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If y i —7. • w rte . " ' r -T! 10 2 4 k... 4 Pt. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee No. 2. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) lIEOT LONDON AND IKANCZIESTER. This allegation was the 371st ; and Mr. Purr said, he proposed now to m ake a great sweep, a nd proceed to e 48,15 t alleg a ti on , which stated general inaccuracy in the books of reerence with respect to the names of the owners and occupiers of land along the line. The specific allegation was, that there was an omission of this nature with respect to four fields, three occupation roadq, Esc., in the parish of Tutbury; the property of Sir Osv,ald Mosely. The Committee found that in this case the standing orders had not been complied with. There was a similar allegation, which was not pressed. It was also alleged that no notice was given to the clerk of the peace for the parish of Meshaim, in the county o f Leicester, through which the line proposed to pass. Mr. DYSON objected, on the ground that the Allegation was not sufficiently specific t o enable the p romoters to meet it. He also denied tha t the line would pass through the parish in question. Mr. Grundy was examine d to show ass, that the tow n et Paekington, through ivhich the lire proposed to p partly in the pariah of Meshaim , that he occupied pr t op er tlte y; w t as. under Sir Charles Hastings there , and that he had n _y in )e se rved with notice. Section 41 on the plan o was par the parish of Meshaim, and of Packington. He paid poet rates for the geld in question to the collector the town s hip of tes of Packing,ten, which went to the poor of t . Packington. Did no t know whether he told Mr. Brock, when he went to show him the boundaries of the two parishes, what was the Bruno`ry of the parish of Meshaim. be e . H eg bee (solicito ir Charles Hastings) corro borated the evidence of the preceding witness as to the posi tion of Packington with respect to the parish of Meshaim, which was a notorious fact. Paid church-rates exclusively to Meshaine. A paesty bolding property in the township of Packingten paid church-rates in Meshaim. One-third of Packington was in Meshahn, and the property referred to was in the parish of Meshaini. The Committee found that the standing orders in this case had not been complied With. The next allegation was, that in the plans deposited with the clerks of the peace for the counties of Middlesex, Chester, &e., and in the books of reference there was a dis crepancy, inasmuch as the property, No. 16 A, in . the parish of Hanbury, was not described in the latte r as plantation ground. This allegation was admitted. Several other similar allegations were abandoned. The next allegation considered was that the pages on the books of reference did not correspond with those in the books of reference, which was sustained. Mr. Pramsaid he had now come to the last allegation, N 0.514, which was similar to the preceding allegation, which he would not press. 'The next petition considered was from the Marquis of Anglesey for which Mr. Thomas appeared. The first allegation was that in property 107, in the parish of Stapenhill, there was no application in writing, which was not sustained, as well as another allegation to the same effect. It was alleged that in No. 40, containing three houses, that the standing orders had not been complied with, which was not established. The petition next alleged that No. 41, the property of the Marquis of Anglesey was not mentioned in the book of re ference. The property was proved to belong to the Marquis of Anglesey, and the Committee found that in this case the standing orders had been complied with. There was a similar alleg a ti o n with respect to the property marked 42, which was not sustained. The next allegation was, that in No. 17 the right owner was not stated, which was not sustained. There was a petitioa from Mr. Landon, which contained a !similar allegation respecting No. 19. From the evidence it appeared that the ground in question - had been let out for grazing, and that some of the parties who bad cattle there had been served with notice instead of the cccupier, Mr. Landon, who held the land from the Mar quis of Anglesey. The Committee found that the allegation was sustained. The remaining petitions were abandoned. ' The CIIAIR3fAN announced that the standing orders had not been complied with. EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, AND numaroz- TONSUIR,V. The Committee proceeded to consider the petition of the promoters of this undertaking. The object of the Bill was to construct a railway from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, to connect Glasgow, Dum barton, awl Helleusburgh. The extent of the line was twenty-six miles, and the capital 300,000/. Mr. Pritt appeared for the promoters, and Mr. Graham in snprort of the petitions against the Bill. The formal evidence was then heard, from which it ap peared that the amount subscribed was 467,0001., of which 23,350/. had been deposited, being one-twentieth of the sum subscribed. There were several petitions against the Bill. 'The first considered was from the trustees of the Loss district of the Dumbartonshire roads, whieh alleged various non-compliances with the standing orders. It was alleged that there was an inaccuracy in the plan de posited with the clerk of the peace at Dumbarton. Mr. Pitirr here objected to the plan in question being used, and the Committee decided to proceed on the plan de posited at the Private Bill-office. The petition alleged that a turnpike-road near Ardrop was not marked, which was not sustained. There was a similar inaccuracy alleged in No. 31, on the plan—the railway crossing the road twice, which was not marked. The CHAIRMAN said, that from the plan it appeared that in one case the crossing was marked. Mr. Gnairam said that there was no mention made of the second crossing in the notice served on the trustees. 'The CIIAIRMAN said the Committee found that in this case the standing orders had not been complied with. It was also alleged that no copy of the plans and sections had been deposited with the schoolmaster at the west side of the river Leaven, which the Committee would not en tertain. The next petition was from the trustees of the Wier dis trict of Dumbartonshire, alleging that the distances were not marked in miles and furlongs on the plan deposited in the sheriff's office, which was sustained. There was a similar allegation, which was not sustained. It was also alleged that there was an inaccuracy on the datum line in the same district, which was sustained. There was another allegation to the same effect, which was not sustained. It was also alleged that in No. 91, in Old Kilpatrick, which was to be crossed by the pro posed railway, the mode of crossing was not shewn. The allegation was not sustained, the committee being of opinion that the road in question was not a public road. There was ash - niter allegation respecting No. 72, on the plan which was sustained. . • This was the last allegation in the petition, and the• case was postponed. Parliamentary agent, 3fr. Pritt ; solicitors, Messrs. Hunt and Co.; engineer, Mr. Miller. The Committee then adjourned to twelve o'clock on Friday. Sub-Committee No. 3. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) • WELSH MIDLAND. The Committee then resumed the hearing of this case. Mr. Ellicombe appeared for the promoters of the Bill, and Mr. Burke for the petitioners against it. The whole of the d?y was occupied in discussing dis repancies of a minor character on the plans and sections, and examining and cross-examining 'Mr. Sidney Hall, the engineer of the line, and Mr. Samuel Hughes, of Westminster, the engineer for the opposing parties, in relation to each point. Several of the discrepancies were admitted to exist on the plans and sections deposited on the 30th of November, and the petitioners with the aid of their engineer, sustained a few allegations which affected both the plans and sections deposited on the 31st of December, as well as those deposited on the :oth of Nov. In the course of the day a question arose, as to whether a party who was not immediately interested either by occu pancy, possession, or otherwise, in a piece of land omitted in the book of reference, could appear before the Com mittee to complain of such an omission. It was urged by Mr. Burk that discrepancieS in the plans, sections, or books of reference were open to the objection of the gene ral public, while on - he other hand it was contended by Mr. Ellicombe that cnly the plans and sections were liable to be objected to by the general public, and before a party could complain of emissions in the books'of reference, he must show that he was in some way connected with the piece or pieces of land alleged to be omitted. Mr. BURKE suggested that as most of the allegation of the petitioners had referenc3 to the plans deposited on the 30t of November, it would be better as the promoters had aban- The Committee decided that they would revive the point until it had teen discussed in the Committee of Chairmen of Committees. Boned those plans for them to rely on the case of the Mon mouth and Hereford Bill and go into the Committee on standing orders on the corrected plansdeposited upon the3lst December. Ultimately- it was determined that the engineer's on bosh aides should have a meeting to determine what allegation should be admitted, and which ehould not. The Committee, however, remarked, that there was al; ready sufficient evidence before them to justify their roport lug to the Conunitteo up stairs that the plans and sections deposited on the 30th of November were defective, and contrary to the standing orders, in so far as they did, rot Filow a datum line, or a fixed point, and that the plans and seetiors: deposited on the 31st of December were not duplicates of those deposited on tke 30th of November, ikvertliciess the Committee;:vcre ready to take evidence to prove that the plans dettisited on the 313 t December wet e correct._ The Committee then adjourned till Friday at 12 o'clock, Sub-Committee, No, 4. til ! t o'clo c k, h ay _ This Committee did not met to-day un ing adjourned to that hour at their rising members present were Sir W. Ileathcote Mr. Acland, Mr. 0 iletraY. The 1111, -m), Mr. J.O'Cotnell, 3lr. Leigh, •Po Johnstone, and Mr. Shirley - . . There have been added to the list thirty•seyen Bills, th e whole of which are for Irish railways. -V On-CASTY= VIA.E.I7.'2IIEZID, AND LEMDS. This Bill, which was adjourned from yesterday In order that the original e3timate of expense n.ight be produced by . t h e engineer, was called to day, but the parties not being prepared to go on, it stood over. .0.1'713 M-741.r.p,5T t 7.14.102.1%! The CriAtumAx stated, tl:at in respect of the 14th and 15th allegations of the petition, which were. under co nsiderat i on when the Committee rose, an err or was made in the an nouncement that the allegations were overruled. It should have been stated that the 14th was con fi rmed, and the 15th overruled. Several alleations as to minute differences between the plans and sections having been read, and witnesses having be red upport of and in answer to each, said that the Committee would not report _ions until they should ascertain what the whether it was usual to report such slight t. .he part of the petitioners, said, that slight teies appeared to be—being in some in th of an inch on the paper—they might lead teonvenience ; and for the promoters of the Bill, urged the im mg the plans and sections alike in such nti- ;ations of the Bill were then proceeded with. It was alleged that in several parts of the line the limits of deviation were not marked ; but the allegations contain ing the objection were withdrawn. be examined in E' ~,, ‘,.. SP NV 11.411 CIIAIMIAN S IN - 11./ '- ' ese allegati c...." _ ~,... _ t : pFaatlc as, and Iv o ar, 7„", „.