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this question he observed many Nebl.e Lords who differed from him, shake their heads and others express their dissatisfaction in various ways. The opinions which he then expressed were the opinion, which he maintained that night. He had for the eleven years of his public life advocated nothing at variance with those principles. in the other House, when he had the honour of a seat there, his vote was always for a restriction of the duties. The first vote which he gave in their Lordships' House was for the Canada Corn Bill. He felt that it would be imprudent of him, at that late hour of the night, to proceed to express his feelings on this question at any l eng th. He felt that he ought to go into many of the points of the speech of his Noble Friend the late Secretary of the Colonies, but he would not go into it in detail.—( Hear, hear.) Now, he had heard many persons complain of a tariff of 1842. It reminded him of a Noble Friend of his own who complained of the immense ieerease in the price of butter. There were two reasons advanced in justification of this complaint ; first, that the slaty had been unnecessarily lowered, and secondly, that the importation had been increased; but it was clearly shown that the duty had no t b een l owere d . and that the imnor tation had not been increased. He regretted that the Noble Lord (Stanley) was not in his place, because it was ex ceedingly distasteful to himself to reply to matter which the Noble Lord could not possibly hear or reply to. One of the statements of his Noble Friend was, that his Right Honourable Friend at the head of the Government had made it his boast that the tariff of 1842, by lowering the duties, had effected rise of pricea, and he asked bow it was possible that competition should raise the prices. But that had been met by his Noble Friend (Earl Grey) at an early hour in the evening, but he (Lord Dalhousie) would merely advert to the fact. That statement had never been made by his Right Hon. Friend. All he said was that, not withstanding the alarm exhibited by the agricultural 'Mem bers aboat the tariff lowering the prices, the effect of it had been to create a still increasing rise of prices. Then the Noble Lord asked what had been the effect of the tariff on the price of wool in the year 1834. during which there was a protective duty of is 4d. ? He held in his hand a paper, which bad been laid upon the table of the House, in which the quantity and prices of the different' wools was set before their Lord ships. They extended from the year 1615 to the year 1845 inclusive, and it comprehended three different rates of duty. In the year 1919 he found a protective duty of %d. per lb. In the period ending 1835 he found 6d. per lb. charged, and he found also that a protective duty of Id. was charges! after wards, which was finally abolished in the year 1844. When it was proposed to impose fid. per lb., the House was i n f orme d this would certainly be f Mowed by a lowering of the prices. The result fully justified the expectation. In the year 1800, when the duty of 3 4d. was proposed, the importation was 24,0 00,0001b5. and the price was 2s. 6d. Under the low dut y, ported increased t o 39,0 00,0001 b ,, and the the amount of wool imported price was Is. 30. He should like to have been permitted to h ave gone through the various statements, bnt, at that late hour of the evening, be would not trouble their Lordship s with the details. His Noble Friend, h owever, referred to t he pr ice of timber, and he would take l eave to mention to the H ouse one or two of the circumstances connected with the trade. The number of their ships had increased greatly within the last few years ; and on a comparison made with respect to the number of foreign ships employed in the timber trade. he could assure their Lordships of the fact that those were unfit for any other purpose, and were kept afloat merely by the loads; besides, they freighted themselves for the merest trifle. He would beg to read an extract of a statement made at a business meeting without any other object than business. It was at a meeting of the dock companies in Liverpool. The Chairman observed that surprise had been expressed at an in crease of one hundred thousand in the shipping in the docks, but he had to inform the proprietors that they had then to deal with hundreds of thousands, and that if there was a more politic tariff instituted by the Government in place of the pre sent one, no one could be able to say to what extent they should have to increase their accommodation for their shipping, and that when the duties were further reduced it would not be in the power of man to divine what accommodation it would be necessary to afford. At present Liverpool was the only place boasting of 200 acres under docks with but 15 miles of quays. His Noble Friend had made some observations upon other points connected with the one he was now discussing. but as ne saw that his Noble Friend was absent, he would not fur ther allude to them. But his Noble Friend had made some observations upon the subject in the reference to the laws affecting the trade in cern, which he felt called upon to reply to. His Noble Friend had laid it down as a general principle that there were high authorities in favour of a continued sys tem of protection to corn ; and he instanced no less an autho rity than the late Lord Chatham. Now he (Lord Dalhousie) begged to say, that though he entertained the highest possible respect for the opinion of so great a man as Lord Chatham, yet he should say, that neither that Noble Lord, nor the equally illustrious Mr. Pitt, could in the present day, ender the present circumstances, stand up in defence of these protective laws ; nor did he think could any other man, capable of taking a dispassionate view of the subject. He (Lord Dal housie) would appeal with confidence to the memorable work of Lord Lauderdale, a nobleman whom he considered as one who had admirably adopted the doctrine of the present day.-- (Hear, hear.) He might also adduce examples of men equally eminent, and in more modern times. So soon as those restrictions were removed the restrictions for the protection of corn should be removed also.—(Hear, hear. ) Then the Noble Baron who sat near him that evening (Lord Ashburton) repeated the statement which was made last night. He said, " Yon are going to do that which no country on earth has yet attempted; you are going to have free trade in corn ; and solve me this question," said his Noble Friend—" what .will you do in a cheap year, when the ports of this country are the only ports that will be open for the importation of fo reign corn?"—(Hear, hear.) His Noble Friend on the last night asked a similar question. Now he wished to remind his Noble Friend that no country in the world except England imposed duties on the importation of corn merely for the sake of protection; and if their Lordships would permit him, he would read a statement which had been very carefully drawn up, showing the amount of the protective duties imposed in each of the other nations of the earth. It appeared that the duty on the admission of corn in the corn-growing portions of Turkey was 3 per cent., and in the other portions 5 per cent. Now,he begged their Lordships to observe, that theicorn-grow ing portions insisted en the duty being but 3 per cent. instead of 5 per cent. Now, he wished to ask his Noble Friend what argument be could draw from that in favour of free-trade. In the two Sicilies there was a duty of about 84. per. quarter. In Sardinia it was about ss. In the small Italian states, the duty was about 3d. In Tuscany there was no duty. In Greece it was about 2d. per quarter. In Austria it was 3d., although Austria bad been quoted as a corn protecting country. In Spain prac tically there was no prohibition. He would ask their Lord ships' permission to mention one simple fact which would show the advantage or disadvantage of that description of protective duty upon corn. It was a fact which was upon record, that corn had been purchased in the pert of New York at 4s. 6d. per quarter ; whilst wheat was selling at Castile at Is. per bushel. Such was the case with regard to Belgium. The sliding scale had tl3 place there. In Holland, the duty was 6s. per quarter. In Oldenburgh it was sto 51, per cent. per cwt. In Naples it was 3s. 2d. In France it was merely a protecting duty. The other duties might be ascertained by the returns which had been made to the House. The only correct method of forming an estimate was by making observations from the (actual state of things at various periods. He had a statement of the amount of grain imported into the country from 1761 to 1844.' In that return he found that during the first fourteen rare was the average about 94,000 quarters in each year. That quantity greatly increased up till 1810, when the average for the ten years following was 421,000 quarters. From 1831 to 1840 .the increase had taken place still further, to 928,000 en the average in each year. From 1841 to 1844, inclusive, the amount imported in each year was 1,879,000 quarters, of which a large amount was entered for consumption. If this were true, how could it be made to appear that the produce of this country kept pace with the consumption of the country. He had shown that for a long period of years, the importation of foreign corn had increased year by year, until it bad "reached in the average of the last five years to 1,879,000 in each year. How then could they think they could maintain themselves independent of foreign countries ? ( Hear, hear.) He would now proceed to consider this post 'ion of being dependent on foreign countries. Why, there was pot a single trade in which they were not dependent for sup. plies from foreign countries. Look to the wool trade, in which 'they were dependent on foreign countries for large supplies. Perhaps it was not exactly the same as the corn trade, but it was analogous. It was the same whether they took away the life or the means of living.—( Hear, hear.) In regard to the wool trade, large supplies of foreign wool were used up every year in manufacturing operations There was not a coat they :were that was not dependent on foreign supplies. There was pot a foatman in their service but what would give them aetiee to-morrow, if they proposed he should wear clothing without the employment of foreign wool. The same principle applied to the cotton trade. A Noble Lord on the opposite Aide had represented the quantity of cotton wool used at 70,000 lbs. annually, and for this they were dependent en tirety on foreign countries.—( Hear, hear.) So it was with all articles that made up the necessaries of life. They could not even carry on the art of war without being dependent on foreigners far one of the principal means of carrying it on. They had not a single ounce of sulphur in this country, and they could not fire off a single shot without being dependent upon a foreign country.