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labition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. QUEEN'S BENCH -(THIS DAY WTLD e. LEAHY AND ANOTHER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) A number of witnesses were called on behalf of the plain tiff, who proved that the plans had been altered or delayed, and the plates altered ; and that the wages paid to the parties engage d i n getting the plans and sections up as it approached towards the 30th November were from 6 to 10 guineas a week, and in some instances five shillings an hour. It was also alleged that a great deal of the extra expense arose from the conduct of the plaintiffs in not supplying the copies to be engraved in a proper time and manner. Mr. MARTIN replied at some length, maintaining that as the plaintiff had entered into a contract to execute the work at a certain price, he was forced to do so, and that the alterations complained of arose from the incompetency of some work men engaged in getting up the plates. He also put in some documents to.proye the contract, and correspondence, to show that subsequently the plaintiff admitted the prices originally agreed upon to be correct for the work he was executing. The Learned Gentleman denied that: any delay, such as that complained of, had taken plac,e or that the defendant's conduct had been the cause of the extra expense incurred. He submitted, in conclusion, that sufficient had been paid to meet all reasonable charge. Mr. CROWDER replied in reference to the documents. Lord DENNIAN summed up at some length. (The jury had not returned their verdict when our report left.) - - CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. NEW COURT. litotaxv.--Joseph, Mortimer, indicted on two di ff erent charges of bigamy, and on e of larceny, was placed at the bar, and pleaded not guilty on aIL On the first charge of bi g a m y, it appeared, by the iu t l l B sti 39 al , evidence from the parish regi s ter, that the pris oner , married Josephine Langhorne, who was prov ed present year. tohave been alive in New York on the 25th of March of the se .e, M ort im er, 11344, he e But it was also proved that, on the 7th of married Caroline Wright, his first wife, Jo sephine being at the time alive. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, handed in a written paper, alleging th at according a citizen,dingtothe h /a e w w o as f the United States, where he had b e come le gally separated from his wife—both mutually agreeing to this on the consideration of giving her power of attorney to collect certain money for her own support. The Learned RECORDER, in addressing the jury, said that the prisoner, a native of Ireland, was a British-born subject, and whether he had become a citizen in the States of Ame rica, or whether anything had been done in the matter of a divorce by any Court there competent for the purpose, of which, however, there was not a tittle of evidence before the jury, he nevertheless still owed allegiance to the British Crown, and was amenable to British laws. The jury, after consulting a few minutes, returned a verdict of Guilty. The second indictment charged the prisoner with marry ing Mary Susanna Lovejoy, at St. Phillip's Church, Liverpool, his former wife, Mrs. Wright, being at the time alive. Mr. Shutwood, brother-in-law to Mrs. Wright, was led, by questions put by the prisoner, to make some rather unplea sant revelations. He said that the woman had left the pri soner in consequence of a theft he had committed on herself, having taken up her gold ring and absconded. The prisoner returned to her a second and third time, and as frequently made off with money belonging to his unhappy wife. Isabella Kay identified the prisoner as one of the parties concerned in the marriage with Mary Lovejoy at Liverpool. The Jury after a short consultation returned a verdict of Guilty. The case of larceny, on which the prisoner was further indicted, has already appeared in all the papers in all those details so peculiar to the case. Mrs. Loyer, who lived at 7, Chapel-court, Union-street, Whitechapel, stated that she advertised for a situation as cook and housekeeper, and that in consequence she had re ceived a letter from the prisoner offering marriage, and repre sentint, himself as a New York merchant, with an income of 7001. per annum. The sequel has already appeared in the columns of The Sun. An agreement to marry was mutually resolved on. From the Rainbow Coffee-house, Commercial-road, to another residence in Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, and thence to Paris, went the New York merchant and his future spouse, who, with a liberality quite amazing, defrayed all the expenses, and kept Mr. Mortimer well in pocket. They returned from Paris after a fortnight's sojourn there, and took up their residence at the Omnibus Coffee house. The poor woman's funds were by this time far reduced, for after one large payment, she had given him an other of 271, and now proceeded to pawn her wearing ap parel to keep Mortimer in money. All was pawned, except a few articles in a box, which were the subject of the present inquiry. Mrs. Loyer removed from the Omnibus Coffee house to the Rainbow coffee-house, her consort consenting and also begging to be allowed to bring along the box to their new lodgings. She gave him permission, and never saw hi till the 18th of' May. On the 15 th of that month advertisement caught Mortimer, though an old stager. It was given in evidence that the box was found at the Duke's head public-house, Queen-street, Chelsea. There too was Mr. Mortimer, and on his person the key of the box, which contained the articles belonging to Mrs. Loyer. The prisoner was most indefatigable in giving every an noyance he possibly could to the Court and the witnesses in the course of the inquiry. The Learned RECORDER sent the case to the jury, and told them if they had no doubt that the prisoner had used stratagem for the purpose of obtaining possession of the box, which he afterwards carried away, they would find him guilty of a larceny as set forth in the indictment. The jury in a short time returned a verdict of Guilty as The Learned RECORDER, in pronouncing sentence on the prisoner, expressed in the strongest terms his detestation of the unexampled baseness of the prisoner, who, not content with having bereft the poor woman of all her money, obtained from her under promise of marriage, had allowed her to pledge her clothes to supply him with more, and took base measures to get possession of the few articles of apparel which remained, and then deserted his victim. He sen tenced him to transportation for seven years. The Learned RECORDER reserved sentence on the two charges of bigamy. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP D. AND LINCOLN/MIRE JUNCO TION RAILWAY. The Committee re-assembled this morning. Lord Somers in the chair. The evidence taken this morning was that with reference to the traffic from the counties along the Eastern coast, the object of Mr. Paget, who appears for thelDOncaster and Wakefield Company, being to show that the line of the promoters was circuitous to Sheffield, and the expense of transporting goods and agricultural produce from one means of conveyance to another would destroy the benefit of the railway. Mr. Iforing, the present mayor of Doncaster, testified to the unanimous feeling of the people of Doncaster in favour of the Shef field and Lincolnsnire Junction line. On cross-examination. it appeared that they were also unani mous in favour of every other line to the westward, and the Town Connell had evinced so little interest in this line that they had not once during the present session discussed the necessity of petitioning Parliament In its favour. There was a resolution of the Corporation, about two years ago, to the effect that they would countenance no line a hich crossed the maim en trance of the town at a level. On reexamination the witness stated th•it the Corporation were as fa►ourable now as they were three years ago. Mr. VICKERS, solicitor, of Sheffield, and local solicitor to the line, Stated that the agreement between Earl l'itzwilliam and the Mid land Counties Company for the use of the Greeshorough branch aro , e out of the opening of Lord Fltzwilliam's coal mines at that place, and that the Sheffield and Rotherham Company had been put to the addi tional expense of three lines of rails Instead oftwo,the earthworks alone costing 12.0001., and the rails 4,0001. or 5,000/. His Lordship then en tared into arrangements with the Company to pay 1;4(1. per ton for the exclusive use of that line, but that included a right also to a depot and yard at Sheffield, for which other persons paid 501. or 100/. a ye.af. Earl Fltswilliam was favourable to this Bill, and had both last year, and this given permission to Mr. Byron, his mineral agent, to testify favourably of this line. The practice of the Midland Conn tie,' companies is to ch arge a penny per ton per mile. On re-examination it appeared that therewas no clause in the Bill to restrict the charge to a penny. There is no written agreement, but there is one in equity and usage, Mr. Byron having arranged with the company to the effect of what he had stated. When the Sheffield and Rotherham Company was amalgamated with the Midland Counties, the latter company took up all the engagements of the former, of which this one had been in action for seven years before. It was upon this arrangement, and not on the statute, that the com pany raid for their payment. In re-examination, the witness stated that he believed that the evidence of Mr. Morton and Mr. Brown was similar to that which would be given by all the other Yorkshire coal proprietors, and that, in fact, the rates of charge are uniform both to the Yorkslaire_and the Derbyshire proprietors. The letters of Earl Fitzvrilliam, and of Mr. Newman, his Lordship's agent, giving the assent of both to the line of the promoters, were then put in evidence, but the assent of the former was given pre paratory to the session of last year, and that of Mr. Newman before this session. Mr. Swanwick, the engineer of the line, stated that the line from Doncaster to Lincoln was part of the Eastern Counties scheme to get from London to the north, but on the passing of the London and York Bill, that portion of the Lincoln and Swinton line was aban doned. The line as it now stands would join the London and York line about three miles south of Doncaster, but there is a good. opportunity of making a good junc tion at Doncaster. On leaving this place the line runs up the i valley of t h e Don, near the lime-works at Sprotborough, where the eart.b nue_branch going to Barnsley, Wakefield, and any place te ac cess t w o 'Peuing the mineral field —the other branch gave latter town ham and Sheffield, the distance to the and a hem The vinteen ,miles, and to the former thirteen the northern a ort - s"*. t anea from Doncaster to the end of be g3i miles. The r re : s t: iiannetion with the Dlicliand line would Is one In 201, which sentu.eadien_t between Doncaster and She ff i e ld heavy goods would have to u Mjilkty half a mile, which, as the On the northern branch ti tt a,.u. le extremely favourable. 