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Zbtrb Xllttion ,Sr'? 0 FFICE, Seven o' Clock RA IL WAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) GROUP IX. 'MIST OP SCOTLAND JUNCTION. (Continued from our Afterioon Edition•) Mr. Walker cross-examined by Mr. Aterairws.—He did not recol lect having opposed the Harbour branch last year in the Lords. The River Trust obtained powers about eight years ago to make docks on the sruth side of the river, hut they never had dons anything towards making them. He believed that powers had been taken this session of Parliament to abandon these docks, but it was net with hit ad vice, as he thought the time might come when they would be both wanted. The river had been deepened up to near the bridge to a considerable extent, and the bridge had not given way. This gave him confidence in it ; but if they were to drive piles and make Coffer dams for the new viaduct, the case would be much altered. This closed the case for the opposition on the part of the River Trust, the Bridge Trust, and the Corporation of Glasgow. Some discussion here arose as to the order of proceeding, The Crwaress intimating that it would be better to hear Mr. Mope in summing up his case, and Mr. Andrews in reply, after which the decision of the Committee might be given on the West of Scotland Junction Bill, so as to liberate many parties that were retained here at present, Mr. ANDREWS thought It would be best to reserve all decision on any of the schemes until the Caledonian was heard, as he had con ducted his case on that understanding, and abstained from asking any questions relative to the comparative merits of the two schemes. After several remarks pro and con, the room was cleared. On our return, _ . The Citaremax intimated that they would hear counsel in bringing up on behalf ,of the -opposition, after-Much counsel in behalf et the Bill would be heard in reply. The Committee then, if they thought the opposition sufficient to justify the rejection of the Bill, would do so, reserving, however, to the promoters the right to appear against the Caledonian scheme, as if no such decision had been g'ven. If the Committee thought otherwise, then the decision would be deferred nntil the Caledonian case was gone through. Mr. HOPE then proceeded to sure up. He commenced by referring to the proposed Blythswood station, stating that it had been shown that, for the general accommodation of the leading places of the city, the Queen-street station was better than the one proposed at Blythswood Holm. It was nearer to the Post-office, the Cross, the Exchange, and the leading places of business hi the city. The only advantage brought forward in favour of the proposed station was, it lies nearer to the centre of the harbour. 'then with regard to the through traffic, that was the only case on which this commu nication had been made to depend. They had heard parties, called, to show that the Ayrshire ports, and the towns on the east of Scot land, would be much benefited' by t-e line. Now he did not depre ciate the benefits of through communication, and he could under stand how it was, that the Lord Provosts of Edinburgh and Perth, and the shippers of Ayrshire supported the scheme ; but he could not see that such a desire on the part of those persons should lead the citizens of Glasgow to allow their streets to be cut up and crossed, and their herbour cramped and Named, seeing that the city would receive no advantage. He saw ne reason why the beauty and convenience of Glasgow should be so seriously interfered with as was proposed, merely to allow the inha bitants of Edinburgh to have Irish capons, eggs, and bacon at such times and in such a manner as theytheught fit, while the traffie con ferred no benefits whatever on the citizens of the injured city. Re specting the bridge, he had heard nothing to show that the Admiralty were in favour of the crossing of the Clyde. The only construction he could put oa the letter from the Admiralty which had been read was that the Lards of the Admiralty left it to the Parliamentary Committee, under the impression that the Committee to which the Bill was referred would reject it, and thus put an end to these parties coming to Parliament year after year endeavouring to get power to cross the river. Tie Clyde trustees were also opposed to the cross ing, aid from . the way that trust had managed the harbour it was Wine clear that were tuey petsuaded the junction would be a great public benefit they would not have opposed it. Reviewing the evi dence that had bees called respecting the building of the bridge, independent of the facts he had just - advanced,- it was dimwit that the crossing ought be- refused. The evidence et' both Mr. Walker, and Mr. Atherton Intl shown that the viaduct could net be erected without great dame - to the existing bridge front quick and running sands. Whether on public or engineering gs , ainds, theretere, the crossing of the Clyde in the manner proposed, as lin politic and dangerous. Having stated what the promoters of the Bill propos,l to do, and the reason. why they should net be allowed to ao he would retCr to what they proposed to abandon, in order, if possible, to secure the support of the Committee. The Learned Gentleman then went into the particulars brought forward in re ference to the harbour mineral branch proposed to be abandoned, con tending, that allowing them to do ,so, would be to break faith with the harbour trust, and tie Glasgow and Gairnkirk and do a great injustice to the public who looked to finding great accommodation from the mineral branch. The Learned Geetleman having amplified on these several points, concluded by calling on t , e Committee to reject the preamble of the Bill. The Committee adjourned till to-morrow, at One o'clock, when Mr. Meadows will reply. GROUP XIV. SOIITII-EASTERN. The Committee met to-day at twelve oclock. Present, Mr. Protheroe (chairman), Lord Emlyn, General Lygon, Mr. J. O'Con nell. and Mr. Grogan. Before commencing the proceedings of the day, the Committee retired, and, alter an absence of a quarter of an hour, The Cliatastast, on resuming his seat, said that the parties con nected with the line m ght have seen, by the reports in the newspapers, that he was yesterday evening induced to ask a question with regard to the object the Government had in view by the Royal Commission, to inquire into the lines of railway passing through the metropolis —for such he believed the object of the Royal Commission to be. The Royal Commission not only took under their consideration those railways mentioned by the Committee of tcelection, but trey intended to take into their considera tion the Metropolitan Junction of the North Kent line. The Cammtee o: Selection, with all due respect to the Members who composed it, had acted rather inconsistentl , for, if the matter of railways passing through the metropolis was to be a matter of separate consideration, they gave the metropolitan portion ct the South-Eastern line to the Commission, and a much smaller section of the North Kent line; not at all corresponding in importance, viz., that portion between Union-stree: and South wark-bridge, without mentioning any portion of the North Kent be tween Union-street and Hatcham. The portion between Union street and Hatcham corresponded accurately with the metropolitan portion of the South-Eastern. Sir Robert Peel, on being consulted on the subject, said that if he were the Chairman of the Committee he would only examine so much of the line as re (erred to the country, and would suspend his decision on the metro politan portion until the Royal Commission made its report. With out discussing the wisdom of that recommendation, he would state that it was impossible to comply with it, and therefore the deci sion the Committee had come to was, to proceed precisely es if there were no commission in existence. It would be better, there fore. for the parties connected with one or other of the lines to apply during the Easter recess to the Commission, and request it to give its attention to the metropolitan portion of the lin s, so that after Easter the Committee might have the benefit of the suggestion of tte Commission. Ile believed that the Committee was super or; to a Royal Corn stission ; but he thought it would be better to have their ideas on the subject before passing either of these Bills. He did not mean to say that the decision of the Committee was dependent on that of the Commission ; they should decide quite independently of that decision with reference only to the respective merits of the lines. He would also state that the Committee had decided upon adjourning to-morrow afternoon tor the Easter recess. —.-...—... Mr. AUSTIN suggested that it would be more convenient for the promoter that the Committee should adjourn at once. Mr. TiLBOT was averse to the sugge,tion of Mr. Austin, as it would anse inconvenience to his clie,:ts. The Committee decide 1 open adhering to their original deter mination. }lr. K. Stepaeison, the engineer to the Soutn•Eastern Railway Company, exa,nined by Mr. Aflz , Tlll—ls responsible for the laying out and allopt.m of the South-Eastern schemes and extensions dur ing the preset and the past year. His great object in laying out a line is t. obtr is as 1,,w a as possible.; good gradients and e.'onomy iw to rking are the resits of such levels. Has adopted low levels when practicable. Mr. Vignolee has adopted high levels. 7'hi. gives an advantage to the South-Eastern line in the accommodation of the Woolwich Dockyard and Arsenal. Between Gravesend and Rochester Mr. Vignoles' line is 'JO feet high,r than the at point on the South-Eastern, which la almost on a level, having adopted the existing railway. When requested by the Wititsta`,le and Canterbury Railway Company to form a tun nel through Bot!gluon-loll, he declined doing so, as the work would be useless and dangerous. They persisted in the proposition, and he inthrmed theta that if he were pressed upon a., u.ineevssary a work that he w‘tild rather decline acting as their er.gineer. All Mr Vignoles will attain by his proposed tunnel through Douglnv-hill is a shot-teeing of distance without a saving of time. The tunnel is to be appmached at each end through very deep cuttings. O'coNNEu. here suggested that it would be unnecessary for Mr. Stephenson to t , through every minute point of Mr. Bidder's evidence, in order to corroborate it. A general corrtilgoration was al that was necessary. Mr. Stephenson continued—Thinks it impossible to work the at mospheric lines of Mr. Vignoles. cross-examined by Mr. TALBOT—The South-Eastern line has at one point much higher summits than there are on the North Kent line. There are three stinunity, and the acclivity that would have to be surmounted by a locomotive would be 124 leet mote than on the North Kent. V: nks that the South-Eastern would afford better accommiKtat on to the arsenal and dockyard of Woolwich, by means of a "subway," which will be 534 feet below the level of the street, miming along the dockyard wall. Thinks that the line proposed by Mr. Vigneles would be too high to give any communication with the dockyard. His opinion is based upon the supposition that the North Kent viaduct would be many leet above th , dockyard. The Committee here adjounted until twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XIS. The Committee met this nay at the usual hour. Present, Lord H. Vane (chairman), the Earl of March, the lion. Francis Scott Mr. D. Morris, and Mr. Phillip Bennett. , BIitIDGEVTATER. AND MINEREAD WAY AND PIER. The consideratieu of this case was resumed with the examination of witnesses in support of the petition of Sir Peregrin Aciaad agalust the Bill. _ _ _ Mr. Stokes, a Commander in the Royal Navy.