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RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) Sub-Committee No. 2. lunacy LONDON AND MANCHESTER. ------ - (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) It was, also alleged that the properties marked 8 and 15 in the books of reference were omitted from the plans deposited with the clerks of the peace for the counties through which this line was to pass, and in the Private Bill-Vice. This allegation was not pressed. There were three slmilaldilegations whicdt were abandoned. 'fhe next allegation was that the radius of the curve on the 142,1 mile of the main line was not marked, which was established. It was also alleged that in the plan deposited with the clerk of the peace no owner or occupier of the ground No. 64 appeared, which was sustained. The next allegation was that Nos. 515 and 543, in the liberties of St. Alban's and Presbury, were not marked in the books of reference. Evidence was given for and against the allegation. The Committee considered that the standing orders had not been complied with In this case. The next allegation was that in the book of reference No. 95, from 545 to 568 inclusive, in the parish of Preshury, in the county of Chester, was described as being in the county of Stafford. This allegation was sustained. It was also alleged that the radius of curve on the 174th mile and scene,' furlong was not marked in the plans. Mr. Remington, engineer, proved the omission in question. Mr. DISON contended, that the allegation referred to a line which they had not power to construct, and that therefore they were nut bound to smirk the radius alluded to. The allegation was ultimately withdrawn. It was next alleged that there was an omission on the 13th mile and 7th furlong, which was sustained. The petition further alleged that the vertical line, mils 5, furlong 3 was not marked on the plus deposited with the Clerk of the Peace fir the county of Derby. This allegation was proved. The petition also alleged that the height of the railway above the public road on the twenty-third mile and third furlong was not cor rectly marked, it being marked in one place as three feet, and in an other eight feet. This allegation was established. Several similar allegations were abandoned. Mr. Perri' said that he would pass trom 178 in the petition to the 28th allegation. The general allegation was that there was no notice given to certain owners of property on the iine. Thomas Slingsby, one of the petitioners, was examined to show that I,k had not been served with notice. Mr. DysoN—Prasaitow lon,g is it since you have signed your consent? Mr. Slingsby—l dot t know. It was also alleged that Nos 78 and 79 were omitted from the plan deposited in the Private Bid-office, which was not pressed. The next allegation was that No. 181, described in the book of re ference as a parish road, did mit appear on the plan, which was sus tained. Mr. DYSON—HOW old are you? Mr. Slingsby—l am twenty years of age. Mr. Resole then contended that the witness was not entitled to be heard, as being a minor. After some discussion between the agents, The CHAIRMAN, (Sir. G. Craig), said that the Committee were of opinion that the wittness had a right to be heard, being of an age sufficient to enable him to understand when his interests would be affected, as in the present case, being the owner of the property in question. The case was then proceeded with. Siingsby, in reply to Mr. Dyson, said that he was living with his mother, who was not present. The notice was served on his mother i September last. The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were of opinion that in this ease thp standing orders had been complied with. The Committee then adjourned, shortly after four o'clock, till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Sub-Committee No. 3. This Sub•Cemmittee y resumed at the usual hour this morning; Mr. Aglionby in the chair. THE WELSH MIDLAND. The object of the petitioners in this case was to make a railway from the city of W , reenter to Swansea and Carmarthen, with branches to various mineral fields adjacent to the line. There were several petitioners against the Bill, amongst whom were the Earl of Jersey and the Corporation of Worcester. The customary formal proofs of the serving of notices and deposit of plans, &c., having been put in, Mr. ELLicomBE stated that owing to Mr. Sidney Hall, who had had the entire control of the engineerinz department of the line, having been confined to his bed by illness front the 13th to the 30th of November, the plans and sections of the scheme deposited with the clerks of the peace on the 30th of November were not so perfect as they could have wished. They could find no one to supply Mr. hall's place, and they were, therefore, compelled to deposit the plans in the condition he had mentioned. The promoters of the scheme had a meeting upon the subject, and they determined upon depositing, on the 31st of December, with the clerks of the peace, plans which had been] prepared by Mr. Hall subsequently to his M s US for beiy, deposited with the parish clerks, and which were more perfect than those deposited on the 30th of November. Now, these plans deposited with the parish clerks ought to have been duplicates of those deposited on the 30th of November ; but he hoped the Com mittee weuld consider that the circumstances he had already stated justified a departure from the ordinary rule in such cases. Mr. Box, who appeared for a petitioner against the Bill, appre hended that the Committee had nothing to do with the plans de posited on the 31st of December with the clerks of the peace, and he thought, after the statement of his Learned Friend, that the allega tions of his client ought to be admitted—namely, that the plans de posited with the clerks of the peace on the 30th of November were imperfect. . _ _ jar. BILLICOMBE remarked that In the late case of the Monmouth and Iferelbrd Railway, which was similar to the present one, it was decided that the promoters of the BM might ac. opt the perfected plans deposited with the parish clerks, on the 31st of December, in prefer ance to those deposited with the clerks of the peace, on the 30th of November. Ile trusted, therefore, that the Committee would be guided by precedent, and allow him to prove the accuracy of the plans deposited on the 31st of December. Mr. BIRK said the case of the 3lonmouth and Hereford Bill was different to the present one. In that case there was no opposition ; and the parties had given ample notice that they intended to rely on the plans deposited on the 31st of December, and not on those depo sited on the 30th of November. He insisted that the Committee would not be justified in allowing the parties in this case to prove that the plans deposited on the 30th of December were accurate. They ought to be confined to the plans deposited on the 30th of No vernbe; and required to show that the plans deposited on the 31st of December were duplicates of those deposited on the 30th of Nov. The Committee, after a short consultation, decided that they would take evidence as to the illness of the engineer, because it came within the province of a Sub-Committee to ascertain whether the cause which had prevented the parties front comply ing with the standing orders was an exonerating cir cumstance in favour of the parties or not ; but the question as to whether the plans deposited on the 31st of December with the clerks of the peace should be substituted for those deposited on the 30th of Nov., must be left for the decision of the Committee on stand ing orders. Mr. Sidney Hall was accordingly called to prove his illness, and his consequent inability to examine the plans and sections previ_usly to the deposit on the 30th of Nov. The Committee nevertheless decided that the standing orders had not been complied with in respect of the point relating to the deposit of plans. The Committee shortly afterwards adjourned till to-morrow. Sub-Committee No. 4. (Continued from our Afterioon Edition of yesterday.) GLASGOW AND BELrASIV UNION. The object of this Bill, against which there were two petitions, is to make a line from Ayr to Portpatrick, that being the nearest har bour to Belfast. The length of the line is 60 miles, and the required •apital 800,0001. Mr. John Miller is the engineer, and Messrs. Rubardeon and Co., the Parliamentary agents. The two petitions above alluded to, are both preferred by Mr. R Ifackay, a writer to the Signet, but In the one petition he repre nonted the magistrates of Newton-upon-Ayr, and some other persons. Mr. Webster appeared in support of the petitions. . The first allegation of the petition, in which, as stated above, the petitioner represented other persons, was that an occupation-road, leading to the house of Mr. T. Gordon, which was crossed by the it. lin , was represented in the plans as being a public road. It was ob ed that this allegation ought to state that this road was the pro ty of Mr. Gordon, and that as it did not, it was informal. ♦fter some discussion, the Committee dismissed the allegation. The next allegation was that a belt of planting in the parish of Newton-on-Ayr, marked No. 2 in the book of reference, and in the plans and sections lodged at the Private Bill-office was not so marked in the plan lodged with the sheriff's clerk of Ayr, and that therefore the standing orders had not been complied with. Similar objections were raised to various other numbers, and evi dence was brought forward to substantiate them. Oa the ether hand it was contended that as the numbers were correctly marked in the plans deposited in the Private Bill-office, and proper notice had been given to the several owners and occupiers of the lands referred to in the allegation, there had been a sufficient compliance with the standing orders. In some of these cases the allegations were considered as proved and the standing orders not complied with ; in others the allega tions were overruled, but they could not discriminate the sustained from the unsustained. The. 15th allegation was to the effect that the railway was to cross a public or turnpike road by a bridge, and no height or span of arch of such viaduct was stated in the plan. After some discussion between the agents for and against the alle gation, the Committee reserved their decision. The petition contained several other allegations, all of a technical and trifling' character, relating to defects in the plans and sections, as deposited With the Sheriff-clerk. After considerable discussion, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Committee considered their judgment upon the objections which, as stated above, had been reserved. On the re-admissio❑ of strangers, it was announced that two o fthe allegations had been sustair ed, and all the others were overruled. The Committee then adjourned. Sub-Committee No. 5. Members present, Mr. Home Drummond, chairman, Mr. Egerton, the O'Conor Don, and Mr. Compton.: LONDON, SALISBUnir, AND Ymtvincz ZUNC. T70131' (BASINGSTOXE TO YEOVIL). The Committee proc,eded with the nuttier consideration of this Bill, which was opposed on several grounds The first allegation this day was, that the datum line was not truly or accurately defined. The Committee unanimously decid,l that the standing orders on this point were not complied with. The second objection was, that there WaS a . iiranch of the proposed line not intelligibly defined. 