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,~:.-~- *t .„, 144 ac t on r .4J ROYAL TJANK OF AUSTRALIA. (THIS D A Y.) A general meeting of the proprietors was held to- day in the board-roran of the Company's premises, No. 2, Moorgate street, at trielve o'clock. John W. Strrneatetero, Esq., having t a ken the chair,called on the secretary to read the advertisement and notice; convening the meeting. The CHAIRMAN then said, it was matter of great gratifica tion to him and the directors to have sueih a statement of the Company's affairs as that for the -past year to lay before the proprietors, as he was sure it would give them satis faction. He felt it would be unnecessary for him to go through the details, as they would be fully read to them by the Secretary. He eead a most able and satisfactory letter from Mr. Benjamin Boyd, late - Member of the Legislative Council of New Smith `Pales, and Chairman of the Pastoral Association, upon the general affairs and prospects of the colony, addressed to J. W. Sutherland, Esq. It stated that stock was steadily advancing in price; sheep with stations in Port Phillip had changed hands at I6s. immediately after shearing, with the expectation that they would reach 9 03. A large military and naval expedition to New Zealand had created a demand for slaughtered meat and live stock; cattle sold at from 121. to 15/. sterling, and sheep at 20s. to 255. each ; besides which cattle were daily driven to South Australialor the use of the mines; and as it a: e peered that the mineral resources of that colony were i:lex haustible, is was impoasible to say to what extent the de mand might grow for dratight and fat tattle. The colony lied received nearly 40,0004 last year from India for horses. Foreign whalers and' other shipping were rapidly increasing in the ports for the'purpoee of refurn ; .shing. Such, the Chair man said, Was a view of the state "end prospects of the colony with which tlie interests of the i e'ompany were identified, and it must be . - 'satisfactory. to the proprietors. They were aware, he had r..a doubt, that steam naviga tion had bent exte:ided to India, and the Company were in hope that it would soon reach beyond Sin gapore to Australia, and give to the trade of this colony a nerd impetes. The Company would make every effort to induce the Government to tlis. A report on the subject was drawn ur, and would be laid before a public meeting previous to its being submitted to the Government. From the recent changes in the Colonial-office, they had good reason to have that this desideratum would be attained. The recent appointment also of a new governor, whose conduct had given great satisfaction in the West Indies, was also a source of expectation to the committee, who had waited on the governor prior to his going out., and found him every way inclined to make himself acquainted with, and to promote the commercial int erests of, the eolony. He concluded by calling on The SECRETARY, who ;ead the report. It stated that there was a gross profit on the operations of the year of 36,6704 13s. 9d. ; that the ?tividends, interest, and charges, for the corresponding perlod, amounted to 19,594/. 9s. 7d., leaving 17,076/. 4s. 2d. 'o be added to the balance of profit in profit and loss account of last year, viz., 26,8731. 9s. Sd., thus in creasing it to the sum of 43,9491. 13s. 10d. From this, how ever, was to be deducted 1,0004 proposed to be now written off against preliminary expenses, and 24,10C1. depoeFe notes already paid. That the forthcoming dividend w(all.t further reduce the amount by about 7,0001. Thet the affairs of the establishment, consequent upon the greatly improved position of the colony, coupled with the judicious and able superintendence of Messrs. B. Boyd and J. P. Robinson, tullY justified an increase in the Company's dividend; and in anticipation of continued prosperity, the di rectors recommended the adoption of this measure to the share holders. That meanwhile, they considered it would be more satisfactory to form a reserve fund, than to add at this time more than one per cent, to the dividend hitherto paid. They there= lore proposed that the half-yearly payment for the current year should be at th.e rate of six per cent. per annum, free of . . . The Ctratamics, in answer to a question from a proprietor, stated that tie accounts were made up in the colony to the 31st of ,lanuary, and at home to the 30th of June. Mr. 131tUCE moved that the report read be received, adopted, printed, and circulated among the proprietors. 31r. REID seconded the motion, which was carried una niveciusly. . _ - 41 r. S. PUNS moved that the following gentlemen, retiring - .from the board by rotation, should be re-elected directors for she ensuing year, viz., John W. Sutherland , Esl ., Mark s3oyd , Etq., and Joseph Phelps Robinson, Esq. Mr. TEESDALE seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. SETUERLAND and Mr. BOYD being present, both ac knowledged the honour and the confidence which the proprie tors had been pleased anew to bestow on them, and assured them of their strict attention to the interests and the affairs of the Company. Mr. EELS). moved that the thanks of the proprietors should be given to the manager, J. 11. Rae, Esq. 'An FLINN seconded the motion, which was carried unani mously by the meeting, and acknowledged by Mr. RAE. Mr. RECD moved that a letter should be sent, conveying the thanks of the proprietors to Benjamin Boyd, Esq., at.d J. P. Robinson, Esq., in Australia, for their exertions in the. interests of the Company. A PROPRIETOR seconded 'the motion, and the mcetivg passed it unanimously. A vote of thanks to the Chairman having been passed, the meeting was adjourned. lIIiITY2D MEXICAN MINING AS SOCIATION.—(THIS DAY.) A meeting of this Association was held this day, at the London Tavern, but reporters were refused admission. DIRECT MANCHESTER AND LON DON RAILWAY COMPANY (RASTRICK'S LINE).-(TI-11S_ DAY.) A meeting of the shareholders of this, company took place this day in the London Tavern, - undet the provisions of an Act of Parliament entitled th: 4 Railways Dissolution Bill. :Air. J. Dillon took the chair. The CHAIRMAN ;Mid th?., their efforts to obtain a Rill had failed, in consequence 0° the mere formal difficulties placed in their way by the ;, , tautling. orders of the House of Cons 7 mons. It was saie, that an amalgamation existed betwoen them and the, Remington line, hat such was not the ease. They !dad 400,0001., end they were attempted to be forced into, an implied amalgamation with a company which did not 7,ossess more than 7,0001. • They had returned 31. 10 e. a shr.re, and they reserved a sum varying. from 70,0 1 4/. to 80,0001. to proserve themselvesagainat the risks to vtlich they were exposed 'by threats held cut. against them of law proceedings—and they were now prepared to pay back 'the remainder of the money. as soon as they were relieved from the danger of these proceedings. The Company Was, therefore, dissolve,tl beforo,the Act under which they met that day came into operation, and they accordingly were not af limed by it. He considered that the whole meeting was illegal; they had not even sufficient to constitute it, as the :4harehold/ J rs who had received the return on their shares hid reli:red from the Company, and no longer possessed any right "to vote or be present at their meeting. P .Ar. POCOCK said that he repeatedly applied for informa ion whether an amalgamation existed or . not with Iteraington's line, but his applications, either by letter or personally, were equally disregarded ; he was refused all information, and he considered that the conduct of the direc tors was most discreditable and disgraceful in withholding that information, and he should move the appointment of scrutineers. all% RICHARDSON said that if the expenses amounted to twentY-five shillings a share, after receiving 42,0001. from Remington's line; he did not believe that the directors had acted as they ought to have done by the directors. An amendment wag then put tlnit the question be not now put, which was declared to be carried, and the original reso lution was then declared to have been lost. The meeting we.. 3 then adjourned. RA I LIVA C0M.3111 TEES. (Tills DAY.) MOUSE OF LORDS. Room C. 'The Commiaec re-a,sem'oled inern!ng, the Earl of Dextin in The chair, when Mr. Cubitt was examined at very green. length on the gru and the several features of .the peculiar line of the AtmOsgc ' rio .Company. At present there were thirty-nine traits per • day over the Croydon line. Considerable stress - was laid upon the Met of Mr. Cubitt having laid down a line from Croydon to Ashford, the object thing to shorten the distance between lon!)ridge and A.shford, by using a part of the Reigate line. There had been imre agreement with the South-Eastern COrrn.any, which had passed off, but the differences had lasted for sonic time, and it was in consequence of those differences that Cubitt was induced to leave the service of the S'outh-Eastern Company. An examination ensued -on this point, and on the means of getting to Dover vidthout going to Ashford. After some thrther details, • • • The Committee was then addressed at some len g th by Mr. Arsrm in favour of the South Eastern line, after which The room was cleared. On the re-admission of parties, The CHAIRMAN stated that the preamble of the South-Eastern line had not been proved, and the Bill is, consequently, lost. Room D. GLLSGOW, DITIVEFELIES, AND CIIRLXSLE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) After an interval, both parties submitted clauses, in order to tarry out the intention of tha Committee in the resolution they had come to. .„. An argument took place on the clauses of the respective parties, Nr. Sergeant WRANG/lAlt contending that his 621aSe i SWttil in Pall eceordance with the resolution of the Gcniniittee, wtlo rnitted by the promoters of the Bill, if agreed to, would actually cun 'travere its intention, which was to protect the through traffic of the Caledonian and would introduce a great des/ of legislation that was foreign to the object sought to be accompiislied. Si; T. l'ilit.. - tirs replied in support of the clauses the promoters of the Bill had .subinitted. He maintained that unless the provisions of these clauses were ae.al!itc.::l the (Ilitsgow and Ayr Company would be placed in an injurious position, and would - not b 0 able to receive proper indemnity for the giving up to the Caledonia - it Companly the least expensive and most profitable portion of the line. . After some further discussion OR the. , clauses, the parties were ordered to withdraw. On our re-admission, CUAIItMAN tntimatet that the Committee were of opinion that Mr. Sergeant Wrangbant's clauses did carry out the intention of the resolution come to by um Conimittce. The preamble or the Bill, as altered In agreement with the amend-. meats made by the Committee; and tha new clauses admitted then passed, and the several clauses a the sill gone through' wis and agreed to. - The 13111 with the amendment; was then orderei to be reported to the House. The Vow:dace then seperated, having terminated their labours. Itown 11. TEE EDIENDIJEGiI AND GL I.SGOIXT AND SCOTTISX CZNT&AL JUNCTXON. The Committee decided that the preamble of the Bill had nut been proved. The Committee then rrozeecht.d with the consideration of the Edinburgh and (liasgow - Union Canal and Railway Uhl, and were wcti pied hearing evtdenco- is aupp)rt of it up to the hour of ad :oar HOUSE OF COMMONS. • ---GROUP LXX. T1.1..4 Coinniillca,met again this 'corning at twelye o'clock, Sir Ce,;rl(.: Ckrk in the chair. Thera were also present all the otl nicinbers of the committee, v.z., Colonel Peel, Hon. Captain Cacrr rtegle, Hon. IV: Smythe, and Dir. Tower, Mrairge Aril) SAN DTVIOTTITT 13:EDIOs. psratac. The case having been resuzaed. . SMAT4-aftersome discussion, stated that the opposition °lithe part of. 