—llad surveyed Green Alley Bay, found 40 feet rise and fall of the tide, and 492 feet between high itihl low water mark. 1.11d.,--nbt consider that vessels drawing 123, feet could lay at the proposed pier, or that good anchorage could he obtained by vessels in Green Alley Bay off Mineheati, on account of the exposure they would be open to by the strong westerly winds, unless a breakwater was formed. The soundings in that bay he described as consisting chiefly of rock and sand a description of holding ground which captains of vessels seldom or never availed themselves of.:He considered Mine head was not in any way calculated for a trading harbour, and was as dangerous as any port on the Alomersetshire coast. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant AtraPHY—Had never surveyed the Bristol Channel or Minehead harbour until the present occasion. Had not been in the habit of frequenting this channel. Might have been there four or five times before. IlaelTheen residing with and was related to Sir Peregrine Acland, Mr. Reece, Lieut. Maxey, Captain Clackstone, and Mr. Green, an englueer, were then severally examined, who spoke to the dangers existing in the navigation of the Bristol Channel, the ineligibility of Minchead as a port of refuge, and the insufficiency of the sum of 60, 0 001. to carry out the proposed pier. The C(wunittee 011 its rising adjourned until twelve o'clock to morrow I &W M? XXIX. SLUGBY AND 11UNTINC&DON. (Continued from onr Afternoon Zdition.) Mr. ltewt.issoN, on the part of Lady Bray, an opposing laid owner, cross-examined witKess, wit, the view of showing the great iiijity which her property would sustain If the proposed line were constructed, and that there was no necessity whatever for the lino. • Mr. Joseph Cubitt, another of the engineers of the proposed line, wig then examined. He laid out the line at its eastern extremity with the view f connecting it with the London and Y or k li ne, an d o railing that, with the Ely and Huntingdon line. He had no doubt of the capability cf that junction as iar as regarded the levels. This witne!s was also subjected to a long cros-examination by Mr. lIILDTABD and Mr. RAWLINiON. Mr. William Cubitt was then called—He confirmed the evidence ainAdy given bv the two last witnei , sess. He thought the estimates quite sufficient to ex'c.ite the works. The traffic by the London and Bir mingham Itailwa:-, southward of Rugby, was very much embar rifssed with tralle, in consequence of the confluence of traffic tiom the northern lines. Or. public grounds, therefore, it would be expe dient to relieve the traffic as much as possible. Cross-ex:unified—Had given evidence before another Committee that the whol<3 of the traffic of the London and Birmingham line could he transported by a single atmospheric line, if the airange ine.ifs then mentioned were regularly carried out. The London and iiirininghain Railway wits in his opinion the best conducted line in lire kingdom -exantirhai—NotwAlistiuiding the London and Birmingham line A A io well miducted, the third-class passengers were greatly twee:led. There ought to be more trains laid on tor their accommo dation, and if these trains were addedas required the crowdi ng would iieeoine still greater than at present. 't'o relieve this traffic would be a great public advantage. Mr. Fisher and M r . Bloodworth, land-valuers, gave formal evidence as to the value of the land. The value of the land for the proposed line altogether was 140,5351. Evidence was also given as to the capital, and to allotments of Mats. This elt, , 'ed the case for the promoters. Mr. itawtartsoN then addressed the Committee on behalf of Lady Bray. He concluded a lengthened speeds by stating that co case whatevsir had been made out why the line should be constructed, and that as the Committee had already sanctioned a line (the Rugby and Stara:ord), which would traverse that lady's property, they should nut allow the present railway, which would also intersect her is-. 1. t , tie constructed, as no case of public necessity had been MOO Olite _ _ 1;-,I,4 now four o'clock, the Committee adjourned till twelve o'ci k to-morrow, when Mr. 11114ard will reply on the part Of the kernoters of the South MidlAnd (Iltintin,i(lon Braila). 6ub-Cuutuntice No. 1. (COntinird front our Afternoon Edition.) yo .g AND LANCASTER, The object of this tt.ll is to :upply railway c.onnnunication to the cities of York and Lanett , ler, and to connect them with the existinw tines of railway. The length of the proposed line is eighty-one The e.t.a is estimated at 1,250,0001. M. J. Miller and Mr. it. W. Thvinion are the engineers ; biessro. On , gory and co., u m atieut , CAL AMU. ClituaLlsr awl Wooovuod, . The formal evidence was taken, and the further consideration of the Bill was postponed. WEST RIDING (YORKSHIRE) UNION. The object of this Bill is to form a line of railway connecting cer tain parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire with the Manchester and Leeds Railway. The length of the proposed line is 55 wile., and the cost is estimated at 2,000,0001. Mr. John Hawkshaw is the engineer. The agents are Messrs. Burke and Co. The solicitors are Messrs. Derbyshire and Jervis, Messrs. Barr, Lofthouse, and Nelson, and other eminent houses. The formal evidence having been received, the further considera. tion of the Bill was postponed. SOUTH TORHSHIRZ COAL. The object of this Bill is to connect the south Yorkshire Coal Field with the existing and proposed main lines of railway in connexion with the canals and navigation of that district. The length of the proposed line is 54 miles. The cost is estim,ted at 1,340,0001. The engineers are Mr. William Cnbitt, and Mr. Charles Bartholomew (the acting engineer); the agents are Messrs. Dyton, Hall, Parkes, Coates, and Co.; the solicitors, Messrs. Carter and Co. The agents fer the opponents of the Bill are Messrs. Burke, Prat, `enables, and Co. ; and (for other parties) Mr. Smith. The formal evidence was received, and the Committe was ad journed. Sub-Committee co. 2. STAINES AND HENLEY (No. II.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition ) After hearing much other evidence of the usual character, the al legations in several instance:' were declined not sustained, but in others the standing orders were not complied with. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (ST. AL BANS AND IMTON BRANCH. APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. This Bill having been called for, and the parties not being in at tendance, the cas was postponed. NORTHAMPTON AND nEteroark. The object of this Bill is expressed in the title. The length of the proposed line is 2034 miles. The estimated cost 400,0001. The en gineer Mr. H. Pardon. The agents, Messrs. Dorrington and 'Co. The solicitors, Messrs. Smith, Natham and Co. There was no opposition to the Bill, and the formal evidence having been gone through, the standing orders were declared to be complied with. WARWICKSHIRE AND LONDON RAIL WAY (HAMPTON AND AUCHITILCII LINE ) The object of this Bill is to construct a line from the Hampton station of the London and Birmingham Railway, and to connect the district with the Lancashire and Warwickshire lines, and the Mid land Counties lines. The length of the proposed line is 42 miles 63 chains. The estimred cost is 810,0001. The engineers, Mr. R. Stephenson and Mr. Dixon ; the agent is Mr. Joseph Parke ; and the solicitors are Mr. U. Carte, Mr. T. Heath, and Messrs. Burk and Baker. The former evidence was pat in- Mr. BITES appeared in support of a petition from M?. Whateley, a landowner within the limits of deviation, complaining of omis sions, &c., in the plans, sections, and book of reference, some of which were sustained. The further consideration of the cue was adjourned till to-morrow, Sub-Committee No. 3. (Continued front our Afternoon Edition.) EASTERN COUNTIES (ENLARGEMENT Or STATION). The object of this Bill was to enlarge four of the stations on the line, the estimated cost of which was 100,0001. Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Venables and Co. ; engineer, Mr. Hunt.; There were some petitions agaisist this Bill for which no one appeared. The formal proofs having been taken, the Committee found that the standing orders had been complied with. EASTERN COUNTIES (TOTTENHAM AND PARRINGDON.STREET) EXTENSION. The o'ject of this Bill was to extend the Eastern (onnties Rail way to Farringdon-street, the length of the proposed extelision being 5 miles 5 furlongs, and ;the cost of the undertaking 1,200,000/. En gineer, Mr. Robert Stephenson ; Parliamentary agents, Burke and Co. This Bill was unopposed, and the standing orders were found to be complied with. EASTERN COUNTIES (TRAMES JUNCTION BR. Ncizzs). The object of this Bill was to connect the Eastern Counties Rail way with the East India Docks. Length of line half a mile ; esti mated cost 40,0001. Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Burke and Co. engineer, Mr. B. Philipps. The tormal proofs having been taken, the Committee tound that the standing orders had been complied with. The Committee then adjourned till the 21st instant. Sub-Committee No. 6. (Continued iron.' our Afternoon Edition.) WARWICKSHIRE AND LONDON (WIMP' TON AND BANBURY LINE). The Bill takes powers to make a line from the Derby River at Hampton, through Warwick and Leamington, to join the Buckink;- harnshire Railway at Banbury. Its length will be thirty-one miles, and the cost is estimate] at 800,6001., the contract deed having been signed for upwards of 2,000,0001. Mr. R. Stephenson is the engineer. Mr. Carter appeared as agent for the Bill. Mr. Venables appeared as agent tor Lord Hatherton and other -pe titioners against the line, who complained of various imperfections and inaccuracies in the plans and sections. It was stated that all the witnesses to be examined in support of the petition were net in at tendance, and an application was made to have the case postponed. Both parties were willing to allow the case to stand over, but as a previous application, opposed by the prrmeters, was dismissed, the chairman refused to allow the case to be adjourned, treating it as a settled point. The first allegation was that the boundaries of certain parishes were not marked on the plans. Two witnesses were cal!ed in sup port of this allegation, but as it appeared that the boundaries were in fact marked, and that the only omissions were in those parts which were beyond the limits of deviation, The Committee declared the allegation not proved. . . The next allegation was to the itlect that the books of reference and plans did not agree, inasmuch as certain property was repre sented on the plans