The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-27 00:00:00

f--see__ .......„_____ tlitl'aitconsisten • • 'cf the burdens bear . in g.". n , Su °led p eit4 i i i i e b or j s ust a i r e t e d' escen - piers of I , r b d ie in pu t i tt ie is , ter ' ''', ti :'' Ile ' l been c - "erl u. n by . t' ' ''' - u ° nds wh - eli cs,,,e.fel.t hitn"selfcalled Upon testate , tue grounds tale., lens to concur in the general v.e.vs' h ol ad th s o t s a e te w l i t th o he Itsd consulted. These views he e'itelo ,Aa l e ''Y %hen he had been honoured by_e2nr good 'l9 nd her. He had felt, however, that ne i th n i ,b e er eo f ! . '" r I,43accrue frotn his Noble Friend, the r 7 .1 or his colleagues, or contem if they had nott : he L ' lit e d lan.'ent. He felt that if he undertook,n_ess ttilyuepno(sle.. b...., this duty, it Would be absurd, 1 pos te confidene It ought to have u been their first Olt ascertain whether Sir Robert Peel could coin t it would 41 the Rouse, because, if he could qtrn an to enter useless attempt to form an Administration. no ire, Night it was rnnecessary eir him now st at , d ,,e e t'y I, upon the sehject. ffieiently ot but tre cog test", etwhere, erel your Lordships cant been su .- .„ And ye the statement which has already been made. consideration, on the"d II( pe, that for the future, no ~,mvent ears' of their Lordships will P the 4 al jUStr a , o,t lt of this great qu , e c, estisfaetory tents, in w-, I o e t_ l iveiT t. Isseernment may be placed—anti b'e afforded reeet,'" dotite that facility a haind e s: Ti r e i IY settle: of this question.—(Hear, ill • I with e st , , 4 of WELLINGTON —M3' , Lords, the pro. hear.) eee ti, - an few eords in explanation relating to bether I les st'qieli had been eliade to me as to 't.. l ' l N to undi rtake the conduct of the w G obvyetrillie tirbis e ;' Is Perfectly true what has been stated leaf le'atclilis, that it had pleased her MajoSlyt_t tofu ovst.twa's disposed to underrake the roFinattlh'en„ist ,k 4, 11 1' 4 up , n the principle of maintaining _ cannot ‘Y t l' aa • My Lords, what others said I k;s en_apswered immediately that I could not undertake t• re nquet er a Government upon abilities, e lTt",,ur a feeling of diffidence in my own. ossible, fly 7 • 144(1 " when I made that answer I ksosei ° ,, from the feeling that it was utt s e u rl c y h 'mot' affairs, lor te l t ° mY knowledge of the then state I tiai e t , a Government in which my colleagues could T he the full confidence of Parliament. was one Nat 41 (if RADNOR stated that there tion was le et'thl'un which he thought a little 'lllee'e: n°ll se. He alluded to the in e te x r P e l - a b al u a a ll b ic e h oo h m ad e Steil:ince first her Majesty's Ministers S, N "ed with the failure in the potato crop, d tl i ir o y t - h h in a g d ail e t °kilted, followed, separated, and left, an le Cobleeh dote for the pep le—for those millions ofw t h i r m jihe Nice , H e f principles.dpi d it n : had P spokee ; and they have left I"hien, situation up to the present tim . e. lecetti.)!'rY glad . to see an alteration b ir e , t Nee that ue disease in the potatoes would word—he foundt s the corn tto e eat alteration. He would say one the pe , "liar by see, although he had often heard . of, i i, tl l l ; e v thti C r U tu en t 9 s on land; but he hoped nothing would he eeiry into the subject. tea te "e of WELLINGTON—MYwhat I vs will Your Lo r' ' your Lords , , 1 F ider e resies, in ke :as been fairs instructions in respec Lords, i ItistttrY serves me right, I think the Noble L il le l)% 14 petition L ee eti r 'et of RICHMOND rose to present . a . o t b o le tt L u o u rd d sert Fie against any alteration in the existing Corn- s cald e Ininibl h ed that before their Lordships n. Pats any Y oP s P Y, a nd , Y new plan, that they .r . .cruld F h r a i v e e nd a s k l ,far t ,„,. u,e would then show his Noble ''ole -' w °o . 1 1 of a-year, ths paie a rent 3OOl. ,14 taXatifill that Mr. Cobden paid. lii ; : s, ,.) t iri:,, :44 141:1,etaltn,a at : d e rtitl u e(r Ma rquis e \ iof CLAN R I CA their ßD E iTo w r T d ai s sl b el i i p aN s bn m lote hbi a t t la y oet , , reet, that ir. Cobden, and . ,'" ese ~ uat he moved for a Committee to . inquir m e enilinosta land ;and that as his argu e vinelied they Would eve7 be o successful in c__;. ne out :kid ge„their hips Lords also.—(Hear, hear.) H of that Ho e u: u s n t(s , hi`eelir lee e 11nmburdens on land, al 'tad '" Ils e ad often eeard of them, both in and b o n u rd t e o n "I L ed "se. Ile neverconsidered a quit-rent a ),,, ......(p__ . . heededC .e4r, he ) If that inquiry which was now 411 .t,tticopnld be made, he should have no objec- t lie could no 1,, w, Iv thit',utsO would cause delay. favourably viewed ' tile it, k'ornenission had not been ago. kihs Luke ititerest, when proposed some time , e 1( like of RICH 1 ' There had been an at kis rea de ti 'I°ND °to a Pen the landlords of this an ins 10ity bn3Wer it. The Noble Lord said that but t at ad been p osed some time ago, but to ttio's'e, laridlords' r o c) ? the . country had t,, p Il i. it. S h lie also informed their Lordships7h fil a s t ' th a e w re s inliO s ' l ` Pe lens on li d If high rates and poor 4 !'1,11;ille1112: t,hen, it a id i ee . d, wyee thet , e , h w u a r s de o n f s o o p n in th io a .n t Mie s e ; ktue Duke of Itichmono) irr1,1471 tenants paid more rates than all the Anti ) His Noble :ttei hidkeriPut together.—(Laughter, was 4 4e said that the opinion of thecoiintry This I!iltjeci 4 uPon the question of the corn-laws.o._inns were ne t e b ; !let, i ndeed, so far as their. P i e ' re a „ t , yet I, lt e.il. 'iraiti.tri Lie far as ' that those opinions w maatrtghoneucicisenestion of. Zste 141-N.oble Lord was of that to i'sllntr tliesty Government by such a ssep.. i ler Y. ari `t t r h themselves , i r i e n e , „s erigt en opinion, bad said he appeal should f t o `at th i '4A UONT—The Noble l ion - ae,tbords were inconsistent on \i t l ' ir) "Ito th b land. il , wes not . e. urdens on time Ici t ,i '4% Ineousistent. At the his Noble r t to, an in ••• lie must say this Nthti,ttiens n iote l of Inquiry (113nitniss' 'u Y wa ' s ce d r il in n l o y t remove p p r r o o p p o o s s e e d, to bilt many op. being i the case, S. r a it i ss en ,thfle a gr nd u ' upd rh t a h t at such a proceeding would hich . would not have been teyt,d, uanedxperetions consequence w would have been t Ntorlitti'trill disappointinent engendering disc e o d nt s e n n e tit).fropimen had occurred which . threatened an in t " - , tiz i l ' itil).e Lvsetliuttutort, ted itttoiiiee bnuortdenosn I? , wished of land, but into itOPeration of the poor-laws, and the commutation of 1 i l '• Re did not, however, consider tithes a burden in Is t land, as they were placed upon teal property or lit,a!iott of the landowner, Whether a commutationclergyman or s , 0 4,..: 1, ,r , he wished an inquiry into the et ti ' . l l `_',was for the purpose of treating those p d il IQ in this case behaved with a sense o honour of the A are A Y t° their credit —he meant the clergymen eti.er Eirgland, who had not advocated either which at Di s 4 1 t " or the other of the great questions re_ • pelts °celipied the public attention, :Is they had tie,°,,t_ttterl either protection or free-trade meetings. lad A eti titter Earl who sat behind him (the Marquison° 'ilod,heatt't) was to know what were the le erd!ins on lil;:v°11id refer him to two volumes now ble ly v irl une stely ~...oL in e the subject, and to that admires h NV, d by the Commission of Local Taxation. k 'kt "u Mit hira to read that passage which s of . 111 ~ --,0130,0 i t tllVl'Vert th 3r were annually paid b d y e t n h n e p o o w n n l e a r nd ? t Ile Nl' , ',A r ne not this titte 11 e d l sit e t b " t % into this inquiry, t e a y nd the manner in t ee kds sh e ' l tlon of these burdens, a h bur sheuld ascertain niir%iet 1., pro of land complalnheedwoafstshpeealkulgge , c hit stelved front them. Whilst . ''t'll'it' point, he might be excused for offering a few re oetti with respect to the explanations th w e li G ich nve h r a n d . ,m, y he,„ of _ t ''' II "re ade, as to the proceedings the Noble Duke 1111 dist:eel:mit say, candidly, that the he ha e t u l ri t o a s k i e ty n Govern 0i Ns, tY exPlatned the part NRht Proeeed' but he thought . , 'ti' bewdings' to the motives and te -es whichell excited as the other members ti . the ~ htd influenTed 110'4 wit"l,ev"rnment in t_ht, 1),'1•• eie",r,esPect to the or-nl°ll had a right to Mi tre,,,lte'et,'"°ught their Lordshipsy had a right to de s course r t se h e e Prime . had, i. I the infer hot, however, say rte-ele- confess that his cu lt 'lt, .'"urtnation b the inu- had been excited to t ir)x,' ' 4 4d th, •-- u others, ea• the Admi- N t „ , Wh at h ,earlosity of First L or e o ire! to se ha induced the G ov ernment. The the ble- NeeelPort the views of the No wanted h l , ll at tr, l t eaay apply with equ • He the c,talitY,"l.ad of the Board t 'ist - - knew the reasons w hich had Ripon), as he t!tlnsa4e7 thee Nolile Earl ' (the Earl r n had addressed of to their ht itl itii k T the speech whi c h he ._, tion. Again, °falCotruuttrho d lt i o nfluenced NN 1 ?4: 6 ,01 t 4 + 4 t session in favour of Pruie Ik see'hnot's whs. the Noble Earl the 1% ti•TIIIF. (th earl f Xberdoen)--, (" Hear, bear,. the' ope eotitt'd lir e i s e " 4 ' dto uphold ' ' S I 'at tht,,Ag.iata)—had consented eia of our r linister s o t t ,,, 4 eh thuevernment, to the great danger If they now lead?t t '" tt nN 4 other aide of the Atlantic : . n 1414Q't Pil'steetn`n, would there not be found i i f a l n re o l t a h n e t r i ...,,'''c's who would clamour for repea e, tar, hear.) lie might go farther, and Corn Bill? s t :ill peot"..hat would become of the Canada d another .I,,atie„ '..'n'o, another independence au k, "st Ilrf"‘"ght arise in the west. 0 look to ose,!tetiee"; ABERDEEN said, that though feeelln hisg' t() t ' tlea, h " some degree different from that 001,47_, fptitht Ntkiiee still felt it necessary to explain som ''''' ee e i i. l wo u i c r i'e b rcl, in consequence of a questionhehad rie h seip, with unnecessary for him to trouble the m ir , Iviz e N vish ed tthe reasons which had influenced hi 4t 1 , 1 4 l 'ia Iti gh .i.,'ltate the fact to the Noble Lord, that,,_ ,los.emi.netil be 4::1"e. Friend communicated with.ngn''_'.',. Posit' 17, ,he kirte's Goverment, in the beginning ro e . ' that heluee°,edial ZiTtlitl,_of Aberdeen) . gave to that P He repeated, ''Pinin n th ' tint giv, l' a l . u etutating assent. The R et ' , and such la reesons, but such had been his °us e then ea• W aa Ws opinion now. /per. ...upurnd. ,-, U S'Av , ~.... -- ""----........... ah I , A lit' co Jan. 26. "elleeseily This, `mIVONS, Monday, 't l. . CleAl, ''''s-SINESS FOR THE SESSION. ' le d tr , ' • n't:ES lEttLim, . • ation from our ;Ye s'utin of 1 . vi , eat (in continuation monstrous the "I the vorkd last`ftat night) said—How Members tle sessin, 'nem were three eti onse whe h fairly ;iee „ , had felt its effects, and who indeed,wer p i , tee thar"o.ae thanks of that House ; and, way th,rl:4 had °f Posterity.-...(reaughtee,) One 1 le e ‘seet I uee°l34,d some of the members 84 days,rai and litospett i.eforo the House of Lords with so gooltiva. op . ()1,, another 84 day s, that the matter should Feet, tlr'ett -"was strange that the two Houses 41 - tee 4. tho game Ne i' 1 eI Y bell e Process °n. the - t 0 have same Bill. It would Is e le ti . r, if they could agree to i, . e'prt t the into by a commission, which would m Nu te r eue Reuse upon all hills that caine before them th ''''n t ,'ir+eztter contid(lnee and ability than under I ..,:ill).,reeisti'..(n. r Ile did not !swan to say that they were krp'q ti, '°ll,,r human nature in that House, but they . „..., .ern 1 selves very little of the wisdom they Nul . ‘A ll, i ll t , ;;IZt tOtt: gentlemen were put into a railway . com 1 i b htheir AB,C, in the tly ', , i)r,,,, ~ey la , to go tereu , l' 'le -eeulne's. They upon their duties, and ti , Etti of . entered (' q i icti„., Louns and eneineers, they acquired some trj::itilitt '' e e dge en the subject. Let them suppose the lie the {'f the London 'and York Railway —the gen- I til k , t • h e hel some and of obtaining a kn t ous i - t to,,t):Ml,(l,o„tue PrOceeditigw,, and' of what use was , (st,etc to them? they were turned loose upon lic,.t:11?