—( Hear.) Now let him remind their Lordships that they were not merely dependent wpon the foreigner for these articles of use—they depended through the medium of the exports for the revenue and main seeance of the credit of the country. But it was esiec: what were they to do for supplies in time of war ? Let th em see if this were so. Take the case of cotton, In the ye ar 4:2 and 1814 this country was at war with the United States of 4.merica, from whence almost all the cotton used in this country tone. Now was there a stoppage in consequence of the war? St, sgch thing ; for in 1812 there were 60,1(10,000 lbs. introduced; in JBl3, 50,900,0130 lbs. ; and in 1814, 53,771,000 lbs. But let them come down to a later period , and s take the case of China. They were at war a s hort o time agc with China, one of th e m os t res t r i cte d nation of the earth, and who it was supp ose d would have stop ped every export to this country. Did she, however, do se s ? °- she did not ; and in 1833 there were imported into this country from China 32,000,000 Ibs. of tea, in 1e39, 55,003,000, in 1840 22,000,000, and in 1841 36.000,000; and he main tained that the same principle as was thus applied to cotton and tea in these instances would be applied t o c orn , P r i ce to do with this question, w hi c h was gentled to have no t h in g confined to the consideration as to whether in time of war this of corn from abroad. Upon country he certainly thought ry' could get suppli es they need not trouble that themselves ; for even while they were at war with ;11 e co f e r n om from Fr a a b n r c t 4 , and in Europe there was always a supplycaomf 1810 the largest importations of corn from abroad, it would hear.) He maintained, then, that should it ever so happen that this country wanted a supp l y always be got.—( Hear , hear.) He l!' Lord who last addressed their Lordships, cal lled on by the Noble id by othre t?St4te on the part of the Government what will be the price ' of corn *Osier the new system. He certainly was not prepared to com ply with any demand so unreasonable, and to say what shou ld he the definite and specific price of corn under the system now to be pursued. He might be permitted to ask, with .. great respect to their Lordsbips , whether they were entitled to demand that information at his hands? Ware they who advocated the main tenance of protection on corn prepared to say that they could predict what would have been the price of corn? He could say one thing for the information of his Noble friend — hp weeld ask, could there be a greater fallacy than to say that the price of corn could be so much in fifteen years hence 7 Would it be any consolation to prediet any such price, when, during that period, the prices might fluctuate from one end of the wale to the other ? In the year 1832, the price of c rn was 58s. per quarter, and in the next year bat one it was 393. In the year but one after that it was 645. ; and in the yelr follow iog it was 70s. and 575. Was it possible that when, under the present system of protective duties, of which the object was understood to be to prevent fluctuation, such great fluctuations occurred, that they could, with any reason, ask him to name the specific price of corn in future ? The Duke of RICHMOND —Look at your last Bill. Lord DALHOUSIE—The Noble Duke requested him to look into the last Bill, if his m -mnry s'rved him so as to carry him back to 1842, the Noble. Duke predicted the same consequence as the result of that Bill. The DUKE of RICHMOND said that he did not do anything of the sort ; be did not much like it, and he did not vote apcin it. , Lori DALHOUSIE said that perhaps he was labouring under a misapprehension, and he was sorry for it. He said that the present law during the last six months had preyed by ,11,414,...irih M l , r adk l a ! nistratioa that the 7 3 1 / 3 t ole wa sis t t i e l n e s o e f u a e lrage4: e as i ; il. atildgd) at during the last three years of tbe $ Auction is tilt) pricy had been , ;7; • ,' 1 r . yd , • the result. During those three years the price in the first was said to be 535.; in the seeond, 523.; and in the third, sq*. 10d., anal that fact w.is also adduced to prove the abundance of corn in this country to the absurdity proposing to en on wiqt 'his tneasoire. H- held in his hand a return from the differe , market-towns, which Rave the highest and lowest prices in the d fferent towns throughout the country. In January, 1545. he highest price was 555., and the lowest 40s. In February the same year 555., the lowest 38s. In January, 1446, the highest price 645., the lowest 395. The Duke of RICHMOND—What are the prices of the present year? Earl DALHOUSIE would give the Noble Duke the re turns for the present year. In November, 1845, the highest price figs., lowest 48s. ; on the 29th of November, highest69s price 693., lo w est 38 s . J anuar y, 1846, highest p ri c e lowest 445. ; September, highest price 675., d price 445. But, p er h a p s , it would 11. n better lowest t . to Lie g., th2e47. 265. 275. differences 9 315.,5., 315 ., 365., 28s. He would ices. Ther had been now call the attention of their Lordships to the prices red wheat had been supplied, contract prices. In 1843,21. t , 21.95.. 3 d., d c However he did not intend to answer t he question w e a 1844, 2/. 17s. 10d. ; 1845, 2/. 61 . 10d . ; PLit!, 3/. h a i s h . h si d . b ß e il e i n h p o u d t r t o o oe h i m d h reference saoot oo of fo theirtl p L r i o c r e d os Lordships, icposr because , after a this i former predictions with reference t o t he p ri ce of corn had failed. Many of the speeches which ha d b e en made very ably and him with the it pathetically described .he injury which would be occasioned to the country by the passing of this law, in consequence of the great importation of foreign corn which would follow the pass ing of this Bill. But they had not stated where the quantity of corn was to come from. In the year 1828, a gentleman was sent to the north of Europe for the purpose of inquiring into the subject, and although not favourable to the importation of foreign corn, he stated that no quantity beyond that already imported could be brought into this country. In the year 1841, another gentleman was sent to make similar inquiries. The returns which that gentleman made were before him. The total amount of corn which could be introduced into this country from all parts of Europe was 2,200,000 quarters. From Russia there were 1,230,000 quarters. From Prussia there were, from 1835 to 1844, 635,000 quarters, and so on with respect to other places. It was said, however, in contra diction of this, that there might be an immense quantity of grain cultivated from districts were there was none at present frown. He did not dispute that there were millions of acres that might be cultivated, but of what value were they ? As well might they refer to the plains of South America as a source of supply for cattle under the new tariff, because they at present ran about there wild. He would not allude to the carrying charges, because he believed that the means of con veyance in those countries precluded the possibility of their being able to send the grain here at such a rate as to undersell the British farmer. The Noble Lord read a table of statistics to prove that the im portation of corn into this country would not be so great as an ticipated by these who opposed this measure, inasmuch as the population of ether countries would be increasing ; and even if it were to come in, the price at which it would be sold would not be much if at all below the price of grain in the home market. There were a number of other figures, with which he would not trouble their Lordships at that late hour. but there was one consideration which had not been sufficiently dwelt upon. He meant the increase of their own population at home. It was a fallacy to say that they could bring into cultivation a sufficient quantity of land to meet this enormous annual increase, and he would take leave to read a short extract from the report of the sanatory Committee. The Noble Lord then read the extract, which stated that an extent of new territory, equal to the counties of Surrey, Hereford, and Cambridge, would be annually required to meet the wants of this increasing population. There were in the three kingdoms 28,000,000 at least, who, in the three years, encreased at the rate of 15 per cent, in ten years, or 300,000 a-year ; or since this measure was introduced before Parliament an addition of 1,000 souls. Then when Noble Lords spoke of new lands being brought into cultivation for the purpose of meeting the demand, they must be perfectly well aware, that it was a matter of impossi bility; It was usual to treat of the United States as unbroken ground, from which any quantity of wheat could be imported into this country. Bat it was well-known that all the wheat districts were limited within one portion of the country, the whole lying to the extreme west, and no quantity could be shipped to this country, excepting at a very considerable cost. The Noble Lord also read an extract from some statistical do cuments to prove that according as the population increased in the United States so did their exports diminish. It had been objected that they were not to try this great experiment en this great country. Why it has been tried, from 1766 to 1791 we had a practical free trade in corn. Taxes were not as heavy, to be sure, then as they were now, but they weighed every bit as heavily on the labourer ; and it was an historic truth that the labourers of this country were more heavily burdened than those of other countries. Was agriculture then in a depressed condition ? On the contrary, large quantities of land were t a k en i n t o cu l t i vat i on. He knew he would be met by the argument, that if there was a time when those who now advocated the measure were against it, they would say why propose it new ? But in answer to that, he would say that the circumstances of the country rendered it necessary, and because they concurred it would act as one of the best stimulants to employment. The Noble Duke on the cross benches shook his head at this assertion ; but he (Lord Dalhousie) begged to remind the Noble Duke of this fact, - that during the railway fever of last year every deputation that came, no matter from what railway company, met with a favourable reception solely because it was stated that the proposed line of railway would afford easy access to the manufacturing districts. Ever by the deputations from Goole and from Norfolk, and from all parts of Scotland, and even from Ireland, the argument continually was that those lines were intended to afford additional facilities for the transit of manufactures.—( Hear, hear.) Now, he would ask, why this longing for the prosperity of manufactures ? Was it not because upon them depended the prosperity of every other branch of commerce in this country ?—( Hear, hear.) Was it not because it was a well known fact that every manufacturing engine that was stopped working had the effect of stopping 20 ploughs.—( Hear, hear.) These were the reasons that induced him to support this measure, for he felt perfectly con vinced it would result most beneficiolly for this country. His Noble Friend, the Noble Baron who sat near him (Lord Ashburton), in his speech that evening, spoke of the colonial system, and he said " Have you anti-'ipated the effect which this alteration in your policy will have upon your c - nnexion with the colonies ? And he said, " What is the use of the colonies if they are not to be markets for your manufactures ? " Now he ventured to think, very humbly, that the colonies were and ever would be an advantage, although they had a compul sory market there.—(Hear, hear.) But the advantage would be greater if the market were not compulsory. Their Lordships would permit him to remind them tnat that question was no longer open. The colonial question to which the Noble Lord had alluded, was broken down long ago.