__,-___ J Cqe all 'es or not -• ,-,,,,,_ - -- l'lr t --,, Bt on tt '-- -f,-., ;: fA - 1 : ,- -as these, - bcrepani -,, , :. " - _,,• - __l _ .:- stanees Oa 1-20 1 1 • ~ 4:.,„: . : , ~ ..to-veyas at into 0 ^ j .„.'' --" fir. C NELL, fi .10.%____:., t possijity of havii ~. , utellbints. 0, 11 1 - The other alleg THE SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 184 . sidered the advantages very decidedly in favour of the proposed deviation. The second was in the immediate neighbourhood of Swansea, which would raise the levels over the river at Swansea, for the benefit of the navigation. The third was abuut thirteen miles in length. between Neath and Cardiff; the distance would thus be shortened three miles, and the: crossing of the shifting sands of Newton be entirely avoided. It would connect a coal field, which is about to be extensively worked. On the Newport and Monmouth Branch a deviation is also proposed of no great extent, for the improvement of the line near 1:1,k. In coming before Parliament again for the eastern portion of the line, which was dropped last year in the Committee of the House of Commons, the subject of the crossing of the Severn has been carefully re-considered. The importance of this crossing near the point originally proposed, appeared to the directoas and engineer undiminished ; and he had ac cordingly prepared Parliamentary plans of two modes by which it may be accomplished—the one by a bridge of larger dimensions than that proposed last year, and the other by a tunnel, as suggested by Mr. Walker, the engineer, in his re port to the Admiralty. Several short branches were pro posed into the Forest of Dean. Upon those part of the line rot immediately affected by the proposed alterations, all the preliminary steps have been taken for staking out the line, purchasing the prcperty, and commencing the works; be ginning as usual with those which will occupy the most time. To the east and west of Swansea, and thence to Neat!), as well as east and west of Newport, contracts have been adver tised for. The accounts made up to the end of the year showed a balance of 75,590/. 3s. Id. in favour of the Company The CIIASRMAN then proposed the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Dr. BOWRING, M.P., and carried unanimously. In reply to several questions, The CHAIRMAN stated, that if any circumstances should come of which they were ignorant, with respect to the crossing of the Severn, a special meeting of the proprietors would (be called, in order to discuss them. There must have been a special general meet ing of the Proprietors before the Bill went to the House of Lords, at which the subject might be difcussed. The following directors who retired by rotation were then re-elected :—James Alston, Esq. ; Sir S. John Guest, Bart., M.P.; Stephen Lewis, Esq. ; Colonel:Ilugh Owen, Abel Lewis Gower, Esq., who retired from the auditorship, pursuant to Act of Parliament, was also re-elected. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman and directors, the meeting separated. LONDONDERRY AND ENNIS KILLEN RAILWAY MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of this Company was hald to-day at their offices, No. 5, Church-passage, Guildhall, at one o'clock, at which, in consequence of the resignation of Mr. Ferrers, Mr. G. G. Filth Presided. The seal having been affixed to the deed of settlement, and the minutes of the previous meeting having been con- firmed, The Crrarnmax stated, previous to the reading of the reading of the report, that he had great satisfiaction in as suring the meeting that the works were in a forward state, and he believed he might say, before the:next half-yearly meeting, the whole of the line would be an active operation. All the sleepers, rails, and other necessaries, were already con tracted for, and a great portion of those required for the road, yet unfinished, were already on the ground. The engines were now in possession of the company. The report having been read, the chairman said that before moving, the adoption of the report he begged to inform the meeting that the directors, feeling the claim of Sir John M'Niell exhorbitant, they had: offered a certain sum, which was rejected, they had then preposed to leave the matter to arbisration. Neither of these propositions being intertained, th • directors had no alternative than to defend the action which Sir J. M'Niel had brought against them, and he had great pleasure in stating that the verdict had given a much less sum to that gentleman than the company had at first offered to him. He (the Chairman) had only to observe that on the trial which occurred a great deal of personal feeling against Mr. Tyrrel, the solicitor to the Company, who had always been a faithful and ju dicious ally. The report was then moved and adopted, and the Chair man called on Mr. Leathern who was intrusted with the progress of the work. Mr. LEATHAM, after defending the conduct of Mr. Tyrrel, stated that the whole of the course sf line was admirable and likely to draw a great traffic from the intercourse with Dublin. The proprietors in Ireland were perfectly satisfied with the conduct of the direction in London and the Irish proprietors were quite ready to follow the routine laid down for their conduct. He was quite ready to answer any ques tions which might be put to him.—(Cheers.) It was then carried that the common seal of the company should be affixed to the register of the shareholders now produced. Mr. VARDIBUTT said that, as time was valuable, he should make but few observations, and he was the more inclined to do so in the present state of the money market ; but yet he felt that no concern could go on profitably without any efficient direction, and that no direction could be efficient where the members were not to some extent remunerated for their services. He therefore begged to move— " That the sum of 800/. be voted for the use of the directors for their past services, together with the thanks of the proprietors for the care, attention, and energy observable their proceedings, and particularly for their judicious economy in the conduct of the business of the company, and that a suns of 8001. be annually allowed for the use of the directors until the works be finished." Sir R. FnacinsoN, in seconding the resolution, regretted the difference that had occurred between the engineer and the Company. Had more time been given to Sir John Macneill to survey the line he believed :hat many mistakes would have been avoided, but yet, under the circumstances, the best conclusion that could be come to bad been obtained. The early period at which the line ksould be opened must be very satisfactory, and the present depression of the shares was but a temporary matter, and with this impression. Before the resolution was put, Mr. SNELL, jun., begged to inquire how many directors there were? The CHAIRMAN—There are ten which, makes 801. a-year each. Sir G. STEPHENSON, before moving the third resolution, inquired whether there was any intention of applying to Government for a grant of mone y . The CHAIRMAN—At present there is not any such inten tion. Sir G. STEPHENSON, believing that the motion was oily reasonab:e, moved — That an annual sum of 60/. be allowed for the auditors of the Company." Mr. WRIGHT seconded the resolution, which was carried without dissent. Mr. SNELL inquired what was the highest and what the lowest amount of each call, and what were the intervals be tween the several calls ? The SECRETARY—The highest amount of ends call was 5/. per share, and the intervals were three months each ac cording to the Act, but the reduction of that amount would depend upon the discretion of the directors. A SHAREHOLDER suggested that the directors should con sider the state of the money market in deciding upon the amount of the last call. The CHAIRMAN stated that the works were in progress, and therefore it was desirable that the money should be got in as speedily as possible, as the efficiency of the work was the chief consideration. Sir R. FERGUSON thought that a number of small calls would be less injurious than one of weighty amount. It was then decided that the calls should be as expressed in the report. Sir J. N. R. Campbell was then elected a director. Sir J. N. R. CA3IPRELI, in returning thanks for his election as a director, stated that he felt peculiar satisfaction in the allusion to his connexion with the Oriental and Peninsular Navigation Company. And in speaking of that connexion lie felt bound to state a statistifical fact not generally known. by . Englishmen, and that was, that three-fourths of the ca pital in that Company had been provided by Irishmen, and that four-fifths of that required for their navigation generally came from the same source. He felt happy in his connexion with the present Company. Sir John Campbell having been called to the dish., Si. Robert Ferguson moved the thanks to the chairman, and the meeting separated. THE FUNDS.-(CLOSING PRICES., BRITISH FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. . 208% 208% Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 y 9614 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 95% 8 3 j 96 96 New 'Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Arms. 98% 97% 97% Long Annuities, Expire Jan. .5, 1860 .. 10 11-16 9 -16 % 10% India Bonds, 1,000/. .. .. • • • • Ditto, under 1,000 . 1. South Sea Stock .. .. • . • • • • Ditto Old Annuities .. .. 95 Consols for Account •.. 96 95X Exchequer Bills. I%cl. I%d. 1,0001. 38 36 -- pm. 5001... .... 36 pm. Ditto, Small • . 38 pm. ONE FOREIGN FUNDL O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 833( Ditto, New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 .. Ditto, Small .. • • • • • • • • Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent Portuguese Four per Cants Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent e• Oa. Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59% Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 95 1 ,4 BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. 10 38 p CLOSING PRICES. 83% .. - .. .. MU PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Ablrdcen .. Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .... 2►4 .......... Caledonian .. 10 .. .... 13%14 .. • • .... Ditto, Half Shares .. .. • • 25y •• • • 3g g Ditto, Extension .. 2a .... 2 1 4 Chester and Holyhead .. 20 .... 21a ..... Direct Manchester (Remington's) 2% .... 1 4 .. • • Direct Manchester (Rastrick's) 5% .... 3% Direct Northern .. 214.... 2%a Dublin and Galway 4 .... 3% .. Eastern Counties .. 141. 16s. 217 7 .%.. ...... Ditto New .. 81. 16s. .... 67p. Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61 13s. 4d. • Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6/. 13s. 4d. % p ...... • • Ditto, York Extonsion I 05..... Eastern Union 25 .. • • • • • • • • Do. Ipswich & Bury St.Edmunds 614 .. • • 7% ••••• • • • • • East Lincolnshire .. 1 x .... 214 .... ••• • • • Goole, Doneast., and Cheffield, &c. 425..... 1 p. Great Eastern and Western .. • Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 15 .... 21 .... ••• • . • Great Western • • . • .. 85 .. —l5O 149 Ditto, Half Shares .. .. 50 .... 84 83 .. Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 5 .... 17 ••••• • • • • . Lancaster and Carlisle .. 35 .... 55 Ditto, New .. . • .. .. 5 •• • • 1 01 4 •••• • • • •al • .. 225..... t 4 dis Leicester and Bedrord . Liverp., Manch., & Noce. Junct. 2% .... •• • . London an t Birmingham ... .100 .. . 222 224 222 . • Ditto Thirds .. • • .. .. 16 .... 49% ..... •• • Ditto Quarters .. . • .. .• 2 .... 274, 26% Ditto Fifths .. • • .. .. 2 .... 24 25 •... London and Blackw all .. 161. 13s. 4d. S ....... Ditto New .. 2%.... 4 1 0 ( . • London mad Brighton .. 50 .... 