as being in the parish of Mornington, and in the books of reference It was described as in the parish of Cropredy. It was stated by Mr. Carter that the place called in the plans the " Parish of 31orniugton" was, in fact, the hamlet of Mornington, formirg part of the parish of Cropredy, and also forming part of the township of Mornington. This admission being made, the Committee declared the allegation proved. _ The next al:egation was, that la the parish of Marburg certain lime-kilns, the properly of John Heath, Were not mentioned in the books of reference. A witness was called to prove the existence of those lime-kilns, and to point out the field in which they were situated. Mr. CARTER said that the promoters of the were aware of the exlatew e of these but as they were entirely below the surface of the ground, and had fallen into disuse, they considered it unnecessary to take any notice of them, thinking it sufficient to de scribe the place as a field. The Committee called upon Mr. Venables to prove that the kilns were in use. _ _ _ A witness was caned to prove this, but he said that he had not seen the kilns since this time elve months. He was quite certain, however, that they were in full operation, for two cottages had been built on the spot expressly for the accommodation of labourers, who were to attend to them, bug whether these cottages had since been pulled down or not, he really could not say. The Committee considered the allegation not proved. The next allegation was, that certain property marked No. 13 on the plan, and described as a private carriage-road, " included, in ad dition thereto, certain premises, viz., a house, stable, cow-shed, hovel, pigsty, rickyard, paddock, and grass shed," and that no notice had been served on the occupier of this property. Mr. CARTER objected that this allegation pointed out no breach of the standing orders. It did not state that these sheds, &c., were within the limits of deviation, or that the parties were in any way bound to insert them in the plans or to give notice to the occupier, Notwithstanding this weighty objection, the Chairman, without consulting his colleagues or explaining hie reasons, desired the agent for the petitioners to proceed with the allegation. The question was entirely one of tact—it being disputed whether the premises were really within the limits of de viation. The engineer to the promoters said that the limits as drawn in the plan did not include them, and that they had been purposely drawn so as to avoid them, there being no intention of taking them. It was usual for engineers to avoid premises of this description, unless it was absolutely necessary to take them. In proof of this he pointed out a difference in the width of the limits at this and other points, saying that they were rut more than 55 feet wide, while Mr. Hughes, civil engineer, who was called on the other side, said, upon measuring them, that they is ere upwards of 100 feet wide. . _ _ The Committee decided that the allegation was partly proved, same parts of the premises being within and others beyond the limits of deviation, and that to that extent the standing orders were not complied with. It being nox four o'clock, the further hearing of the case stood over. It may be well to observe here that the determination of the Chairman to enter into the case, although both parties wished it to be adjourned, and the petitioners were not prepared to go on, gave very great inconvenience to the latter, and the parties to other Bills were in Court and waiting for their cases to be called on. CALEDONIAN EXTENSION. It was stated, with reference to this line, that if the case of the Warwickshire and Loudon could be completed to-morrow, it would be the next called on. The Committee rose shortly after four o'clock, and adjourned till to-morrow at twelve. STANDING Ottl)Elts' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met this day at the appointed hour. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. This case came under the consideration of the Committee on second reference in order to give the promoters an opportunity of proving Lord IVharncliffe's standing order, which having beeu done the com mittee decided that the promoters had complied with the standing orders. WEXFORD, CARLOW, AND DUBLIN JUNCTION RAILWAY. This cas ,- , came also under the consideration of their Lordships, on second reference, upon the same ponts, and was also decided to have passed the Committee. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, In this case a Bill, ordinarily termed a Money Bill, also conferring on the Committee of Management powers for carrying out certain beneficial arrangement, was brought before the Committee. Their Lordships decided that the Bill had !passed through Com mittee, and that it would be reported to the House this evening. The Committee then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Room No. 9, (Continued from our Alterman Edition.) In the ease of THE DARTMOUTH, ERIXIIAM, AND EXETER, the standing orders were declared not to havk been complied with. The Committee was notified to adjouru till after Easter. GREAT LEIN6TER AND MUNSTER RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the proprietors of this railway was held to-day, at the London Tavern, having been called by the following advertisement : . _ Notice is hereby given, that a special general meeting of the proprietors of shares in the Great Leinster and Munster Railway Company, will be holden on Tuesday, the 7th day tt* April, 1846, at one o'clock in the afternoon precisely, at the Londen Tavern, liishopsgate-street, when the drafts of the several Bills, hereinafter mentioned, will be submitted to the meeting of proprietors, then present, for their approval, that is ty say : A Bill for extending and altering some of the provisions of the Acts relating to the Great Leinster and Munster Railway. A Bill to enable the Great Leinster and Munster Railway Company to extend their railway to Clonmel ; and A Bill for makhz a railway from Wexford to Carlow, so far as relates t) the powers therein contained, for an amal gamation with the Great Leinster aad Munster Railway Company. Henry Bainbridge, Esq., took the Chair. The SECRETARY read a short report, from which it ap peared that the revenue or profit expected on the Carlow and Kilkenny line was about ten per cent. on the capital. The estimate of the traffic between Kilke -ny and Clonmel exhibited a return of seven per cent. on the capital of 300,0001. It was proposed to lay down a single line only be tween Kilkenny and Clonmel, whereby a saving of 100,0001. would be effected. The capital of the Wexford and Carlow Company was 450,0001., and the estimated income 35,6711. per annum. The Bill , mentioned in the advest6ement were adopted, and the meeting separated. REPRESENTATION OF NALTON.—A new writ was moved to-night for the borough of blalton, in the room of Mr. Childers, who has accepted the Chiltern liundrtd•. It is understood that Lord Milton will succeed him. The borough is under the influence of his father. L rd Fit zwilliam. 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The Judicial Committee sat to-day in the Council Cham ber, Whitehall. The Lords present were the Lord Presi dent, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Cottenham, the Master 01 the Rolls, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and the Chan cellor of the Duchy of Cornwall. IN THE MATTER OF IHE PETITION OF THE INHABITANTS OF CAPE BRETON. Mr. BLISS resumed and concluded his reply on behalf of the petitioners in this case. Their LORDSHIPS, at tke conclusion of the arguments, stated that they should report to her Majesty their opinions en the case. THE LONDON GAZETTF. (THIS EVENING.) THE VICTORIES IN INDIA. At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 6th day of April, 1846, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, it is this day ordered by her Majesty in council, that his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the repeated and signal victories obtained by the troops of her Majesty and by those of the Honourable East India Company, in the vicinity of the Sutlej, whereby the unjust and unprovoked aggression of the Seikhs was gloriously repelled, and their armies totally discomfit ted ; and that anch a form of prayer and thanksgivings be used in all churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, upon Sunday the 12th of this instant April, or the Sunday after the ministers of such churches and chapels shall respectively receive the same. And it is hereby further ordered, that her M a j es t y ' s pr i n t er d o - forthwith print a competent number of copies of the said form of prayer and thanksgiving, in order that the same may be lotthwith send round and read in the several churches and chap 13 in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick up( n-Tweed. WM. L. BATHURST. At the Court at Buckingham-Palace, the 6th day of April, 1846, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty ii. Council. It is this day ordered by heriblajesty in Council, that all ministers and preachers as well of the Established Church in that part of Great Britain called Scotland as of the Episcopal Commumion, protected and allowed by au Act, passed in the tenth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne, cap. 7, do, at some time during the exercise of Divine Service in their churches, congregations, or assembli es , on S un d ay the 12th of this instant April, or en the Sunday after, the ministers or preachers of such churches, congregations, or assemblies respectively shall be enabled so to do, put up Prayers and Thanksgivings to Almighty God for the repeated and signal victories obtained by the troops of her Majesty, and by those of the Honourable East India Company, in the vicinity of the Sutledge, whereby the unjust and unprovoked aggression of the Seikhs was gloriously repelled, and their armies totally discomfited. WM. L. BATHURST. WHITEHALL, Amu, 7. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity- of a Vis count of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Sir Henry Har (doge, Ynight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and Governor-General of India, and to the heirs male of his body lawf u lly b ego tt en , b y tha name, style, and title of Viscount Hardinge, of King's Newton. in the county of Derby. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be, passed under the theist Seal.graating the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Mid Deland, unto General Sir Hugh Gough, Bart., Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of Bath, and General and Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's Forces in the East Indies, and to the heir male of his body lawfully be gotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron G:algh, of Chinkeangfoo, in China, and of Maharajpore and the Sutlej, in the East Indies. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 7, 1846. The Queen bas been graciously pleased to nominate and appoint Colonel Sir Henn• George Smith, Knight Com mander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, serving with the rank of M4jor General in India, to be a Knight Grand Cross of the said Order. DOWNING-STREET, Arum 3, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the following officers to be Companions of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath : Colonel T. Reed, 62d Foot Colonel the Hon. T. Ashburnham, 62d Foot Lieutenant-Colonel T. Ryan, 50th Foot P.J. Lieutenant-Colonel Petit. 50th Foot _ . Lieutenant-Colonel M. Barr, 29th Foot Lieutenant-Colonel T. Bunburv, 80th Foot Lieutenant-Colonel J. Byrne, 31st Foot Lieutenant-Colonel C. Barnwell, 9th Foot Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Wood, 80th Foot Lieutenant-Colonel James Spence 31st Foot, and Captain Jamee Hope, Commanding her Majesty's steam frigate Firebrand. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the under. mentioned Officers in the service of th e East India Corn pan., ! _ _ Major-General Walter Raleigh Gilbert to be a Knight Com mander of the Must Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and Lieutenant. Colonel David llarriott, Bth Bengal Light Cavalry Lieutenant-Colonel J. Parsons, 18th Bengal Native Infantry, Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. H. Weston, 81st Bengal Native In fantry, Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Gairdner, 14th Bengal Native In fan try, Lieutenant- Colonel W. Burlton, 7th Bengal Light Cavalry, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel W. Garden, Quartermaster-Gene ral Bengal Army, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel P. Grant, Deputy Adjutant-Ge neral Beng..l Army, Lieutenant-Colonel J. Stuart, 70th Bengal Native Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel R. Benson, Ist Bengal Native Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel G. Brooke, Bengal Artillery. Lieutenant-Colonel G. Hicks, 47th Bengal Native Infantry. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel W. Meader, 4th Bengal Light Cavalry. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel W. Geddes, Bengal Artillery. Lieutenant Colonel G. G. Denniss, Bengal Artillery, Lieutenant Colonel E. Iluthwaite, Bengal Artillery, to be Companions of the said Most Honourable Military Order. DOWNING-STEET, APRIL 7. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Norman William Macdonald, Esq., to be Captain-General and Governor-in- Chief in and over the colony of Sierra Leone and its dependencies. __ WAR-OFFICE, APRIL G. 24th Foot—Lieut. R. W. Travers to be Captain, without purchase, vice Marsh, promoted; Lieut. R. A. Croker, from 57th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mason promoted, April 3. 73d Foot—Major-General Sir J. Grey, K.C.8., to be Co lonel, vice Major-General Sir R. H. Dick, killed in action, April 3. UNATTACHED.—Lieut. J. M. Mason, from the 24th Foot. to be Captain, without purchase, April 3. BREVET.—Colonel Sir H. G. Smith. K.O 8., on half-pay Unattached, to have the local rank of Major-General in the East Indies, April 7. STAFF—Colonel C. R. Cureton, of the 16th Light Dra goons, to be Adjutant-General to the Queen's forces serving in the East Indies, vice Sir H. G, Smith, K.C.8., placed on the Staff as a Major-General, April 7. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire Third Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia-- C. H. L. W. Standish, Esq., to be Captain, vi ce T om ki naon, resigned, Merck 23 ; W. J. Garnett, Esq., to be Captain, vice Greenalgh, resigned, March 24; C. C. de Trafford. Esq., to be Captain, Nice Bigland, resigned, March 25. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Durham. Durham M. Maude, Esq., to be Captain ; N. A. Spcor, Gent., to he Lieutenant ; J. Bowlby, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 23. _ Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Radnorshire. Royal Radnor Regiment of Militia--J. A. Whittaker, Esq., to be Major Commandant ; J. P. Severn, Esq., to be Cap tain ; T. 11. J. 0. Ricketts, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 21, 1846. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire. Huntingdonshire Militia—R. H. Tillard, Gent., to be En sign; W. Isaackson, Gent.,to be Surgeon, March 14, 1846. WHITEHALL, 111Adc2t 30. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Octavins Green, of Cambridge, in the county of Cambridge, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Tile Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having certified to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in pursuance of the Act, 10th Geo. 4th, c. 27, sec. 1, that the actual surplus revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, beyond the actual ex penditure Uiereof, for the year ended the sth day of January, 1846, amounted to the sum of three million eight hundred and seventeen thousand six hundred and forty pounds, eleven shillings and two pence. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt hereby give notice, that the sum of 954,410/. 2s. 9d. (being one fourth part of the said surplus of 3,817,640/. 14e. 2d.) will be applied, under the provisions of the said Act, between the 7th day of April 1846, and the sth day of July 1846, to the following pur poses, viz. To be applied to the purchase of Stock, or £. d . Exchequer (Supply or Deticeiency) Bills.— 954,410 2 9 Add interest receivable on account of dona- tiuns and bequests, to be applied to the pur chase of Stock £955,607 13 7 S. HIGHAM, Comptroller-General. National Debt-Office, April 3, 1846. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Edward Burman, hat and shoe dealer, High street, Whitechapel. BANKRUPTS. Richard Gatehouse, Richard Darch, and Gastrin Wilkins, Union Saw Mills, Upper Lisson-street, Middlesex, timber merchants, to surrender April 17, and May 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Lambert, Raymond's-buildings, Gray's-inn. Robert Moir, jeweller, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, April 17, and May 22, at twelve, a t th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Woollen, Bucklersbury. George Felthouse, plumber, Fulham, April 17, at twelve, and May 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Watson and Son, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street, and Hammersmith. Richard Arscott, grocer, Kingsland .road, April 22, at half past one, and May 19, at halt-past twelve, at th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, B as i ng h a ll -street ; Simpson and Cobb, Moorgate-street. John Rarwise, watch-maker, St. Martin's-lane, April 21, at twelve, and May 19, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, afficial assignee, Abchurch-lane, L om b ard -street ; Luttly, Dyer's-hall, College-street, City. Benjamin Rebbeck, oilman, Dog-row, Cambridge-heath road, April 13, at half-past twelve, and May 18, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official as signee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Goren, South Melton -street. James Hare, linendraper, New-street, Dorset-square, April 13, at half-past one, and May 18, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquaud. ()facial assignee, Old Jewry chambers ; Hardwick and Co., Weavers'-hall. Joseph Quarton, grocer, Stamford-bridge, Yorkshire, April 20 and May 7, at eleven, at the Leeds Di s t r i c t C ourt. Ky naston, official assignee, Leeds; Jaques and Co., Ely-place, London; Wood, York; Sykes, Leed. William Tweddle, soap-manufacturer, Liverpool, April 21, at eleven, and May 12, at two, at th e Li verpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry-chambers, London; Pemberton, Liver pool. James Shepherd Gregson, grocer, Manchester, April 18 sad May &at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Rob son, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gre gory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row; Hampson and Son, Man chester. John Bird, woollen draper, Chester-le-Street, coni,tY St Durham, April 20, at half-past ten, and M ay 25 , at half.;Pit eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hartley, South ampton-street, Bloomsbury; Brignall, Durham. Williaga Gray, tower, 54,11 d, Lagolgibko, April 18 , alad May 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Moss, Sergeants' Inn, Fleet street, London ; Ryan.% Sheffield ; Glenda'', Manchester. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Tendon New Price Current of April 7.) BUGAR.—To-day, in consequence of the extensive public sales held of Bengal, Madras, and Mauritius Sugars, the business transacted in the West India was extremely limited, and the rates taken were rather under those that prevailed on Friday. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were purchased with caution, and prices are still drooping, brown lumps selling at 62s 6d to G3s, and standard lumps at 63s Gd to 64s per cwt. . _ Meuntrics.—This afternoon Importers of Mauritius Sugar were inclined to realize, and offered two parcels amounting to 8,943 bags at public sale, nearly the whole sold, but at a decline on former rates of 6d to Is per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar sub mitted to public compettion was large; the chief part was disposed of at 6d for white, and 6d to for yellow and brown kidds. FOREIGN.—This afternoon at public sale 31 cases and 2 eas'ss Ili° were taken in at 20s ror middling yellow, and 18s for luw brown ; damaged, however, sold at 12s 6,1 to 15s Gd per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon there was little desire shown to purchase Rio Coffee, and at public sale a small part only sold at a reduction ox former rates of 2s to 4s. TEA.—For Cotigou the demand has been only for small parcels, al though eommon is obtainable at 8 dto 9d, and good common 91,0 to 10d for cash. l'omhong has been sparingly dealt in, and 4d to 9d are the prices taken for low to good quality. Twankay has met with little attention. Hyson is little wanted. and common is to be obtained at Is 10d to 2s. Imperial and Gunpowder are offered upon lower terms, still there are few buyers to be met with. SPlRlTs.—There has been more desire manifested in this market to purchase Leeward Island , :um, but business of moment has been prevented by holders asking an advance in prices. Demerara has been purchased with more freedom, but prices cannot be quoted higher. Calcutta is more wanted, but business has been checked by the reluctance of holders to take former rates. There has been little passing in any sort of Jamaica, and for the in terior kinds prices are going down. There are sellers of Brandy upon lower terms, still the business done has been liinitod. Fine Geneva is still much in r^quest, but the common export sort is late wanted. Ilice.—This afternoon at public sale 675 bags of Bengal Rice were offered, there was little disposition evinced to operate, and the sound was all taken in at lower rates. IMPERIAL PA RLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a few minutes to Four. NEW W RIT. A new writ was moved for the borough of Mahon, in the county of York, in the room of Mr. J. W. Childers, who has ac cepted the office of Steward_ of the Chiltern Hundreds. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed, viz.:— Schoolmasters Widows' Fund. Campbeltown Harbour, Waterworks, Paving, Lighting, and Whtching. Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Lcughor Railway. Port Gordon Harbour. Kilmarnock Waterw, rkr. Gorbalr Gravitation Waterworks. Hamilton Gas. Kendal Union Gas and Water. Rotherham' Gas. REPORTS. The following reports were brought up, the amendments and alterations agreed to, and the Bills ordered to he engrossed,viz. -- London and South Western Railway (Chertsey and Egham Branch). London and South Western Railway ( Hampton Court Branch). East Lincolnshire Railway. Royal Asylum of St. Anne's Society. Upwell-cum-Welney Rectory. Scottish Midland Junction Railway Branches. Exeter and Exmouth Railway. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amendment and Branches No. 3). Eastern Union Railway (Ardleigh to Colchester). South-Eastern Railway (No. 11) (Branch from Rye to Rye Harbour). Midland Railways (Syston and Peterborough Railway Devia tion and Branches). General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Arlrorsan Railway. Ayreshire, Bridge of Weir, and Port Glasgow Junction Railway. Witham Navigation. Bolton Waterworks (by order). THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed, viz. : Willingham Inclosure and Drainage. Welsh Charity School Incorporation. Birmingham Cemetery. Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway (further pro ceeding, by order). London and Brighton Railway (East Grinstead Branch) — ( by order). Brighton and Chichester Railway (Bognor and Littlehampton Branches)—(by order). South Eastern Railway (Extension of Stations at Ashford)-- (by order), Melton, Witham, and Braintree Railway (by order). Scottish Grand Junction Railway (by order). Lord G. SOMERSET moved that all proceedings on rail ways shall, after Thursday next, be postponed until Monday the 27th day of this instant April. There could be no doubt that this adjournment of railway proceedings would afford great facilities for those companies who were doubtful of the pro priety of carrying on their Bills to obtain the opinion of the majority of their shareholders. Parties would be put to great expense if they were called together immediately on the re-assembling of Parliament, if anything during the first week of its re-assembling was done ehat interfered with the further progress of this scheme. It was to obviate this expense that he proposed the postponement of a fortnight. _ On the 'question being put, Lord H. VANE said he merely rose, as the member of a Committee, to say that the motion would be a serious in convenience to the Committee on which he we= engaged, as it had nearly terminated its labours, He had no objection to the motion a= a general proposition, but there were cases in which Committees had nearly closed their investigations, and to prevent their sitting on the assembling of Parliament, would put the parties to great inconvenience as well as expense. After a few words from Lord J. STEWART, Mr. ESCOTT thought that tho expenses to the share holders would be the same, whether the Committees met in a week hence or in three weeks. He was on that account dis posed to support the motion of the Noble Lord. Mr. PRO l'H E ROE thought that a serious inconvenience would be induced by this delay from the want of Committee. rooms. It would be better to dispose of as many of the Bills as possible, instead of deferring the consideration of them until the business of Parliament had greatly accumulated. Mr. LA BOUCHERE rather took the views of the Noble Lord oppisite than of the friends beside him on this matter. He thought that a period longer than ten days would be ad vantageous to the shareholders, as it would give them time to mature their future plans. After a few words from Sir John Easthope, the O'Connor Don, and Mr. Thornely, Mr. WAKLEY requested the Noble Lord to postpone his motion until to-morrow, because all parties would be surprised and considerably inconvenienced if it were persisted in this evening. Sir G. CLERK supported the motion of the Noble Lord. He believed the House was unanimous en the previous night in allowing parties time to consider whether they would rather wind up than go on with many of the Bills now before Par liament. Mr. BECKET DENISON hoped the motion of the Noble Lord would be read, for he was not himself aware of its exact tendency. Sir WILLIAII HEATHCOTE wished to learn whether the motion of the Noble Lord included petitions on private Bills generally. He had much experience of the manner in which petitions against Bills were urged in committee, and he thought that if the motion included the presentation of peti tons for and against Bills it would prevent much expense and trouble ; and it could not be of injury to any of the parties, in asmuch as it was possible they would, after having had time to -consider of the steps they should take, withdraw the Bills altogether. He would, therefore, suggest to the Noble Lord that the motion it was originally framed would be much better. Lord G. SOMERSET declined to restrict the motion, only to the Bills in a particular stage. After a few words from Mr. EsrcoueT and Lord WORSLEY, Mr. ST BUTT said, ! in the sub-committee of which he was chairman, there were petitions for Bills which grouped in comm►tteess appointed to meet or, the 27th instant. Many of then• petitious were yet unheard, and if the sub-committee were obliged to adjourn to the day on which the committees on groups met, it would be attended with considerable inconve nietice.—( Hear.) The motion was then put and agreed to. Lord G. SOMERSET then moved that no railway Bill be read a third time before the 27th instant. COMMONS' SUMMARY. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. On the motion of Mr. TUFFNELL, a new writ was ordered for Mahon, in the room of Mr. CIIILDERS, who has accepted Chiltern Hundreds. On the motion of Lord G. SOMERSIT, it was agreed that all proceedings on Railway Bills should, after Thursday next, be postponed until Monday, the 27th inst., and that no Railway Bill should be read a third time before that day. On the motion for the consideration of the report on the General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Bill, Mr. liumE moved as an amendment that the evidence taken before the Committee on that Bill be printed, and on a division the amendment was carried by a majority of S ; there being fur the motion 74, and for the amendment 82. HOUSE OF LORDS The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. SELLING SPIRITS ON SUNDAY. The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions from Llantres san, in Glamorganshire Sunning-hill, in Berks ; Northaller ton and other to wns i n Yorkshire; Seaham Harbour , in Dur . ham; Lanark, an d ot h er places, praying that a clause should be introduced in some Bill to, enforce the closing of houses for the sale o f s pi r i ts f rom t h e hours of twelve on Saturday night to one on Sunday. The system had been found to work well in London, and petitioners prayed that the same might be ex tended to the provinces. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills. THE OREGON TERRITORY. The Earl of ABERDEEN laid on the table several papers and documents in reference to the negotiations between this country and the United States of America respecting the Oregon territory. SUPPLY OF WATER TO EDINBURGH. _ The Duk e o f B UCC LEUCH p r esented a petition f rom th e Sanatory Association of Edinburgh, praying that the supply of water in th a t c i ty should b e p l ace d i n th e h an d s o f a pu bli c trust, and not a private company. There was no town worse supplied with water than this city, and the petitioners were desirous that the supplying of it should not be left in the hands of speculating companies. _ FREEDOM OF SCOTCH BURGHS. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Edinburgh in favour of l oca l free trade, and in support of the Bill before Par liament for the doing away with the present system of freedom in Scot c h burgh. His Lordship stated that many of the peti tioners were possessed of the freedom of Edinburgh them. 'elves ; nevertheless they cordially supported the Bill. Lord KINNAIRD presented a petition from the r o y al borough of Dundee , on - the same subject. THE LAW OF DEODANDS. Lord CAMPBELL laid on the table of the House two Bills, whose object was to abolish the law of deodands, and to enable parties injured by gross negligence to insti tute civil actions for compensation. His Lordship said that he took this step with considerable reluc tance and hesitation. He bad been persuaded to do it at great hazard. The maxim of the common law of England was, that wherever a wrong was done there should be a rented but there were two strange exceptions. 7 be one was where death took place, or a limb was broken; but if the party injured could not prove malice, there was no liability. Another maxim was one which he admired very much ; and it was this, t wat wherever there was an injury there was a civil remedy. One the Bil:s which he now introduced was to abolish the p resent sti :serstitious laws of deodand, which it was strange still CO :14412E1 paiddlo of the 19th ceutury. Tho other jial was to substitute a civil action, whereby, although there should be no no negligence, which would make it a case of manslaugh ter, a railway company, or the proprietors of any other public undertaking, would be compelled to make compensation to a party injured by the negligence of themselves or their ser vants. A law simil,a to that which these measures would establish in England was already in force on the other side of the Twead, and it was a matter of great surprise to him that the Legislature had not before this altered the law in this country on this subject. It was quite unneces sary in this stage further to explain the object of the Bills. He earnestly entreated the consideration of her Majesty Go vernment to them. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. The Earl of HARE WOOD presented a petition against the London York and Railway. Be moved that the petition be referred to the Committee on the Bill. RAILWAY BILLS. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said that he took that oppor tunity of rising to enter on the subject referred to by the Noble Lord ; and he intended to offer to their Lord ships some Wervatimis on the proposal he had to make to them. He wished to draw their Lordships' atten tion that evening (and he ought properly to have given notice of his intention) to the subject of railways, but he thought it most desirable that whatever proposition Govern ment had to make, should be made forthwith.—( Hear, hear. ) With this view, therefore, he wished to direct their attention to the state of the Railway Bills now before that and the other House of Parliament, and the course which it was propoed Parliament should adopt upon the subject. It would be hardly necessary for him to request their Lordships' re collection even idtidentally to the state in which the country was placed during the last twelve months: Even to wards the close of the year 1844 the public mind was in a very feverish and excited state on this subject. In the last session 248 railway bills were introduced before Parliament, which at the time was looked upon as an immewe number, as unprece dented and unmanageable, and many Hon. Members thanked their stars that such a state of things would not continue.