—( Hear, hear.) There were now no longer the differential duties which for merly existed with respect to the admission of manufactures. The maximum rate of differential duty with the exception of a very few articles, including tobacco; the differential duty never exceeded 71. per cent. The constant struggle of this country was to advance the interests of the colonies. The colonies imposed higher duties than even the Imperial legislation, but the colonial system, as described by the Noble Baron, no longer existed. Well, now, what was the state of the case with regard to the colonies as to the alterations which were now about to be made? If his Noble Friend the late Se cretary for the Colonies had been present, he would, no doubt, bear in mind that the only two articles which it was feared by some might be injured were timber and corn. His Noble Friend who sat near him (Lord Ashburton) had said that they were about by this measure to discourage mer chandise in the colonies. Now, with respect to corn, what was the amount of the carrying trade? He held in his hand, a return to which he begged the Noble Lords atten tion. On the 11th of October, 1843, the importation amounted to 11,480 quarters. In 1844 there were 14,360 quarters. In June, 1835, there were moret han 13,000 quarters. He did net trust simply in these returns, but he relied upon a ditpatch which had come from his Noble Friend, Lord Cathcart. The despatch was dated the 2611 of March, 1845. It would be impossible to decide the duty of these returns. Mr. Baldwin said they wished for no foreign interference, as they wished the connexion with the mother country to contiue. He believed that whatever the country might have suffered from British rule in former times, it was much better now, and that there was a disposition to do justice.—( Hear, hear.) These, with the other circumstances he bad alluded to, were sufficient answers to the alarm which was said to exist in Canaea in relation to those commercial principles He would, however, mention two other facts with referenc e t o the colonies. In the Legislature of Nova Scotia, when a mes sage was delivered in reterence to the defences of the country, the answer was, " Take the sum you want—the whole revenue if it is necessary." In New Brunswick, 12,0001. was voted for the same purpo3e, and the whole revenue was placed at the disposal of the Executive for the nme purp ose . This showed the feeling in th e colonies. or himself he entertained a deep interest in these colonies. As he had spent, though not in in official capacity, many years of his life there. He had no +car from any want of loyalty on their part, and he was sure, should the time come when their services might be required, they would be as prodi gal and loyal of their blood these as they were of their treasure now. He had now touched on the various points of this great question, hut before sitting down, he would addrers a few words in reference to what had fallen from some Noble Lords _ _ . .. ... .. regarding the conduct of her Majesty's Ministers. They had been called upon to account for the adoption of the preaMble of this Bill. He, for one, admitted that it would have been better if the measure had proceeded from other hands, and none regretted more than he did that the Noble Lord who had been called upon to form a Government (Lord John Russell ) ih order to carry a similar measure, had failed in the attempt. This was the measnre they were called upon to give effect to. on the conviction that treachery would be charged to them, if they failed to act. Their Lordships may cause her Majesty's G ~,,ao l ev t e s uir Et e. eanct;r_thoihtaron he would twTroonhtlendy thems might t hcehrteoasrieet. the h t f h uel e l m y, with va .. Lordships, that even though all those points . sh e O loP ul le d thfe b oi e rr made, at would not justify such a word as treachery. There was no man in that House believed mote than he did in the 1 1 high necessity of governing this co uised the inguence of party, but he u r n e t " ioa still. He had not the h d th e e etsio C o ab w in i e t t h raetspecthte to otitmhee measure but o he had no desire to avoid the re e l l po l n irs s e ib d il a it hi by party. He recog. s e u n re on his Noble Friend near him, for that, responsibility y recognised as his right. Would should have taken had he bee n that time ? Because no man w that occurred could tell what course taken if the fact, had beer, known if seat in to a whichur them, rested h e any one say what course he acquainted atthe with the facts n ho a member of the Cabinet at he Jid say ; and he trusted that the c ir ou L rse ord h sh e i think it presumptuous in an individual u humble when he stated, that in his opinion there was differencenoe the responsibility of the First Minister of the Cabinet would have time, That would not he was, eo in itt:efnatii;ler °bliga.. meanest individual in it. There was no difference between the lllipister suggesting a measure to his Sovereign,and one w h o i p a subordinate capacity adopte4 it. kihould it ever be his fate to be plaied in a position of such a kind, in which the alternative was placed before him, of adhering to party, and should ofgiring ef fect to a determined a nd solem conviction, ad opt the coups her Maiesty'a Ministers had a e doped idhcre H d e w t a ‘s) bound to aclulit that lf h in another way, it would be a thousand _ party while he Was bound times bett b e y r that he did walk the earth branded as a traitor to party than to live in the consciousness that if, in adhering to party, he had done that which was right in the eye of the law, twrhaiitlnerhetoentehris tained the couscionsness that he was ti Sovereign, or to the responsibility imposed on him. —( Hear, hear.) He hoped that he might never be placed in so painful a position as that, but if he were, and he should be so compelled, it would not be presumptuous in a public man, whose character, like those of all other public Men, belonged to the public. He should be bound not to loose himself from the responsibility be longing in 'so great a measure to his Noble Friend near him. He should do so as he had already done and he should submit to the penalty.—( Hear, henr.) The Noble Earl then proceeded—l should give my counsels to my Sovereign and Act to the best that which was in my so vereign charge. Whenever I had done so it is most true that I might be exposed to the indignation of patty, but I should be entitled to stand upright before the high tribunal of my conscience. Now I have done, but I have to thank your Lordships for, the patience with which you have listened to me. -(Cheers.) I have only One word more. • I . wish I i r lll4 tonluatat th• cloreac• which was undo in this House the other night. by s. Noble Friend of mine not now present, for I would venture to point out the consequences of a rejec tion of tins measure, aott the evils which would arise from such a course. You must not misunderstand me, wish to app. a. to your iears, for I know well that Gar is the 1 ist ptssiof, of the hum ,u heart, whicii would in any (levee in fluence the decision of the House of Peers. I appeal to your ”ruder, ,,,, ant your justice. I appeal to your prudence that you will not, without the most sol emn and sufficient conviction, reject a measure of the importance of th e one at present before your Lordships.--( Hear, bear, and () la sers . ) I, continued the Noble Earl, appeal to yuur good sense, to your justice, not to adopt the recommeudatioa which has been put to you of a different character, and that which I have been re lating to you, and by which you will declare yourselves fixedly resolved to maintain a particular commercial and fiscal policy, the effect of which is, say what you will, and must always be, to impose ' burdens upon the many for the benefit of the few.--(Loud cheers.) I do adjure your Lordships to search clossdy your hearts before you come to a decision upon this great question ; I do adjure your Lordships, in considering it, to blot out from the inuer moat recesses of your hearts every lurking feeling of self-interest; I do implore you to dismiss from your minds every lurking prejudice, and satisfy yourselves that you are sincerely anti purely anxious for securing the common Pod.—(Cheers.) If your Lordships adopt that course, I can anticipate with confidence the result ; and I do fully believe that if your Lordships pass this measure you will ere long look back with alarm to the time when you doubted what could be its effect, and certainly look back with satis faction to the day when you gave your sanction to it —(Cheers.) You will look back upon it with satisfaction, because you will then be able to feel and to con-. .emplate that you have done all that in you lies to remove a reproach upon the legislature of this country; that you have done all that in you lies to sympatise with the poor in their rug ged path through life; that you have done all that in you lies to mitigate the p- meval cause—that you have done all that in you lies to soften the hard fate of those whose lot it is to earn their bread by the sweat of their br0w.....( The Noble Earl sat down amidst tremendous cheering.) The Duke of BEAUFORT tpolugised for obtruding himself upon their Lor sh ps at that advanced hour of the morning, but he felt it to be his duty to state the course he intended to pursue upon this most important occasion. He objected to the present measure on two grounds, first, because obviously impolitic; second, because it was unjust. He considered it impolitic, because it lett the country de pendent for the supply of food upon foreign countries. Had the measure been brought forward by Noble Lords opposite, he would not have felt so strong an objection to it. He objected to the tariff when that measure was brought forward, but he was told at that time that he knew nothing at all about it, and to have patience, and he would get his boots, and gloves, and every thing else cheaper; that the rents would be the same, and that corn would remain untouched. There was one case where this Bill would ope rate most unfavourably. He had au estate in one part of the country which brought him in 5,0001. a year. His tenants were all small farmers, and he could not turn them off. One family had been for three hundred years on that estate, and the other had been for four hundred years. He felt prouder of those tenants than of any ancestral honours he could toast of, and he would rather cut his arm off than part with one of them.—(Cheers.) The Noble and Learned Lord, who spoke on the other evening, said that the tenant farmers were perfectly indifferent in this matter. The Noble and Learned Lord was a great authority on most questions, and he (the Duke of Beauford) was always very willing to concede to his opinion ; but in this instan ce he must dissent frem him. They proved that they were in earnest in the South Nottinghain election, where they formed themselves into a Committee , and returned the Hon. and Gallant Member who now repre sented them, free of all expenses, and most bitterly did he lament that the na me w hi c h would go down as the brightest of that age would be associated with a measure which he be lieved would inflict irreparable ruin to the country. The DUKE of WELLINGTON—I cannot allow my Lords that this question should be put from the Woolsack with out addressing a few words upon the vote which you are about to give. I address you under many disadvantages ; under that of appearing before you as a Minister of the Crown pressing this measure on your adoption, which I know to be disagreeable to all with whom I have been living in terms of personal intimacy and friendship. But I felt myself bound in duty to my Sovereign not to with hold my support upon an occasion like the present. But I have taken part with my Right Hon. Friend in this measure, because I was aware it was one which he was resolved to carry out. It is not necessary that I should enter further into a detail of the circumstances connected with this transac tion. I know that I rise here to-night with a considerable degree of prejudice against me ; be that as it may, I beg to tell your Lordships that the same course which I then pursued I would again pursue if the same thing was to be done over again, and it is a. course which I conceive I, in gratitude to her Majesty, in whose service I have the honour to be, am bound to take. It may he true, and perhaps