The Sun. — London, England, 1846-06-20 00:00:00

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE ,Jcien 19, 1846 - 3d Dragoon Guards—Captain J. 1). Dyson, to be 31ajor, pur chase, vice Teesdale, who retires ; Lieutenant W. Squire, to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Dyson ; Cornet T. E. Whitby, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Squire ; It. St. George, Gent., to he Cornet, by purchase, vice Whitby, June 19. 2d Foot—Lieut. A. Gillespie. from 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Redmond, who exchanges, AMP 19. 34 Foot.—Lieutenant .1. T. Eustace, from 60th Foot, to be Lieu tenant, vice Fitzgerald, who exchanges, June 19. .6th Poot.—Brevet Major F. White. from 40th Foot, to be Captain, ctee Leslie, who exchanges, Jane 19. 33d Foot.—Lieut. H. 11. Dare to be Adjutant, vice Wynue, who ha* retired, Jane 19. alet Foot—Lieut. C. li. S. Phillips, trom 534 Foot, to be Lieut. Colonel, vice Byrne, who exchanges, April 15. 40th Foot—Captain A. Leslie, from Bth Foot, to be Captain, vice Brorvet Major White, who exchanges, Julie 19. 43d Foot--Lieut. the Hon. P. E. Herbtrt, to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Meade, whu retires; Ensign 0. L. Preby, to be Lint, by purchase, vice Herbert ; Hon. H. IV. C. Ward, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice ?roby, June 19. 32d Foot—Lieut. W. Corbett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alleyne, who retires ; Ensign C. H. R. Broughton to be Lieutenant, by purcha.Se, vice Corbett; C. P. Illathn - ayt, Gent., I) be Ensign, by purchase, vice Broughton„ lithe 19. 33d Foot —Lieut.-Col. J. Byrne, from 31st Foot, tie be Lieatenaut • Colonel, vice Phillips, who exchanges, April 15. 34th Foot—Lieutenant 11. E. Redinotid, from 24 Foot, to I,e Lieutenant, vice Gillespie, who exchanges, June 19. 60th Foot—Lieutenant A. Fitzgerald, Irian 34 Foot, to be Lieu tenant, vice Eustace, who ex , hanges, June 19. 64th Foot—C. Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Trevor, who retires, June 19. 72d Foot—Ensign 1,. Newinati, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Handling, who retires ; s., S. Thellusson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Newman, June 19. 02d Foot—rterbert Morris, (lent. - Harvey, who retires, June 19. 95th Foot — Lieutenant-Cid/mei ,sl.• John Gaspard Le March:us from Inspecting-Fiehl-Otlk•er Recruiting District, to be Lieutei rant-Colonel, vice Frederick Maunstel. appointed Inspecting-Field. Pfticer of a Recruiting District, June 19. Royal XewfonncUand Companies—Lieutenant Hugh Best e C s I"ers, to be Capt a i n , by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Jed'ar to be 11 retires; Ensign Henry Christopher Marriott, from Ist Foot, Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chatniret. June 19 . SfEhfORANDCM.—The Christian names of EnAign matt. of 49th Foot, are Theodore Edwin Houghton 19th March, The name of the Ensign appointed on Inted to 95th Foot, 1916, is John Fitzgerald ituddert, not Studdar; 3 d west India 1:€41. The Christian names in En s ign Grant, of 1.1 meat, are Patrick James John, Erratum in the Gazetto" . I Fisher to be Captain, rice starch 31, 1346. 34 Light Dragoon.s—For Lieut. Curvet 1 1 . IV Wh't 1 Brevet Major Berries, killed in action:• • ieto )5 Lieutenant, vice Fisher, promoted,. 18t - i n ; , well to be Lieutenant. vice :0 ,111 . D • 22, -- to be Captain, Brevet Major Herries, read, Lieut. J. E• " da killed 111 action; ~enet H. W t o be Lieutenant, vi ce C oda, C promos„, Dec. 19 , NIS; Lien.... Eis l er to be Captain, vice Cold, killed in, action ; cornet J. Rathwell to be Lieutenant, vies Fisher promoted, Dee. 22.11445. to be En,i4,l, by purelbse, Nice Baavar. •r o be Aides-de-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Many-Liellt..COlOnel J. Seott, 9th Light Dragoons ; Lieut.-Colonel J. L . Pennefather. :121 Foot; Lieut.-Colonel A. S. 11. 3fountain. tnt!fth Foot. • To be Lieutenant-Colonel In th e A rmy J. R. Smyt h,o 15th Light Draoons. To be Majors in the Army apt T. H. Pearson, of the 16th Light ragoon, ; Capt. E . B . here, of the pith Light Dr AgooilB; C an t - L. Fyler, 16th Light Dragoons; Capt. W. Mathla, 62d Foot ; Capt. 1). Longivorth, of 3lst Foot; Capt. G. F. Long. of nOth Foot; Capt. W. P. Waugh, of 101 h Light Dragoons; Capt. 11. Bates, 82d Foot. To be Aidesnift-Csmo to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel, in the :East Indies—Lieut.-Col. L. It. Stacy, 13.1. Regiment Bengal 'native Infantry; LieutnCol. O. E. Gowan, Bengal Artillery ; Lieut.- Col. P. 3( cntgomerie, Madras Artillery. To be Lieutenant Colonels in the Army, in the Ea=t -- Major W. J. Thompson, 12th Regiment Bengal Native Infantry; Major 11. M. Lawrence, Bengal Artillery ; Major F. A.hbott, Bengal Engineers; Major.l. Bradford, Ist Regiment Bengal Light Cavalry ; Major B. V. Reilly, Bengal Engineers ; Major G. S. Laurensun, Bengal Artillery ; Major .1. Ang elo, 3d Regiment Bengal Light Cavalry ; Major C. M ars h all, 6tth Bengal Native Infantry; Maior C. Grant, Bengal ArtirerY ; Ntajor H. M. Graves, 16th Bengal Native Infantry; Major A. Jack, Bengal Native Infantry. To be Majors In the Army, in the East Indle4—Capt. F. Mackeson, Of 14th Bengal Native Infantry ; Capt..l. Turton, of Bengal Artillery ; Capt. F. B. Boileati, of the Bengal Artillery ; Captain R. Hill, of 70th Bengal Native Infantry; Capt. C. Corfield, of 17th Bengal Native Infantry ; Capt. C. Troup, of 18th Bengal Native Infantry ; Capt. T. F. Fletnynn. of 36th Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain A. L. Campbell, let Bengal Light Cavalry ; Captain M. E. Loftie, 30th Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain S. E. Raker, Bengal Engineers ; Captain it. Waller, Bengal Artillery ; Captain J. Fordyce, Bengal Artillery ; Captain.l.l . ..froll, 42d Bengal Native Infantry; Captain C. O'Brien, 3d Be ngal Native Captain W. Hoggan, 63d Bengal Native Infantry; C ap t ain . Ptllans, Bengal Artillery ; Captain H. T. Mercer, Pith Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain A. G. Ward, 64th Bengal Native Infantry ; Cap. taln E. Christie, Bengal Artillery ; Captain T. L. Ilarington, nth Bengal Cavalry; Captain D. Seaton, let Bengal European Regi ment. To have the local rank of Major in the Army in the East Indies— Major H. Forster, commanding the Shekawat tee Brigade, June 19. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 18. Ordnance Medical Department —Surgeon T. Whitelaw to be Senior PargeOrt; Surgeon S. Chisholm to be Senior Surgeon ; Assistant ktrgeOn G. Farr to be Surgeon; Assistant-Surgeon C. F. Staunton to be Surgeon, vice Whitelaw; Assistant-Surgeon J. Savage to be Sargeon, vice Chisholm, Jane I. • Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. J. iligewrigh., jun., Eaq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 10. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Southampton. J. Lobb, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant for the said town and county of the town of Southampton ; Le Feuvre, Esq., to be De pitty Lieutenant for the said town and County of Southampton, June 1;. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of ClAckmannaushire. P. Anstruther, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; R. Haig, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, April WHITEHALL, Jrs, 13. Ills Lord Chancellor has appointed James William Connlngtort, Horncastle, in the county of Lincoln, Gent., to he a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Anselem Colton Fowler, draper, Louth, Lincolnshire, to surrender July 3 and 31, at one, at the Court of bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee; Jones, Sise-lane. William Everett, builder, Drury.lane, June 26, at half-ast ten, and July 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,p of lcial assignee; Townshend, Howland-street, Fitzroy. square. Joseph Thorley, cabinetmaker, Newman-street, Jnly 1, at eleven, and 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official aa signee, Aldermanbury ; Taylor and Colli“on, Great James-street, Bedford-row. Thomas Rice Hart, tic:twitter, Leatherbrldge, June 29, at half-past twelve, and Aug. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruk:tcy. Bell, efficial assignee, Coleman street-bnlldinge ; Fry, Chea”ide. Edward Sewell, hatter, Old Bond-street, June 29, at one, and August 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Hare, Coleman-street. Henry Monis, stone-mason, South Lambeth New-road, June 25, at two, and July 30, at ene, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell official assignee, Coleman -street-buildings; Dawes, Sergeants inn. Thomas Court, bootntaker, Brlghtou, June 29, at twelve, and July 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official a•signee, Basinghall-street ; Messrs. Lawrence and Reed, Cheapside. Joseph Wilcox., tailor, Little Bell. alley, Moorgate-street, June 25, and July 27, at hall-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gra ham, official aisignee, Coleman-street ; Smith, Bashighall-street. Joseph Blackburn, cloth manuffieturer, Gomersel. Yorkshire, July 3 and 27, et eleven, at the Leeele District Court. Hope, official as- Leeds ; /fall, Aldermanbnry, London ; Lees, Bradford ; Bond, Leeds. Rliliam M'lntosh, epirit merchant. Kingston-upon-Hull,' July 1 sx.ct 22, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. Kynaston, official assignee, Hall; Leigh, George-street, Afansion-house, Lou den; Stamp, Hull. Matthew Hobson, corn and coal merchant, Great Grimsby, at the 11M1 District Court. Kyna•ton, official assignee. HMI ; Kirk, Sy motel's Inn, Chancery-lane, London ; Datihney, Great Grimsby ; Bell, Hull. George Shorthouse, merchant, Newport, Monmouth, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Smith, Bristol. Charles Ball, linen-draper, Lane. end, Staffordshire, July 11 and lb, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official a-ffklanee, Birmingham ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside, London ; Bartlett, Birmingham. John Lead, innkeeper. Wellington, Shropshire, July 7 and 31, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee. Birmingham ; Greatwood, Wellington ; Motieram and Knowles, Birmingham. John Smith, grocer, Stratford-upon-Aron, June 2/ and July 22, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, ( )Metal assignee Thrmingham ; T. S. James, Birmingham, Robhert Pattinaon. grocer, Exeter. July 6, at twelve, and July 23, at. one, at the Exeter District Court. Hemmen. ofllclal assignee. Rxeter ; Terrell, Exeter. Robet't Stanfor ' d Perrott, graeer, Exeter, July 6, at twelve, and 23, at one, at the Exeter District Court. liernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Terrell, Exeter. ' William Rolfe, music seller, Manchester, June 30, and July 29, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official assignee, Manchester; Baddeley Leman-street, Ocaximan's-ilehts, London; Slmpson,Manciuister. John Potter, portable weighing machine maker, Manchester, June 30, at twelve, and July 23, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Jaques and Edwards, E , y-place, London ; Chew, Manchester. George Lumley, cotton manufacturer, Wigan, June 30, and July /3. at twelve, at the Manche,ter District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Gregory and (20., Bedford row, London; Leigh, Wigan. Joan Hughes, provlaion dealer, Liverpool, June 29 and July 21, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; cornmwaite And Ce., Old Jewry Chambers, London Pemberton, Liverpool. Edward ;ones, ironmonger, Liverpool, Jana 29, and July 21, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official a , signee, Liverpool ; Keightley, Cnnliffe, and Beaumont, Chancery-lane, Lon don ; Hetherington, Woods, and Woodburn, Liverpool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro duce of the British po,;:•:e.ions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending June lii, 1R46, ie s, l t d. per cwt. &e , in oar Next.] MARKET INTELLIGENCE (From the Landon New Price Current of June 19.) Sceaa.--To.day there was no public sale of a - ly description of raw Sugar, but West India Muscovado of every kind was In excel teat request privately, and brought further advanced rates, making the rise compared with last Friday of is to Is 6d per cwt. RErtsitts.—To-day the home trade were compelled to pay further advanced rates for Refined goods, owing to the scanty supply. Sonded Crushed Sugar is wanted, and there are few sellers of first Quality under 33s 6d per cwt. 3 deceurfes. --To-day several parcels of all kinds of 3faurititim !Inger were sold privately, and at higher rates, making the rise since teat Friday Is to Iced per cwt. tra lele, 4cmT :._—,To-day Bengal wa s i n goo d demand by private tr in prices fo r th e week has been Is. per cwt. . fuarket was well supplied with Bengal Rica. petition; the e ant :Z u r a‘ io 6;783 bags were submitted to public coin tares at an tivwanhceitpolitwroz,acyltraivrea,teas,nd.,fthade N r,, v h r o c le w s t !lit et and after the roattcle. dortt this week, and rather hig l i a ,:: " been Purchased with mere frees t ee market has been more litier:ilytes Istr ea b . e ,,, en it o h et am i l nt ea rtit p h t tu n glt . For relloW the inquiriee have bat business of moment has been prevent by irf t er rates are offered, Drivel - tante to sell. A considerable Increase in thehdennwilllngne" place for white Brazil, and prices have t t ae.n e . i m i tut;i ha, tak en eel 31 tention, and en atte ane ., n t r ui, ew ab„ ; bre has met with increa , ef &I per evil has Occurred. Comr..