick line wens through a thinly populated and mountainous district, and nothing could justify ;t, unless it were the, through traffic. With regard to the Edinburgh through traffic, fhe Caledonian line would sufficiently accommodate Edinburgh, though if the North British line were formed that would be a direct competing line with the Caledonian. The Caledonian, with the branch now proposed, would accommodate Langhohn sufficiently. He had gone over the estimates and sections of the North British Extension, and he had also gone over Mr. Col lister's cross sections, and he perfectly agreed that the works would cost what he had set down for them. Whether the present line was sanctioned or not, the Caledonian would have to finish the whole of their scheme, as the works were all contracted for. The branch to Edinburgh from Carnwath was not only contracted for, but in course of construction. He believed there was not five miles on the whole line where the works were not in operation. The difference in distance between Longholme and Carlisle, by the two schemes, would be but two miles and a half in favour of the North British. The gradients, however, were much better on the Caledonian than on the other; the severest in the one case being lin 75, in the other lin 150. Thus, for the purpose of saving only two miles and a half, they would have two directly com peting lines. There would be no difficulty, In his opinion, in con necting the Caledonian Longholm branch with the Carobie coal- fields. The difference from Edinburgh to Carlisle between the Ilawick line and the Caledonian was three miles in favour of the former, but the gradients and curves of the Caledoniam were better. Under all circumstances, he felt that, if both lines were constructed it would produce a ruinous competition, which would end is a coalition. Witness also agreed with Mr. Collister as to the difficulty of junction at the Carlisle , Central station. To let the North British in in the way they pro posed would destroy all the arrangements the other companies had made with reference to this station. Cross-examined—The station at Carlisle was not yet for and by alt, ring the levels of the lines proposed to meet to the stations, the junction might be effected. He believed ie various lines met on the same level at Crown-street. - Ale could not speak as to the amount of traffic between Co- ....a51e and Edinburgh, and therefore he could not say what amour the Hawick line would take from the Caledonian. He did r..ut see any reason at present for a direct line from Lmigholin Carlisle, in order to save 2 1 / 2 miles. He had no objection if traffic was developed, and of such a a shorter line, that thi s 2 1 / 2 m i les should be character as to justit , a; saved. He thcaght .that a little opposition was necessary, but it ought to be directed against lines that were al rea d y establishe(l, and up on proper data, which they had net here. With respect to the cuttings and the works, he took his information from Mr. Collister, but he had a knowledge CI the prices himself. Mr. Miller might have taken cross sections as well as Mr. Collister, as it Was not necessaey to give them in the deposited plans. The plans and sections of Mr. Miller, as deposited, were such as he would have deposited himself. Mr. Woof), civil engineer, said he went over the Hawick line, and also over the estimates of Mr. Collister. He considered the calculations he had made fair and reasonable. Cross-examined—He constructed the Carlisle and Newcastle Rail way. He was a director of that line at the time. He was also en gaged in the making of the Brandliug Junction. He was a coal en gineer as well as a railway one. Mr. Errington, civil engineer, gave evidence that he generally concurred with the estimates of Mr. Collister. From his experience of the works on the Lancaster and Carlisle, as well as on the Caledo nian, hp considered that, according to the sections submitted, the works could never be constructed at the money. lie had sur veyed the south of Scotland, under the Government Commissioners, aid then it was considered that the traffic would not yield more than a fair return on 2y 2 millions. Now, for the lines constructing and proposed, there would be required about ten millions, requ , riug an annual revenue of 800,0001. In that estimate, he set down the work ing expenses at 7001. per mile, which was the minimum rate. Cross-examined—The Caledonian scheme was not intended to grasp Edinburgh and Glasgow, but because it was considered the-traffic of these cities, was necessary to make the scheme pay. He believed that cattle were now carried to a much greater extent :han originally expected. He had had some connexion with the Perth and Inverness line, which went through a very difficult country. The pnposal of that line was only admissable as a continuation of the great north mail road. He would individually never have proposed the line, nor should he Ike to have been a shareholder. 7he estimate of the Caledonian originally was, he believed, 1,900,0001., but he could not exactly say. The works, he believed, would cost 18,0001. or 19,0001. a mile. He could not, however, speak exactly as to the amount at that moment. Mr. Tight, the architect of the station at Carlisle, examined—The room at the station was very circumscribed, even for the four corn panics that were arranged to occupy it, and he did not think a fifth could be accommodated without great difficulty. The p a - r ea of th e land on which the station was to be built was about CZ t feet long by 400 feet broad. The station would be 250 feet by 200. Cross-examined—The area of the station was four acres and a quarter, but that did not include the gas works which the Company had bought, nor the land they had at Crown -street. The whole extent of the ground up to the House of Recovery was 1,000 feet, but the House of Recovery intruded in the space. He coal not say whether that property was scheduled. He knew the Derby station, and that a number of hues met there. The passengers met and departed on the same side. Re•exarnined.—The gas works were purchased for the pur pose of the; goods' traffic. They could not: accommodate the pas sengers further than proposed, except by lengthening the platform. Mr. Swift, solicitor to the Lancaster and Carlisle Company, de. posed that the station ground at Carlisle was in that Company's ea clu,ive possession ; and that in regard to the companies they had already arranged with, and the convenience necessary to the public, they con d not consent to another party coming in. Cross-examined—They had powers in their Act to take land along their line for stations to the extent of fifty acres, that was with the consent of the proprietors. The land for the station they had ar ranged for. The quantity was four or five acres, but they could not reach it without crossing Crown-street. They had not Parliamentary powers to cross that street, but they had a Bill before Parliament to meet that difficulty. Re-examined—The area for the station could not be extended without interfering with very valuable property. This closed the case on behalf of the Caledonian Company. The Committee then adjourned tin to-morrow at twelve o'clock, when counsel will be heard in se - n in th,. up the case on both sides. The Select Commiti - ' GROUP XIV. Bills comprised in appointed to consi ler th e mer i ts of the morning. group re -assembled at th e usual hour this Mr. roth, roe in the Chair. lI.TIVICOSPIIMEXC MINE. Th e. Cross-examination of Mr. Sherrait, the!engineer :of the line, .":as continued by Mr. MEREWEATIIER on beh.dt of the South- Eastern Company. It was elicited that the South-Eastern line joined the stAtions at Tunbridge hi a much more convenient manner than the atmospheric, inasmuch as the one ran right out to the Tunbridge and Hastings lines, whi e the carriages :and engines lu the atmospheric would have to be removed in order to run OR to the Hastings line. The :cross-examination and re-examination of the witness occu pied the whole of the day. - The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till Monday, the Bth of June. GROUP XVII. MANCUESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON,— RAMSEY AND I/EDI:MIDGE BRANCH (SOUTH-WESTERN). Mr. Davis (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition) said—Now these were the places to which a railway was to be made, and to construct which the land of several persons was to be taken witheut their consent. That owing to tue uncertain nature of the water, craft could not not navigate for ten days in the month ; during the remaining twenty they would be unable to do so. In ordinary tides the craft could not approach these so-called important ports nearer than a mile and a half, where they were unloaded, by the aid of small boats. This would be evident when he stated that the draught of colliers, of from 200 to 300 tons, was thirteen feet. Then, the timber spoken of ;being Southampton. floated up to Ming sad Redbridge, belonged to merchants of ah morea been a re e f route bury obt P alt a tng M eo udl at. b t 7 rutet th ha e n n t e i ce a s t s w ity hi o e f h S n a o li w s as t o existed ; but the Great Western roads for the Salisbury arid linelteovlim wry were n ow mak i ng tram of Frome and W e ll s , b y which coalsw o o t rd'bV - Pits in the vi c i n it y buryat 15. a ton, which would take away"tVnene in i'valins-, requiring coals from Stouthampton, at the rate of 25:1':tX it- -- again, the line crossed two important streets in Southampton Then, level, which he considered was in itself a paramount objection tfto the Bill, as the gates would have to be opened a number of times in the course of a day ; and as a number of children were cots tinually playing in these streets, serious accidents could not fail to occur. Ile then drew attention to the' abuses, which