it is true, that I ought to have no relation with party in this House, and that party ought to have no relation with me. That, my Lords, is just as you may think proper, but I feel satisfied with the justice of the motives by which I have been actuated ; and I would be sorry to think they caused any dissatisfactirm in your minds. I know I have no claim upon you for the confidence you have reposed in me for many years past—a confidence which enable me to transact the business of this House, that has been intrusted to me from time to time. But, my Lords, I will not omit even on this night, possibly the last cn which I shall ever venture to address to you any advice again-1 will not omit giving you my counsel as to the vote which you should give on this occasion. My Lords, my Noble Friend, whose absence this night I lament, and who addressed you a few nights ago, urged you in the strongest manner to vote against the measure, and told you in terms which I cannot imitate that it was your duty to step in and protect the public from rash and inconside rate measures which might be passed by the other House of Parliament, and which should in your opinions be inconsistent with the views and opinions of the public. My Lor, s, there is no doubt, whatever, that it is your duty well to consider all measures that are brought before yon, and that you should give your vote upon them as you think proper, and most particularly to vote against those which appear to me rash and inconsiderate. But 1 beg leave to point out to your Lordships that it is your duty to consider well the consequences of any vote which you may give upon any sub ject in this House, and to consider well the situation in which you place this House by the voles which you give. My Lords, this has been the practice of the House or, previous occasions, and I have myself more than once pre vailed upon the House to vote for measures upon which the Members of the other House have pronounced positive opinions. Now, my Lords, I beg you to look a little at the measure upon which you are going to give your vote, and look at the mantes in which this measure has come before you, and at the consequences which are likely to follow from your rejection of it.—( Hear, hear. ) It should be recollected that this measure was recommended in the Queen's speech, that it had been passed by a large majo rity of the House of Commons, that majority comprising more than one-half of the whole of the House of Commons. This is the more valuable, because it does not interfere in any way with her Majesty's prerogative. Noble Lords might say that in consequence of this decision of the House of Commons, the Government might be in danger. But that was not the subject of consideration, and it mattered little whether this fact was proved by the re sult or not, and the real consideration was whether this House would approve of the decision or not. It should be recollected that decision came from the recommendation of the Crown, that the Bill was unopposed, and that it came on upon the re commendation of the other branch of the Legislature. The House of Lords stands alone, and I think that in the considera tion of this question that deference ought to be paid to public opinion. If the Lords refuse to take the course of the Corn mons, the effect will be to reduce the power of the constitu tion. Let U 3 take the effect of the rejection of this Bill. I believe that the results of the rejection of the measure will be infinitely useful in bringing op the opinions of the other House of Legislature. I must conclude in that case that another Government would be formed, but whether there was another Government or not, this measure would again be brought before you during the next Administration. What would you do in that ease? Would you reject it a second time ? Do you mean to go on that way, discussing the measure in another Parliament three or four months longer ? But the Noble Lord (Lord Stanley), mod the Noble Duke (the Duke of Richmond) have said that Parliament should be dissolved-- (Loud cries of " Hear, hear," from the cross benches)—in order to see whether the constituencies that re turned another House of Commons agreed to the measure.—( Hear.) if the Noble Lords have really so much confidence in the results of another election, and think public opinion is as much in their favour, why should they not rely on the election which in the ordinary course of the law will take place in a little more than twelve months ? You might test the principle of the law which will not come into operation till after three years —in 1849. that Parliament can take into consideration this measure, with out interfering with the prerogative of the Crown, or calling on the Crown to dissolve Parliament immediately. You hrve before you two alternatives. You may dissolve Parliament, and have the Bill again brought up before you, or pass the Bill now. You shall have an election before it tomes into operation—when will be the proper time to appeal to Parliament to prevent the provisions • of the memure coming into operation at the end of three years.—( Cheers.) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and their Lord ships divided, when there appeared, _ Contents Present . . Proxies 73 —2ll Non Contents present Proxies —164 Majority for the second reading - The Bill was then ordered to be committed en the llth of Their Lord,hips then adjourned at live o'clock to the 4th of June. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 28. The SPLAXER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Several Railway Bills were advanced a stage. The Manchester arid Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction R a il way Bill was withdrawn. The Railway Companies' Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. THE ANDOVER UNION. Lord COURTEN AY moved that the Select Committee on the Andover Union should have leave to report the minutes of evidence taken before them from time to time. After some discussion the House divided upon the motion, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Bl Majority against the motion ...... —65 BRIDPORT ELECTION. On the question, k hat the decision of the Committee on the Bridport Election should be reconsidered, some considerab!e discussio n took place, in which Mr. Hindley, Mr. Bankes, the Solicitor-General, Mr. T. Duncombe. Sir W. James, Sir De Lacy Evans, Sir R. Peel, Mr. Hume, Mr. Law, Mr. • t ♦ i i r s e i o d n b y t hae majorityqu estion of 3 r 2 e , c, t i h n ;r i d o e b r e i n io g g th fo e r d e cision was Stuart Wo r tl ey , and Mr. Wakley took part, and upon a di onsi d e r n a e t g i o a n . 48, and against it 80. The Report of the Committee of Supply on the Miscel laneous Estimates was brought up :Ind agreed to, and the other orders of the day :ieing disposed of, the House adjourned at Twenty Minutes to Eight o'clock. e T of nEZE L o T the indent baronets In the BART ---We have DEATH t. ( record)F SIR tIi e JOHN deceas empire, Sir John Trevelyan, who seat, Nettlecombe Court, expired Somerset, at the adval 'e 211 last., at his this day was the sot. of the fourth Baroliet by the daughter of age of 86 ' Ile Esq. He succeeded to the title in .15211, having previouslyrP SYmend, the daughter of Sir T. S. Wilson, Bart., an eminent city married lie was a Deputy•Lientenant for Northumberland, in w 7 _merchant. as well as in Somerset, he held estates, which, with theht'7tlll county, his son, Walter Calverly, born in 1797. The baronetcy Was e r ,„„ ° to in the reign of Charles tile Second, being conferred by that monarch —ted on a member of the luridly in return tin the services rendered them to the royal party lit opposing the republican forces.unde); Fairfax and Cromwell. Lord Stanley is suffering, from slight indily,sition, and was in •consequenee prevented from dining with' the Duke ens Diicliess of Beaufort, on Weduesdrq hist. June ilEr. MAJESTY'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed (tor the second time these two years). Citna• rosa's Ch• f d'CEnvre, in. Two Acts, entitled, IL Mli RIMONIO SEGRETO. Corinna, Madame Gr si ; Fidalma, Madany! Sa•ichloli ; Eli3etta, Madame Castelltn ; Pao!ino, Sigator Mario ; Count Robinson, Signor F. Lablaelte ; Geronimo, Lahlache. 'F conclude with the admired 11, 11etblv,4rtissement (composed by lldlle. Cerito), entitled LA VIVAND! ERE. Introducing the lted“wa, or, Original Polka of Bohemia, by Mille. Cerito and M. St. Leon. Kathi, Madame Copere; La Vivandiere, Mdlle. Cerito; Postillion, 31. St. Leon; Mayor, M. Bertrand; a Traveller, M. Venefta. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully in formed that there will be an EXTRA NIGHT on THURSDAY NEXT, JUNE 4, When will he performed Mozart's chef d'oeuvre, IL DON GIOVANNI. Donna Anna, Madame Grisi ; Donna Elvira, Mdl e, Sanchioli ; Zerlina, Madame Caste'lan ; Don Giovanni, Signor Fomasarl ; Leo porello, Signor I. ablaehe ; Masetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Il Com mendatore, Signor Botch' ; I .on Ottavio. Signor Mario. With various Entertainments in the BALLET Department. Comnrisirn; the talent of Mdlies. Cerito, L. Taglioni, Moncelet, De melisse, Cassan, and Lucile Grahn ; ig.m. Perrot, Gosselin, DI . - ,tattia, alio St. Leon. A 41i:cations for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box .nice, Opera Colonnado. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com mence at halt-pa►t Seven o'clock. kOYAL, OLLUKY-1...a1E. THIS EVENING _ . Will be performed the popular Opera, called MARITA NA. Charles the Second, Mr. Borrani ; Don CfeAar de Bazan, Mr. W. Harrison ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. Stretton ; Maritana, Miss Homer; I ,azarillo, Miss Poole. Between the first and second Acts of the Opera, will be intro ‘'.uoe.l the popular Allemande, by twenty Danseuses Viennoises ; and between the second and third ids, twenty-four of the celebrated Danseuses will execute the famous National Polka Paisans. After which, the celebrated Balla of LA GILSELLE. Duke of M. Mathis; 'Marion, Mr. W. 11. Payne ; Prince of Cour land, Mr. Howell ; Wilfrid, M. Adrien; Giselle, Mdlle. Sall; Mirtha, Nidlie. Louise; Princess Bathilde, Mdlle. St. Louin ; Bertha, Mrs. Payne ; Principal Willis, Mesdames Adele and Giubilei. During the Ballet will be introduced the Standard Galop, by forty-sight of the Pupils of Madame Weiss. fIiCATHE 'cl)YkL, EIAYNIAICKKT THIS EVENING _ Wiii be performed a New Comedy, called MR. PETER PIPER; or. Found Out at Home. Mr. Peter Piper, Mr. Farren ; Sir C. leitirsox, Mr. Tilbury ; Major Garry Owen, Mr. Hudson ; Facials, Mr. Bu ketone ; Mr. P. Piper, Mrs. Glover ; Bunk, Mrs. Humby. d'Olonne," the " St. James's Polka," " Philomel Walzer," and the 7:w Band will pet - worm the 4 , ortor e s, " Chatsworth Quadrilles." •` Cenerentola," and "Due To :.e followed by a New and Original Comedy, called, A "lEOGAR ON HORSEBACK. Cy mon Foxall, Mr. Webster; More raft, Mr. W. Farren Sir John Coverdale, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest 'overdale, Mr. IL Holl ; Horace Waldgrave, Mr. Hudson ; Schnei dermann, sir. J Bland; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale, Mrs. Glover ; Selina Ceverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline, Sirs. Seymour. To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Glover, Etc, will appear. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM 17NDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY Anotner brilliant Triumph 1 . " Robin flood and Richard Coeur de Lion" every Evening. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Farce, entitled, A FRIEND INDEED. After which a new Farce, called SISTER AND I. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner, Kinloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden, and Miss Forster. To be followed by A MODEL OF A WIFE. Characters by Messrs. 