'the .Grand Canal Cotr.paity--hild been withdrawn, the pre .rdotert.haviug, agreed to hayllfat -- company the stun of 1,300/, sus compensaiion fur the injuries the- construction of this lin. inigli‘.intlid - on their property. • Alr.-Ms.Matv filen wild that_ there was no further opposition to the And the 'jocinslittee wtire new in a position to declare the pre . ambie of the. Bill prove . The CHAtitstAti said that ho did not think they were; the objection which hail baea ritteed by 31r. Murphy as to this Bill, proposing to to this company-which had already been granted this ses 's'ion tO the - Dablin and- liing.town Railway, Company had not been • 31r. 31A:44T,t1014.0 that that objection might be easily got over, al future legislation could ot eottrAe repeal - a previously made law. The ("MI/MAN was of opinion that the !louse could not, in the same be , ssion repeat mil , part of a Bill that had received the royal asset) t. - ^ l =ed bather the cpcigut of Dattal of 1:)12 CriA:RMAN thOl ssi MA 4•4l;aaiii4 W 1110 Ixez ckt,41404 THE SUN, _LONDON, WEDNESDAYI EVIINING, JULY 29, ism Mr. WADDY, the Parliamentary agent, said that they would be prepared to produce the written consent of the Board before the Committee separated. Mr. MALLEY :saitl that the difficulty as to the other point above, the land already given to the Dublin and Kingston Company, might be obviated by the insertion of a clause in this Bill compelling the promoters to carry their line over that of the other company at the point in question by means of a viaduct, which should affor4l no obstruction to the traffic on the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. After a lengthened discussion, the Committee adjourned (withotit having given any decision) till two o'clock to-morrow. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) ADVERSE CLAIMS (IRELAND) BILL. TAXATION OF COSTS—COMPENSATION FOR LAND (IRELAND) BILL. These Bills were read a third time and passed. DRAINAGE OF LANDS BILL. This Bill went through Committee In o forma, and the House having resumed, the report was received, and the Bill ordered to be re -committed on Friday next. SHANNON NAVIGATION BILL. ilk On the question being put flit. the third reading of this Bill, Cole'nel SIBTHORP said it was high time they had some returns to set off against the millions of money being ex pended on this navigation by Government after Government. In his opinion it was a gross job, and ought to be put an end to. It was renewed by. Government after Government, and for no other purpose than to place extensive patronage in their own bands. Was this to be the last vote, or were they to go on granting money year after year for the Shannon Commission ? Mr. PIG OTT +aid the Bill was not for the purpose of voting money, but for carrying into useful operation funds which had already been voted by the House.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. F. FRENCH said the assessment of the Commissioners under their Acts was exceedingly disproportionate and un just. For instance the city of Limerick was only rated at 6,0001., while the adjoining county of Roscommon was assessed at 76,000/.—(Hear, hear.) It was manifestly unjust, and some check ought to be put upon the power of the Commis sioners.— (Hear, hear.) The Bill was then read a third time ar.d passed. WRECK AND SALVAGE BILL. . _ _ The report on this Bill wai brought up and received, and the Bill was recommitted, for the purpose of introducing cer tain amendments. STEAM NAVIGATION BILL. This Bill ment through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday next. SPIRIT LICENSES AND DUTIES BILL. This Bill was read a second time. THE CONSOLIDATED FUND (4,000,0001.) BILL. This Bill was also read a second-time. • BATHS AND WASHHOUSES (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a second time and ordered to be com mitted. her by the bow 30 feet, for which purpose another docking will be necessary, but which cannot be given her until the ships now under process of refit are completed. All the men engaged in the block machinery department in this dockyard were regaled last evening at the King's head Point, at a sumptuous supper, given by Mr. Brewer, 'the inventor and patentee of the new block, to commemora• e the adoption of that mode of manufacture by the Lords of the Admiralty for the use of the Royal Navy in future. The occasion afforded the patentee an opportunity of ex pressing his deep obligations to Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P. for Montrose, but for whose more than fatherly and inde fatigable exertions in his applications to the Government, Mr. Brewer said, his mode of manufacture might never have been adopted in ber Majesty's dockyards. The Hon. Mem ber's health was drunk with three times three and one cheer more. The Seaflower cutter, Commander Roepel, arrived to-day from Jersey. The Agincourt, 72, Captain Johnstone, flag of Rear-Ad miral Sir Thomas Cochrane; the Iris, 26, Captain Mundy; and the Spiteful steam-sloop, Commander Maitland, were at Penang on the 4th of June. Mr. G. A. Stabb, late second master of the Volcano steam sloop in the Mediterranean, tried by a court-martial and dis missed his ship, on account of getting ashore with the. Indian mail on board a few months since, has been appointed to the Trident steam-sloop at Chatham. Workmen from the establishment of Messrs. Cooke and Wheatstone, the inventors, commenced to-day to lay down the wires across this harbour from the Clarence-yard to the fort-Admiral's office in this dockyard , necQssar for the pur pose of establishing an uninterrupted electric telegraph com munication from London into the Admiralty-house at this port, for the use of the Government. VORCESTER, HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY. A meeting of the shareholders iu this project was held yes terdayat one o'clock, at the offices 449, West Strand, in terms of the Act 8 and 9 Vict., for the purpose of &tern - lining on a dissolution of the Company. Sir H. Price, having taken the chair, called on the Secre tary to read the advertisement convening the meeting. The following gentlemen were then elected scrutineers— Mr. Avery, of Gloucester; Mr. Stallard and Mr. Peterson, Temple . The CHAIRMAN read the committee's report, which stated that though the Company had failed on the standing orders, the committe were of opinion that the line would have fully realised all that had been held out in the prospectus; that there was a disposable sum of 61,889/. Bs., and that there would be a dividend of ti. 40. p cAr , a final dividend 'when the accounts were made up. The CHAIRMAN afterwards intimated a wish that all pre sent who were interested in the line should wait utter the meeting to see whether they might not retain the ground, with a view of forming a company to make the line. Mr. OXENHAM asked whether the scheme had not failed through a mistake of the engineer? if so, he thought his I accounts ought not to be paid. Mr. BAKER said that the Company had pressed Mr. Brunel into their service at a time when there was a great push in business, and the mistake was not his, or one for which he was accountable. The mistake was made by a local sur veyor, who was willing to submit his accounts to the revision of any respectable engineer. A PROPRIETOR asked how many shares had been issued, and how many paid upon? The SECRETARY said 50,009 shares bad been allotted, and 46,894 had been paid upon, which shares had returned 98,4794 Bs. Mr. HALL put several questions on the accounts, which were read to the meeting in full. After hearing that idr. Brunel was the only engineer whose name had ever appeared in connexion with the scheme, he said it was his opinion that Mr. Brunel was responsible for the loss which the Com pany had sustained in consequence of the mistake, and that he was of opinion also that the Company, if the share holders would be secure, should be dissolved by bankruptcy. -Hear, hear.) The shareholders would, he was sure, look to Mr. Brunel for a return of the money which had been lost iu consequence of the gross mistake, a mistake nothing more or less than making the river Severn run up hill—(Laughter.) Mr. AVERY hoped, as the shareholders could not appoint a Committee of their own to examine into the, accounts, such instructions would be given to the gentlemen who had the winding up of the affairs as would impress them with the im perative necessity of looking narrowly into the accounts. Mr. BAKER felt assured that all-tho:e on the committee were as much inclined as any in the room to cut down, as far as reasonable, all the accounts. He confessed he was startled at the amoant of the law expenses, which were 15,2001. Mr. Rosa wished to know if the committee would pledge themselves to go before the taxing master? Mr. BAKER said they were quite willing to go before the master. Mr. ELGIE, the solicitor, said he was known to many in the meeting, and as an honest man he was prepared, and even desirous,. to have the accounts investigated before the taxing master. Mr. BODENHAM, (Hereford), adopted Hr. Elgie's language in reference to his own accounts. _ _ _ Mr. BAKER moved, and Mr. W. TAYLOR seconded, the resolution that the Company should be dissolved. The motion was put and carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN moved that this dissolution be without an act of bankruptcy. This was put to the meeting and carried also unanimously. Mr. ROSE moved a vote of thanks to the chairman. • Mr. CAMPBELL seconded the motion, which was passed with acclamation. Sir RGBERT PRICE returned his acknowledgment of the honour and the kindness, and then adjourned the meeting, which throughout was certainly not one of the quietest or most orderly. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Jut 27. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena AUgusta Victoria, third daughter of her Most Excellent Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was baptised on Saturday last the 25th instant, in the Chapel, within Buckingham Palace; and a detailed account of the ceremonial observed at this solemnity will appear in a Supplementary Gazette. MASTER OF THE HORSE'S-OFFICE, JULY 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Granville George Earl Granville to be Master of her Majesty's Buck Hounds, in the room of the Right Honourable James Alexander Earl of Rosslyn, re signed. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Jvly 28. The Earl of SHJFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills, praying their Lordships' concurrence. CHELSEA BRIDGE AND EMBANKMENT BILL. On the motion Lord CANNING, this Bill was read a third time and passed. The Earl of CLARENDON presented a petition from Mr. Crowder, a solicitor, praying that the Glamorganshire Land Bill be considered it the same position as if a certain non compliance with the standing orders had not been made. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES BILL. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Joshua and Thomas Watts, theproprietors of the swimming baths in the Peerless Pool, Citrroad, against the Baths and Washhouses Bill. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills, praying their Lordships' concurrence. The Earl of RADNOR said he thought that the Nob'e and Learned Lord should have inquired into the circumstances of tl;e case on the bringing up of the Bill yesterday. Lord BROUGHAM explained. The Bishop of LDNDON said he had proved, as far as it could be proved, that there was a probability of the money on the loan beino. repaid. When his Noble and Learned Friend looked into the Bill, though he Might think this or that provi sion of the Bill might require modification, he would not throw the weight of his powerful talents into the scale against the Bill. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the Bill was not be fore the House, and when it was, they would avail them selves of any suggestions that might conduce towards the ob ject of this Bill. Earl GREY thought it was premature to discuss this ques tion it present. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 28. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to : Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway. Caledonian Railway (Glasgow Termini and Branches). Gorbals Gravitation Waterworks. Liverpool and Bury Railway Extensions. London and Birmingham Railway (Coventry to Nuneaton ). London and Birmingham Railway (Weedon to Northampton). Manchester and Leeds Railway Extensions. Mid!and Railway (Leicester and Svrennirgton Alterations and Branches). North Wales Railway. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway. Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire June. tion Rail - way (No. 1). Stratlitay and Breadalbane Railway. , Trent Valley, Midlands. and Grand Junction Railway. Wilts, Somerset. and Weymouth Railway. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES. Mr. 111‘CA11fFif pre tinted a petition from Cork, pray'ir.•g that the provi s ions of the Baths and Wash Louses Bill might to extended to Ireland. JURORS—(IRELAND.) Lord CLEM EN TS presented a petition from the jurors of the county of Leitrim, complaining of being so repeatedly called upon to perform the duty of jurors in consequence of the absentees, and praying for an amendment of the law with resi eat to jurors. NEWFOUNDLAND BILL. The report on this Bill was received and agreed to, and it was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. THE BURIAL SERVICE (No. 2) BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSIO) ,I' BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. EAST HEMPSTEAD UNION IN BERKS. Captain PECHELL called the attention of the House to the petition of the guardians of the East Hempstead Union in Berks, complaining of the conduct of the Poor-law Com missioners, and hoping that steps would he taken to inquire into and restrain the authority of the officials at Somerset House. He would content himself at present with moving for copies of all correspondence that bad passed be tween the rate-payers of that union and the Poor-law Cum missioners.—Agreed to. EPISCOPAL REVENUES. Mr. FREWEI•Z obtained leave to bring in a Bill to provide for the better regulation of episcopal revenues and dioceses. The House then adjourned at Half-past Four o'clock. G 0 011 W 00 D RACES. (THIS DAY-BY EXPRESS.) Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, with 50 added. Miss Letty colt Tugnet The Stand Plate of 50 soya., &c. Miss Milner colt Blackbird The Orange Prize, added to a Sweepstakes, &c. Mr. Greville's Alarm Lord Lone&le's Jericho Lord Waterford's WOlfdog Six ran. A fine race. THE.FUNDS-(CLOSWG PRICES) . BRITISU FUNDS. ONE CLOSING. O'CLOCK. PRICES, Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 209 209 Three per Cent. lieduced Annuities .. .. 96% 96 )4 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 96 1 4 95i 96 N'tw Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anns. 98 1 4 97% 98 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5,1860 .. 10 7-16 10 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10 3-16 10 3-16 Ditto, 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 .. • • 10 3-16 % 10i8 India Stock .. .. . .. .. .. ... 262 262 India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. .. .. .. Ditto, under 1,0001. .. . • .. .. 24 19 19 South Sea Stock .. .. . • • • • • • • Ditto, New Annuities .. .. .. 94% 94% Consols for Account • • • • • . .. ... 96% 1 A 96% Exchequer Dills. l 3 ,0. 1146. 1,0001... .. -- .... 912 pm. 12 soot. -. .. .... 912 —.— pm. - 12 I' itto, Small .... • 912—. pm. • .. 12 ONE CLOSING FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 89% Grenada, 1 per. Cent • • • • .. . Ditto, Deferred • • .• • • .. .. 4 q 4% Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 26% Portuguese Three per Cent • • .. 46% 45% Ditto, 4 per Cent .. • • .. • . 45% 44% . 44% Russian Bonds .. "• • .. .. .. 112)4 112% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. 2G 25% Ditto, Passivd Bonds .. .. .. . 5 %.' 5% Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. .. 360.4 36)4 Ditto, for the Account .. .. .. 36% 36% Dividends on the above payable in ; London. Belgian Four-and-a:Half per Cent .. 98 Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 94% 94% BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DON EAT ~,,,,,,s . ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES or RAILWAY SILtRES. Amber., Notting., Boston, and Eastern Junction . • .. .. 2%.•• • i .. isi mitt igh am an d Gioucester .. ..10 0 .•• • ••••• • • • .. 131 111rmIngham and Oxford Junctio n 2 .... 6% 7.. ...... 6% Bristol and Exeter . • .. .. 75 .. ._ 85 .. ••_ „ „ 85 Ditto New . .. • . % .. 5 .... 9% 9 Buckinghamshire .. • . .. .. 425. .... %% dis % di s . Caledonian •• .. .. .. 20 .... 13 1 4% • • 13% Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 2% .... • ••• • „ .... % Cornwall and Central Devon .. 2%.• .. 1 1 , , ,j % • 1 % Derby and Crewe .. .. .. .. 2% .... 6% Fi, .. 6% Direct Manchester (Reming,ton's) 25.... 34 % Direct Northern .. • . .. .. 2% .... 15¢ % .... _ 1% Eastern Counties .. .. .. 141. 165..... 24% •.. 24% Ditto New .. .. .. .. 10/. 165..... 75% p• ••• .. 7% p Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1.61. 13s. 4d. %5 p % p Ditto, ditto, .. .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13e. 4d. % p.. • • Ditto, York Extension .. .. 105..... 1 3 4% . ... 2 East Lincolnshire .. .. .. .. 1 % .... %• • ...... • • 1 4 Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester .. 51% .. 3% Goole, Doneast., andSheilield,&c. 425..... % dis••• .... % dis. Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) 1 1 ;4.... %.. • • ..... 3 . 4 Great North of England . ..100 .. .• .... ..... . Ditto, New . .. • . .. .. 15 .... • • ........ 49% Great Western ........85 .... 151 153 ..... ~, 153 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 83 .•• • • .... 83 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 10..22% 23% 225 23% 23% Guildford, Farnham, &Portsmoth 5 .. —5% ........ 5% Leeds an 4 Bradford • • .. .. 26 .... 704 •• • • Lninester and lioiliord .. .. .. 225..... 5 di5..... • • % dis. Leicuter, Tantworth,&c. .. .. 425. •• .. .. • 1 as. Liverp.. 3latteli., & 'Sewn. Jtirtet. 2%.... Londoil an 1 Birmingham . —lOO .. .. 232% 23134 233 .233 Ditto, Thirds .. -. .. .. 32 .... 73% .. .. Ditto, Quarters ••• . .. .. 2 .... 325 32 .• .... 32 Ditto, Fifths .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. 20 ..... ..... 26 London t u a t•l3lackwali .. 161. : 135. 40. 87/ 5•• • • .... 85 London and Brighton .. .. ' . 56 .. . 65%y, ........ 65 tA 1 Loudon and - Croydon ' .. • . 131. las 9d... 23% it .. ••• • •• 233' Ditto, Guarant.Fige per Cent. ' 9 .... 1O %.. .. ld i London and Greenwich .. 121. 15s. 4d. ._ _ .... . o v, A London and South-Western —4l/. 65.10 d••• 77% . 77 .......: 77" London and York .. • • .• • • 2 •• •• 1 N %•••• • • • • 1% London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. 2% 1 ..... ..... 1 Londonderry and Coleraine .. 10 ...,. 3% . Lynn and Dereham .. .. .. 15 .. :• 1150 ••.. • • .... ' 11% Manchester and Leeds .. • . .. 82 ....117 .... • • .... 117 Ditto, Half Shares . • .. .. 38 .... 53 5434 54.... 24 Ditto, Quarters . • .. .. 2 .... ..........9 Ditto, Fifths .. • • • • • • 3 •• • • 10% ••• • • ..... 10.5 Ditto Extension .•• .. .. 425. .. • • Mauchesterand Birmingham .. 40 ...87 88 .... • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) 4 •• 15 1 4 .••. • • • ..• 15" C Ditto, *eater Shares (B 4 .... 134 .. .•.. .. Ditto, Quarter Share s (C) .. 1 •••• 11%•••••••••• 11% Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. •• 15 p ....., % p Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 1% 1 _ Midland .. .. .. .. .. —lOO ....149 • • ...• Ditto, New • .. .. .. .. 24 .... 39% ..... ..... 39% Newcastle and Darlington Juliet. 25 .... 44% . • ... ..... 44% Ditto, New . • • .. .. 1.. .. 105 11 ••• • 11 Ditto, New. Brandling .. .. 25 ••.. 43 44% • • .... 44% Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 15 •• • • 28 1 4 275 .. • • 28 Newark. Sheflield, and Boston • • 1% .• • • %••••• • • • .- .., % Norfolk. .. . • _ .. ... .. 20 .... •... 275 Ditto, Ralf Shams • • .. .. 5 • .. ••.. • • .... 9 North British .. .. .. .. .. 25 .• •. 37 365 .• .... 365 " Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1%.. —3%% .. • • 31 % North Kent and Direct Dover —2% .... • • ••••• • • • • • 15 North stattordshire .. .. .. 42e. •• .. 3%14 p • ... 31,' p Nottarnoton,Banbury,&Chclthm. 2 .... . .... 1 % Oxibrd,Woreest.,& Wolvertimptn. 1234 .... 8 . . F re ston and Wyre .. .. •• 25 .... 35% ... • Ditto, Half Shares •••• .. 2% .... 7% .......... 74 Pat/mond ••. •• .. -• • • • 10 _ •• •• 181 4 18 •••••• 18 .... .... .... 4_7. , ...... . 1 :1 !is.: • • •• . xp Scottish Central .. ', •• • .. 12 Y4 •• • • 19 % I A . . Shrewsbury and Birmingham • . 2% .... 25 114 die. South Eastern and Dover •., di !a • • 4 ..... 74 N •• • • 45% iranianUiation .. S B o 4 ti r9i th 's t i • • • • 27 ',IMO. New (d 0.331. 65.8 d.) No. 2. .. .... 16%14 •• •• •••• 165 ~Ditto. New (iSs. at 320 No. 1. 20 10 ... Ito., New ( ( go o ; 151.) 301 .... 1 , .; N 0 ° .. 3 4: 15 214 .. : . . 2 3 1 1 %14: .•. : .• .. .: : 2 : 1 1 3.; Vale of Neath • • • • • • • • '• 2 " "•'•• • ' '' Waterford and Kilkenny • • ' • 5 •• • • -... " • • . • • • • West Riding Union .. .. .. 425. • ... 2 p.. Wickeach and Si. Ives .. • • • • 2 •• • • 3% N ••••" • • • • York and Carlisle .. • • .. .. 25 .• • • %••• • " • " York and North Midland . • .. 50 .• •• •• • • ••• • • Ditto. Extension • • .. .. '2O .• .. 4034 •••• • • • • Do. E. and W. Biding Exten.• • 1 .• • • 13% •••• • • • • 2% p FORLIGN RAILWAY: , Dutch Rhenish .. 6 .... 6 5X 6 6 East In :tan . 55. .... 3 ...• •• . • Louvain la Sambre .. • . 5 .• • ••• •• • • 1 4 1X Luxembourg N alma and Liege 6 .• 2%.... 2% Northern of France Constituted.. 5 •• .. • • 1314 Orleans and Bordeaux ..-,- 6 .• .• 84 .. ••• • • 8 Over Yasel •• 41. Bs. 4d.... 236 dis.... • • 2% dis Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .• .. % 5;6 T Airs and. N antes Constituted .. 5 5 .. • West Flanders • • • • .. 6 •• • • 3 4-•• • • • • • 314 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Commercial of Londou 20 •• • • '23 ••••• • • " • MINES. Real del Monte • Unrezistered • • •• • • 3 ••• • • • ••• NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - Pottirsmotrrit, Tuesnax.— The Eurydice, 26, Captain Elliott, was towed out o f h ar b our t o S p ith e ad this morning by the Echo tug. Sh e sa l ute d on pass i ng ou t, a nd presented a very beautiful appearance. Much credit is due to her master (Mr. Pascoe) for the very efficient trim in which the vessel now is, and for many advantageous improvements in Ire ,Tig. We have no doubt but that the Eurydice will, thus well handled, achieve a victory over her competitors in the forthcoming trial of sailing. The Neptune, 120, advanced ship, was docked yesterday, to Iraya her copper' overhauled and - cleaned. . The Comet steam-vessel, Commander Pretyman,returned from Plymouth on Sunday evening with supernumeraries. ' The Pique, 36, was taken out of dock yesterday, to be laid it 4 ttie pregatt4t. iwilog Inca 41.4faii444 . w Itastlial DOWNING-STREET, JULY 28. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain Charles Graham and Commander George James Hay, of the Royal Navy, to be Companions cf the most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. Royal IVestminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Cap. tain R. Cannon to be Major, July 24. Uxbridge Yeomanry Cavalry—Hugh Hammersley, Gent. to be Cornet, July 24. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham. Durham Militia—R. H. S. Jackson, Esq., to be Captain July 20. WHITEHALL, JULY 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles James Fox, of the city of Canterbury, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Francis Barber Kettle, horse dealer, Brighton, to surrender Aug. 4, at twelve, and Sept. 4, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore , official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Staniland and Long, Bouverie-street. Walter M`Dowall and Ralph Brown, printers, Pemberton row, Gough-square, City, Aug. 4, at half past twelve, and Sept. 4, at halt past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basioghall-street ; Holm; and Co., New Inn. _ _ Farquhar Macqueen, merchant, Leadenhall-street, Aug. 5 and Sept. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fel lett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basingliall-street ; Ashurst, Cheapside. Charles Burrows and John Gliddon, brewers, Plymouth, Aug 11 and Sept. 8, at eleven, at the xeter District Court. Ilcrnaman, official assignee, Exeter; Little and Woolcombe, Devonport ; Stogclon, Exeter; Makinson and Co., Temple. James Evans, silk mercer, Bristol, Aug. 11 and Sept. 8 at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. .Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Savery, Clark. and Co., Bristol. John Carlisle, bui!der, West Derby, Aug. 7 and Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Rogerson, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Davies, Liverpool. John Smith Chadwick, calico printer, Mancheste-, August 12 and September 2, at twelve, at the Manchester Distri, t Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, See, and Weatherall, Temple, London, Blair, Manchester. Edward James Inchley, corn dealer, Drayton, Leicester shire, August 15 and September 10, at twelve, at the Bir mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee Birmingham ; Rawlings, Market llarborough, James; ir wihighara. William Inchley, coal dealer, Drayton, Leicestershire, Aug. 15 and Sept. 10, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleson, official assignee, Birmingham; Rawlins, Market Harborough ; James, Birmingham. James Coates, tailor, Leominster, llerefordshire, Aug. 8, at one, and Sept. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Wood house, Leominster; Bartlett, Birmingham. Alfred William John Mason, builder, Edgbaston, Warwick. shire, Aug. 7, at half past ten, and Sept. 1, at ten, a, the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir mingham ; Ryland, Birmingham. Thomas Small Smith, carpenter, Wednesbury, Staftbrd shire, Aug. 7, and Sept. 1, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Walker, Wolverhampton. Thomas Charles Fletcher, glass dealer, Nottingham, Aug. 7, and Sept. 1, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, 'Waterloo-street, Birmingham; Brown, Nottingham ; Smith, Birmingham. William George Wale Tayler, surgeon, Tywardreath, Cornwall, Aug. 12 and Sept. 9, at eleven, at the Exeter Ms-. trict Court. llirtzell. official assignee, Paul-street, Exeter; Coodes and Shilson, St. Austel, Cornwall ; Stogdon, Exeter. [Dividends, &c., in our Next]. MARKET IN TELLIG ENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Jul}' 28.) SUGAR.—To-day the market for all kinds of Colonial Sugar pre sented a very dull appearance, and further reduced rates were accepted. _ _ _ REFINED. — To-day, although Relined Sugar was offered upon re duced terms, still the home trade operated with much caution. MAUHITIUS:—There has been little business transacted by private contract In any description, although there are sellers upon rutin r reduced terms. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with little atten tion ; at public sale 2,766 bags were °tiered, but a very small part only sold at rather lower rates. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of sugar the produce of slave labour, but privately more desire was shown to operate in all kinds ; business of moment was however prevented by the stiff rates required. COFFEE:—This afternoon Ceylon coffee met with more attention by private contract, and good ordinary pale native was sold at 4ls to 4ls 6d per cwt. Of IA Guayra 354 bags were offered at auction, and went upon further reduced terms. SPiatTs.—To-day all kinds of Jamaica Rum were In excellent re quest, and fetched further advanced rates. Leeward Island is wanted, and prices aro looking up. Calcutta wanted, and prices higher. TEA.—At the public sales held to-day there was little desire evinced to operate in any description of Tea, although merchants generally were inclined to make some concession in prices. RICE.—In Bengal of every description au extensive business has been transacted by private contract since this day week, and at prices showing an auvance on those previously current of 9d to Is per cwt. CINNAMON.—There bas been a much better demand for Ceylon of first quality, and the parcels offered at the quarterly sales were pur chased with eagerness; the quantity brought forward not being large, merchants were enabled to obtain an advance on the rates of the last April sale. Innoo.—The quarterly sale of East India was brought to a con clusion this afternoon. The- quantity for sale wa5.15,622 cheats, of which 4,675 chests were withdrawn, and 3,223 bought in, leaving about 8,000 actually sold. TALLOW. —Russian is dull of sale on the spot, and not mere than 41s 6d per cwt can be obtained for flute Petersburg Yellow Candle. For delivery in the last three months of the year there are sellers at 41s to 41s 3d per cwt. Home made on the spot, however, has been ill excellent request at 40s to 40s 6d -nett cash, and the supply is not so large as it was. Other descriptions have been purchased with -mutt= "''INGENUITY.—Mr. J. Dowding, of Btistcil; IfAt, We' understand, manufactured a coffee kettle, capable of boiling wall*, out of a " mite" of the prot t sa,iiareofifjpar a lc,ca railo arooTp Vio twarge.er4444,l9laliar THIRD READINGS. The Cambeltown iia;bonr,Vt;ter;orki, Paving, Lighting, and Watching Bill, and the Tramore Embankment Bill, were read a third time and passed. Colonel FOX presented a petition from Southwark, prayiog for the opening, .free of toll, of Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall lit idges. The report on the Sligo and Shannon Railway was agreed to. THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK• Mr. HENLEY, seeing the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. T. Duncombe) in his place, wished to know whether it was his intention to make the motion of which he had given notice for to-night with respect to his Highness the Duke of Brunswick? Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that it had been his intention to bring forward the motion to-night, but, in consequence of it being arrarged that the debate on the Sugar Duties Bill should take precedence of notices of motion, he was afraid he should not be able to do se. He regretted this ex tremely, as the subject was pne of great impovt.o.... annuli] on tmuie to ming it forward before this day fortnight, on which day he was afraid the House would be little inclined to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into the allegations con tained in the petition of his Highness the Duke of Brunswick ; he had therefore no alternative but to postpone his motion to the earliest day he could bring it forward next session. OUTRAGE ON Bilinsa SUBJECTS. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from Thomas Brodigan, Esq , Ptlton House, County Meath, a magistrate 01 that county, complaining of the outrage which took place at Jerusalem on Good Friday last, and of the personal danger to which he, in conjunction with other British subjects, was then exposed (fully detailed in the correspondence which appeared in the Second Edition of The Sun of the 3:1 instant), and praying that effectual measures might be adopted by the Government here which will occasion the Sublime Porte to direct its attention to the repression of such outrages, and thus protect British travellers in the East. ARMY ESTIMATES. Captain LAYARD, seeing the Secretary at War in his place, was desirous of knowing when it was his intention to bring forward the army estimates? Mr. FOX MAtJLE said if nothing unforseen occurred, it was his intention to bring them on next Monday. Mr. GEORGE RANKES gave notice that on the third reading of the Poor-law Removal Bill he should propose to add a clause. _ _ . Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN seeing the President of the Board of Trade in his place, wished to ask him whether he should continue to devote as much attention to agricultural statistics in office as he did out?—( Hear, hear.) Mr. T. M. GIBSON said, in answer to the question of the Hon. Member behind him, he begged to say that he had reason to believe from pipers he had seen at the Board of Trade that the subject of agriculture had undergone considerable attention in that department, and so far as himself was concerned be should be most happy to continue his attention to this subject. COLONIAL LAND SALES. _ . Mr. DIVETT wished to ask the Ucder Secretary for the Colonies whether it was or was not the intention of the Colonial Office to sanction the regulation made on the 3d day of March last, by the Governor of South Australia, respecting future land sales in that colony, which, according to the la,t report of the Colonisation Commissioners, would seem to have been drawn up under the direction of Lord Stanley, and in contravention of the decision of this House upon the Land Bill introduced by order of that Noble Lord ? Mr. HAWES was understood to say that dispatches having reference to the subject had not yet arrived at the Colonial Office, and he could not inform the Honourable Gentle- man what would be done until they arrived. Mr. HOPE said, he might be irregular, but he felt inclined to make one or two observations on the question which had been asked ; and first, on the terms in which the notice had been given. He found no fault with the first part of that notice, but when it proceeded, " which, acorn., ing to the last report of the Colonisation Commissioners, would seem ! o have been drawn up under the direction of Lord Stanley, and in contravention ofifie decision of this Houre upon the Land Bill introduced by that Noble Lord." Now this, he thought, was simply a speech put into the notices, and a speech with out an opportunity of answering. -He submitted that this was a moat improper exercise of the privilege of giving notice. But he had to find fault with the question in the substance of it, for it was not founded in fact. Mr. DIVETT begged merely to say that whether he had acted discreetly or not, the question, in fact, was founded strictly in fact. THE MILITIA. Mr. ACLIONBY wished to put a question to the Right Hon. the Secretary at War. He had not, indeed, given notice in the usual way, but as there was a great deal of anxiety prevailing in the country on the subject, and as he knew that many Honourable Members in that House were not aware that a Bill was on the table of the House for the purpose of suspending the ballot for Militia till October, in the year 1847 ; he wished to ask that Right Hon. Gentleman it it were the intension of the Government to proceed with that Bill? Mr. FOX MAULE sail that he found a proposition made by his predecessors with reference to this subject, but, consi dering the late period of the session, and the great importance of the question, the Government were of opinion that the preferable system would be to renew the Bill (as had been dole for the last thirte , n or fourteen years) for another year. FLOGGING IN THE ARMY. Mr. B. ESCOTT gave notice that, on Tuesday neat, he would move for a return to be laid before the House of al the floggings which had been inflicted in the army from the year 1840 to the present time ; the place where the regiment in which such punishment took place was stationed ; the number of lashes inflicted, and the consequences that followed ; whether inflicted by farriers, drummers, or so forth; and also copies of the surgeons' minutes, and whether the trials had taken place with closed doors. SAVIVGS' BANKS—COMNIISSIONERS OF NATIONAL DEBT. 111 r. HUME moved ior an account of the number of indivi dual depositors and of charitable institutions and friendly s•t cieties depositing their funds in savings' Winks, and of the sums deposited, divided ' into the usual classes, on the 20th day of November, 1845. Account of the amount of principal money received from, and of interest credited to, and of principal and interest money paid to the trustees of savings' banks, distin guishing Great Britain and Ireland, by the National Debt Commissioners, from the 6th day of August. 