31r. Smith, engineer, was examined by 3lr. Volatiles, and proved that it appeared to him there was a branch marked on the line of Which no notice was given, and from the construction of the plan it Gould not he defined clearly what were the objects of the line• 31r. Webster, on behalf of the petitioners, called the engineer to the line, wh.) proved there could be no difficulty in distinguishing the necessary particulars. The Committee postponed their decision until they heard the next objection, which was that " two branches were marked on the map, while there was only one petitioned for, and that the plan was in consequence calcullted to misleqd." On these two points the Com mittee decided that the standing orCers were not complied with, in asmuch as duplicates were not lodged in the Private Bill•effiee, the distances being incorrectly marked for several miles. In every other respect they decided the objections were not Sustained. The next allegation contained in tho petition of Earl Digby was, that the reads and rivers did Lot corruspond on the datum line with those on the railway lino." The Committee decided, that in this case, the allegations were not sun fenny specific t , correspond with the standing orders. The petition of ➢ir. Wm. Ityllian was then considered, " That the Pans of the proposed works are not correct, inasmuch as certain fields through which the proposed line is to pass, were not described in the bock of reference, and that DO notice was given the petitioner in respect of the said fields, although he is the proprietor of the same." The Committee in this case decided that the standing orders were not complied with. 3lr. BATTEN, solicitor, was called to prove that another geld ad joining those in the precedin,g objection, was not marked on the map, and as a matter of course, was not described In the book of reference. In this case, also, the Committee decided that the standing orders were not complied with; and it being a quarter past four o'clock, they adjourned the further hearing of the case till to-morrow, at twelve o'clock. Sub-Committee No. (I. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) BOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (NO. VII), 4.S lIPORD STATION E NIAAILGEMENT. The object of this Bill is simply the extension of the present sta tion at Ashford, where it Is al , o intended t construct extensive workshops. Power is given in the Bill to take land to the extent of 150 acres. The estimated cost is 100,0001. The engineer is Robert Stephenson, Esq. The standing orders were complied with. CHICHESTER, PORTSMOUTH, AND PARE_ 11.11.1V1 .11. Ii. WAY. The object of this Bill is to authorise the sale of the ahove-numed Railway to the South-Western and London and Brighton Railway Companies. The amount of purchase-money had been previously agreed upon, and did not transpire. The standingerders were declared to have been complied with, except as regarded a mere notice which was not served in proper time. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER. R,AILWAY AND CANAL. --- This Is a Bill to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to purchase the Gravesend and Rochester Railway and Canal. The standing orders were complied with. TEE Tarr VALB (ratarmerzs). The Bill Is to authorise the construction of two small branches, about twenty m'les in length, from the Taff Vale Railway. The es timated cost Is 216,000/.. and the amount subscribed 16,5001. The engineer is E. Ileighton, Esq., the Parliamentary agents Messrs. Burke mid Co., and th, sulicitors Messrs. W. D. and W. Hunt. Standing orders complied with. WEST LONDON RAXILWA.YrivrpnovvroZENT AND EXTENSXONS. This Bill is to authorise the extension from the basin of the Ken sington Canal to the Thames. The length is about I miles, and the esSimated cost 50,006/. The engineers are Robert Stephenson and Dockray, Esqs. ; the Parliamentary agents. Messrs. Barka and Co., and the fiolicitors, Messrs. Packer and Co. The standing orders were complied with. The Committee then adjourned at four o'clock. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Committee of standing orders met this day at 12 o'clock, for the dloratch of public buelLteo3. Alter hearing the usual evidence, the DUBLIN, DUNDRUM:AND ENNISKERRY Company were de clared to have compiled with the standing orders. CORK AND WATERFORD RAILWAY. This case occupied a considerable portion of time, it being opposed by the Dublin and Cashel Company. The Com mittee, however, decided that the standin orders had been complied with, and that 94 Company mo , t proceed, the Cove branch of the line being thrown out for non-compliance. The Committee reported that the Glanmiro branch had also failed to fulfil the standing orders, but recommended that the Company should be allowed to proceed. THE CARLOW EXTENSION RAILWAY Has been postponed until Thursday next. This line is 22 miles in length, and the capital of the Company 180,0001. SLIGO AND SHANNON RAILWAY. The usual evidence having been gone through, the Committee re ported that the standing orders had been complied within this case. LARNE, BELFAST, AND BALLYMENA, The Committee reported that in this case the Company had com plied with the standing orders. BALLYMENA AND BALLYMONEY. - - This Company were also declared to have complied with the standing orders and to have passed. THE KILLARNEY JUNCTION RAILWAY has been reserved for the want of two witnesses ; it may, however, be considered virtually to have passed. TILE GREAT SOUTHERN AND TE NS WE IO STERN (IRELAND) CORK EX has also been reserved till Thursday next. The Committee adjourned at half-past four o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) In the case of the following Bills the Committee have decided that they should be allowed to he proceeded with : NORTH OF SCOTLAND AND EASTERN EXTENSION. SO MERSETSHIRE MIDLAND RAILWAY. RICHMOND RAILWAY (Kew Branch). RUGBY, LEAMINGTON, AND WARWICK. EDINBURGH AND NORTH ERN RAI LWAY (Dunfermline Branch) AIRDRIE AND BATIIGATE;RAILWAY.—This Bill was allowed to be proceeded with on the promoters proving that each of the sub scribers had paid up their amount previous to the presentation of the petitions. LEICESTER AND TA3IWORTII RAILWAY.—At the time when this Bill was called, there was no person representing that scheme in attendance. WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY.—The Committee came to a decisiou that they would make au especial report to the House to-night upon this case. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. This Gazette contains a notice stating that it was not the intention of the Hon. James Lindsay to defend his return for the borough of Wigan. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 23, 1846. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold a draw ing-room, at St. James's Palace, on Thursday, the 19th of March next, at two o'clock. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEa. 23. Orders for the Court's going into mourning, on Friday next, the 27th instant, for his late Royal Highnes the Arch- Duke of Modena, viz. : The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces and ear rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Tuesday, the 3d of March next, viz The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or "gold and white, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Friday, the 6th of March next, the Court to go out of mourning. WHITEHALL, Fin. 18. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John James Simpson, of Derby, in the county of Derby, Gentleman, to be a Master Extraordinar - in the High Court of Chancery. THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, FEBRUARY 25, 184 . cwt. At public sale only 727 bags of sea•damaged Costa Rica were offered, and sold at the full value. Cocoa.—Holders of Foreign submitting to lower rates occasioned a much better demand. CHlCORY.—Foreign Root has been in demand at 301. per ton, duty paid, and Powder has been selling at 54s to 56s per cwt. TEA.—Prices do not improve for Congou, but there is still a good town and country demand. Several parcels of Pou chong have been taken at 4d to 9d, according to quality, and the stock is still diminishing. Souchong has been sold to fair extent. The cheapness of Hyson induces the trade to operate largely. In Young Hyson sales have been made 9d to is 6d for Canton, and Is 9d to 3s for common to good and fine Hyson kind. Hyson Skin has been fe,tching 6d to Is 8d for common to good. For Twankay there has been much inquiry, and full rates are paid, the supply being still moderate. Spiess.—To-day at public sale 100 bags of Batavia Pepper were sold at 2 3 Rd to 27id, and sea damaged 2%d per lb, being the full value. 26 casks of Limed Nutmegs at the 3s 9d duty, were in part sold at 3s 2d to 3s 3d for good bold. SPIRITS.—There was an extensive business done in Cal cutta Rum at an average of is id per gallon proof. In Lee ward Island the operations are upon a more extended scale, but nit at better prices. Jamaica is not offered upon lower terms, the business transacted was limited. Demerara is not offered at lower rates, but there has been little desire shown to operate. The demand has fallen off for Brandy; prices are not so firm. British Corn Spirits is dull of sale, but 10s 6d per gallon net cash is still insisted upon ; the supply is larger than it was. Gin has been sparingly dealt in. llors.—There has been a fair business transacted in the best Pockets, and full rates have been obtained, but other sorts are little wanted at present. COCIIINSAL.—The demand has been less active, but holders are firm and insist upon full rates. SALTPETHE.—To-day Rough met with loss attention, and only small parcels, mostly of the better kind, were sold pri vately at last week's rates. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked early yesterday in the pleasure-grounds of Buckingham Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday, attended by Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice were taken airings yesterday in the Royal Gardens. _ _ The Royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Ex cellency Sarim Effendi, his Excellency Baron de Moncorvo, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and Countess of Rosebery, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Bishop of Oxford, Lord George Lennox, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, M. Agop (Secretary and Interpreter of the Ottoman Embassy) Sir George Couper, Bart., and the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendant-e at the Palace during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Introduction and Scherzo Movements, Third Grand Sym phony—Mendelssohn. Valse—composed by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Grand selection from Oberon — The Dream Chorus of Spirits Tempest, Calm, and Prayer weber. Chorus, " For thee hath beauty deck't" Finale J Polka, "The Cricket on the Hearth."—Jullien. Pas Redouble, "Le Roi des Mers."—Gurtner. _ _ The Countess of Mount Edgecumbe has succeeded the Viscountess Canning as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Lord Glenlyon has succeeded the Earl of Warwick as the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty. Colonel Drummond is the Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. His Royal Highness arrived in town from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness Prince Albert arrived at Cambridge House in the afternoon, to pay a visit of congratulation to the Royal Duke on the auspicious event. The members of the Diplomatic Corps, and many of the Nobility and Gentry, called during the day, at Cam bridge House, and left their names for his Royal Highness. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester gave a dinner party in honour of the occasion, in the evening at her residence, Gloucester House. The company consisted of their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses Prince George and the Princess Mary, his Ex cellency Count Kielmansegge, the Earl of Clare, Sir Robert Gordon, Mr. Cullen Smith, Lord Adolphus Fitz Clarence, Ba roness Ahlefeldt, Lady Georgiana Bathurst, Baron Knese beck, Sir James Reynett, Mr. Edmund blildmay, Major Stephens, Colonel Keate, Colonel Jones, Captain M'Donald, and the Hon. Captain Liddell. His Royal Highness's tradesmen illaminated ther houses in the evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministets present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, Mr. Secretary Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Ellenborough, Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, Earl of Dalhousie, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the Earl St. Germans. _ _ The Lord Chancellor subsequently joined his colleagues. The Council sat an hour and a half. Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Morrison, M.P., had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office from the Governors of New South Wales, New Zealand, and the Mauritius. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, FES. 24. SlVer BICH...MM.—The sales are —Blaekburn, Chorley, and Liver pool, % dis.