— ( Hear, hear.) In this, however, they were mistaken, for so far from the number of Bills diminishing spe culation in these matters, they waxed more hot and fierce_ During the summer the excitement was on the increase, and in autumn this spirit spread through every class in the community,• young and old, rich and poor ; and he was sorry to add that it extended to the one sex as well as the other.—( Laughter, ) The practical result of all this was, that as was shown in the ' , Tort of the Joint Stock Registration office, the number of Bills brought forward was greater than before. On the 31st December the number of schemes pro visionally registered amounted to upwards of 1,400. He need not state the large capital which was supposed to be involved, because that, in fact, had no existence. In November not less than 800 of these Bills were brought before the Board of Trade. By the 31st of December this number had slightly diminished, although not to a great extent, as the number of projects de posited at the Private Bill-office was 700. The attention of the Government was very early directed to thiS subject, and they endeavi,ured to make such arrangements before the meet ing of Parliament as would facilitate legislation with re spect to them. But it was not in the power of the power of the Government to come down to the Houses of Par liament at the commencement of the session with any definite `plan, as the faeti on' which ' heY - Weil to recommen d the adop- lion of any new line not fully developed They could not take any steps until those projects had been submitted to the tests of paying the deposits and passing through the Standing Orders Committee. The adoption of this plan had enabled them to ascertain that not more than one-third of the whole number of projects would ever come before the consideration of Parliament. They felt that it was their duty as far as practicable to save the time of Parliament by not delaying their intentions with respect to them, which would certainly come before Parliament in the present session, and the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government (Sir Robert Peel) moved the appointment of a Committee to consider the course to be adopted in this session with respect to the great number of railways which had been submitted for their consideration. He (Lord Dalhousie) also moved for and obtained a similar Committee of their Lordship's House. These Committees sat several weeks, and came to the determination that it would not be prudent to make any selection from those Bills during the present session, or to arrest the course of them, It was not for him to make any remarks on their decision. as he had on all occasions, both in that House and in Com mittee, held this opinion, that it would be both unsafe sad unfair to interfere with the voluntary speculation of indi viduals in railways.—(Hear, and cheers.) But he thought There was a wide distinction to be drawn between interfering with persons disposing of their capital without the assistance of Parliament, and to interfere with parties who applied for special and in many instances most objectionable powers to carry into effect railway undertakings.—(Cheers.) As the Committees were of this opinion, arrangements were accordingly made to divide the railway business as equitably as possible between both Houses of Parliament. Since that period Parliament and the public had had their attention constantly directed to the subject, and much discussion had ensued in both Houses with respect to it. Recently, however, these discussions had assumed a substantial form, through the consideration of Parliament, and from the statements and opinions contained in the petitions and memorials which had been presented both to the Government and Par liament. These memorials stated, that great injury had been occasioned to all branches of trade, and to the promoters of railways themselves, by the undue speculation which had taken place: The price of material was greatly enhanced as was also the price of labour. To the latter he had no objection if he thought it would be of a permanent character, and not operating injuriously on those who were engaged in those works. But it was because it would be of a temporary, and not of a stable and permanent character he considered it would be injurious. In addition to the increase in the price of material and the price of labour, there would be, further, a great de mand for money, which would exert an injurious influence on every other branch of trade, which would be cramped and made to suffer. But it was not only the other interestes he referred to that would be effected, but the railway companies already in existence. It had been found thae the share in many of the old railway companies hail fallen in value considerably ; and if many of these new schemes were pushed forward, it would be impossible, from the state of the money market, for the former companies to make any in• crease of their accommodation by new branches. The effect of the whole would be, that it would be found the calls sought for those new lines and extension of old lines could not be obtained. In Ireland, especially, the case would be worse than in this country. He understood from a No ble Friend of his that her Majesty's Government had received applications fur assistance from two of the best schemes in Ireland, He referred to the Waterford and Limerick in the south of Ireland, and the Newry and Enniskillen in the nor:h. The Waterford and (Limerick was represented to be a must valuable undertaktng, to he Irish in its origin— and in those who had subscribed the capital for it, and one that ought to be accomplished. It was one which was laid dos n by the Commissieliers in 1527; yet both this scheme anti the Newry and Inniskillen, were in the most depreciated state, and called upon the Government for s.sistanee. In the beginning of the present Session of Parliament many Irish Bills were brought forward, and it was held out that the passing of a number of these would be a great boon to Ireland as a means of em ploying labour. In consequence of this feeling many Bills through Committee with the greatest facility ; and if they were agreed to by Parliament, they would only, he was persuaded, interfere prejudicially with the companies already sanctioned, and thus the object sought to be obtained the giving of employment would be defeated. At present many of the schemes agreed to last session of Par liament could net carry forward their wishes from the difficulty of obtaining the necessary capital; and if a of other schemes were pushed forward, the difficulty would be much increased by the greater demand for money. With regard to the general question in the last session, the passing of a Bill operated immediately on the Sock Exchange to raise the value of shares, whereas in the present session a fa vourable decision had entirely an opposite effect. He knew this to be especially so in Scotland, the country with which he was connected ; for he had been in formed of two companies who had carried their Bills through the Committees of the House of Commons, after which they called their shareholders together, and agreed to wind up their affairs. (LEFT SPEAKING.) LORDS' SUMMARY. The Lords met at five o'clock, and shortl afterwards The Earl of DALHOUSIE rose to detail to their Lordships the course which it was the intention of the Government to pursue with regard to railway legislation. After going into the past history of railway legislation, the Noble Earl pro ceeded to state the plan proposed by the Government. The statement made by the Noble Earl did not at all differ from that made by Sir ROBERT PEEL last evening on this subject in the House of Commons. He concluded by stating that he should introduce a Bill on the subject shortly after Easter, when the matter would be fully discussed. Lord MoNTEAGLE was glad to find that the attention of the Government had been at length aroused to the impor tance of the subject. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From te Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENISii LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. _ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ------ £ s. d. X s. d. Australasia ••••• • .• •• 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 26% Britsh forth American 51. per cent. 50 e 0 50 0 0 4434 Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 ';olonial .• ••...• .. • • • 51. per cent. 190 0 9 25 0 0 16 Londn and Westminstr 61. pur cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 763,4 London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent, 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 4634 Ditto, New... ••• • .• Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 17% National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 18 Nat. 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SCOTTISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented a pe tition from Glasgow, in favour of this line of railway. He also presented a petition from the Presbytery of the Free Church of Biggar, in Lanarkshire, complaining of the proceedings of the labourers employtd on railways in that neighbourhood, and the desecration of the Sab bath. The petitioners prayed for an investigation. THE POLISH_ INSURRECTION. Lord BEAUMONT' said that he had given notice to the Noble Earl the Secretary for Foreign /Xi - fairs that it was his intention to put a question to him to-day, and he understood from hits/ that he had no ob,ection to his doing so. The question that. he intended to put to the Noble Earl regarded recent events in the provinces of the Austrian ,mpire. In putting that question, he should tint rip; , l(lai,e to their Lordships for bringing it before them, nor cif old lie pause to ask them to reflect whether there was combination, any treaty. or any international eibtom which gave him the privileg,. it br eging the subject liefotss tlieni in that place. lie claimed tit , : privilege and the to t , ti udcs , : , ) on far hiel:r gretiti:s ; e , .. claird it 411 tie get u he believed that all European stases had entered into , r oc it advsir:e rlvotod,lott. t; ,. ; to Arrest the continuation el any bat Larouf; oust:~ttl or which ftw! cAl:; . ceo in Europe. ,A re volution Irad recently occurred in some of the Ans (riati provinces, IA - 1)(.12 most depinre.