1817, to the 20th day of May, 1846 ; of the amount of money, prin cipal and interest, due to the trustees by the Commis sionerson the 20,h slay of May, 1846 ; of the securities held by the Commissioners on the 20th day of May, 1846, and of the value of those securities at the prices of that day (stating such prices), to provide the amount due by the Commissioners to the trustees oil that day, for principal and interest. Account of the ggregate amount of interest paid and credited to the trustees of savings' banks (distingui4ting Great Britain and Ireland) by the Commissioners, and of the aggregate amiduit of interest or dividends received by and due to the Cumuli-- sinners on the stocks, funds, and Exchequer-hills hid by them on account of the trustees, from the (Ph iley of August, 1817, to the 10th day of Nay, 1846 inclusive; and stating also the difference in amount be tween the amounts :o paid and credited and received up to May 20, 1846. Account, stating in detail, the changes which have been made in the Bank Annuities and Exchequer-bills held by the National Debt Commissioners, on account of the trustees of savings hanks, under the authority of the Acts 9 Goo . IV. c. 92, and 3 Wm. IV. e. 14; showing, in separate co lumns, the slates, description, and extent of each of such • changes, and the rates at which the changes were effected, from May '2O, 1844, to July 5, 1846 (all in continuation of Parlia mentary Paper, /4 . 7): 453, of Session 1844). Sir. RORSAIAN wished to give notice that on Friday next he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if it was his intention to call the attention of the Government to the report of a Lords' Com mittee on railways, and whether it was their intention to adopt the suggestion contained in that report ? . _ THE ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the motion that the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate be read, Mr. PHILIP MILES said that he could assure the House that when he moved the adjournment of the debate last night, it was not with a view of protracting the discussion of the question at this late period of the session. It was because he thought that under the circumstances a fair division could not be taken upon it, that he wished to adjourn it, and he knew that it was for the interest of all the parties that the adjourn ment should take place. He assured the Noble Lord that it was not his intention to offer any useless opposition to this Bill, because he did not think it right unnecessarily to protract the business of the House. He could not admit that this measure was to confer a great benefit upon the country, as the Noble Lord had stated, and it was because he considered that this measure would do precisely the reverse ; because he considered that the measure would give great encouragement and stimulus to the slave trade, notwithstanding all that had been said against it, that he was prepared to give his support to the resolutions moved by his Noble Friend the Member for King's Lynn. He confessed that he was astonished last night to hear the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool—that Noble Lord who moved the celebrated resolution in 1841—now consenting to the pro• posals of her Majesty's Government. He must say that he was not prepared to hear him give the reasons for the vote which he was induced to give, after he had said that he protested str ,ugly against the admission of foreign sugar. He certainly was not prepared to hear that Noble Lord come forward in support of the proposition of the Noble Lord the Member for London.—( Hear, hear.) Neither was he pre pared to hear the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, certainly in a speech of great Oility, tell the House that he was rejoiced to be able from the source of the slave-grown sugar, to receive a large increase to the revenue of the country. The discussion last night turned upon the state of the West India colonies, and it was because he was particularly interested in them, and because he wished to express his opinions as to their condition, that he was unwilling that the House should go to a division on the question last night, before he laid before them what he knew concerning their condition, and what effect this measure woul I have upon them. From all that he could learn from practical people on this subject, from all that he knew himself on the question, he must say that he thought the effect of this measure would be to throw a vast number of estates out of cultivation.—( Hear, hear. ) All those estates which were of a barren soil, and which had not all the advantages of shipping, would he thrown out of cultivation• lie would take for an instance the Island of Jamaica. In that island there were, he believed, about 400 estates now in cultivation ; and he wa• assured by a gentleman conversant with the subject, that of those 150 or 200 would be thrown out of cultivation by this measure. Many of the estates in that island Lad been lately thrown out of cultivation, Lod it was a lamentable fact, but :t wed nevertheless true, that in consequence of the want of pre. tection which ought to have been shown to the proprietors of estates in that island, the people were in a most wretched con dition. The Noble Lord, the Member for London, in the opening speech which he made on this question, said that the system of protection was a vicious one, but his (Mr. Miles) answer to that question was that the condition of .the West Indies was in a wretched state at this. moment, and the reason that they were so was, because of tlfe '..ciadiiil4ll t f•oxativo -Govequipixt. wialee4 CORNWALE . RAILWAY; Lord BROUG H All thought thst the evidence on this Bill should be printed and produced to the House. Viscount TORRINGTON said he had no objection to the production of the evidence in question. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that on Thursday he would move that the evidence laid before the Cornwall Railway Com mittee be printed. BUILDERS OF DUBLIN. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the builders of Dublin complaing of the privileges of the guild of builders in the city of Dublin, and praying their Lordships to establish perfect freedom to all. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS ACT. Lord LANSDOWNE. in answer to a question by Lnrd "mu./ ..id he had seen the Fr. - ..• cothmrssioner of the Woods and Forests, who• had received the Acts yesterday, and had referred them imm (beery to the official referee. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Lord MON TEAGLE said, that this Company had come to Parliament for an extension of powers. He said, it had been represented to him that this Company had far exceeded its powers, and expended much more than the capital allowed by law ; that this additional capital had been raised not by the issue of 1)0714 fide shares, but by an invention of the directors, which virtually made it a loan. This was a repre• sentation which, if found true, would make that compaay by no means appear worthy of their Lordships' sanction. He moved that an account be ordered ?lowing the state of that company from year to year. Lori PORTMAN said, as Chairman of the Committee be fore which this company had been sent, he felt bound to ?ay that be had heard nothing of it. although a private letter had been sent him hinting at something of the same kind with what their Lordships had heard. Lord KINN AIRD said, that by the Railway Consolidation Act the Board of Trade should take care that gates and stations were provided when lines passed public roads on the level. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. Lord COLCHESTER presented a petition from the Cale donian Company, praying that, in consequence of the time which had been lost in the Commons, the standing order of the House which fixed the third reading should be set aside, and that that Bill be permitted to pass. GAUGE COMMISSION BILL. The Earl of CLARENDON moved the second reading of the Gauge Commission Bill, in consonance with the resolutions to which their Lordships had unanimously come the other evening. Lord KINNAIRD had intended to oppose the second read ing of this Bill, but as there were to be certain amendments in troduced into it in the Committee. which might possibly obviate his objections, he should refrain from making those observa tions which he had intended to offer to their Lordships. The Earl of SCARBOROUGH begged to apologise to their Lordships for interfering in this debate, but it appeared from reports which he had received from engineers, that by enlarging the sleepers to sixteen inches, and taking out the chairs, the carriages on the narrow gauge might be very easily adapted for the broad gauge. not eGsting, in all probability, more than 301. each. The bridges and tunnels might be al tered with almost proportionately equal facility. After going through the list of accidents which have occurred respectively on both the gauges, the Noble Lord said the danger on the narrow gauge was evidently greater, for if they put the centre of gravity ever so little out of its place in turnieg a corner, the sway, or the unavoidable oscillation, would easily throw a car riage off its basis. The Noble Lord the Chairman of the Com mission had offered no objections to the adoption of the broad gauge. Lord BEAUMONT said that it was evident, from the evidence submitted to the Commissioners, that so far from the deeision being in favour of .the narrow gauge,. it was quite the reverse. The Commissioners had evidently been of opinion that the broad gauge was the better of the two, but a better than either would be one between the two. The Noble Earl (the Earl of Clarendon) was moving for nothing more nor less than that the very worst gauge should be adoped for all future railways, with a very few exceptions. He should not move any amendment, but if any Noble Lord would bring forward any motion for postponing this consideration, so that the Noble Earl's suggestions might be properly taken, he would support him. Lord REDESDALE wished to explain what he had said on the previous occasion, when these resolutions were adopted. It was hardly the fact that the narrow gauge was the very worst. On the contrary, he would say that it was only bad in the view of those who were advocates for very quick travelling. But there was another class, who looked to the economical working of railways as well as to the rapidity of transit. The Commissioners had not said what was the best gauge, and in the present state of darkness he should be most unwilling that any definite plan should be adopted. He only wished that the great engineers should meet together and give their opinion on what was the best gauge, and he believed that their decision would be nearly unanimous on that point. He further wished that ihe Great Northern Conipar y would have the courage to come forward and state that they were ready to alter their gauge to the six-feet gauge, which, as the medium, appeared to be the best. Having stated his opinion, he fully trusted that before Parliament met neat year something would be done to settle the question finally. He would not oppose the present Bill, but he hoped an uniform gauge would be ultimately adopted. The Earl of CLARENDON did not see how they could get rid of their difficulties on this question. There were up. wards of 2,000 miles constructed on the narrow gauge, and, with the exception of rapidity of transit, he did not agree with the Noble Lord that it was the worst gauge. All the eminent commissioners abroad who had come to