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 14 dis.—Caledonian, Half Shares, 3 4 p.— Derby and Crewe, 3 p.—Direct Northern, 1-16 p. —East Lancashire, No. 2,4% p.—Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, 1 1 4 p. —Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 10% p.—Lancashire and N orth Yorkshire, 1 4 dis.—Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Stock port, 1 4 p.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 1 p.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 3% p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Preston and Wyre Extension, 3s. 6d. die.— Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junc tion, 2—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, 3 p.—South Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Halves, 13-16 p.—Trent Valley, 2114 p.—Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction, IA din.—West Riding Union, 3 1 4 p. - _ LEBDS, F. 24. BToci ExosuncE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York 13x tension, 21s. p.--London end Croydon, 22—Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 4 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 44 p.—Ditto, Quar ter Shares, 24 —Leeds and Bradford, 524—Leeds and Thirsk, 9% —North British, 27—Ditto, New, 9%—Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 2/. 165 —Direct Northern, 21. 115. 6d.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 5% —West Riding Union, 3% —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, par—Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, ills. dl5.—Cll - !Junction, par —Lancashire and North Yorkshire, ls. dis.— Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 15e, die.—Leeds, Wake field, and Midland, par—Leicester and Bedford, 3e. 6d. die--Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 355. p.—North Western, 2/. 6s. 6d.—York and Carlisle, 2—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 2. HULL, Faa. 24. _ _ STOCK Excrierros.—The sales are—Leeds and Thirsk, 104 —New castle and Berwick, 2131—Forth British, 27—Ditto. Carlisle, 2/. 165. —Grand Union, 295.—8u1l and Barnsley Junction, 335. &I.—Lincoln and Wainfleet, 35s.—South Midland, 4/. 7s. —West Riding Union, 4 4. SHEFFIELD, FEB. 24 Toe= Exczwraz.—The sales are—Grimsby and Xhefileld, Exten sion, 21. 7s.—Derby and Gainsborough, 19s.—Goole and Doncaster, 31. 3s. 6d.—Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 21. 2s.—Shef field, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 14s. 6d.—West Riding Union, 3%—London and Croydon, 22M. IIUDDERSI lELD, Fan. 24. _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union, 3% —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, ls 4 p —Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, l 4 p.—London and York, 3%—Direct Northern, 2%. NEWCASTLE-lITON-TYNE, FEB. 24. STOCK EXCKANGE.—The sales stre—Direet Northern, s. p.—Lan eashire and North Yorkshire, 2s. 9d. dis.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 3Gs. p. YORK, Fes. 24 STOCK r. XCIIANGE. —The sales nro—Direct Northern, 21. I Is.-- t:rand Union, I% —Ipswich and Bury Extension (Norwich), 2% — Leicester and Bedford, 19s. 6d.—London and York, 31. 13s. 9d.— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 31. Oz.—Newcastle Rai Berwick, 21%—Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 10%—North British, Carlisle Extension, 2% —North Kent and Direct Dover, 3 —North Staffordshire, 51. 14s.—Welsh Midland, 11. 17s. GLASGOW, FEE. 23 STOCK ➢ICH A NOS.—TIIO sales are Airdrie and Bathgate, 425. 6d. Ardrossan, 50—Ayr and Dumfries Junction, 465. Gd.—l3ritish and Irish Union, 568.—Caleileniau, New 72s.—Ditto, Extension, 475. Cale onion and Dumbartonshire Junction, 48s. &I.—Direct Northern, 53s.—East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley, :38s.—East Indian Railway, 22s —Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 17s.—Glasgow General Terminus, 11—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 7511 —Glas gow and Greenock, 94 Ditto, half Shares, 19% Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ardrosan, 57e.—Lanark and Lothians, 478.—Lesinaha goyr, 528 —London, Bristol, and South Wales, 218.—Perth and Crieff, 35s.—Scottish Central, 15%—Ditto, New, 9—Soatk Midland, 83s. Gd. —Stirling and Dunfermline, 455. OUTRAGES IN IRELAND. The sanguinary deeds which have long attracted public at• tention to the condition of the Irish populace, have not, it appears from the accounts of Saturday from Dublin, di minished either in frequency or atrocity. A most savage murder WAS perpetrated some twelve days since on the body of an old man, named Samuel Crummer, aged 75; at Killy begs, county Donegal. The supposed murderers arc the son and daughter-in-law of the wretched victim, now in custody. The mangled body was found in an adjacent lake, the chest c. mpletely crushed in, the arms broken, and several contusions on the skull. From the Newry Telegraph we learn, also, that a dastardly attempt at assassination was perpretrated this day (Tuesday) week, upon a young man, aged 20, by name George Kyle ; a shot having been fired at him on the high road, near Beady, County Armagh. Six teen slugs were thus lodged in the hips and thighs of the victim, of whose recovery scarcely any hopes were enter tained. His presence among the Orange party at the riots of July,' in Armagh, is stated as the cause of the murderous attempt. According to the Limerick Chronicle a desperate conflict had taken place near Cush, between the police and the iockites. Six police patrols having not only beat above double their number of assailants but captured three of the gang, named Dwyer, Cosheer and Sheban. Several shots were fired, followed by a violent struggle hand to hand, in which, as above stated, the police came off victorious. THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION.—The 12th annual meeting of the proprietors was held on Friday at the King's Head Tavern, Poultry, where an unusually large number of the members assembled. Mr. Godson, M.P., having taken the chair, the proceedings were opened, and the actuary, Mr. Hardy, read a very luminous and sa tisfactory account of the state of the society. By this it ap peared that the capital insured already amounts to 610,1751., the annual revenue to 20,8041, and the surplus to be divided in accordance with the plan of the society to 48,015/. A financial condition so sound and advantageous afforded a theme of general congratulation, and promises to make this association of great public and private benefit, by a wider ex tension of its objects and application. Local boards are already established at Gloucester, Leamington, Liverpool, and Bath. After votes of thanks to the chairman, who spoke at some length on the gratifying progress of the society, to the actuary, who briefly returned thanks, and to the directors, acknowledged by Sir C. Douglas, M.P., the meeting sepa rated. The report, which was highly approved, was ordered to be printed for general distribution. TILE BERKESWELL MURDER.----The final examination of the accused lad Reed for Tranter's murder in November last took place at Solihull yesterday (Monday). The magistrates were the Rev. Mr. Clive, Colonel Short, and Mr. J. M. Boultbee. Thomas Moor proved that the prisoner lodged in his house at Bilston, and had gone under the name of Thomas Jones. The witnesses were re-called, and signed their depositions. The Chairman asked the accused, after the usual caution, whether he had anything to say on his behalf why he should not be fully committed to Warwick Gaol for the murder of Thomas Tranter ? Reed answered, thall all he had to say was that he had three witnesses to prove that the boots made for him by Mick, one of the witnesses, were lefts-aud rights. He went on to say, that they were not present now, but be wished to have them summoned. The Chairman then said that the magistrates had come to a determination, after the evidence which had been adduced, to commit the prisoner for trial. The leir-at-law was bound over to prosecute, and the accused man was conveyed to Warwick Gaol the same day by Ploughman and Holmes, two police officers. MUNIFICENT CONTRIBUTIoN.—On Monday morning the secretary of the Philanthropic Society received the handsome sum of 1,000/. as a donation, in furtherance of the view. of that so ciety, from Charlp ponkin, Eeq., of Cheltenham. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. .HOCISE OF LORDS, Tuesday, Feb. 24! The Earl of SisarTzszultY took his seat on th• Woolsack at Five o'clock. CORN-LAWS The Duke of RICHMOND presented numerous petitions from the West and North Riding of Yorkshire, the counties of Derby, Cornwall, and Devon, in England ; Montgomeryshire, in Wales • Forfar, Elgin, and Aberdeenshire, in Scotland; and Tyrone, Carlow, and Londonderry, in Ireland, against the Go vernment measure. HIGH CONSTABLES' BILL. The Noats Dux then gave notice that he intended to move that the High Constables' Bill be referred to the Com mittee which was to be named on Thursday next. THE CASE OF BRIAN SEERY. The Marquis of WESTMEATH wished to call the atten tion of their Lordships to a question which had been put to the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of the Home Depart ment, in the other House, last night, relating to the case of Brian Seery, who was recently convicted at Mulinger, and it was answered by the Right Hon. Gentleman that a deputation proceeded from the county of Westmeath to the Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland with the object of impressing on his mind to allow the law to take its course. The Right Hon. Gentle man having thus answered the question, he (the Marquis of Westmeath) considered, under the circumstances, it was his duty to bring the matter under their consideration. He regretted such an answer had been given, as no deputation on the subject did proceed from the county of Westmeath to the Lord Lieute ui n oaaw a nit n etetro t oe: of Ireland. The Earl ST. GERMANS rose to order. With the greatest respect he must tell the Noble Marquis, that it was not proper to advert in that manner to what took place in the other House. Lord BROUGHAM concurred, and said that it was ex ceedingly irregular to refer to a speech purporting to be made in the other House, and which was only known to the Noble Marquis through the ordinary channels of communication, or as he (Lord Brougham) would say plainly, the newspapers.— (Hear, and laughter. ) The Earl St. GERMANS said the more regular course would have been for the Noble Marquis to have given notice of his intention to put the question, and then he (the Earl St. Germans) would have been prepared to give an answer. As it was, he was quite incapable of answering it or making any explanation. The Marquis of WESTMEATH had no desire to adopt any unusual proceeding, nor to take any member of the Govern ment in that House by surprise, by referring to statements made by one of his colleagues in the other House without giving notice of his intention. He was anxious to contradict the statement to which he referred, on the earliest possible moment, for when that statement ar rived in Ireland, the portion of the press which considered that Brian Seery ought to have been executed would vitupe rate the magistrates of the county, and there was no telling to what injury they might be subjected in consequence. He ad mitted that in courtesy he ought to have given notice of his in tention to pot the question, but tho noncatity of giving an immediate contradiction to the assertion must be his apology. He therefore wished to ask the Noble Earl (Earl St. Germans) if the Secretary of State in his place admitted that such a deputation did wait upon the Lord Lieu tenant, and that he regretted the circumstance, as it was un called-for. The LORD CHANCELLOR—In what place? The Marquis of WESTMEATH—In the other House.— (Laughter). The LORD CHANCELLOR—Then the Noble Earl can not answer the question. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM suggested that his Noble Friend should give notice on Thursday of his intention to put his question to the Noble Earl. The Marquis of WESTMEATH was understood to assent to the suggestion, and there the matter dropped. THE LAW OF ABDUCTION. Lord BROUGHAM said, in presenting a petition, that there were very serious anomalies in the law relating to abduction which required amendment. After referring to the cases of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the late Lord Redesdale, he proceeded to present a petition from Jane Worthing, a widow, whose husband died in 1842; as her circumstances were reduced in consequence of the death of her husband, she was induced to take a lodger into her house, named Burton Newnhan. He thus became acquainted with this widow and her daughter, and soon after the death of Worthing the suc cession to an estate worth 4001. per annum opened to the daughter, and upon learning this Newnhan commenced his opperations for getting possession of the daughter. He contrived to visit the house of the widow, when he was no longer a ledger, but his advanced age lulled all the suspicions and apprehensions of the mother. He took the opportunity one evening, while the mother was absent from home , to call and tell the daughter that her mother wished to see her at his solicitor's, in Fur 1-livers Inn. The girl was a mere child, did not know where Furnival's Inn was, but she, nevertheless, not having any idea of his intentions, readily consented to accompany him, and he conveyed her to the Euston-square station of the London and Birmingham Railway, and subsequently effected her abduction. By the present law, a man may be inveigled into a marriage that nothing could set aside. Here was a person of forty years of age inveigling a child into a marriage, which there is no power to annul. That was the law of Scotland at present. He brought in a Bill to remedy that law, but others determined to keep it, and thus the law as it at present exists was what he could call nothing but a gross and brutal law. He took off this young girl, and when he came back he was tried for abduction at the Central Criminal Court, and was very properly convicted by the learned judge, Baron Gurney, who in passing sentence said, he never heard of such a case before. He was now undergoing that most just and righteous sentence of the law, an imprisonment for a period of two years. The Bill he proposed would not dissolve that marriage ; that eould not now be cured, but he (Lord Brougham) hoped their Lordships would give their attention to the present measure to prevent such occurrences in future. In the case before their Lordships a marriage actually took place, and he could not then question the validity of that marriage, as he did not wish to provoke a discussion, and would ' therefore abstain from arguing the case. If no remedy were given for this state of things, the greatest evils would continue to result. He considered it too bad that one party should by stratagem and artifice be allowed to prey upon the ignorance, innocence, and even weakness of another party. In the present case there would be a transfer of 400/. a year, which was her property, and over which she would cease to have any control unless their Lordships interfered. He hoped, therefore, that their Lordships would take the matter into their consideration, and remedy the grievances he had stated. The LORD CHANCELLOR suggested that it would be desirable to have the petition printed before any other steps were taken in the matter. Lord BROUGHAM had no objection that the petition should be printed. Lord CAMPBELL entered his solemn protest against the course proposed to be adopted by the Noble Lord. He approved of the Bill to dissolve the marriage in such cases as that of Wakefield and Turner, where she left the man an intact virgin, but he could not assent to it as being at all appli cable to those cases where the marriage was consummated. When a marriage was celebrated according to the law of Scotland—when that marriage was consummated—when the parties afterwards lined together as man and wife, and when, perhaps , children were born the fruit of that union—to talk of dissolving a marriage under such circumstances, and to make the children illegiti mate, was contrary to all principle, and involved far more serious evils than those which this Bill sought to remedy. The Law of Scotland, he admitted, was ex- . tremely defective on the subject, and he hoped that the Learned Judges of this country would see the propriety of returning to the opinion which they entertained in 1835, but while the law remained as it was, it must be respected and obeyed. To talk therefore of dissolving marriages contracted in the way stated, was eontrary to all principles of justice, and if once they made a change of the nature proposed, where, he would ask, where they to stop? Lord BROUGHAM said, that if all these marria ges contracted under the same circumstances, he did not see that any great harm would follow from dissolving them. If a robber of forty years of age entered a house and carried off a child of four. teen, pretending to take her to Furnival's Inn, and by a gross fra TT ud hhee co LE n o t a r rß a l c D t o e f d c sH a liA m AN a F r c r T i E ag ELs e L , Bo h uß e ß t sy h ai o d u s g tah h ida t t t ii h tt e : c ala o s n asnumomte that marriage only aggravated the offence. equivalent to petitioners presenting their own o p f rin fo t rm pe , tit a i l o id ns. consummation petition at the bar. Leave was then given to print the petition. CORN-LAWS. Lord KINNAIRD presented a petition from some place in Scotland, praying that the repeal of the corn-laws should be total and immediate. BROAD AND NARROW GAUGE. Lord KINNAIRD, in pursuance of the question of which he had given notice, said, that among the many important measures likely to come before the House this session, both as regarded their social and commercial position, he thought the railways one that required their most serious considera tion. In whatever view they examined this subject— whether as enabling the merchant to dispense with a heavy stock of goods in hand, and so to turn over his capital more frequently, or as conveying agricultural produce with greater facility to the markets for them, or as facilitating social intercourse by their speedy transit—in all of these views it was incumbent on the Government to secure as far as in their power the safety and regularity of these r a il wa y s . Th ere were other points to which he wished to draw the attention of the Government, and one of these was the advantages which these lines would give as investments for funds left for the benefit of hospitals and other charities, and the increased facility which would be given to the transmission of troops from one portion of the country to another. This had been referred to in the report itself, and it was a subject which had forced itself on the consideration of the Noble Duke apposite and the moot eminent military men in the country. He thought it was of the first importance that Parliament should introduce some regular system into the working of these lines. At present many accidents occurred, which, as they militated against the rail ways on which they might happen, were sedulously concealed from the public. Indeed, it was said, that until a Peer of the Realm or Member of Parliament should be killed, no reform could be expected in this particular.—( Hear, hear, and loud laughter.) The report referred, at some length, to the rate of gauge over the country. They stated that there was no plan to remedy this state of things, and that it was impossible to have two lines on the same gauge. Now he really believed that the report had been drawn up with great fairness, and that they had taken con siderable pains to acquire information; yet he thought, on looking at the report, that it appeared to be in favour of the broad gauge, except as regarded one or two points relating to waggons for the c.rriage of goods and merchandise. But not withstanding that, on looking at the report, he found that they really recommended the adoption of the narrow gauge, and that all railways should in future be on that gauge. Now, after having read that report, he was somewhat surprised at that, because he found that it was impossible to go at that high speed which they could at present, with perfect safety to the public. He hoped that the Legislature would not at present put any limit to the speed of railway travelling by legislating in the manner recommended by the report. He thought that the Commissioners had fallen into some error in their labours, because in their report they said that it was impossible to alter the narrow gauge into a wider one, ou account of the width of the waggons, tee. Now, in his opinion it was a great fallacy. If their Lordships were to inquire, they would could with great rather t h ease e r be altered as. find that all waggons were capable of a muc h g reater dim ension than they s o aswetroe suit at a present, siarfo 0 a t g nd au they go. I t did h appearga tounding to say that it was not perfectly practicable to alter 2000 miles of railway from the broad on to the narrow gauge. He contended it was perfectly practicable without inconveni encing x t p h e e n public so. Htso diddo s n o 0 , t and o l ithatose therete , w without as a companyany ext extraordi nary redai_- istanee but what was now before parliament this day, for alterations, in many cases as important as this. He found that there were two companies that had entirely changed the whole of their rails without stopping their traffic ; and there was the that altered the difficulty without the was not stoppage of the so very great. Eastern Counties Railw a y Company that had the gauge tr T ai he ns. only T objectionhisshoed was the great expense, and on this point he ho p ed the No ble Lord would make i n qui r y before the measure co nte mp l ated by the Government was i n t ro d uc ed into the House. In making the changes, it would be easy i n his (Lord Kinnaird's) opinion , to e provide for the expense by issuing Exchequer loans for this purpose, and calling upon all the railway companies to pay a tax at so much per mile for a given number of years. In his opinion, twenty years would be sufficient to pay off the advance. Some such plan as this would easily meet the case. It had been estimated that about a million of money would be required to change the broad into the narrow gauge and taking that as the basis of the calculation, he thought that seven millions would be more than enough for the conversion of the narrow into the broad guage. That would at least be the outside. With these observatimns he would sit down by asking the question of which he had given notice, which was, when the Noble Lord (the Earl of Dalhousie) expected the evidence on whieh the Gauge Commission had founded this report would be laid on the table, and also whether the Noble Lurd was able to declare what the Uevernmentintended to do in relation to that report? The Earl of DALHOUSIE said he would not folloW the Noble Lord in the general observations he had made respecting the merits of the gauges, but reserve what he had to say till a future period. The appointment of the Gauge Commission did not arise in the other House out of the merits of the gauges, but out of the diversity of guage, and the inconveniences that arose from that diversity. An address was presented to the Crown, and a Commission was appointed to inquire into the gauges laid down in this country—into their diversity, and to report what means they thought it advisable to adopt in conse quence of this diversity, and if possible how an uniformity of gauge might be obtained on all the lines in the kingdom. The Commissioners had made the report, and it had been laid on their Lordships' table. The Commissioners recommeded in the first place, that the four-feet eight-inch-and-a-half or narrow gone, be the universal guage of Great Britain, and that all railroads now in the course of construction should be compelled to form their lines according to this guage; and they further re commended that an endeavour shouldbe made todiscover means by which an equitable arrangement might be effected with the proprietors of the lines laid down upon the principle of broad gauge for their alteration to uniformity with the narrow gauge. The question, he could assure their Lordships, was one of the greatest importance—( Hear, hear)—and must he carefully and deliberately discussed.