64% 65!, 64 3 4 London and Croydon .. 131. 15s. 9d. 21% 22 Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 .... 10 London and South-Western.. 411. 6s. 10d. ••••• • • • • • Ditto, New . • . •• .. 12% .... 2314 London and York .. . • .. . 2%.... 3 % Manchester arid Leeds .. 82 .... ....... Ditto Extension 425..... 3)4 3 p...... Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 . .. •••. • • • Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) 4 .. •• . • Ditto, Quarter Shares (B) .. 2 .... Manchester, Buxton, & Matlock 425. .. . • ••••• • • - • • diDitto. N ew ' s lanchester and Southampton .. 2 .... 2% .. Midland .. 10 1 0 8 : 1 3 46 2 % Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 2 5 .... 43% .... ••• • • • Ditto, New 1 .... •••• Newcastle and Berwick .. .. 10 .... 211 4 .... Newry and Enniskillen .. . • 2% .... • North British .• • . .. 20 .... 274 Ditto, Half Shama .• 6 .... 9% . - Ditto, Dalkeith .. • • .. 25 .... 31% North Devon North Kent and. Direct Dover .. 23A North Staffordshire .. • • •• 425..... 3% Norwich and Brandon .. 18 DittP, New • • • • .. .. 5 51A Perth and Inverness 2% .... 1% ...... Portsmouth Direct 34 _•••.......... Rugby and Huntingdon Scottish Central .. .• . 716 Ditto New • • • • • • • •••• R • • • ...... Shrewobau and Birmine c a ft 3 , ' - The CIIAIB3IAN observed that it was not ncessary to mark the limits of deviation if it was not intended to take the land included in them ; but if it could be shown by the books of reference or other papers that it was intended to take the land, the omission would become a non-compliance with the standing orders. It was also alleged that a certain turnpike-road passed by the proposed line, was described in the plans thus— " turnpike-road, level and unaltered, the railway to pass under. Height of arch 18 feet," while, from the sections, it appeared that the railway crossed the that thoi road s n an was moral y embank ment of 31 feet. It was represented a ri word " un d er " being substituted for clecal error—the " over," and that it was not calculated to mislead. Mr. WEBSTER admitted i hat it was clearly a clerical error, and that no one could be misled by it. Ile, therefore, with drew the allegation. Several other allegations having been disposed of, the Committee decided that the standing orders were not com plied with. DONCILSTZE, WA SEIMELD , AND LEEDS. This case again came on, and was finally disposed of, th Committee deciding that the standing orders were complied with. Sub-Committee, No. 5. TEE LONDON, SIA.I.ISEVE.Y, AND YEOVIL Stir; OTION (BASINGSTOKE TO YEOVIL). Thenext allegation was, that John Green the younger, was described as the owner of certain property in the county of Dorset, marked No. 3 on the plan, while the Rev. John Goldsbow was and is the owner, the said John Green being only the occupier. This allegation was found not proven, and. Mr. Venables said he was happy to say that ended the case e CHAIRMAN then announced that the standing orders were not complied with. GLASGOW, DAIZEHrian, AND NEILSTON DI SECT (nmaNcnr.s TO THORNIE-BANIE , HOUSE:CULL, AND 11URLIET). This Bill was opposed by petition of the Earl of Glasgow, complaining of non -compliange with the standing orders. Mr. Dimms, of the firm of Dimms, Dunlop, and Hope, ap peared as Parliamentary agent against the line, and Mr. G. 11. Long appeared for the promoters of it ; and the soli citors were Messrs. Campbell and Lenants, Glasgow. The capital was 150,000/., and the estimated cost 150,0001. Sub scribed, 86,250/. The Committee decided that the standing orders were com plied with on the Thornie-bank, Househill, and Ilurlet branches, and then proceeded to consider the Paisley branch of the said lice. The first allegation was, that the book of reference deposited with the schoolmaster of the parish of Paisley was not a copy of the book of reference, inasmuch as property described in the book of reference in some instances was arable land, when it was not so. The objection was not entertained. The next allegation was, that the height of certain bridges described in the book of reference did not correspond with the copy deposited with the parish schoolmaster of Paisley, and were loot marked in plain figures. In this instance the Committee were of opinion that the allegation was sustained. The next objection that the names of several lessees were not contained in the book of reference through which the branch railway was proposed to pass and that they had not received notice of such railway, although they were, and are, owners of some of the land through which it was to go. After some considerable time spent, the agent withdrew this objection, and the Chairman stated that the standing orders were complied with except in one case. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK (BRIDGE Or WEIN. BRANCH.) The object of the petitioners for this line, is to construct a branch railway from the Glasgow and Greenock lines to the Bridge of Weir, the estimated cost of which is 60,000/. Mr. VENABLES appeared to oppose the Bill, and the first allegation raised was, that in the parish of Kilbarton there was a carriage-road not shown, or the height or span of the bridge proposed to be constructed on another road not marked or described truly on the section. '1 h e Committee decided that the standing orders were not complied with in those cases. The next allegation, "That the datum horizontal line was not properly marked," the Committee found that the stand ing orders were not complied with. Mr. VENABLES next proceeded to prove that the parties who signed the subscription contract were not liable, inas much as two gentlemen had not given their proper address. The Committee decided that the standing orders were not complied with, and it being then ten minutes to five ad journed until to-morrow, at twelve o'clock. Sub-Committee No. 6. This Committee resumed its sittings at twelve o'clock this day. Present, Captain Jones (in the chair), Mr. Pakington, and Mr. Deedes. WEST LONDON EXTENSION AND IM PROVE-I'4:EN T. - - -- - Certain documents relating to this Bill, from the Private Bill-office, not being forthcoming, the Committee ordered that the case should be postponed until Friday. SOUTH 'VJAMiES. The promoters of this line not being prepared, this case was also adjourned until Friday. WOISCESTER AND PORT DYNX,LAEN. The object of this line is-to construct a line of railway from Worcester to Port Dynllaen. The length is 150 miles; the estimated cost 2,700,000/., and the amount paid into the hands of the Accountan-General is 2,025,000/. 1. - The engineer is I. K. Brunel ; the Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Burke and Co. ; and the solicitors, Messrs. W. and W. Hunt. The hearing of this case was postponed, and the Corn mittee then adjourned until two o'clok on Friday. SOUTH. WALES RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The second hal:'-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this Company was held at one o'clock this day, at the Great Western Railway Station, Paddington. Charles Russell, Esq., in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, and the seal of the Company affixed to the register of proprietors, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to address the meeting. He said, when the directors had the pleasure of meetirg the proprietors in the month of November the Company had just passed through that feverish and unhealthy state of railway speculation in which so many futile projects had their origin. It was then impossible for'them to foresee how many of these projects would arrive at a state of matu rity so as to affect that Company. They had since ascer tamed that upwards of 46 schemes were projected in the prin cipality of Wales alone, a district through which they would remember they had the greatest difficulty, at no distant period, of carrying their line, although it was projected to pass through the very heart of the mineral and manufacturing districts of the country. Out of these schemes only 15 had survived to undergo the test of a Parliamentary investigation, and several of them would be unquestionably beneficial to the South Wales Company. At the last meeting the Com pany agreed' to support some of these lines; they now sug gested that they should give their assistance to a line from Sandford to Tenby,which was projected by the independent Company. It was obviously to their interest to support this line, as it would facilitate intercourse with the south of Ire land, particularly towards Wexford ; and as it could not fail to bring a great accession of traffic to their line ; for the same reason, it would be to their interest to support the Wa terford, Wexford, and Dublin, and the Cork and Waterfoid Railways. For the improvement of their lines, it was necessary to seek the sanction of Par liament for the branches and deviations enumerated in the report. But the most important feature in the Bills which they had introduced into Parliament was the applica tion for power to complete their line of railway from Chep stow to Standish, including the passage of the Severn. The object of crossing that river was now under the consideration of the Admiralty, and it would therefore be advisable not to discuss the matter at that meeting.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, (he proceeded) we have encountered an unexpected obstacle —an obstacle, however, which cannot long be permitted to form an obstruction to our proceedings. I alluee to the report which has been presented to the Government by the Gauge Commissioners, in e Inch they recommend that the four feet eight inches and a half, or narrow gauge, should be declared by the Legislature to be the gauge which shall be adopted on all the railways now under course of construc tion, and hereafter to be constructed in Great Britain. The directors have intentionally avoided all allusion to this ob ject in their report. The question is too grave ,and too deeply affects the most important private interests, and the largest public principles, to be discussed in warmth or in haste, and the directors do not, therefore, think it quite ripe for discussion. For the same reason I shall abstain from making any observations on the question. I could not, in deed, venture to embrace in the compass of a short address to the proprietors a subject of such magnitude and such importance. It will, however, be the duty of the direc tors to enter into a full, calm, and dispassionate review of all the facts and all the reasonings which have been adduced, either in the report of the commissioners in the evidence which was given before them, or in the experiments which they witnessed. Gentlemen, I had always a positive assurance— an assurance which has been confirmed by the discussion which took place in the House of Lords last night —that the Government and the Legislature would not allow the investigation and consideration of the subject to terminate with the report of the Commissioners. I was satisfied that they must themselves give to that report the fullest and completest consideration ; and if such a consideration be given to it, I for one cannot entertain a shadow of a doubt that they must reject the unfair, the biassed, and the violent and impracticable recom mendations with which that report concludes, as involving not only a large expenditure of money and a vast waste of capital—as involving not only a breach of public faith, under which you - were invited into these enter prizes -- but upon the pretext of personal, and local, and trivial inconveniences, which have been grossly magnified, which I, perhaps, should more properly say have been created for this purpose. Can you have any doubt that it is a pretext; for the real cause of ap prehension has been the want of an approximation of the broad to the narrow gauge, and a comparison