—The arrivals of E,aet India have considerably t ner -since our last report, and home trade sorts are yet brought rmetyre, itiArket o notwithstanding their cheapness ; but export kind, are not pteliaedfcr sale, - .lc still exhibits a decrease in consequence of the low prices that exist, still the Remand does not increase, although the stock . kt Mocha has been purchased comparieon with that of last sea.son. . at,eon. frith increased treedom, and which le not to be wondered ddering its cheapness; the trade are increaatlng their sto ck s, 'lnd ',peculators are operating. TEA.—The dulness in the market has Increased this vreek, and the businee, transacted In all descriptions has been extremely limited; tint in the value scarcely any variation has taken place. 64 10E3.—Plices ruling for Ginger occasions the demand to be good bY Private contract ior all descriptions, and the supply Is net so large as it w as For Illack Pepper the demand privately has been limited its all sone front exporter,' and the home trade. White has sustained the former value. and .everal parcels have been disposed of privately. Millers of Pimento slow firmness, and refrain from offering any at auction. The stock is still math less than it w 2,4 last year, but price.? ;ere higher for ail qualities. For Cassia Lignert, quotations Paling niolerate,ocua , ioned 'several paretic to be (Reposed of by pri eate treaty, as there i an impression existing that prices have arrived at their lowest point. rieldere of Nutmegs evince more firm nee., and rcll*.iin torn Ott-ring any At auction. Mace is in short vapply, end Is wanted. in Cleves few purchases have been made. Sp:arm—The arrivals of Runt have been on a larger scare shire this der weelt, but fltey consist chiefly of west inithe. Jetnalea has been less in demand, bet Cur the tee' preels seiti libldef - s have been enabled to obtain trait rates. Leeward Island Is much wanted, and prices are loolf.int but business has been checked by the small Supply at market. Calcutta has been in lair demend. There has been very little hnsinese transaciett in Brandy of any kind, and it Is tiilii3ait to quote prices with Aecitra. - :y ; the stock here belie; a large cat'. In Geneve ..everal small purchases have been made. The Stippir being small of British Corn Spirits prices are sustained, but the deman,l has been limited. 0114 . — Aillotigh Linseed 011 can be, obtained upon rather lower terms, still time home demand has been limited on the spot, and 'scarcely any export orders have been executed. For Rape Seed Oil Prices continue to go down. In Olive Oil there has been little pass ing, although there are sellers upon turther reduced terms. Pain is wanted, and rather higher rates have been obtained. For Cocoa Nut several inquiries have exis'ed. Cod Oil has purchased with caution, but the stock being a small ene, holders are enabled to obtain VA to 281 108 for limited fitantlties; this, herwever, would not be the case if the stock here I 'was a large - one. Southern bcing still plentiful, Prices of all quali- Iles are kept low. In Sperm there has been little passing privately, AIM the market being well supplied, a farther fall in the value has I pfd. For American Lard Oil the demand has been limited. There we Au - tiler arrivals of Sperm and Southern Oil, stocks of which are buavYt and far exceed these of hest sesaon et this ti me, the prices *Telmer. ?Acme—There are sellers of Russian on the spot upon, redaced luutue-, atM the purchases ma d e b y soap•ma k ers and chandlers have OM extremely limited, and 42s per cwt 15 the highest quotation for fine Petersburg Yellow Candle, duty paid ; indeed, if par cels were to be pressed for sale, even this price could not be obtained, although the stock is still a small one. For Town further reduced rates have been taken. Australian has been purchased with caution. American is dull of sale, and former rates cannot he obtained. There is every appearance of a further tail taking place in the value, as supplies of Foreign and Colonial Fallow are likely to he large this season. RAI LWA Y COMM 11" FEE (YESTERDAY.) ---••--- HOUSE OF LORDS. GROUP D. suErrxxxin AND XANCOLNSNIRE =NC TION RAILWAY. . . ----- --- -- -- T T i h w e Committee t r e e k - e as n s t e h n i i s b 1 m ed o t i h m i i g n i g n ° A M Y a i s n t g h , C pany, eing Paget, who appears for the'Doncaster and Wakeicuitons to Sheffield, fi I aLtorwdiSthomrersfine the e t e e ' i a t l if e . traffic flemn the counties along the Eastern coas e t, d th e e em b r je n c c t of b Mr. to show that the line of the promoters and the expense of transporting goods and wa l cr agricultural produce from d es troy the benefit of one means of conveyance to another won t l the railway. Mr. Moring, the present mayor o f Doncaster, testified to the field and Linc,olusiiire Junction line. that the) were also multi nitenimoue feeling of the people of Doncaster in tavonr of the Fief. ')ii cross-examination, it appearedline to the westward, and moue in faveur of every other• . a so little Interest in this during the present seeslon discu , sed line that they had not once il tit in Re favour. There was a the Town Counen had evinced the neceeeity of petitioning Parliame line o Lich crossed the maim en that they would countenance we resolution of the Corporation. about two !'ears ago, to the effect trance of 0 e town at a level. On i e.examlnation the witness stated iii it the Corporation were '• favourable now its they we 'e three years ago. 4' Mr. VICKERS, solicitor, of Sheffield, and local solicitor to the File, elated that the agreement between Earl Fltzwilliam and the Mid. land Counties Company fur the use of the Greesborough branch aro e out of the opening of Lord Fitzwilliam's coal mines at that place, and t t h io a n t a t i lr x p S e t i te ,e ill e e f l ( I I haii.te(el iliten,et,he)fririatinlsi it.e'osmtepaaanest:tlwiaod, t he he e e n a P rt u l t iw t • o or th k e s aaldodnle etetl'ilnit2etiorroatneaeim'lletriiiies rails s h 4 ;llTC L o o u r m 3 an " y I t ' o i p l a is y Llojidds.hpipei• thento it e t - o n ; the exclusive use of that line, bile that included a right also to a depot and yard at Sheffield, for which other pers - Als paid 301. or 1001. a year. Earl litzwilliam was favourable to this Bill, and had both last year and this given permission to Mr. Byron, his mineral agent, to testify' favourably of this line. Th e pract i ce o f the Midland un tfee' companies is to charge a penny per ton per mile. On re - examination it appeared that therewas no clause in the Bill to restrict the charge to a penny. There is no written agreement, hut ( there Is one in equity and usage, Mr. Byron having arranged with the company to the effect of what he had stated. When the Sheffield and Rotherham Company was amalgamated with the Midland Counties,the latter company took up all the engagements of the former, of which this one had been hi action for seven years before. It was upon this arrangement, and not on the statute, that the com pany relied for their payment. In re-examination, the witness stated that he believed that the evhietice of Mr. Morton end Mr. Brown was similar to *.hat which would he given by all the other Yorkshire coal proprietors, and that, fu fact, the rates of charge are uniform both to the Yorkshire and the Derbyshire proprietors. 'the letters of Earlfitzwilllam, and of Mr. Newman, his Lordship's agent, giving the assent of both to the line of the promoters, were then put In evidence, but the assent of the former was given pre paratory to the session of last year, and that of Mr. Newman before this session. Mr. Swanwick, the engineer of the line, stated that the line from Doncaster to Lincoln was part of the Eastern Counties scheme to get from London to the north, hut on the passing of the London and York gill, that portion of the Linceln and Swinton line was aban doned. The line as It now Weld's would join the London aed York line about three miles smith of Doncaster, tint there is a good opportunity of making a good junc tion at Doncaster. On leaving this piece the line runs up the valley of the Don, near the lime-works at Sprotborough, where it forked, one branch going to Barrleley, Wakefield, and any place to the north, opening the mineral field —the other branch gave access to Bothexhana and Sheffield, the distance to the tatter town being eighteen miles, and to the former thirteen and a half. The distance from Doncaster to the end of the northern fork to its -junction with the Midland line would he 144; miles. The worst gradient between Doncaster and Sheffield is one In 201. which cominues for only half a mile, which, as the heavy goods would have to descend it, is extremely favourable. On the northern branch there is a gradient of one in 117, but nice-tentita of the heavy traffic would have to descend that line. The smallest radius of a curve is one , - .1 20 chains, of which there are two instances, but both are near stations, so that they are advantageous rather than otherwise, The estimates are 3,2004 for fencing, 50,000/. fer earth-works, bridges, 39,0111., masonry at different points, 44,000/., perma nent way 78,0001., land 22,000/., stations 9 3,0001., and 1 4,7591. tor contingencies, being something more than 10 per cent. on the gross expense, the whole amount being 219,000/. The examination then proceeded on the points affecting the pro peeties on the line. There are two turnpike roads crossed on a level, but the witness knew of several others of far more importance than those on a level. One of them was 'wartime station at Doncaster, and the other neat Kilehurst. A long cross-examination then ensued on the discrepancy between :lie evidence as given by the witness on the expense of construe :ion, and the testimony he gave a year ago, but the difference was reconciled by the explanation, that on the former occaelen one part of the line was easy and cheap, and the other difficult and expensive. After this a conversation of considerable length was held on the opposition of Sir Joseph Copley, with whom the Swinton and Don easter Company are ready to make any compromise consistent with their main object. The counsel, however, for that gentleman having declined to make an election as to what deviation he would wish, Mr. Ilthiyard, for the promoters chose the South line, which only effected Sir Joseph Copley's property to the extent cf half an acre. There is to be an embankment near to the house Sprothorough Hall, of above twelve or thirteen feet high. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow IMPORTANT DECISION. DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, PORTSMOUTH, AND PAREII.A.IVI. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Cockburn's address, which occupied the Committee for more than an hour and a half, being concluded, Mr. Lusor addressed the Committee for the promoters of the Di; riot London and Portsmouth, at the conclusion of whose speech, The Committee ordered the room to be cleared, and after a consul tation, which lasted for about half an hour, The parties were re-admitted, and The Chairman announced the decision of the Committee in these words:—The Committee have decided by a majority that the pre amble of the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Bill Is proved, and that the preamble of the Guildford, Chichester, Portsmouth, and i'arehani is not proved. An application was made for the Committee to pass the part of the 61111.110 rd and Chichester Bill, which had reference to the dock-yard branch, which branch was before the House in another Bill, which was unopposed, but which would be materially improved by the passing of this Bill ; but The Cttatamaa said that the Committee could not assent to this proposition. The Bill must be entirely thrown out, and the parties could, if necessary, bring forward a Bill for a deviation of the dock . yara branch next session. The printed clauses were then gone thronh, and other dances relatiw to the property of Mr. Dixon, one to bind the railway coin. pally to adopt the deviation proposed yesterday, the other to cimpel them to pais through hts property on a viaduct. After some discus-- Aon they were both rejected, as the Committee were of opinion that the provisions of the "Lands Clauses Consolidation" Act, were stall dent to meet the case. Mr. Cole's opposition was disposed of by the introduction of a lance propoe4l by his counsel. EPSOM AND DORKING. it may be necessary to explain that this Bill is a part of the Direct London and Portsmouth, and that the decision made upon the latter applies exactly to It. - The Committee having disposed of the cases of all the opponeuts of the urn, finally rose at about a quarter to five o'clock. The Bills will be reported on Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. LIMP/VI VALLEY. The Committee met again this day at twelve o'clock, Mr. Aldham, chairman. The Committee were occupied the whole of the day in hearing evi dance for the promoters. The witnesses were cross-examined by enttnel who appeared for several landowners on the line. GROUT 11. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills omprised in this group re -assembled at the usual hour this morning ; lard Morpeth in tile chair. WEST CORNWALL. The consideration of this case was resumed. Evidence was ad :laced on behalf of the opposing landholders to the line. The object of this evidence, it would seem, was to show that Mr. Brand had not Aecured the best line the country would afford. The Committee was occupied with the opposition until Its rising at fmir caIOUP XIII. This Cou.mlttee met at 12. o'clock, 'lsar Wm. Clay In the chair, GLASGOW AND BELFAST UNION. The clauses of this Bill were proceeded with. An argument of some length took place on a clause providing that any company entering Ayr from Dalmellington should be allowed free areems to the Glasgow and Belfast Union—Counsel for the Ayrshire and Galloway contending that this company should be named specially in the clause, and that certain rates for the use of the former line should be specified, while Counsel on the other side maintained that the clause should be general and open to all rail ways, and that the rates should be left for condderation of another earl:intent, or to the Board of Trade. The ?tom was then cleared, and, after being out for upwards of an hour, the parties were called in. The CHAtAMAN intimated that the Committee had proposed a clause to meet the case in point, generally providing for the Minis a ion of any railway coming ti•om Dalmellington, which the Legisla ture might in future esnction, at certain rates of toll to be axed by Arbitration. The other clauses of the Bill were agreed to, and the Chairman Hstructed to report the Bill, with the amendments, to the House. CALEDONIAN EXTENSION. The CHAIRMAN intimated that he had consulted the Speaker respecting the point raised yesterday, and the Speaker concurred in the opinion of the Committee, that parties petitioning against a scheme had still a tom standi, though the promoters of it might de cide to withdraw a portion from the consideration of the Committee. It being now near four o'clock the Committee adjoerued till Mends'', at one o'clock. GROUP XVII. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON. (Continued &odour Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. lIATHEXTON protested against the chairman instituting com parisons between the testimony of the witness in his examination in chief, and asked when his Learned Friend on the other side would have an opportunity of cross-examining him as to his testimony. Ile • , was sure no member of the Committee would become en advocate of the line sitting there, as they did, in their judicial capacity. The CHAIRMAN said, without any wrangling, he would state why he inetituted such a comparison between the testimony of the wit nessThPotatte rit e s iuteaengagedthatin the e usin li eri e in wouldthe and of Mr. Addington, the gentleman to whom he referred. Potteries, he distinctly he of the utmost benefit to him as he should ' several hundreds in the course of the year by the proposed Manchester eci and Siouthampton line—the witness, whet was not en a-e e n a ve! trade, stated diametrically the reverse. He considered „ 7 ~ , , , , : arterr n not engaged in the trade, but filling the avocet_ plnt. le they Drwas not a proper witness to give testimony on this . thne ee en te ,„ought a person from the Potteries, who made a I ..Ntr• kreis t ,, e ".. , th_ey would be Do of the lin i --- l '''''' th mid to listen him. es n th e w 3,... e witness was mony before the co --. '"' *nt . one whom the opponents mullet,. considered The examination ot tee .... a tit person to give teeti rated all he had stated, et „ t % -- e 'ros was then conti required by the wants of the da eeee _ Tall Y dbintieroy lined. and he rette- In his cross-examination by 11;,„.. *dot the line, as not that he did not know the cost of geeeh,rut Vf nAnoillat, he Mersey. The cost of sending a ton ee i l m Tin to th e ____ stated and Southempton would be 10s. a ton to 8n.. .7m of the I nnis from Mr. f,ergeant WRANGHAM called his attention e e _ Mdington had stated that the cost of getting e te r o f t eet that Ur, north wits 30s. It was unlikely that they would wet il!Lad te the and the charge was only 10,, C Present route if the line were made, a ten in. stead of 305. Nitre-- if Mr. Allit a y , a tattle dealer, or any pe w, nowt thee lie and hie friends drove 60,000 sheep to Gloucester, and s ent them to the north by the exiting railway in the course of a year, h e should not believe 'him. Ile wee certain lie would not make such a seiternent before men of litteinass in the locality. In his cross-examination by M r. ALEXANDER, he stated that he gave evidence last year before the O xford, Worcester, and Welver liampton Committee, to the effect that direct railway communication wean Droitwieli to the south, fur the conveyance of salt for agricul tned purposes, woidd be advantageous. lie. was of that opielon still. Mr. W. Griffiths, residing in the Isle of Wight, produced a speci men of the sand ritiseil there for the purpose of being converted inte glees, and stated that the conveyance it the commodity by ships Wili preferable to a railway. A yee.sel carried from 100 to 110 tons. In his croise•examination, he stated that several days were occupied in tea-hing e vessel—sometimes several weeks—and that it would be of advantage to be able to carry It away in small quantities. Mr. Hangerfield, coach-mutter at Cheltenham, formerly ,rail ceaehes from Cheltenham to Southampton, but discontinued them as they were unprofitable ; but attributed this in a great measure to the opening of the existing railway ; if. however, he were going to Southampton, ha should use the most direct line. The inhabitants of Cheltenham were migratory, and went frequently to Southampton and the Isle of Wight. Mr. B. Palmer, lessee of the Luggershall-gate, on the road between Southampton and Cheltenham, said the tolls amounted to 2001. a year, but the tratSc from the neighbouring fairs did not come that wen so that that gate was not a fair criterion. The large tolls were not taken at that gate, and some thousand persons going north did not come through it. The Committee then adjourned till one o'clock on Monday. GROUP XVIII. EXETER DISTRZOT. The Committee met at the usual hoar, 31r. B. D0h1,5011 in tho chair. The Committee proceeded this morning with the consideration of the various clauses of the Exeter, Yeovil. and Dorchester, and the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Railway Bills. The clauses relating to the tolls were postponed. The several other clauses having been agreed to, e t n h a e t er he re i a n t se ll t 'C i s o t n e , r i nZ tk o i m ng p Company, y itn , proposed lay down additional rails for the accommoda tion the company to e t t r e a r m a c ti o d f l t - h eo e v i i i l n . e. objected to it on the grounds of the inconveni ence Mr. MR/tRIMETHER t o Committee SL°nti t ) o ; recommend m o t i n . it wont The room was then cleared. tion of the broad d, a u g s a e u t g Upon the parties being called in they were informed that the Com mittee e betweenthrongElxi had decided that the line should be laid down in this manner. Rather an animated discussion took place at this period of the business. The CHAIRMAN stated, that he wished to call the attention of the parties, but more especially of Mr. Saunders, the secretary to the Great Western, to a statement which had been made to him by Mr. Creed, the Committee clerk, to the effect that some observations had been made in the course of a conversation hich he (Mr. Creed) had had with Mr. Saunders outside the door of the Committee, Mr. Saunders having stated, that be had taken advan tage of his situation, as clerk to the Committee, to make re marks, or give expression to certain opinions calculated to prejudice the minds of the Committee against the scheme of the Great Western. Now he (the Chairman) begged to state, to jus ice to Mr. Creed, that in the opinion of the Committee that gentleman had not, in the slightest degree, overstepped the bounds of his duty as a servant to the House of Commons, and further, that anything he might have stated to the Committee would not, in the slightest degree, have affected the decision to which the Committee would have felt it their duty to arrive. If the charge was pet,isted in by Mr. Saunders, of course he shoal think it his duty to represent the case to the House. Mr. Cocstauax stated that the interference alluded to by Mr. Saunders, had been very generally noticed by the members of the bar among themselves. The CUAIRMAN did !tot think that such charges could be brought against that gentleman, at least, however, so far as that Committee was concerned, he would say there was not the slightest ground for such charge ; he had not, in the opinion of his Hon. Colleagues, done any more than wes actually required of hint in his capacity as clerk to the Committee. The matter then dropped. After so'ue discussion a c:ausc was Inserted for the protection of he property of the Earl of Digby. The Conunitte e then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XXXI. This Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour; and aler considerable time occupied in consultation, the subject of which was kept private, the room was ordered to be cleared. The room was shortly after thrown open to the public. We ascer tained that the Chairman and Committee-clerk had been to con sult the Speaker as to whether or not any communication had been received from the Board of Trade with respect to the break of gauge Hetween Gloucester and Stonehouse, The CHAIRMAN, on his return, after consulting with his colleagues, announced that the Committee were of opinion that the preamble of the Bill had been proved, and that the line was to be constructed on the Darrow gauge, so as not to interfere with the broad gauge, which is already laid down. Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXIII. WOILCESTAM AND NVEZDON, HAMPTON AND ASUCELIIRCH. HAMPTON AND 1311.211117 ELY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday. Mr. Locke confirmed the engineering evidence of Mr. Stephenson. Mr. COCKBURN opposed the Bills on behalf of the petitioning land owners, Lord Willoughby de Broke, Lord Saye and Sele, Sir John Cope, and thirteen others. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. GROUP XXXVIII. LEEDS, DEWSBURY, AND MANCHESTER, (wAirspiELD EXTENSION). The Committee met at the usual hour ; Mr. Divett, chairman. Several witnesses were examined in this case with reference to the traffic, and evid,nce of other general nature was taken. The Committee rose at four o'clock GROUP XLI. This Committee reassembled to-day at twelve o'clock, and re , sinned the consideration of the MANCHESTER, BOLTON, AND BURY CANAL NikVIGATION AND RAILWAY BILL. Mr. (lassos, on the part of the corporation of Salford, ai dressed the Committee against the Bill. He SA tat the town corporation of Manchester had considered the. town of Salford of such importance as to have improved the approaches• on the Manchester side of the river at considerable ex pense. An embankment bridge had also been erected, lull lbr the purpose of rendering the town of still greater utility to the public it was intended to expend further sums of money on similar Improvements. Through one of the streets of the town crossed by the proposed railway no less a number of cattle and passengers than fourteen and a half millions passed annually, and this street would he effectually blocked up by an abutment which would be erected by the proposed project. From what he had stated, if, as he had no doubt it would be fortified by evidence, the Committee must perceive that the proposed project would do infinitely greater disservice titan advantage to the public. After hearing evidence in support of this statement the Committee adjourned. GROUP XLII LIVERPOOL, ouivxsicraz, AND PRESTON. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday. The conclusion of the examination of Mr. Errington closed the case for the promoters, after witch the case of the landowners in opposi tion to the line was opened, and Mr. Siniker, a farmer, the Earl of Sefton, and other were examined, to prove the residential and other '•"' " ' " " Injuries that would be occasioned if the line was adopted. They were of opinion that neither the public interest nor the welfare of the dis trict would be benefited. The Committee then adjourned. • GROUP XLVII. This Committee re-assembled this morning at twelve o'clock, in room 25 (Grand Corridor), and proceeded to hear witnesses and learned counsel against the SWANSEA VALE undertaking, but the preamble of the Bill was eventually declared by the Committee to be proved. The clauses were gone through, and having been agreed to with a few verbal amendments, the Committee adjourned at four o'clock GROUP LI 11. SURE WBBITRY AND BIRMINGHAM. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. CoaerrT, having called the attention of the Committee to the local grievances which this line would inflict, proceeded to ad dress them generally with reference to the accommodation proposed to be afforded to the district through which this lino would pass. and contended, that as between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton, there was little difference between that afforded by this and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton. The case of Mr. Thorneyerott had been attempted to be '• Ohl eh'd " down by Learned Counsel, because he happened to be the chairman of the rival line, but their own witnesses admitted that he was one of the most intelligent, wealthy, and respectable men in his neighbourhood. The Committee slieuld consider this subject, not merely in a local, but a na tional point of view. The Learned Counsel had over and over again attempted to impress upon the Committee that competi• Lion did not profit, but damage the public interests. But Mr. Chance, ose of their witnesses, had, by chance, admitted that the contrary w•as the fact. The promoters of this line proposed to dry up a canal which had given good accommodation to tile district through which it passed. The line, which would be about 110 or 160 miles, following the course of the cauxl, wou 7 d dodge in and out everywhere. The Learned Counsel then dwelt at some length on the fact that all the iromnasters of Wolverhampton and the neighbourhood were not, as had been attempted to be represented, in favour of this scheme. On cross-examination the witnesses admitted that some of the most extensive iromnasters of that district were against this line, and in favour of its rival. Why was there to be an ascent in this line at Wolverhampton of forty feet? Not for the interests of the inhabitants, but to benefit a few Individuals who were interested in the Birmingham Canal. Should the Committee than decide that the station proposed by this Cr m pany for Wolverhampton was the best? Public opinion, he said, was no doubt divided upon the subject of these schemes ; he believed it would be proved by the witnesses on behalf of his clients, that that opinion preponderated In favour of the scheme which he had advo cated. The Learned Counsel having concluded his speech, which occupied nearly three hours in delivery, by calling in evidence. Mr. Thomas Merritt. architect, surveyor, and valuer, stated that Mr. Thorne; croft's works ranked second in the neighbourhood of Wolverhampton, and that the Shrewsbury and Birmingham would interfere most seriously with the access to the works. He described on the model before alluded to the situation of the works, and the manner in which the rival lines proposed to cross that part of the town. Mr. Thorneycroft had at present a frontage of 300 yards to 'llorsley-fields-road, which this line would cut off. From 10,0001. to 12,0001. had been expended in the erection of Mr. Thor neycroft's works ; they were amongst the best in the neighbourhood. The height of the embankment of the Horsley-fields-road, at the point where the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line would pass, would be 21 feet. the gradient would be 1 in 20. The eligible site of Mr. Thorneycroft's works eeiabled him to manufacture his grids at a cheaper rate than he otherwise could do. The bulk of Mr. Ilatherton's work would be destroyed, for the line proposed to pass through the works, and the adjacent valuable works of Messrs. Hatherton, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Clarke, &c., would be completely hemmed in by it. The witness, in cross-examination, admitted that the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway would not give the iron masters of Wolverhampton a direct communication with London, and that it, as well as the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line, would cut off a portion of Mr. Thorneycroft's works. If that gentleman were a consenting party, the promotdrs of this line would be able to give him access to his works, even if the line were made as proposed. Mr. Thorneyeroft was the chairman of the rival companies, and one of the other petitioners against this project (Mr. Crane) was also interested in them. The approach to Mr. Barnette works might be very much improved by the removal of the porter's lodge. The pre sent approaches to the other works already mentioned were not of the best description ; they were private occupation roads. There would be no difficulty in giving access :o every portion of Mr. Thorneycroft's works by constructing arches on the embankment of this line over a portion of his grounds. Mr. G. E. Hamilton, civil engineer and architect of Wolverhamp ton, confirmed the evidenee of Mr. Merritt, and stated that it was Impossible to calculate the injury which this line would in dict on the owners of the works in question. They could not possibly procure such sites in Wolverhampton as their works at present occupied. If they destroyed the means of r importing and exporting heavy goods into these works, they at once destroyed them. Mr. Crane and Mr. Hatherton would sufferdamage to the extent of 30,0001. if the line in its present shape were sanc tioned. Mr. Henderson would suffer to the same extent. The works were at present in a most convenient spot for carrying on business. Cross-examined by Mr. WADDINGTON—The works are adjacent to the canal, and the produce Is generally carried by it. A direct com munication with London would be of great advantage to the manu facturers of Wolverhampton, if not encumbered with disadvantages, which he feared this line presented. Mr Barker, proprietor of the Chiltington works, confirmed the preceding witness's evidence, and admitted, in his cross-examination, that he had been a director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton scheme, and was now a contractor for the rails. The Committee having, in reply to Mr. Lang, stated that they would take the Dudley line next, adjourned at four o'clock till twelve on Monday next GROUP LXIV. This Committee re-assembled to-day at eleven o'clock. MISS GREAT WESTERN (POR.TARLXNG TON TO GALWAY), and MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN (MULLINGAR TO ATHLONE). Mr. Sergeant WISANOBANI (on behalf of the latter Bill) resumed his arguments against the preamble of the former Bill. contending that as it was not shown that the present pro moters of the scheme intended to carry the undertaking Into execu tion, but to dispose of it to parties who were under no covenant to proceed with the work, it would be promoting a pernicious gambling iu Bills coming before the Legislature. Mr. Sergeant Murphy replied. . . The CifitastAN then required that the subscription agreement of the Midland Great Western should be handed in. The portion of the deed containing the Scotch signatures sias then produced, but the remaining portions were not forthcoming. Secondary evidence, however, of the existence of the document was then given. The room was then cleared, and on ourre-admission the Chairman announced that the Committee had decided that the preamble of the first Bill—namely, the Irish Grout Western Bill—was not proved, but that the preamble of the 'Mutlinger to Athlone Bill was proved, The Committee then adjourned till Monday. A special BR ANCH ) uteetI , day at the London Tavern, ° lth e RICHMOND RAILWAY (KEW i nv C e O ncr N do l ern i: p A tl N n y ir t.ook consider place th y e e s p t r e o r ..- pnety of proceeding vi,th a Bill now pending in Par liament, intituled " A Bill to alter, and d, d amen an enlarge the powers and provision, of the Rich 1843, and to enable the Company thnnern:hd railway Act of make and maintain a railway from MortlaZe, n cr orat ed to i the county of Surrey, to Kew, in the said county." At one o'clock the chair was taken by William Chadwick unanimously adopted. . Resolutions approving of the Bill were proposed and The enAttotAN announced that the railway would be opened between the Bth and the 15th o f the next month. The meeting then separated. Emperor of R • time, at wloaslEPmhelesps footln: and fell l e n ro g r in irnin' a journeymanS ooll Warsaw, a saysf te mason.ar tfl flue Frankfortarrivalby some journal, oaccident, from a great height on the pavement. The left the carriage, had the man taken Into a court Yard. sent fer elY surgeon, and remained on the spot until the medical ma n decia i. : that life had fled. The Emperor the next day sent 150 silver roubles to the father of the deceased. LITERARY TRIAL.—The long-pending action of TH. nity College, Cambridge, against the Trustees of the British Museum for the recovery of a manuscript alleged to have been purloined froM the collections of the former, and In which a literary gent;ema n w , u known has been painfully implicated, is set down for Tuesday at the Court of Queen's Bench. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 19. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'dlock. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAM, the Southwark Drainage Bill was read a third time. LUNATIC ASYLUMS ACT. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the inhabitants of Whitchurch, Herefordshire, praying for the re peal of that part of the Act making it binding on justices of the peace to build county lunatic asylums. Messengers from the 11, , use of Commons brought up several Bills, ;nd prayed their Lordships' concurrence to them. FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions from Dundee, Greenock, Dumfries, and other places in Scotland, in favour of the Bill for procuring sites for the Free Church of Scotland. The petitioners did not wish to interfere with the rights of property; all they claimed was the liberty of worshipping God according to the dictates of their consciences, and for that pur pose wished to have the means of doing so. LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR. Lord BROUG HA NI laid on the table a Bill for the better regulation of the law of debtor and creditor. The Noble Lord said he would not press the Bill forward till he had an oppor tunity of consulting the Noble and Learned Lord on the Wool sack, and the Noble Lord behind him ( Lord Campbell). The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to he printed. The Bishop of NORWICH presented a petition, very nu merously signed, against the sale of intoxicating liquors on the Lord's day. SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. The Earl of FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from the Rev. Mr. Gordon, a rector in the county of Ox:urd, against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. He agreed with the petitioner, that instead of diminithing the number of bishops, there ought to be a large increase of them. Ile was favourable to a diminution of the income of ind.vidual bishops, but not to the extent that petitioner went. The Bishop of EXETER heard the sentiments ex p-eased by the Noble Earl with great pleasure. He said that the cry throughout the country for an increase of the number of bishops in the Church was a loud and earnest one, and he hoped it would be attended to. He was of opinion that there was no necessity for an increase to their salaries, but he thought there ought to be an adsqure number of bishops for the spiritual wants of the country. The question as to whether the new bishops should have a' seat in the House of Lords was a secondary question, though, for his own part, he thought that the dignitaries of the Church ought to have a seat in that House, alongside the aristocracy of the country. Lord BROUGHAM said that this question was one which affected the constitution of the country, and ought to have the most serious consideration before any determination was come to respecting it. After a few words from Earl FITZWILLIAM, The Earl of ELLE.N BOROUG II thought it an extremely inconveni nt course for any discussion to take place on such a subject without previous notice. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. CANADIAN DISPATCH. Lord LYTTELTON said he was not in the Houie when the Noble Duke on the cross-benches referred, a few evenings :ten, to the dispatch to Lord Cathcart. He rose to say that the dis patch was not sent to the newspapers, but laid upon the table of that House. The Duke of RICHMOND said that he was not aware he had anything to explain. All he said was, that if he were Governor-General of Canada he would have felt indignant that his dispatches, before they reached him, were previously published in the papers of the mother country. SUPERINTENDENCE OF CONVICTS BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND wished to call the attention of the House to what he considered to be a great evil. He wanted one improved state of discipline throughout the gaols of this country. Formerly the inspectors of prisons were fully efficient in number to perform their duties, but since the limi tation of their number those gentlemen were unable to per form all the arduous duties of their offices. He had no objec tion to their salaries being increased, but he was opposed to their being appointed to the performance of duties which did not come within their province. He should move, as an amendment, that inspectors of prisons should not be eligible to serve as superintendents of convict.. After a few words from Lord LYTTELTON, the gallery was cleared for a division. On our re-admission to the gallery, the numbers were— Content 19 Non-Content Majority against the amendment —2 The House then resolved itself into Committee on the CORN IMPORTATION BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND said if he knew anything of the high-minded yeomanry of the country, he felt satisfied that they would be ashamed to ask anything of Sir Robert Peel, who had cruelly deceived the country. He respectfully de manded that the House should adopt the clause he was about to propose as an act of justice to the farmers. He conceived that they were not !going to legislate like those cold-blooded capitalists, who openly confessed that they would screw every possible shilling out of the tenants' pockets. Surely they could not compel men to pay 50s. a quarter for wheat, when in the market it was selling for 40s. He contended that they must not throw the tenant tied hand and foot to the tender mercies of the Anti-Corn-law League. He proposed that every tenant should have the power, twelve:months after the passing of that Act, to give his landlord six months' notice of his intention to quit • and then he prop ose d b y ar bit ra ti on t o sett l e t h e c l a i ms of the tenants for compensation ; and the arbitrators were to be the Commissioners of the commons and wastes of this country. The Noble Duke concluded by moving the addition of the clause, which he read, to the Bill. Earl of RIPON—So entirely did he agree with the obser vations of his Noble Friend with respect to the worthy class he had eulogised that he would vote with him, if he did not think that there would be no end to litigation in all parts of the country, if the clause proposed were adopted with the Bill. He could not see the necessity of going out of their way to do that which on every principle was objectionable. He knew that a more generous landlord than his Noble Friend did not exist in the country, and be felt sure that if any of his tenants were to wish to be relieved from any pressure that might result from the passing of the measure, his Noble Friend would im mediately release him. He certainly could not consent to the introduction of the clause. Lord MALMESBURY thought that the introduction of the clause was only one of the many difficulties which they would have to encounter in dealing with the Bill. The law woulc! put the tenants completely under the power of the landlords. They had been made to cow under one law, and were now com pelled to reap under another law. He was rot ready to place the tenant entirely at the mercy of the landlords, and he should therefore. support the amendment. The Earl of AI ORNINGTON said, that having resided abroad for several years, he was touch surprised when arriving in Eng land, at the change that had occurred in the social order amongst the yeomanry. He found them a greatly improved class of people, and intelligence had greatly increased among them. He had served 110 notices on his tenants, who rented land at a very small amount, and he wished to show to those of their Lordships who opposed the Bill from their fear of finding en tenants to occupy their farms, that the inferior order of tenants would be succeeded by a superior class. There was one instance on his estate of a place called Rochford Farm, the birth-place of Anna Boleyn, which he bad undertaken to let at 1,4001 a year, and within a week afterwards he hac: an offer from another man of I,Bori. a year for the same farm, which of course he could not accept. He had conversed with many farmers • and one, whom he had seen scarcely two hours age, in alluding to the proposed measure, said that he began to think that Sir Robert Peel was going right at last. He had heard all the speeches of the Opposition in the House, and they did not contain one single new argument or one new fact ; they were all attuned to the same cry, " The tenants will be ruined."—( A laugh.) He had been to many auctioneers, and had asked them whether they had any difficulty in finding purchasers for land, and they replied, " Not the least." He doubted not but that the price of land would be raised every day after the passing of the mea sure, and that opinion would be confirmed before long by the farmers of England. They had already estaisliahed the prin ciple of reciprocity, which was more than Mr. Huskisson had ever done, and let them not shrink from proceeding with the great work which they had so nobly begun, and which had already allayed the irritated feelings of foreigners to the Eng lish. Mr. Pitt had attempted those things, but in consequence of foreign war had never been able to accomplish the change. The newspapers on the continent were a much better exponent of public feeling and opinion than the newspapers in this country, and the difference in the tone of the foreign public journals to wards this country was very great. Until very recently they abused the policy of England, and now they were extolling it to the utmost. He felt satisfied that the measure would not be injurious to the tenant-farmers or to the landlords, but he saw so many bright prospects to come from it that he could not consent to have any portion of it mutilated, nor interfered necessary connexion withamendment h the ine Noble any Duke ( R way. He i thoughteo,Richmond) )had nx an that thee exalted endd protectionist.— proposedonst . b oa with the measure, and he should certai n l y oppose it. Lord ABINGDON believed he was a protectionist, a great protectionist .-•• nay, in ch o m r (Laughter.) The farmers had strong constitu tions, and a strong feeling of attachment and loyalty to their Sovereign. If there were no protection their would be no woolsacks.—( Laughter. )—( Here the Lord Chan cellor left his seat.) He had always been a constant supporter of a Conservative Government and now regretted that all his cherished principles were to be thrown overboard. If he were accustomed to speak heshould detain the House at much greater length. In early youth he had served Lis country, and had been brought up, not under a bishop, but under a Gallant Duke. He had been appointed chief drummer in the band—( Roars of laughter)—and subsequently he had been ap pointed Speaker to that House, and he proved that he could perform the duties of the latter office as easily as he transacted the duties of the former office. Lord STANHOPE did not mean to make a reply to a speech which was totally irrelevant to the question before the Honse. He said the Noble Earl (Mornington) called on them to defend protection; and, though defeated, they assuredly would defend it while breath were in their bodies. They con tended that the measure proposed was opposed to the best inte rests of the country. He had only to refer to the general and unsolicited movement among the farmers from one end of the country to the other. About three years ago there was a ge neral movement, unsolicited by landlords, against the reduction of duty. But here was a measure which proposed to reduce the duty from 165., es it was at present, to 4s. a quarter. Then they ought to look at the rents at which farms were let. Why, the reduction of 10.. a quarter on wheat in the market, he said, would annihilate the rent of the corn land where such wheat had grown. He was not speaking at ran dom when he referred to such a reduction. He could quote the speeches of Sir Robert Peel, who had promised uni versal cheapness to the whole community. But at whose cost, he asked, mai this cheapness to come about? But turning from these merely introductory re marks, he would confine his attention to the amendment of the Noble Duke. And, as to that, he differed so far from the President of the Board of Control that he thought no amendment was ever more funded on the pure principles of eternal justice. That amendment was the more necessary in these days of political experiment and chimerical noti ms, to save the tenantry from coming ruin. The Noble Earl had said it would produce confusion. He (Earl Stanhope) did not see that such a power given to the tenant was any more than existed already in the case of the tenant-at-will, The Noble Earl had said that the amendment had no connexion wbat The 11 ONG with the Bill, b u t i t was certainly his opinion that it proposed w E as arl d o u f e froml RN tenant.even-handed To N r jus tice ose t o explainas w it a ffh what affected saidth e concerning Mr.lPitt, that he was a free-traier ; and read f , om a speech by Mr. Pitt, which the Noble Earl said fully proved what he had averred, if their Lordships would take into ac count the circumstances of the country, of France, and of America, which were just before involved in war. He (the Earl of Mornington) said he had not been all his time at home ' • he had b een muc h abroad, and knew what, but f or that, he would not have known, and he was certain that they could never avail themselves of the advantages they would gain from the C ontinent, till they were prepared, in the firm way which they were-now taking, to meet th em on th e even terms of rec i procity. He had met with many who con ducted the policy between this country and the Continent on such liberal principles, and they invariably said they could not make those on the Continent believe they were sincere in what they propose l l. Now, he (the Earl of Mornington) was sure that such a measure as the present would greatly extend their moral power ou the Continent • and he was sure also that the present m e s u re i n •.t of Mr. e was perfectly the spirit Pitt's policy. After a few words from Earl STANHOPE in explanation, Lord ASBBURTON (who was for some time inaudible) stated that the tenant-farmer was, by this Bill, exposed to con side-able risk. They were told that it was immaterial, so long as cheap bread could be ; but it was not so, in his opinion. The loss would, in the first instance, fall upon the the tenant, whe;finding a reduced price for his produce, would, no doubt, begin to "screw" his labourers. If by an Act of legislation they took away a large portion of the value of the soil, they were bound to make some equitable adjustment. A considerable amount of difficulty wourl attend such a course, and much litigation would necessarily be the consequence. Some reduction must necessarily be made by the landlord, whose interest would not be to keep people upon his estate who were ruining themselves as well as the land; and he had no doubt that, after some time, some such arrangement would be come to. There was one evil which would most probably result from the adoption of this meastre, and he had a motion to submit to the House with regard to it, but he would postpone it until they got upon the order of the day for the third reading. There were at present 2,000,000 of quarters of corn waiting to be admitted into the country, and the sudden admission of that corn at a very low rate of duty, with every prospect of an abundant harvest, would produce a calamitous effect. He spoke as much to those favourable to the Bill as to ehose aeainst it, to provide some measure against such a contingency. He would put off his amendment until Monday. The Duke of RICHMOND said that he could not withdraw his amended clause, nor could he press it to a division, for he did not see the advantage of being again beaten by a majority of 33, or perhaps 4 ), and he would not theref.re discredit their Lordships by proceeding any further. After some discussion the question was then put, and the amendment etas negatived. Lord DALHOUSIE and Lord MONTEAGLE said that they understoo.i that the tariff was to be taken on Monday, and this Bill to be read a third time on the Thursday following. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he understood that the Bills were to go pani passu. He had understood that the course to he adopted was to take the tariff on Tuesday, and the third reading of the Corn Bill on the Thursday following. If it seemed fit to their Lordships to alter that course it was not for the servants of her .111 , jesty to object. After a few wor is from Lord CAMPBELL, it wallten tually arranged that the Customs Duties Tariff Bill, with Lord Ashburton's resolution as a substantive motion. shou'd betaken on Monday, and the third reading of the Corn Importation Bill on Tuesday. The remaining clauses, with the preamble, were then agreed to, and the Bill was reported without amendment. The House then resumed. The other orders of the day having been disposed of their Lordships adjourned at a Quarter past. Nine o'clock. Hr ) l7c.F OF COMMONS, June 19. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'c!ock. Returns from the Poor-law Commissioners, Trinity House, and other public offices, were briaighr np SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed, viz. :—Larue, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway ; Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Railway; Mountmeilick Junc tion Railway ; and Templemore and Aenagh Railway. REPORTS. The following reports were brought up and laid on the table, and the Bills were ordered to be engrosser!, viz. : Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolion Railway; Cornwall Rail way ' • Curtis's Divorce Bill ; D u dl ey C ana l an d B irm i ngham Canal Companies Amalgamation ; Eastern Counties Railway ( Atations Enlargement) ; Great Leinater and Munster Railway (No. I—Carlow to Kilkenny); London and Birmingham Railway and Birmingham Canal Arrangements. THIRD READINGS. The following Bilk were read a third time and passed, viz.: —Argyll Canal ; Banffshire Roads; Caledonian Railway (Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Branches); Eastern Counties Railway (Epping Extension); London and Blackwall Railway ( Widening); Midland Railways (Burton upon-Trent to Nuneaton Branch and Ashhy Canal Purchase); Newcastle and Berwick Railway; Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway ( Durham and Sunderland Railway and Wearmouth Dock Purchase and Branches); Scottish Central Railway (Crieff Branch). WEST LONDON RAILWAY (IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION) BILL. Captain MANGLES movei the third reading of this Bill; which was objected to by Mr. MAS FERMAN, who proposed that the third reading should be postponed until Monday next, when he should move that clauses 21, 22. 23, and 24 be omitted. Captain MANGLES objected, on behalf of the promoters, to any delay being occasioned in the progress of the Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the postponement of the Bill was necessary, as litigation was pendieg between the City Corporation and the company with respect to compen sation for the soil of the bed of the river. He thought the clauses alluded to should be retained. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the principle which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman had laid down was quite correct, but he (Lord John Russell) did not see that any case had been made out by the Corporation of the City of London, and it would, therefore, be unfair towards the promoters of the Bill to postpone the third reading. After a short conversation, the House divided, when there appeared— For the postponement For the motion .. Majority The Bill was then read a third time and passed. IPSWICH AND BURY ST. EDMUND'S RAILWAY. Earl JERXIYN moved—" That the report on the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway (Extension to Ely, with a Branch therefrom) Bill, and the Thetford, Busy St. Edmund's, and Newmarket Railway Bill, be taken into consideration upon Monday next."—Agreed to. REPORTS, The following reports were considered and agreed to :—The Ardrossan Alunicipal, Police, and Improvement; the Forth and Clyde Navigation and Bowling Bay Improvement; and the Stoat sn Gas. Captain LA YARD presented a petition praying the House to take into their consideration the late deduction of 5 per cent. in the amount of the pensions paid to the out-pensioners of Greenwich earl Chel4ea. UNION SETTLEMENTS. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from York in favour of the Union Settlements. SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from Doncaster, praying that the two Members should be added to Doncaster who hid formerly been returned f , r Sudbury. A RT- UNIONS. Lord MORPETH also presented a pizeition from a town in the West Riding of Yorkshire in favour of the legalizati.n of art-unions. SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. Mr. FINCH pre.. rated a peution from Rutland agathat the union of the sties of St. Asaph and Bangor. TAXING RAILWAY COSTS. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from a number of -hareholders in the Dublin and Armagh Railway, praying the House to adopt some measures for taxing the costs of engineers and solicitors in railway Bills. An Hort. MEMBER presented a petition from Queen's County, signed by a large body of landlord., praying that ha i the rates should be paid by the landlord and half by the tenant. SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE 111E1 HOt OLITAN POOR. Mr. HUHE presented a petiti.m from the working classes of the metropolis, stating that they were pleased to see the in quiry which was at present going on into the health of towns ; out that they see with deep regret that in all the Acts which have been passed this session relating to the supply of water, there has been no provision for the poor ; the Acts have only contemplated the supply of water to the richer classes. He would give notice that he would put a qaestion to the Govern ment upon the subject. Dr. BOWRING moved for a copy of a communication made by Lord Monteagle to the Board of Trade on the sub ject of burdens on land. MR. MOTT, THE LATE ASSISTANT POOR-LAW CO NI ‘IISSIONER. In answer to Mr. W. 0. STANLEY'S in3uiry as to the truth of some of the allegations which appeared a few days ago in the Tints relative to the conduct of this individual in his management of a certain private lunatic asylum in the north of Lancashire, Sir J. GRAHAM said that he was quite willing tc produce copies of any documents which migl t have reached his hands in reference to Mr. Mott during the time that he was employed by the Poor-law Commissioners, which was now four years ago. A most gross statement had appeared in the Tunes a few days ago (but no doubt unintentionally), in which it was represented that. Mr. Mott some years ago com menced a newspaper, under his ( Sir J. Graham's) patronage. He had to state, in answer to that, that Mr. Mott was per sonally unknown to him, and that lie had ceased to bean Assis tant Poor-law Commissioner for nearly four years. This error no doubt arose from the facts which he would state to the House. Mr. Mott, on the 11th of March, 1843, became the editor of a weekly paper which was called the Poor-law Guide. It was printed, he believed, by Messrs. Bradbury and Evans, of London, and he believed that it was edited by Mr. Osborne, who also resided in London. This was in March, 1843. On the let of October, 1843, another periodical, called the Union Gazette, was pub lished, edited by a gentleman named Marriott, which contained notices with reference to paupers who had deserted their families ; and the Board of Guardians of Netherby, of which he had the honour to be chairman, applied to the Poor-law Commissioners fur permission to take in this publication for the purposes of the union, and the Poor-law Commissioners stated in reply that if the information was considered necessary they were at liberty to take in this publication, and to charge it upon the rates. He again repeated that Mr. Mutt had ceased to be a Poor law Commissioner for four years, and he could not possibly see how a statement so unfounded could be published. Mr. Mott was at no time the editor of a newspaper under his (Sir James Graham's) patronage. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY said the Right Hun. Baronet had alluded to him as in some way connected with the Tinas ue qaper. with referenve to the subject before the House.— " No, no.") He begged to say that he had nothing whatever to do with the article in q testion. Mr. DUNCOM BE said the Right Hon. Baronet had omit ted to answer the most material part of the ques!ion, namely, whether any person having a joint speculation in the Lunatic Asylum was connected with the Poor-law Commission? Sir J. GRAHAM repeated that Mr. Molt had no longer any connexion with the Poor-law Commissioners. Mr. CHRISTIE wished to know whether Mr. Mott held office under the Poor-law Commissioners as a district auditor ? Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, in reply, it appeared that when M. Mott was introduced 51r. Oliver had certain districts appointed to him, but it having appeared to the guardians that the office of auditor was unnecessary, Mr. Mott had him suspended from his office. BARRACKS A ARMAGH. Colonel RA WDON wished to know whether the design for the enlargement of the barracks at Armagh had been set aside ? The inhabitants of that town had spent much money in pro viding accommodation for the officers, and if this design were to be set aside they would lose large sums, He wished to know whether the grant was to he continued or not. The Earl of LINCOLN said that the sum of 5,0001. had been orizinaly proposed, but it had afterwards been altered to 4,0111 for the enlargement of the baracks at Armagh, under the impression that it was to be the chief depot of the dis trict. But the military achcrities had afterwards revise' , that decision, and mate it a place for a detachment only. It was simply a military question, and on that ground had been de cided, SIR RO3ERT PEEL'S EXPLANATION. On the order of the day beingread for re uming the debate on THE PROTECTION TO LIFE (IRELAND) BILL, Sir R. PEEL rose and said—Mr. Speaker—Sir, in rising to move the order of the day for re.,uming the de bate on the Protection to Life ( Ireland) Bill, I deepll regret that it should be neeetsary for me to obstruct for one moment the public business by taking up the time of the House with any personal matter with regard t o myself. I deeply regret that it should be necessasy for me to avail myself of what perhaps at best is but a doubtful privil ege , of making an explanati on of matters personally ege relleetina myself ; but deeply as I m ust r e g r et taking u p t h e , on House, and co (delaying the publi c business, I time of the l the ci r al e kt is no a t A i l s e u rn i b f aiidn not thi avail myself in Whose e s ti mat i on I , doubt wh e th er myself of the eitrliest op- portunity of noting the accusations made against me in this Houce on Menday evening.—( Hear, hear.) I deeply thank the House, at least many of the Hon. Members, for suspending their judgments at the time those accusations were made. They telt no doubt that it was something hard that a public man should have so m iny charges made against him at this period, when they might have been preferred many times for the last fifteen years.—( Hear, hear, and cheering. ) Why were they not made before ? Why were they not made at a time when the opportunities of proving the whole matter were greater than they can be after the lapse of years ?—( Hear, hear.) I labsur under great disadvantages. I little thought that I should be called upon to answer for my acts since 1825. Since the year 1825 there have been many changes. There had been a severance from Mr. Canning ; there was also one with the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Canning; there was a separation in 1828. There were fierce conflicts in 1829, and then I felt it necemary to support the Catholic claims, Then came the formation of that Government of which the Right Hon. Baronet opposite was a di•tinguished member; then shortly after succeeded the conflicts on the Reform Bill ; then came the dissolution of the Government of Lord Mel bourne in 1831. An Hos. lllEstnEß—Lord Grey !_(Confusion and cries of " No, no.") Sir R. PEEL—The dissolution of the Government of Lord Melbourne and the formation of that Government over which I presided in 18:35. I conducted the affairs of Gov.- rnrnent with a minority for three months, and then yielded it again to the Hon. Gentleman opposite. Then at the close of these contests I thought that the events of 1825, 1827, and 1829, as far as any suhject of crimination against me was concerned, were buried in oblivion.—(Great cheering.) When that speech was made on Monday night, I had no means of referring to a single paper which bore upon the events of those years; my tine has been too fully occupied to aeloav me to examine at leisure the subject of the Hon. Member's accusation, and the secre taries lay whom the letters of those years had been answered have long ago ceased to exist. I hove been myself occupied for the last three days in collecting materials and collating newspaper reports in order to free my reputation from the cherges which have been directed against nay veracity as a man, and my honour as a Mi n i s t er .