—(Cheers.) The alteration of the guage would either be productive of good or evil to the public, besides affecting the enormous amount of capital which had been expended in the construction of broad gauge liner, the construction of which had been sanctioned by Parliament. They were, however, aware that no effect could be given to the recommendations of the Gauge Commissioners without the passing of an Act of Parliament ; and the Government, though they had every confidence in the ability of the gentle men to whom the task was intrusted would not act on the simple recommendations of the Commissioners, but would first take every step to afford themselves and the Mem bers of the Legislature an opportunity of judging whether the recommendations of the Commissioners were founded on the promises submitted to them. lie knew the anxiety of the House on the subject, and they would, therefore, think it right that the Government should not take any steps until they had had an opportunity of examining the evidence furnished to them, which he expected would be laid upon the table in the course of a fortnight or three weeks. No delay would take place. It would have been furnished with the report, but in the present state of public business it was impossible to obtain the publication of a large body of evidence in a short period. Lord BROUGHAM was in favour of taking time to con sider the question, as their decision would effect an immense amount of capital, and millions yet unborn. It was a mistake to suppose that the report had given general satisfaction to engineers and scientific men. Lord H ATHERTON said the House must bear in mind that the Commission was appointed on the recommendation of those interested in the narrow gauge. Great caution and deliberation was therefore necessary. Before he sat down he wished to call the attention of the House to the absolute neces sity of maintaining the principle of competing lines between large and populous towns. Passengers passing between London and Birmingham and London and Lancashire were at the mercy of one company. The interest of the public could not he secured without competition, and he hoped their Lord ships' Railway Committees would bsar this fact in mind. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY perfectly agreed with the Noble Lord, that the interest of the public could only be secured by the establishment of competing lines. In the part of the country with which he was connected, nearly all the railways were under the management of one company, and from what had transpired at a recent meeting held in York, he learned that it was proposed to amalgamate all the lines in the north of England, and to place them under the manage. ment of one individual.—( Hear, hear.) Still, when he thought of the importance of those measures, he thought the time was come when the Government should be cautious about their proceedings, and that it was their duty to nar rowly watch those Bills that came up proposing to connect railway branches, docks, and canals, with great competing lines. At the same time, he entirely agreed with his Noble Friend, that it was absolutely necessary that there should be competing branch lines. Earl GREY said he had one observation to correct respect ing what had been stated at his side of the House. He could assure their Lordships that the Commission on the gauges was not asked for by gentlemen who were inte rested in railway lines. He (Lord Grey) supported the Hon. Member for Stockport, who moved the address to have that Commission appointed. At that time, he (Earl Grey) was in favour of the broad gauge, and he believed they asked for the Commission exclusively on these grounds—that they thought it was most important to have the question in vestigated by competent authorities in order, ,if possible, to remedy the inconveniencies that would arise by a difference of gauge. He thought that was the question which ought to be referred chiefly to a proper authority. Her Majesty's Govern ment had appointed Commissioners, who had ably discharged the duty imposed on them, and he (Earl Grey) considered that the Report was a most able document. He could not differ from the Noble Lord, notwithstanding that it would be proper to take time to confider how they were to act, although that was a case in which delay would create serious inconvenience, as it was most important that the decision of Government should be known with the least possible delay. MILITARY OPERATIONS IN INDIA. The Duke of WELLINGTON—I have to acquaint your Lordships that my Noble Friend, the President of the Board of Control will, on Monday, submit to your Lordships certain resolutions relating to the proceedings of the forces of her Majesty in their late operations in the East Indies. Your Lordships will receive, on Thursday or Friday next, certain papers referring to those operations, in order that your Lord.. shipqmay have thefallest information on the:subject.—( Hear.) The Earl of ST. GERMANS having obtained permission from Earl Grey to allow his Bills to take precedence of the resolutions which the Noble Earl intended to propose, brought up the report on the PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. Certain amendments were then proposed and agreed to with out discussion. THE PIERS AND HARBOURS (IRELAND) BILL. Earl ST. GERMANS, in moving that this Bill be read a second time, said that the money proposed to be lent by the Bill would, in a great measure, develope the very great natural resources of Ireland, which at present lay dormant in come quence of the poverty of her people. When proper piers, &c. were constructed, the people would be furnished with employ ment, and a cheap and wholesome focal. It was a remarkable fact that in Ireland there were 700 miles of coast in which were some of the finest harbours in the world, and yet there were not more than 2,600 boats employed along the whole coast, and the number of people employed in them did not exceed 80,000 or 90,000. Now he thought it was most important the native resources of Ireland should be encouraged and properly developed. It was proposed to advance money to any county that might require the !same for the purpose of constructing piers, &c. in the neighbourhood ; and that county was made amply resposible for the repayment of the money so borrowed. If a small district applied for money, that district was made responsible ; and if a private individual were allowed any mo ney for these purposes, his land was pledged for the repayment of the sum lent. He believed that a measure, which was simi lar to the present, and bad passed a session or two ago, had worked well, and he had therefore much pleasnre in moving the second reading of the present Bill, as he confidently be lieved that it would work equally well. The LORD CHANCELLOR having put the question, Lord MONTEAGLE rose for the purpose of giving his support to the Bill. He hoped that the people of Ireland would receive these measure in the same spirit as they had been proposed by the Government.—( Hear, hear.) It was his good fortune, in conjunction with the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Stanley) to introduce a Bill for the Promotion of Pub , lic Works in Ireland. That Bill gave equal satisfaction to the public and its friends, because the benefits which had, by its operation been extending throughout Ireland, had greatly exceeded the anticipations of those by whom the measure had been recommended.—( Hear, hear.) The first proposition made to Parliament was considered by many as an ex perimental measure. They created four or five boards, with another in which all power was vested, to consolidate the whole of the departments. 'I hat board was entrusted with the super vision of the whole, and he (Lord Monteagle) believed that its success was mainly owing to the spirit, the skill, and the un questionable integrity of his Gallant Friend Sir John Bur goyne. There had been no loss sustained by the public worth speaking of, because they had gained by the interest paid by in dividuals in loans, more than they expended in the same manner. But what had they been doing in the course of the ten, or rather the sixteen years, which bad intervened since the passing ,of that Act. Such had been the confidence maintained by the Board of Public Works in the public mind, that the Govern ment had thrown vastly increased labours upon them. They had cast upon them every duty in Ireland which they did not know how otherwise to get rid of. If they tried any great system of drainage, the Board of Public Works, were saddled with it. If they found a harbour mismana god they transferred its regulation from the local authorities to the Board of Public Works. The management of Maynooth was thrown on that Board, and the alterations in the present Bill were also to be carried into execution by them. The fact was, they were overweighing the willing horse, and destroying the efficiency of an admirable Board. They had lost his Gallant Friend in whom they had had so much confidence, still it was their duty to make up for the deficiency. They ought to take instant steps to give efficiency to the Board of Works, and nothing was so important in that direction as employing competent engineers, and men of science, who might devise improvements, by which a great addition would be made to the employment of the people. This was particularly important in the present emergency; and he further entreated the Noble Lord not to rest satisfied with the present Bill, or with the pi esent money vote, but to bring forward other measures adapted to meet the present state of Ireland. The Duke of . RICHMOND supported the present Bill, and said he would not only be happy to vote for it, but for any mea sure the House of Commons might send up to give employ ment, and calculated to improve the condition of Ireland. The Bill was then read a third time. THE GAME LAWS. Lord DACRE rose to move the second reading of the Game Law Bill, and in doing so, said he would proceed to re view the laws that had hitherto been in operation relative to game. In taking a retrospect of those laws for the last thirty years, he regretted the manner in which the condition of the lower orders, particularly those of the agricultural body, had been affected. In 1816 a committee had sat upon this question, when the absurdity and inconsistency of the game-laws then in operation were fully shown. A committee of the other House, which sat in 1816, entered into a careful investigation of the law at that period. They examined with great minuteness the decisions of various ju,:ges, particularly the decision of Chief Justice Holt, particularly the case of Sutton v. Moody, in which it was held that game belonged to the owner of the land. He (Lord Daces) brought in a Bill into the other House in 1819, which was in accordance with that decision— namely, that game belonged to the owner of the soil, which, however, was not passed ; but since that period nothing had occurred to alter this opinion. The Ist and 2d of William IV., on this subject, was an identi cal transcript of the Bill which he lost in the Commons in 1819, and it would have served all the objects contemplated, had the Bill been retained—the principle that the possession of land gave the property in game. This Bill, however, intro duced a fiscal regulation, which authorised the granting of lieenses for the sale of game, and which rendered the licensed dealer liable to penalties if he purchased from a person who was not liable to sell. The qualification, however, to sell de pending on fiscal regulation laid the law open to several abuses, and the Bill he now proposed would be far more strigent, in so far as it would prevent the poacher from having any intercourse with the licensed dealer. Therefore the licensed dealers should be liable to the same punishment for having in their possession game without having entered the quantity and the person from whom it was purchased. That Bill substituted fiscal licenses for a real property in the game which was generally adopted in France; that would be the chief regulation. That interference with licensed dealers in gams it was necessary to maks, for it was important to know from whom the game was obtafned, for if not from a person in possession of land, it might be fairly concluded that it had been obtained illegally. The principal object of the Bill was to cut