'Wigan, Meadows, Turner ; Miss Farebrother and Mrs. To conclude with a New Grand Operatic Romantic Burlesque Spec `acle, founded upon certain St Tiling and hitherto Unrevealed Pas -ages in the Histories of ROBIN HOOD AND RICHARD CtEUR El LION. Characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss M. :celey, Miss Villars, Miss E. Daly, Miss Howard, Miss Bromley Miss Laidlaw, and Miss Grove ; Mr. A Wigan, Mr. F. Matthews, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Turner, and Mr. J. W. Collier. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF AN UMBRELLA; or, The Silent Observer. In which Messrs. Lambert, Howe, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, R. Ryan, P. Bedford, Selby ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. P. Mathews, &c., will perform. After which, the interesting Drama, entitled THE CABIN BOY. In which Madame Celeste, Miss W)olgar, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. 0. Smith, &c., will appear. 'Po Ise followed by tr:e Burlezque, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or, "he Loadstoye Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr. :tut Bedford, Mr. Mun 3 ard, Mr. Mitchenson, &c. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-ST/MET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Historical Play, in five Acts, entitled THE KING OF THE COMMONS. James V. of Scotland, Mr. Nlacready ; Sir Adam Weir, Mr. Ryder ; George Weir, 3fr. . Cooper ; \l.,lcolm Young Mr. Murray ; Laird Small, Mr. Compton ; Mungo Small, Mr. Oxberry ; Lord Kilmaurs, Mr. Roxby ; Madeline Weir, Mrs. Stirling; Widow Barton, Mrs. Fosbroke. _ _ To be followed by an Original Comedietta, entitled THE COLO NEM.; BELLE ; or, the Non-Marriables. Count de Ruse, Mr. J. ininz ; Major Vidette, Mr. Murray ; Capt. Fonfaron, Mr. Roxby ; 31abelle, Miss E. Stanley. To conclude with a New Ballet, entitled LES CONSCRITS DU VILLAGE. In which Messrs. Gilbert, Marshall, Ficxmore, Harris; Miss Bailin, Miss Marshall, &c., will appear. ASTLEY'S , ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the especial patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, and their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Alice. Last Week of the present successful spectacle, which must be withdrawn to make way for the Whitsuu Holiday Entertainments, " The War in the Punjaub ; or, Our Indian Victories." THIS EVENING Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB 1N1) HIS DESERT STEED; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates. With magnifkent effect., and introducing the double stud, &e. The SCENES of the ARENA will be of the most varied and pleasing description, introducing the new Artistes, whose wondrous performances are nightly crowned with the most enthusiastic applause. . . _ _ 'The Entertainments will terminate with a new and laughable AFTERPIECE. _ . Mr. BATTY has much pleasure in stating, that in obedience to the wishes of several of his patrons and heads of families, he has made arrangements to give, during the ensuing holidays, four mid lay performances, the first of which will take place on THURS DAY, June 4, and each succeeding Thursday until the nnmber are complete ; on which occasion the Entertainments will embrace those recently performed by royal command, and so highly eulogised by her most gracious Majesty. The representations kill commence each day at two o'clock, and terminate at halt-past four. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six cud commence at seven o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUEADAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. This Magnificent spectacle is revived in an unprecedented scale of 4randeur, the picture being more than twice the size of the former, And 'represents, as accurately as can possibly be done, the Great Eruption of Vesuvius in the year 79, when the Destruction of Her mianeum and Pompeii took place; produced under the direction t Mr. Denson. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been onstructed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CON.:ERTS are again confided to Mr. God .rey. The Band is most complete in all its departments, and includes Many eminent native and foreign musicians. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the ;u3s:. complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display a novel exhibition will be intro laced, representing the Descent of Phoebus in the Chariot of the Sun. Mons. Farinelli will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet in !eight, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive I dm, and bear him to his chrystal home. An Illuminated Marine Cave, and the Glass Conservatory, splen ,:hily ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivore at five ; the Pelicans, &c., at half-past nve ; Concert at six ; and: he Eruption at dusk. Admission, Is. THE COAST DEFENCES.—The armament for the de fence of the ships of war on the Canadian lakes being com pleted, and the advance-ships being for the most part equipped, orders have been received to expedite the supply of ordnance for the coast defences at home. The giant scale on which these defences are to be formed may be judged of from the annexed details of the supplies of guns, carriages, and ammunition which are to be forwarded to the following places:—For the additional defences at Sheerness, one 56- pounder, 97 cwt. ; 17 8-inch, of 65 cwt. each ; 28 32-pound ers, of 56 cwt. each ; and 12 24-pounders, of 20 cwt. each ; total for Sheerness, 58 guns. The 24-pounders are to be mounted on iron-carriages; all the heavier guns on carriages with traversing platforms. For the additional defences at Tilbury Fort, 50 32-pounders of 56 cwt. each, on carriages wish dwarf traversing platforms ; 19 32-pounders of 31 wt. on iron carriages; total additional guns for Tilbury Fort i 9. Additional guns for Gravesend, 15 32-pounders of 6 cwt., on carriages with dwarf traversing platforms. Guns, car riages, and traversing platforms for the defences at Ports mouth, Gosport. Portsea, and Priddy's Hard, in addition to the existing armament :-2 50 pounders of 97 cwt. ; 17 8-inch guns of 65 cwt. ; and 15 8-inch of 50 cwt. ; 61 32- pounders of 56 cwt.; 39 24-pounders of 50 cwt. ; 36 8-inch howitzers and 1 24-pounder carronade. On iron carriages, 75 24-pounder guns of 20 cwt. Total for Portsmouth, Gos port, &c., 246 pieces of ordnance. Grand total for Sheerness, Tilbury Fort, Gravesend, Portsmouth, &c., 388 pieces of ord nance of various sizes. A small armament of light pieces of ordnance, consisting of 6 6-pounder guns, 6 3-pounders, 8 4 2-5 howitzers, and 8 4 2-5 mortars, is ready fo, shipment for Quebec. This armament is to be forwarded to the various forts of the Hudson's Bay Company in the north-west terri tory, to be ready in the event of hostilities occurring in con nexion with Oregon. as guns of this kind will, in the event of war, have to be conveyed over mountain districts. A contrivance has been invented by which the guns can be carried between a given - number of men. Several trials of the invention have been made here, and it has been found that it is quite practicable. FATAL AND FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENTS RETURNING most El . 3oM.—On Wednesday evening the following fatal and fearful accidents occurred while returning from Epsom Races :—The first case was about one mile on this side of Epsom. A four-wheel chaise, in which were seated four persons, while they were in the act of de scending a hill they came in collision with another vehicle, whet the driver, Mr. John Winter, a cousin to the ex-Champion of England, was thrown to the ground, the force of which broke his hack. The Alter persons in the chaise were likewise most seriously injured. extensiveas Hospital,njr ies Mr. Winter was carri e d to the neares t surgeon's, who dressed the wounds, and sub sequently ordered trim to be conveyed to St. Thomas's received the n.mostlie of v' t h h e e ba reh e e k , was was put under the care of the house-surgeon, but he expired in two h ours after his admiss i on. —Another accident, of a frightful c h aracter, occurred w hil e descending a hill, situate about thr ee miles from Epsom. A van of unusual size , belonging to Mr. M at h ews, carman, o f G u y-street, New Weston street,wascompletely Bermondsey, was on the way home very heavily and injudi ciously loaded, there being upwards of 35 individuals riding with the driver (Mr. M a th ews), independent of a large quant i ty o f l uggage. The van, was p roceeding at a steady pace towar d s town, i n a narrow lane, wh en one of the near wheels ran i nto a d eep hole, which broke it into atoms; the vehicle consequenly swerved, or turned completely over, thr ow i ng the passengers i nto an adjoining field, tied some into the h e d ge. The driver was lost for a few seconds by fall ing among the horses, which were all in confusion, and plunging furiously. After a few miputes had elapsed, Mr. Barnes, landlord of the Two Brewers, liedcras-stre, t, Southwark, was discovered with fractured ribs and contusions over various parts of his body. Another gentleman, landlord of the Rose Tavern, Snow's-fields, received a fracture of the left arm and severe injury to the head. Mr. Windsor, of King-street, Borough, also sustainer , a lacerated wound ofthe scalp. A STURGEON IN THE THAMES.—Ye , terday morning a large sturgeon of seven feet in length, was discovered near the Adelphi Pier, rolling about in the mud and water, the tide having receded so far as to leave it no hope of escape. Tire discovery was made by two men on board the Twilight steamer, wire secured the prize and carried it to the Lord Mayor, when his Lordship presented them with si. His Lordship intends forwarding the fish to Bucking ham Palace, as a present to her Majesty. ASSAULTING A TOLL -KEEPER.—Lord Dillon was yes terday charged at Lambeth Police-court. before Mr. Norton, with as ‘aulting the toll-collector of Vauxhall-bridge, by thrashing him with a whip. His Lordship, who was driving a four-in-hand back from time Derby, was inconvenienced, after the toll had been paid, by the son of the complainant seizing the horses' heads. Mr. Norton con sidered the collector the aggressor, and dismissed the case. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT GLOUCESTER HOUSE. Her Royal Hignness tt e Duchess of Gloucester gave a superb banquet last evening, at Gloucester House, to their Royal ilignesises the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and a di st i nguished circle of tire nobility. The Duke and i )uchess of Camb r i dge arrived from Cambridge House shortly before , eight o'clock, attended by Mr. E. St. John MildrnaY• the Serene Highness Pr ince Edward of Saxe Weimar had previously reached Gloucester House. The banquet was served at eight o'clock. Sir Robert P ee l entertained a select oircle of political friends at dinner on Wed 're s idence Whites hall . ;:ardens. nesday, at the farmly res W a have t.o apn ciurtee t , ee death, of the Dulte.de 2dont• moreney, peer of Fran ce, ofreen ti u th, H itt( He was one o f the minority of the Court AI of Martial Ner,—Gol4ficani• THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries. "IRS. MAB I E . I 3 - t y L ole Y p ' o S st 8 0 " . L EON TINE." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LADY BLESSINGTON"A NEW NOVEL. New ready, at all the Libraries in 3 vols., 31EMOIRS OF A FEMME DE CHAMBRE, By the COUNTESS OF BLESSIINGTON. "We will not undertake the invidious task of pointing out the originals of clever portraits hung up for public exhibition in these volumes, nor intimate the domestic dramas fl•om which the well painted scenes are taken ; they who know aught of the world of ton will have no difficulty in assigning the likenesses and the pictured events to their proper prototypes; but we cannot refrain from re marking that the author has shown artistic judgment in her admix ture of the gay and grave, and that her light colours of satire and comedy are rendered more effective by contrast with the sombre hues of sentiment and pathos.' , —Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN ON THE DANGER OF DEBATING SOCIETIES. WITH A PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON IRVING, BY GREATBATCH, AND AN ILLUSTRATION BY LEECH. The June Number, price Half-a• Crown, of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY will contain : BRIAN O'LINN ; OR, LUCK IS EVERYTHING. By W. H. MAXWELL, E., Author of" Stori es of Waterloo," " Wild Sports of the West," &c. WITH kN ILLUSTRATION BY LEECH. CHAPTER Xl [ . — Love-Lane—fir. Hemsgate makes a new acquain tance and renews an old one —Evening conference—Suppers and symposia. Jaff Linton's Oak ; or, Mayday. By J. P. Palmer. Legends and Traditions of Lewes. By Miss Costello. THE ARCHBISHOP of DUBLIN on the DAN , ;ER of DEBATING SOCIETIES to YOUNG MEN. The Boys in the Streets. By Albert Smith. Romancing. By A. Gibb. Mackinnon on Civilisation. A Treatise on the Pump. By Paul Prendergast. TA TTERs kLL AND TA I TERSALL'S ; With a Glance at the Lio::s and Legs of the Betting-ring. Sketch of Washington Irving, with a Portrait. By Greatbatch. The Albigenses and the Troubadours. By Dr. W. C. Taylor. TIPPERARY HALL. The Tipperary Skiff—Flowers of Transatantic Eloquence— Yankee War Song on the Banks of the Rio Gran ie —John Bull's Navvies giving Settlers to Uncle Sam—The Beauties of a Richmond Tide—Ladies on Land *tad Water—Apologia Levitatis—The Triumphs of an Irish Jaunting. car—Serenade—A Poetical Legend of Kildare, " ,ow the Devil rode out with Lord Luttrell and his Stag hounds"—.The Witch of the Fens—A Derby Day—Dithyrambic on King Pyrrhus' last victory. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES EY PUBLIC SALE. rtirESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND L VJL LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and !o announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the Hall of Comineree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be adoressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited for exa mination at least one day previously to their being offered ; and adviees of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, an i the proceeds immediately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. THE WEATHER,.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 29. L I MERMONETER, Lowest, 49; Highest, 65; Noon, 63 BAROMETER, 30.38.—W1ND W.; fine. HIJII WATER AT LONDON-11RIDUE TIIIS DAY. Sterning •• 19 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 33 minutes after 4. 4 11 .7 y, •Ai 0 ' lizzert4 . lsz :: p I T• *, • r:N"' 57 Nsr, .iltY " Lt 'ening in LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1846. Cordially do we congratulate every individual in the country upon the result of this morning's division in the House of Lords, by which the aristocracy accede to the na tional will, and acknowledge the justice of the proposed measure. The momentous changes in our commercial policy recommended in her MAJESTY'S Speech from the Throne, and demanded by the intellectual and numerical prepon derance of the Commons, has now obtained the acqui eicense of the only remaining division of the Legislature. That anxiety which, during so many eventful mutations of authority has been extending itself throughout the land, has now developed itself in every quarter of our social sys tem ; it has elicited the accordant intimation of the SOVEREIGN ; it has called forth the most beautiful, because the most peaceful, enthusiasm of the multitude, the noblest of the moral and mental capacities of our statesmen, the fecundity of our insular oratory, the pre dominating approval of our representatives, and, finally, it has evolved the distinctest sympathy of the aristocracy. What Lord STANLEY falsely applied to the converse of the division may be appropriately notified as the spontaneous ebullition of popular gratitude and popular satisfaction, in the exclamation, " Thank Gon, we hall' a House of Lords 1" Not, as the scion of Derby would imply, because they blindly consult class interests and party aggrandisement; not be cause they foster their rent-roll by taxing the meal bag, and prefer the lustre of a feudal coronet to the lustre beaming from the countenances of a con tented population. Thank Gon, rather, that we possess a House of Peers! because those Peers are giving evidence of a desire to obliterate by one decision the avaricious impo licy of bygone generations, because they testify a due sense of the sanctity, the grandeur, and the strength of the national will, and are ready to consult the interests of the people, not those alone of some exclusive coterie. By their determina tion in favour of the second reading of Sir RORERT PEEL'S Bill, our nobles have stabilitated their class, and renovated their influence, and popularised their councils more than by any reselution possibly that has ever been pronounced within the walls of their Right Honourable Cham ber. Whatever decadence may have encroached upon their political character by a very notable ancestral selfishness, however much their over-con servation of exploded statutes may have deteriorated from their original popularity, and have caused those favourable opinions in their regard to fall into desuetude—the majority of forty-seven Peers in favour of a free-trade policy will dissipate all such sentiments, and tend very considerably to the establishment of a respectful affection between the people and their aristocratic Legislators—an affection arising from a sense of mutual dependence. As the ancient ballad of "Chevy Chase" was wont to influence the poet CAMPBELL, this majority will in like manner stir the heart of the whole nation "like the voice of a trumpet." In it, all our most sanguine expectations have been realised, all our most distinct an nouncements have been fulfilled. The Peers have relieved themselves from a somewhat onerous responsibility, and that responsibility (unless, as we sincerely trust, they will perceive the futility of persistanca) will altogether devolve upon the clamorous supporters of the protective system. Convinced that the time has ar rived when the proposed measure will alone suffice, and actuated by their own rational conclusions, not by any in timidation from without, the aristocracy have washed their hands of a denial. They have dispassionately weighed the merits of the question, and their ultimate opinion as to its advisability is more eloquently conveyed than by the most elaborate flourishes of rhetoric, in the cabalistic numerals 47. Although this only signalises the second reading of the Bill, the div :ion is in every essential respect conclusive. We look upon the Great Measure as already accepted by the Legislature ; and, animated by the ardour of that thought, it is with a threefold earnestness that we offer our congratulations to the League, to the Liberals, to Parliament, to the Prime Minis- ter, and to the People. The commercial code of England is henceforth free trade. The Emperor of RUSSIA, accompanied by Count ORLOFF, arrived in Warsaw on the 17th of May. Madrid papers to the 21st have been received. They contain no intelligence whatever. It being the feast of the Ascension, the Bourse was closed, We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday. They are principally occupied with comments on the escape of Prince Louts NaroLhoN from Ham, an event at which they almost all express satisfaction. The Chamber of Peers heard the report of M. FRANK CAERE on the case of LECOMTE at the sitting on Wed nesday. Although transactlon3 were not numerous, there was some fluetu tion on the Paris Bourse on Wednesday. The rise in Consols on our Stock Exchange produced a corresponding movement at the com mencement of business. A fall subsequently took place, but the Funds rallied towards the close of the market. The Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 15c.; the Five per Cents., 119 f. 75c. ; the Orleans Itailr , ,ad shares, 1,237 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,017 f. 50c.; Havre, 753 f. 75c.; Great Northern, 747 f. 50c. Avignon, 880 f. ; Vierzon, 625 f. ; Bordeaux, 6121, 50c; Boulogne, 490 E; Dieppe, 415 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 505 f. ; Tours and Nantes, 518 f. Mc. ; Paris and Lyons, 541 f. 25c. PROMISES OF SHARES. Lyons and Avignon, Definitives, 51fif. ; Bordeaux and Cette, Definltlyes, 510 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EA CHANGE, MAT 28. Boulogne and Amiens, 11 %—Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Espeleta). 2—Central of Spain, PA—East Indian, ?(—Luxem bourg, I%,—Naniur and Liege, 35( —Orleans and Viol zen, 15—Paris and Lyons Constituted, G%—Rouen and Havre, 28%—Sambre and Meuse, 5 U . THE ACCOUCHEMENT OF HER MAJESTY. The following bulletin of Queen's health was issue ,his morning : " Buckingham Palace, May 29, 1846. " Nine o'clock A.M. " Her Majesty's recovery goes on without interruption. "The infant Princess is well. (Signed) " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. " ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D. " No bulletin will be issued till Monday next." A " Constant Reader" wishes us to correct a state medt which appeared In our paper, that the Dowager Countess of Dunmore was not the last sister of tho Duke of ilimaat 9 n L a d y ,i n , Hamilton Is still ally. and troll. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREP. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000 to 6,000 bales, at previous prices, the market being unsettled.--shares were firm, and good stock realised fuller prices. The accounts of the American uiarkeis are not considered favour able, nor could they be expected to ha so, now the war with America has commenced. From Canada we are advised as follows: " The weather has been dry and warm at vontreal for some days past. To-day the thermometer is at 72 deg. in the shade. Wind south, cloudy, with appearance of rain. The progress of vegetation has been rapid, and the seed time favourable. The plum and cherry trees are lu full blossom, and the flowers begin to show themselves on the early apple-trees. The Lombardy poplars are now green, although not in full leaf, and the forest trees on the mountain begin to look green. So far there are indications of a favourable year. " It is singular, with all the appearances of slimmer, to see ice lying on three or four of the wharves, where it was lett by the sudden fall of the water last month. " The communication with the upper part of the river and lakes, is now completely free. Propellers arc daily arriving in the port with loaded barges from Upper Canada, and they return by the Beau harnois and Cornwall Canals, and may go to Lake Michigan, p,ss through the Welland. The passage from St. John to Whitehall is now down to 2s. 6d., breakfast included. They come from New York in 41 hours." There is a very sensitive market for the English Funds, in conse quence of the intelligence from Mexico, and the reaction in Consuls is % to % per cent., money bargains having been effected as low as 96 ,and time transactions at 96%. The premium on Exchequer bills has been steady at 15s. to I9s. ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 97% to 97%. East India Bonds are worth 275. pre mium. This is " pay" day, and it goes off tolerably well. The Foreign Bonds have been more animated. Spanish Actives for account have realised 24 to 243, and the Coupons of 1846, 18 34 The Three per Cei , ts. have been 36% to 37. 