of the com petition which will necessary result between two gauges. I say I feel satisfied that their recommendations must be re jected, not only on account of the important private interests which they involve, but as entirely subversive of all the improvements which have been made, and still can be made, in this wonderful invention which is still in its infancy, and is destructive of competition, and the advancement of the railway system in this country, it com mercial whether in the form of power, accommodation, safety, or in interests trove deeply r the country. detrimental both tihailsacinuclesctoimon .h. e \ - y !Oxietion of chares so that, instead of being beneficial, might, perhaps, in the Gentlemen,tothe in our proceedings le . estimation of some, cause us to pause I am satisfied ; but lam not of that opinion, as that a determination must be come to at an early period, ate may be felt at the ar.) Some d:s , ppointment perhaps delay which had . con struction of the line ; b u t w h en occurred in the did nut obtain their Act until t t great portion of the summer and the of August, that a d e voted to surveying, that the line nijir _inontlis had been miles in length, that they had had a branches was 210 they considered that they weather, which rendered the construction great Teel of wet and deep cuttings an unusually heavy task, t i i , e i embankments no time had been lost ; 1 ' would perceive that and ha could assure the proprietors that all the energies of the directors and of the engineers would be exercised to facilitate the works, and that no delay which could possibly be avoided would take place,(Chee . rs ) The Hon. Gentleman then called on the secret ar y , Mr. Armstrong, te read the report, which set forth that the Company had applied to Parliament for an Act to empo wer them to construct a branch of about five miles in length , to the town of Haverfordwest : for a shoft but important branch into t o wn, and to the Quays the . in the main line of about of Swansea ; and for t wo alterationslength,in as well as twelve to thirteen miles eachd . . . two of much less extent, and to make several deviations the first was between Carmarthen and Kidwelly, which would much improve the gradierts, and diminish consider ably the amount of works, and particularly of tunnelling; in all which respects the original line at this part was com paratively defective. The distance would be increased by about three miles, notwithstanding which the engineer con- 1 Shropshire Union .• 425. South Midland 42s South Staffordshire Junction • . 2% South Eastern and Dovor . • .. 33 1 / 4 .... Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 2% .... 3 1 / 4 South Wales .. .. • . • • 5 •• .. 5% . . Swans. & Loughor & Cameron's• • 2 •• .. 2 1 / 4 Tean and Dove Valley.. • • • • 1 % •• • • o %',i •••• • • • • Trent Valley • • .. 5 .. • . Trent Valley and Holyhead June. 2 1 / 4 .... 1%. Wexford, Waterford, & Valcutia 1 1 / 4 .... 1 Welsh Midland .. , • • 2% •• •• York and Carlisle •• ••• 2 •• York mid North Midland • • • • 50 •• •• •• •• • • • • Ditto. Extension . • . • •• 1 5 •• • • 32% 32 .. Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.•• 1 10 , . FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. • . • • 1 0 •• •. 11 1 / 4 % •• Bord., Tout., & Cette kMackenzie) 2 .......... Ditto, lotto (Espelete) ••2• • • . 214 Dandre Valley . • • • .. 2 Dutch Rhenish • • .. • • • • 5 ...• East Indian .. • .. • • • • 53 • •• .• 1 • • Grt•North. of France Constituted 5 .... treat Indian Peninsular • • .. ss. .... . Italian and Austrian .. • . 3 Lyons and Avignon .• • • • • 2 •• .. 2 1 / 4 Luxembourg Madrid and Valenta .. • . .. 2 ...... Namut and Liege . • .. .. 4 •• Orleans and Vierzon • • .. .. 10 18 Orleans and Bordeaux • • .• b 1124 .. 'aris and Orleans • . •• . • • 20 •• .. 50 3 4 51 ...... 'aris and Rouen .. • • • • •• 2 0 •• .. 401.3 i .. . . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. .. 10 .... 14 MINES. !al del Monte, Unregistered 4 dis... 2!,4 2% p Loudon Joint-Stock RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, FEB. 24. STOCK ExcLuscz.—Tbe sales are -Blackburn, Chorley, and Liver pool, dis.— Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 34 eis.—Caledonian, Half Shares, % p. —Derby and Crewe, 3p.—Direct Northern, 1-16 p. —East Lancashire, No. 2,4% P. — Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, p. —Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 10% n.— Lancashire and North t u Preston, Alancheater, and andStock port, Matlock, p.—Manchester and e Yorkshire, h Staffordshire, 3% p.—Preston an es e s ar . e o r n p _ N o , o o r l t and Wyre Extension, 3s. 6d. dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junc tion, 2—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, 3 p.—South Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Halves, 13-16 p.—Trent 21M p.—Trent Valley, Midlands, and Grand Junction, 1 , , g, die.—West Riding Union, 3iq p. LEEDS, TEL 24. trocx Excnallox.-The sales are-Pastern Counties, York Ex ino.22-Manchester and Leeds extensions,4P.P7-111nrde.atti G a r n ii d na ( b ' y ro a y z a id on Sheffield, 414 p.-Ditto, Quar ter Shares, 2i4-Leeds and Bradford, 521 A -Leeds and Thirsk, 974 -North British, 27-Ditto, New, 9%-Ditto, New Carlisle Branch, 21.16x.-Direct Northern, 21. I Is. 6d.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 534-West Riding Union, 3y, -Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, par-Bradford, Wakefield, and Mi,llitud, 16s. dis.--Cli theroe Junction, par-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, Is. tits.- Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 15s, dis.-Leeds, Wake field, and Midland. par-Leicester and Bedford, 2s. 6d. dis--Man cheater, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 355. p.-North Western, 21. 6s. Ga.-York and Carlisle, 2-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 2. HULL, FED. 24. STOOK Excuaisox.-The sales are-feeds and Thirsk, 10u -New castle and Berwick, fly-North British, 27-Ditto. Carlisle, 21. 16s. -Grand Union, 295.-Hull and Barnsley Junction, 33e. 6d.-Lincoln and Wainfleet, 35e.-South Midland, 41. Ts.-Weetltiding Union, 41A. SHEFFIELD, FEE. 24. STOCK EXCIIANOI9.-The sales are -Grimsby and Sheffield, Exten sion, 21. 75.-Derby and Gainshorough, 191.-Goole and Doncaster, 31. 3s. M.-Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 21. 2s. -Shef field, Buxton, Leek. Potteries, and Crewe, 14s. 6d.-West Riding Union, 334-London and Croydon, 2214 . HUDDERSFIELD, Foe. 24. STOCK EXCHANGL-The sales are-Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union, 3%-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1 3 A p -Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, 134 p.-Londou and York, 33i-Direct Northern, 2%. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Fits. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales OTC-Direct Northern, s. p.-Lan oashire and North Yorkshire, 2*. 9d. dis.- Mancheeter, Buxton, and Matlock, 36e. p. Grand Union, 'TORT, FEB. 2 4 . STOCK EXCNAN4 I .-The sales are-Direct Northern, 21. 115.- Leicester and Bedford, 19s. 6d.-London and York, 31. 13s. 9d.- 1%-Ipswlch and Bury Exte nsion (Norwich), 234- Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3/. 175.-Newcastle and Berwick, 21 -Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 103-North British, Carlisle Extension, 2% -North Kent and Direct Dover, 3 -North Staffordshire, 51. 145.-Welsh Midland, 11. 175. GLASGOW, Ens. 23. Srocs NXCHANGE.-The sales are - Airdrie and Bathgate, 425. 6d. Ardrossan, 59-4 yr and Dumfries Junction, 465. 6d.-British and Irish Union, 565.-Caledenlas, New 725.-Ditto, Extension, 475.- Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 48s. 6,1.-Direct Northern, 535.-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley, 383.-East Indian Railway, 225 -Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 178.-Glasgow General Terminus, 11-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 754-Glas gow and Greenock, 9 1 ,4-Ditto, Half Shares, 19% -Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ardrossan, Vs.-Lanark and Lothians., 475.-Lesmaha gow, b25.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 215.-Perth and Crieff, 355.- Scottish Central, 15 1 ,4-Ditto, Now, p-South Midland, 83s. 6d. -Stirling and Dunfermline, 455. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE BANKRUPTS. Henry John Todd and Edward Todd, drapers, Bow Churchyard, City, to surrender, March 6 and April 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Soles and Turner, Alder manbury. Abraham Frebout, jun. silk manufacturer, Steward - street , Spitalfields, Feb. 27, at eleven, and April 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Smith and Taylor, Basinghall-street, George Moir, bootmaker, John's-row, St. Luke's, March 7, at eleven, and April 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin- lane; Hughes and 'turner, Charles-street, City-road. Charles Self, plumber, Sun-street, Bishopsgate Without, March 10, at twelve, and April 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Wright, Lincoln's Inn. Robert Garland, corn chandler, Walham-green, March 3, at half-past eleven, and April 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Donne, New Broad street, City. Jonathan Knights, cattle dealer, Great Melton and Thur. garton, Norfolk, March 3, at half-past one, and April 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assig nee ; Jay and Pilgrim Norwich. Henry Pearson doles, innkeeper, Wickham-market, Suffolk, March 5, at half-past twelve, and April 7, at eleven, at the Court cf Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman. street, City ; Lewis, Arundel-street, Strand. William Kitson, soap manufacturer, White street, South wark, March 6, at twelve, and 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assi g nee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Lofty, Potter , and Son, King-street, Cheapside. Samuel Holdsworth and William Holdsworth, corn millers, Drighlington, Yorkshire, March 9 and April 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Gregory and Co., Bedford. row, London ; Taylor and West moreland, Wakefield. William Lougbottom and Ralph Bentley, wool merchants, Rochdale, Lancashire, March 5, and April 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte-street, London; Atkinson, Saunders, and Atkinson, Manchester. Rew landson, surgeon, Wakefield, Yorkshire, March 9 and 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Gregory and Co., Bedford row, London ; Taylor and Westmorland, Wakefield. Stephen Vertue, merchant, Liverpool, March 13 and April 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze nove, official assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co., Bedford row London ; Harvey and Falcon, Liverpool. Joseph Walton, coal merchant, Liverpool, March 3 and April 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; - Vincent and Co., Liverpool; Robinson, Liverpool. Richard Kirby Frankish, builder, Scarborough, Yorkshire, March 10 and 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Leeds; Kirk, Symond's-hill, London ; Haile, Leeds Edward Steane Harley, grocer, Birmingham, March 10 and April 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. Samuel Hutchinson, broker, Bradford, Yorkshire, March 9 and April 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Flower, Brend-street, Cheapside, London;► \\ T oed, Bradford; Cariss, Leeds. [Dividends, &c., in our next.l Lr IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OP Tuesday, Feb. 24, HIGH CONSTABLES' BILL. . The NonLE DUKE then gave novice that he intended to move that the, High Constables' Bill be I clot red to the Com mittee which ',vat to be named en Thnrday next. CORN-LAWS. Lord KINNAIRD presented a petition from some place in Scotland, praying that the nipeal of the corn-laws should be total and immediate. BROAD AND NARROW GAUGE. 