117, but nice-tenths of the h M a gradient of one in to descend that line. The Smallest tulip: an e would have which there are two "wry is one near that oo the_ . y are advantageena n.ea r: em 'th wt t n t o gg n of ear 2° sta ch ti aj on n :, 1 for fencing, 50,000/. e„,, --- ..l,Terwise. The estimates are 5, 2 masonry at different points, 44,000 / -4 ": Dem... works. bridges, 59,0111., rent way 75 , 0001. , la nd 22,000/., Stations 25,0 W, and 24,71591 for contingencies, being something more than 10 per cent . . on the gross expense, the whole amount being 249,0001. The examination then proceeded on the points affecting of the pro perties on the line. There are two turnpike roaodrsecrimospseodrtoanncaeltehvaeln, m but the witness knew of several others of fie _ those on a level. One of them was near the statio n at Doncaster, and the other near Kilnhurst. A long cross-examination then ensued on the discrepancy between the evidence has given by the witness on the expense of construc tion, and the testimony b e gave a year ago , brit was reconciled the difference s reconciled by the explanatio n , th at on t h e former oc casion one part of the line was easy and cheap, and the other difficult and expensive. After this a conversation of considerable length was held on the opposition of Sir Joseph Copley, with whom the Swinton and Don caster Company are ready to make any compromise consistent with their main object. The counsel however for that gentleman having declined te make an election as to what deviation he would wish Mr. Hildyard for the promoters close the South line, which only effected 21r Joseph Copley's property to the extent cf half an acre. There is ,to be an embankment near to the house Sprotborough Hall, of about *elve or thirteen feet high. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow. IMPORTANT DECISION. DimaecT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH. cmax.Drazzo. CHICHESTER, PORTSMOUTH, AND FAREHAIK. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Cockburies address, which occupied the Committee for more titan an hour and a half, being concluded, Mr. TAt.soT addrp-ssed the Committee for the promoters of the Di rk! London and Portsmouth. At the conclusion of whose speech, The Committee ordered the room to be cleared, and after a consul tation, which lasted for about half an hour, The parties were re-admitted, and The Chairman announced the decision of the Committee in these words:—The Committee have decided by a majority that the pre- Amble of the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Bill is proved, and that the preamble of the ouildr(nd, Chichester, Portsmouth, and Tareham is nut proved. An application was made for the Committee to pas* the part of the Guildford and Chichester Bill, which had reference to the opet-yard branch, which branch was before the House in another Rill, wlnct, was unopposed, but which would be materially improved by the passing of this Bill ; but The Caansatax said that the Committee could not assent to this ProPOSitien- TO Bill intuit be =Wel,' threWU out, and the Parties HOUSE OF COMMONS. laLYNVI VALLEY. The Committee met again this day at twelve o'clock, Mr. Aldham, chairman. The Committee were occupied the whole of the day in hearing evi dence for the promoters. The' witnesses were cross-examined by counsel who appeared forseveral landowners on the line. GROUP IT. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning; Lord 31orpeth in the chair. COURSE OF EXCth Amsterdam ......C.F. 12 9;4 Ditto, at sight ...... 12 63 Rotterdam .... • . 2U. 12 10 Antwerp 26 10 llamburgh ....••M.B. 13 15 A1t0na.......... ...... Paris, 3 days' sight 25 80 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 5 Marseilles .. . • • . 26 10 Bourdeaux..... ....... 26 10 Frankfort on Maine.... 1221 i Petersburgh, 3 U 5...... Berlin ........ Vienna, effec.fto.. • . 10 10 Trieste, ditto.... .... 10 11 Madrid ..... 36 Bilbao— • . .. • • • . • ... Barcelona .• • ... .... Seville.. ...... ........ LNGE.-( THIS DAY) Gibraltar.. I.eghom Genoa.. Milan ...... • • • • Venice.. Naples ...... • ....... 39% Palermo, per oz. Lisbon. . Oporto ••.. • . 63 Rio Janeiro ........ • . 23% Bahia • • Buenos Ayres ...... • . New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia ..... . PRICES OF BULLION, PEE OZ. Foreign Gold In bars.. £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 3 17 5 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars ••.. • • • • 0 4 9% Silver in bars ......•• 0 4 11 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this Night's Gazette.) in Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 13th day of June, 1846. issos DEPAILTMENT. X. Notes issued—. ... . 28,603,395 X 28,603,395 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 18th day of June , 1846. X. Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .. • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,371,105 Silver bullion .... • • 2,232,290 X 28,603,395 BANKING DEPAHT3LENT. X. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest ....... ..... 3,386,810 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ings-banks, and Di- Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,988,065 Other securities .. • • 18,122,098 Notes • • • • • • • • • • 9,011,510 Gold and silver coin.. 736,331 vidend accounts).. 6,537,132 Other deposits ...• .. 13,518,397 Seven day and other bi 115........... . 862,6G5 A 40,858,004 X 40,88,004 . MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 18th day of June, 184 THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 19, 1846. 3d Dragoon Guards—Captain J. 1). Dyson, to be Major, by pur chase, vice Teesdale, who retires ; Lieutenant W. Squire, to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Dyson ; Cornet T. E. Whitby, to he Lieu. tenant, b) purChase, vice Squire ; H. St. George, Gerd , to he Cornet, by purchase, vice Whitby ; June 19. 2nd Foot—Lieut. A. Gillespie, from 54th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Redmond, who exchanges, June 19. 3r4 Foot.—Lieutenant J. T. Eustace, from 60th Foot, to be Lieu tenant, vice Fitzgerald, who exchanges, June 19. Bth Foot —Brevet Major F. White, from 40th Foot, to be Captain, vice Leslie, who exchanges, June 19. 23rd Foot. Lieut. li. N. Dare to be Adjutant, vice Wynne, who has retired, June 19. 31st Foot—Lieut. C. H. S. Phillips, from 53d Foot, to be Lieut. Colonel, vice Byrne, who exchanges, April 15. 40th Foot—Captain A. Leslie, from Bth Foot, to be Captain, Nice Brevet Major White, who exchanges, June 19. 43d Foot—Lieut. the Hon. P. E. Herbert, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Meade, who retires ; Ensign G. L. Proby, to be Lieut., by purchase, vice Herbert ; Hon. 11. W. C. Ward, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Proby. June 19. 52d Foot—Lieut. W. Corbett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alleyue, who retires ; Ensign C. H. It. Broughton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Corbett ; C. P. Blathwayt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Broughton, June 19. 53d Foot—Lieut.-Col. J. Byrne, from 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant• Colonel, vice Phillips. who exchauges, April 15. 54th Foot.--Lieutenant 11. E. Redmond, from 2nd Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gillespie, who exchanges, June 19. 60th Foot.—Lieutenant A. Fitzgerald, from 3rd Foot, to be Lieu tenant, vice Eustace, who exchanges, June 19. 64th Foot,—C. Thompson, Gent., t• be Ensign, by purchase, vice Trevor, who retires, June 19. 72d Foot.—Ensign L. Newman, to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brandling, Who retires. June 19 ; 8. S. Thellusson. Gent,. to be En sign, by purchase, vice Newman, June 19. 82d Foot—ficrbert Morris. Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harvey, who retires, June 19. 85th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant, from Inspecting-Field-Officer of a Recruiting District, to be Lieute nant-Colonel, vice Frederick Matuisell, appointed Inspecting-held. Officer of a Recruiting District, June 19. Royal Newfoundland Companies—Lieutenant Hugh Best Cham bers, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Jeffares, whe retires ; Ensign Henry Christopher Marriott, from Ist Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chambers, June 12. MEMORAXDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign Platt, of 49th Foot, are Theodore Edwin Houghton. The name of the Ensign appointed to 85th Foot, on 19th March, 1846, is John Fitzgerald Studdert, not Studdart. The Christian names •f Ensign Grant, of the 3d West India Regi ment, are Patrick James John, Erratum in the " Gazette" of March 31, 1846. 3d Light Dragoons—For Lieut. S. Fisher to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Herries, killed In action; Cornet H. W. White to be Lieutenant, vice Fisher, promoted, Dec. 19, 1845 ; Cornet J. Both well to be Lieutenant, vice Codd, killed in action, Dec. 22, 1845 read, Lieut. J. E. Codd to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Ilerries, killed in action ; Cornet H. W White to be Lieutenant, vice Codd, promoted, Dec. 19, 1845; Lieut. S. Fisher to be Captain, vice Codd, killed in action ; Cornet J. Rathwell to he Lieutenant, vice Fisher, promoted, Dec. 22, 1845. eeseeee ese , e--- could, 11 necessary, bring forward a Bill for a deviation of the dock- own witnesses admitted that he was one of the moat intelligent, . lain E. Christie, Bengal Artillery ; Captain T, L. Harhipton„etb yard branch next session. wealthy. and respectable men in his neighbourhood. The Committee Bengal Cavalry ; - Captain D. Seaton, Ist Bengal European Regi na printed clauses were then gone through, and other clauses should consider this subject, not merely in a local, but a na- merit. relating to the property of Mr. Dixon, one to bind the railway corn- tional point of view. The Learned Counsel , had ov,-r end To have the l oca l rank of M a j or i n the Army to the East Indies patsy to adopt the deviati on p ropose d yester d ay, t h e ot h er to compel over again attempted to impress upon the Committee that competi- Major H. Forster, commanding the Shekawattee Brigadc•, June 12. e them to pass through his p ro p er ty on a viaduc t . Aft er some discus- tion did not profit, but fl-image the public inter e sts. li nt 11 r. Chance, 1 OFFICE OF OROS NCE, Jtese 18. siou they were both rejected, as the Committee were of opinion that oree of their witnesses, had, by chance,i_ admitted that the contrary i Ordnance Medic..l Departinent-eurgsonT, weit e law to be Senior the provisions of the "Lands Cl auses Conso lid at i on " A c t, were st un s was the fact. Th e p, omoters cittl s line proposed to dry up a canal Surgeon; S , urgcon S. Chisie -lin to be Senior Sur. eon ; F. A,ssi-eant which had given good accommodation to the district througti which Surgeon G. Farr to be Surgeon; Assistant-Sur;. on C. Stauuton dent to meet the case, Mr. Cole's opposition was di spose d o f b y the i n t ro d uct i on of a t it b.e . s s e - oeu i r; ;l ot h et t h i seee , aw. hi c, h w w ol uld be abeut 150 or 160 miles, following to be surgeon, vice Whitelaw ; Assistant-Surgeon J. Savage to be el d dodge in and out everywhere. ' The Surgeon, - vice Chisholm, June 1. Clause proposed by his counSel. Learned counsel then dwelt at some length on the fact that all the - Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. EPSOM AND DOZZING. irmunasters of Wolverhampton and the neighbourhood were not, as J. Sivewrighr, Jan. Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 10. It may be necessary to explain that thief Bill is a part of the Direct had been attempted to be represented, in favour of this scheme. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Southampton. London and Portsmouth, and th a t t h e d ec i s i on made upon t h e latter On cross-examination the witnesses admitted that some of J. Lnbb, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant for the said town and applies exactly to it. the most extensive ironmastere o f that district were against county of the town of S ou th ampton ; Le Feuvre, Esq., to be De- The Committee having di s p ose d o f the cases of all the opponents this line, and in favour of it s rival. Why was there puty Lieutenant forsthe said town an d county of Southampton, of the Bill, finally rose at about a qu ar t er to five o'clock- to be an ascent in this line at Wolverhampton of forty June 13. feet? Not for the interest s o f th e inhabitants, but to benefit a few Commissions by the Lord Li eu t enant of Clackmannanehire. The Bills will be reported on M on d a y. individuals who were inter es t ed in the Birmingham Canal. Should ; P. Anstruther, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ;R. Hale, Esq., to the Committee then decide that the station proposed by this Com- be Deputy Lieutenant, April 20. party for Wolverhampton was the best? Public opinion, lie said, was 1 ITEHALL, Juin no doubt divided upon the subject of these schemes ; he believed it ' The Lord Chance llor WH has appointed James Connln, would be proved b y the witnesses on behalf of his clients, that that of Horncastle, in the county of Lincoln, Gent., William to be a Master gton Ex opinion preponderated in favour of the scheme which he had advo- ' traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. cated. The Learned Counsel having concluded his speech, which 1 BANKRUP. occupied nearly thr ee h ours in delivery, by calling in evidence. j Anselem Colton Fowler, drape, Louth, T S Lincolnshire, to surrender Mr. Thomas Merritt, architect, serves os, and Taft 9 , stated that ' July 3 and 31, at one, a t th e C ourt of bankruptcy. Whitmore, official Mr. Thorneycroft's works ranked second In the neighbourhood ' assignee ; Jones, Sise-lane. of Wolverhampton, and that the Shrewsbury and Birmingham - William Everett, builder, Drury-lane, June 26, at h a lf-p as t t en, would interfere most seriously with the access to the wo r k s . H e • and July 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official described on the model before alluded to the situation of the works, ; assignee ; Townshend, Howland-street, Fitzroy -square. and the manner In which the rival lines proposed to cross that part - Joseph Thorley, cabinet-maker, Newman-street, July 1, at eleven, of the town. Mr. Thorneycroft had at present a frontage of 300 ; and 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official as yards to Horsley-fields-road, which this line would cut off. From j signee, Alderrnanbury ; Taylor and Collisson, Great James-street, 10,0001, to 12,000/, had been expended in the erection of Mr. Thor- Bedford-row. neycroft's works ; they were amongst the best in the neighbourhood. Thomas Rice Hart, victualler, Leatherbridge, June 29, at half past The height of the embankment of the Horsley-fields-road, at the twelve, and Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, point where the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line would pass, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings ; Fry, Cheaeside. would be 21 feet, the gradient would be lin 20. The Edward Sew - ell, hatter, Old Bond-street, June 29, at one, and eligible site of Mr. Thorneycroft's works enabled him to August 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official manufacture his golds at a cheaper rate than he otherwise could do. assignee, Basinghall-street; Share, Coleman-street. The bulk of Mr. Hatherton 's work would be destroyed, for the line henry Morris, stone mason, South Lambeth New-rord, June 25, proposed to pass through the works, and the adjacent valuable at two, and July 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, works of Messrs. Hatherton, Mr. Henderson, 'Mr. Clarke, &e., would official assignee, Coleman - street-buildings ; Dawes, Sergeants'-inn, be completely hemmed in by it. Fleet-street. The witness, in cross-examination, admitted that the Oxford, Thomas Court, bootraaker, Brighton, June 29, at twelve, and Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway would not give the iron- July 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official masters of Wolverhampton a direct communication with London, and assignee, Basinghall-street ; Messrs. Lawrence and Reed, Cheapside. that it, as well as the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line, would cut Joseph Wilcox, tailor, Little Bell-alley, Moorgate-street, June 20, off a portion of Mr. Thorneyerott's works. If that gentleman were and July 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gra a consenting party, the ptomotdrs of this line would be able to give ham, official assignee, Coleman -street ; Smith, Basineball-street. him access to his works, even if the line were made as proposed. Joseph Blackburn, cloth manufacturer, Gomersel, Yorkshire, July Mr. Thorneycroft was the chairman of the rival companies, and one 2 and 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official as interest d of the h in them. etitionersThe approach to against this Mpror.je ct ßarne (M tt'e works mightr. Crane) was also signee, Leeds ;Hall, Alder manbury, London; Lees, Bradford; Bond, very much improved by-the removal of the p• xter'i lodge. The pre- William M'lntosh, spirit merchant, Kingston-upon-hull, July 1 sent approaches to the other works already mentioned wer e not of and 22, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon -Hull. Kynaston, the best description ; they were private occupation roads. There official assignee, Hull; Leigh, George-street, Mansion-house, Lou would be no difficulty in giving access :o every portion of Mr. don; Stamp, hull. 7 borneycroft's works by constructing arches on the embankment of Matthew Hobson, corn and coal merchant, Great Grimsby, at the this line over a portion of his grounds. Hull District Court ; Kynaston, official assignee, Hull ; Kirk, Sy- Mr. G. E. Hamilton, civil engineer and architect of Wolverhamp- mond's-inn, Chancery-lane, London ; Daubney, Great Grimsby ; ton, confirmed the evidence of Mr. Merritt, and stated that it was Bell, Hull. impossible to calculate the injury which this line would iii- George Shorthouse, merc c h in a n ci t a , l N a e s wp sign or e t e , , ll ß l r o i n s m to o l u ; t s h m , a it t h th i e ir ß is r t i , s i tol flier me the owners of the works in question. They could Di str i ct C ourt; Acraman, not possibly procure such sites In Wolverhampton as their Charles Ball, linen-draper, Lane-end, Staffordshire, July 11 and works at present occupied. If they destroyed the means of 25, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official imparting and exporting heavy g oo d s i n to th e s e works, they at once assignee, Birmingham ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside, London ; destroyed them. Mr. Crane and Mr. Hatherton would suffer damage Bartlett, Birmingham. to the extent of 30,0001. 1f the line in its present shape wero sane- John Lead, innkeeper. Wellington, S'sropshire, July 7 and 31, at tioned. Mr. Henderson would suffer to the same extent. The works twelve, at the Birmingham Di strict Court. Valpy, official assigner, were at present in a most convenient spot for carrying on business. Birmingham ; Greatwood, Wellington ; Motteram and Knowles, Cross-examined by Mr. WADDINGTON-The works are adjacent to Birmingham. the canal, and the produce is generally carried by it. A direct corn- John Smith, grocer, StraVeird-upon-Avon, June 27, and July 22, at munication with London would be of great advantage to the manu- twelve, at the Birmingham Distrienjtiuircyoin6urg, Birmingham. which official i i rm 'at i :lns gh o a n m , g ; roe T. e S r, James , Exetet, , lecturers of Wolverhampton, if not encumbered with disadvanta s os,. assignee Birmingham which he feared this line presented. twelve, and July'23, Mr Barker, proprietor of the Chillington works, confirmed the at one, at the Exeter District Court. Heineman, official assignee, preceding witness's evidence, and admitted, in his cross-examination, Exeter ; Terrell, Exeter. that hepton had been a and director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver- Rob er t Stanford Perrott, grocer, Ex e t er, J u l y 6 , at twelve, and 23, ham scheme, now a contractor for the rails. at one, t the Exeter The Committee having, hi reply to M r . L ang , s t a t e d th a t th ey Exeter; a Terra, Exeter. District Court. Herna man , o ffi cial assignee, would take the Dudley line next, adjourned at four o'clock till twelve William Rolfe, music seller, Manchester, June 30, and Jdly 29, at Court. cl i o, u rmp at t s . o nt Hobson, l A eo l lb a vi n eo, n, .Manchester. official fd nfl te cr July on Monday next. twelve, at the Manchester District Court Pott, official assign ee , Manchester; B a dd e l ey Leman-street, Goodman's-fides, London; aully assignee, 23 , at eleven, lt an e a s at e rch ; th J John Potter, portable weighing machi ne ma k er, M anchester, June e aqti Jaques and Manchester S il D w i ' a t ;t i l e s t , Ely-place, London ; Chew, Manchester. George Lumley, cotton manufacturer, Wigan, June 30, and July 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Gregory and Co., Bedlord-row, London ; Leigh, Wigan. Joins Hughes, provision dealer, Liverpool, June 29, and July 21, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Co., Old Jewry-chambers, London ; Pemberton, Liverpool. Edward j ones, ironmonger, Liverpool, June 29, and July 21, a twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official a-signee, t Liverpool; Keightley, Ctinliffe, and Beaumont, Chancery-lane, Lon. don ; Hetherington, Woods, and Woodburn, Liverpool. GROUP LXIV. This Committee re -assembled to-day at eleven o'clock. IRISH GREAT WESTERN (PORTARLING TON TO GALWAY), and MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN (IV/ITLLINGAR. TO A.TELONE). • Mr. Sergeant WILANGIIAM (en behalf of the latter Bill) resumed his arguments against the preamble of the former Bill, contending that as it was not shown that the present pro moters of the scheme intended to carry the undertaking into execu tion, but to dispose of it to parties 'who were under no covenant to proceed with the work, it would be promoting a pernicious gambling in Bills coming before the Legislature. Mr. Sergeant Murphy replied. The Ciiitamsx then required that the subscription agreement of the Midland Great Western should be handed in. The portion of the deed containing the Scotch signatures ‘s as then produced, but tile remaining portions were not forthcoming. Secondary evidence, however, of the existence of the document was then given. The room was then cleared, and on our re-admission the Chairman announced that the Committee had decided that the preamble of the first Bill—namely, the Irish Great Western Bill —was not proved, but that the preamble of the Mullingar to Athlone Bill was proved. The Committee then adjourhed till Monday. PICE OF UGA The average pri ce of Br Brown or S Muscov ß. ado Sugar, the pro- duce of the British possessions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending June 16, 1846, is 345. 