(.11i)y:--,;(1„liit:Intigulieherif)anlyIe supe owed the House would L 01. thouelgednteleaineciet.ii t,l t s sesion, and the k no w -:', g ')l4l.lit whatever to any teee. red was of Ihe advantage of a 11 N i tstiNl would be that a sett of persons, whose busi . - IN Was to in uire into these things, v, ould get at ti,' -uoled to it,gand get through the business in shorter e 'ne; --- (ilear, heee) Under the prrseut system ,: p f , t lil q tee started with the fundamental principlee . o What '‘Y,s mid fte g ing ou for thirty I Lays, they Th. ' l ace tn another-set of gentlemen.—(Hear, hear.) at elvas the effect of this eyetem ? To waste both e 'did not his enter the mercy my's) sea the mercy 3 prisoners 3 on board oaths and ter. n 3 pIIS, W aS e evidence, •ee tnontps, the Wl O se Was re n the sex' •a , nd sta d I' ll °lido° THE SUN. LONDON. TUESDAY E'rENING, JANUARY 27, 1846. e ime and money. The instant that Committees we reto be placed on it. They ought, to propose a plan to be in formed, counsel were employed. anti the same kind of quired in t o by a Select Committee. The q uestion was too speeches ah re snide by counsel that had so often bt en great to be placed before a Committee composed of a very told before other Committees of the House. The time small number of the Members of that House. With regard to the advance of monies to foreign powers for the construe of the Membees of the Committees was thus wasted, end tien of works on the Continent—Parliament had not inter great expense entailed on the promoters of the Bills. fared, but had allowed the loans to be granted. It might, That done, counsel went to another Committee just, however, be necessary for the interests of the country, that formed, and wasted its time in the same manner he had some interference should be made with regard to these loans. done on the previous one in which he had been engaged. He really thought that the case ought to be placed before the This great waste of time, and these lu n g spe eches of House. If the Right Hon. Gentleman thought it was neces counsel, had led hire to support the institution of a per- sary that there should be a Select Committee on this question, manent body to sit and examine into,railway Bills—a ihe would probably state his plan to them. The Com hn m e itt b ee body that would exert an infiaence 'so as to put an would then make a re p ort to the House, which would t end to this waste of time and money. In t ha t better able to form an opinion with respect to this very im e case he would be bound there would be no triffi err poirltiarntauestion HIND . F.. said he looked upon the business of the with time. There was another topic which he wou ld Committee as simply to receive and collect information, and mention. He had heard it said that considt ring that all report it to the House. He should not ha ve addressed the these inquiries involved large considerations of capital , House had it not been for the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet and that the Members of that House were largely in- at the head of the Government. He confessed, that if that terested iii the amount of property disposed of, they speech was understood out of doors by the public as he (Mr. should do away with all sus eicion by having H. Hinde) understood it, it would create great alarm. He to be done with the view of cars - an independent tribunal. He had merely men- understoodyf nardtany t not hi ng of the w railway as Bills till the views of that Corn y tioned this, and would net say more on the e mittee inor had been given. They were to give an opinion that ' one . topic. The plan that he proposed would obviate class of railways was entitled to receive the favour of the House, this difficulty. The House wouid recollect that last ses while another class of railways ought not to receive that favour a shun these inquiries were to some extent i n the hands of able consideration. Now, if the Right Hon. Gentleman had the Board of Trede, and every one objected to proposed any thing of this kind at the end of the last session of the decisions of that Board, but the reason of Parliament, the objection he ( Mr. H. Hinde) had to it would that in his opinion was that that Board had not not have been so great. The projectors of Railways would sefficient power. They had only the power of report- then have had notice of the intentions of Government, and would lag on a third or a fourth part of the question, have acted already. But now, when these projectors had corn net upon the whole. They only collected engineering plied with the standing orders imposed upon them last session, evidence, and reported on it to the House, but they did had made their surveys, had gone to great expense in engine. r not examine evidence affecting individuals. They left ing matters, and had paid up their deposits, he thought it was out three-fourths of the evidence, which it was necessary not treating them as they ought to be treated by being sub jected to the course r e c o mmended by the Right Honourable orders been with, to hear properly to make a rep. irt to the House, and Those standing havingcomplied took only one-fourth. The fault was not that they gave Parliament ought to be prepared support the to hear evidence in the Board of Trade too much power , bu t b ecause the y of each scheme—they ought not to be disposed of without each gave it too little.—(Hear, hear.) This was his individual project having had the case submitted to a compe great objection to that Board, merely giving it tent trilsunal.—( Hear, hear.) He conceived it would occasion power to report upon one portion of the case. great inconvenience if railway Bills were to be treated in the He thought that the plan now followed was the very manner recommended. But, in objecting to this course, he worst that could possibly have been devised, and though would say that in submitting these schemes to Parliamen he could not in any way impugn the honesty of the tary Committees, they, the Members of such Com mods es of those by whom the duties of those Comrnitties mittees, should evince the greatest strictness in the have been discharged, yet lie felt that the - mode in which receptionwitneasea showing evidence—not l to be merely satisfied with am al o l un r t o e f eta tr:ffi er c e , butthat submitted a itte a d rge in this business was managed was a disgrace to Par li a - the schemer u nient and the empire. He did conceive, therefore, and desirable. In dealing in detail LT so large a number necessary of that by the appointment of such a body of men schemes he confessed there was great difficulty ; still, if the as he had just suggested, there would be a large amount standing order of Committees manifested sufficient strictness, of expense saved, and the system would work ha- and the Parliamentary Committees were careful and rigid in finitely better than any private Committee of that their reception of evidence, the business in the ordinary way, House could possibly do. If the consideration of as acted upon last session, would be easily disposed of. The the expense were to be taken into account. number of railways before the Standing Orders Committee they might follow the example set them by several of would not greatl exceed that of last session ; but if it did, if the other judicial institutions of toe country, and n th n e t ywentto work at the commencement of the session, and delay it . as they had done last year,. they would get through throw the cost of the proceedings on the promoters of • • it in good time. Last year the session ; was very much ad the sever tl Bills which were to be submitted to the Le- vanced before the Committees commenced to sit, and then, gislature.—(Hear, hear.) while many Members sat a long time on certain Committees, Colonel SIBTHORP felt a little surprise that so other Members never sat at all ; and he was of opinion many humble an individual as himself should have been more Committees might have been formed so as to facilitate thought worthy of any particular notice on the present the business. There was another point of the Right occasion. He was aware, however, that it was well Honourable Gentleman's speech to which he would refer— known that he had a great distaste to what were called that the restricting of the number of projects would be commiesionerships, and he felt this distaste because he a good rather than an evil. He (Mr. H. Hinde) was of opi had invariably found, that these same commissioner- i n i f io i n n , v t e h at a i t a th t h n ow t in h g e N d a iffi ri C o ll u lt i r e 3 . I such a as he those a n n a h me i d tte ir , s i t t h n e r a a - a r y ships generally drew enormous sums from the p ublic, liarnent w g ou i ld g be a ' great s ev ' i l l. wa ff the projectors of railways, and were almost invariably neither more nor less than and those who subscribed to them, had difficulties thrown in jobs, proposed though they might bo by both sides of their way in the expediting these schemes, it would cause the the House. Now ho had greater objection to this corn- capital that would be expended in them to go out of the country. mission, because it was said to be for the good of what It would surely be a great evil that a large sum which was pro were called these important schemes, though, in his posed to be expended on railways should he sent abroad; and epinio'i they were anything but important schemes. that such would be the evident result, if the Right Hon. Sa lle was the more convinced of the truth of this impres- ronet's counsel in the construction of the Committee was taken, siou, because he saw that the lion. and Gallant Member he was firmly persuaded. He should rather that some person —(Laughter)—the Hon. and Learned Member he of greater experience than himself had taken up the view of the question ; but in the sentiments he had expressed he was sure believed he ought to call him—had so made his pro - he but echoed the opinions that were prevalent out of doors. position, that these corn inissionars, however assidu- Mr. P. M. STEWAR T wished to call the . attention of the ously and earnestly they performed their duty, could nut Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of her Majesty's Government receive a single sixpence of their pay until the title to to the experience that hail been acquired by the application it had been certified by another commission, appointed of the system of Committees last session. He (Mr. Stewart) to supervise their conduct. lie had, therefore, the less quite agreed that some interference was necessary in their to object to the Honourable Gentleman sug- mode of conducting the business so as to facilitate its transac gested by the Right Honourable Baronet. tion, but he would remind them, thut in devising measures He stood there as the representative of an impor- for th e dis p atch of business, the y should g ive no unfair hin p drance to Bills presented to that House on the faith of the taut commercial city, to discharge impartially a standing orders of last session. Last year it was the 20th or public duty, and he demanded, on behalf of the ._ 'lst of April before a single railway Committee sat, and then, public of England, that all the members of the rai lwa y from the number of Billsthat were to be investigated, with all Committees should not be interested, either directly or their dispatch they could not get through the business; but indirectly, in any of the schemes that might come befell now, he was persuaded, whatever increase of business there them. He did not wish to speak disrespectfully of any Hon. was beyond that of last year, if they applied themselves to it, Member, but in his opinion it would be little better than diss th e y would get through with it in much better time than they honesty for an Hon. Member to sit upon a Committee aP - did then. He said this in order that the Right lion. pointed to consider the merits of two schemes, in one of which Baronet's Committee might not report to the House from he was immediately interested. Many of the projects, although time to time, and thus delay the commencement of the their promoters said they brought them forward for the benefit business ; and with the hope that if the Government of the public, were nothing but gambling schemes, and in the had any plans to submit to the Committee they would do so at last session of Parliament, while the Railway Clauses Con- once, that they might decide and report so as they, who were soldiation Bill was under consideration, he did his best to make interested in railway Bills, would know what course was to be the promoters of these schemes more responsible than taken. It was strange, that if a new mode of carrying forward they were for some of their acts and deeds.