31,:xican Stock suffers materially froai the warlike state of affairs in the republic. The Five per Cents. have been done at 30% and 29%, and the Three per Cents at 173 E and 16. Grenada Deferred Bones have been done at 4%. Russian Stock is worth 110 to 10934, Dutch Two-and-a. Halt per Cents. are marked 60. Short are flatter to day, as might be expected from the reaction in the other markets. BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CT,OSIN O'CLOCK. PRICES Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95U IA 95 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 96%44 96 !4 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anne. 97% ¶,7 Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, leas 10 3-16 10!, India Stock .. . • • • • .. .. 265 yi 261 India Bonds. 1,000/. .. .. • • • • • . 27 p 27 p Ditto, under 1,000/. Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1,0001. .. .• Ditto. Small Ditto, Advertised . 97 1 4 961( •• • •• •• I Ld. ld. 15 19 pm. 20 —— pm. 17 12 17 pm. ONE O'CLOCK. CLOSINi PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. Grenada, I per Cent .. Ditto, Deferred .... ...... 414 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .. 30% 29% 29% Ditto, for the Account .. .. Ditto, Deferred .. • . 17% 16 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent... .. 39 Ditto, 3 per Cent .. .. • • • • Russian Bonds .. 110 109% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. .. Ditto, for the Account .. 24% Ditto, 5 per Cent. '38,39, 40, div.lB4o 24 Ditto, 1841 .. • • .. 23% Ditto, 1842 .. .. • • •. .. 22% Ditto, 1843 .. .. • • .• .. 21% Ditto, 1844 .. • • • • • 20 - ,i Ditto, 1845 .. •• • • • . 19% Ditto, 1846 .. •• •• 18 Ditto, Three per Cent .. .. 37 36% Ditto, for the Account .. .• .. 36% Dividends on the above payable in Lendon. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cent .. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 60 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 92 BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES ONE O'CLOCK. Buckinghamshire 425. % p • • Caledonian .. • . .. 10 .... 11% % % • Ditto, Extension .. .... 1% %....... Cambridge and Oxford.. I% % . Derby and Crewe .. 2%.... 6 5% Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) • Direct Northern .. 2%.... 1 %. .. Eastern Counties .. .. 141. 165..... 23% '23 .. • • Ditto New .. Si. 165..... p. ...... Ditto, York Extension .. 10s. .... % Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 75 ......... Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 20 .... • ....... Great North of England . -100 .... ......... Ditto, New . .. 10 .... 39 ......... Great Western .. 85 ....147 146. Ditto, Quarter Shares: 5 17 lh% Ditto, Fifths .. .. 20 .... 33% % ..... Hull and Selby .. .. 50 .• .. 103 ......... Ipswich, Norwich, and Yarmouth 2 .. • • 1 •....... Leicester and Bedford 225.....••• p....... London and Birmingham . ..100 ...... Ditto Fifths 2 .... 25 ..... London and Brighton .. 50 .. . 65104 64% .. Ditto ditto Fifths •• • • .. 30 .... 41 .• . ...... London and South-Western -411. 6s. 10d. • • • Ditto, New .. . • .. • • 17%.... 29% London and York .. 2%.... % ..... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil .. •2% ......... Londonderry and Coleraine .. 10 .... 6 Manchester and Leeds .. .. 82 .... Ditto Extension •425. .. • • 3 p ........ Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . 81% . Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) I • • 0% •••• • • • Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425..... 1 0% p...... Manchester and Southampton 2 _ ....... Midlrod .. • . .. -100 ....150 ........ . Ditto, New . 18 .... 31% 31 ...... Newcastle and Darlington Jan e t. 25 .... .......... Ditto, New . 1 9% Newcastle and Berwick 15 .. • . 25% 24%25 North British.. .. • . 22% .. 30% 29% .. Ditto, Half Shares .. . • • • 8% ......... Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 1 k .. 24 ..... . . . . North Staffordshire .. • • • • 425. .. •. 4% p... Oxfd.,Worcester, & Wolv e rh m pt n . 12% 8% . Preston and Wyre .. • • •• 25 .... 30% ........ Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 2%,... 3 ...... • Shropshire Union .. 425..... 1% di5..... South Midland .. 425. % di5....... -outh Eastern and Dovor .. 33% .. 39 38% Ditto. New (iss. at 321.) No. 1. 16 ... 19% Waveney Valley .. .. • • .. 2 .... ......... West Riding Union .. • • .. 425. .... 2% p . York and North Midland .. .. 50 .... — • . Ditto, Selby .. .. 30 .... 74%,••••• ••, Ditto. Extension .. l5 .... 33% 34 ..... Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.- 1 •- 11% 11 ..... FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 12 .... 11 .. . . Dutch Rhenish • • • 6 •• • • 7% %•- • • • Louvain and Jemeppe .. 4 .. . - ......... Luxembourg Sauna and Liege .. .. 6 .... 3% ......... Orlean4 and Vierzen .. 10 .... • ..... Paris and Lyons Constituted .. 5 .... Sambre and Meuse .. .. 8 .... ......... Tours and Nantes Constituted .. 5 .... 5' ......... PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. dis. % dis 38% 19 , % 2% p 98% 74% 34 MINES. British Iron .. ......... Real de] llonte, Unregistered .. 314 ......... Santiago de Cuba .. .. 10 .... LLO YD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, MAY 29.—Wind variable, light breeze and cloudy. DEAL, MAY 28.—Wind N.N.E. to E.X.E.—SId. Emily, Rampach, St. Thomas's. Arrd. from the River, and sld., Herschel, Robertson, Mauritius ; Stefanino, Seculorich, Rio Janeiro ; Rosalie, Noyes, An- Cgua ; Susan King, St. Kitts. Baum., MAY . 29.—Wind E.S.E., fresh.—Arrd. 28th, Glenelg, Cother, St. Vincent. Sld., 2Gth, Englishman, Dyer, Africa; 28th, D•chfour Backe, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, MAY 28.—Wind N.N.E., model' .te.—Arrd. Cambria steamer, Judkins, Boston, left 16th inst., and Halifax 18th ; Haabet, Iceland ; Julius, Iceland. kild. 28th, Bellairs, Webb, Calcutta ; Har vest Home, Carlyle, Calcutta; Orissa, Smith, Bombay; Gypsey, Ai itchell, Rio Janeiro ; Princess Victoria, Thomas, Maranham ; Frances, Corkhill, Barbadoes ; Burley, Cooper, Jamaica; Cornelia, French, New York ; John It. Skiddy, Luce, New York ; Springfield, Roy, iltichebucto ; Tamerlane. M'Leary, Montreal; Lima packet, Robinson, Quebec ; Niagara, Tilley, Quebec. DUBLIN, MAY. 26.—Sld. Foigh•a-Ballagh, Brawl, St. John's, New Brunswick. Coax, MAY 26—Wind N.W.—Sld. Albion, Wallace, Boston. EPSOM RACES. (THIS Dill-BY EXPRESS.) THE OAKS. The Oaks Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft for three yra old fillies, Bst 71b each ; the owner of the second filly to receive 100 sous. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100 sous. towards the police regulations of the course ; last mile and a half. (140 Subscribers.) Mr. Gully's Mendicant (S. Day) 1 Mr. Gratwicke's Laundry Maid (F. Bell) 2 Lord Glasgow's Emilia filly (Holmes) 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Bowes's Dlowerina (F. Butler) 0 Mr. Bowes's Ukraine (Templeman) 0 Sir C. Monck's Vanish (Cartwright) 0 Mr. Preston's Osprey (Marlow) 0 L , rd G. Bentinck's Princess Alice (Abdale) 0 Mr. Gratwicke's The Fitch (H. Bell) 0 Mr. Gratwicke's Lady Cecilia (Crouch) Mr. Bristow's Marietta Mr. Combe's Octavia filly Lord Orford's Prussic Acid (Sly) 0 Mr. Treen's Astonishment .. (Burke) 0 Mr. Matthews's Chamois' (Mann) 0 Lord Albemarle's Nell Cook (Robinson) 0 Mr. Drinkald's Ohio .... (Whitehouse) 0 Mr. A. Johnstone's Fair Helen (Manion) 0 Mr. Osborne's Hopeful (Bumby) 0 Mr. Death's Camelia (Wakefield) 0 Lord Chesterfield's fby Elis, out of Morelle (Nat) 0 Mr. Littledale's Fantastic ...(G. Simpson) 0 Mr. Bartley's Miss Verb.. Mr, J Day's Miss Slick 24 ran. Won easy by two lengths. CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. MARKET NEWg.-(THIS DAY.) The present week's arrivals of English Wheat having been mode rately extensive, we had a fair average number of samples of that article on sale to-day, owing to which, the fineness of the weather, the result of the division in the House of Lords on the Corn Inn, and the thin attendance of buyers, the demand was excessively heavy, at, at, in some instances, further depressed rates, say of Is. Per In foreign Wheat, tree as well as in bond, so tittle was dolls . tij ig st a u t i t r l y ie , quotations were almost nominal. Barley was a very dull and prices were with difficulty supported. bl o al f t o w .t a: w a . ima d n ul o l h i a si quiry, but not cheaper. Although the fill a a t r i t a ic i le lo c u om w tn e a r t e id a cd m zr e y d li= attention, a p t p l l a y te rates. Beans, Peas, ARRIVALS. wheat. Barley. Oats Flour. 5,890 qrs. 1,980 qrs. 4,520 qrs. 5,730 sk i . 2,520 5,570 -- 2,580 Malt, 7,330 qrs. English •• • • • • [risk .• ••• • • • Foreign .• • • • - The suPP-i Y Of neasts7),-; sale to-day was v e ry li m i ted ; the demand -- • -, o f stock was in a depressed State, and previous lty supported. There were In the market rites were Prussia ; 50 Oxen and Cows, together with 220 sheep, 30 then from Germany ; as, also, 350 horned and polled Scots a Holland and from Scotland. The number of Sheep being considerabl) on the in e fromr fur chat From Isle of Wight, about 300 Lambs came fresh to hand, while the arrivals from other quarters were extensive. All breeds moved off slowly at unaltered figures. Calves, the supply of which was good, were a dull inquiry, at a decline in value of 4d per albs; Pigs very dull, and 2d. per albs. lower. Jlilcli Cows heavy, at from 161. to 181. each ; suckling Calves, 73 jap„ to 3,. s. ; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s. Calvaes, 356 ; Pi gs, 23 9 to ls. each. Beasts, 6% - Cows, 139; Sh eep and Lambs, 9,690 ; IVENVGA.TE AND LEADENFLA.I.L. We had a very dull trade, and, in soma instances, the quotations had a downward tendency. THE SUMMER CIRCUITS. Yesterday morning. thc , .Judges chose th e i r c i rcu i ts as follows :—.North Wales. Lord Denman ; South Wales, Baron Rolfe ; Oxford, Lord Chief Justice Tindal and Mr. Justice Manic; Howe, Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Colt man ; Norfolk, Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Wllliallis ; Mid land, Mr. Justice Fai.teson and Mr. Justice Coleridi.e ; Northern Mr. Justice Wightflian and Mr. Justice Creswell ; Western, Mr; Justice lialt awl lir, il& rlatt at ellatabers is tywa, We Cilia' SAM. RA I WA Y COMM ITT EES (THIS DA Y.) HOUSE UP LORDS. GI:OUP I. LONDONNE) TOIL= (THE EASTERN COUNTIES). The Committee met at eleven o'clock this morning ; the Earl of Lovelace, chairman. The Committee intimated to the parties, that when the crVe . for the Eastern Counties c l ose d , t h ey would, after hearing Mr. Austin's speech, take the case for the Cambridge and Lincoln, and Leeds and York line. After hearing that case they would then call on Mr. Ser geant Wrangham . to reply to the whole case for the Eastern Coun- Hos, after which they would come to a decision on the trunk line. Mr. Hudson was then called and briefly re-examined by M. HorE --The lion. Member stat e d t h at h e cculd compete w i t h the - London ai.d York line supposing it were made ; he could also carry the public and goods a t a c h eaper rate and quite as speedily, if not more so. The fir he had made the London cod York shareholders was that which subjected them to the abandonment of the Mai n line and placing Cambridge on the trunk line. The Ea s " tern Counties Comp an y d i d not court the proposed connex ion with the London and lurk ; it was complained of by persons repre senting about lorty ti ousand shares in the London and York line, that the Easti rim Counties had not made au oiler to thent lor th e purpose of an amalgamation Soon utter this complaint was made at a public meeting he immediately wrote a letter to the directors of the London and York, proposing terms of amalgamation. The negotia tion ended in n•dhing. Mr. Stepheeson, civil engineer, was then called and examined b 7 Mr. AUSTIN. GROUP X. The Committee met to-day at one o'clock, in room No. 1 (House of Commons) ; p isen - , Mr. Dcedes, chairman, and the usual Member!: They were at first occupied with some arrangement respecting t h° new clauses of the GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND MON/MANX° XITNCTIOTif, respecting which, as far as the reporter could understand, there been some slight misconception. • They then called on the panic s in the CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW, GARNXIIa 4 AND coalman) E BRANCHES)r in whi.