5 3 / 4 d. per cwt. RICHMOND RAILWAY (KEW BRANCH) COMPANY. SPECIAL MEETING (THIS DAY). A special meeting of the above Company took place this day at the London Tavern, in order to consider the pro priety of proceeding with a Bill now pending in Par liament, intituled " A Bill to alter, and amend, and enlarge the powers and provisions of the Richmond Railway Act of 1845, and to enable the Company thereby incorporated to make and maintain a railway from Mortlake, in the county of Surrey, to Kew, in the said county." At one o'clock the chair was taken by William Chadwick, Esq. Resolutions approving of the Bill were proposed and unanimously adopted. The CILAIRMAN announced that the railway would be opened between the Bth and the 15th of the next month. The meeting then separated. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of June 19.) SCCAR. - -To-day there was no public sale of aay description of raw Sugar, but West India Muscovado of ever) kind was in excel lent request privately, and brought further advanced rates, making the rise compared with last Friday of Is to Is Caper cwt. REFINED.—To-day the home trade were compelled to pay further advanced rates for Refined goods, owing to the scanty supply. Bonded Crushed Sugar is wanted, and there are few sellers of first quality under 33s Gd per cwt. Mauarrims.—To-day several parcels of all kinds of Mauritius Sugar were sold privately, and at higher rates, making the rise since last Friday is to is Gd per cwt. EAST INDIA.—To-day Bengal was in good demand by private con tract, and the advance in prices for the week has been Is. per cwt. RICE.—To-day the market was well supplied with Bengal Rice, three parcels amounting to 6,783 bags were submitted to public com petition; the demand was active, and the whole sold at and after the sales at an advance on former rates of 3d per cwt. FOEEIGN.—White Havannah has been purchased with more free dom this week, and rather higher rates have been obtained, although the market has been more liberally supplied with all descriptions. For yellow the inquiries have increased and stiffer rates are offered, but business of moment has been prevented by the unwillingness of merchants to sell. A considerable increase in the demand has taken place for white Brazil, and prices have risen Gd to is per cwt brown has met with increased attention, and au advance in the value of Gil per cwt has occurred. COFFEE.—The arrivals of East India have considerably Increased since our last report, and home trade sorts are yet brought freely to market, notwithstanding their cheapness ; but export kinds are not pressed fcr sale, In consequence of the low prices that exist, still the demand does not increase, although the stock still exhibits a decrease in comparison with that of last season. Mocha has been purchased with increased freedom, and which is not to be wondered at, con sidering Its cheapness ; the trade are increasing their stocks, and speculators are operating. TEA.—The dulness In the market has increased this week, and the business transacted in as descriptions has been extremely limited; but in the value scarcely any variation has taken place. Setesz.—Prices ruling tor Ginger occasions the demand to he good by private contract for all descriptions, and the supply is not so large as it was. For Black Pepper the demand privately has been limited for all sorts from exporters and tile home trade. White has sustained the former value, amid several parcels have been disposed of privately. Holders of Pimento show firmness, and retrain from offering - ally at auction. The stock is still much less than it was last - ye r, but prices are higher for all qualities. For Cassia Lignea, quotations ruling moderate, occasioned several parcels to be disposed of by pri vate treaty, as there is an impression existing that prices have arrived at their lowest point. Holders of Nutme. a evince more firm ness, and refrained from offering ally at auction. Mace in short supply, and is wanted. In Cloves few purchases have been made. SPIRITS.—The arrivals of Bum have been on a larger scale since this day week, but they consist chiefly of West India. Jamaica has been less in demand, but for the lew parcels sold holders have been enabled to obtain full rates. Leeward Island Is much wanted, and prices are looking up ; but business has been checked by the small supply at market. Calcutta has been In fair demand. There has been very little business transacted in Brandy of any kind, and it is difficult to quote prices with accuracy ; the stock here being a large one. In Geneva several small purchases have been made. Thu supply being small of British Corn Spirits prices are sustained, but the demand has been limited. Ou.s.—Although Linseed Oil can be obtained upon rather lower terms, still the home demand has been limited on the spot, and scarcely any export orders have been executed. For Rape Seed Oil prices continue to go down. In Olive Oil there has been little pass ing, although there are sellers upon further reduced terms. Palm is wanted, and rather higher rates have been obtained. For Cocoa Nut several inquiries have existing, Cod Oil has purchased with caution, but the stock being a small ere, holders are enabled to obtain 28/. to 281 lOs for limited quantities; this, however, would not be the case if the stock here was a large one. Southern being still plentiful, prices of all quali ties are kept low. In Sperm there has been little passing privately, and, the market being well supplied, a further tall in the value has ensued. For American Lard Oil the demand has been limited. There are further arririvals of Sperm and Southern Oil, stocks of which are heavy, and far exceed those of last season ',at this time, the prices Are lower. TALLow—There are sellers of Russian on the spot upon reduced terms ; still the purchases made by soap-makers and chandlers have been extremely limited, and 42s per cwt is the highest quotation for fine Petersburg Yellow Candle, duty paid ; indeed, if par cels were to be pressed for sale, even this price could not be obtained, although the stock is still a small one. For Town further reduced rates have been taken. Australian has been purchased with caution. American is dull of sale, and former rates cannot be obtained. There is every appearance of a further fall taking place in the value, as supplies of Foreign and Colonial Tallow are likely to Ise large this season. 11PERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS-EVENING.) WEST COUNV7A.LL. GROUP XIII. This Committee met at 12 o'clock, it Wm. Clay In the chair. GLASGOW AND BZLP&ST UNZON. The clauses of this Bill were proceeded with. An argument of some length took place on a clause providing that any company entering Ayr from Dalmellington should be allowed free: access to the Glasgow and Belfast Union—Counsel for the Ayrshire and Galloway contending that this company should be named specially in the clause, and that certain rateS for the use of the former line should be specified, while Counsel on'the other side maintained that the clause should be general and open to all rail ways, and that the rates should be left for consideration of another Parliament, or to the Board of:Trade. The room was then cleared, and. after being out for upwards of an hour, the parties were called In. The Cuslamatt intimated that the Committee had proposed a clause to meet the case in point, generally providing for the admis sion of any railway coming from Dahnellington, which the Legisla ture might In future sanction, at certain rates of toll to be fixed by arbitration. The other clauses of the Bill were agreed to, and the Chairman instructed to report the Bill, with the amendments, to the House. CALEXIONIALN EXTENSION. __ The CHAIRMAN intimated that he had consulted the Speaker respecting the point raised yesterday, and the Speaker concurred in the opinion of the Committee, that parties petitioning against a scheme had still a locus 342=14 though the promoters of it might de cide to withdraw a portion from the consideration of the Committee. It being now near four o'clock the Committee adjourned till Monday, at one o'clock. GROUP XVII. lILANCNESTER. AND SOUTICAIVI (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) 'ON. Mr. HATHERTON protested against the chairman instituting com. parisons between the testimony of the witness in his examination in chief, and asked when his Learned Friend on the other side would have an opportunity of cross-examining him as to his testimony. He was sure no member of the Committee would become an advocate of the line sitting there, as they did, in their judicial capacity. The Clubman said, without any wrangling, he would state why he instituted such a comparison b e t w een the testimony of the wit ness and of Mr. Addington, the gentleman to whom he referred. That gentleman was actually engaged in business in the Potteries, and he distinctly stated that the line would be of the utmost benefit to him as he should save several hundreds in the course of the year by the proposed Manchester and Southampton line—the witness, who was not en gaged in the trade. stated diametrically the reverse. He considered then that a person not engaged in the trade, but filling the avoca tion of a farmer, was not a proper witness to give testimony on this point. If they brought a person from the Potteries, who made a similar statement, they would be bound to listen him. Mr. ATHERTON said the witness was one whom the opponents of the line, in their Judgment, considered a fit person to give testi mony before the Committee. The examination of the witness was then continued, and he reite rated all he had stated, and generally disapproved of the line, as not required by the wants of the district. In his cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant WRANGEIAM, he stated that he did not know the cost of getting sand to the north of the Mersey. The cost of sending a ton of sand to Birmingham from Southampton would be 10s. a ton Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM called his attention to the fact that Mr. Addington had stated that the cost of getting a ten of sand to the north was 30s. It was unlikely that they would use the present route if the line were made, and the charge was only 10s. a ten in stead of 30s. Witmess—lf Mr. Allday, a cattle dealer, or any person, stated that he and his friends drove 60,000 sheep to Gloucester, and sent them to the north by the existing railway in the course of a year, he should not believe him. Ile was certain he would not make sucii a statement before men of business in the locality. In his cross-examination by Mr. ALEXANDER, he