3S p 591 i 9534 2q 13% 3% 2% 21% 3 2 1 % 21% 6 P IA di, 31, 223!- 2 49 1 / 2 26 1 ,4 2534 534 9 i2 P 1; 3 4, Asini 44 1 4' 10}i 2.14 3 St p Lord KINNAIRD, in pursuance of the question of which he . had given notice, said, that among the many important measures likely to come before the House this session, both as regarded their social and commercial position, he thought the railways one that required their most serious considera tion. In whatever view they examined this subject— whether as enabling the merchant to dispense with a heavy stock of goods in hand, and so to turn over his capital more frequently, or as conveying agricultural produce with greater facility to the markets for them, or as facilitating social intercourse by their speedy transit—in all of these views it was incumbent on the Government to secure as far as in their power the safety and regularity of these railways. There were other points to which he wished to draw the attention of the Government, and one of these was the advantages which these lines would give as investments for funds left for the benefit of hospitals and other charities, and the increased facility which would be given to the transmission of troops from one portion ef the country to another. This had been referred to in the repeetitself, and it was a subject which had forced itself on the consideration of the Noble Duke opposite and the most eminent military men in the country. He thought it was of the first importance that Parliament should introduce some regular system into the working of those lines. At present many accidents occurred, which, as they militated against the rail ways on which they might happen,. were sedulously concealed from the public. Indeed, it was said, that until a Peer of the Realm or Member of Parliament should be killed, no reform could be expected in this particular.—( Hear, hear, and loud laughter.) The report referred, at some length, to the rate of gauge over the country. They stated that there was no plan to remedy this state of things, and that. it was impossible to have two lines on the same gauge. Now he really believed that the report had been drawn t rs with great fairness, end that they had taken con siderable pains to acquire information; yet he thought, on looking at the report, that it app eared to be in favour of the bread gauge, except as regarded one or two points relating to waggons for the c.rriage of goods and mercha dn ound that ut not , withstanding that, on looking at the eeport, be fthey really recommended the adoption of the narrow gauge, and that all railways should in future be on that gauge. Now, after having read that report, he was somewhat surprised at Ithat, because he found that it was impossible to go at that high speed which they could at present, with perfect safety to the public. He hoped that the Legislature would not at present put any limit to the speed of railway travelling by legislating in the manner recommended by the report. Ile thought that the Commissioners had fallen into some error in their labours, because in their report they said that it was impossible to alter the narrow gauge i nto a wider one, on account of the width of the waggons, fee. Now, in his opinion it was a great fallacy. If their Lordships were to inquire, they would find that all waegoes were capable of a much greater dimension than they were 'at present, and they could . w ith great ease be altered so as to suit a sixrfoot gauge. It did appear rather as tounding to say that it %sae not perfectly practicable to alter 2000 miles of railway from the broad on to the narrow gauge. He coutende.l it was perf ectl y practicable without inconveni encing the public to do so, and that tan, without any extraordi nary expense. Ile did not believe e.was a c there was a company in ex istance but what was no w before parliament this day, for alterations, in many cases as important as this. He found that there were two companies that had. entirely changed the whole of their rails without stopping their and there was the Esstern Counties Railway Company tnat . had the gauge altered without the stoppage of the trains. '[his showed that the difficulty was not so sreat . . The only objection was the great expense, and on this point he hoped the Noble Lord would make inquiry before the measure contemplated by the Government was introduced into the House. In making the changes, it would be easy in his (Lard Kinnaird's) opinion, to provide for the ex p e nse by issuing Exchequer . loans for this purpose, and cellieg upon all the railway companies to pay a % dis. 2 16, P tax at so much per mile for a given number of yeas. In his opinion, twenty years would be sufficient to pay off the advance. Some such plan as this would easily meet the case. It had been estimated that about a million of money would be required to change the broad into the narrow gauge and taking that as the basis of the calculation, he thought that seven millions would be more than enough for the conversion of the narrow into the broad guage. That would at least be the outside. With these observations he would sit down by asking the question of which he had given notice, which was, when the Noble Lord (the Earl of Dalhousie) expected the evidence on which the Gauge Comet ission had founAed this report would be laid on the table, and also whether the Noble Lord was able to declare what the Government intended to do in relation to that report? The Earl of DALHOUSIE said he would not follow the Noble Lord in the general observations he had made respecting the merits of the gauges, but reserve what be had to say till a future period. The appointment of the Gauge Commission did not arise in the other House out of the merits of the gauges, but out of the diversity of guage, and the inconveniences that ' arose from that diversity. An address was presented to the Crown. and a Commission was appointed to inquire into the gauges laid down in this country—into their diversity, and to report what means they thought it advisable to adopt in conse quence of this diversity, and if possible how an uniformity of gauge might be obtained on all the lines in the kingdom. The Commissioners had made the report, and it had been laid on their Lordships' table. The Commissioners recommeded in the first place, that the four-feet eight-inch-and-a-half or narrow guage, be the universal guage of Great Britain, and that all railroads now in the course of construction should be compelled to form their lines according to this guage ; and they further re commended that an endeavour shouldbe made to discover means by which an equitable arrangement might be effected with the proprietors of the lines laid down upon the principle of broad gauge for their alteration to uniformity with the narrow gauge. The question, he could assure their Lordships, was one of the greatest importance— (Hear, hear)—and must he carefully and deliberately discussed.—( Cheers.) The alteration of the guage would either be productive of good or evil to the public, besides affecting the enormous amoun' of capital which had been expended in the construction of broad gauge lines, the construction of which had been sanctioned by Parliament. They were, however, aware that no efect could be given to the recommendations of the Gauge Commissioners without the passing of an Act of Parliament ; and the Government, though they had every confidence in the ability of the gentle men to whom the task was intrusted would not act on the simple recommendations of the Commissioners, but would first take every step to afford themselves and the Mem bers of the Legislature an opportunity of judging whether the recommendations of the Commissioners were founded on the promises submitted to them. He knew the anxiety of the House on the subject, and they would, therefore, think it right that the Government should not take any steps until they had had an opportunity of examining the evidence furnished to them, which he expected would be laid upon the table in the course of a fortnight or three weeks. No delay would take place. It would have been furnished with the report, but in the present state of public business it was impossible to obtain the publication of a large body of evidence in a short period. Lord BROUGHAM was in favour of taking time to con sider the question, as their decision would effect an immense amount of capital, and millions yet unborn. It was a mistake to suppose that the report had given general satisfaction to engineers and scientific men. Lord H ATHERTON said the House must bear in mind that the Commission was appointed on the recommendation of those interested in the narrow gauge. Great caution and deliberation was therefore necessary. Before he sat doom he wished to call the attention of the House to the absolute neces sity of maintaining the principle of competing lines between large and populous towns. Passengers passing between London and Birmingham and London and Lancashire were at the mercy of one company. The interest of the public could not be secured without competition, and he hoped their Lord ships' Railway Committees would boar this fact in mind. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY perfectly agreed with the Noble Lord, that the interest of the public could only be secured by the establishment of competing lines. In the part of the country with which he was connected, nearly all the railways were under the management of one company, and from what had transpired at a recent meeting held in York, he learned that it was proposed to amalgamate all the lines in the north of England, and to place them under the manage ment of one individual.—( Hear, hear.) Still, when he thought of the importance of those measures, he thought the time was come when the Government should be cautious about their proceedings, and that it was their duty to nar rowly watch those Bills that came up proposing to connect railway branches, docks, and canals, with great competing lines. At the same time, he entirely agreed with his Noble Friend, that it was absolutely necessary that there should be competing branch lines. Earl G REY said he had one observation to correct respect ing what had been stated at his side of the House. He could assare their Lordships that the Commission on the gauges was not asked for by gentlemen who were inte rested in railway lines. He ( Lord Grey) supported the Hon. Member for Stockport, who moved the address to have that Commission appointed. At that time, he (Earl Grey) was in favour of the broad gauge, and he believed they asked for the Commission exclusively on these grounds—that they thought it was most important to have the question in vestigated by competent authorities in order, if possible, to remedy the inconveniencies that would arise by a difference of gauge. He thought that was the question which ought to be referred chiefly to a proper authority. Her Majesty's Govern ment had appointed Commissioners, who had ably discharged the duty imposed on them, and he (Earl Grey) considered that the Report was a most able document. He could not differ from the Noble Lord, notwithstanding that it would be proper to take time to consider how they were to act, although that was a case in which delay would create serious inconvenience, as it was most important that the decision of Government should be known with the least possible delay. MILITARY OPERA'T'IONS IN INDi A. The Duke of WELLINGTON—I have to acquaint your Lordships that my Noble Friend, the President of the Board of Control will, on Monday, submit to your Lordships certain resolutions relating to the proceedings of the forces of her Majesty in their late operations in the East Indies. Your Lordships will receive, on Thursday or Friday next, certain papers referring to those operations, in order that your Lord ships:may have thefallest information on the subject.