he held, existed on the Great Western Railway. In proof of this, he 'stated that that Company charged 20s. per ton for conveying a ton of goods from the quays of Southampton, to London; b ut if a person living in Cowes, for instance, sent a ton of goods to the docks, they would convey them to London for 10s. per ton, thus inflicting great injury on the traders of Southampton, and making an arrangement went,hwh Dock the Company, for their m utual advantage, which Parliam y gave them their Powers, never contemplated. In 1844, a memorial, signed by the most important merchants of Southampton , and by Mr. White, one o f the directors of the Great Western, was presented to the Corporation of South ampton, setting forth that the Railway did not afford sufficient fecal ties, that great delays took place and unnecestary expenses incurred d s. The company in conveying good s 2 0 in the transmission of goo mils gave a " regale" of bl. per cent., for 30 miles 1 01. per cent., and for 40 and under 50 111. Pes cent. ; but if they carried ; passengers to Winchficld, :hey charged as for a distance of 40 miles but in the case of goods, they charged only for 39 miles by which the goods carried lost a rebate of 51. ;per cent. On these grounds he called upon the Committee to reject the preamble of the Bill, and In doings() to state his unbought conviction, for he attended there without fee or reward, that If the preamble were passed it would destroy Southampton as a port. Mr. J. C. Knell, who had re s ided in Redbridge for the last thirty years, examined by Mr. Davis—The trade of RRedbridge within the last two years had much decrea se d. The depth of water at Red bridge was from ten to twelve feet during spring tides, and from five to sixfeet at "neap " tides. At Eling the tides were about the sane depth. The proprietor of the quays at these two places could make aity charge he thought proper for unloading a vessel. It often happened that the colliers c..tuld not approach the quays, and that they were obliged to unload them in the river by the means of barges Cross-examined .by Mr. H:THERTON.—If the railway were con structed, the sca-borne trade wtth Redbridge would, no doubt, in crease to a small extent. Re-examined by Mr. Davis. --lie proprietors of the quays were not compelled to ,accommodate the merchacts. Goods sent by the Southampton and Dorchester line to.the present station contiguous to the docks, would avoid the dues now charged at the Southampton quays. Ify the Committee—Redbridge was not a place in which a large trade could be centered, it was merely a fbnd of depot for the supply of inland places. Although the Manchester and Southampton Rail way might Injure Redbridge and Eling, it combined great public ad vantages. John Cooksey, a grocer at Southampton, deposed that a great por tion of the bu s i ness had been transferred from the quays to the docks, and that the dues received at the pier hadmsterially decreased. The town thus suffered great injury. No desire bad been evinced on the part of the Great Western, to reduce their fares, until the Manchester and Southampton was projected. Since the present railway was made, he considered that the trade of the town had decreased. This, however, he attributsd to the Inefficient communication at presenr afforded. In his cross-examination he stated that the advantage afforded to those sending goods to the docks to be conveyed by the South Western, was not to promote the export trade, but to give a stimulus to the docks. Mr. Davis applied to have all the time and charge bills of the Scuth Western from 1843 produced, in order to prove the statement with respect to the differences of the charge to Winchfield tot pas sengerseifspeoliscsiitbolret.o t H h e e h C a o d m i p el a t n s y o m s t e a t d that y h t h e Iv a t o u m i d o r p n n r o d g u le m all k t h h w e and goods. bil T is h , up even an incomplete set. This closed the case of the Corporation, with the exception of these lAls. — The Committee then adjourned till one o'clock to-morrow. GEOUP XVIII. EXETER, YEOVIL, .ELND DORCHESTER AND LONDON, SALISBURY AND YEOVIL. Mr. TALBOT, Q. C., opened the case on behalf of the Great West ern Company this morning. He stated that he laboured under con siderable disadvantages in consequence of his not having the same opportunity of reply which his learned friend would possess. The prin cipal points upon which the Learned Counsel dwelt were, that competi tion would not be afforded by the continuation of the proposed line, that they would effect a junction with the Bristol and Exeter line, and thus secure the entire monopoly to themselves of the west of England. The line supported by his Learned Friend Mr. Cockburn would not sufficiently accommodate the ports of Plymouth and Falmouth, in consequence of their present connexions w ith Southampton. By the scheme proposed by the Great Western Company this accommodotion would be afforded, and those ports restored to their former prosperity. By the construction of the opposing line they would also seriously damage the interests of the Southampton and Dorchester line, the Chairman of their company having himself stated that the county would not support two lines of railway. Connected with the other _line, the scheme for which he appeared would accommodate a greater population, and afford a means of communication with the northern parts of England, and would also open up a communication with the large coal fields of Radstock, and effect thereby a saving of as much as ss. a ton to the consumers in the district through which the line passed. The total estimate of their line IN as 1,800,0001. There was little or no opposition on the part of the landowners. The Learned Counsel concluded a very lengthened speech by stating that upon a full and mature consideration be was satisfied that the Com mittee would sanction the measure for which he appeared, and that of this contest would be satisfactory to the Committee, and conse quently satisfactory to the public. J. Foster, merchant, of - Plymouth, was the first witness called, who gave evidence in favour of the scheme of the Great Western Company. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GDOUP XX, The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Mr. Sotherne in the chair. LONDON, HOUNSLOW, AND WESTERN The case for the Bill having closed on Tuesday, the whole of the sitting to-day was occupied in hearing evidence on the part of the petitioning proprietors against the Bill. Mr. AnilEst . opened the case on their behalf; after which Mr. Fitch, and other market-gardeners along the course of the line were examinad to prove that the line, while it would Injure their property, would be of no advantage to them in point of public accommodation. The Committee then adjourned at four o'clock till Monday week next. GROUP XXII, IPSWICH, NORWICH, AND YARMOUTH. . _ _ - (Continued ftom our Afternoon Edition.) Formal evidence as to the estimates, &c., having been given in, fhec.ase for the promoters closed. Mr. Sergeant kraPinr, on behalf the promoters of the Wavexey Valley line, then addressed the Committee on the general case. The room was then cleared, and on our re .admission, The CHAIRMAN announced that the preamble of the Ipswich, Nor wich, and Yarmouth Railway was not proved ; that the preamble of the Halesworth and Norwich Railway was not proved; that the preamble of the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds (Norwich Ex tension) was proved ; that the preamble of the Norfolk Railway (Extension to Stowmarket, &c.) was not proved; and that the Waveney Valley and Great Yarmouth Railway was not proved. The Committee were of opinion, however, that Yarmouth was en titled to a mere direct communication with London, and that the Bungay and ace:es district was entitled to railway communication. The committee adjourned tin to-morrow, to consider the clauses of the Ipswichitrid Bury St. Edmund's Railway, and will then adjourn to the Wednesday after the recoss, when they will proceed with the Lowestoft and Beccles Railway and Drainage Bill. GROUP XXXI. PORTBURY iPIER AND :gaaLv i r A ir . ,t'( uumied from our afternoon Edition. Several introduced into the ) Bill with the and the tolls c l ause h av i ng been revised, santitno n f e t w he clausesco matte having the Bill was ordered ti/ ce reported, and the Conunittec adjourned. GIIOUP XXXII. OXFORD, woncEsTErt, AND WOLlTER (CliontainMuedPfrToi!N a The Committee at tlO- ourAf a te ikN raoon C E llE ditio S n ) .) point ordered the room to be cleared. On re -admission parties were told by the Chairman that various matters had ' :-ten discussed during the interval, but the conclusion was ths.,. the Committee decided that the prea m bl e o f the Bill was pro— . ed. Mr. LAING did not know that the room had been cleared with a view to considering this point, otherwise he would have interposed to offer evidence on the part of opposing landowners as to the insuffi ciency- of the capital of the company and other matters. The CHAIRMAN said the room had not been dearel at first for that purpose, but the Committee would suspend the decision, that no in justice might be done to Mr. Laing's clients. Mr. LAiNG said there was a line before ....... Committee almost parallel with that before this Committee, through the same district of country ; and his end would be gained if the Committee would adopt a resolution which would have the effect of impeding the pro gress of this Bill, that both projects, this and the Hampton cud Ash church, might be considered together. The CHAIRMAN had no power to do what had been asked ; but lie would lay the circumstances of the ease before the House when it came on to be considered there. This was agreed on. Mr. SELFE addressed the Committee on the part of the ironmas ters between Kidderminster and Dudley, with a view to obtain clauses compelling the company to accommodate them with the narrow gauge, and to revise their tolls. The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were determined to revise the tolls on the whole line, and would advise the accommodation of the narrow gauge ; this request was very reasonable. As some clauses were produced by opposing parties, and application was made for time to c'nsider them, The Committee adjourned at 3 o'clock till 2 o'clock to-morrow, when they will meet to go through the clauses of the Bill. GROUP XLIV. nx.Acicatunzr, CLITHEEOE, AND NORTH WEST JUNCTION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) After Mr. Gurney had concluded his address, The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock on Wednesday week. GROUP LII. - This Committee met to-day at three o'clock, Mr. P. Miles in the chair. GRAND JUNCTION (BUTTON AND WAR RINGTON BRANCH), AND ST. HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY. The preambles of these Bills having been proved on Tuesday last, the Committee met to-day for the purpose of considering certain clauses which were disputed. Atter some alterations and amendments, the clauses were agreed to, and the Committee, having concluded their labours, broke up. GROUP LIII. SHROPSHIRE UNION AND CANAL (CHES— TER TO 'WOLVERHAMPTON). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Edward Ballis, land agent, in Cumberland, was also called to prove the benefits of such a line as this to that country. Mr. Charles Warren, solicitor, and occupier of laud in the neigh bourhood of Market Drayton, stated that that district was greatly in want of such accommodation as this line would afford to them. Mr. Edward ey, armer Mr. J. Firth, land bleacher, arket Drayton; M Ril r. Wilson, f landed ; proprietor, gave similar widen e l as to the advantages of the line. The last-named gentleman admitted, on cross-examination, that at• the late meeting of the proprietors to determine whether theischeme should be persisted in or net, although the holders of 78,000 shares voted that it should, there were the holders of 20,780 who recorded contrary votes. At that meeting, also, a resolution was adopted, to the effect that, supposing the di rectors could only obtain one of their three schemes passed by the Legislature, they would immediately abandon it. Mr. Thomas Blakemore, banker, Newport, and Mr. Holland, of the same place, stated that it was the general opinion in that dis trict that the construction of this line would be of great benefit to Newport and the neighbourhood. Mr. Whitehead, land agent, was also called to show the advan tages which the line would confer on the people of Stafford. Mr. Hayes gave similar evidence with respect to Crewe. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock, GROUP LIB'. COVENTRY, NUNEATON, EIRIVIINGHA.IVI, AND LEICESTER. - The Committee resumed their labours this morning by proceeding with the further consideration of the above scheme. The case for the promoters not having been finished, witnesses from Coventry, Birmingham, and Leicester, and their locality, were called to prove the extensive mineral and other traffic in those parts, and the neces sity that existed for the construction of a lino of railway to accommo date the traffic, and furnish a free intercommunication. The engineering evidence was gone into, from which it appeared that the line could be constructed without having to contend against any peculiar difficulties, and that the estimates were fu ly sufficient to carry out the construction of the works. The line of examination was objected to on several occasions during the progress of the inquiry by the opponents to the scheme, but the objections were nut always sustained. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. GROUP LVI. LONDON AND BLACKWALL EXTENSION, (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The Case was then adjourned till Monday week. ENFIELD AND EDMONTON. This case was then gone into. It was opened by Mr. JAMES, who stated that the object of the Bill was for making a Railway of two miles and seven thrlongs in length from the Eastern Counties line near Edmonton, to the town of Enfield. The cost was estimated at 36,0001. Mr. Waddington, deputy-chairman of the Eastern Counties I Company, who resides at Enfield, Captain Owen, a merchant and shipowner, also residing at Enfield, Dr. Miller, of Edmonton, and Mr. Winstone, of Enfield, were called, to prove the advantages the proposed line would confer on the neighbourhoods through which it passed. Mr. Borthwick, the engineer or the Northern and Eastern Com pany, proved that the engineering features of the line were highly favourable, while its cost would not exceed 36,000!. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till Monday, the Bth of June. Sub-Committee, No. 4. This Committee should have met to-day at twelve o'clock, but up to three ,o'clock Mr. Shirley and Mr. Hope Drummond only were in attendance; and a sufficient number of members not arriving to make a Committee, no business was transacted. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. The C‘nrunittee met to-day at two o'clock. Their Lordships resolved themselves into a Committee on the merits, Alnd declared the preamble of the Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway p r oved.--Adjourned until after the holidays, for amendments. The pri atmble of the Rugby and Stamford Railway IVZS also de clared to he proved, but to hear further evidence as to the level crossings.•—Their Lordships then adjourned. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. 'Fhe St 'EAXER took the Chair at Four o'clock. MIDLAI,ID, GREAT WESTERN OF IRELAND (LIFFY BRAN CH AND LONGFORD DEVIATION) RAIL WAY_This Bi 11 was read a s ec ond time, an d or d ered to be rep.irted. D UNDEE AND A.RBROATEI RAILWAY EXTENSIONS. This 13511 was re a d a third time and pasSsed. TH IRD READING. The Dundee and Perth Railway Amendment, Salford Hun dred Con rt, Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Peltycuir and Perth Harbour Branches and Deviations). and Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Dunfermline B ranc h ), were read a third BRIGHTON RAILWAY (WANDS WORTH BRANCH.) This Bill was rea d a third time and pass e d, as also the Gallon Inclosure Bill. - L tilreP i a"e(i. olsDO an d 2 AND REPORTS. The following reports were brought up, the amendments and alterations agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be engrossed, viz. : York Improvement, Midland Railway ( Nottingham and Mansfield), Forth and Clyde and Alonkland Navigatio n June. tion Railway, Ballochney Railway (Shotts Branch), Scottish Central Railway (Crieff Branch ), Grand Junction Railway ( Huyton and Aston, and other Branches), Midland and Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge to Weedon), Herculaneum Docks, Hamilton G as , Heywood Waterworks, Newcastle-upon. Tyne ( m Drorement, London and Croydon Railway (Thames Junction Branch), Windsor, Slough, and Staines At mospheric Railway, Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and , Manchester Railway (Whaley Bridge and Hayfield Branches), Frilford (Berko Inclosure, Solly's Estate B:11, Edinburgn and Bathgate Railway, Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Railway, Glasgow Municipal Police and Statute Labour, Buckinghamshire Railway (Tring to Banbury), Mid land Railway (Burton-on -Trent to Nuneaton and Ashby Canal Purchase), Fleet Wood, Preston, and Wert Riding Junction Railway ; Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle Draining and Embanking, London and Birmingham Railway (Camden and Euston Stations Enlargement), Eastern Counties Railway ( Epping Extension) CITY OF LONDON COAL MARKETS' IMPROVE. ' M ENT BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. BOLTON WATERWORKS. The Lords' amendments on this Bill were read and agreed to. MANCHESTER AND BIRMINSHAM CONTINUA. TION AND WELSH JUNCTION RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. GREENE, the order of the 13th of March was discharged, and the Bill withdrawn. BROMSGROVE DIPROVEMENT (No. 2) BILL. On the motion of Mr. GREENE, the Committee on this Bill was directed to be appointed forto:morrow. EVENING, MAY 28, 1846 was fraught with danger to the interests of the people of this country.—( Cheers from the cross benches.) He thought it necessary to say these few words upon the subject. The petition merely expressed their individual opinion. Lord BROUGHAM quite agreed with the Noble Lord, that this petition was one expressing the opinions of individuals But if it be true that such a petition could so easily be brought forward by his Noble Friend upon such a question, he pro nounced the City of Lo n d o n t o ha ve t o t a lly c h an g e d th e i r opi nion since his Noble Friend presented their memorable petition against the corn-laws, in the year 1815. Lord MONTEAGLE did not consider that the signatures to this petition might not necessarily infer a perfect una nimity of opinion upon the subject. It did not follow, that a petition of (pita another effect might be presented here after. He hoped the Bill would not be disposed of by the vote of to-night, he therefore invited his Noble Friend to use all his influence with the merchants of London to produce a counter-petition from them. Earl DALHOUSIE did not intend to provoke any dis cussion on this occasion. He did not state that it was a pe tition of the City of London, but a petition, signed by mer chants and bankers of the City of London, and wished to draw the attention of their Lordships to the respectable nature of the signatures attached to it. The Duke of RICHOND —I should like to know, my Lords, how many of these persons have got any of the bonded corn ? —( Hear, hear, and laughter. ) Lord BROUGHAM must say that the Noble Duke had made an ingenious observation in the form of a remark, but he confessed he did not hear the same observations made when the petition was presented in 1820.