---(1Icar) The subject he did refer to was the practice they had theie established of creating a kind of servile war, by the authorities encouraging the peasantry to ise against their masters. A series of !wholesale slaughter against their lords and masters had been the consequence, and he found that in the province of Galicia, at the instigation of the Prefect of 'farrow, the peasantry, and even the very serfs, had advanced furdvaneeevderavghlai ans,t, they tcir lords, and in the expectation of a reward had committed murders by wholesale, and castles bad been wasted. Now he might be required to give his authority for those statements. At. the present moment he confessed they were ioutided on private letters. anti on the public statements contained in twenty or thirty of the continental journals. Bu' there existed no doubt on the minds of any person who had at tended to the subject, that the eases thus put forward had not been exaggerated, and with their Lordships' permission he would read a short extract from one of those letters. It was published in the Journal des Debuts, a journal which he scarcely need remind their Lordships, admitted no statement of this character until it had taken measures to ascertain whether it were correct or not. It stated that in the third circle, one of the most dense in the whole province, there was scarcely a single landed proprietor to be found—their lives had been taken, or they had b een compelled to flee, leaving their houses to be pillaged. Th e writer thee went on to mention the names of these who suf fered. He proceeded subsequently to state, that in some places the peasantry hail proceeded with certain fermi, which seemed to show that they had been tutored for the purpose. When they presented themselves before the chateau of —, they told the proprietor to come out ; and when he, who had been a father to the district, did so. they told him to prepare to die. He asked time to fulfil the duties of a Christian, to which they assented, anti after he had confessed to the priest, they killed him with blows from pikes and poniards. They then assailed the chateau of the Countess —, and murdered her brother, her mother in-law, and other relations. She darkened her children's faces with soot, dressed them in mean clothes, anti concealed them in a loft. She managed to escape, and,ind herself tn a wine-shop. They forced her thence, and then committed on this young and fair woman, the most infa mous of all offences. They afterwards, when she was insensible threw her into a ditch, where she was found by an Austrian offi cer. He has found similar scenes repeated in different journals, he could not, therefore, consider that they were altogether nn founded. He had looked in several papers on the oth' r side, to see if there had been any instance of the parties beires,- punished, or whether the Government had disapproved of this conduct or no. He had found instead a proclamation encou raging this state of things, and he did not think that such language, a: had been used in these proclamations should be addressed to troops who had acted in that manner. He would ask if they had received any information as to the truth of what bad taken place in Austria; and if so, whether they have taken any means to let them know the pain ani disap proval with which these things have been viewed by this country. The Earl of ABERDEEN would be happy to give the Noble Lord the information he might require upon this or any other subject. In the present case, the multitude of asser tions, and the contradictory statements were such that it was very difficult precisely to state what was the truth or falsehood. The subject was one in which this country was not directly concerned, neither were British subjects or British interests effected by the events, whether true or false. With re ference to the accusation, that the Austrian authorities had excited the peasantry of Galicia against the propietors of land. He had the happiness for a great many years to live on terms of intimacy and friendship with the eminent person by whom the Administration was represented in this country, and he, could only say that he felt certain that policy of that kind was as simhippos.ssiblltev,fossr otnhdeonGbtoevdelyrntnrioeentihtrai tatdhoeptAsUsatrniyanolGyOc'llerrnLmoertni-t in Galicia had always been the friend of the peasantry ; to them the peasant r y h a d a l ways looked for protection. It was now seventy or eighty years since the province of Galicia came under the Austrian dominion., and he believed that during that ti me t h e condition of ' the peasantry had been improved by the reformsintroduced by the Austrian Government. During the time of Joseph 11., and his predecessor, their con dition was greatly improved compared with their condition in life whew they ascended the throne, and, therefore, it was na tural that they should apreeiate all the advantages of their form of Government.—that they should enjoy everything that was liberal, humane, and considerate which prevailed under their sway. Was it not natural, then, that they should feel that loyalty and attachment to the Government to which the Noble Lord had referred in his address? He of Aberdeen) had, however, very little information subject beyond that possessedb . th o e n irLordsh e ir . _ did not think it was incumbent h did not think Besides, he of states, situated as Austria wasia.esty,s Charge de Affairs in was the duty of this country to in t a e t r t fe h !r m e eT p n re t s b e e nt ad m m om in e is n tLatit A in revolt had broken out, an.d time,hetroN no doubt, sent him ac countsthat country had, from . but the were ha d taken very di ff erent P lace ; statements which they Noble Lord had referred to as having from those which the of the transactiotimosnetwsitdh he statements contained its the comm un i cat i on which recen tly taken place. He would read extracts from tw o or th ree of t be had received. Mr. Maginus, writing, Feb. 28:h, said, " The peasantry of Galacia have shown themselves most opposed to the revolutionary movement, and have resisted the threats of the proprietors and their followers to join them ; and al though unsupported by military forces, have in many places opposed the insurgents with force of arms, and have made pri soners of many of the m w h o wis h ed to use them to acts of vio lence, and have d enounced their proceedings." Again, o n March 3, he said, after speaking (if the revolt at Cracow, s , The peasantry continue to assist the soldiers and the Govern- I o rn f e p n r t s t o o n a e r r r s e s ist s t o h g e r e l e st daesrs too t o . s t n h s e e insur, n s r u i r o g u e s n t e s t; b a s n r . r t s t s la s e m number the Government ; and if they did not remain in captivity, al though they h a d many opportunities of escaping, they would be massacred by the peasantry, thus increasing the embarrass ment to a much greater extent." The last accounts which he had received from Lirnberg, the capital of Galicia, were very satisfactory. " The peasantry continue to evince the best disposition in support of the Government, and in arresting the instigators to the revolt." Iu many places the peasantry established guards to protect the property of parties, thus showing their disinterested conduct. There was nothing in these letters to show that the Austrian Government deserved the Idiom of the Noble Lord. The peasantry had proved themselves faithful during the revolt, arid in doing that they may have taken away some life, but there was nothing in their efforts to warrant such condemnation as had been made against them. Having said so much, he was not prepared to say what amount of the reports circulated were true, and what were false: What-he said was on the faith of the information he had received from the party alluded to. Lord KINNAIRD thanked the Noble Lord for what he had stated in reference to the matter, and agreed with him that the accounts were very conflicting. He was forced to state that the peasantry of Galicia hats been peculiarly well treated by the Austrian Government; different from what had been the case in the provinces under the other Governments. But that the Governor of Galicia had issued a proclamation, offering reward tor bringing the ROI% dud ot.itlive, could mot be £ s, d, 160 0 0 41 13 4 100 U 0 100 0 0 -- CA 12 9 I -- denied. In doing so he believed the Governor was acting on the authority of the statute law of Austria. There was one statute law which declared that all deserters should be brought in dead or alive, and another law, declaring that all rebels should be treated as deserters. Still he hoped, for the sake of the character of Austria, that the Government never, sanctioned so barbarous a procl ama ti on . H e was also g l a d that the matter had been brought under consideration, as it would be shown that the feeling of this country abhorred such barbarous proceedings. Lord BEAUMONT thought that the reason assigned by the Noble Lord was anything but sufficient to account for or to justify the outrage that had been committed ; for it was his firm belief that the Noble Lord would have preferred remain:a big in capti v ity t o b e i ng su bj ect to suc h violence as they endured. If such were the state of the law, he trusted that 0 4 i would soon be assimilated with the law of Turkey. INTERFERBNCE WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY. Lord DENMAN presented a petition from a gentleman 0 s the name o f S m i th, which purported that on the 19th "" DeeemLer last his private house had been invaded by three persons of th e E xc i se department, who stated that they cm! " in search of a private still. The offence was aggravated by th e i fact that th e gent l eman whose premises had been intrude upon was a special pleader. There was nothing to justify tbl° °fret. e, for it had been committed under the authority of anonymous lette r . N ow, this gentleman was aware that hell' no redress by an action at law, for the authorities seemed t° think that it was not contrary to the law, and he was there• ctre aware that he could obtain no damages. Such being th e case he thought that his only remedy was to petition that House , and he trusted their Lordships would entertain its prayer ai d ' a view to an amendment of the grievance of which this gentle man complain, d. If the law were permitted to be enforced its present shape, no man's proprrty would be safe. H. w ould on a insure day bring f orwar d a B ill to amend this law a 5 1 t stood at present. _ The Earl of DALHOUSIE said, that if this petition bad been received netrel on the st a t ement that hail been made tha t night, nothing would have been further from his thnuents than to make any reply to it, further than to answer the qu estil i put by the Noble and Learned L or d ; b ut the petition whi t had b een read by the C!ei kat th e ta b le was, in point o f fae" a direct attack on one of the public departments of the CO'it try, which, it any of the department s were so, was well and e,le ciently execiu ed-- he meant the Exci se ; an d when the no b le and Learned Lord the other night very kindly inf o rmed le that he intended to ~resent this tition, and draw the a ttend°, of the House to the statements contai ne d in it, he (Lord Pt, housie) took c are t o i n f orm hi mse lf as t o t h e w h ole of the 01,11, ject. H e f oun d t h at t h e person w h ose name was affixed to tu e f • petition had had another presented to the Commons House Parliament, ver y s i m il ar in su b stance. H e found, bowee',! that the petiti on t h at night, presented to th e i r L or d s hips 01 ' as compared wisis the other. greatly modified in its latign e tt i , and statement,' With r es p ec t t o t h e f acts on w hi ch t h e Pe 0 tion it ee lf was fon itied, nam e ly, th at t h e pet i t i oner ' s h ous e , " et , entered by an E wise o ffi cer, armed with a searc h wawa 0 that fact was nods ibtedly true. lie was quite ready to say much with respect to that ; and with respect, also, to the C o . duct of the officer in olitainining the warrant, he did not p '3 " to advance one wor d o f d e f ence. The conduct of the °it'd was blameable in the eyes of his superiors, and they punish. him. But the allegations in this petition did not merely a tl :e bute blame to the officer.