this country for the purpose of ascertaining what would be the best gauge for their respective countries, had adopted the narrow gauge, and there was a majority of upwards of forty of she most eminent engi neers of this country in favour of that principle. The Com mission also which had sat upon the question had given it as their opinion that, in the circumstances of the country, it was the best gauge that could be adopted. Lord KINNAIRD said the Noble Lord asked how were they to deal with the matter, but they should recollect that the practicability of altering the gauge had never been inquired into. He would not detain their Lordships further than by alluding to what had been said by the Gauge Commissioners, which was of great importance on the subject. By thin Bill parties, who were anxious to amalgamate with other companies would be prevented doing so, when the principle upon which such amalgamation would be effected would be nullified by this very Act- Lord PORTMAN thought that the adoption of the medium gauge, referred to by the Noble Lord, would necessitate an alteration in the engines, carriages, and rails of every railroad in existence in the country. As an inhabitant of the western portion of England, he was moat decidedly in favour of the broad gauge line. Lord CAMOYS thought the alteration of the narrow to an intermediate was the most extensive and the most expensive alteration that could be made. Lord GREY considered that •he present measure was the only one practicable at the present time, to prevent the further spread of the inconvenience of a break of gauge, which every gentleman deprecated. He had heard that several companies in connexion with the narrow gauge had proposed to purchase the Great Western Extinsions, and thus hermetrically seal up the Great Western Railway. Such a mischief as that would be remedied by the passing of the present measure, which would prevent,,the.alteration,o(the gauge at present laid down upon the railway: He did not consider the present measure as at all to be considered as a permanent measure ; for his own part he would not be satisfied until the present inconvenience resulting from the break of gauge VI as entirely removed.— ( Cheers.) He thought that the evidence given by Mr. Cubitt before the Commission had been treated too lightly ; so far as he was able to form an opinion, i e thought the proposition of an intermediate gauge attended with many advantages. He thought some other mode of settling the business than that of appointing a Commission to inquire into the subject should be adopted; he thought they had had enough already of Com missions. Earl of KINNAIRD said that after the expression of opinions just given by the Noble Earl, he would not oppose the further progress of the Bill. Earl of SCARBOROUGH made a few remarks which were inaudible in the gallery. The Bill was then read a second time. SMALL DEBTS BILL. The Lord CHANCELLOR presented several petitions from Halifax in favour of the Small Debts Bill. The Lord CHANCELLOR then moved the second reading of the Small Debts Bill. The proposed Bill was founded on the report of a Commission consisting of the present Chief Baron, and Mr. Justice Wightman. In the year 1339 this measure had been introduced, but from the pressure of businers it was not proceeded with. In subsequent years it had been brought forward, but had not received the sanction of the Legislature. In the month of June in the present year, the Bill was ap.in introduced by a member of the late Government. Finding that the Bill was in accordance with the recommendations of the Commission, he had brought the measure forward at the present stage of the session. In the ancient courts, established many years ago, the expense of recovering 40s. was six pounds ; it was not therefore to be wondered at that those courts in the present day must have fallen into considerable disuse. The present Bill sought to remove those grievances existing under the former Acts in the establishment of local courts, and to remove the jurisdiction from the courts of conscience or requests. He was not able at that time to state the nuarberof those courts now in existence, or the number of judges or c ,ramissioners who pre. side over them. It was proposed to limit the present Act to sums not exceeding twenty pounds. The present law courts were totally inadequate to cases where small demands were sought to be recovered. The scheme proposed its the present Bill was to divide the country into districts, and to establish courts in these districts to meet the wants of the people. There would be a considerable number of these districts, and a large number of courts would be necessary. He was happy to say that there would not be so large a number of judges as of courts, because the courts would not require to sit every day; perhaps not more than once a week or a fortnight. He proposed to establish some judge over each district, who would have the charge of all the cow' Is in that district. He did not think they would require more judges than were now in the hal,it of presiding over the existing courts. The judges hould be appointed by the Lord Chancellor or the Secretary of State for the time being. Th e mode of proceeding before the court would be the same as that contained in all local Bills passed since the report of the Com mission on the stlbjeet.. There wore a considerahle number of clauses in the Bill, which referred to the more minute de. tails and working of the principle of t Bhe ill. He thought the teeasure calculated to do good, and he trusted the measure would receive the sanction of their Lordships. The -Bill was then read a second time. THE BOOK AND ENGRAVINGS BILL, AND THE e Iig&Q.QIPTION OF TITHE BILL Were read a first time, and orcier'ed to tiefeati csecenut thte .on Monday next, ad,ioulao4 4 1-1 lay before the House some particulars with respect to some Woeld they use sugar which lied been cultivated with the.hleed es ates in Jamaica. The amount of sugar produced in the of men who had been bought:—(A cultivated from Sir Jame " : estates en that island hart greatly decreased during the last few Graham.) He beg •n to think he was a of app years all the years in consequence of the extreme drought, and the want of sion in this matter, and that he was not acquainted with men means protection which had been dewed to them hy the Government. means of buying and selling. If the Hon. Gentle __ A The estimate for tee present year was net less than 800 tons of that all the men on the banks of the G o rges are not boughty and sugar. Let them take another case, in which an estate, that eole, he would at once assert that all the men in J not before the ern •nciration of the negroes did not produce Cuba were not bought and sold; so the argument was pprehe. irk 100 hogsheads of sugar, now from the number of worth a laugh, and if it was a joke, it was so bad, that he estates which that measure had thrown out of not laugh at it. But if he had any other meaning, he d' a a „ Of cultivation, and the consequent great supply of labour wis'e to revert to it, for they could not say who was tadbeu• he notwithstanding the abolition of slavery, produced 150 hogs- I sold. He himself was not to be led by any party, nor le c%jered heads per annnin. Though the soil was of an inferior withold la's support from the Noble Lord. And he cones character, if they had an ample supply of labour it • that the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel), when he IT__ would be made three times as valuable as it was I ported to support the Government, had made a speech la before the passing of the Act of Emancipation. Again, calculated to injure them than anything else.— could (Hear, hear.) if they took the island of Barbed°. s. According " India is steeped to the very lips in slavery, and Mr. Wilber - to returns which had been placed before the House, it force had said that the dwelling-place and the home of slavery was stated that it had increased its cropa since the abolition of was in India, and that for centuries before the West Indies slavery, and that wa es , had risen. The wages were the same were discovered slavery bad been cradled and nurtured there as in Jamaica, with this differeriee—that instead of "paying slavery formed part e t hf the eeligion of India. He w ould ask _ha. a fact. day's wages for a fair day's work," the la- N o bl e L or d the m e mb e r f o r Lynn whether he beli eved boaters received fur four hours' labour daily the those harrowing reports which he had read to the Ho use were same as was paid in Jamaica for seven or eight. There I not considerably exagaerated by the writer of those horrid lul" were ample reasons to show that if an adequate supply of I revolting narratives? He did not vindicate the slave trade labour was given, these estates would do sufficiently well. I God f or bid th a t h e s h ou ld. He should deseeVe, t - di d ; lie thought that this would justify him in stating struck to death on the floor on which he stood it' " e • a , that which had been said by a gentleman well ac- but let them look to the southern states of North Atei'lle. quainted with the West Indian colonies, and had and they would find slavery equally as horrid and been quoted by the N o bl e L or d th e Member for the I testable as that denounced by the Noble Lord opposite . _ city 01 London—that the West India planters were in the (He then read f r o m a b oo k p u bli s h e d on the subject an sc ion ng" e . hands of the negroes, instead of the negroes being in the i of the cruelty to which not only male but female slaves were hands of the planter,— (H ear , h ear .) Such was the opinion subjected, and that the gro ss e s t immorality was encour a g e of a disinterested man, and one who l a d t h e mos t e xtensive amongs t th em i n or d er t o propaga t e t h e i r race .) The volu me experience of the colonies; and that opinion was corroborated also contained an anecdote which he would relate to the Hour; • by the governors of the different islands. He thought he A gentleman at one of the watering-places became inamou did not say too- much, in. affirming that-the fault of th e of a young female slave, whom he married , and carried with colonies not being in so prosperous a condition as they I him to the free states, where h e ed u cated her after the fas hion might have been "lay not with the planters but with the lof an English gentlewoman. One morning an elderly DI Government. Give them a supply of labour, and there I waited upon him, and demanded the woman on the groun d would be no danger of their estates being uncultivated- He teas I her being his slave. He said she was worth a 1,000 dollars, bat sorry to hear the Noble Lord say that he would not allow any I that he should have her for 900 dollars, which the husband p_a i 4 . importation of labourers from ALica, unless they came from He mentioned the circumstance to his wife, who said—" 'T e _ • places at which the British flag was flying. He thought there not only my master, but my father." This was the state of ought to be full liberty for labourers to come from very which they were going to encourage by a criminar c r i any part, under such guarantee as to personal liberty which duty. He then referred to other nas;ages of the book, v , ?_', l , e the Government should think necessary. In Jamaica there stated that the slaves were punished by being fastened fig was an estate on which there were thirty-two negroea, to a stake, so that they could not move, and flogged with .o who filled the most important situations, and had risen to spiked instrument, which penetrated into the flesh, their present position by their energy and industry. They they in this position received hundreds of lashes. on tri eo pv, were declared to be an intelligent and active body of men, and naked backs. Now he (Mr. Borthwick) believed that ru . , 4 „, they mime tic m o m ;m e m sane simetions for carrying of these statement , wort: vuoggo,ltPd. but be tpc;:o.-- - ; 1' ".