—( Hear. ) The Earl of ST. GERMANS having obtained permission from Earl Grey to allow his Bills to take precedence of the resolutions which the Noble Earl intended to propose, brought up the report on the PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. Certain amendments were then proposed and agreed to with out diqiussion. THE PIERS AND HARBOURS (IRELAND) BILL. Earl ST. GERMANS, in moving that this Bill be read a second time, said that the money proposed to be lent by the Bill would, in a great measure, develope the very great natural resources of Ireland, which at present lay dormant in conse quence of the poverty of her people. When proper piers, &c. were constructed, the people would be furnished with employ ment, and a cheap and wholesome fo id. It was a remarkable fact that in Ireland there were 700 miles of coast in which were some of the finest harbours in the world, and yet there were not more than 2,600 boats employed along the whole coast, and the number of people employed in them did not exceed 80,000 or 90,1100. Now he thought it was most important the native resources of Ireland should be encouraged and properly developed. It was proposed to advance money to any county that might require the same for the purpose of constructing piers, &e. in the neighbourhood ; and that county was made amply resposible for the repayment of the money so borrowed. If a small district applied for money, that district was made responsible ; and if a private individual were allowed any mo ney for these purposes, his land was pledged for the repayment of the sum lent. He believed that a measure, which was simi lar to the present, and had passed a session or two ago, had worked well, and he had therefore much pleasure in moving the second reading of the present Bill, as he confidently be lieved that it would work equally well. The LORD CHANCELLOR having put the question, Lord MONTEAGLE rose for the purpose of giving his support to the Bill. He hoped that the people of Ireland would receive these measure in the same spirit as they had been proposed by the Government.—( Hear, hear. ) It was his good fortune, in conjunction with the Noble Lord opposite Lord Stanley) to introduce a Bill for th e Promotion of Pub lic Works in Ireland. That Bill gave equal satisfaction to the public and its friends, because the benefits which had, by its operation been extending throughout Ireland, had greatly exceeded the anticipations of those by whom the measure had been recommended.—( Hear, hear.) The first proposition made to Parliament was considered by many as an ex perimental measure. They created four or fi ve boards, with another in which all power was vested, to consolidate the e hole of the departments. That board was entrusted with the super vision of the whole, and he (Lord Monteegle) believed that its success was mainly owing to the spirit, the skill, anti the un questionable integrity of his Gallant Friend Sir John Bur goyne. There had been no loss sustained by the public worth speaking of, because they had gained by the interest paid by in dividuals in loans, more than they expended in the same manner. But what had they been doing in the course of the ten, or rather the sixteen years, which had intervened since the passing of that Act. Such hail been the confidence maintained by the Board of Public Works in the public mind, that the Govern ment had thrown vastly increased labours upon them. They had cast upon them every duty in Ireland which they did not know how otherwise to get rid of. If they tried any great system of drainage, the Board of Public Works, were saddled with it. If they found a harbour mismana god they transferred its regulation from the local authorities to the Board of Public Works. The management of Maynooth was thrown on that Board, and the alterations in the present Bill were also to be carried into execution by them. The fact was, they were overweighing the willing horse, and destroying the efficiency of an admirable Board. They had lost his Gallant Friend in whom they had had so much confidence, still it was their duty to make up for the deficiency. They ought to take instant steps to give efficiency to the Board of Works, and nothing was so important in that direction as employing competent engineers, and men of science , who might devise improvements, by which a great addition would be made to the employment of the people. This was particularly important in the present emergency ; and he further entreated the Noble Lord not to rest satisfied with the present Bill, or with the pa esent money vote, but to bring forward other measures adapted to meet the present state of Ireland. The Duke of RICHMOND supported the present Bill, and said he would not only be happy to vote for it, but for any mea sure the House of Commons might send up to give employ ment, and calculated to improve the condition of Ireland. The Bill was then read a third time. THE GAME LAWS. Lord DACRE rose to move the second reading of the Game Law Bill, and in doing so, said he would proceed to re view the laws that had hitherto been in operation relative to game. In taking a retrospect of those laws for the last thirty years, he regretted the manner in which the condition of the lower orders, particularly those of the agricultural body, had been affected. In 1816 a committee had sat upon this question, when the absurdity and inconsistency of the game-laws then in operation were fully shown. A committee of the other House, which sat in 1816, entered into a careful investigation of the law at that period. They examined with great minuteness the decisions of various jtv:ges, particularly the decision of Chief Justice Holt, particularly the case of Sutton v. Moody, in which it was held that game belonged to the owner of the land. He (Lord Deere) brought in a Bill into the other House in 1819, which was in accordance with that decision— namely, that game belonged to the owner of the soil, which, however, was not passed; but since that period nothing had occurred to alter this opinion. The Ist and 2d of William IV., on this subject, was an identi cal transcript of the Bill which he lost in the Commons in 1819, and it would have served all die objects contemplated, had the Bill been retained—the principle that the possession of land gave the property in game. This Bill, however, intro duced a fiscal regulation, which authorised the granting of licenses for the sale of game, and which rendered the licensed dealer liable to penalties if he purchased from a person who was not liable to sell. The qualification, however, to sell de pending on fiscal regulation laid the law open to several abuses, and the Bill he now proposed would be far more strigent, in so far as it would prevent the poacher from having any intercourse with the licensed dealer. Therefore the licensed dealers should be liable to the same punishment for having in their possession game without having entered the quantity and the person from whom it was purchased. That Bill substituted fiscal licenses for a real property in the game which was generally adopted in France; that would be the thief regulation. That interference with licensed dealers in game it was necessary to make, for it was important to know Malton and Driffield Junction R a ilway. Glasgow Waterworks. Cambridge and Oxford Railway. Aston Rtes. York and North Midland Railway (East Riding Branches from whom the game was obtafned, for if not from a person in bad come. They had, therefore, prepared a special report possession of land, it might be fairly concluded that / containing the resolution of the Committee upon this ease' it had been obtained illegally. The principal object He did not consider that the promoters of this Bill had BBY' of the Bill was to cut off all intercourse between thing to complain of , as they were publicly told Bben . the poacher and the licensed dealer in game; the Committee had come to a decision that the tleais.ln . and to render it dangerous to the latter, if lie should was, that the Bill should not be allowed to be proceeded B'B.•:;_ purchase from any (me not qualified by having in his possession Upon that occasion, though he had not an accurate reco llection a certain quantity of land. He was far from wishing to make of the circumstances, still he had not the slightest doubt ths! any stringent regulations, and he would not say that ten or fif- he had stated the decision to he that the standing order hota_ teen acres were not sufficient for a persists to rear a considerable not been complied with. The Committee were further desist. ted al quantity of game. But he would have the purchaser enter in of considering what part of these consequences could be at trib a book the quantity of game, and from whom purchased. That to them, and they had also instructed their Chairman to fra o ' s was one of the principal objects in the Bill, which presented cc That so much of the report of the Select Committee itself to his mind, for the protection of game without being in - Standing Orders, presented to this House on Friday latiso, jurious to the liberty of any class. Ile would also propose to relates to the West Riding Union Railway petiti on ; Rill examine any applications from the occupier of lard, corn- that the order of the House of the same day, that a P plaining of the injuries from game possessed by any neighbour - brought in, in consequence of that report , be annulled." coe ing occupier, and to consider to what extent he had suffered 11r. WOOD considered that if ever there was the from the game possessed in neighbouring preserves. He pro- in which a lenient construction should be p ut upon nr, 115 0 posed that the magistrates should in a word haee older! of the House, the present was one i n rt er the power of appointing surveyors, to examine where wards of 55 miles of railway s there was but one qu a , io the game had injured any neighbouring lands Hear.) of a mile of dissent ; and considering that the s These were the principal points of the Bill which le had to would confer vast benefits upon the West Riding submit to their Lordships' attention, and as it was me r e l y an he would urge the case upcn the favourable co nsideration amendment of the Act if the Ist and 2d of William I V., and placed game under a better regulation thar it had hither to been put, he enter tamed a very sanguine expectation of obtaining 1 their Lordships' assent. He is principal object was to raise di culties of communication between the poacher and the licensed of Yorkshil'; dealer. It enabled the rightful proprietor of game to preserve his property, and gave him rights of remedy against those par ties who ;reserved game to a greater extent than the support which their land could provide. It was an improvement on the protection given by the Act of the let and 2d William IV., and that being the full extent of his amendment, he would coisfine himself to the moving of the second reading of the Bill before the House, and begging their Lordships' best attention to its provisions. Lord CAMOYS entertained very strong objections to the whole of the clauses of th s Bill. He thought it was ex tremely improper at this time to snake the game-laws more stringent than they already were. As the law at present stood, a certificate was required to sell game, which in his opinion was sufficient restriction. He had objections to several other clauses, and he thought that it would have been batter, in coincidence with the opinions of many other persons, that a re mission, rather than an extension of these restrictions, should be made. But he still more objected o the provisions of the 7th clause, and thought that any recompense obtained from a neighbouring proprietor would occasion much