—(Cheers.) the private business was necessary, that some course had nos He felt it his duty to make these observations, but he sincerely been taken last year, so as to meet the case fully. Nor must hoped that no Member in the House would consider that he they expect now that any plan agreed on was merely to apply was connected either directly, or indirectly, with any railway to this year, and that then the railway business of the country scheme. For his own part he did not wish to be connected would be at an end. They were much mistaken, if they with any railway project.—(Laughter.) He would rather put thought that 600 Bills would exhaust all the railway business his hand into the fire in fact than purchase a railway share.— of the country, and that any plan agreed to this session, would (Continued laughter.) not be required hereafter. Look at the state of the country ? Mr. GEORGE HUDSON said he considered it his duty to Railroads were supplanting turnpikes everywhere. There make a few observations, in consequence of the remarks that were twenty thousand miles of turnpike-road in England had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel). He and Wales, and he was persuaded that wherever there was would suggest to the Right lion. Baronet, that the schemes a turnpike, a railroad would be constructed in its stead. which should come before the House, should pass through a Isom this they might expect every session a large amount of certain ordeal, viz., that all the deposits should be paid in railway business, and they should devise some permanent prior to their being enabled to pass through the standing orders. mode of disposing of this businesss so calculated to increase ( Hear, hear.) If it were not so, the committee might commend the national power, and to develope the national wealth. The many schemes, the promoters of which were not in a competent Right Hon. Baronet in the course of his observations, had ex position to carry them out.—( Hear, hear.) Ho wee pressed an opinion as to the amount of wealth it was expedient not alarmed, like the Right Honourable Baronet, as to the annually to expend on railways, and he bad set it down at amount of money which might be required in the execu- '20,000,000/. He (Mr. Stewart) considered this estimate not tion of the contemplated lines of railway ; because that enough. He was of opinion that from the fast increasing power money was not going out of the country.—( Hear.) of the nation, and its continually growing wealth, it was in One-fifth nearly of the money expended in the making of the a position to extend at least 50,000,0001. annually. The proposed lines would, go into the pockets of the land owners, Right Hon. Barone t had admitted that it would be much and it was likely that they would invest that money in the rail- better that that capital was invested in the heart and bowels of ways which passed through their districts; they would, most their own country than expended in foreign schemes.—( Hear, probably, invest it in mortgages to the companies. The iron- bear.) He had great doubts if any new plan they mongers, and other parties concerned in the making of mate - c ould lay down would at all facilitate the business. If rials for the lines, would also receive another large p ortion of the Committee p ro p osed to be a pp ointed was to lin g er the money expended in railways.—( Hear, hear.) •The Right over its business, and in the present time nothing was done to Hon. Baronet had spoken of the distress in Ireland, but surely forward the Bills before the House, great evil would result, the making of new railways would he the very best thing to and it would be March or April before anything was done. lie alleviate that distress, for the superabundance of labourers in approved of the appointment of the Committee, but he doubted the country would be thereby afforded e mployment. The that the Committee, like that of last year, would materially Right Hon. Baronet said that the amount of money to be ex- interfere with the commencement of business, and, like the pended in railways should be limited—but was it possible to do exertions of the Board of Trade, add nothing to its proper exe so? He should imagine the case of a line proposed to pass cution. He entreated the Right Hon. Baronet to urge for through the West Riding of Yorkshire, in which, of ward the dispatch of business, and facilitate by every means in course, there was great necessity for easy means his power those railway Bills for which petitions had been pre of transit through the different parts of that district. sented to that House. Why, to deny the right of these persons to make their Mr. PLUMPTRE said his object in rising was to take no railway would be an immense hardship. It seemed to give tice of the proceedings which characterised the depositing of the Committee a power which he did not quite understand. the railway plans at the Board of Trade. It happened that He might be told that it would only be a report of a Corn- the 30th of November was on a Sunday, and on that day a mittee; however, though not a proficient in Parliamentary general deposit of the plans had taken place. If it was in the business, he had learned sufficient to know that a report of a power of the Board of Trade to have put off the depositions of Committee gives a weight with which it is impossible to con- the plans to the following day, they ought to have done so ; and tend. Were these lines of national importance ? Were they if they had not, it would be satisfactory for the public to know laid out in such a manner as to afford abundance ? If they were that great complaints have been made. he did not doubt but money and means would be found in Mr. RICARDO regretted very much that the Right Hon. abundance to carry them out, provided always that the money Gentleman had not answered the objections of the Noble Lord was not called out of the country for other objects, pro- (Lord J. Russell) to the proposed measure. It was hard that vided it was not called out on South American Bonds, or a number of persons interested in railway Bills, who had com to buy foreign corn—(Loud cheering from the Ministerial plied with all the conditions of last session, who had fully met benches.) He did not wonder there was some alarm the provisions of the standing orders, should be placed in the that there would be a deficiency of money when measures like same position as those who had not. The Right lion. Baronet that he alluded to were proposed. And it behoved them, if should have made known the plan at the close of last session, they were carried out, to button op their pockets until they and then he (Mr. Ricardo) having had that information, should should see how they would turn out. He was quite certain not have employed, in those companies with which he was con that if the House applied itself to the consideration of those nected, engineers at great expense ; he would have said, never lines with which it was competent to deal, they would be able mind tunnels nor viaducts, but merely draw the line straight— to transact the whole business which would be brought before leaving out of calculation hills and valleys , an d all estimate of it. There might be defe c ts, it is true, in some of their de - expense or capabilities of the line. The Right Hon. Baronet cisions. Be, himself, might have been very frequently grieved said he large ofthe various railways projected had got a map at many of them—( Hear, hear)—but he, e, always, on calm re- which would be submitted, and if they appointed flection, felt that those decisions were honest, and always felt the utmost respect for' them a Committee they (the Commissioners w ho had full y was prepared to abide by them. Let them not take and he ever w complied with the standing orders) would o nl y stand e any measures u n til they kne a chance of being picked out of the map with those compa whether the parties were incondition to proceed with their t Bills, for it was notorious that marry of these s c h emes were denies that had not been able to comply. The consequenc e would be, that this year they would not be able to go forward festive, and not in a condition to occupy the time of the House. with these Bills, and next year they would he placed in the If they did this he felt quite certain th at the y would g et thro ugh same position as the companies that this year had neither de the business with satisfac t i on to the p ublic, and with honour to themselves. posited plans or made deposits.—( Hear, hear.) He considered Mr. FOX MAULE congratulated the House on having se- this unfair, and the H whole measure a clumsy contrivance to meet the difficult cured the services of so valuable a Member as the Gentleman should, at the 'eleLnth He regretted that the Right Hon. Baronet who had just sat down. He thought the CommitteeprionpoLdt he had come down to theeuHopur s o e paoz told l p h lan, but rather that one of the most important that was over appointed tswhere rail- would have saved the paying engineers fort e w in nr w k l i i n at to.lhot. and House. He also considered that all ( 'strut day, and going to o in the Com-other great expenses, in order to c g om m il with ways were to be made should be fairly representedformer Committees the standing . orders. Ile hoped the Right Hon. Baronet y would reconsider mittee, for he had to complain that, with . the matter, and tell them what he meant to railways, there was not recommend to the Committee, in who had been appointed to decide upon its order that the • country might f • ortior got air prop ' know what they were to expect.—( Hear, hear. ) a fair representation. Scotland had not senting a ar e , l " The Earlof LlNCOLNsaidtha t • it appeared that the of representation. The only Member rephe la the constituency was e Honourable Gentleman the Member for Nottingham, supposed constituency who was on those r hear.) With hat the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government Honourable Member for Dumfries.