stated that he gave evidence last year before the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Committee, to the effect that direct railway communication from Droitwich to the south, for the conveyance of salt for agricul tural purposes, would be advantageous. lie was of that opinion still. Mr. W. Griffiths, residing in the Isle of Wight, produced a speci men of the sand raised there for the purpose of being converted into glass, and stated that the conveyance of the commodity by ships was preferable to a railway. A vessel carried from 100 to 110 tons. In his sross•examination, he stated that several days were occupied in loading a vessel—sometimes several weeks—and that it would be of advantage to be able to carry it away in small quantities. Mr. Dangerfleld, coach-master at Cheltenham, formerly ran coaches from Cheltenham to Southampton, but discontinued them as they were unprofitable; but attributed this in a great measure to the opening of the existing railway ; if, however, he were going to Southampton, h., should use the most direct line. The inhabitants of Cheltenham were migratory, and went frequently to Southampton and the Isle of Wight. _ _ Mr. B. Palmer, lessee of the Luggg~ershall•gate, on the road between Southampton and Cheltenham, sold the tolls amounted to 2001. a year, but the traffic from the neighbouring fairs did not come that way, so that that gate was not a fair criterion. The large tolls were not taken at that gate, and some thousand persons going north did not come through it. The Committee then adjourned to one o'clock on Monday. GROUP XVIII. MZETZIL DISTRICT. The Committee met at the usnal hour, Mr. E. Denison in the chair. The Committee proceeded this morning with the consideration of the various clauses of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, and the London, Salisbury, and Yeovll Railway. The clauses relating to the tails were postponed. The several clauses having been agreed to, Mr. SLADE, on the part of the Great Western Company, proposed to the Committee to recommend the insertion, making It imperative upon the company to lay down additional rails for the accout.noda. tion of the broad gauge between Exeter and Yeovil. Mr. MERYWETIIER objected to it on the grounds of the inconveni ence it would cause to the through traffic of the line. The room was then cleared. - Upon the parties being called in they were informed that the Corn• mittee had decided that the line be laid down in this manner. Rather an animated discussion took place at tin.) period of the [tidiness. The CnaritmAN stated, that he wished to call the attention of the parties, but more especially to Mr. Saunders, the secretary to the Great Western, to a statement which had been made to him by Mr. Creed, the Committee clerk, to the effect that some observations had been made in the course of a conversation a hich he (Mr. Creea) had had with Mr. Saunders outside the door of the Committee. Mr. Saunders having stated, that he had taken advan tage of his situation, as clerk to the Committee, to make re marks, or give expression to certain opinions calculated to prejudice the minds of the Committee against the scheme of the Great Western. Now - he (the Chairman) begged to state, In justice to Mr. Creed, that in the opinion of the Committee that gentleman had not, in the slightest degree, overstepped the bounds of his duty as a servant to the House of Commons, and further, that anything he might have stated to the Committee would not, lu the slightest degree, have affected the decision to which the Committee would have felt It their duty to arrive. If the charge was persisted in by Mr. Sanders, of course he should think it his duty to represent the case to the House. _ _ Mr. Coaxanatv stated that the interference alluded to by Mr. Sanders, had been very generally noticed by the members of the bar among tt,emselves. The CHAIRMAN did not think that such charges could be brought against that gentleman, at least, however, so fur as that Committee was considered, he would say there was not the slightest ground for such charge ; he had not, in the opinion of his Hon. Colleagues, done any more than was actually required of him in his capacity as clerk to the Committee. The matter then dropped. After some discussion a clause was inserted for the protection of he property of the Earl of Digby. The Committc e then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP =I. BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM (GLOUCES , TER AND STONZHOUSE =IQ CTION). (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The room was shortly after thrown open to the public. We ascer tained that the Chairman and Committee-clerk had been to con sult the Speaker as to whether or not any communication had been received from the Board of Trade with respect to the break of gauge ►etween Gloucester and Stonehouse, The CHAIRMAN, on his return, after consulting with his colleagues, announced that the Committee were of opinion that the preamble of the Bill had been proved, and that the line was to be constructed on the narrow gauge, so as not to interfere with the broad gauge, which is already laid down. Thq Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXIII. VIARVITICHSHIRD AND LONDON (THREE BRANCHES.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Locke confirmed the engineering evidence of Mr. Stephenson. Mr. COCKBURN opposed the Bills on behalf of the petitioning land owners, Lord Willoughby de Brake, Lord Saye and Scle, Sir John Cope, and thirteen others. The Committee then adjourned io twelve o'clock on Monday. The considerationoi this case was resumed. Evidence was ad duced on behalf of the opposing landholders to the line. The object of this evidence, it would seem, was to show that . Mr. Branch had not secured the best line the country would afford. The Committee was occupied with the opposition until its rising at four o'clock. GROUP XtiX VIII. LEEDS, DEWSBURY, AND DIANCISESTER, (WAKEFIELD EXTENSION). The Committee met at the usualtour ; Mr. Divett. chairman. Several witnesses were examined in this case with reference to the traffic and evidences of other general nature. The Committee rose at four o'clock. GROUP XLI, This Committee reassembled to-day at twelve o'clock, and re sumed the consideration of the TANCNESTNR, BOLTON, AND MIRY CANAL NAVIGATION AND RAILWAY BILL. Mr. CliasoN, on the part of the corporation of Salford, ad dressed the Committee against the Bill. lie said that the town corporation of Manchester had considered the town of Salford of such importance as to have improved the approaches on the Manchester side of the river at considerable ex- Puse_: An embankment bridge had also been erected, an d time Purpose of rendering the town of still g rea t er utilit y to man. or the public it was Intended to expend further •of the a rtst r i r on similar improvements. Through one number of the town crossed by the proposed railway, no less Greet would be effectually blocked up by passed annually, ott raZassengers than fourteen and a half millions an abutment 'which would what he had stated, ift, " e i Z i et? by the proposed project. Irom evidence, the Committee must o out it would be rortified by Proposed project would do infinitely greate r al,,,, orvice v i. that the After hearing evidence in supp ort this . I . l dvalitage to the public. .taternent the Conintittee ad journed. the ease GROUP XLIL LIVXRPOOL, ORMSSInic, Amu (Continued from our Afternoon Ed ll i t T uaa ,TOZT. The conclusion of the examination of Mr. Errington e i n * , for the promoters, after wbich the case of the landowner ton to the line was opened, and Mr. Slniker, farmer, thebliTlx).l - and other were examined, to prove the residential ancl -4 . 1 , 1 ), " injuries that would be occasioned if the lino was adopted. They "" ca opinion that neither the public Interest nor the welfare of the d► 3 triet would be benefited. The Committee adjourned. GROUP XL VII. This Committee re-as embled this morning at twelve o'clock, in room 25 (Grand Corridor), and proceeded to hear witnesses and learned counsel against the SWANSEA. VALE undertaking, but the preamble of the Bill was eventUally declared by the Committee to be proved. The clauses were gone through, and having been agreed to with a few verbal amendments, the Committee adjourned at four o'clock GROUP LIII. SIERENV'SBURT AND BIRMINGS.B.IVZ. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. coaarrr, having called the attention of the Committee to the local grievances which this line would inflict, proceeded to ad dress them generally with reference to the accommodation proposed to be afforded to the district through which this line would pass, and contended, that as between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, there t'Ssi little difference between that afforded by this and the Oxtbrd, Worce-4,e, an d Wolverhampton. The cue of Mr. Thorneycrolt had been attempud to be " Oh! oh'd " down by Learned Counsel, beettileg be happened to be the chairman of the 4 , 01 line, but their BRZVIT. To be Aides-de-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Army—Lieut.-Colonel J. Scott, 9th Light Dragoons ; Lieut.-Colonel J. L. Pennefather, 22d Foot ; Lieut.-Colonel A. S. H. Mountain, th, of Pyle; IGth Light Lieutenant-Colonelinthelt.Capt. of 31)1r s ' t tg :• ° eo n t a ; ; the :East Indies e. .. o Capt. eaPt . CI. F. I :L a t o h n t i 1 : 3, 1 s ;o r. 6f1235da..0:: Bates, o :k B t ' 2 o ; d ' o C t t t . . Capt. l; : Tr i ip to the Queen, with the 31 T aii o w. b:i. 3Liie.uLtaenwarnetn,Ce,oltoeuneglsalinjillerY•ent Native Infantry 1 Lieu e t u .- t &l °l a * I ; lt ,„_• steeY, 426 Col I'. Montgema r l e , m ai i, i. . -- i rti Thrwen, Bengal Major W. J. Thompson, 12th Regime `Major Bengal 407, , _ F s .g 1 Nativem Abbott,e r i, fr. ,Bengal nt v ai. at; t t.. of Colonel, in Artillery ; Army,Lieut.- G .""l La e ue aB nso t i n, n l d 3 l e e n s g — al Engineers ; Major J. Bradford, Ist Reg2iryae;notMßajengal Light cavalry ; -13.11ta jeoirlly.i.BAennggalelE.,n3gdine miijor C. Marshall, 68th Bengal Nat ive Bengal Artiliery ; Major raves 16th • %, Jack Bengal Native Major - . , R egimen t erßengal Light C ; infantry Inf antry; Major C av a l ry t, To be Majors in the Army,in the East Indillese7calpNartiv. of 14th Bengal Native Infantry ; c am. j. A M r a t i i o le r r i y 3. ; Turton,of t* emlaenfkaenstoryn: Bengal Artillery ; .Captain R. Hill, of 70th 1 Native Infantry ; Capt. C. Corfield, of 47th Bengal t C• Troup, of 48th B Bengal Nati 13 engai Capt. F. B. Boileau, of the Bengal Artillery Infantry ; CaP-. C. Native Infa r ve engat Native Inf nrY ; bell Cat 0f 36th A. L. Camp ,Bengal Li g h t autry Cavalry Captain , . 30th Bengal Native Infantry; Captain W. E. M. E. Loftie l . Captain It 1' R . 