—( Hear, hear.) Lord ASHBURTON said the petition alluded to by his Noble and Learned Friend contained an expression of the opinion of the merchants of the City of London against re strictions in trade generally, and not against the corn-laws. He doubted, however, whether even that petition was signed by the majority of the most considerable merchants of the City of London. Lord BROUGHAM wished to ask his Noble Friend whether the petition against the restrictions on trade generally contained any exception as to corn.— ( Hear, hear.) The Duke of CLEVELAND presented a petition from the landowners and tenant farmers of the county of Essex against the Corn Bill. Lord DALHOUSIE presented petitions from the mer chants and brokers of Liverpool, from certain operatives of Stockport, from the merchants of Kingston-upcn- Hull, and from the Commercial Association of Man chester, in favour of the Corn Bill.—( Hear, hear. ) Also a similar petition from the American Chamber of Com merce, Liverpool.—(Hear, hear. ) The Marquir of CLANRICARDE said he had received a communication from Dr Reid in some degree explanatory of the intense heat which their Lordships had suffered on the last night of debate. Ho had also received a communica tion from a Mr. Gurney, who offered to ventilate the House upon a new prtnciple. He would not recommend them to adopt any theory, but to resort to the good old prin ciple by which the former (louses o f P ar li amen t were venti lated, and which succeeded perfectly well. (Hear, hear.) There was one fact which he would state to their Lordships with reference to Thursday, He would ask that the letter might be laid befor the House. Lord BROUGHAM had no objection whatever to make to his Noble Friend's motion. He had experienced much injury from the excessive heat en Monday night, and what he wanted was not explanation, but air.—( Loud laughter.) He should not care a straw for any explanation which might be offered to their Lordships by the ventilation of the House.—( Hear, hear.) It was a hard that he was to be tortured like some low animal by Dr. Reid, or any other doctor.—(Laughter.) He really believed that at the bottom Dr. Reid was a heartless de ceiver.--( Laughter and cheers.) Lord CANNING handed in the letter alluded to by the Noble Marquis. CORN-LAWS.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. Earl GREY—Before I address the House on the subject of the order of the day, 1 beg to present two petitions relating to that subject,—one from the Town Council of Hastings, beg ging your Lordships to pass the Bill now before the House immediately and unimpaired; also a similar petition from Wilts. My Lords, I am conscious that the subject which is now before the House, has been both in and out of Parliament, by speeches and writings so long and so fully dis cussed, that your Lordships may well be of opinion that no new argument remains to be urged upon it. and that you must therefore naturally be anxious to bring this debate to a close. My Lords, I can assure you I should not have contributed to the delay. I should not have ventured to tres pass upon your Lordships' attention on the last night that we sat, with what, I fear, must be thought pertinacity, were it not that having for many years taken a deep interest in this question, I could not reconcile it to myself to stand aloof from this, I trust, the final battle of that great cause, or to allow this debate to conclude without showing the deep interest I took in the debate. My Lords, I must further say, that one strong inducement--one principal reason which urged me to a strong desire to address your Lordship., was my feeling that a great impression had been made upon your Lordships by the speech which s d on the first night of the debate, and which was listened 1110111 sueh just and general admiration_ of course I mean lie speech of my Noble Friend the late Secretary for the Colonies, for whose absence this evening, from whatever cause it may arise, I may greatly regret. —(Hear. ) My Lords, I can assure you I listened to that speech with as much delight as any of your Lordship* because, though I think my Noble Friend made an admirable speech, he was much misinformed in what he stated to your Lord ships. His reasons were unsound, and his conclusions were unjust; but still his arguments were so ingenious, and were put with so much skill, and clothed in language of such ex treme beauty—in fact the w hole speech was so brilliant a dis play of rhetorical talent, that for upwards of three hours and received the attention of every Noble Lord who listened to it, making it unlike most other speeches —not a labour but a pleasure to hear. I know that some of the arguments in that speech have already been answered, es pecially by the Noble and Learned Lord who followed him in the debate, and by a Noble Friend of mine, who now sits behind me, and who spoke on the subject last evening. But it seems to me that there sre still some por tions of that speech to which it is required that your Lordships attention should be called I am not vain or pre sumptuous enough to suppose that I am fit to enter into the lists with my Noble Friend, but I have such confidence in the powers of truth, that I believe that the cause even in my humble hands may be successfully recommended to your Lord ships, and that on some of the more important parts of my Noble Friends speech, I shall succeed in satisfyin your Lordships that he has been wrong. .The first observa tion I shall have to address to your Lord ships is, that through the whole course of the debate it has struck me very forcibly that those Noble Lords who have been opposed to the Bill have all avoided explicitly reviewing and defending that which I take to be the main point and hold of the existing corn-laws, as well as all other laws upon the same subject. It is clear that the real aim of these laws and the object of all laws intro duced is that of securing a remunerative price of corn, or in other words to raise the price of food to the (LEFT SPEAKING.) NEW ASYLUM FOR INFANT ORPHANS. SECOND ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL. The second anniversary festival of this truly charitable and benevolent Institution took place at the London Tavern, on last evening, Lord MORPETH in the Chair. The usual loyal and national toasts having been given and drank with enthusiastic applause, a curtain un veiled, and displayed thirty-nine infant orphans, who sang a hymn. This scene was most interesting and impressive. The eldest of the children did not appear to be more than ten years of age. They were cleanly, and neatly dressed, and their complexions spoke sigmlicatitly that they were well and comfortably provided for. The Own - mem said he confessed the sight which he had just witnessed struck him with the deepest interest, and he felt sure that the scene formed a most appro priate and pleasant prelude to the toast which it was his duty to submit to the meeting that etening. When pre siding at similar charitable associations ; he felt that their merits were sufficiently tested by a long and prosperous experience, Their present society had not yet obtained that notoriety and expansion which he trusted it would obtain ; but there was something in the principle on which it was mainly founded which he considered most commendable, and which i nevertheless ; might b e l oo k e d upon as rather new and eitietinienteli There were institutions in the metropolis erected as asylums of orphans, and he considered it an unjust and querulous mind that could find a reasonable fault with the principle of eueh ihetittitioils 1 Mid thoiigh he was aware that there were some objectors, there had been none to objet t to their leading principle ; and to say that it was th e l eg i t i mate o bj ect of benevolence to pre vent, and net to palliate crime, yet he would have them remember, although he must say he admitted the theory, that until they had suebeeded iii ptsiventitig bed; it was their duty to d ea l W i t h i ts Sympt oms—Wear, hear).-.- and if they could not get at the root, they should not re fuse to uncurl the leaves of the diseased tree ) and though there might still be ifiipeovidetice, though there still might be drunkenness—and there still might be vice-- they should not leave the little ones to their heritage of suffering, over the let of whom angels would weep. It was not the province of man to harden his heart.— (Hear.) There wise only one similar institution to theirs ; but it was founded me an exclusive Systerh. lie did nlit, nor could he quarrel with the exclusive system, and while there were so many mingled and multifarious foram of wretchedness, they could not quarrel with whatever ins_ tigated the distress of their fellow-man, nor could the principle of exclusiveness in any degree interfere with the pubiic benevolence.—(Hear, hear.) They had asked no crozier to point out the limits of their charity, nor any mitre to sanction their humanity—they went on the broad principle preached by their Redeemer, of uni versal love and good-will to all men.—(Hear, hear.) They cared not whether the objects of their love and charity were brought up in the Divine lessons and sainted piety of a Watts or a Doddridge, the spirituality of a Taylor, the fervid zeal of a Wesley, or the self denying labours of a Fenelon or Bouromeo. Little chil dren were indifferent to those denominations and dis tinctions—they did not find their way into their infant bosoms. They would not interfere with religious dis tinctions ; they here resolved that the education of their proteges should be strictly scriptural; they should be taught that a watchful eye of tenderness was over them, and- they would be taught to look up to the Supreme Author of their being with love and gratitude, compared to whom their best of earthly benefactors presented but a faint and feeble image. —(Hear, heir.) They should be taught to look up to the Saviour, who had said " Suffer little children to come unto me."