—(Hear, t . . that the Committee which he had proposed should reference to the other points, viz., as to the ascer a l l i n n i e n s g intended those duties which had bees performed by the matters of fact connected with the different projected simply perform d . thelastyear, viz.:—that they should take with the Hon. le bee for Devonport, that a re- He agreed ns authorised by both into consideration the various competing cord of them might be made up by persons Houses of Parliament, or by any other body appointed for that to the House such lines as they deemed the best for the dis purpose ; and he considered that such a tribunal li would be tricts of country proposed to be passed through. But the had been assumed by the Right Hon. in much preferable to the system formerly adopted. e con- tentions were not such as sidered that the decisions would be more correct, as they would be no guide Gentleman. The proceedings of last year . onion of the tt mee whatever with regard to the selection of lines ; the Committee business be obtained with more care , and a heaw y p that been com p which passed in former sessions on Committees of . would show to the House the lines which had already . House would be discharged with more ease to all the parties pleted, the lines which had been sanctioned by Parliament, concerned, and with greater advantage to the public at Lerge• the lines not yet completed, and those which were contemplated With those observations, then, and trusting that the Chroe d ur i ng the present year. The intentions of the Right Hon. mittee would be framed in such a manner as would ensure the Baronet in proposing the Select Committee, were to show at fullest confidence, he would not enter his protest against the once the exact state of railway matters, and it was anticipated question ; but it would be too late to object when the names that the course proposed would give satisfaction to all persons should be called, as that would be making what might appear connected with railway schemes. The Committee, it was invidious distinctions. also proposed, should consider what amount of money it was Mr. CHARLES RUSSELL said he did not participate considered advisable to suffer to be expended in the formation in the apprehension that the mode of selecting the Committee of railways. lie thought that it would be unfair in any way would be regarded with distrust or dissatisfaction, or that the to prejudice their decision by any remarks upon that mode of investigation would 'create the same feelings. This head. It was thought right that there should be some reduc- Committee, if he understood it, was not intended to investi- tion upon the capital to be expended during the present year gate the merits of any line, but to regulate the manner in in the making of railways. It was said by his Noble Friend which a general principle could be applied to the mode Of the Member for the City of London, that it would be most de conducting those investigations—( Hear, hear)—and he had no s i r able that the Government should express some decided opi doubt but that this duty would be discharged with justice to all nion as to what the amount of capital should be. He was sure parties, and satisfaction to the public.—(Hear, hear.) Con- that his Noble Friend would give the Government the credit nected as he was with railways, it would not be for hi ii to sug- , o f h av i ng given this subject, as well as all other subjects which gest what the principle ought to be ; but this he would say, must come under discussion, their most serious consideration. that if any preference were to be given to any, he would hope He believed that many Members of the House were of opinion that that preference would be given to Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) that some limitation should be placed upon the expenditure of Believing, as he did, that the evils of that country were not the surplus capital of the country. The Hon. Gentleman who owing to religious or political dijerences, but _ entirely from h a d l ast a dd resse d th e House had stated that 50,000,000 L, and want of employment for the peer people of that country.— even a much larger sum than that, should be sanctioned by ( Hear, hear.) He did think it watt time that they should Parliament for the purposes of new railways. That point surplus wealth into that take means for pouring some of their would, of course, be a very proper subject for the consideration country.—( Hear, hear.) . .of the Committee proposed to be appointed, but he thought Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had a v h ery ifmporhtant that the Hon. Gentleman ought to consider the large increase question to remark upon. There were two Men: ersora• oin the demand of money for the other great interests and in the House entertained very great respect, and who entirely stitutions of the country ( Hear, hear)—and it could not, differed in their opinion on that question. The Hon .Memberbetween therefore, be expected that the Government would be inclined for Sunderland said, that if a railway communication line to sanction the expenditure of the large sum proposed two towns were required, and if all the landholders onth is , for the formation of railways. With respect to what had were ready with their assent, and parties were ready to ' 6 ' fallen from certain Hon. Members, concerning the advisability Vance money for the project—supposing the whole to be in of requiring the payment of deposits before Railway Bills that state of advancement yet Parliament had the power of weee allowed to pass through the Standing Orders. There placing its veto on that project, and hindering its construe- were various reasons why that course should not be adopted. tion. The Hon. Member for Reading said that the exercise It would be impossible for the proposed Committee to ascer of that power would cause great derangement in the money taro the number of Bills which it would be advisable for the market and in the labour market, and very great evils would Legislature to pass into laws. The subject of payment of de follow in the event of Parliament stopping such projected lines, posits was, in his opinion, one which might very properly be and that very great evils would also follow the attempt to eon- left to the consideration of the Select Committee. He could, struct too many railroads. He (Lord John Russell) owned however, assure the Noble Lord, and all ; those who had spoken that the question assumed a grave and important character, and 1 in the course of the debate, that it was not the intention of ought not immediately to be referred to a Committee. The (government to confide the whole of this important matter to Fret Lord of the Treasury, or the Chancellor of the the decision of the proposed Committee. It was the deter- Exchequer, ought to come to the House, and state mination of the Government to give the subject its most at what public inconvenience would, in their opinion, arise from tentive consideration.—(Hear, hear.) ha construction of so many railroads, and what limits ought Mr. L ABOIiCH ERE said that he did not intend troubling the House with many observations. He we eonished to hear from the speech of the Noble Lord, the' t %ea. ,ne in tention of the Government to confide this lei p orta. smatter to the consideration of a Committee. They were about to con sign to the power of about half a dozen men the decision of that most important question, viz. what shall be the maximum sum to be allowed in the construction of railways.—(Hear, hear.) A greater, or more difficult question than that could not come before the House.—( hear, hear.) To propose any limitation at all in that respect, would be obviously to act in direct opposition to the general principles which the House had invariably adhered to. He would only say that the course proposed was a most unusual one. The question, if it were to be decided, should be seriously and carefully debated upon by the whole House.--( Hear.) He would venture to say that no benefit would arise from the proposed Commit' ee. If such a Committee should he appointed, he considered it to be the duty of those who composed it at once to say that it was not a proper subject for them to entertain. Fin had hoped that the Government would have come before the Howe with some maiured plan on this subject, and he was not with out hopes that the most desirable plans miglß he devised on this head. He thought that, with the experience of the last session before them, they might take steps which would greatly facilitate the progress of railway legislation during the present session. The douse of Commons, in his opinion, was quite right in appointing a railway Committee during the last year, but the subject which it had been proposed to refer to their decision in the present instance was quite a different thing.— ( Ilear, hear.) The present question was of an entirely dif ferent character, and he therefore much regretted to hear the proposal of the Government just made with respect to railway legislation during the present session. —( Hear, hear. ) He would only make one other remark. He agreed with the Hon. Gentleman who had just spoken, that the experience of last session lilted rendered it incumbent upon the House to devise some scheme that would facilitate the pro- gress of railway business. He agreed with him that the pub lic had every right to complain of the extraordinary delay of railway business during the last session. His Hon. Friend had stated that he thought that out of doors there was an im pression that the tribunals that had been appointed during the last session for the transaction of railway business were not altogether free from suspicion.—( Hear, hear.) For his own part, he could only say (having had experience in those tribu nals), that he was nor aware of any other tribunal in existence that had discharged its duties so honorably, and with so much deliberation.— ( Hear, hear.) No blemish should, therefore, be east upon their proceedings either in or out of doors.. He had thought it right to say thus much upon this subject, for he should be sorry if that House were charged with perform ing the business brought before them in a dishonourabe man ner ; but much more should he regret were they justly so charged. He could, however, say that the tribunals referred to were :above all suspicion.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. JOHN COLLETT thought that the House had a perfect right to ask her Majesty's Government what were the subjects which they proposed to submit to the Select Com mittee. lie did not mean to say that they should enter into every minute detail. As a banker, he could say, that unless the Government clearly stated their course with regard to rail wayghieslma t a i o t e n ri d a u l l r y i n g d a t m h e a g p e r d e . s e n H t e s e w s s a i s o n a t „ i l t i h e e f ban opinionk t i h n a t e t r t e h s e t would le public would very much prefer a Commission appointed by this House. Committees had been appointed for all other matters, and why not on this? Mr. F. FRENCH said he had no objection to the Com mittee. He was much satisfied with the remarks which had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet. He did not think that the House need fear that their labours would be much increased h come e ng h th ef e ee se e ssi i o t n . by n th e e numberof aie railway Bills that out of hundred and odd railways, the plans of which had theich would eight been deposited, 100 would not pass through the ordeal of the standing orders, and consequently would not come before the House. _ Sir R. PEEL—Not secret, certainly. A Select Com mittee. The Committee was then appointed. EXTENSION OF PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND, PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS Colonel ANSON was opposed to the appointment of the Select Committee. If they were to hear evidence, &c., on the different railway bills, their labours would not terminate during the present session. He would suggest that the Committee pro posed should have the classification and grouping of the rail way bills, but he should decidedly oppose its appointment if it were proposed that the Committee should decide upon the im portant question that had been alluded to.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped that the Government would not persist in the present motion, for he was decidedly of opinion that the Committee proposed would not.be able to carry out the powers to be vested in them. Ho was enabled to say this from the intimate knowledge which he possessed on railway subjects. Mr. JAMES PARKER believed that whets the public had read the proceedings of the House that evening, they would come to the same conclusion to which he had arrived, viz., that a Select Committee should be appointed in the first instance.— ( Hear, hear.) That Committee would be the means of saving a considerable sum of money to parties interested in Railway Bills ; the expenditure consequent upon the delays of the Board of Trade in the months of May, June, July, and August, of last year, was immense.—(Hear, hear.) And, after all, the parties had to go home—in many instances without the slightest benefit—without any notice whatever whether they should ever have to attend before the Board again. He, upon these and other grounds, trusted that the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government would have the fortitude to deal with this matter with resolution and determination. The scheme contemplated was a most comprehensive one, and he had no doubt that it would give much satisfaction to the country ge nerally.