•ll, yesterday the Committee decided that the preambr was net proved, as tar as concerned the e. irdrie and Coatbridge po tion of the line. The part of the preamble remaining to be ellePes ed of relates to what is i nown as the GAR.TC.A.SII BRANCH. Mr. GRAHAM, agent for the promoters, informed the Committal that there was only one opponent to the measure, whose consent it , the Bill had, however, been obtained, and final arrangements proceeding to allow the Bill to pass unopposed. After some conversation the Committee adjourned to three o'clock' give time for preparation of the clauses, according to the arrange' ment stated. • GROUT x-vir, 5' , 14 109% 24% 2.4% MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON ANS ) ROMSEY AND REDBRIDGE BRANCO (SOUTH-WESTERN). The Committee met at one o'clock this afternoon, the 110 11 . E. Yorke in the chair. R.OBISEY AND REDBRIDGE BRANCH. Before the transaction of any business, the Chairman ordered the room to be cleared. On the admission of strangers, The CIIAIRMAN (addressing Mr. Hill, who appears for this branch) said, owing to the course of examination pursued yesterday, sews thing like an imputation was cast upon the Great Western en sle - , count of some .:iscr c p anc y w i t h respect to the charges for goods an d passengers. It was the wish of the Committee to hesr some e. , deuce on the part of the South Weston to explain th i. discrepancy, and a witness was to be examined this moi ll ing on the subject. That was the first point; and the "Committee having considered the two Bills, as far as they were able,. had conic to the c o nc l us i on t h at t h e promoters of the Manchester and Southampton should o p en th e i r case, and that a genera l r eps should be. given to the promoters of the Romsey and Redbridg e branch. ➢ir. Hat said the promoters had complied with the wishei of th e Committee, and witnesses were in attendance to give evidence. 22g 7 GROUP XXII. This Committee met to-day at the usual hour ; Sir G. Grey in chair. IPSWXCH AND stray ST. EDMUND'S (TAO*. P 22S 2 , 14 64% 3p 81% 9% Yi -1) 2 314 p WICK EXTENSION). The preamble of this Bill having been passed yesterday, the claw were considered to-day. As there was no o p pos i t i on to them, they were passed prof and the Bill was ordered to be reported. The Committee adjourned till Wednesday, the 10th of June. GROUP XXIX. E . The Committee met LY this mo ALINTD rning a BURY t 12 o'clock, the Hon. GsA VILLE VERNON in the chair, with Mr. Knight, Mr. Ackers, piL Bortitwick, all Mr. Trail]. ,„ After some del a y, I n consequence of the desire of the Committee to — hti obtain another r oom , the one now occupied being remarks' phthisical, when Mr. J. P. Si-h was call e d to speak to the t wo sf communication between th e t wo towns. There are, it appear` , malting establishments. There is in the neighbourhood of the o °l, nation of the line a spec i es of earth which contains carbon a nd ch i ll; but more of the fo rmer th an the latter, and the " clunch," a : t his called, is therefore nearly equal to cement. Th e di strict wher e " clunch" is found is between Ely and Fordham. To the CHAIRMA N - Th e w i tness replied that this stone is of, coma .. fe in derable hardness, and that it resisted the action of the atrUeslx; r t e s such a way as to render it a desirable stone for building. Ells g i n - bo ut are situated at Fordliam, but he resided at Ely. Ho bough .„ , c ,‘ half th„ corn brought to Newmarket, as well as largely at J3 ..: - ',10113. Ipswich, and expos ted to other places in every par A -t of the Ain. ti. Pe i Liens inhabitants are certainly in favour of this line, although „ v ia tiens might hav e b een p resented against it. The majority oftrafflp..B from the district to Ly nn, whence it is transferred by water c a to different parts of the country. Lynn supplied at least seven soots ties, so that the inhabitants were enabled to send goods h ad ‘ u 7, 7 .ltlsh return at very low freights. Corn is froquently sent to the - ei f. and Bristol Channels, of which a great portion is shipped by hu' f i l " o f, To the CHAIRMAN the witness replied, line were formed the inhabitants would go by way of Ipswich that he thought that if the coast, because it saved time, although it cost money. GROUP LIII. This Committee met to-day at h a ll- past one o ' clock, i n r oom 26 d ll:the New Houses of Parliament ; p resent, the Hon. E . Lasce (chairman), the Earl of Arund e l an d Surrey, Captain Da ir 7 n3P Mr. Bildyard, and Mr. Z. Clayton. SUlLOPsimaz UNION AND CANAL (CM l ' r- TER To urox.VERNAMIITON). The traffic evidence in this case was resumed. Mr. chance. 0 .. f th e e firm of Chance, Br o th ers, wholesale chemists and glass Inanw4-- turers near Birmingham, being the first witness. ye l P 'AItLIA MEN TAlt, V DI VISI ONS (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Common'.) THURSDAY, MAY 28. THE ANDOVER UNION. Motion made, and Question put, " That the Select Conrallit ee on the Andover Union h ave l eave to report the minutes of the et', " deuce taken before them from time to time to the Hou,ve." IP" House divided : MINORITY-AYES, 16. Archbold, Robert Hamilton, Lord C. Somers. J. P. Armstrong, Sir A. Hill, Lord Marcus Stank,y, W. 0. Bagge, W. Hume, Joseph Bowring, Dr. Morris, David TELLIES. Collett, John Pechell. Captain :etwall, Ralph Dawson, T. V. Plumridge, Captain Wakley, T. Duke, Sir James Sheridan, R. 13. MAJORITY—NOES, 81. coilll Baillie, H. J. F e ild en , William Bathe, Walter ? Fuller, A. E. O'Brien, Bernal, Ralph Gou!burn, Henry O'Connell, i A. Vir s.. Itouverie, Edward P. Grah am, Sir James reit:son, James Bowles, Admiral G reene, Thomas Peel, Sir R. Bramston, T. W. Hamilt on , G . A. Pennant, Colon el Northland, l e11,3 ' 1s j . Bretherton, J. Hamilton, W. J. Philips, G. R. Brownrigge, J. S. Ilastie, Archibald Phillpotts, John Bruce, Lord E. Hawes, Benjamin Plumptre, J. P. Cardwell, E. Hayes, sir E. Richards, Richard Carew, W. P. Henley, J. W. Round, C. G. Clerk Sir G. Hodgson, R. Smith, Benjamin Cockburn, sir G. Hope, sir .1. Smith, V ernon Colebrooks, Sir T. Hope, G. W. Smythe, Georg e Collett, W. K. Houldsworth, T. Somerset, Lod G. Craig, W. G. owned, C. W. Spooner, lttchard Davies, D. A. James, William Tr o ll ope, Sir J. Denison, E. B. Jocelyn, Viscount Trotter, John Dennistoun, John Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Turner, Edmund Dickinson, F. H. Ramble, H. Vane, Lord H. Divett, Edward Lincoln, Earl of Vesey, lion. T. Douglas, Sir C. E. Lindsay, Captain Waddington, IL Er- Drummond, 11. Lygon, Gen. Wqod, Colonel T. Duncan, George Mackinnon, W. A. Wrightson, W. B• Duncembe, 0. Mangles, R. D. Young, John Dundas, David 31ilues, R. M. TELLES!. Egerton, W. T. Mitchell, T. A. Duncombe, T. ElphinstOne, U. Morgan, 0. Pakington a J. S. FLANDERS and HAMBURG MAILS. BRUSSELS, MAY 26.—The average price of wheat in the , week ending on Satu r d a y, th e 23d of M ay, was 23f. Mc., eta that of rye 18f. 61c., per hectolitre. N. de Theux presented to the Chamber of RepresentP;(l in its sitting to-day a project of law, which was ex:pecte the object ► of it is to prolong to th e I s t o f O cto b er , an d e'r e '' the Ist of Decemb er , t h e al l ow i ng the importa.:Kin of coal, duty free. lhe Chamber then commence d the di'actssion of the p re ' ject of law relative to the canal from beynze to Schipdoek: After M. Donny, M. de Roo spoke at great central section"triu project of the Government and that of the He expressed his opinio n th a t t h e works proposed wou ld be insufficient to prevent inundations; that the canal of Scbtr dunk is only an experiment, which will lead to exp enses every year, and will in th e en d occasion heavy expense% which the Chamber is now unwilling to incur. The opinions of the Central Section were then defended bI M ct M. Delahaye, who desir e d th a t t h e canal of Shipdonk r : 000 ' terminate at the sea, and not stop at Deynze. Al. Maerlin spoke in favour of the observations of Donny and M. Desmaisieres, and in defence of th'jse in the Central Section. The discussion will be continued to-morrow. h et:: trheriegendinaygs._Ernap*rees: The King, who was expected at Lacken 0 , 4 Monday, re. turned yesterday from his estate at Arderne. VIENNA, MAY 21.—Iler Maj as es:y t accompanied by the Archduke Et-one's Cha;:les, will go to morrow evening by a steamer to Lunz tv, meet the Empress of Russia, who may probably mein Zeiiung, 24th May. , ..,,,, At the Thames Police-court JOsEPH ADY A•-•,-.---w'rions Impostor was charged before fir' yesterday this sorne , :(h d t g o through letters of spurious hz,rinalit, Broderip with averdemu a lengthy inquiry, considered it to Ileitis du', • The magistrate, — o a jury for trial, and as there had be e i n a , to send the matte o r f De. the prisoner, he should return the deposit:9"o former conv t n +,. ie „t i' criminal Court. As the offence was bailable, O v a to the 1001. Cen ` each were accepted, and having given sureties sureties of . the prisoner was discharged. 200/. himself, ret et / A lott..r from Rome, in the Augsburg Gazette,ms;l,4- that the Papal Covernmeut has received confidential c em— ., lc' tions from Lii, don and Pans, announcing that the revolutiollar" ,P,,,,, pag:ndists in tim.e capitals are actively exerting themselves tore the attempts :it insurrection in Italy. OW ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE MARCIIIONESS OF 'Ling' cssrEit.—The Marchioness of Worcester, after acute sulierinlig, defter a period of upwards of twenty hours gave birth to a son a" 4 „ . to five five o'clock yesterday morning, ' at the family residence "Livea keley-square We regret exceedingly to add, that the intimt si rirad only a short thne, having to the great grief of the family __,..P;ie within two hours after its birth. The Noble Marchioness. 7,7 m en glitd to learn, is progressing satisfactorily. Ber 31ajesti. 9%7010 Dowager and severe] of the nobility sentyesterday to infix° "' atter tie he a l t h of the Marchioness. _. ..................._____ On the 22(1 inst., In Thurlo Z ai . tßrompton, Mrs. Edwa rd • Denison, of a son un 2 . [(1 inst., the lady of J. R. Shaw, Esq., of Arrows gadh Cheshire, 01 a son and heir. ob. On the 2ad lust , at Newingt on -pl ace, Kennington , Mrs. vo Freeman, of a daughter. od et, On the 23d inst., at L eam i ngtnn, the lady of Captain J. D. . 11th Bengal Cavalry, of a son. On the 24th inst., at Effra Cottage, Brixton, the wife of riu. Taylor, Esq., of a daughter of 11) f r. On the 24th lust., a t Vi c t or i a road, Kensington, the wife W. 11. I'ott, of a son. S t out On the 25th Inst., th e w if e of John F. Bacon, Esq., of a _ Rise, of a son. MAR On the 18th inst., at St.Mary's, RlED. M ve Lambeth, r. John S, , i btor Clara, fourth *laughter of the late John Browning, Esq'' Lambeth. DIED. On the 23d Inst., at Beningborough Hall, the Viscount, Dossl On the 15th inst., J. C. Thompson, 1 sq., of Philadexida. Oihion : l'oblistie.' by 11, , ;.]:1)13 YO - 11 . 1 Prhlter, .... , 1114 .N10.11`.1, Stl , l . ail, in e the Preezn of tile Savoy, he the County or 2,thicti Fridsth cs' car 29, 1846. THE RAILWAY SUN IS NO W PUBLISHING. PRICE (TO SUBSCRIBERS) SIXPENCE. T. I. SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN IN - G, MAY 29, 1846.