—(Hear, hear.) They need not fear the denunciations of Westminster or the decrees of the Council of Treat ; they would show that they wished to commisserate infant suffering, and that they attached weight to the great principle of reli gious freedom.—( Hear, hear.) He was informed, since he came into the room, that the pre sent institution only held thirty. six children, whilst it was ca l cu l a t e d t o rece i ve one hundred, and that i after the next el e cti o n forty-seven children mere would their be admitted—(llear, hear)—and they would utmost to turn as few from their doors as possible. The institution gave a preference to suffering virtue ; but, at the same time, when there were so many public sinners in the world, they would not adopt too much of the spirit of the philosopher, and close their door on the claims of those who were the sufferers, and not the wrong-doers. But for the gentlemen he saw around him, and the other benefactors to the society, those little cherubs whom they saw that night would have had no one to teach them their Maker's name, or clasp their tiny fingers in prayer to h eaven . They might not h ave had even the shelter of a roof to protect them from the " eeseon's difference," and worse than all, far - ar worse, they might, nay, it was too certain, that many of theni vvould have falle❑ into evil associations, and into habits of vice and profligacy. But the charitable Society, which they had assembled to celebrate, has stepped forward to rescue and save them. The cause, then, of the suffering orphans was certainly in better, abler, and more zealous hands ; and he confidently relied on their future pro sperityand success. Lord DUDLSY STUART, in returning thanks, as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society, took occasion to advert to Poland, and stated that the first recipient of the bounty of the Institution was the orphan of a Polish nobleman, a refugee. The Noble Lord concluded his remarks by a glowing eulogium on Lord Morpeth, whom he declared to have distinguished himself', even in his earliest years, by carrying off the first prizes in Ox ,ord.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HANDLEY, M.P., said he supported the Institu tion, as it was founded on the first principles of Christian amnesty, and as it did not confine its benefits to any class or faith. The report and the subscription list were then read. It appeared a sum over 1,0004 was the result of the days' subscriptions.—(Laud cheering.) The CHAIRMAN then gave " The health of the Minis ters who had made charitable ap;,eals for the benefit of the Institution."—(Three times three.) " The Stewards" and " The Ladies." The meeting did not separate until an advanced hour ir the night. The artistes who assisted during the night were, Messrs. G. F. Taylor, C. Kenny, C. Gengo, Farquharson Smith, and Bland. Numerous arias were given, with a great deal of taste.and execution. BURDENS AFFECTING LAND. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, TO CONSIDER THE BURDENS AFFECTING LAND. The following are the recommendations contained in the report of the Committee of the House of Lords, ap pointed to consider the burdens affscting hied:— " 1. The improvement of the law of real property; the simplification of title, and of the forms of convey. ante; the establishment of some effective system for the registration of deeds. "2. An extension of the measure of 1835, by reliev ing the counties and boroughs from the portion of ex•• pense to which they continue liable for criminal prosecu• lions, as well as the maintenance and conveyance of pri soners. This measure, however, should be accompanied by an adoption on the part of the State of an effective control. "3. The adoption of the liability of the owner of houses under the annual value of 10/. to the rates at which the same are assessed. "4. Where establishments exist or may be required for the support of lunatics, and where there are obvious reasons, both of economy and of humanity, for central ising the administration, and where, above all, the re sources of the State can be made available, without any risk of aggravating or increasing the evil proposed to be remedied, the Committee are not prepared to justify the imposition of the whole cost upon one description of pro perty. The Committee, therefore, submit that the charge for the maintenance of pauper lunatics through out the empire ought to be undertaken by the public. "5. To a certain extent the observations made on lunatic asylums may he applied to some branches of the expenditure for the maintenance and relief of the poor. Mr. Cooke shows, from official documents, that the establishment charges, inclusive of salaries, amount to 17 per cent. on the total expenditure for the relief of the poor, and states that these charges might be provided by the Government, without leading to any evil conse quences in the administration of the poor-law. " 6. A charge is periodically cast upon the land for the militia rate • this is not now levied, the militia being disembodied; but, considering the object of the militia to be general, and not confined to any particular class, the committee are of opinion that this charge should be provided for by Parliament, care being, however, taken, that if the public assume the responsibility of the charge, the Government should have authority to insure the effi ciency of the force. " 7. It is most desirable that the experiments for test ing the process of malting barley for the purposes of fattening cattle should be repeated, with the co• operation of persons of acknowledged skill in agriculture. " These measures appear to the Committee to be ne cessary because they are just. They have confined their recommendations of change in the sources from which certain charges should be defrayed to matter in which every interest is equally concerned, and the expense of which ought to be shared by all. " The committee considered themselves limited to an inquiry into the relative burdens on different descrip tions of property within the kingdom ; a more itn portant consideration would probably be the proportion of burdens on the cultivators of land in this country as compared with those borne by the cultivators of foreign countries intended to be admitted into competition with them in the same market. On this subject some infor mation has fallen from Messrs. Cramp and Banfield, who have been acquainted with the condition of farm ing in countries bordering on the Baltic and in the north of France, but the committee were of opinion their instructions precluded them from following up this de scription of inquiry. " The committee have directed the minutes of evi dence, with an appendix and index thereto, to be laid before your Lordships." One Noble Lord, a Member of the Committee, who did not approve of the report as agreed to by the Com mittee, drew up another report, which he caused to be printed, and which contains the following re commendations : "1. The improvement of the law of real property, the simplification of titles and of the forms of conveyance, the establishment of a general office for the registration of deeds ; thus applying principles already adopted in Scotland, Ireland, and almost throughout the Continent of Europe, whereby the security to landed property has been increased, and its value augmented several years' purchase. "2. An extension of the measure of 1835, by reliev ing the counties and boroughs from the portion of ex pense to which they continue liable for criminal prose cutions. The measure, however, should be accompanied by an adoption, on the part of the State, of an effective control. The establishment of an office of public pro secutor, and the conduct of all prosecutions, is recom mended in the strongest manner by the example of Scotland and of Ireland, as well as by the reason of the case. " 3. The revision of stamp duties, not with a view to the reduction of revenue, but to a better appointment of burdens—an adoption of an ad valorem scale of duty, relieving small properties from the present unjust and disproportionate charge, and making an equitable dis tribution of all duties on the sale and transmission of property real and personal, whether during life or after decease, both on ordinary conveyances and in the shape of probate or legacy duties, so as to remedy all existing inequalities, and to repeal all undue and partial exemp tions, " 4. The adoption of periodical and compulsory re valuations for the levy of all local rates, so as to avoid the injustice and inequality of the present most anoma lous system, This is consistent with the recommenda tion of the commis dopers on local rates, and with the evidence now taken. " 5. The consolidation of the present numerous rates, levied by multiplied and sometimes conflicting authori ties. There new exists in law, if not in practice, 24 rates, and 54 species of officers for their imposition, levy, and administration. The number of these officers is now estimated at 180,204. The fact that many of these officers perform gratuitous service does not neces sarily very the case ; it is far from being universally true that gratuitous service is always the cheapest. "6. It has been explained by Mr. Blake, that the expense of erecting gaols, bridewells, shire-halls, and similar buildings in Ireland, is provided for by the public, Advances are made by the Treasury to meet these heavy branches of expenditure ; these advances are Made Oti the security of the county-rate, and are repayable, without interest, by easy instalments. There appears