— ( T remendous cheering. ) Yes, Sir, I have looked at every newspaper with this object alone in view, for when I heard the charges which were urged against me, I felt within my own breast a perfect conviction that they were uufounded.— (Great cheers.) I heard them with that calmness which result! , from the accused's own knowledge that they were not founded in truth, hut yet with that anxiety which every man must partake of who fears that, after a lapse of twenty years, he may not be enabled to establish that complete and satisfactory defence against charges which, in common fairness, and in common justice, shouiel have been preferred when the memories of men who took part in those debates were more recent, arid ashen I could have referred to them to say whether those were the very woods, whether :ham were the very expressions, that I hail used ; ashen I could have referred to nit political op ponents—( Great oheenng )—whether they would remember my words or the impreseons which I intended should be un derstood from them. Cheers ) lam new to answer those charges.--( Continued cheering.) I shall confine myself to those charges, and to the evidence on which they are founded It was not fair on those two different occasions to make charges inculpating my honour unless the evidence en w hich the charges were preferred was brought forward.— ( Loud cheering.) If there is any other evidence which can be produced, and I am not cognisant of any, when I shall have to meet it, I shall ask the House to be generous and just enough to give me the opportunity of repelling that new evidence, if new evidence is brought forward. I will now proceed to the vindication of myself from those charges. and what e v er may b e th e di-ad vantages and difficulties of that task, if I do not succeed in es tablishing to the conviction of every honourable mind that those charges are without foundation, I shall retire from this discussion with deep mortification and despondency. I -hall say nothing of any charges but those to which I have referred in the notice I have given, and that evidence which has up this time been brought forward against me. When the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Shrewsbury, rose to speak on Monday night the question at issue was this. On the pre ceding night the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn, who was a Member of Parliament in 1826, 1 e 27, and 1828—( Immense cheering)—who was the relative and Private Secretary of Mr. Canning, and cognisant if Mr. C ntiing' s f e eli ngs , l.rought f ,rward at that late stage of the dente—not an, que•timi affecting Mr. Canning's honour—cut at that late sage of the debate on the Corn Bill the Noble Lord brought foie-aid these charges aminst me. T..e A. ble Lord said. " Such eas the conduct of tee Right Hor. Gentle man in 1827 (alluding to my aepara ion from Mr. Canning in e 27). anu, said the Noble Lord, in t e year 1629 Sir Robert Peel intimated to the House that he had changed his o iire, ns in 1825, and he had concealed that change of hi opt li ms except t ) Lcr I Liverpool ; but that did nit prevent him, in 1827, from g iMing up in the Hestia aid state: g, as his reasons for separating from Mr. Canning's Government, hat he could not consent to su port a Government of whieh the chief Ali nimerWas favourable to those measnrea which it eppeared atter wards .n ten) years he ..ims If supported." This simple charge ef the Noble Lord the Memeer I r Lunn :Mated that, in 1827 I had decline.l to act wi h Mr. Cannteg as Priare Mi nister, on the ground that I w. s hostile still to ti e r.:- move' of the Cathodic disabilities, and that I ob jected te the state of the Catholics iming at alt ameliorat " But," said the Noble Lord, " in 1829,in bringing forward the Catholic question, the Right Hon. Gentleman informed the House that in 1825 his opinions on the Catholic question had changed, and that he bred intimated the change of his opipions to Lord Liverpool, then at the head of the Government, arid notwithstanding that change of opinion in 1825 he had refused to act under Mr. Canning." I state at once that the charge is altogether unfounded, and that I never did inform Lord Liverpool that my opinions on the Catholic question in 1825 had changed. I told the Earl of Liverpool then that I was responsible for the Government of Ireland—that there were questions of great and vital interest to which I could not assent. In 1825 there was the question of the relief of Roman Catholic disabilities, the question of the curtailment of the elective Man chise, and the question of the payment of the Roman Catholic clergy ; on every one of which my colleagues were in opposi tion to me. I said, therefore, to the Earl of Liverpool. that I could wit consent to tall in wi Ii the views of the Oppostien, and I asked to be relieved from my official duties, and nu longer to be responsible for the admini-tration of affairs in Ireland. Such are the facts relaa Me to what hen took place. The Hon. Member for Shrewsbury (elm Di raeli)a in his speech of lam Monday, insieuated that which was wholly without foundation—he iwinuated that there was a letter to the Earl of Liverpool in existence, written by me in 1825, in which I wished to be relieved from my official duties, and in which I intimate d a change in my opinions on thie Roman Cithoiic question. He also stated that such a letter was in my posse, ion. In proof of its existence he referred to the Edinbnroh &vil', stating that I had a copy of the letter in my possession. To that I said, if that assertion was male by the Honourable Member, he ought to know that such a letter was in emstence.—(Hear and cheers) — and I ceallenged him for its production.—( Loud cheers.) I aaid, further, " this I will engage to do, if I have a copy of such letter in my possession, I will myself produce it."—( H, ar, hear.) So much for this point; so much for the ata,ement that 1 changed my opinion en the Catholic question. I now proceed to meet the other charges that have been preferred against me; and, in doing sa I will plead no statute of hunta tions. Public men, I hold, should be above all such means ut defending their character Let those who oppose me establish there charges if they can. I avant no evasion. I wilt not •ay a word about motives, but will meet the charges distinctly and boldly. lam charged by the strongest insinuations, that 1 wrote a letter to the Earl of Liverpool intimating change in my opinion, and that there is reason to believe, that that change of ( T ee ms took place in 1825, and was communicated to the Earl of Liverpool, then at the head of the Government. Phis is the first accusation. The next one is as follow s : Whether or no such a change had taken place, or whether they had been communicated to the Earl of Liver pool. He stated that I had distinctly avowed in my place in Parliament, in the year 1629, that there had been such a change in my opinin. I think that was the charge.—( Cheers.) ft is possible, however, that no change of ompion may have taken place, and that no communisation had been made to the Earl of Livemool. But it is just possible, al hough the object is not great, that there had been no change of opinion, yet still that I might have informed the House falsely, that there had been such a change in my opinion. The grounds upon which that assertion was founded, and the evidence brought forward in support of that charge by the Hon. Gentleman was this : That there was a report in a newspaper, called The Mirror of Parli2ment,in which it was stated that I had informed the Earl of Liverpool that the time was come, when something should be done respecting the Paornatt Catholie disabilities. These are the expressions upon which the Hon. Gentle man founds the charge, that I had informed the Earl of Liverpool that a change in my ophidians upon the Catholic ques tion had taken place ; and the Hon. Gentleman says, " I wish to state most fully the while evidence against him ; whether actual or plausible I wish to state the whole evidence." Then. said the Hon. Gentleman, the Mirror of Par lament employed an independent class of reporters, men of high eminence and great attainments in the art of short-hand writing, and that the Mirror of Partici/rime was published every three days, and therefore there should be a strung presumption that the report was correct. If, said he, there was any doubt of this, there was a strong corroboration of the accuracy of the report upon this ground, that the Times newspaper contained a re port which contained in it precisely the same words as in the • Mlrr,:r of Parliament, and consequently there was a strong confirmation from a separate and independent authority to the correctness of the reports of the Mirror ,fParliament. This is the charge; am I not stating the charge correctly ? ( Cheers.) " Well," said the Hon. Member, " but there is another evidence corroborative of the accuracy of that report, which was that the Right Honourable Baronet Sir Edward Knatchbell, speaking a fortnight alter, referred to that report, and assumed it correct." Now I think these are the grounds upon which the charge was made. Then there was another charge which the Hon. Gentleman brought aeainst me, namely, that I had been guilty of a suppressio veri, an that, for unworthy purposes, I had given a mui Hated and garbed report of the speech.—(Loud cheers.) There may ham- been seine other :entail and incidental charges besides these three, which ace immediately connected with it. The gavamen of the charge, and the nature of the evidence by which those charges were support d, I belie , e I have correctly stated. I now first address rem self to the question—Did I intimate to the Earl of Liverpool that nay opinions upon the Cathoii.t question had undergone a change, and that I was prepared to sup pert a Bill for the removal of Catholic disabilities? First, I refer to the course which 1 tone in the year 1825. I first ask whether the course I took in Parliament, publicly expre•sing my opinion as I did, was incon sistent with such an intimation as that stated to have been conveyed by me to tha head of the Government ? Sir Francia Burdett, some Hon. Members would remember, brought forward the Roman Catholic questioa in 1825. He began, in his usu a l rimer, by moving for a Committee to consider the Roman Catholic question. During the progress of the discussion two other measures were proposed calcu a i t no facilitate the success of the first measure. namely, re duction of the number of freeholders in Ireland entitled n o c v h o is te e at county elections, and a meaiure for extending thefee to Retnan Catholics. It was on the 28th o . f February that ySir Francis Burdett brought forward the question— the 28th of February. I,42s—and I took .e pa f P ;t lin n a t r h eie bate on part i n to a Committee the motion that the House do resolee . s i e t th of F-bruarv, 1825 when n placethe motionin m y , on the Catholic question. On without expressing any objection t t o he th was made, I stwed " that no change ; na t tl im t e ak w e opinions upon the subject, and I should therefore pursue the course which I had uniformly pursued, and I must give my decided opposition to the motion. At the conclusion of the debate Sir Francis Burdett " said a few Words in reply. and thanked the Right Honourable Gentlemanfor the candid rammer in whi c h h e h a d declared that hli tions went to the principle, an d not to the details of ttse°qeeees: tion of Catholic emancipation. There was, I think, a considerable majority in favour of Francis Bu r d e t t . M y 0; , illion is the motion mad e b y Si r the numbers were iu Sir Francis Burdett's motion 247 to 2 341 the Bill was propose The second raading of on teBth ( , April, 1825, w b en I took part in the debate; and I find thisin the r e p or t : —" M r. Peel e xpressed his sati s f act i on at the rank and candid manner in which the Hon. Member for Armagh had decl arect t h at hi s opinion upon this, ubjecthadundergon e a c h ange, b ut he (Mr. Peel) had not changed his own opinions Billuponit, and he could not, the re f ore, support the measure." The was neverthe less carried b s a majority of 268 to 241, and the third reading came on on the 10th of May, 18'25, when I said, " If the offices of the Executive arid the Crown were reserved to per- sons who were averse to the Roman Catholic religion, he did not think there could be any just ground for complaint." I should state that on several previous occasions I admitted that I wag not prepared to oppose all the details of the Bill, but still I thought the chief offices of th 6 ngeei ative Guverntnent ought to be reserved to persons professing the • Protestant religiun.a—( Hear, hear.) And the conviction el to y mind remains unaltered I said that I felt it my duty tc: pe: severe in my opposition, Well, then, it is not very p t r°_ hable, after such a statement, that I could have gone to I,e__ Earl of Liverpool and said that a change had taken pile°. a i l my opinion. But it was after the 10th of May , after 111 been in a minority, that I intimated that the con tinuancel 1 , this division in the Cabinet was objectionable, but , above. at. that my ewe position at the bead of the Executive be Adrnints_ tration of Ireland was intolerable, and I asked to released from the r e spoasibilities of o ffi ce. In 1827 , a m t i ael to what were the c.reum,tances on which I conse nt, remain in office rather than break up a Go verns: T that certainly up to th a t time had maintained the general cll.': fidence of th e coun try. It was then resolved that the q uest should await the decision of another Parliament, and that should remain an open question, every member of the Govern.: ment being at liberty to pursue his own opinions upon the sup _ ject. It was b e t ween th e 1 0 t h an d 20 t h o f May I signifi ed desire to be relieved from office ; and it was also between those periodsthat intimated my reluctant consent to re, g in in °E 6e49. - Bat on the 26th o f May there was a division in thi s House oil . the stat e o f Ireland. The Bill had been sent up to this Hou se from the Lords : and, in the debate in the Lords, Lord Liver: poi male the most d ec id e d speech against tt e measure thafr ever he had done, an d th ere was a majority of 40 against the Bill. This was the la nguage I h e ld at that time to Lord Li verpcol on the subject. 