—( Hear, hear.) He denied that the proposition was an unusual one ; it was no anomalous ease.—( Hear, hear. ) The railway world, he had no &mist, would give the proposi tion their best support.—( Hear, hear.) He trusted that the proceedings of this Committee, whatever they might be, would be rapid. What they must do they must do quickly He be-• lieved that a great deal of time was last year roast, din perusing what were called traffic tables. This involved a great waste of time. He did not think that they sat there for railways only, although it would almost appear that they did so last year. He hoped that some rational course would be laid down for their guidance with respect to railway legislation, and he trusted that it would be done quickly. Mr. P. SCROPE hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would submit to the Committee, for their consideration, the subject of the appointment of a Commission, to supersede Committees on Railway &Ile. He had himself been oec of a Committee which had sat for eighty-four days last session ; and his so serving had taught him how 'incompetent a Parliamentary railway Committee was. A Commission could have got through the business of that Committee in a few hours. He trusted, therefore, that the Right Hon. Gentleman would con sider the propriety of appointing five gentlemen well qualified to serve as a Commission upon railway Bills ; fin he was convinced that such a step would be attended with most advan tageous results. Mr. MORRISON thought the best mode of putting a wholesome check upon railway speculation was to reduce the profits upon railways; and to do that effectually he would suggest, that the companies should be compelled to charge low rates of fare. If a person wanted to go to Dover. he had to pay 155., but from Ostend to Brussels—the same distance — the charge was only 7s. 6d. With respect to the question of the deposits, he believed that so far from the deposits having checked speculation, that they had had quite a contrary effect. He thought the present system of deposits was full of evil, and required extensive alteration. And he trusted that the subject would receive that consideration which its importance required. Sir R. PEEL, who was scarcely audible, said that nothing had passed in that debate, which had at all shaken his con viction that her Majesty's Government had pursued the pro per course, in availing themselves of the earliest opportunity of calling the attention of the House to the difficulty in which they might be involved, unless they took early notice of the immense extent of railway legislation which was this year to be presented to them. It was the duty of the Government to submit the-matter to the consideration of the House of Com mons, inasmuch as it was a subject affecting their own privi leges. He was perfectly certain that if he had brought for ward any scheme on the part of the Government, and sub mitted it to the consideration of the whole House, he would have been called upon at once to refer it to a Select Committee. That was the course they intended to adopt. The Committee would be composed of Members who had more particularly turned their attention to the subject of railways. It had been said that there would probably not be more than one or two hundred plans deposited, but there had, in point of fact, been 710, involving a capital of 300 000,0001. It was true that a very great number of these Bills would fail, either through a non-compliance with the standing orders, or front the failure in making the necessary deposits ; but they ought to con sider, as early as possible, the difficulty in which the House might be placed with respect to these Bills.-- ( Hear, hear.) He had been asked to postpone the appointment of the Committee until it was ascertained whether or not the railways for which plans had been deposited grad passed through the standing orders. He could not consent to that, although it might be very possible for the Committee to postpone their decision, as to the course to be adopted with respect to those bills until they had gone through that ordeal. It was absolutely necessary that they should take this subject into consideration early. Let them consider what were the effects of delay in the last session of Parliament. They were not able to perform their functions last year. Many bills were postponed, although their promoters had complied with t'ne re gulations of the year 1844. They had served their notices and had paid their deposits, yet such was the pressure upon the House of Commons, that bills to the amount of eleven millions were allowed to stand over, not because they were objected to in principle, but because there was not time to consider there. Suppose there should he one hundred or two hundred bills to be refers d to committees of the House of Commons, was it not incumbent upon them to take a preliminary view of a question of such immense importance? Each scheme would be considered by five men. But tb ey would merely consider the particular scheme before them, wb e ther or no it promised to fulfil the expectation held out by- its promoters, or was likely to realise a remunerative profit, a nd whether the estimated expenses would be sufficient to carry it into effect; they were only required to take en abstract vie tw of the merits of that particular scheme. The scheme had be en thus distinctly considered, the estimates had bt en found all right ; the expectations of the promoters were likely to be realised, the great body of the landlords on the line were co n senting parties ; and the Committee therefore unhesitating gly might not apply ex t e e v n it t h t t h a y recommended the scheme, and it would then be brought under the notice of Parliament. But when the House conside red the number of Bills which had been, and were likely to be sanctioned, when they considered an expenditure of sos nee 23,00l),0001. for the next three years, surely it was fairly oe en vantage scene sort of limit to capital, which in addition to t hat for consideration, therefore Majesty command to sinew at pre in H euhsaed, must still herbe required s for the House matter,and equally mx. whether or no they 1, and, as owing to the competition traordinary amount of capita seeing the extraordinary number ftheHoeufseßatishlltel, wuanbhell no saying to what . Interest mil ;lit of rival projects, there w s a e nhi m teh oil r e tehrye otherstt taking than th the se press Ministers felt that it was . might extend, her Majesty ' attention to the standing a duty in s perative upon them to draw orders in hoped a that the rest IR, order to have the opinion e ay ld measure, m would be tl tat sit Bills .c -cording to their importance and the interest public . attest', ied to them, or in any other way in w ng for dihgehrte not to them,icn substituted tuted whether instead, House of Commons would not consent to part with its eel the earnest consideration of the House He hoped that the be better advanced. This was a subject_ e peculiarly p ea rn even if they were eu their integrity and independenceh,svethreeitinensue.revel inviolate. He thought the contrast exhibited Commons last session, e session, as compared with the previousthatwas greatly to jurisdiction ;but he, nit t ien th ti e n :a t m n e h t i i s me, its honour. It showed to the country they were det er mined duties which devolved upon them in • the mined to discharge the and although their d e • • consideration of private Bills, he decisions w ere found fault with at first, yet, on the whole,their believed the •p• blic were satisfied with the integrity of otdelbions.— ( ear. ) He did not deny that there might be the.tribunals as co tripe tent to judge of these interests as any House of Corn mons might institute. But what could one commission, corn! nosed Ii of the most eminent scienti fic men, do. they desired t hem to inquire into the progress o f these schemes, to report w. hi ch of theta were the most wor th y of attention, it would b e e h, lutely necessary to have as many,any comm ission s on this as the re They • were Committees in the pa st session. might have t wo: s ty or more, but there could no t be that security or that public et in fidence in these mnltiplied com mission a ers t os s there would let ,in one. Yet at the sams time, w h e n he sid h ,he did not ss s e e s to place himself in opposition to those stemtrs e who desires 1 to lighten the labours of the Commit e d e e . ta reserved the i s right of judging of results after the had been rept need by those competent to do so. He wou ld now sit down, t rust the iug that the House woul d sanction appointment q f the Committee he had asked for ? Mr. COLLETT wished to know, before the questi en was put, whether the Committee would be a secret or a sole( ;bone? Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE, in rising to move a vote of 50,000/. for the extension of public works in Ireland, said that he thought it his duty, at this early period of the session, to bring before the House a measure of this kind. The object of the vote was to improve the condition of the people of Ireland, both in their social and their moral condition—both by mea sures of education and employment. At present, hOwever, they had more in view—the finding of employment for the people, without reference to the works to be raised. He had, therefore, brought forward no new measure whatever. He had referred to the statute which already existed, and he found that the law, as there set down, might be beneficially extended for the purposes he had stated. At present, therefore, he proposed that a further sum might be placed at the disposal of the Treasury, to be used for the purpose of increasing employment in Ireland. He found that a Bill for the draining of rivers and lands in different parts had, with the consent of that House, passed the Legislature in the session of 1842. Great advantages were expected to be derived from it. He found, however, that from various causes a large number of the projects under the consideration of the Board of Works were delayed and impeded. Many difficulties had arisen to account for this, but the principal difficulty was the obtaining money to carry these projects into effect. He hoped, however, that the number of railways, as well as the works which they might be the means of originating, would infuse fresh vigour into that country, and that employment would be given to its inhabitants by these undertakings. Such a result would reward him for all the trouble he had had upon the subject. He would not enter into any lengthened details on the Bill under consideration. The questions involved were of a peculiarly technical nature, and he was sure that he would receive the thanks of even the Hon. Gentleman opposite—( Mr. Hume, we understood )—for not entering fully into them. But he was bound no doubt to revert to them in some little degree. One reason why money could not be easily obtained was that the security was not deemed sufficient. Ho was not prepared to render that security ample ; all he intended was to propose that the money should be ad vanced by the land, at the same time taking care that they would not interfere with the rights of the possessor. True, this was advanced by a charge upon the land, but it must be remembered that no mere charge would be necessary than what would after wards be raised by increasing the value of it. If the Commis sioners of the Board of Works were satisfied, that by a certain amount of improvement a corresponding value would follow, they had powers given to them by the Act of 18.12, to order the necessary funds for effecting these improve ments. Another difficulty had been felt in the raising of money for payment of deposits. These deposits were necessary for preliminary expenses. It was now proposed that the grand jury should have power in any one or more counties to present a sum of money for these deposits, the repayment of which sums would be fully guaran teed to them. When the House would consider that this sum was only in the nature of a loan, he thought that there could be no objection to it. In works of this great magnitude it had been found that the amount of the deposits