every reason why this system should be extended to Great Britain. establit hments are introduced, as in the last session, fat tho support of lunatics, and where there are obvious reasons, both of economy and of huma nity, for centralising the administration, and where, aboie all, the resoureed of the State can be made availa ble 4 without any risk of aggravating or increasing the evil proposed to be remedit d, the committee are not prepared to justify the imposition of the whole cost upon one description of property. The committee, therefore, submit, whether the charge for the maintenance of luna tics in public asylums throughout the empire ought not to be undertaken by the public. " 8. More hesitation should undoubtedly be felt it; re speet to any part of the expenditure for the maintenance and relief of the poor ; but, to a certain extent, the ob servations made on lunatic asylums may, with proper safeguards, be made applicable to other branches of medical relief. " 9. A charge is periodically cast upon the land for the militia rate ; this is not now levied, the militia being disembodied ; but, considering the object of the militia to be general, and not confined to the Interests of a par ticular class, the committee are of opinion that this charge should be provided for by Parliament, care being, however taken that if the public assume the responsibi lity of the charge, the Government should have autho rity to ensure the efficiency of the force. " 10. It is most desirable that the practical experi ments for testing the chemical conclusions to which Pro fessor Graham, Thompson, and Dr. Lyon Playfair have arrived should be repeated, under prop er superinten dence, but with the co-operation of pe rsons of acknow ledged skill in agriculture. Without impugning the scientific acquirements of the eminent men consulted by the Government, it is hi g hl y interesting that this question should be disposed of in a manner to leave no reasonable doubt on the decision which may ultimately be pronounced. These measure s appear to the Committee in them selves t time, e, i ri making defensiblebe these beau becausethey suggestions,a re j they ust; butare fullyat he same aware that the burdens imposed by law directly upon land in England do not bear so high a proportion in England to the whole taxation of the country as is the case in many foreign states. So far as Prussia and parts of Germany are concerned, this fact may t' deducted from die evidence of Mr. &Infield. The same results !Lay be found in respect to Franc?, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and other foreign states. This fact, however, ought not to vary the views which may be taken either of justice or policy, neither should it be in ferred that the proportion of land taxes borne by I s oreign countries enters into the cost of production, or raises the price of produce abroad, any more than similar taxal;ion has boon shown to do at home. The facts are, therefo."e, referred to as bearing upon the principle of upportioo merit between one class of the community and another, and not for the purpose of suggesting that the cost of raising corn and other agricultural produce is governed, by one principle in England, and by another principle on the conoput of Europe." SUNDAY TRADING. Sir DE LACY EVANS presented a petition from the parishioners of St. Margaret's, Westminster, praying that the house would take into its consideration some measure fur the suppression of unnecessary Sunday trade. NATIONAL EDUCATION. Mr. WILLI AMS presented a petition from the mayor and corporation of Aberystwith, praying that the House would take into considerati, n some measure for the better education of the working classes. REGULAR CLERGY OF IRELAND. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from the clergy of Dublin in favour of the restoration of the regular clergy of Ireland who were excluded from any participation in the Ca tholic Relief Bill of 1829 to the right and immunities enjoyed by their fellow clergymen. He also presented several petitions to the same effect from other parts of Ireland. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from the Belfast Society for the Prevention of Cruelty,to Animals. The peti tioners stated that the town of Belfast was much annoyed by the barbarous amusement of cock-fighting, which was carried on near it to some extent. They stated that there was a local and prohibiting any cockfighting within the town, but that outside the town the practice was still carried on, and they prayed for an extension of the powers g i ven i n t h e L oca l A ct to enable them t o suppress the practice. WOODBRIDGE UNION. Captain PECHELL presented a petition, signed by Mr. King, a schoolmaster in Woodbridge, in Suffolk, atatirg that he had preferred certain charges of extreme cruelty and neglect against the authorities of Woodbridge Union house, and that he was compelled to forego the investi gation of the most important charges, in consequence of some of his witnesses having been basely tampered with, and that the Poor-law Commissioners would not allow any further proceedings, unless they were furnished with a list of witnesses, which gave the accused party an opportunity of tampering with them again, as the petitioner was denied access to those witnesses, who were inmates of the union workhouse, while the accused had the means of seeing them. The petitioner also stated that he was able to prove that the decision of the Commissioners was extremely unjust ; and he therefore prayed the House to muse a proper inquiry into the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners, that injured innocence might be protected, and crime might meet its just reward. POOR-LAW COMMISSJONERS. Captain PECHELL gave notice that he should postpone his motion with respect to the conduct of the Poor-law Com missioners corcerning the case of Great Faires, in Somerset shire, in consequence of the communication of the Poor-law Commissioners from the rate-payers of that parish. POOR-LAWS (IRELAND). Mr. POULETT SCROPE gate notice, that he should postpone his motion on the Irish Poor-laws till this day fortnight. FRENCH CLAIMS. On the motion of Mr. BARRY BALDWIN, it was ordered that returns of all suns of money now in the hands of the Paymaster of Civil Services, on account of French claims, should be made; also, of all auras of money that have come into the hands of the Paymaster of Civil Services, on account of French claims, since the sth day of August, 1840, with the respective dates when the same were received, and the source from whence they arose. Of all sums of money paid by .the Paymaster of Civil Services, on account of French cliims, since the fifth day of August, 1840, with the respective dates when such payments ware made, and to whom and for what account the same were made. respectively. Of the names and description of the present officers of the French Claims Eestaidishinent, with the d..tes of their respective ap pointments, and the amount of their respective salaries, and up to what time such salaries have been paid. RAILWAY COMPANIES BILL. On the motion of Mr. HUDSON, this Bill was read a se cond time. CORRESPONDENCE SOCIETY. The Bill Is as read a third time. SUPPLY. The report of the Committee was brought up. PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND. The Earl of LINCOLN made some observations in reference to the mode of giving employment in Ireland, in order to meet the distress occasioned by the failure of the potatoe crop ; but the Noble Lord spoke in so low a tone, that he was almost inaudible in the gallery. He was understood to say hat, owing to the failure of the potatoe crop, and the distress consequent thereon, it had been resolved upon by the Government to give grants of money to promote public works, such as should be presented by the grand juries ; but it so happened that means had not been taken by the presentment sessions, to enable the Government to do this. Under those circumstances, he would propose to introduce a short Act, by which to meet this difficulty, by giving the Lord Lieutenant power to reassemble the grand juries for the purpose of grant ing money for public works. He would propose the second reading of the Bill on to-morrow week. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. J. O'CONNELL said he would postpone, until after the holidays, his motion that two additional Members be granted to Cork. COLLEGE TENURES. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said he would postpone until Monday week his motion that the House consider the petition from tenants under Trinity College, and others interested in land in the barony of Irraghticut.nor, in the county of Kerry, praying the House forthwith to carry into effect the recom mendations of Lord Devon's Commission, so far as regards the conversion of College tenures into perpetuities. ANDOVER UNION. Lord COURTENAY moved that the Select Committee on the Andover Union have leave to report the minutes of evi dence taken before them from time to to time. Sir J. GRAHAM said he would wish to know upon what grounds the Committee had refused to report the minutes of the evidence in that Committee. Lord COURTENAY said that he gave his casting vote against publishing the evidence when the question came to division. But the Committee was an open one and the public had free access to it ; and the consequen ce was that incorrect reports of the proceedings had gone to the public. However, he now made this motion, in compliance with the Committee, though he was still of the same opinion he originally enter tained upon the subject. Mr. BOUVERIE opposed the motion. He thought that the character of others might be affected in the course of inves tigation without. their having the power of making any defence, and on these grounds he shou!d oppose the motion. Sir JAMES GRAHAM should object to it as being en. tirely inconsistent with former precedents. Captain PECIIELL said that the subject had been can vassed over and over again, and he hoped the House would support the views of the Committee. Air. PAK INGTON concurred in the motion, as he though) further investigation would put an end to such disgracefu . scenes. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE felt that the publication of evidence such as had been laid before that Committee might be attended with great injury and injustice to individuals. One witness had been examined before that Committee who charged several of the others with perjury. Now if the newspapers were to publish that, those who were affected by it could have a remedy, but when the House published the same evidence they had no remedy. The cases of 1836 and 1837, which had been quoted, appeared to him to bear no analogy to the present instance. Lord COUR TENA Y felt that he must take the opinion of the House on the subject. Strangers were accordingly ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared-- For the motion Against it Bl Majority against the motion ...... — 65 On our readmission to the gallery we found Captain PECHELL on his legs, asking information as to chat had been done in respect of the provision for retiring pensions for officers in the navy ? ( I.F iITTIXO. HOUSE OF LORDS. heir Lordships met at ten minutes to five o'clock, Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from the county of Herts against the Ministerial measure. Earl HAREWOOD also presented a petition, signed by 4,280 of the most respectable inhabitants of Dorking, praying their Lordships not to pass the Bill for the repeal of the corn-laws, as they conceived it was fraught with the greatest danger to the country. ST. A.SAPH AND BANGOR. Earl PO W'S introduced a Bill for the disjunction of these sees, which was read a first time. Earl HARDWICKCORN-LAW'S. resented a petition from th Commis sioners of th e Bedford Level, setting forth that e they had, by the expenditure of large sums of money, in the erection of steam engines for draining tho land succeeded in reclaiming a perfect morass, and making it excel lent growing land, that it was now flourishing, that they were it terested in the maintenance of p ro tection, and praying th e i r Lordship s not to assent to a repeal of the corn-laws. EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES BILL. On the motion that the Bill be read a second time, The Duke of RICHMOND rose and objected to the course now proposed to be taken. ]t was contrary to the usual prac-. tice of the House to enter upon business of that kind until the presentation of petitions was over. Especially did he object to any departure from the usual course when such an important Bill, as the Corn Bill was under the consideration of the House. aws, The nt N he Ministerial OBLE DUK CORN-LAWS. ag E then proceeded to present a petiti on ai t measure, on the corn-lrom the landowners, ter:ant-farmers, and others, resident at f Chelms ford, in the county of Essex. Petitions in favour of the Government measure were pre sented by Lord Radnor, by the Earl of Ripon, and by Earl St. Germans. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM presented petitions from the county of Essex against the Corn Importation Bill. Lord BEAUMONT presented similar petitions. The Earl of DALHOUSIE, in presenting a petition, said that the petition which he had the honour of pre senting was numerously signed by the merchants, bankers, and traders of the City of London. The petitioners prayed that their Lordships would pass the mea sure which her Majesty's Government had introduced be fore the House. The petition was signed twenty-f our of the Directors of the blan by k of England ; by n i neteen of the bankers of London, and by two hundred and seventeen of the merchants and traders of the City.—( Hear, hear.) He was sure that whether as regarded the intelligence of the persons signing the petition, or the material interest which they had in the measure which was then before their Lordships, their Lordships would give that petition that given the riset itm:o consideration tbhuet syhs tee m it moi deserved. grhctom rmemericni He would not enlarge on the influence which ought to attach h p to a e d ti Lord ships that a petition was presented in 1820 which policy !which had been from that i step by step pursued. In the same way he trnsted tho per i od petiti on from the merchants of Lon dondal their would cause their petition s to sanction a course of policy which would lead to renewed and p extended commercial policy. Lord ASHBURTON would venture to say that it would be easy to obtain a petition as large, ands s numerously signed, informing their Lordships that in tis:: yi 101 tail measure INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. At the meeting, held May 26, Sir J. Rennie (President) took the chair. The paper read was " A memoir on the Re sistances to Railway Trains at ditr,erent velocities." By W. Harding, Assoc. C.E. It commenced by describing several series of experiments which had been made by different per sons with a view to determining the resistacce at various ve locities ; some new experiments made by the writer on broad gauge and atmospheric lines being Koren in detail. Great difference of opinion on the amount of r..sistance pre vailed in 1837, when a comm itt ee o f t h e B r i t i s h A ssoc i at i on examined the subject and r e p or t e d upon it. Notv, ithstand ing this, it was found, in 1845, that the estimates ta!ren by some engineers of the resistances per ton at high velocltie* exceeded those acknowledged by other engineers by as mtici r r as 300 per cent. It appeared that the same low estimate of resistance was advanced by the advocates of the broad gauge before the Gauge Commissioners. It became, therefore, a matter of great interest, both in a theoretical and practical point of view, to determine which of these two estimates (differing thus widely) was correct ; and the inquiry was stated to have been facilitated by the application of two novel and direct modes of measuring resistances recently afforded to engineers by the atmospheric railway apparatus, and the application of Morius' dynamometer, to determine the trac tive force required in propelling railway trains, as used by Mr. Scott Russell in his experiments. In arranging the vast number of results afforded by experiments, the author pro ceeded on the folloWing principle:—He collected together all the results of experiments which exhibited uniform velocities maintained on a calm day, and on a line free from sharp curves; these results he calculated and projected in diagrams and he s'.owed that between these results their subsisted the most satisfactory agreement and consistency. lie argued that the tact of the agreement of so many experiments made by different persons with different objects on different lines of railway during t:,e last seven years, the resistance being measured in no less th four different ways, leads almost irresistably to the conclusion that the increase of res:stance with the velocity was such as these various experiments in dicated. The result was that the resistance per ton to a passenger train of, say 30 tons, at a speed of sixty miles per hour, would be upwards of 50Ibs. per ton, instead of 181bs. per ton, or nearly three times as much as had been estimated by some engineers. The author in pointing to the re-• sults of 'these experiments, stated that he desired not to express any opinion in the papers on the advantages of the atmospheric system, or upon the other practical points referred to ; and then proceeded to apply to the experimental facts a formula expressing the law suggested by Mr. Scott Russell, which appeared to afford results closely agreeing: with the experiments. The paper concluded with some re marks on the application of the experimental results ex hibited, which demonstrated the great increase of resistance with the velocity (it being with a light train four times as much as 60 miles an hour as at 10), to the calculation of the power of the locomotive engines, to the propelling power which, he contended, must be provided in the atmospheric system beyond that which had been calculated upon as necessary to the questions of gauge and of gradient , on all these points the law which at present appeared to be esta blished had, he stated, the most direct and important bearing ; and the doctrires and modes of calculation till recently in use, as regarded propulsion on railways, would, he believed, require great modification. The paper was illustrated by several tables and diagrams. A gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. The principal feature of novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the centre of the flame by means of a hollow button in the middle of the burner. The air passing up through the hollow stem of the button was heated and passed out by two series of fine holes around the periphery, and impinging it with more force with the flame of the gas curved it outwards in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air mingling with the carburettic hydrogen gas produced a very perfect combustion. The flame was quite white down the top of the burner, and it was very steady as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light in the theatre of the institution, where these burners have been used for some time. It was stated that in comparing the consumption of these burners with that of the concentric ring burner, and trying the power of the two lights with the Photometer, the new burner gave a better light with a saving of rather better than one- third of the gas consumed. It was, we believe, called the " universal burner," and was introduced by Mr. M‘Neil. The paper announced far June 9th (the next meeting) was " A Description of the Iron Swing-bridge over the Wensum, near Norwich," by G. P. Bidder, M. Inst. C.E. THE FATAL COLLISION ON THE ME lISE Y. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—Upon making inquiry at the Northern Hospital this morning s% e learned that most of the sufferers by the late collision on the river are going on as well as can be expected. Three of them are so badly injured, and have had so many bones fractured, that little or no hopes are entertained of their recovery. They can scarcely survive the next twenty-four hours. The Ramble': was Boated across the river last night, and is now lying in the Clarence Dock-basin. She will be hauled: up on the gridiron to-day, and the necessary repairs will be: done to her immediateiy. The Sea Nymph has been hauled up to one of the southern graving docks, where workmen are engaged in repairing her injured stein. It is thought she: will again be ready for sea in the course of a fortnight or three weeks. The Rambler may probably be ready for sea. about the same time. Many rumours are again afloat to-day as to the causes which led to the lamentable catastrophe, but the public will do well to forbear from giving credence to any of them until the inquests in Liverpool and at the Magazines shall have first taken place. It is sincerely to be wished that the jurors may be men of practical maritime experience, and that all the evidence will be placed before them which can in any way throw light on the melancholy disaster. The inquest on the two dead bodies now lying at the Northern Hospital will be held before Mr. Curry, the borough coroner. but, as yet, no time has been fixed for commencing the inquiry. We have already stated in our first edition that the inquest on the thirteen bodies lying dead at the Maga zines will commence before Mr. Churton, the Chester coroner, on Tuesday next. It is probable, from what we have just heard, that the in quests on this and the other side of the water will be opened on the same day (Tuesday next), and that, in all probability,, they will last several days.—Liverpool paper. RAILWAI sli R. MARK.ETS. BRISTOL, MAT 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 10 1 ,i —Bristol and South Wales Junction, I.3l—Great Western, Quar ter Shares, IA —Midland, New, 32—Newcastle and Darlington Junction. New, BjB —North Staffordshire, 4 1 ,1 p.—York and North Midland, 97—Ditto, East and West Riding, I Is. MANCHESTER, Mar 27. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Cambridge and Oxford, % dis.—Derby and Crewe, 3 34 p,—Eastern Counties, Perpetual (No. 2), 7 I.l6—East Lincolnshire, par—Goole, Doncaster, Shedleld, SW., % dis.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 34 dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 3-16 p.--Liverpool and Bury, New Shares, 2 p.—LivtrPooi• Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 p.—Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southport, % dis. —Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 21s. :id. Manchester and Birmingham, 804—Ditto, Quarters (B), 84 Ditto, ditto (C), 8 p.—North Eastern, 3iis. 6d. dis."—North Stafford— shire, 3% p.—North Western, 5.16; p.— Shropshire Union, 15-16 dis.---South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No. 4, ss. p.—South 310 , land, % dls.—Wakerleld, Pontehact, and Goole, Extension 6% p.-- - Welsh Midland, 245. dis.—West Biding Union, 2 9-16 p.—Wliitehaven and Furness, Extension, 3i dis. LEEDS, MAY 27. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York EX tension, 17s. 6d. p.—lluddersfleld and Sheffield, p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 345. p. c.—Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 21. 165.. p.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares (B), 834 British, Carlisle Branch, 1 p.—Arnbergate, Nottingham, an d Bos— ton, 225. dis —Birkenhead, Chester, 3101 J, kc., 235. dis.—Chelms— ford and Bury, 17s. dis.—Clitheroe Junction, I% dis.—Direct Northern, % dia.—Glasgow and Dumfries, % dis.—Great Eastern and Western, 30s. 6d. dis.—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 295. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 7s dis.—Leices ter and Bedford, 4s. 6d. p.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, I% p.—London and York, Is. 6d. dis.--Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland, 245. p.—Northumberl an d an d L ancashife Junction, 20s. Gd. dis. —North Staffordshire, 4/. Is. p.—North Western, 1/, p. —Welsh Midlands, 245. dis.—West Riding Union, 41. 13s. tid. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales arc—Eastern Counties, York Ex— tension, 3 4 p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 3'‘' dis.—North British, Halves, Haivick, 3 p.—North Staffordshire. 3% p.—Newcastle, and Berwick, MI6 p.—Nortsumberland and Lan— cashire, 20s.—Perth and Inverness, 185. 6d. dis.—West Eidllig Union,. p. SHEFFIELD, Mai 27. STOCK EXCHANOL.—The sales are—Midland, 149—Midland, Shef field, and Rotherham, a4l4 Grimsby and Sheffield Extensions, 10s. dis —Ditto, Quarter Shares, ss. dis.—East Lincolnshire, par—Man chester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 2% dis.— North Western, 6s. p.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3s. 6d. p. IIUDDERSTIELD, Mar 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Clitheroe Junction, 235. 6 11 - -Great Eastern and Westtrn, 2 03.—Huddersfleld, Halifax, and Brad ford Union, 4—London, Salisbury, and Ttovil, 365. 6d.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3/. ss.—North Staffordshire, 44 North We:tern, 28s.—South Midland, 30s.—Welsh Midland, 253. — London and York, 234—Glasgow and Dumfries, 425. Mar 27. STOCK EXCEANGE.—The sales arc—London and Plackwa:l Ex tension, 2 dis.—North British, Carlisle, 448. U. —Derby and Gains borough, 14s. 3d.—Direct Northern, 41s.— East Lincolnshire, 195. 6d.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., Ili—Hull and Barnsley Junc tion, 265.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 325.—Leicester and Bedford, 255. 9d.—Leicester and Tamworth, 275. 9d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 2%—North Western, 27s.—South Midland. 348 - - Shrewsbury and Birininghard, 2%—Nest Riding Union, 4L 16s. 3d. YORK, MAy 27. STOCK ExonANor.—The sales are—Leicester and Bedford, Ti. 55. CA.—London and York, 21.8s.—Newcastle and Berwick, 25%—North British, Carlisle Extension, 21. ss. 6d.—York and North Midland. New (East and West Riding), 11%. GLASGOW. M 26 STOCK ExertArroz.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bathgate, 59s. — Ayr and Galloway, 22s.—British and Irish Union, 41s. 6d.—Caledo nian, 10 1 , 2 —Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 28s. 6d. — East Indian Railway, 16s. —Forth and Clyde Junction, Ms.—Glair.- gow General Terminus, 9% —Glasgow and Belfast Union, 42 , 3 * Glasgow and Greenock, 16N—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Amt . " — san, 285.—Kimarnock and Ayr Direct, 37s.—Lanark and Lothians, 41s. 6d. -Lesmaliagow, 45s.—Manchester and Southampton, 32s. — Perth and Crleff, 325. 6d.—Scottish Central, IVA—South Mid land, 295. Mr. O'Connell, M.P., and a deputation, had an inter view with Si: Robert Peel yesterday. J F ''r of a daughter. House, J. Ft y, Mn.74 th rr e n Rev. John Coventry of a. At Iffly, near daughter. in Guildford-street, Lady Pollock, of a daughter. On the 22d Inst.,. t at Titcbneld-terrace, Regent's -park North, the On the 24th inst., On the 22cl ,„e inst . , Morgan, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. wife or Ge— - - inst., at Charterhouse-square, the wife of Alfred B. 1) of a son. Oxford, the Garl'o 4 . 31 * - " t the lady of P. C. Maxwell, Esqof the G 'Ye , On the 20th ins ~ c hmend, of a son. , 1 a t s i h ie e tfiwilßieriolfS Bi On the 20th Inst., at Norwood, the lady of Samuel Laing, Esq., of A eon. On the 20th Inst., at Crayford, Rent, Mrs. A. Swaislapd, of a son. On the 21st inst., at Paddenswlck-place , Hammersmith, the lady of John Simon, Esq., barrister-at -law, of a son. On the 18th On the 21st inst., at Ramsgate, the lady of Francis Henry Dean, Esq., of a daughter. On t t h b e e 2221dstininsitt..., a th t e rr i l a t d te y nd of en jo th ui e s L co a n dy en l , l k ar :sq rie g t Moore, of a sot:: Finsbury, of a son. On the 23d in s t . , i n Finsbury-square, Mrs. Waller, of a _ . On the 23d in s t. , at Haitians -hill, the wife of Thomas Fox, , a son. of So , i i tatighg-ahtt ILK, erre.o ''' On the 23d inst., the lady of Major Richardson, York-street, Port man-square, of a son. MARRIED. ....... On the 15th Inst., at Johannstorff, in the Grand Duchy of Mecklen burg, Herman Reddelien, Esq., of Manchester, to Clara, ;second daughter of G. C. Eckermann, Esq., of Johannstorff. On the 23d inst., at Trinity Church, Stepney, Robert Pugh, Esq , of Clapham-common, to Mary Cross, daughter of the late Rev. G. Williams, M.A., of St. Anne's, Llmehouse. DIED. On the tt3d inst., at Woolvers, near Reigate, Elizabeth, the wife of William Felgate, Esq. On the 24th inst., John Newland, Esq., of the Middle Temple. On the 24th inst., Yrs. Henry Probatt, of Copenhagen - stre et. White-conduit, aged 56. On the 25th inst., at Hoddesdon, Hogs, Miss Lawrence. On the 25th inst., in Sandwich-street, Burton crescent, John Sim mons, Esq., aged 84. On the 25th inst., at Son thwick-crescent, Frederick Henry, Young est son of the Hon. H. Manners Sutton, M.P. In the 80th year of his age, It. 11. Crabb, Esq., of Great Baddow , Essex. I❑ Lower Stamford-street, Sarah, relict of the late Walter Edward Barry, of Bridge-street, Westminster, aged $4. London: Printed and Published by hiIURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Jun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct or the SAYOYa in O. calf, CZ leflicilutz 'burglele Wit DISt