- on the various processes on the estate. It • was only that equal cruelty was inflicted in Cuba and Brazil as inD,.f tecently that they had obtained any labour, and s i ss ippi as d Al a b ama . It was always, however, in the powerr,'L, &ff what they desired eat time to allow it to come into ope- th e s l a ve t o p u r c h ase hi s freedom as soon as he cou ld ration. Had riot the West Indies suffered from a su ffi c i en t mo ne y to effect the purchase. The slave could al very severe drought, the crop would have increased chaege his master, and be removed, provided he were not !le.. in a greater proportion than in any former year, fed, or prevented from going to church. That state of thio % by reason of that labour. It was really a very hard case, be- existed in Cuba and Broads, where there were from 2,000 (teem they had been unfortunate this year, slave labour should 3,000 free negroes. In Brazils no distinction was made b e ; be allowed to come into competition with them. But tweet) the men of colour, but in South America they w hip the benefits which the N ble Lord promised to them not allowed to be near the whites, nor even to avoro o , did not come up to their expectation. Ho has God in the same pew as the white man. d told us that molasses and sugar cannot be used in breweries, the grounds he had stated he must oppose the metio:t because the excise have an objection to it. If reforms are to the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn. Unless he could r..*4 be carried out on the principle of free trade, they the House that the statements he had made about Java res ought to adapt the reforms to that principle, and Manilla, and the southern states of N orth mmeet o; not their reforms to the excise. He could see no were false, , he, had no right whatever to ask n e. ' a reason why they should impose this tax 'men 'the colonies— ( Mr. Borthwick) to vote for the distinction bet e` it was nut consistent with a spirit of justice or equity. slave-grown and free grown sugar. The people were He thought that he could apply to the present state of the country were not permitted to grow tobacco, but theY,7 2 oo country the opinion of Lord Metcalfe, who said that the Go- forced, for financial purposes , to. pay a duty of Heart, vernment were in the hands of the Excise, anal not the Ex- per cent. on tobacco that was slave-grown.--("obet cisc in the hands of the Government. He did not think hear.) Their was scarcely a tropical product but .0 ,- that the Excise duties should he suffered to remain was prcduced by slaves driven by the whip and in their present condition. He thought the duties plied by the slave trade. He was sorry the Nob le Lora ee should be emialised and levied after the spirits Member for Lynn should have lent himself to such a el l ; . were made, the distillers would then have a protection of Sd. that now raised, which he believed was only got uP ejoe . per gallon. He hoped that at a future time the Noble Lord hustings' purposes against the ensuing general el se' a ut at the head of the Government would turn his attention to if they gave themselves the patience to examine they " w the ir the subject and. place the d u ti es u p on an equa lity, It was his find that their arguments and their position were as false as _ ee . opinion that emancipation had fully borne out the expectations humanity was genuine and real. But it was painful to t § bg ; of the parties. He had visited Louisana and Cuba, and it those praciees played off upon the people of England, for was his deliberate opinian that free-labour could compete with mere purpose 01 getting up a party cry. If they felt the 4l slave-labeur. Ilis firm belief was that the present mea , ure portanee of setting the stave free, they were bound to ca' e l. if passed, would have the effect of throwing estates out of mil- out that principle to the fullest extent. They must no Iti be tivation, and that it would also give a stimulus to the slave use slave grown totacco, nor use any of the luxuriear ' a ge d; trash' ; and if this country encouraged the growth of slave- procuring or manufacturing of which slave-labour was " e we grown sugar, with what face could they r- quest foreign nations they must forego the us. of slave-produced luxuries W1.1`.. the • to join with them in putting a stop to the odious traffic in slaves ? they were mieeral, vegetable, or animal. So much' 1 . 7.. et If the cultivation of sugar were to be increased by 50,000 tons, question of slavery, on which the Noble Lord seemed .t hest: according to the estimate of the Noble Lord at the head of his opposition. He (Mr. Borthwick) begged to tell 1 1 .. “ 11 , 0 ,itb the Government, there must, of necessity, he an absolute while he trusted to the excitement of populai sympathy course eo • increase in the amount of slavery. remembered having respect to the slavery in sugar—a most honourable head, some sh or t ti me ago, the Right lion. Gentleman, the doubt on the part of the Noble Lord—he was also bound . w otbe r Member for Edinburgh, describing the misery which resulted on the people of this country to make use no longer of the, ec iple " • from the existence of slavery in America, hut he could assure articles of slave manufacture. Henceforth, on the Pri e " ro wa • the Right lion. Gentleman that the horrors he had de- Led dsiwn by the Noble Lord, we must not use sla!Vrf.je, pietr , d fell far short of the misery attendant urn the cotton, tobacco. &c. We must no longer snake use of tu_ei o g African slave trade. He had epee seen a cargo of slaves the day the diamonds, the rubies, or the other articled in the P e r t ! tail aft er th e y were landed, and certainly no considerations of policy of which al tvee were employed. He would .n ° e luu l e e it t i o t c : should ever induce him to encourage such an abominable system. the House on the question ol slavery. While he aliffer e eu ee gioti They were told that the people of this country required cheap with the Noble Lord the Member for Lynn-upon sugar, and he conridered that their desire would he supplied if of slavery, he agreed with him most cordially linen 111?-"ierd, was there was a considerable reduction this year in the price of free- of protection. He, in conjunction with the Noble fairlf labour sugar—such a reduction he was ready to agree to by of opinion that the East and West Indian colo nies we ea; supporting a reduction of the existing duties, and entitled to much more protection than they o" although he did not speak for the whole West Indian j eyed. He was of opinion that it was s f_o_r at $lB ,l interest, he was sure they., would also consent to a re- benefit of the- producer and consumer of. a te . A exte n-ew duction ; and he believed the plantations of West India all parts that further protection should be nee! , for and of the colonies would yield this country an ample supply to our colonists.—( Hear, hear.) Whoever was respo e 51 " ters gfC of free-labour sugar. The Chancellor of the Exche- the evils of slavery, he believed that the Indian platheir cole. quer said, in his speech last night, that the Government free from blame. When the local legislatures of told w wished to let in a quantity of sugar, and to derive a large re- nies attempted to obtain Acts of P a rliament for t by eb . ! venue from the increased supply. Now, he was surprised tenance and abolition of the slave -trade, they were o otabl° to hear the minister of a free country like Legislature of this country, that the slave-trade was % riot; en this, boast of the revenue which would be derived to the exchequer of this country, and that the 9.'"' tb• by encouraging the slave trade, for if the measure propounded humanity should be put back, and that the questlea_ etvi ltb; by the Government was passed, slavery would be increased abolition of the slave trade should be deferred. jetstn7soribeag two-fold ; but of this he was certain, that if they standing all that, the planters of Jamaica has . st ifle ° I wished to put a stop to the slave trade—if they 60,000/. in the course of twelve years for the emar..el' A i o este wished to obtain a character for honour and humanity, they 17,000 negroes. Notwithstanding their effects to aen tic e of must show the world that free was cheaper than slave labour. the condition of the slaves, in consequence of the coop on If they did not do this they would belie the free trade prin- the British Legislature their wishes bad not been ciples which they had ennciated, and show that whilst they He felt sure that the Noble Lord would be doing a grea r boasted of free trade with all the world, they were propagete to the moral and physical condition of the peopbe ayeeou a ;I; ins the slave trade. an importation of free labour—( Hear, hear)--- he ns which be 'Upwards of 20 Members rose when the Hon. Gentleman re- that when he went into Co abide by the resolutie mentioned lo sumed his seat, but they gave way to ' had proeosed, he would not abide by the figUre differ ential dot/ carried eeieo Mr. P. BORTHWICK, who spoke from the position them.—( Hear, hear.) He trusted that a west In benches, and close to Sir James Graham, said he row had to of 9s. 3d. would be conticued in favour of C a ' say one word with resecto the speech of the Right Hon. colonists. He trusted that the Noble Lord Baronet the Mcrae: for Tamworth, addressed to the House well before he consentel to remove all protection from itse lf a last night. In the course of this session he had felt it his duty ducers of sugar. He was sure that free labour was woo; to oppose that Right Hon. Baronet, and he rej Aced at t-at much cheaper commodity than slave labour, and girl s moment that that opposition bad been successful ; but he • did raging free labour they would undoubtedly lessen , r_ t i e et not think that any one in or out of that House considered that degree, the present extent of slavery, and teach a g elero w " he could speak of that Right Hon. Baronet in any other terms of humanity to the world, and free themselves front to would tchoenspitref than those of respect. and he trusted he should not, that night, cute which would otherwise attach to them. gtat e l,e use any language with reference to him which was inconsistent The Mauis of GRANBY said Le was anxious 1 w ee with the high position which he held in that House, and in the the House the ground on which he should give his vo te ao geP bee tbo councils of tier Mejesty ; but he trusted, notwithstanding his present occasion, and he would do so very shortly,, 00 absence from his place at that moment, it might not be held believed that the House was prepared ne go to a divisiw to e,n. irreleyent to the question before the He never ins his question that night.—(Hear, hear.) tit the same bi ds VP; life listened to a speech—( Here Sir Robert Peel entered the could not but regret the late period of the session at 011 House.) lie was glad the Right Hon. Baronet had come great question had been brought forward for diectleal an :a A far into the house—( Roars of laughter)—as he was sure he hear)—and he regretted that fact in a particular near her would admit, although he had accused him of speaking harshly hearing the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet the Att- o .ooo'i o of him in his absence, that he had said sweet things of him in Tamworth on the previous evening—( Hear, hear)- -be t . g f !le his presence. He never, in the course of his life, (lid hear a thought it was a speech that certainly was in favo,u, $07,, speech which, if adopted in that House, and acte d on b y its amendment which his (the Marquis of GranbY %itiooot individual Members, was so directly calculated to lower the Friend had moved. It was a speech against any o P,g en tlete be House in the estimation of the country. The question before the present Government; but the Right Hon. et ien_A, the Houte was not one of finance, although it involved finance stated, that in consequence of the present state of P a ' a ceeli e in its operations. The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for was enabled to give effect to that speech, and vote In tba t t ee" Tamworth, looking at the question as one in no small degree ante with it. At the same time, he wished to say , „ involving their rights, yet declared his intention to vote vote which he (the Marquis of Granby) was abou.t en tet ., (however reluctantly) for the measure introduced by the was not in cot-sequence of any hostile feeling which P e .. ee tts` „ , Noble Lord at the head of the Government—and why? Be- tamed towards the present Government, but rather in u re., cause, six weeks had not yet elapsed since the formation of the quence of the dislike which he had to the present n' e ;eits a e r Government.