1 aller B F. Flernyng, E. Baker, Bengal EH neers , gi ~ . engai Artillery; tiller,y ; Captain J. Bengal Ar ,42d Bengal i n 341 Be Leeson, Captain J. Fordyce, Capt. T. oBre , I f M eng Native Infantry; Native Infantry; Captain C. 63d Bengal Native n antry ; Captain W. S. Captain W. Iloggan, Pillans, Bengal Artillery , • C a ptain 11. T. Tucker, Bth Be ngal Native Infantry; Captain A. O. Ward, 69th DOWN Native Iztfantry ; cap. HOUSE OF LORDS - The Earl of SuArrEsattair, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the Southwark Drainage Bill was read a third time. LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the inhabitants •f Whitchureh, Herefordshire, praying for the re• peal of that part of the Act making it binding on justices of the peace to build county lunatic asylums. Messengers from the H. use of Commons brought up several Bills, and prayed their Lordship's concurrence to them. FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions from Dundee, Greenock, Dumfries, and other places in Scotland, in favour of" the Bill for procuring sites for the Free Church of Scotland. The petitioner did not wish to interfere with the rights of property; all they claimed was the liberty of worshiping God according to the dictates of their conscience, and for that pur pose wished to have the means of doing so. LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR. Lord BROUG HA %I laid on the table a Bill for the better regulation of the law of creditor and debtor. The Noble Lord said he would not press the Bill forward till he had an oppor tunity of consulting the Noble and Learned Lord on the wool sack, and the Noble Lord behind him (Campbell). The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. The Bishop of NORWICH presented a petition, very nu merously signed, against the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Lord's day. Si:ES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. The Earl of FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from the Rev. Mr. Gordon, a rector in the county of Oxford, against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. He agreed with the petitioner, that instead of diminishing the number of bishops, there ought to be a large increase of them. He was favourable to a diminution of the income of individual bishops, tout not to the extent that petitioner went. The Bishop of EXETER heard the sentiments ex pressed by the Noble Earl with great pleasure. He said that cry throughou3 the country for an increase of the number of Bishops in the Church was a loud and earnest one, and he hoped it would be attended to. lie was of opinion that there was no necessity for an increase to their salaries, but he thought there ought to be an adequate number of Bishops for the spiritual wants of the country. Th, question as to whether the new Bishops should have a seat it the House of Lords was a secondary question, though, for his own part, he thought that the dignitaries of the Church ought to have a seat in that House, alongside of the aristocracy of the country. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUtiE OF COMMONS. The SPEAK ER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Returns from the Poor.law Commissioners, Trinity House, and other public offices. were brought up. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed, viz.: —Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway ; Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Railway; Mountmellick Junc tion Railway ; rnd Templemore and Nenagh Railway. REPORTS. The follo w i ng reports were brought up and laid on the table, and the Bills were ordered to be engrossed, viz. : Blackburn, barwen, and Bolton Railway ; Cornwall Rail. way ; Curtis's Divorce Bill ; Dudley Canal and Birmingham Canal Companies Amal (Stations E n l ar gamation ; Easte rn C ount i es R a i lway No. I— gement) ; Great L e i nster and Munster Railway (Carlow to Kilkenn Railway and Bi rmin y) ; London and Birmingham gham Canal Arrangements. The r fo Canal T HIRD READINGS. —. ing Bills were read a thi r d time and pa s sed..viz.: Agyll 1 Banffihire Roads; Caledonian Railway 1 (Glasgow, Garnkirk. and Coatbridge Railway Branches) Eastern Counties Railway (Epping Extension); London and Blarkwall Railway ( Widening); idiand Railways (Burton upon-Trent to Nuneaton Branch and Ashhy Canal Purchase); Newcastle and Bern•iek Railway; Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Durham and Sunderland Railway and Wearrocuth D, , ck Purchase and Branches); Scottish Central 12•+ilu-ay (Crieff Branch). WEST LONDON RAILWAY (IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION) BILL. Captain MANGLES moved the third reading of this Bill which was objected to by Mr. 'JAS fERMAN, who proposed that the third reading should be postponed until Monday next, when he should move that clauses 21, 22, 23, and 24 be omitted. Captain MANGLES objected, on behalf of the promoters, to any delay being occasioned in the progress of the bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the postponement of the Bill was necessary, as litigation was pending between the City corporation and the company with respect to compen sation for the soil of the bed of the river. He thought the clauses alluded to should be retained. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the principle which the ' Hon. and Learned Gentleman had laid down was quite correct, but he (Lord John Russell) did not see that any case had been made out by the Corporation of the City of London, and it would, therefore, be unfair towards the promoters of the Bill to postpone the third reading. After a short conversation, the House divided, when there appeared— For the Postponement For the Motion.. Majority The Bill was then read a third time and passed. IPSWICH AND BURY ST. EDMUND'S RAILWAY. Earl JERMYN moved—" That the report on the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (Extension to Ely, with a Branch therefrom) Bill, and the Thetford, Bury St. Edmund's, and Newmarket Railway Bill, be taken into consideration upon Monday next."—Agreed to. _ _ REPORTS. The following reports were considered and agreed to :---The Ardrossan Municipal, Police, and Improvement; the Forth and Clyde Navigation and 13ow•ling Bay Improvement ; and the Stockton Gas. Captain L A YARD presented a petition praying the House to take into their conAideration the late deduction of 5 per cent. in the amount of the pensions paid to the out-pensioners of Greenwich arid Chelsea. UNION SETTLENIENTS. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from York in favour of the Union Settlements. SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from Doncaster, praying that the two Members should be added to Doncaster who had formerly been returned for Sudbury. ART UNIONS . Lord MORPETH also presented a petition from a t own i n th e W est Ridi ng of Yorkshire in favour of the legalization of art unions. SEE OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. Mr. FINCH presented a petition from Rutland against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. RA CO. Mr. DUNCO TAXING M BE present l ed LWAY a petition from a number of shareholders in the Dubin! and Armagh Railway, praying the House to adopt some measures for taxing the costs of engineers and solicitors in railway Bills. An HoN. MEMBER. ;resented a petition from Queen's County, signed by a large body of landlords, praying that ha:f the rate! should be paid by the landlord and haif by the tenant. SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROa'OLITAN POOR. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the working cusses of the metropolis, stating that they were pleased to see the in quiry which was at ;resent going on into the health of towns; but that they see with deep regret that in all the Acts which have been passed this session relating to the supply of water, there has been no provision for the poor; the Acts hare only contemplated the supply of water to the richer classes. He would give notice that he would put a question to the Govern ment upon the subject. Dr. BOWRING moved for a copy of a communication made by Lord Monteagle to the Board of Trade on the sub ject of burdens on land. MR. SIOTT, THE LATE ASSISTANT POOR-LAW COMMISSIONER. In answer to Mr. W. O. STANLEY'S inquiry as to the truth of some of the allegations which appeared a few days ago in the Times relative to the conduct of this individual in his management of a certain private lunatic asylum in the north of Lancashire, fir J. GRAHAM said that he was quite willing to produce copies of any documents which migl - t have reached his hands in reference to Mr. Mott during the time that he was employed by the Poor-law Commissioners, which was now four years ago. A most gross statement had appeared in the Times a few days ago ( but no doubt unintentionally), in which it was represented that Mr. Mott some years ago com menced a newspaper, under his (Sir J. Graham's) patronage. He had to statr?., in answer to that, that Mr. Mott was per sonally unknown to him, and that he had ceased to bear, Assis tant Poor-law Commissioner for nearly four years. This error no doubt arose from the facts which he would state to the House. Sir. Mott, on the 11th of March, 1843, became the editor of a weekly paper which was called the Poor Law Guide. It was printed, he believed, by Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, of London, and he believed that it was edited by Mr. Osborne, who also resided in London. This was in March, 1843. On the Ist of October, 1843, another periodical, called the Union Gazette, was pub .ished, edited by a gentleman named Marriott, which contained notices with reference to paupers who had deserted their families ; and the Board of Guardians of Netherby. of which he had the honour to be chairman, applied to the Poor- law Commissioners for permission to take in this publication for the purposes of the union, and the Pour-law Commissioners stated in reply that if the in information was considered necessary they were at liberty to take in this publication, and to charge it upon the rates. He again repeated that Mr. Mott has ceased to be a Poor law Commissioner for four years, and he could not possibly see how a statement so unfounded could be published. Mr. \lott was at no time the editor of a newspaper under his (Sir James Graham's) patronage. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY said the Right Hon. Baronet had alluded to him as in some way connected with the Tinus ne spaper, with reference to the subject before the House.— " No, no.") lie begged to say that he had nothing whatever to do with the article in question. Mr. DUNCOMBE said the Right Hon. Baronet had omit ted to answer the moat material part of the question, namely, whether any person having a joint speculation in the LunatiLt Asylum was connectedwith the Poor-law Comm i ssion? Sir J. GRAHAM repeated that Mr. Mott had no longer any connexion with the Poor-law Commissioners. Mr. CHRISTIE wished to know whether Mr. Moffatt held office under the Poor-law Commissioners as a district auditor. In reply to the former part of the question he had nothing to say, as there was no certain information from the Commissioners at Somerset House. In reply to the second part it appeared that when Mr. Moffatt was introduced Mr. Oliver had certain districts appointed to him, but it having appeared to the guardians that the office of auditor was unnecessary, Mr. Moffatt had him suspended from his office. BARRACKS A l' Colonel RA WD wished to know whether the design for the enlargement of the barracks at Armagh had been set aside ? The inhabi ant, of that town had spent much money in pro viding accommodation for the officers, and if this design were to be set aside they would lose large sums. He wished to them whether the grant was to be continued or not. The Earl of LINCOLN said that the sum of 5,0001. had been originally proposed, but it had afterwards been altered to 4,004. for the enlargement of the baracks at Armagh, under the impression that it was to be the chief depot of the dis trict. But the military authcrities had afterwards reviseci that decision, and made it a place for a detachment only. It is sirntily a military question, and on that ground had been de cided. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S EXPLANATION. Upon the order of the day for re.,uming the debate on the PROTECTION TO LIFE IRELAND BILL, Sir R. PEEL rose and said—Mr. Speaker—Sir, in rising to move the order of the day for resuming the de bate on the Protection to Life Ireland Bill, I deeply regret that it should be necessary foi me to obstrutt for one moment the public business by taking up the time of the House with any personal matter with regard to myself. I deeply regret that it should be necessasy for me to avail myself of what perhaps at best is but a doubtful privilege of making an explanation of matters personally reflecting on myself ; but deeply as I must regret taking up the time of the House, and so delaying th• public business, I doubt whether there is a Member in this House in whose estimation I would not fall if I did not not avail myself of the earliest op portunity of noting the accusations made against me in this House on Monday evening.—( Hear, hear.) (LEFT SPEAKING.) COMMONS' SUMMARY. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. After the transaction of private business, and after an xpianation from Sir JAMES GRAMAM, with regard to nis alleged patronaze of Mr. MOTT, the Assistant Poor law Commissioner, the which he denied. Sir ROBERT PEEL rose for the purpose of moving the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate on he Protection to Life (Ireland) Bill, expressed hi, regret that it should be necessary for him to avail himselt .f perhaps a doubtful privilegc,for the purpose of makings iersonal explanation, but he doubted whether there was Any Member in whose estimation he would not fall if he did not avail himself of the earliest opportunity of noticing the accusations made against him on Monday. lie thanked the House for the general forbearance to wards a public man in defending himself against an accu sation which might have been brought forward any time luring the last 2f years, when the evidence would have been stronger, and he might have had better evidence for his defence. Since 1827 there had been great and fie! ce political conflicts, and he had thought in 1835 that the events of 1825, 1827, and 1829 had ceased to be remembered. When the attack was made on him, On Monday he had to send to his country residence for the whole of the correspondenc e of the last three lays ; he had been collecting papers and newspaper eports to defend himself against these charges .% hich had been made against his veracity and honour. lie listened to the charges with the calmness result ing from the conscientious conviction that they were not founded in truth, but yet with the anxiety naturally resulting from the lapse of :line which had taken place, and which had dapiived him of the evidence of those who had heard what passed. He could now only deal with the evidence at present brought forward ; and if there were other evi denceit ought to have been brought forward before in CO fairness, if other evidence were brought forward this evening he would appe a l t o t h e H ouse f or t i me t o meet po it, but with regar d to th e evidence w show that before the House, if he did not the charge was utterly without foundation,et discomfiture. The The Noble Lord, who had been should retire from the House that night with Is 2 great of and who had b een Parlia ment in 1826, 1827, 182 8 , andC 82 anning 9 , thought pr o p er to private secretary to in 1846, the charge that be (Si r It, PEEL) •cl bring forward had objected to act with M r . CANNING in 1827, on the groud of the o pinions of Mr. CANNING On th e C atholic i question, he having , n 1828, told Lord LIVERPOOL that his opinonis on the Catholi c question were changed. The charge was wi thout foundation. He had never wild Lord LiTERPooI, that hi; opinions were changed, but finding himself in a minority on that question, he asked Lord LP:Mil'. OL to relit' ve him ftom the respon sibility of the Government of Ireland. Thus it rested until the Member fur Shrewsbury, on Mon day, thought proper to insinuate that there was a letter of his (Sir ROBERT PEEL'S) in existence to Lord LIVERPOOL written in 1825, and stating his change of opinion. If that letter were in existence he challenged its production, and he had pledged himself if he had any such letter to produce it. The charge was that he had communicated his change of opinion in 1825 to Lord LIVERPOOL, and that he had, in 1829, distinctly avowed that in 1825 such a change of opinion had taken place, and that change was grounded upon a report in the " Mirror of Parliament," to the effect that he (sir ROBERT PEEL) had informed Lord LIVERPOOL, in 1825, that the time had arrived when something ought to be done. upon a report of the Times, containing the same words, and upon a reference made by Sir Edward Kuatchbull to that report. He was also charged with having been a sopprepis yeti, and had, for unworthy purposes, mutilated a report in Hansard. With regard to the first question he would refer to the course which he took in Parliament in 1825. Was it consistent with the idea that he had stated to the head of the :Govern ment that his opinions were changed. In that:year he had opposed the motion of Sir F. BURDETT. in favour of Catholic Emancipation, on 254th February, 1825, which motion was carried by a majority of 30. On April 21, the Bill came on for a second reading, and in opposing this motion he said that he gave all credit for conscientious motives to the Hon. Member for Armagh, (Mr. BitowNLow) in changing his opinions, and that if lie (Mr. PEEL) had changed his opinions, he should not ' hesitate to avow it. He had continued his oppo sition to the Bill, though every one of its subse quent stafres, and it was not probable that he would thin have gone to the Earl of LIVERPOOL. and stated that his piuions had changed. It was after the 10th of May when the Bill bad pas-ed a third reading, and he had been also beaten on otherm ea sure s connected with emancipation, that he had told Lord LIVERPOOL that his position was untenable and he re• quested to resign. It was subsequently agreed that he should remain in office and the Catholic question should be made an open question. That was after the Bill had been rejected by the House of Lords, and after Lord LIVERPOOL had made a more de cided speech against the Catholic claims than he had ever made previt , usly. On the 26th of May, in to the alteration of opinion avowed by Mr. BROWNLOW, he bad again stated—and stated in the presence of Mr. CANNING, that his opinions remained unaltered; could he have done this in the presence of Mr. CANNING if he had written such a letter to Lord LIVER POOL as that to which the lion. Gentleman had alluckd. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES :N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From tic Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUEADAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 19. JOINT-ST . OC3'L BANKS. n Dividend Amount r, Name of Company. er of Paid. Price Y Annum. Share. e - -- -- £ s. el. I X s. d. Australasia •••• - - • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 i 27 Britsh North American 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 45% n Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 1 23 . 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These reso l u tion! would really hav e no f orce at all, for the H ouse had already affirmed th e sp i r i t of them by Acts o f Perlis. anent. The r esout ions app eare d to hi m i n convenient , and would p ro d uce b a d results, and he must beg o f the Right H on . G ent l eman not to persist in forcing t he '? upon the H ouse . I t seemed to him, that if an exP ery went were to b e made, it should be made in accord aece with the deci s i on o f t h e Board of Trade and t h e cog' panies con cerne d. H e should not call u p on the Rou s of Comm ons t o express an opinion upon a matter which involved so muc h d ou b t as this. When the fifth Y r :7i proposed, h e s h ou ld propose to leave out the word "no', The SPEAKER then p u t t h e reso l ut i on , which wrti as follows : —" Th at i n order to com pl e te the gen era chain of narrow gauge communication f rom the nor th to the southern coast, and to the port of Bristo l, elf suitable mea sures s h ou ld b e promoted to forma narrow ° gauge link f rom Gl oucester to Bristol, and also f c r o u, Oxford to Basingstoke, or by any thee shorter route e netting the propos« d Rugby and Oxford line wi th South We s t ern R a il way, without prejudice however to the for mat i on o f any other line, also connecting, 1' 0f 1 )° an uniform gauge and by a di rect rou t e , the north England wi t h the southern coast." The resolution was unanimously agreed to. Sir G. CLERIC then moved the fourth resolution: 1 " That it is th e o pi n i on of this House, that it is expedient that the South %V a l es li ne, and its branches w mouth and Heref or d, s h ou ld be formed on the brefi gauge." Th e B oar d o f Trade had given the best tun' r sideration to th e su bj ect, and after mu ch deliber at they had arrived at the conclusion embodied in the re solution, th a t th e S out h W ales Railway shoul d b e forme d on the broad gauge. Sir G. GREY repeated his objection to the House Sir interfering to pronounce an opinion whether or n .. 00 2, was expedient to construct a line on the broad °l s° be narrow gauge. If it were necessary for a railway le s „ t laid down on the broad gauge, let provisions forth purpose be inserted in the Act itself. Ile protests against any alterations bein made in the gauge except by an Act of Parliament. lie should, therefore f ti t er as an amendment, that the word "not" be insertedr.iii " The it;ollovv; " is," so that the resolution would read, he would expedient, &c.," and if that was carried, it up by another amendment to carry out his views. an d After a few wo r d s f rom Ai r. O WISD I GORE another Fiore .11EMBEIS, the . ° l3 ‘ 'Mr. HAWES would test the technicality of uo u n se s: jection of his Right Hon. Friend by a few He had only to wove that in the opinion of the g ° be it was the technical objection that could be got over t 4 adopting the resolution of the Board of Trade. j e S e he y be recollected what the House had already done. had confined the narrow gauge system to a par b a e locality, and south of Bristol the broad gauge was tho se laid down. He trusted that both parties—both 0 who advocated the narrow gauge, and those w r ' d. were in favour of the broad gauge—had been hest observe It was merely a t , chnical objection, and therefore,_. did thick that the House ought to sanction the resohltewel Under the circumstances in which the House was P la ice s they would b e f u ll y j ust ifi e d in the course that proposed. , After a few word s f rom Si r G . GREY i n exp cold b Mr. HUME sa id i t appeare d to h i m t h a t it vs one better to strike out the resolution altogether. called Lord SANDON did not thi n k th e House Ives be upon to expr ess any op i n i on as to the broa d gauge'seee only to re c o mmen d the adoption of a certain course pro' ,y d by the B oar d of Trade. Sir T. WILDE o b served, that the adopt i on hi' Gauge :31 Gauge Com m i ss i oners of the narrow gauge had na tui l ,u caused much a l arm amongst the broad g auge comPanue les . •The only object of the resolution was to allay any necessary alarm th at m i g h t b e create d Amo ng the prietors of the South Wales Companies, that they w ould ; not be all owe d to construct their line on the gauge tone had been originally intended. 