were sometimes insufficient to cover them, and as parties were unwilling to come forward with a second subscription, the works had been, for want of a small sum to complete them, obliged to stand still. He proposed, therefore, that the Board of Works should advance these sums to be theirs when the works were completed. Another important alteration he intended to introduce respecting the drainage. By the former law the consent of two-thirds of the proprietors were necessary before these works could be proceeded with. Now, it frequently happened that a number of these proprietors would not give themselves the trouble to consider any proposal of the kind ; they were perfectly willing that others should take the trouble to carry them forward, but they were not willing to give their assent to it. He, therefore, pro posed to enact that if the assent of one half of the proprietors could be obtained, _ the works should go forward. There was another subject to which he would briefly refer. He meant the drainage of rivers for the pur poses of navigation. He meant to give powers to companies to carry this object into effect, they being entitled to a profit not exceeding 10/, per cent. upon their capital. He meant to give a similar power to companies supplying towns with water by means of reservoirs. The Act also took cognisance of waste land and bog drainage. But as this was a new field, and as the result must prove unfavourable as to value, power was given to the Commissioners to lease or sell parts of such re claimed land in order to defray thq, expenses of drainage. In conclusion, he might state that it was the intention of Govern ment that the provisions of this Act should be carried into im mediate operation. Mr. F. FRENCH objected to the Right Hon. Baronet stating that his present Bill was necessary to do away with the defects of the Bill of 1842, because it was well known that that measure would have proved effective had the Commissioners of the Board of Works not been too costly and extravagant in their estimates and surveys. For instance, he knew cf a gen tleman in the county of Meath who wished to make some drainage improvements upon his lands; and, accordingly, he made the usual application to the Board of Works to assist him in doing so, and they sent down their officers to make their estimates and surveys. The report of these officers stated that the estimated expense of effecting the improvements would be 6,0001. ; and owing to this sum being considered more than land and improvements were worth, the improvements were for a time abandoned. Subsequently, however, three private in dividuals undertook the reclamation of the land in ques tion, and they accomplished their object at a cost of half the sum estimated by the Board of Works, namely, 3,0001.—( Hear, hear, hear.) With respect to the subject of bog lands, he thought the Right Hon. Baronet was legislating properly upon this branch of the matter. There were three millions of acres of bog land in Ireland, and efforts were made in 1809 to reclaim them. The plans and specifications for carrying out this design were still in ex istence,and he thought now that the Right Hon. Baronet had taken the subject in hand, he would do well to direct the at tention of the Commissioners of the Board of Works to them, in order that they might be made available for effecting one of the objects of this Bill. At all events he was sure great be nefit would result to Ireland, by facilities being afforded to landed proprietors to reclaim their bog land. Already 50,000 English acres had been reclaimed at a very moderate cost, and he hoped to see more of it restored to a state of cultivation, Sir R. FERGUSON agreed with the opinions of his Hon. Friend who had last addressed the House, and thought the Right Honourable Baronet had made a mistake in leaving the entire distribution of the 50,0001. to the Commissioners of the Board of Works. It was true, as his Hon. Friend had stated, that the surveys of the Board of Works had been too expen sive, and this had induced many landholders to think that it was not worth their while to make an effort to reclaim or im prove their lands. —( Hear, hear.) After a few words from Sir T. FREMANTLE, leave was given to bring in the Bill. SESSIONAL ORDERS. Mr. CARDWELL then moved the new sessional order making provision for the sittings of the House onWednesdays. He did not, he said, intend to persevere with the sixth resolution, which was as follows :—" That if the House be not formed at a quarter past twelve o'clock, Mr. Speaker do then take the chair and count the House, and if forty Members be not then present, or if, at any time during the sitting it should appear that forty be not present, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House to the next day, unless the Houle shall have previously resolved to adjourn, at its rising, to some other day." Mr. COLLETT wished to know if the Committees, of which there were likely to be a large number this session, were to sit on a Wednesday, wlstether the House sat or not on that day ? The parties who were interested in these Committees would have a good deal to pay in the shape of expenses for witnesses, &c., and it would be attended with great inconvenience, and of course extra expenses to them, if the Committee did not sit on a Wednesday. And yet, on the other hand, if the House and the Committees sat at one and the same time on Wednesdays, it would be personally incon vettieut to Honourable Members themselves, because they would be at a loss which to attend, the Committee or the House, but for his part he thought it would be pursuing an unconstitutional course if both the House and the Committees sat at the same time. Besides the present sessional order was in direct opposition to a resolution which was passed on Friday, which provided that when the Speaker went to prayers at the opening the House, the fact should be announced to all the Committees then sitting at the time, and all the proceedings of the Committee after such notice were to become null and void. He repeated then that it was unconstitutional to re quire the attendance of Honourable Members in two places at once—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) And at the risk of receiv ing a visit from the Sergeant-at-Arms, he for one should not attend any Committee upon which he might happen to be ap pointed, when the House sat on a Wednesday, considering that the lesser duty of attending on a Committee, merged into the superior duty of attending the House—( Hear, hear.) Mr. EDWARD CARDWELL said the order was only an experiment, and if the Honourable Member would only allow him to try it, he could assure the Honourable Member that it should be abandoned if it was found to be at tended with inconvenience.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the latter objection of the lion. Member, as to the sitting of a Committee while the House was performing its superiorfunc tions, that could easily be got over by leave being given by the Speaker to each Committee to continue its labours while the House was sitting. Mr. COLLETT suggested that it often happened that a House could not be made on a Wednesday, no matter whether the House met in the fore or afternoon, and then the House was invariably adjourned within a quarter of an hour after the Speaker had taken the chair. New, when leave was given to a Committee to continue its proceedings during the sittings of of the House, the leave only extended over such time as the House remained sitting, and thus a Committee, as well as the House. might meet and adjourn on a Wednesday within the space of a quarter of an hour. Mr. HUME thought the objection of the Honourable Member was a fair one, and he hoped the Government would say positively whether the Committees were to sit on a Wed nesday or not, and at once get rid of the difficulty. The CH AN CELLO R of the EXCHEQUER was understood to reply, that Government wished that the Committees should continue their labours as usual ou a Wednesday. Mr. HUME hoped then, that if any important measure should be likely to come on on a Wednesday, in which Members of any of the Committees were interested, the discussion of those measures should be so arranged as to enable those Hon. Members to be present.—( Hear, hear.) The resolutions, as follows, were then agreed to :- 1. Resolved, That the House do meet every Wednesday, at twelve at noon, for Private Business , Petitions, and Orderste of the Day, and do continue to sit unt il six o'clock, unless h business be sooner disposed of. 2. Resolved, That when such business has been disposed of, or at six o'clock precisely , no! w ith s tanding there the m business under discussion, Mr. Speaker do eachair,y be without putting any question. 3. Resolved, That whenever the House i s m ha e l d l ia b t ed y n , t Coo r - t mittee at six o'clock , the Chairman dem n, and that, when such progress, and ask leave to si , Mr. Speaker do leave the chair , with leave has been giv en out putting any question. 4. Resolved. That the business under discussion, at the time of such adjournmenc the House shall sit. N ' . Sir CHARLES NAPIER moved for a return of the the ex ; Amphion's bow down to put on Mr. Whit e 's, b pe o l w 'se , a o n f d tat. l h - e n n -e taking down a part of Mr. White's bow t o put on another to e nable her to point her main deck guns right ahead. PUBLIC PETITIONS. On the motion of Mr. T HORNLEY, the following Hon. Members were appointed a Select Committee on Public Pe titions :_Mr. Thornely, Sir R. H. Inglis, the Earl of Annan dale and Surrey, Viscount Courtenay, Viscount Duncan. Captain Jones, Mr. Cowper , Mr. Pusey, Mr. Edward Buller, Mr. Buck le y , William Hamilton, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. „ Villiers Stuart, and LOrd Alfred Hervey. (From the Votes and Pi oceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JAN. 26. The following Petitions for Railway Bills were presented, and ordered to lie on the table : Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon Railway. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway. London and Brighton Railway (Dorking Branch). London and Brighton Railway ( East Grinstead Branch). North Kent Railway (City Extension). Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway. Waverey Valley and Great Yarmouth Railway. Taw Vale Railway Extension. Blackburn and Preston Railway. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway. Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric Railway. North British Railway. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Newport Railway and St. Andrew's Branch). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Kinross, Woodmill, and Newburgh Branches). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Lochgelly and Leslie Extensions). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Dunfermline Branch). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Strathearn Deviation). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branches from the Dundee and Arbroath Railway and Tay Ferry Improvement). Edinburgh and Northern Rdlway (Pettycur and Perth Harbour Branches and Deviations). NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. MONDAY, JAN. 26. North British Railway (No. I)—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. Glasgow, Dumfries ' and Carlisle Railway—Committee on Petition, Frid a y, Feb. 6. Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon Railway—Commit tee on Peition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Edinburgh Sand Leith Atmospheric Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. Avrshire, Bridge of Weir and Port Glasgow Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Stirling and Dunfermline Railway—Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Ayrshire and Galloway Railway—Committee on Petitien, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rosstrevor Railway—Committee ' on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Belfast :and County Down Railway—Committee on Peti tion, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Bailvmena and Ballymoney Railway—Committee on Peti- _ tion, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Irish Great Western Railway—Committee cn Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Waveney Valley and Great Yarmouth Railway—Commit tee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Taw Vale Railway Extension—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. London and Brighton Railway ( East Grinstead Branch) — Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. North Kent City Extension Railway—Committee on Peti tion, Tuesday, Feb. 3. London and Brighton Railway (Dorking .Branch)—Com mittee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Blackburn and Preston Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. The following Members were appointed a Select Committee " to consider the mode in which the House shall deal with the Railway Bills proposed to be submitted to the House during the present session" :—Lord Granville Somerset, 'Sir George Grey, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Greene, Mr. Fwart, Mr. Colquhoun, Mr. Hodgson Hinde, Mr. Pakington, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Baring, The O'Conor )on, Lord Harry Vane, and Mr. Shaw :—Power to send for per sons, papers, and records ; Fire to be the quorum. PRINTING I , oli, THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. CARDWELL, the following Hon. Members were appointed as a Select Committee to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to the printing executed by order of this House, and for the purpose of selecting and ar ranging for printing retort s and papers presented in pursuance of motions made by Members of this House, which may be referred to the said Committee :—Mr. Cardwell, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Stru tt, Viscount M a hon, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Hume. —Three to be the quorum. DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was brought up by Sir T. FREMANTLE, and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time that day week. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of, and t he House adjourned at Nine o'clock. • COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the Royal Gardens, His Royal Highness Prince Albert after wards rode out on horseback, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken . . . . their accustomed airings yesterday, in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert honoured Drury-lane theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Kerr, the Marquis of Ormonde, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bou verie. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, Prince George, and the Princess Mary, arrived in town yesterday morning from Kew. The Duchess, accom panied by the Princess Mary, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess a Gloucester, at Gloucester House. A Cabinet Council was held at one o'clock yesterday after noon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccle uch, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Ellenborough the Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of ' Dalhousie, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the Earl of St. Germans. The Council sat three hours. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. - 'ler Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their presence last even ing. The performances consisted of Vincent Wallace's lat:autiful operaofillaritana, in which was introduced a grand pas de deux between Mademoiselle Flora Fabbri and Monsieur llretin, of the performance of Professor Risley and his sons, and of the Pantomime. The royal party seemed particularly delighted with the performances of the Risleys, and Prince Albert applauded them to the echo, and, truth to say, they were worthy of it. Throughout America and Europe have these talented artistes borne away the palm, and the Prince Consort (an ex cellent judge of art) has, by his approval, confirmed the judgment of the artistical world as to the transcendent merits of these incomparable artistes. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSAL'S— YESTERDAY. Notwithstanding the extraordinary number of accep tutees for the Newmarket Handicap, it was wholly neglected for the Chester Cup, on which a large amount of business was transacted at prices differine•— very materially in some c ases—from those last reported. ' The " pots " were, Best Bower, Whinstone, Miss Burns, Sweetmeat, and Cataract ; and as the averages, at which we have quoted them, varied to a considerable extent from those that ruled the betting in the early part of the day, we will mention the leading trans actions :-350 to 10, 1,000 to 30, 500 to 15, and finally 2,000 to 100 against Best Bower, the last bet being coupled with another of 2,500 to 100 against Whinstone, who was backed singly, and with some eagerness, at 1,000 to 35, 355 to 10, 30 to 1, and at the finish, but in connexion with a similar bet agst Best Bower; 1,000 to 40 was laid agst Miss Burns ; 2,000 to 30 once, 1,000 to 20 several times, and at the finish 1,000 to 25 agst Sweetmeat ; and 1,000 to 20, two or three times, and in one instance 1,000 to 25 agst Ca taract ; 30 to 1 was laid in two or three places agst Micky Free ; 1,000 to 25 agst Hope ; 2,000 to 50 agst Mermaid; and other bets of smaller amount at the odds returned un derneath. The Derby and Oaks transactions were of too little interest to call tor observation. The following are the closing prices : CIIDITER CUP (ACCEPT OR NOT). 6 to 1 agst the Irish lot—taken, afterwards offered 7 to). agst the three yrs old taken to 100/. 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower—t. 25 to 1 25 to 1 eget Mr. Merry's Whinstone—take 30 to 1 30 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken 7,0 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Miss Burns—taken 35 to I agst Mr. Irwin's Warp —taken, afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bennett's Hopi. , —taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. IV. Hill's Sweatmeat—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Mermaid—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's Tke Baron—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Eboracum—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. F. Ongley's Roderick—taken 1000 to 40 each agst Miss Burns and Best Bower—taken 2000 to 100 agst The Baror, and 2500 to 100 agst Best Bower and Whinstone in one bet. 50 even on the field against the following 25:—Best Bower, Blackbird, Intrepid, Columbus, Rowena, Fitzallen Pedometer, Little Hampton, Jenny Wren, Whinstone, Pilot, Mermaid, Vol-au-Vent, Ilope, Mickey Free, Ould Ireland, Queen of Tyne, Arthur, Cataract, Advice, Roper's Daughter, Crim Con, Correct Card, Roderick , an d Miss Burns. DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken to 125/. 11 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting-600 to 100 taken 13 to 1 agst Generl Shub Spithead—trick's Brocaake 28 to Irdo—take 14 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. a Peel's _ .., 28 to 1 agst Colonel Ans on ' s Iago—t(1500 to 50 also law) 30 to 1 agst Mr , Ramsey's Malcolm—taken to _4ol_ off. 33 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien s The Traverser —t and att 4000 to 80 agst Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton—taken TUE OAKS. 12 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Vanish—t 16 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Queen Anne—t 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Cestus filly 30 to 1 agst Mr. Littledale's Fantastie—t EPSOM SPRING MEETING. We are glad to find that the innkeepers of London have been eminently successful with their " Great Metropolitan Stake," to be added to a handicap to be run for at the first Meeting under the new management. Between three and four hundred pounds had been collected yesterday, and there are strong expectations that at the close of to-morrow even ing the gross sum will not fall much short of 500/. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE AND HURDLE RACES, &c. The following horses have been named for the free Handi cap hurdle-race of 10 sovs. each, sft with 50 added, to come off on the 4th of March next : Mr. S. Walmsley'e The Heir-at-law, 4 yr. Mr Griffith's Lucy, 5 yrs—Mr. Heap's Chintz Print—Captain -. Crofton's B ru nette, aged—Lord Che s t er fi e ld' s Poor Soldier, 6 yrs, CockBghter, 5 yrs, and New Brighton, 6 yrs—M. W. H. Johnstone's The Era, 6 yrs— Ir. Sutcliffe's Alice, 5 yrs— Mr. Dymock's Grace Darling, aged—Mr. Shepherd's Mud lark, aged—Mr. Irwin's Patriot, 5 vrs—Mr. Roberts' Quick silver, 6 yrs—Lord Howith's Swilah, 5 yrs—Mr. Clifton's Pedlar, aged—Mr. C. Dale's Isabel, aged—Mr. Hornby's Cock Robin, 5 yrs—Mr. Irds Tottenham, 4 vrs—Mr. Duck worth's Clear-the-Kitchen, aged—Captain - Allan's The Ex quisite, aged—Mr. Powell', Delamere, 6 yrs, and Craeksman, aged—Mr. Austin's Little Johnny, aged—Mr. Brotherton's Aquito, 6 yrs—Mr. Lamplogh's Erebus, 5 yrs—Mr. King's The Artful Dodger, and Mr. E. R. Clarke's .Sir Edward, \ aged—Lord Waterford's Firefly, aged—Captain Campbell's Crcesus, aged—Mr. Ralph ns • Everton, 6 yrs—Mr. Hender son's b g The Artist, 6 yrs—Mr. Fox's Deuce Ace, 5 yrs— Mr. Cross ns Single Peeper, aged—Mr. W. Turner ns Sands, 6 yrs—Mr. Moore's Magic, aged—Mr. R. P. Couche's Amal gamate, 5 yrs—Mr. Lockwood's Wandering Jew, 5 yrs, and Mr. Quin's Violet, 5 yrs. The Steeple- chase closed on Thursday. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1846. Acceptances for the Newwarket Handicap Stakes, of 25 soya. each, 10 ft, and only 5, &c., with 200 added, Clermont Course, about a mile and three quarters ; the second to re ceive 100 sovs out of the stakes. 133 Subs., 73 of whom de clared. Mr. Micklam's Inheritress, 6 yrs, 9st 21b Mr. Payne's Queen Mab, aged, 9st Ilb Lord Waterford's Corranna, aged, 9st Mr. Moore's Wolf-dog, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 6 yrs, Bst lolb Colonel Peel's lonian, 5 yrs, Bst 71b Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon ; 4 yrs, Bst 31b Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena, 5 yrs, Bst 31b Mr. G. Heathcote's Akbar, 5 yrs, Bs! . . 31b Mr. Drinkald's Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs, Bst llb b 1_ Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne, aged, 7st 13 Mr. Mare's Event, 4 yrs, Ist Ig;b 5 i' i lal, 4 Lord Glamis' Satyr, y 4 Lord Ghesterfieldrs Ladyrssyeiv, 8t 91b r 7 yrs, 7st 91b Sir J. Hawley's Alamod- e, - Col. Anson's Joe Lovell, 5 yrs, 7st 81b Sir R. Bulkeley's Chertsey, 4 yrs, 7st 71b Col. Peel's I-am-not-aware, aged, 7st 71b Mr. Payne's Johnny, aged, 7st 7lb Mr. John King's Young Lochinvar, 6 yrs, 7st 71b Mr. Irwin's Odd Ireland, 4 yrs, 7st slb Mr. Brooke's b h, Captain Flathooker, aged, 7st 31b Lord Albemarle's Beaumont, 5 yrs, 7st 31b Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 6 yrs, 7st 21b Mr. Worthington's Doctor Husband, 5 yrs, 7st 21b Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, 7st 21h Mr. J. Tilbury ns Judex, 6 yrs, 7st llb Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Wigram's Kesheng, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Woffinden's Miss Burns, 6 yrs, Gst 131 b Mr. Drinkald's Elemi, .5 yrs, Est 131 b. Lord Glasgow's b h by Velocipede out of Amulet, 5 yrs, 6st 13Ib Mr. Shelly's Hawkesbury, 4 yrs, Est 91b Mr. H. Pitt ns Merryman, 4 yrs, 6st 91b Colonel Anson's Rowland Hill, 4 yrs, Est 71b Mr. Freeman's Sir Diggory Diddle, 5 yrs, Est 71b Mr. Copeland's Arthur, 4 yrs, Est 61b Lord Milltown's Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, Est 51b Mr. W. Carter ns fby Defence, out of Nike, 4 yrs, Est 51b Mr. Cooke's ns Chemise, 4 yrs, 6st 51b Lord Eglinton's Bretwalda, 4 yrs, Est 41b Mr. Lowther's Lyons, 4 yrs, 6st 31b Mr. Bainbridge's The Wreck, 4 yrs, Est 31b Mr. Coape's Energy, 4 yrs, Est 21b Mr. Goodwin's Dexterous, 3 yrs, 6st llb Mr. Jaques's Anti-Repealer, 4 yrs, Est llb Mr. J. Herbert's Devil's Dust, 4 yrs, sst 131 b Mr. Delme's gr f Rosa (h b), 4 yrs, sst 1 llb General Grosvenor's Scarlet Runner, 4 yrs, s.st 101 b Lord G. Bentinck's Blackbird, 3 vrs, sst 51b Lord G. Bentinck's Marquis of C - onyngham, 3 yrs, sst slb