-they i ncu l pa t e d hi s s uper ' stat ed officer als o . Th e petitioner, in the first place, ' til e d that the man, in exe cu ti ng w h at he called his duty, had etret 0 a forcible entrance into his house, and when his warrant P e g demanded, he refused to produce it ; that th es e proeeedi ti t p alarmed and dismayed the persons in the house, and tlsa t . oo , health of the inmates was then, and was still, placed in li e ) pardy. T o eac h an d all these statements, he (Lord Dalhoos gave an unqua lifi e d contradiction. How stood the facts ? 0 anonymous letter was received by the Commissionent er s Excise ; b u t no measures were taken, no instructions /jos issued on that l e tt er. O n the contrary, it was remitted to ad officer of th e di s t r i ct, with instructions to carefully inquire cie report up on it. The officer did not re p or t but from the a o cumstances connected w ith t h e letter itself, he fancied there existed su ffi cient g roun d s f or suspicion. He, there'gee proceeded to the nearest magistrate, to make, as the 1 0 01 quired, a depositi on . Th at magistrate was from home, °AO then proceeded to the nex t, an d procured a warrant. 'ibif making the oath s requ i re d b y l aw. He proceeded with to, warrant to the petiti oner ' s d oor, which was not forcibly ante t The officer knocked, as he would in any other case, when was opened. H e inquired fo r th e master, who did not her,, l ol that day to be at hi s c h am b ers, and when he came, no wa r ' s ,o was asked for, because it was at once shown. They after fled proceeded to look over t h e h ouse. T he Noble and LI 0 Lord said th a t any i nqu i ry on the o f f i cer ' s Par 0 the district would at once have proved that ot o f suspicion cou ld a tt ac h to th i s gentleman's ' but he (Lord Dalhousie) could inform the Noble Lora. ° this would be, in eve r y ease , very i nsu ffi c i ent groun d I t . 11 upon. He cou ld t e ll th e N o bl e and Learned Lord t°a,pi another house— a h ouse o f b e t ter appearance than tin!' feJ more like a gentleman's seat—a small still was found I° _, l iss operati o n i n th e d raw i ng-room. The o ffi cer, after proee e , est through several of the rooms, did perceive that there w a cuse for suspicion, and he left. The family did not one: y him. The gentleman happened to be at dinner, and wh e ; a offered to op en th e d oor of the dining-room, the o ffi cer 0 % 0 0 was unnecessary. h e apo l og i se d for the trouble that had sei giver:, and then depsrted. This happened on a ThursdaY' o o on tie Friday Mr. Smith, the petitioner, addressed a le tt t f the Commissioners of Excise, complaining that O b seS dress had been given hi m — t h at no apology ha d tendered, although the Commissioners must have been in, ; e ll session of the report of th e ir a ff a i r . N o suc h report haedsl, made by the officer. Th e gen tl eman a dd e d t h at h e desir io • investigation into the proceeding. He said that if 11 :1,0 receive from them a s p ec ifi c assurance b e f ore t h ree o'e:'; the next day that their officer %multi be reprimantl e c 7l)! should take no proceedings, but o th erw i se h e wou ld P lB , P, matter in the hands of his attorney, anti have public o pera', the subject. Now although it was perfectly neee ssall o je proper that this subject should be brought b e f ore t h e C° sinners, still it was equally necessa r y th at t h e con d uc t e be sS officer charged should be inquired into, lest he might ha/e ee o improperly impugn e d. T o th e pet i tioner's demand thevief rniseioners mede an twer on the 'a me day. They stated that 1 7 0 ,0 pronouncing judgment en the conduct of the officer, they '' ea er call on him tor an explanation, atter which they wouldooo municate with M r . S m i t h without delay. The Comilla° b , of Excise, he considered, were right in their p o roceedialr'ol! cause they did no t w i s h to sanction proceedings of a° s 0 and arbitrary ch arac t er . N ot hi ng, surely, could be Wiere to sonable than that statement. Until they had ascertaine4 facts of the case they could not wit h propriety tent; 10 apology. Why no person would flog his hound until l i l t el reason to beli eve th a t hi s h ound had committed a 13°1'0 surely they could not be expected to render less justice y e fellow man th an t h ey would to a dog. On the same (°*b Commissioners received a reply from the gentleman wh ° tioned the House that night. He said that the reply the 00' missioners had sent to his letter could not be received bYies! The outrage perpetrated by their officer on ai s of e gentleman had been one for which, as gentlemen, t ue eleele e ' hound to make ever, satisfaction. He required, most di'` e „ 4 o l ? an ample apology from them ; and further, he would _ et 1W before two o'clock to-morrovv, to cover the ° We counsel, and other contingent expenses. Now be we:. j what the se expense* h ad been ? This was written on the and on thejBth, the day b e f ore , th e very transact i on *TT 0,5 given rise to th e correspon d ence had taken place. Now be te again, what expenses had been incurred? The letters,eetlie, Commissioners o f E xcise h a d b een written from the ° e ess man's , own chambers. He h a d not even to pay sixPentisell messenger, because, i n hi s f ormer l etter, he said tha t h ? 7 would wait. the reply. Where, then, were the experts ° etort e i (Lord Dalhousie) understood that lawyers had even s eo rie e t charitable regard f or one anot h er, and that they Pr dalsf for other's ailments in the same way that medical men ber charge those of their craft for attendance on their ailments. Lord CAMPBELL seemed to express dissent. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said the Commissione r Mr. Smitki again, that his demand of an apology a n i s tlej was inadmissible; a n d on th e same day lie, in %elf charged them with h av i ng comm i tte d an d sanc tione , !,,A, vet of tyranny. H e (L or d D a lh ous i e ) t h oug h t that 1: f is: have crossed the imagination of this Mr. Smith. o f be ro court, Temple, (for he was anxious that he should 0 .4 scribed thus in his petition), that plain-spoken Pe r st seg e , reading his letters, might have c a ll e d hi s d eman d s a n at extortion, but he could no t press t hi s op i n ion 015 their Lordships. A thi s h appened upon the etstlej The Commissioners wro t e again upon the Monday, ~egl that this officer had been severely censured, and re gret annoyance to which the petitioner had been subjee te os t might inform their Lordships that the officer was a In t birqj spectable man, who had served in the department fer, e to:4 forty years ; and he might further add, that Lf " censure," carried in the Excise a much . i je meaning than their Lordships probably attached t ° ,l e tt 1. 0 0 meant suspension from promotion for three years, e l e ,ealn i sl wards fir any meritorious conduct. But this gent , g a the 12th of January, changed his tactics, and takin g j e cause of the officer whom he had formerly been_ e o a passio n w ith, h e c h arge d t h e C omm i ss i one rs offence against . him. He said that he dt cl 9 sish the officer censured, because he had tr it e e 0 that he had, under the circumstances, acted "'elle) view of pleasing them ; and on the idea that It i t 1,'," would be altogether ascribed to zee. But would t" en tleeie ships believe, that immediately afterwards, this . g_`, he o h commenced attacking the excise-o ffi cer himself, t h a t mended from him that Le should sign an ample ar o ntli t oi, in addition pay him a sum of 251. On those 'vet* only were the actions to be stopped. Now, this ° 0 1$9 been thirty-two years in the exci se , h e h a d then see 200 e, out of which he paid his travelling expeas i f d his salary at the utmost on ly amounte d to 1501., „, man demanded a sixth of hi s sal ar y, an d an a bj ec t apo lttg dated January 17th, yet an action was commence d p on a ee e ettres Had this gentleman not gibbeted himself, he (Lo rd 1n h en would not have drawn him further before the House a nd i le o r, the country. The 251. were not paid, the money ml% O l tendered but not paid. The o ffi cer refused t o s i gn the ar e ie and the gentleman wrote a letter saying that he had g o t ittlo and endeavoured to defer the se ttl ement from time iibelee New he would read the a p o l ogy required, and the q°'oo,o( the petitioner termed it. and he would put it to the say whether Peter Mann.the excise officer, with 15 t: 0 " was not the h onester an d the better man than Mr- of 5 I his house, W e ndl ane, Hi ghgate. He had never Ile a ' a had. sk e d charge against an officer of excise, and he questione isr o s 'lihfethaPssiruraLnocredshliira % et 6 would not act upon any anonymous information ; th e y thatHe wthoeulddepgairvtme department te Noble , done so in times past , they had not done so th e- i,OO were the fact s o f t h e case, and he would leave their ov to draw th e i r own conclusions from them. t he Lord DEN AI A N sa i d that he had known nothing f es 10 art jeer m a t ter contained in the petition, further than, ieboe been inf orme d b y some of the gentlemen connectetinold_ Excise, wh o h a d ca ll e d upon hi m yesterday. He " - if h e el' however, have felt it necessary to present the petitiontieose l td been asked t o d o PO. H e did not b e li eve t h at the gended tended to pl ace th e amoun t o f money h e had denlMteoneleso pocket ; he intended to giv e it t o some c h ar i ty . I° t he po he earnestly hoped that the Noble Lord would limit entru, ted to inferior officers. c.l,o l) o r# GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF 111- - re d/ 1 00 Lord REI)ESDALE presented a p e titi on from c!eitig ties connected with the ':rand Canal of Ireland, P r iv the Great Western Railway Bill be re-committed. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 6 ' o f b Y ra ß ce l d LL th S . . it Viscount SAN R IAIN LW em A m oa t ,' o p pOr.. - . c o rebe , asking the question, of which be had ' nu° give „ me , lative to the manner of treating railway Bi" 6 s l i elP h ".o occasion which the lion. Member for f o r 4 ; 1 0 presented was a fitting o o rtunity to do so. He wou ld now therefore+, 'otb`,"o t a petition f r o m merc h an t s , b an k ers , au of Liverpool, praying th a t P ar li amen t would el' 010110 for postponing the pa , sing of any considera b , le a , O A so of railway Bills this seision ; and, in cl° lll „" r otr e 'fliO would ask Sir Robert Peel, whether he wag . P e - 1,. C 6.0 advise any course which should have that ent,.. - b e rs " f t petitioners stated that they had heard that '• 3 40 0 6 0 great depression in all branches of commerce. 51 0 1 Truman and Cooke, brokers, stated that t he pd, branches of commerce were severely deprett * only had there been a grea t f a ll i n prices , "d e , ti t demand for goods in th e Indian and China tr orp lo priWps.l nine of this, they Said, was al"'