heart-burning and mischief. He also objected to the 9th clause, which re pealed that portion of the section of the sth and 6th Vie., which provided that half the penalties in convictions under that Bill should go to the informer. On the whole he consi dered the Bill was far too stringent, and afforded no increased facilities to check poaching. Lord BROUG HAM admitted that the law did require some revision. He considered, however, that the greatest caution was necessary in making any alterations in the exist ing laws. The Duke of RICHMOND considered it advisable for their Lordships to go into Committee on the subject, and they might be able to suggest such alterations as were required. He was of opinion that it was a subject which superinduced loose and dissolute habits among young men, and tended very much to produce demoralization among a large class of the community. With regard to the reports which had been of late circulated in the newspapers, that he (the Duke of Richmond) had paid a large sum for damages done by game, he had to say that the report was quite unfounded, for he had never paid any damages of the sort ; so far from his encouraging game, he destroyed all the hares and rabbits which he could find on his own lands, as he considered them as nothing but mere vermin, which were as injurious to the landowner as they were to the farmers. As such a rumour, however, had been repeated in many newspapers, he would give it a most unqualified denial, for he bad destroyed game long before the celebrated Tam worth decree. Lord HATHERTON expressed his concurrence in the ob servations made by the Noble Duke who had just sat down, in reference to the destruction of game. He had exterminated an immense quantity of game on his own property, and he could not exaggerate the satisfaction which it gave him, to see his estates almost exempt from their depredations. Such a result wa • beneficial alike to the tenants and farmers. Lord AsS lIBURT:iN said that the observations which had been made by his Noble Friend (the Duke of Richmond) were entitled to the greatest possible respect. This subject had deservedly occupied much time in public discussion, and it had also occupied a prominent place in the public prints. He concurred with all that had been said by his Noble Friend; the anima's alluded to by the Noble Duke were indeed nothing but vermin. He would recommend that when their Lord ships went into Committee on this Bill they should take " hares" entirely out of the class of game.—( Cheers.) He was quite persuaded that if their Lordships did so they would in the simplest manner possible get rid of all the unfounded complaints that had hitherto been made.— (Hear, hear.) He would venture to trouble their Lordships with an instance of the unjust operation of the present game-laws : A .poor man who had a garden near Southampton, which he cultivated as a sort of market-garden, found last year, when he was about to reap his expected harvest, that a quantity of rabbits had entered into his garden and totally destroyed his crop. He was de termined to put an end to this sort of destruction, and he accordingly set a trap. It was discovered shortly afterwards that he had ensnared a rabbit; he was taken before the magis trates of the district en a charge of entrapping game, and eventually fined in a large MOO and costs. Now that he con sidered to be a most unjust case, because it was evident that the only object which he had in view in laying the snares was the protection of his property.—( Hear, hear.) He should, with their Lordships' pleasure, when • Bill went into Committee, propose a clause to exclude hares from the list of game.— (Hear, hear.) The was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday next. Their Lordships then adjourned. House. Mr. B. DENISON considered that as the line 1 0 1, 1 s e , longer opposed, and as the two opposing companies were 9 ; e gamated, he could see no serious objection to the whole soh o Mr. A G LIONBY said that he hoped the House WOUld _,;, vest to the proposition of the Hon. Member. Helm ga m really meant that they should take into their consider same fares as before, it would be opening a very danger door for constant application to the House, and for rest:Ma o , the decisions of the Standing Orders' Committee. ° e ve quite ready to take the whole case into consideration. coe&o. the effect on the public with the mistake made by the o hs mince, and the parties might reap some advantage from sa course. e rect!! Mr. CHARLES WOOD said that he felt himself dipg satisfied with the decision that had been given by the S t° Orders' Committee. Lord MORPETH said that he conceived that the vocal of that Bill were quite able to make out a s trong . cu%p Is with that they had nothing to do. He thought that 10 0.04, meet the justice of the case (the mistake having been e la w bssl that the Bill should be referred to the Committee will' the mistake originated. The motion was then put and carried. o f tbs Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition in favour, Lod total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. The Noble did not say from what place. EAST INDIA POSTAGE. e oss Mr. HUME moved for copies of the orders and reg! ittt or respecting the carriage of letters and newspapers within tss: 01 ral presidencies of the East India Company, stating the' epoar rates of pottage for letters and newspapers in the i ntents a for munication of the country, and the charge for letters &Doe newspapers brought by sea from England and others a re' and for transmission to the several places in India, 2 1 . . 1 0 turn of the aggregate amount of postage received by °watts° India Company, at each of their Presidencies, and the °foist( incurred for the service of the post at each Presidency, 'Lots whether the letters and dispatches of the public d e lt a arc scut free of expense in India. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. rape Mr. HUME moved that an address be presented to ber direet jesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased t,1400 that copies of all applications from the colonists of the ; t oil Good Hope, made to the Colonial-office, fora Represe_eieest Government, be laid before this House, together with c°! to ilt . t the answers thereto; that copies of all applications oft o ' o l 110 import, from other British Colonies, be also laid be 1 House. —Ordered. 04 Cosa lal V Sir R. H. INGLIS moved that a Standing ores of Sixteen Members be appointed to assist Mr. Sp refs the direction of the library, and to whom shall be .t , _llii all matters relating thereto :—Sir Robert Harry larfl;Fe" Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord J. Russell, Sir j _ Mr. Baring, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr. Rutherfor o lfei,' • Shaw, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Mahon, c o lt; f it. le Mr. Pendarres, Mr. Arland, Sir William Somerville, a so Dundas, and Mr. - Monekton Milnes. e t a° st Mr. HUME hoped that the Right Hon. flataeee to c c . l a have no objection to give a power to the Cornmitteto t it , i-, on octavo paper, all such documents as they ' i f ' to ° Ot te proper to print. He thought that it would be wel l dot such an experiment; he had no doubt that t° , would meet with the concurrence of Hon. Members., to , 47 0 Mr. S. CRAWFORD objected to the printing °I, we eit l e p meats in octavo, in consequence of the expense. k e sip e re sal l eo i shameful if the public money were expended in succ e s si Dr. BOWRING felt that the appointment o f th, oo , Committee would give great satisfaction to the Kept 104esler the country. Similar steps had been taken in . ~,V Chamber of Deputies and the Belgian House ef 0 0 , tives. He did think that the libraries of the Hoss a _ eep ee, , A I much enriched with valuable productions on coh ere off, tistics, politics, &c., if a mutual arrangement sca r t es K . into between this and other Governments eh f 0 19 ot change of a copy of every work published in a f p ee,," An arrangement of that sort was proposed by the . 91 vernment with that of this country some years !fool! i ll i an arrangement were entered into, it would be tee ee ssl e lill wise treaty'which they had ever made.—( Hears's, '' had no doubt that the Right Hon. Baronet ( 511 ; t i o e. would have no objection to entertain such a pr opost I e Sir R. INGLIS.--Certainly not. ergit ° los 4 ii The CHACELLOR of th EXCH elers l- ' thought the mat had better be e left to the colloid' the House rather than come to any precipitate ` le was then decided that five should form a quorum' ," PRIVATE BILLS. tia stla On the motion of Mr. STRU FT, Mr. II°" J m cused from attendance on all private Rills. AeLe'ot' CROWN PRSECUTIONS IN IREL te d,_ . 0 On the motion of Mr. PICOT, it was 001%eoPelill° minutes in the offices of the Treasury, the 1-1 °;01°,4 offices of the Irish Government, and in the po'. to es Law Officers of the Crown, respecting the anr il o t te l 0, .11: 9 1 Solicitors of the Crown for Crown presecution s, .,"o respecting the appointment of Messrs. Seed, Fulk! l ' o p le t er and all other minutes relating to Crown prosecutta Os subsequent to the Treasury minute of 3d June , upon the table. Y. 6 1 ,1 RETIRED LIST OF THE NAV a o te .. f r l ) Admiral DUNDAS wished to ask the Right elbstr, man, the Secretary of the Admiralty, why it wa t. a n esd jf had been given to those officers of the Navy vi a. Or; to be put upon the retired list? thet #l-04111- Mr. CORRY said that he was not aware se 0, would be expected until the Government vrere,4 l . o tl f ilia satisfy the many claims of those officers. w ; t es , e i estimates were submitted to the House, the sap fit claims would he included. • cl ail ef f its Sir C. NAPIER wished to know whether % l ott o o, p i with the Treasury or with the Admiralty in t h 0 .00 6 4 it was well known that it was not intended top , fie is the retired list which had been Published' e elee t rat that the letters of all those officers who had ° o sier names ought to be returned to them, that tbet t . 0 er put into a bad position in making l l e o l e I / to the new list, as they had already sine pel, by the delay. u a h eee r O ti Mr. CORRY was not aware that there et e a lets —the matter would be settled as soon as t''' could be prepared. V ADJOURNED DEBATE' p iir l i On the order of the day being read, obe* Mr. MORGAN J. O'CONNELL said the, ss ~,,ell was about to make should be confined as elosaidte t o t', 15 . ," the subject of the debate. He would ne t ' a d t op 0/ Members for Huntingdon and Kilrnarnocktoor';:d V Lord the Member for Newark, travel into el! to oft b o ss i ‘ but he would confine himself to the strict W ert $ j es before the House. He should not i he 1 4 011 say that his opinions had altere", tipel l e oi l upon this question within the 'node WV it , He was at one time prepared to adopt a Ital woe, et ap s„ not as a permanent measure, but as one esh ia 13e ce tr . , a i p to endure for a considerable number of PIO sla jp ew 00 confess that his opinions upon this subject , t ly Ole, dergone a considerable change, particuthie, fd p period of the last autumn and winter. ' eV ir a of the potato crop in Ireland w a s a oe seli d i h pl, V p s lead to the expectation of a ete kle 01 tr l' e st of all duty upon that necessary • ht sei O 4 le meant corn of every description. It m i g its • 9 0 o'o opinion as an individual would be of littletteoo.olol4 this question, but he should say that his f e e i s pi l th e Vie attracted to it by the threatened famine M a s r ea s• i „ ° 000 0 of October last. In that month the c' o p 'All" first showed itself. He was speaking n ireis esr, ing of many Honourable Members from ei ss m tds o : felt assured they could not say that beget's:o)9e exaggeration, when he stated that it was a, a , P a seei t esl it el 0 1 in Ireland during that month that the po'i ble W o o g # 0 14 61 thrown open. It was also a most remark s oe At O t t I 0 0 of the most ultra protection papers said, :oriel Ole subject ; and it was not until the wise an d 0 0 0 01 01 11: 1 ; the Right Hon. Baronet had been a ar ' p eool a 010 4 0' was raised by those papers, and h t. ( ' bad Ole f t si one of the most strange cries sl iat the for _pool Yes, a cry was raised to the effect t I op t ve t o of party famine, and not a real one, but o °, B „,rher °Oi l , or i el) pose of restoring the Noble Lord the Ale' - o teot f ieo ct ed 0 0 his supporters to power_; and to such au o jers t e lf ee e fr olosl S even the high station, character, and wi e t hose l eiet ia es Duke of Leinster did not save him , en " ea 1. 