Mr. Death's Thrapston, 3 yrs, sst 51b Mr. John Scott's Cariosity, 3 yrs, sst llb Lord Albemarle's The Little Vulgar Boy, 3 yrs, 4st 12Ib Mr. Etwall's f by Discord, out of Soldier's Joy, 3 yrs, 4st 11lb Lord Glasgow's fby Retriever, out of Emilia, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b Lord March's Muscatel, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b. Hon. S. Herbert's c by Venison, out of Pet, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b Mr. Jaques's Spur, 3 yrs, 4st 91b. THE TERRIBLE 0 1VAR STEAMER. The Terrible war steamer is in commission and now fitting for sea at Woolwich ; she has 20 guns mounted, also a brass field piece and carriage, and a waggon for powder to accom pany it. On her upper deck, each side the bow, are two long 56-pounders, brook's 11 feet guns, to fire fore and aft in a line with the keel ; these are mounted on a slide, and will andsweep to cross fire with e ac h o th er , an d a l so sweep roun d to t h e s id es; two of the same guns,righ o t n a t ft he in ir pthiveostt,ernso,awsitllo firealso cross the broadside forward, acting as chase guns if required. She has two 68- pounders on each broads*, to carry shells or solid shot, which can be trained fore or abaft, according to circum stances. On the deck below, which is also flush fore and aft, are eight guns, viz., two long 56-pounders ' Monk's guns, 11 feet long, in the bow ports, to fire in a line with the keel, and also several degrees of training on the broad sides, and two of the same guns in the stern, right aft, which can give such depression as to prevent even a small boat from coming under her stern; with four guns, 68-pounders, on her broadsides, for shells or solid shot. There are four smaller guns on the upper deck, to be traversed to an 7 place or carried on shore in her paddle• box boats, if required for use in landing troops, &c. She has four separate boilers, in dependent of each other, which may be connected when repaired; four funnels, one to each boiler; the two after ones strike down, so as to allow a square mainsail to be set when sailing, and still using the two foremost boilers, thus working half her power, at the same timesaving a considerable consumption of coals. This is an excellent contrivance, as there are four small funnels, instead of one large one, which is a great advantage, as the ship will not be wholly disabled by losing one, two, or even three funnels, like the one funnel ship would be on hers being carried away ; her one funnel lost, she has lost all. The Terrible has two magazines, and two shell• rooms, one of each before the engine-room, and one abaft for the safety of the vessel, to prevent any powder passing the engine-room when firing the guns. She can store 400 tons of coals below the lower deck, and is prepared on the midship part of the deck to take 200 or 300 tons more, packed in bags, as a defence from shot to the engines and boilers, filling up a space of eighteen feet. In addition to her thick, substantial, solid sides, she has good capacity, and if required for any particular service can carry more coal in sacks. With regard to the conveyance of troops, she can berth 1,000 men under cover on her second gun-deck, inde pendent of her ship's company, their berth being below for ward, and the officers' cabins, gun-room, &c., abaft ;so that each gun-deck is entirely clear and always ready for action, without removing a bulkhead, and the deck being perfectly free from the captain's cabin abaft, to the bow of the vessel. She is constructed in the strongest and most substantial manner, on Mr. Lang's improved method of uniting the frame timbers, making her perfectly water-tight, so that she would swim even if her external keel and plank were off her bottom. This method is also adopted in the Royal Albert, 120 guns ' now in her frame, and may be seen on the slip in Woolwich dockyard. The engine-room of the Terrible is most splendid ; on deck, the whole length of the engine-room, are gratings open and well ventilated by hatchways, giving light and air to the engi neers, stokers, &c. It is an admirable plan, such as no steamer as yet had the advantage of; and each boiler has a separate hatchway, and may be readily taken out for repair, without interfering with the other boilers. This method of Mr. Lang's invention prevents the necessity of ripping up the deck, which is the case with other steamers, when the boilet s are required to be taken out from those vessels, and there, too, the deck, covering the boilers, the engineers and stokers have the light admitted by the hatchway over the engines only. The Terrible's engines are most majestic ; they are 800-horse power, the production of Maudslay, Sons, and Field, and show to advantage in this large war steamer. Her decks have hatchways in various parts, scuttles, sky lights, &c., for ventilating the ship even to the lower parts of her hull ; and there are many other conveniences too nu merous to mention, contributing to the efficiency of the ship and the comforts of the officers and crew, so that she may be said to be the largest and most perfect war steamer ever built. The Terrible is commanded by Captain Ramsay, late of the Dee steran -vessel, and she is to have a complement of ,240 officers, men, and boys.—Nautical Standard. COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. STANSTEAD, ItEAR BISHOP'S STORTFORD, MONDAY EVEN lNG.—Yesterday a series of mishaps occurred on this line, Lear to the above place, the particulars of which are as fol l.iws :—lt appears that shortly after one o'clock on the morn ing of Sunday last, as one of the trains for London was stopping at the Stanstead station, for the purpose of having the wheels cooled—they having tired on their journey from Cambridge—another train came up, heavily laden, about two hours afterwards. Through some mistake this train ran upon the wrong line, and the consequence was that a mis take afterwards occurred with reference to the signals, which proved serious, but which was, happily, not attended with loss of life, although some injury was sustained by the stoker to one of the trains. In consequence of the stoppage on the line, and the porter at the station having shown a wrong light, from the fact of the position of the laden carriages being mistaken by him, the engine-driver appre hended no danger, and the consequence was that his train (the quarter-past seven one) was propelled without check, and the engine ran into the lirggage and beast-train, en tirely smashing a truck containing a large load of flour, breaking in another, in which there were several horned cattle intended for the London market, and materially in juring the engines belonging to both. The guard, it is stated, escaped almost miraculously, he having jumped from his seat on the ground while the train was in motion, and the stoker was thrown off the tender with considerable force. Fortunately no one suffered any breakage of limb, the in jured parties being able to walk soon after the effect of the upset was over. The damage to the property of the com pany was considerable, and the rails were considerably bent by the shock, and several of the sleepers shivered into splin ters. One of the carriages—that containing the sacks of flour—which was covered with a roof of zinc, was torn almost to pieces, the bed and wheels only remaining entire. Two of the buffers, one before and the other behind, are completely carried away; the off-side is broken in, and the roof torn quite off. The engines, mutilated as they were were with some difficulty got to Bishop's Stortford, in the course of Sunday, and it was not until quite afternoon that the line was cleared. The damaged carriages remain where the accident occurred, nor will they be removed until after the examination, officially made, by the directors.:d This ' (Monday) afternoon workmen are employed consoli the the road, and making the whole of the works firm d King, as y were before the accident. Se aborne, the por.ter, an give an r ae r c e oz h nt . the station-master, have been th c e a u lle a cl e ' of the occurrence; but up to peculiar bend n e up p f our t e a is s a ' ing London, the merits of tbs . case were i t n h ot I decided t th .. It t is perfectly clear, from th e tion, that the utmost care should be taken.in signalling the trains, as any neglect might prove fearfully fatal. PRICE AND SUPPLY OF POTATOES IN TEE LONDON MARKETS.—The supply of potatoes to the various markets continue undiminished, and the majority are of an excellent quality, but the prices are considerably higher. During Sa turday the general price, wholesale, was as follows ;—York shire Reds, 8s to 9s. per cwt.; American Kidneys, 9s. and 10& ; Champions (inferior kind), 6s. to 7s. per 112 lbs. ; a small quantity were offered at s s . 6d . , b ut were o f a very bad con dition, in consequence of the prevalent disease. Retail,the price of potatoes are, the cheapest, 3 lb. for 2id., and the finest 2d. to 2id. per lb. The price having increased to such an extent, the consumption is reduced nearly two. thirds. ROBBERY AT ORIEL COLLEGE.—Yesterday informa tion was forwarded to the Metropolitan and City police of an extensive robbery of jewellery, plate, &c., which took place at the above college, at Edinburgh, between the evening of the 20th and the morning of the 22d instant. PRICE or GOLD.—On the 20th instant the price of gold in Hamburgh was 4341 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 93; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London, at short date, being 13 11i, it results that gold is 0.80 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgb. On the 23d instant the premium on gold at Paris was 12 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. ' 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 45, and the exchange at Paris on London, at short date, being 25 57k, it results that gold is 0.50 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. PREMATURE BURIAL.—At a late sitting of the Paris Academy of Sciences, M. Le Guern pointed out the danger of enforcing the regulation for interment within the short period of time now allowed. The author says, he has ascer tained that since the year 1833 not less than 94 premature burials have been prevented by accidental causes. Thirt'- five of the persons supposed to be dead had awoke from their lethargy at the moment when their coffins were about to be nailed down ; 13 had been recovered by care ; 7 by the upe• setting of the coffins in which they had been placed; 9 b 7 incisions or punctures in pinning their shrouds; 19 by e a r; dental delays in the ceremony of interment; 6 by o del_ 7 _ which had been created purposely by their friendpasoa n d , kV other causes. M. Le Guern supposes, with mu t c h that the number of:persons prematurely buried rt_ns is, b! f v e y% r T e 7: l5 t. His estimate is 27 a year, at the least .ber of authenticated merely conjectural, but from the nemore s aved by chance cases which he gives of person inclined to think that whe n . e from this horrible fate, we are_ ooly he takes an annual averagie .I).f 27 premature burials, he e be ß r o e o m ke a r i y nin ef g shte.uGselisesin,s is very much below the trt t 0 On Monday the 0 t t t h it em the t i o r t l h ta e b g it r a o t u i n on d s . , f E or xe t el he . ,r tl , i e e re st o r e ee rv t od s , l w an es • n a o e r i d c c es eelll9 lro j'es n r i sin t o l f i t e ht Commissioners of Woods the site of the Rookery. 4ERIOUS INJURY CAUSED BY THE SNUFF OF A CANDLE. and Forests. On Monday evening, between five and six o'clock, a sFious _ purpose housesse are to be erected on • rpo of razz.ittnhnigetdtiltetwellolteoofq accident occurred to Miss Isabella Lenade, of Wardour-aoeet, Soho, who incautiously snuffed the candle with he Seiteisll47 when, the snuff falling on her dress, it ignited, an "ttotwith.- standing is h s e h r e scream s bthroautg b h u t t i s m li m gh e t di h a o te pe as s s a is r eniertain - so ite- ed ' riously of her recovery. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 4ghJl Council, has given 1001. t owar d s the erection of a A ‘‘ehvir eh at Clandown, Somerset. Itaci VdS;iotatti NT• 26.