—( Hear, hear.) He should like to know what ( Hear, hear.) He was obliged to vote against th is to o; period mutt expire before an Hon. Member could dare to re- upon two grounds— upon the ground of ra te e ati° bel ie of cord his honest convictions, or to vote against the Govern• colonists, anti also upon the ground that bey Cries ment, in accordance with the dictates of his conscience ? this measure would increase the slave trade.'" gro a le o The Right Hon. Baronet asked, who were to firm the next " Hear, hear.") He would consider those two • to l te . Government ? Was that a fit matter for the House to ques together, because by so doing he thought he should ec_ e , be r • tion ? They were t sent up to that House to resolve ques- of the time of the House—he should consider them tog_e t i e d, sto tiens of expediency, but to represent those who returned cause he thought that they were intimately conne u e fore them, in right ari d justice, on such question 3 as might be sub. could not be well separated. Protection was necesosaursee,..oetbs mit tee by the Govei urns: t. He was sure that if that House colonists in consequence of the legislation of that fl e of the were—in weighing matters so important as that which then gislation which was directed against the corit3nua nc s ," hat 0 ( 1 occupied their consideration—to take into account what slave trade— Hear, hear.) He should like to kek9w,b, ee ei ( Ministry would follow the present, or whether the present constituents of this country—what the nations o f Minister was to be• confirmed in his power—if that House wo a l o think of their c o nduct , if t h e y , who at the t; o i a fer s e rink such a course of conduct on.any question, it would adopt the int e r ests of hum a nity and the interests of our c°l° onityee a mode most fatal to the interests of the country. The purp ose p eered to be in o pp osition—the y who said t hat in thee-It-toe!: of the Right Hon. Baronet' , speech was transparent; it was the interests of humanity must be considered before a' e as clear as the noon-day. It was to throw difficulties in the —( Hear, hear)—and that the interests of th :p teee2, way of the formation of any new Government ;to throw diffi- sumers of this country were against that „i nn culties in the way of any man, who might encounter the slavery . and that they must pay a tax of 20on'1 0 1 cry of this country ; and to which cry the Right Hon. Baronet to maintain the interests of humanity— ( Hear' e b had attempted te dend his na en e „-zememe then which none.was —that the, . same parties should .now',. f higher in opposition to the principle some ten or fifteen years ago. and propose that that very slavery, for the suppression L t ell, d o" - He should have gone with him, and felt it Isis duty as an hum. so much had been done, should now be encouraged 10 `, 0 645 ble follower of his, whatever scruples he might have about possible; for that would, in tact, be the result of the amount of protection which he asked, whatever difference of the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Governnea of opinion in detail he might feel, he should have at once (Hear, hear .) He would ask them whether the con stl o otT candidly given his vote in favour of the Noble Lord, because of this country and the nations of the world would not c O O 4 , he held it to Le his duty to his party leader to sacrifice all their conduct to he not merely inconsistent, but most 0 a lialp questions of detail on which his party might agree. But this ( Hear, hear.) For the purpose of making sugar abouto jet was no erestion of detail or finance. The Noble Lord's reso- penny a pound cheaper, they proposed that all the lab () ; ea ti' lotion, which he had moved as an amendment to the motion had been consumed for the extinction of slavery, as we e etill' e l i f of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, involved 20,000,000/. tax, should be set at nought. The onlYa'yortoe two things. First, and of least importance, the commercial which he had heard, and which he though t o ,fe r e question; and secondly, and most important, the question of of the name, was that because we admitted sla yo o° o o slavery. The House would admit that in the course taken coffee, slave-grown copper, and other articles, we W 1 J e by the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn (Lord G. Bentinek) fore ouud in consistency to admit slave-grown suga . l l,oo 4 o the most earnest and by far the most successful was that part he did think that there was a vast difference be e gfv_,ol part of his speech in which he represented to the House the pro d u ction of those articles and the p roduction of 51X0000:0, horrors of the slave-trade, in which he asserted that , as a su g ar. But that he thou g ht was well known to the P es t gate British legislator, he could never consent to weigh g old he would not trouble the House with dwellin g on t"thefof • against the blood of his fellow creature; and that the argument ment, but he wtaild take the opportunity of referring her of the Noble Lord at the bead of the Government was no the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Ige' r e la d i e better than that of the sheep - stealer w ho ar g ued that, as he was Tamworth, delivered last y ear on the q uestion of sla/a ibitl d el to be hanged, he might as well be hanged for a sheep as a manufacture of sugar.—(Hear.) Supposing it were trl s e eqije lamb. He (Mr. Borthwick) asked the indulgence cf the slavery employed in the manufacture of cotton, Scee' de r.,, eooe • House whilst he entered for a f e w moments into the consi dera - in e x tent to that employed in the manufacture of 0410", tion of this question, and an examination of the grounds on contended still that the argument, that because W e dor, s ot w hich it stood. He thought the House would agree with him wrong in one instance we were to do wrong in a r t," ir; i te° that the lamb for which the Noble Lord was wiling to be the most extraordinary argument that was ever In e s "; e tel' e - 0 11; hanged looked so very like a sheep that it wou ld requ i re a ll H o u se .—( Hear.) They bad often heard that the ar s :„ i til . " - 04 the ingenuity of the most consummate debater to distinguish wrong direction was very bad, but he had never , id - der $ 0 between them. The Noble Lo r d h a d sa id th a t h e cou ld no t heard that because we had taken that step we abl'i,ora;b o bear to weigh gold against t• e blood of a fellow creature, the whole flight.--( Hear, hear.) Surely the Noh i t a ha t ;;ot i r t• That was the popular sta t ement , and it was not more popular not prepared to maintain such an argument as lY °) 3 than it was just.—(Hear, hear.) lie wou ld no t consent, people of this cou n try would, however, most certai n d ills t it therefore, with the Noble Lord to do precisely what he did The argum en t o f th e N o bl e L or d as to a man a n io with regard to measuring the value of th e negro es ' blood with honest neighbour he also held to be equally WrOog o ' f OrPi o re a standard of gold. The Noble. Lord had said, that was the strangest argument which he (the Marquis a y,hle :4111 as long as the duty was at 21s. or 235. per cen t. h a d ever h ear d. W as th a t th e con d uc t w hich the •li sr i e e oer ors free grown sugar, he wee willing to barter at the head of the Government was prepared toll, of ptwthe the blood of a negro for ho price of forty shillings, most moral and philanthropic country on the earth' pe fretite The Noble Lord had stated that his ground of opposition to ' He considered that the Noble Lord had failed to e° so r wed the measure was that it proposed to remove the differential House that they would not facilitate the slave-tra de see o i r e ch duties, and as long as they were preserved he had n o o bj ec ti on ti n s s l av e-grown sugar.—(Hear, bear.) It h ad ha d fi tia l " to the continuance of slavery. The Noble Lord was distinctly that all their endeavours to repress the slave-trader 0 0 1 01; and clearly hound, at all hazards, and against all odds to for- and that they therefore ought to give up fortheweighereo bid, upon any terms whatsoever, the introduction into this but such an argument he was convinced bad 0 ,, a 0 c oon. fo r country of any production of slave labour. Ho (Mr. any Member in that House.--( Hear, hear.) geto be ,oo l° Borthwick) contended that it was impossible to conceive a po- that after the statement of the Noble Lord t h . a c h the9 o oo eition for a great country more wretchedly humiliating than Lynn, which set forth the increased supply this—that it should assert that some particular practice, which obtain frem the East and West Indies, by preli e tec tiroot was contrary to justice and the rights of humanity, should not it became their duty to give a further trial to rie et thei in tb be ut down ; and they would make no sacrafice for the pur- Hon. Member for Evesham had insinuated t n a j o erY s al pate of removing it ; and its abhorrence of slavery actuated by a desire to get up a cry againS e ,i e t abl e otia should consist in countenancing a dut of 40s. er country ;he was of opinion that a feeling d',. o ` rap odia e ' o , 0 cwt. on the sugar introduced into their markets.—(Elise.) the country against slavery, but he begged rbute d t°th f tbt It appeared from the speech of the Noble Lord the Member for an intention which was most incorrectlaynadt: re m e , r tlO orr : Lynn, that what was a dewily sin at 265. per cwt. was a cardinal Mr. OSWALD considered that some ee e L gu " en ,herly: s e virtue at 635. It reminded him of a lady who went o her question was most earnestly desired, agrie o _ vow u sci o tt confessor for absolution. She confessed to having erred three protection had been withdrawn from times, but her ghostly adviser said he had no absolution for that opinion that they should be prepared to d ul : no l number of offences, but that if she would commit the offence tection o: every kind ; and, therefore, IT c h o w. ) lit tot the timed, he e ould . grant her amendment of the Noble Lord.—( Flea willia4 ea at . 4 , three times more, so z.S to make six absolution. On that principle were they considering the pro- prepared, after the country had given twe a ,b o aasei se ofory sent question. A great cleal had been said about raising sugar tinguish slavery, that they should further ; he p ie by the blood of the negro in Brazil and Cuba, but the Noble rate of two :Malone sterling annually that n*` h theY ' s° by le e a t Lord the Member for Lynn stated they would be able to get a And it was quite a mistake to imaginoe. e _ coun triea os ten' be i supply of 101. 1 ,000 tons from the banks of the Ganges. But.he to affect the fiscal arrangement of tlt_r ey had the svhat wished to know whether there was one element in slavery in lation of their own.—( Hear, hear.) ve thgt of a ll n 01) the Brazils that did not exist in the East Indies? O ne gr e a t .of a most distinguished advocate of the s a element •of slavery was, a man having property in his fellow had done had not mitigated the evils man, and this he a ffirmed.existed,.to.as . great an extent.on the and he was therefore of opinion tha aw cosor *II a to W a g e ' -41 Ni v 441. btUr *qv bowl alive* tingsho" t getrinSulttetotismojo A