off all intercourse between the poacher and the licensed dealer in game; and to render it dangerous to the letter, if he should purchase from any one not qualified by having in his possession a certain quantity of land. He was far from wishing to make any stringent regulations, and he would not say that ten or fif teen acres were not sufficient for a person to rear a considerable quantity of game. But he would have the purchaser enter in a book the quantity of game, and from whom purchased. That was one of the principal objects in the Bill, which presented itself to his mind, for the protection of game without being in• jurious to the liberty of any class. He would also propose to examine any applications from the occupier of lard, com plaining of the injuries from game possessed by any neighbour ing occupier, and to consider to what extent he had suffered from the game possessed in neighbouring preserves. He pro posed that the magistrates should in a word have the power of appointing surveyors, to examine where the game had injured any neighbouring lands, —( Hear. ) These were the principal points of the Bill which Le had to submit to their Lordships' attention, and as it was merely an amendment of the Act of the Ist and 2d of William IV., and placed game under a better regulation than it had hitherto been put, he entertained a very sanguine expectation of obtaining their Lordships' assent. His principal object was to raise diffi culties of communication between the poacher and the licensed dealer. It enabled the rightful proprietor of game to preserve his property, and gave him rights of remedy against those par ties who preserved game to a greater extent than the support which their land could provide. It was an improvement on the protection given by the Act of the Ist and 2d William IV., and that being the full extent of his amendment, he would confine himself to the moving of the second reading of the Bill before the House, and begging their Lordships' best attention to its provisions. Lord CAMOYS entertained very strong objections to the whole of the clauses of this Bill. He thought it was ex tremely improper at this time to make the game-laws more stringent than they already were. As the law at present stood, a certificate was required to sell game, which in his opinion was sufficient restriction. He had objections to several other clauses, and he thought that it would have been better, in coincidence with the opinions of many other persons, that a re mission, rather than an extension of these restrictions, should be made. But he still more objected .o the provisions of the 7th clause, and thought that any recompense obtained from a neighbouring proprietor would occasion much heart-burning and mischief. He also objected to the 9th clause, which re pealed that portion of the section of the sth and 6th Vic., which provided that half the penalties in convictions under that Bill should go to the informer. On the whole he consi dered the Bill was far too stringent, and afforded no increased facilities to check poaching. Lord BROUGHAM admitted that the law did require some revision. He considered, however, that the greatest caution was necessary in making any alterations in the exist ing laws. The Duke of RICHMOND considered it advisable for their Lordships to go into Committee on the subject, and they might be able to suggest such alterations as were required. He was of opinion that it was a subject which superinduced loose and dissolute habits among young men, and tended very much to produce demoralization among a large class of the community. With regard to the reports which had been of late circulated in the newspapers, that he (the Duke of Richmond) had paid a large sum for damages done by game, he had to say that the report was quite unfounded, for he had never paid any damages of the sort ; so far from his encouraging game, he destroyed all the hares and rabbits which he could find on his own lands, as he considered them as nothing but mere vermin, which were as injurious to the landowner as they were to the farmers. As such a rumour, however, had been repeated in many newspapers, he would give it a most unqualified denial, for he had destroyed game long before the celebrated Tam worth decree. Lord H ATHERTON expressed his concurrence in the ob servations made by the Noble Duke who had just sat down, in reference to the destruction of game. He had exterminated an immense quantity of game on his own property, and he could not exaggerate the satisfaction which it gave him, to see his estates almost exempt from their depredations. Such a result was beneficial alike to the tenants and farmers. Lord ASHBURTON said that the observations which had been made by his Noble Friend (the Duke of Richmond) were entitled to the greatest possible respect. This subject had deservedly occupied much time in public discussion, and it had also occupied a prominent place in the public prints. He concurred with all that had been said by his Noble Friend ; the animals alluded to by the Noble Duke were indeed nothing but vermin. He would recommend that when their Lord ships went into Committee on this Bill they should take " hares" entirely out of the class of game.—(Cheers.) He was quite persuaded that if their Lordships did so they would in the simplest manner possible get rid of all the unfounded complaints that had hitherto been made.— ( Hear, hear.) He would venture to trouble their Lordships with an instance of the unjust operation of the present game-laws : A poor man who had a garden near Southampton, which he cultivated as a sort of market-garden, found last year, when he was about to reap his expected harvest, that a quantity of rabbits had entered into his garden arid totally destroyed his crop. He was de termined to put an end to this sort of destruction, and he accordingly set a trap. It was discovered shortly afterwards that he had ensnared a rabbit; he was taken before the magis trates of the district on a charge of entrapping game, and eventually fined in a large sum and costs. Now that he con sidered to be a most unjust case, because it was evident that the only object which he had in view in laying the snares was the protection of his property.--( Hear, hear.) He should, with their Lordships' pleasure, when the Bill went into Committee, propose a clause to exclude hares from the list of game.— (Hear, hear. ) The Bill was then read a second time, arid ordered to be committed on Monday next. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMOA S, Tuesday, Feb. 24. The SPEAKitu took the Chair at a few minutes before Four. The following Bills were read a second time, and were ordered to be committed, Mahon and Driffield Junction R a ilway. Glasgow Waterworks. Cambridge and Oxford Railway. Aston Rates. York and North Midland Railway (East Riding Branches) — No. 2. Great North of England Railway Purchase. Great North of England and Boroughbridge Branch Railway. Great North of England and Bedale Branch Railway. Blackburn, Preston, and East Lancashire Railways Amalga• mation. FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES. Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from Burnley, praying for a remission of sentence in the case of Frost, Williams, and Joner. Several petitions of a similar nature, from Stockdale and other places, were also presented. WILLIAM ELLIS. Several petitions were presented froth places in Lancashire and Yorkshire, praying the House to recommend to her Ma jesty the free and unconditional pardon of William Ellis, ho was convicted of setting fire to a house, on what the petitioners believe to have been fahe and malicious evidence. The peti tions were all ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to correct an error he had fallen into in his address yesterday. He had stated that in the case which he had laid before Mr. Baron Pennefather, he had made a point in his (Mr. O'Connell's) favour. Now he wished to correct that statement, for he had said directly oppisite. Having corrected this mis-statement, he would not trouble the House any further. HOUNSLOW AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. AGLIONBY gave notice that, as by some mistake the second reading of the above Bill, which stood on the paper for yesterday, lisd not been moved, he should do so to-morrow. THE CHARTIST CONVICTS-THE TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. BAINE presented two petitions —one of them from Greenock—praying for the liberation of the Chartist con victs, Frost, Williams, and Jones; the other (as we under stood it) in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYR RAILWAY. Mr. WARD presented a petition from this Railway Com pany against the recent decision come to by the Standing Orders' Committee, involving the point that landlords who decided on the merits of competing lines should have the power of charging such companies for the liberty of making surveys, and in proportion to the extent surveyed. lle would also move that the petition be printed with the votes, and taken into consideration on Thursday next. FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Glouceater in favour of the liberation of Frost, Williams, and Jones. COMMERCIAL POLICY. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from the American Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool in favour of the Govern ment commercial policy, and setting forth that the uncertainty which existed excited great embarrassment. EDUCATION IN WALES. Mr. WILLIAMS postponed his motion onihe state of adu, cation in Wales to that day fortnight: THE CASE OF SEERY. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice of his intention to move fer the production of certain correspondence between the Lord Lieutenant and Dr. Cantwell, respecting the case of Brian Seery, who was recently executed at Mullingar. The Hon. Gentleman also gave notice •f his intention, on an early day, of introducing a Bill for the amendment of the criminal law of Ireland, and to prevent a person being twice tried for the same offence. THE CHARTIST CONVICTS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE postponed his motion, that an hum ble address be presented to her Majesty that she will he gra ciously pleased to take into her Majesty's most gracious consi deration the petitions of the people presented during the pre sent session of Parliament, in favour of a restoration to their native land of Frost, Williams, and Jones, till this day fortnight. THE RECENT WAR IN INDIA. Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice that, on Monday next, he should move that the thanks of the House be given to the Governor-General of India, sad to the officers and men of the British Indian army, who were employed in the recent operations in India, and the left bank of the Sutlej; and in order to make those operations more intelligible, and the policy of the Indian Government more clear, it was his intention on a previous day to lay upon the table of the Honse some dis patches recently received from the Governor-General of India with regard to his policy.—( Cheers. ) THE WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY. Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the report of the Select Committee en standing orders, in which the Committee stated that the announcement in the votes of the House on Friday evening last, that the Committee had decided that the standing orders in respect of the petition of the promoters of the West Riding Union Railway ought to be dispensed with, and the parties allowed to proceed with their Bill, had originated in error, and the Committee now beg to report that the standing orders in respect of the West Riding Union Railway ought not to be dispensed with. The report was agreed to. Mr. ES (COURT rose and stated, that on Friday last, in the report of the Standing Orders' Committee, there was a clerical error, to which he begged to call the attention of the House, In that report it had been stated that the Committee were of opinion that the standing orders in this case ought to be dis pensed with, whereas the decision of the Committee was, that the standing orders should not be dispensed with ; the Bill should not be allowed to be proceeded with. By some error, in which he as Chairman of the Committee mast bear some part, through some indifference, he hoped not negligence on his part, the report was sent away without his having examined it as he should have done. This was the first error which had been committei2 by those who were acting under the standing orders of the Committee. Under these circumstances the subject was brought under the consideration of the Committee this day, and, as in all railway cases, it was of the utmost importance that such errors should be corrected at the earliest opportunity, he had ventured to give notice last night that he would move that all the proceedings in the case of the "West Riding Union Railway" should be annulled, as they were founded upon error. As chairman of this Committee he (Mr. Eateourt) had felt it his duty, at the earliest opportunity, to bring under the consideration of the Committee the effects of the case. The Committee applied themselves to the investigation of the ease, and having satisfied themselves this error arose from a clerical accident, considered the best course they could adopt to rectify the erroneous pro ceedings of this House on Friday would be to report to-night the ecourate report of the resolution to which the Cususaittee , _ enos t had come. They had, theref o re, prepared a special " r „ e , containing the resolution of th e C omm ittee upon this He did not consider that the promoters of this Bill h ad i :% thing to complain of, as they were publicly told oniere the Committee had come to a decision that the we., that the Bill should not be allowed to be proceeded sre,.. Upon that occasion, though he had not an accurate recolleettl of the eircarnstancer, still he had not the slightest donbrtonsia he had stated the decision to be that the standing orde rs _mit not been complied with. The Committee were farther air e d of considering what part of these sonsegeences could best"' ° n o to them, ang they had also instructed their Chairman to e °‘ That so much of the report of the Select Commi t , tr i, ss Standing Orders, presented to this House on Friday relates to the West Riding Union Railway petition ; as W that the order of the House of the same day, that brought in, in consequence of that report, be annulled. eas e Mr. WOOD considered that if ever there was g o t he in which a lenient construction should be put ° P o ° sr orders of the House, the prese n t was one ; 1- w et wards of 55 miles of railway, there was but ono q lee of A mile of dissent ; and considering that t he lo boo would confer vast benefits upon the W es t Riding of Clol he would urge the case upon the favourable consideration House. ws; Mr. PI. DENISON considered that as the line longer opposed, and as the two opposing companies seer e chi et gamated, he could see no serious objection to the whole l , d c so Mr. GLIONBY said that he hoped the House w°o'oosse seat to the proposition of the Hon. Member. If the • the really meant that they should take into their co nsideraW er o same facts as before, it would be openi ng a very d idiss door for constant application to th e H ouse , and for rel it one the decisions of the Standing O r d ers ' C o mmittee. ' e go% quite ready to take the whole rase into con sideration , e° 6e , the effect on the public with the mistake made by Ihe oh° mittee, and the parties might reap some advantage from Cours Mr.e. CHARLES WOOD said that he felt hiseself/ ti t o l on er fre d i satisfied with the decision that had been given by the Orders' Committee. col ° Lord 'Mt /RP ETEI said that he conceived that the P e of that Bill were quite able to mak e ou t a strong. ce _ ie r jo with that they had nothing to do. H e thought that In ' o p) , meet the justice of the case (the mistake having beer, 00 that the Bill should be referred to the Committee lot' the mistake originated. tb; The motisn was then pat and carried. Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition in fieo ur eb i e total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. The el slid not say from what place.. EAST INDIA POSTAGE. Mr. HUME moved for copies of the o r ders and r e bet ettl respecting the carriage of letters and newspapers within Lie totem sal presidencies of the East India Company, stating t'"d cos!, rates of pottage for letters and newspapers in the te ll " of , ' munication of the country, and the charge for l e ttersi .s o newspapers brought by sea from E ng l an d and oih er and for transmission to the several places in India , a nd tarn of the aggregate amount of postage received I' t or, India Company, at each of their Presidencies, and the 08 11 incurred for the service of the post at each Presiden c y'oer whether the lett ers an d di spa t c h es o f t h e pu blic del° are sent free of expense in India. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. h r 3ll' Mr. HUME moved thet an address be presented to, 'del jesty, praying that she would be gr a c i o usly pleased lci c s ie, that copies of all applications from the colonists of theenteil; Goal Hope, made to the Colonial-office, for a Rer e ". oo iet e Government, be laid before this House, together w all' . ; j et the answers thereto; that copies of all applications e t ' o rb' import, from other British Colonies, be also laid be House. —Ordered. Wl° ltt Sir R. H. INGLIS mov e d th a t a Standing ter , d of Sixteen Members be appoi n t e d t o ass i s t Mr. • 7 1` re for i o the direction of the library, and to whom shall , b , e ,„est:' , all matters relating thereto :—Sir Robert Harry silt ' re e f ', Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord J. Russell, Ste j, Mr. Barin g , M r . Willi ams W ynn , Mr. Rutherfcridll Shaw, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Mahon, &lotto Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Acland, Sir William Somerville, Dundas and Mr. Monckton Milnes. 0 e et etil Mr. ' HUME hoped that the Right Hon. Bar ° , rot' t have no objection to give a power to the Commu te tb l ;r on octavo paper, all such documents as they a h i ° l - to °ie proper to print. He thought that it would be we' m o°' such an experiment ; he had no doubt that t would meet with the concurrence of Hon. Members', t he cito . Mr. S. CRAWFORD objected to the printing °, l , io old et meats in octavo, in consequence of the expense. f' s 0 00 4 4 shameful if the public money were expended in sue?,,prel' io i Dr. BOWRING felt that the appointment of t lieto°',,4 Committee would give great satisfaction to the , h , lfrty the country. Similar steps had been taken in o ' , - nr ese lj e Chamber of Deputies and the Belgian House if ''‘', o 4 llt e't tives. He did think that the libraries of the Hoo, ro ef i re l much enriched with valuable productions on cor°l° rater. ' tistics, politics, &c., if a m u t ua l arrange ment wen the ibe . ., into between this and other Governments Or b c ostV e change of a copy of every wo r k p u bli s h e d in An arrangement of that sort was proposed by the It; vernment with that of this country some years eIV OO III I an arrangement were entered into, it would be th e e/s o/et) wise treaty whi c h th e y h a d ever made.—(Heart "rt. °' had no doubt that the Right Hon. Baronet (Slr eo r. would have no objection to entertain each a propa" Sir R. INGLIS.— o • Certainly not. o tici The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU'idersl i°ll thought the matte r h a d b e tt er b e l e f t to the cc°,Leit'lo°' the House rather th an come to any prec i p it a te 't was then decided that five should form a quorum. r t e PRIVATE BILLS. tt° On the motion of Mr. STRUTT, M r . finr s°l° tused from attendance on all private Bills. , olfteer CROWN PROSECUTIONS IN On the motion of Mr. PIGOT, it was orde r minutes in the offices of the Treasury, the Ifcr° e ise ° ,eo l offices of the Irish Government, and in the posse t ° oo ? Law O ffi cers of the Crown, respecting the appni ° d 1 01 1 , Solicitors of the Crown for Crown presecutiensr! P st l,Jl respecting the appointment of Messrs. Seed, Fulkel r ' and all other minutes relating to Crown p ro secution.t eri ob e subsequent to the T reasur y m i nu t e o f Sd June, upon the table. RETIRED LIST OF THE NA Admiral 6 r e; Admiral DUNDAS wi s h e d t o as k th e Right r° 11 ,1 0° 4 0 4 roan, the Secretary of th e Ad m i ra lty, w hy it was ' ; i d had been given to th ose o ffi cers o f th e N av y w ho , to be put upon the retired list ? t 0 01, 1 ° Mr. CORRY said th a t h e was not aware t".eo would be expected until th e G overnment were in s n 'tlit i , satisfy the many claims of th ose officers. W he ; s ° I, estimates were submitted to th e H ouse , the eir fl-e t, claims would be included. debf . : .; Sir C. NAPIER wished to know whether the a°, •• with the Treasury or with the Admiralty in th i ' f f e eer e k oi r . was well known that it was no t i nten d e d to re Os et; the retired list which had been publis.hed• vea w o e' that the letters of all thos e offi cers w ho had g' names ought to be returned to them, that they .° put into a bad position in making chefs o to the new list, as they had a l rea dy suffers by the delay. o Mr. CORRY was not aware that there had be on —the matter would be s ettl e d as soon as the °A y could be prepared. ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the order of the day being read, an. 1 e bsc ry dll' Mr. MORGAN J. O'CONNELL sa id the ° ro . was about to make sh ou ld b e con fi ne d as closely se th s .,4o,°' the subject of the d e b a t e . H e would not, tti e o r o l Members for Huntingdon and Kilmarnock, 19 ,0 ti e / Lord the Member for Newark, travel into ex trillt itbe t )o; but he would con fi ne hi mse lf t o th e str i c t m erits ° 55 0" before the House. He should not be c ol o 0l';;, say that his opinions had altered tw o upon this question within the last , lif t b lr~ He was at one time prepared to adopt a modersienid not as a permanent measure, but as one which se r3 ° Lit / 0 5, to endure for a considerable number of years. j os! s confess that his opinions upon this subject hi d , t ler, e 1° ,,0 dergone a considerable change, particularl o tP / 0 period of the last autumn and winter, b Ar of the potato crop in Ireland was d, lead to the expectation of a sr,e':f fob 1 of all duty upon that necessary article e ° o t i r ' • Ot t o meant corn of every description. It might s e er tse Al te opinion as an individual would be of little ir ° P• o o this question, but he should say that his easel., th, attracted to it by the threatened famine in Bela° th e li r or of October last. In that month the disease ;" tb° oo 3 first showed itself. He was speaking no r , e i t eochlietel ing of many Honourable Members from 0 0 a e o f v o felt assured they could not say that he confide e s 0 0° exaggeration, when he stated that it was came' b; es t in Ireland during that month that the ports t tbs e t i ,co,ol thrown open. It was also a most remarkable ' l o ad "P e e of the most ultra protection papers said cne,, o t t e „ t ; / 0 subject ; and it was not until the wise and prtle' d to t is r o, the Right lion. Baronet had been annell e ci set ) °0 0 ; was raised by those papers, and he in el rer is e f i ,or; one of the most strange cries he ° t- sli t Yes, a cry was raised to the effect that tee f o r 10 00 party famine, and not a real one, but one get V ro p v pose of restoring the Noble Lord the Membe r , did ' 1 d ef t; his supporters to power ; and to such an exten t ,iso cie rt roe even the high station, character, and mode ° o ho $ l .O O Ol l Duke of Leinster did not save him, and the'" e rot es • Du b dt • e him on the Mansion-house Committee, In de , an i or• charge of partizanship. Those charges were ma be e e r ie° had been most disastrous, for many men is" 0.1 10 , 1 0 °o° in October were prepared to enter into person s o f ' dee bt e re or to take any other steps which the eeige nc e '',, te ho et might require —these melt, unfortunately, b e g 0" ot 1 , 0 0 0 c o ) existence of scarcity. There was one c oil° ss d el', tion to the factious course, which he, re d I ,; , Co ° "o°' over, as the body to which he eel fr ole' t bs posed of gentlemen who differed from hint ° the ir erY'r e e° in politics as well as religion. He alluded t. co n ( t be su et clergy of Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) On t eeen ts ° ,l to e r 1A Protestant clergy gave unexaggerated state,wohi,..eileeisigo that came under their notice in a fair 5 0 ° . , e i e P ll , e r which reflected the highest credit Ho ot o bate o ede i sit and Christian charity. —( Hear, hear. ) ooat, d theelliolt, have been their hopes in November last, beer the state of Ireland at present? TheY , h s a e f night from official authority, statemen, i . f or dre' bs t ' character, corroborated by the Hon. Ittlem i ' t e ed t hst eteel t dl Recorder for Dublin, the other night, es'e m ,bro#l ti ter c o; was exaggerated ; but he (Mr. O'C'in ne Joy e fer rec slush were the case, it was the boenden bo ,ree „ ) , Gentleman to prove it.