10- olv o tpit him on the Mansion-house Committee, l ee , a der ep b e ees charge of partizanship. Those charges v ier 0 1; 0 0 10 10 , ;, ore had been most disastrous, for many utee pers aa e ' o f oo h in October were prepared to enter into s o igene s f, to id Per or to take any other steps which the, beg oo reh o et,oo: might require—these men. unfortunate?; W o o o il/ existence of scarcity. Thera was ,° be ,j t a , Co e . o, l tion to the factious course, whic h c r efel" fe, fe et'ts; over, as the body to which h h im ('tee tt striss t 4 posed of gentlemen who differed froli o j e d t a . coa t th e l i in politics as well as religion. HO a 00 t he eo te e a qi clergy of Ireland.—( Hear, hear. ) e , , te teM o eiss e oss l o or of Protestant clergy gave unexaggeratfair so d : it . r et er .j. I , that came under their notice Ina ~, o p th. obs t e4f which reflected the highest create .) i3e s e t, he, & VA, and Christian charity.—( Hear, h e l o t, w 1 heal Or f e e have been their hopes in November„,,e„ had, oeter)',st il the state of Ireland at present? t i eto L' e i tit e o i l . for te[ n o tto i o. night from official authority ,sta beeelh e d tha t e tel t li e e character, corroborated by the eln9;, , ow te_ e o to Recorder for Dublin, tke other raft s * ione ellL a ,,, of o te ( 4 was exaggerated ; but he (Mr. e ü boon derf 74,10001 g i such were the case, it was (`tithe h e ar.) e t b e d t ol / Gentleman to prove it. ' ---( ' rear a iserti an ' " f l "` 11 11° " 0 14 ; i tented himself with making the ......, C r ies `t ha t bo_,,,y eli , ~ the proof, as did his supportoeirds l fell a ` i ra ' r eit fi e e ole j e t!' if' and he (Mr. O'Connell) sho net p cut oe seti ot . ts- ct s J o sertion, without proof, would 0 ,,... c5p o t .40 de ot erd (Hear, hear.) The greatest b Li'" lung s ' pot not Prot sate/t with the most stentorian lung', pot be iag la_,;st ele Xt/ contradiction of the statemcnotf the d i " res e g el l neer t ell et et mained the sad corroboration es. „ . . 5 been 0 to .th iclj f ito J , parts of Ireland. This distr He seas . , wreat - he h ee d . rt e however, t er the des d t e st' f 0 p fear tha t a che g I o p re derangement, there is, not so. There is reason to ._ „. 21 . ° re_ enst oo c ot * , ~, the potato crop last year_ raeYrecp h for t•-'_ o tst ° , o r P o " 1 1 which is to be produced the , es tha t the Nis ), oe ,etee' even if we could ensure o urs e eiv.e_ rvo t 0 ! t hss erp e f el, should be as abundant as th °a to rem eer t a" se j e O li ts 4 deficient, we should still hay . e __.... to y no to et ~,,or ~, weecuriiitayvewhabtecevner stittedth i s so d:s i c o ' n ' geoo r d r p o e lo vs id (,) f h.tviteir: jr f i ' ,.,,l tion it was through ti 7 , ,, ' W e 17.00 0 0 .1 0 0 e , ,,e 00 rather than any means w n_ l "- so - , " :0 „.. ' o ' ,l o po 0 00 7 tax to prevent it. There were, 'for their root, dieo' othe r e . i c of Ireland should not depeu o c ' being a „ The e,th 14 . tw o The first was, that the pnta r t, ! k i n g t hem a e r ea raa. c on , , O P O O OI ,, seen until the time came fo ia t inacie i ts T oy :L a 1, 0 pt .rp er so t was, that now the disease tot la i , or n'entoes fa ° t he ‘l e tti esi it f i knowing how far it may go ollY P °" land w 45 0 nst 0 1 ' of°' sidered that the great reaso n ~. of l e e . _. rp ag eoo de ee e e l , a part of the food of thea 0 %, s i f e r t e Y l.o );," e s of o v irtel , ro r l bread and other cor • le of , t the r efer s ) e a 0 1 , t as much the food of there eop I well ha w al l i te er t tons If l o 9 farmers. He did not know.endition. preatoo js, otrv " laarwestelmdilblylolwloenr. INthleemotods.otioepoosietfe t t r e h a b io ol g s e r lr i i t e e tt a eo r o e l oe4 l ° 'lF°' olicy irlt _ 1301, fads'' le pastsibly had low t e a r o t g h h e t i r him presteentdstrust tb e l: ry oc h a i , co al ! of OS P freely made by the al 0 _ oieec ialy nt, o f tb ! l e i 0 joi of was a change in the • le! _ ore,,j!,b . , ro of ~ io s ale .0 10 400 . Right Hon. Gentlerneanf t a l l u a ts :l a st nett; of e o r .., had alluded to some he prodaa a pdo • tg re to fearuin •srt Ofi n eluding swine, w e ,o fore , 'armlsts The grazing farmer, and t . r e ed over . it pig Three plillioll4 tad a P A HOUSE OF COMMONS, Tuesday, "Feb. 24. The SrHamm tot k the Chair at a few minutes before Four. The following Bills were read a second time, and were ordered to be committed, viz.:— No. 2. _ _ Great North of England Railway Purchase. Great North of England and Boroughbridge Branch Railway, Great North of England and I3edale Branch Railway. Blackburn, Preston, and East Lancashire Railways Amalga. 'nation. ~~ FROST, WILLIAAIS, AND JONES. Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from. 13tnnlev, praying for a remission of sentence in the case of Frost, Williams, and Jones. Several petitions of a similar nature, from Stockdale and other places, were also presented. WILLIAM ELLIS. Several petitions wore presented from places in Lancashire and Yorkshire, praying the House to recommend to her Ma jesty the free and unconditional pardon of William Ellis, Aho was convicted of scttirg fire to a house, on what the petitioners believe to have been false and malicious evidence. The peti tions were all ordered to be laid on the table. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to correct an error he had fallen into in his address yesterday. He had stated that in the case which he had laid before Mr. Baron Pennefather, he had made a point in his (Mr. O'Connell's) favour. Now he wished to correct that statement, for he had said directly oppisite. Having corrected this mis-statement, he would not trouble the House any further. HOUNSLOW AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. A GLIONBY gave notice that, as by some mistake the second reading of the above Bill, which stood on the paper for yesterday, had not been moved, he should do so to-morrow. THE CHARTIST CONVICTS—THE TEN HOURS' BILL. Mr. BRINE presented two petitions—one of them from Greenock—praying for the liberation of the Chartist con victs, Frost, Williams, and Jones ; the other (as we under stood it) in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. GLASUOW, PAISLEY, KILMARNOCK, AND AYE RAILWAY. ➢lr. WAR) presented a petition from this Railway Corn pany against the recent decision come to by the Standing Orders' Committee, involving the point that landlords who decided on the met its of commting lines should have the power of charging such companies fur the liberty of making surveys, and in proportion to the extent surveyed. Ile would also move that the petition be printed with the votes, and taken into consideration on Thursday next. FROST, WILLIAMS, AND .JONES. _ _ Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Gloucester in favour of the liberation of FrosF, Williams, and Jones. COMMERCIAL' POLICY. Sir IL PEEL presented a petition from the American Chamber of Commerce of Liverpool in favour of the Govern ment commercial policy, and setting forth that the uncertainty which existed excited great embarrassment. EDUCATION IN WALES. Mr. WILLIAMS postponed his motion on the state of edu , cation in Wales to that day fortnight. THE CASE OF SEERY. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice of his intention to move for the production of certain correspondence between the Lord Lieutenant and Dr. Cantwell, respecting the case of Brian Seery, who was recently executed at i%lullingar. The Hon. Gentleman also gave notice of his intention, on an early day, of introducing a Bid for the amendment of the criminal law of Ireland, and to prevent a person being twice tried for the same offence. THE CHARTIST CONVICTS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE postpcned his motion, that an hum ble address be presented to her Majesty that she will be gra ciously pleased to take into her Majesty's most gracious consi deration the petitions of the people presented during the pre sent session of Parliament, in favour of a restoration to their native land of Frost, Williams, antlJonef, till this day fortnight. THE RECENT WAR IN INDIA. Sir ROBERT PEEL gave notice that, on Monday next he should move that the thanks of the House be give❑ to the Governor-General of India, and to the officers and men of the British Indian army, who were employed in the recent operations in India, and the left bank of the Sutlej; and in order to make those operations more intelligible, and the policy of the Indian Government more clear, it was his intention on a previous day to lay upon the table of the House some dis patches recently received from the Governor-General of India with regard to his policy.—( Cheers. ) THE WEST RIDING UNION RAILWAY. _ _ _ Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the report of the Select Committee on standing orders, in which the Committee stated that the announcement in the votes of the House on Friday evening last, that the Committee had decided that the standing orders in respect of the petition of the promoters of the West Riding Union Railway ought to be dispensed with, and the parties allowed to proceed with their Bill, had originated in error ; and the Committee now beg to report that the standing orders in respect of the West Ridirg Union Railway ought not to be dispensed with. The report was agreed to. Mr. ES ICOURT rose and stated, that on Friday last, in the report of the Standing Orders' Committee, there was a clerical error, to which he begged to call the attention of the House, In that report it had been stated that the Committee were of. opinion that the standing orders in this case ought to be dis pensed with, whereas the deci,ion of the Committee was, that the standing orders should not be dispensed with ; the Bill should not be allowed to be procee,'ed with. By some error, in which he as Chairman of the Committee must bear some part, through some indifference, he hoped not negligence on his part, the report was sent away without his having examined it as he should have done. This was the first error which had been committed by those who were acting under the standing orders 'of the Committee. Under these circumstances the sutject was brought under he consideration . of the Committee this day, and, as in all railway eases, it was of the utmost importance that such errors should be corrected at the earliest opportunity, he had ventured to give notice last night that he would move that all the proceedings in the case of the .‘ West Riding Union Railway" should be annuli(' d, as they were founded upon error. As chairman of this Committee he (Mr. Estcourt) had felt it his duty, at the earliest opportunity, to bring under the consideration of the Committee the effects of the case. The Committee applied themselves to the investigation of the case, and having satisfied themselves this error arise from a clerical accident, considered the best course they could adopt to rectify the erroneous pro ceedings of this House on Friday would be to report to-night the accurate report of the resolution to which the Committee 32 NNW PON