'N After a few words from Mr. CHRISTIE and Sir GREY, Sir T. DYKE ACLAND said that the p romoters of the broad gauge were not satisfied with the decision l ice the Commissioners, b u t h a d consente d tee th e Commissi on public principles. The House then divided, when there appeared -- 1 For the resolution ;7i Against it l4 Majority On the sth resolution being proposed, " That it is the ; e4 opinion of this House that it is not expedient to alter th e _ provisions of the Acts for forming a line of railway from -, Rugby to Oxford, and for formin g a line of railway ;%'" nor from Oxford to Worcester and Wolverhampton, wi th ) respect to the gauge on which they may be formed. with respect to the powers therein conf er r e d on the Board N of Trade." Mr. LABOUCHERE rose to make a few observation s. ;! , 4 He thought that the House, by adopting a series of roo lutions like those propos e d, did no t t a k e u pon itself anY 1 4 responsibility what e ver. He c ou ld not help thinking, tha t , a s consistently with the int e r es t s of th e public, there , h be some mode of extending the broad gauge to tU ° .. manufacturing districts. It it had any adva: o tages, as h a d b een a d m itt e d, th ere was *.4 means as yet, owing to its restricted use, of testing thee: efficiently. For his own part, he was of opinion t hat it 3„. would b e wrong to d ec id e t h e quest i on ent i re l y i n ~ your of one side, as that system of competition which IN4 would be excited b y t h e use of both gauges woul d be thereby put an end to. He should, therefore, say, le t them have both the narrow and the broad gauge, as 1 . 0 as they could be laid down consistently with the inte rests of the public. If Parliament were to establish the best system of railways what, he would ask was, that rc • they would not, by resolution or otherwise, preclude them.. selves from again considering the question, if it should be found that a double line could he laid down with s a fety Ho would also object to allow the question of gauge 1 ° be decided by Railway Committees of that House. It 11 was a question which required the consideration of emi , melt engineers, and he would therefore have a re sponsible body appointed by the Government, to whose decision in all cases the question should be left. These ist were all the observations he thought himself called u pon 11 04 Gentleman opp os i te , t h a t t h ey were not by this reso to make. If it was th e op i n i on of t h e Ri g h t Honourable !S lution precluded from again considering the matter, he lI Od had no wish t o t rou bl e t h e H ouse with any resolution on t a e the subject, but if not, then he would move as s a e h )e, amend men t, a reso l ut i on embodying h i s v i ew s—t"" . draft of which h e wou ld rea d . I t wou ld a ff o rd hot much pleasure, however, if the Right Hon. Gentleman would state that b o th gauges were pract i ca bl e on the 55a1e t line. 42 Mr. HUDSON concurred most fully in the obser vs " 1 e4 14 Cons * which had f a ll en f rom the Right Honoura ble as Gentlema n w h o h a d j ust sat down. If it were con sidered that it would tend to the public advantage t ° have two gauges on the same line, he saw n o reason why the double gauge should not be laid down. He must bear his testimony to the fairness and impartiality i „, which had been evinced by Honourable M em ber , who had spoken on both sides of the (pies' Lion ; and he trusted that the liberality o thus exhibited would stimulate all the companies to if ] : 0 creased exertion for the public advantage. He Wok' o not enter into any di scuss i on w i th the Hon. Geutlelo.ll 7 (Mr. Russell), as to the comparative merits of thei r se . respective lines. They were met there to settle resohl" tions as to wh a t t en d e d to t h e public advantage, an d fs'' . that reason he would confine his observations to the re ice. solution. Ho felt the strongest objection to having t hA two systems on one li ne . S everal of the most e minent engineers h a d sa id so, and to him it aeared, that were attempted to b e carried out, it would be atten .i s with the most imminent danger to the public. It mighll t be found to work well for the distance of four or nr: miles, but if extended to a long distance, there would beto. ,; • such a compli cat i on of difficulties as would make 't 11 Th e confusion created could not s di scribed. L et t h ere be an independent line for both 1- it was consider e d b ene fi c i al to the public advantage , b ut he hoped the Board of Trade would be slow in giving liner as opini on on l ay i ng down both gauges on the same '. as he had th e aut h or i ty of several engineers that i t was utterly impracticable. He felt the strongest objection to anything th a t wou ld cause complication or confusion set the present railway system, and, if the double gaug e system were carried out, he would not be responsible for the working ofit. He hoped the suggestion of the Board o Trade as to the uniformity of gauge would be carried out Mr. C. RUSSELL made a few observations, but they were not audible in the gallery. After a few words from Sir G. GREY, Sir G. CLERK said that they were not now adopting any one gauge over another. There had been a Bill passed last year, called the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill, and there was a clause in troduced into th at Bill , p l e d g i ng the promoters tolay down double sets o f ra il s s h ou ld the Board of Trade re.. upon to lay dow n quire it. Th e y were no w ca lled those rails. give Sir ROBERT After a few words: from Mr. EVELYN DENISON and Mr. COLLETT, The resolution was then put by the SPEAKER , and PEEL rose and said Sir, I agreed to. thatoEr Ttlevv byill, the ' wish to alleged to have taken motion for permission Right Hon. Baronet having reading the orders o f the the Prevention of Murde r s ' day for in Ireland, make me for transaction s some statement with respect to those charges pre.erre ng sat down, a the k en p House,ae re agi inst in the years 1825, 1827, and 1829 - Disraeli hurriedly left the Ho diately afterwards, use, but returned inoree tinck. acc ompanied by Lord George Bo a ' Mr. PHILIP MILES • al advertisement for moved for a copy of the origina l advertisement tenders for carryince her Majasti g r mails by steam the • printed formof • to and from Halifax, and for a copy of Customs f instructions sent to collectors o the ports, authorisedtender, for the to guidance of parti •es tendering d • also, for c opies of the tenders or l o tender haned in th time roper at Somerset etters House f , in compliance with the e terms of said instructions. Copies of tenders made after the time, if any. Copy of the original contract under which the mails were settled to be carried between Liverpool and Halifax, and Halifax and Boston. Copies of all agree ments made after the date of said contract, upon eq . increase of the term of said original contract, or of the grant for the service. Return of the sums paid to the contracting party to date, specifying whether grants or permanent increase of terms, and the dates of the same. Copy of the new contract entered into or about to /Jo, entered into fo r carry i ng mails between Liverpool an d New York. The motion was agreed to. PROTECTION TO LIFE (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion that the Ldjourned debate on this Bill be resumed, Sir ANDREW ARMSTRONG, who was quite in audible in the gallery, addressed the House, as %Ye understood, in opposition to the Bill. Mr. BENNET said that he had taken a great deal of pains to ascertain, according to his own judgreent' NYIIM the effect ei • ibis illewno would be. xe hsci been IMPERIAL I'ARLTAMENf: HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 18. RAILWAY GAUGE. On the motion for resuming the adjourned debate on the Broad and Narrow Gauge question, Mr. EVELYN DENISON said that he wished to urge a few arguments against the resolutions in their present shape. So much had been said in that House .eith regard to personal interest and partiality that he hoped he might be allowed to say that he had no con nexion with either of the great parties who were con tending for this point, He had no concern with any railway speculation of any sort or kind ; and as to par tiality, when the broad gauge was last year before the House he gave his vote in favour of the extension in the broad gauge from Oxford to Rugby and Wolverhampton. He was quite ready to admit, and no man could have any . :loubt o n th e p o i nt, t h at the luxurious convenience _l:l,e d speed of the b roa d gauge h at i many advantages. ease was now alter e d. Th ey h ad had the report or The ease Gauge Commissioners, and that report had been under must be the consideration of the Board of Trade. and • an ee of the conceded that the preference and predominance Commis. narrow gauge had now been admitted the sid y es the veneral iioners and by the Board of Trade, ience and difficulty under voice of the country. The inconvernQsu., by confirming he wished to point out a 3 likely to I were called upon ill these resolutions was thi t s. the r formation of the narrow the House to acknowledg to Oxford ; and they were called upon ca ed be formed from Rugby gauge line both north and south—that it shonld upon and desired gauge should the same line of to affirm that the broad com munication. gaucre line of o f Parliament, that the narrow aTlhsoeybewlearied, down in called upon to assert, o n com munication, from north to south, se) Id u pass through the very jaws of the bro a d au thority going from one district to the _ gauge i n what authority h ad they for this other. No w , 2 He could fi n d none but th e authority of th . thought it vvus 'unjust to call e Commissione r s. H e upon th em to carry a line of com mun i cation from the north to the sou th on t h e n arrow, passing through the v er y j aws o f the broad guage ; and he confessed, if the Right Hon. Baronet succeeded in carrying the restriction, ho must give notice that the word " not" be omitted out of the third resolution, which provided that it is not expedient to alter the provisions of the Bill for making a railway from Oxford to Rugby. It would be impossible to ex tend the broad gauge on the Rugby line beyond Oxford. The report of the Gauge Commissioners certainly car ried out the opinions of the Eight Hon, UeIItIQUMI 114 I I