—( Hear, hear.) but h e 'P b est d 5r tented himself with making the assertio n' ele i e d r n ° o o ,o ,, the proof, as did his supporters—( Cr!'" ° that h°s , c e l ii ,el°: and he (Mr. O'Connell) should tell him o ; _ rent 0 0 , d sertion, without proof, would out pas , s , B ,, e qf rf, ( Hear, hear.) The greatest boldne ss no t ea ,s 1 ' the" i bei" with the most stentorian lungs, woula n t r pr ve t i t e 0 0 00 0 0 contradiction of the statement not [s° ,i n re ( here' j mained the sad corroboration of the lle , et t ~e cot parts of Ireland. This distress has bee n son c a se o le ,.icn e . e derangement, there is, however, grea t n iseas e o ed not so. There is reason to fear that the et e reached t he t• f °(s o the potato crop last year may h a ve the ees uieg ere po a bee which is to be produced the erre , for t the rote°ear b a s te r i { even if we could ensure ourselves th s t 0 , th i, . t o. should he as abundant as the hervesembler a gO li f oitl e deficient, we should still have to rem net ,dee, so lOng oo d ue .s h oe „ e w se a cur t il e wha b t e e e v n er stphaartedthis disease In f a ro ) th o i r s Fel d ' eli te; tion it was through the coul d ef lif t `' e rti c s t rather than any means which ten reasons n that es s their fi'°` dise re 0 0 to prevent it. There were, t ler beer t% ere of Ireland should not depend for a root , th ,r4e °e. The fi rst was, that the P tat° 'e b : ei e ng thent uP' n ce, ttl g e c oo, seen until the time came for mein, , t 5 appe arae_iet y was, that now the disease had me ,a de i ' t l en it t roy 2, se s 1r knowing how far it may go, °e otatoes forna_rthe ee rr 'ai sidered that the great reason w h y P Ireland cr. ' „o to e s c e. I ‘ . r , a part of the food of the people , „ or s Ite oed itsr_ ce rn , bread and other corn. Fifty to o „ s ', l tlY ieri J d as of : al o r !n o r); as much the food of the p e ople . t Iry la b°°r e e n r itY ‘,,° of .tr Yo 1 . t)7 0 t - h a at nY t e r e ' rie s°o o : e u r li n cil°ll : ; ; l a a e w e told s wi will h l yl lower the th Members end t o r i p o p n os_ farmers. He did not know weittitn; b e d e ie r tion' o bel3 tb fte sibly lower their present condi thelei P r o c e essi °° ,, e - teY• fees° past had taught him to distrust Yi lb t e bi.l3°l w fr a e s ely a m eh ad an e ge by to th t e he ala e r o m na i m s had alluded to some of these roducer of et i ye ,. se g o/ Right Hon. Gentleman the Preside nt The grazing farmer, and the p d over ana tO Three raillioss and a ball eluding swine, were to bee,ritiforneroisa orrin• W Theyof 41 . / ii joyer dry 1. Lgh DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 24, 1846. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Charles Au gustus Fitsßoy, Knt., to be Governor and Commander-in- Chief in and over the colony of North Australia and of its dependencies. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 23. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Lind blad, as Consul-General at Gibraltar, for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire— W. F. Grant, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Nov. 3, 1843. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Southampton. R. P. Campbell Marquis of Chandos to be Deputy-Lieu tenant, Feb. 17. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Northumberland. Lord F. Fitzclarence to be Deputy-Lieutenant; J. S. D. Selby, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 10; H.;Greg son, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; E. J. Collingwood, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; S. F. Gillum, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Rev. J. D. Clark to be De puty-Lieutenant; T. Riddell, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; W. H. Cadogan, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; J. H. 11. Atkinson, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; C. W. Orde, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant • 0. A. B. Cresswell, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; J. C. Jobling, Esq., to he Dep.-Lieut. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Captain W. Style, R.N., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 18. Oxfordshire Regt. of Militia—S. W. Gardiner, Gent., to be Lieutenant; the Hon. T. E. Stonor, to be Lieutenant; A. F. Shum, Gent., to be Lieutenant; W. W. Holloway, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; C. W. Fuller, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 18. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Glaniorganshire. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion of Militia—J. Hewett, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 10; 11. Lewis, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 13, 1846. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire. Royal Denbigh Rifle Regiment of Militia—Second Lieu tenant T. L. Fitzhugh to be First Lieutenant, vice Music, deceased ; Second Lieutenant J. Hughes to be First Lieutenant, vice Thompson, deceased, Feb 9, 1846. B. W. Wynne, Gent, to be First Lieutenant, vice Parry, deceased; H. 11. Sandbach, Gent., to be Second Lieute nant, vice Fitzhugh, promoted ; R. A. Price, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Hughes, promoted ; E. Lloyd, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Wynne, re signed; R. S. Perkins, Gent, to be Surgeon, vice Hughes, deceased, Feb. 9. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Edinburgh. _ _ . Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry - Cavalry—A. G. Maitland, Gent., to be Lieutenant, rice Craig; W. Baillie, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Maitland, Jan. 28. BANKRUPTS. Henry John Todd and Edward Todd, drapers, Bow Churchyard, City, to surrender, March 6 and April 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Soles and Turner, Alder manbury. Abraham Frebout, jun., silk manufacturer, Steward-street, Spitalfields, Feb. 27, at eleven, and April 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Smith and Taylor, Basinghall-street, George Moir, bootmaker, John's-row, St. Luke's, March 7, at eleven, and April 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Hughes and Turner, Charles -street, City-road. Charles Self, plumber, Sun-street, Bishopsgate Without, March 10, at twelve, and April 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Wright, Lincoln's Inn. Robert Garland, corn chandler, Walham-green, March 3, at half-past eleven, and April 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Donne, New Broad street, City. Jonathan Knights, cattle dealer, Great Melton and Thur garton, Norfolk, March 3, at half-past one, and April 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assig nee ; Jay and Pilgrim, Norwich. Henry Pearson Coles, innkeeper, Wickham-market, Suffolk, March 5, at half-past twelve, and April 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman street, City ; Lewis, Arundel-street, Strand. William Kitson, soap manufacturer, White street, South wark, March 6, at twelve, and 31, at one, at the C our t o f Bankruptcy. Edwards, fficial assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Lofty, Potter, and Son, King-street, Cheapside. Samuel Holdsworth and William Holdswortb, corn millars, Drighlington, Yorkshire, March 9 and April 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Gregory and Co., Bedford. row, London; Taylor and West moreland, Wakefield. Longbottom and Ralph Bentley, wool merchants, Rochdale, Lancashire, March 5, and April 4, at twelve, at the Manchester Distiict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte-street, London; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester. Rowlandson, surgeon, - Wakefield, - Yorkshire, March 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. hope, official assignee, Leeds; Gregory and Co., Bedford row, London ; Taylor and Westmorland, Wakefield. Stephen Vertue, merchant, Liverpool, March 13 and April 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze nove, official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co., Bedford row London ; Harvey and Falcon, Liverpool. Joseph Walton, coal merchant, Liverpool, March 3 and April 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent and Co., Liverpool; Robinson, Liverpool. Richard Kirby Frankish, builder, Scarborough, Yorkshire, March 10 and 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Leeds; Kirk, Symond's-hill, London; Ilarle, Leeds. Edward Steane Harley, grocer, Birmingham, March 10 and April 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Yalpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. Samuel Hutchinson, broker, Bradford, Yorkshire, March 9 and April 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Flower, Brend-street, Cheapside, London ; Wood, Bradford ; Cariss, Leeds. _ [Dividends,' &c., in our next.] COURSE OF EXCHA: Amsterdam ....C.F. 12 Ditto, at sigh t.• ..., 12 Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 10 Antwerp 26 15 Hamhurgh .... • • M.B. 13 . 11 Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 2s 75 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 NIGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar.. • ....... • • .. Leghorn . Genoa .. • ...... 26 10 Milan .. Venice Naples .. •••• • • • • 39 % Palermo, per oz . Lisbon .. 52% Oporto .. 52% Rio Janeiro .......... 2434 Bahia . Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia . Marseilles ..... • 26 10 •. 26 10 Frankfort on Maine.— 122% Petersburgh, 3 U 5...... .... • . Vienna, etfec.flo lO 10% Trieste, ditto.... •••• •• 10 10% Madrid ..... 36 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars • ....... 0 4 9% Silver in bars ...... • . 0 4 1151 Cadiz .. •.. : •••• • • • • 36 Bilbao.. • • •• • • ' • " •' • ' Barcelona •• • ..... • • • • Seville .... MARKET INTELLIGENCE. oan—To-day for W es t India Sugthrit Su c r e , re g w ro a c s er n s o a i n h l a p ro r v e fi e improvement in purchasing the dem a a n 1 1 descriptions with aution, and the quantity sold amounted to only 290 hh ds previously quoted, although der thoseand trcs: the rates taken were rather un der yet scanty. There we aou the suppl Yat market Mauritius, but of Bengal large no public sales of West India or parcels were brought forward. was ho no REFWED.—To-day ther ee rge improvement in the de mand for Refined goods for home consumption, although d, , and brown lumps, standard lumps could be obtained according to quality, at 61a to 625. 2G mided Crushed Sugar is still much in request for forward delivery, and it is difficult to purchase first quality under 35s per cwt. ALturtMus.—Merchants have been more inclined to re alise, and submitted to a reduction on previous prices ofd to is for good and fine yellow, and 6d per cwt. for all other 6 kinds. The consumption is st ill on the increase, Mauritius being cheaper than any other home trade kinds of sugar. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar offered at auction was large, and amounted to 7,282 bags end 7 cases; the trade evinced little desire to operate, and not above one half sold upon rather lower terms FOREIGN.—To .day there was no public sale of Foreign, but 500 boxes of white Havannab, 700 ditto yellow, 200 barrels of Rio, and 176 bags of Santa Martha are declared for Friday. By private treaty 40 chests of low Brown Bahia were sold at 17s. The quantity of Java declared for sale by the Dutch Trading Company is 40,000 baskets. • COFFEE.—To-day there was little desire shown to pur chase any kind of Coffee by private treaty , but good ordinary pale Native Ceylon was pot to kto obtained under 460 per . F P