1 said " My Hon. Friend now se emed 1° ex, ect an apology from me for continuing to hold the brin e opinion, and so my Hon. F r ie n d th o u g ht it necessary to all upon me to explain why I changed my opinions after hearing the evidence of Dr. Doyle. The g round f trmerly held aj); peered to b e utt er ly untenable." That I stated in th }ear 1826, in May, in the presence of Mr. Cani!ing, that I had changed my opinions on this question--( Hear, hear.) Is it prob a bl e th a t I would utter that lartetiage to Lovl the face of P ar li ament if I h a d no t i n timated Liverpool that my opinion was changed ? I was not p rep a r i to acquiesce in the Roman Emancipation B'il, b/1t e then showed that I %cis prepared to admit that they shoo.; eenjoy some freedom. In 1826 th ere was a general e lectio aril in the early period of 1827, before Lord Liverpool's dearly when I h a d no t th e slightest expectation to anticipate s e and mel a n c h o ly a t erm i nat i on to his political career, cam e on the Roman Ca hone question ; and March 6, 15: 27- 1 it was not until the latter end of March that Lord Liverlsyanott was rendered inearble of transacting public business -1 this, He, Si r R o b ert P ee l, snnu ld s t;Jl retain his opinion r on a to the system that the Legislature ought to enforce w ith r t g os : to the country. He thought it right again opinions —certainly common serve said !hat somebin "that, the Roman Catholics should be done—that is to sayr an,rn:tly of the laws betwt-en England anti Ireland Oloul removed. But in expressing his opinion, he thoW•th!. right to retain the existing di•abilities as far as relatetl T" admitting: Roman Catholics to the legislature and to the a le:" to express t(t)iibe of state." If his opinions were unpopular, he had now an oil , portunity of showtne that he retained the came opinion 0 01 ' And how was it possible th a t h e c o u ld h ave expressed 1 1 1 ° 6 opinions wah respect to this Bill, lNiih any view of acquiring pubic favour, or gratifying, his personal ambition.—( Hears hear. ) I , myself, fully expected that in Ida 7, we should have had a minority, as we had in 1825, and was prepared to take again the same course. namely, to adhere to my own opinions still, and to r linquish office. • But to the surprise, I bA eve i h ", all parties, in 1827 th ere was a ma j or ity o f foes* atlai rist a . u t Roman Catholic belief Bill. I had taken this c ourse the 'lightest expectation of what was to follow, a nd I s oli 7,; roainect in the office of Secretary of State for t Horne Department. Now, that is a Pd profession of opinion which took place at that tio, e ; Well, now, what lock place between me and Lord Liserre.,. I stated on Monday night, that if I could find that I had in to " mated any nto Lord Liverpool in writing, that I won c T produce it. But I said also that the communication ugh' took place between us was not of a personal nature• for I W n s i Momentary h in the habit of seeing him every day, and not of making a m formal communications to him. My int ression vvas• stated on Monday night, that nu coMmuPnication tock Pal between us in wri t i ng on t h e subject, bat still I un d e rtook , l there was any communication, to produce it to the H use. I h ts 1 y w t ei t: s 2 )l,,, 7 e , ce t t three oaei these e s t transactions a afterwards ,l d w w hw a es r ni ts o tte f rno C t o ' t, ll 7 r sLrE:. speakingni al r i y n poc ,i, hut that had informed him that it was my intention to diseop ilec t myself from those for whom I entertained esteem, but having been left in a minority, it was my desire to be relieved from the office which I held. My resi ana ti on was aec epted, and I did leave office. I think any Gentleman has a right to ask me to say that there was no written commu n i ca ti on f rom i ns to be asked, haveLor" Liverpool on the subject. I may you got the whole of the correspondence which took place between you and Lord Liverpool at that time ? Why, I ordered the correspoqd; enee for seven years, under the letter L, to be brought up, ail' I have searched through the whole of my correspondence, eX' tending over 7 years, in order to find any correspondence which had passed between us on the subject. As I said before, I was in that constant communication wilt Lord Liverpool which rendered it unnecessary for us to communicate with each other except verbally. And this I state that there was no letter waich has the remotest bearing to this subject, or which can throw any Ight upon it—there is no letter which lam not ready to pro uce which passed between Lord Liverpool and myself. I see the letters of 1825; here they are.— (The Right Hon. Baronet here took a packet of letters from the table and exhibited them to the House ) Some may think they are not very material, or they may think they are. I hold the copies and the or , g•nals in my hand ; I looked at the letters of other years, but they have no bearing on this subject. Ido then on my honour declare that no letter passed between Lord Liver!. pool and myself on this subject which I have not produced , and I have no hesitation in co mmunicating_ it: e,rfetitO the con tents of the letters to those who have the least curiosity to see them.—( Cheers.) I find only three, and the House will judge whether trom the tone of those letters they do give tha slightest colour to the charge that I had intimated to Lord L:verpool the change in my opinions. But now—it was on the 10. h of March, 1825, I h,id then been beaten on the Catholic claims—there were rumours that Lord Liverpool had ehanged his opinions. It certainly was material for me to ascertain that tact, because if really Lord Liverpool's opinions had changed, and I was in a minority in the House of Commons, it aas one addition a l reason f or m y retirin . .z. On the 10 th March 1826, I received this letter trom Lord Liverpool. I will read it:— "March 10, 1826. "My dear Peel,—l return you the report of the Irish As•ocialion, and in consequence of the appearance of ant article in the iloining Chronic e of this day, I have caused an artinle to be sent to the Courier, contradicting the reports in c.rculation, of any change in my sentiments on Catholic emancipation.—Very sincerely yours, " LIVERPOOL." N.wv, it is not likely that at the time the letter was written .vbich I have read I had changed my opinions. That letter was written n the 10th of March, and certainly intimated that my opinions had not changed. The only other letter that I received from Lord Liverpool in connexion with s uhj-ct —the other letter—is dated on the 10th of May. 1823, and r think that it completely rebuts the charge that has been brought against me of a fondness for office. It will be recol lected that 1 vvnt out of office in 1818, when 1 left the duties of the Secretary for Ireland. I was again invited to return to office in 1822, after having declined a place in the Cabinet to Is2l. This next letter is dated on the 191 h May, 1525. On the 17th May the division took place in th- Lords. This sub ject had been discussed, and I was solicited to remain in office rather than break up the Cabinet. It is dated on the 19th May, and reads thus " 19th May, 1825. "My dear Peel,—l have seen Canning, and should be glad if you will call on me to-uieht, between nine and ten o'clock, fur five minutes.—Ever yours, " LIVERPOOL. "Pray do not trouble yourself to send an answer." This will surely create some impr.ssion that at that time I had not changed my opinion, and that I consented to remain in office, although I had not changed on this subj ,, et, but that I did remain rather than break up the Ministry. This will to some extent appear from the r.quest which this letter con• tains, to call upon Lord Liverpool on that night between nine and ten. It is true that I cannot prune that this letter was written on that par. - ,icular subject—(Loud and continued cheers) —but surely the House will grant my assertion that such was the ease,. I have yet another communication which passed be tween Lord Liverpool and myself. It is dated on the 2ith of September, 1825. I find that it is the only one at that time written upon this subject, and was written in answer to one from me. It was for wardtd from Walmer Castle. ~Valmer CaFtle. " (Most confidential.) ".15th Sept.. 182 b. "My dear Peel,—l return, in another cover, Goulburn's letters. You may wish to hear from me what I think about dissolution. In the first place, it must be decided, one Way r the other, on the 22d, th e d ay o f our meet i rg I have ha d some correspondence with Canning upon the subject ; the in clination of his opinion is to put off the dissolution till next year. lam decidedly for the dissolution now, if the Catholic friendly are to w i i l t lin in g question is to receive the au port. of those wh'4 are generailY, they the Catholic and corn questions shall I t h h e at Government in the next session. But it re main in abeyance during the neat year, and are prepared , therefore, as to the former, to discourage its being brought on. and, if brought on, to move a previous question or adjournment upon it ; in that case I have no desire to press the dissolution during the present autumn. I say to press the disso ution, because I think the reasons for and against it are nearly .nallneed ; and I can readily acquiesce in the decision, whate‘er it may be. I hear Lord Wellesley is for dissolution now, and and the whole connexion, for re, y opposite reasons , decidedly against it. " Ever sincerely win's, - "LIV.',RPOOL." If that be rightly interpreted, can any one s..y to .t at that time I had changed my opinions? Now, his inferring that my nothing opitiion o sw f e t r h e e in ch c ag conformity with against h inst his m eo.wnThine Rightl '25 P l 7Ol Gentleman then resumed reading Lord Liverpool's letter, which stated it was his opinion that if the Catholic claims were to be pressed there would be a dissolution of Parliament, but that if the Catholic qu-stion was not to Le brought on there would be no dissolution. The Right Hon. Gentleman con tinued—These are the three letters which I received front Lord Liverpool • but they are not such as would be wri tt en to it man who told Cord Liverpool that he was opposed to 'he Cam thelic clairns.--( Hear, hear ) Now, speaking of 1829, I hold in my hand a document which will prove this fact—that my bthyows a ,h. e i ri wch a o n ri, o tis ti i i: s , r atht ; :aet b mu t I have no let.. whole foundation leaving office would lead to a dissolution of the Ministry. I am certain that my opinion on this matter was expressed in a fist dided tomba words on this point. t , conversation o h o watbkoeetewuieedes evidence myselfcotehf. exact e k e el° tl7:t 1829. The o' the h of the charge , Hon. Member for Shrewsbury was , t I t h a n a rot now come did e ntin m t et I said, in 1829, th" I had communicsted to Lord ' Liverpool in 1825 that the time ou was ht co to me be when done. sornethine r!spec'ing the Catholic questi on pre 4 anion these wor l ds. am I°ing' to make no quibbling inter - Positively deny th a t I used thei st I words at all. I assert that did not say in 1829 that the time was come when someth• question. Al ' mg ought to be done with the Catholic Sly impression ' • . . that I did not e'en mate such ' —to)• sincere imyressione—dat a statement as that at all.—( Cheers.) And now I c.rn e t o the evid e n ce .—( Cheers. ) I request th e House t o 1 0 11 0 which it is vf me, for I wa n t t o di.sect the evidenc e on founded ; th at I rea ll y d i d in 129 make that andstate ment, that I afterwards .• the in garbled a speech with i ett t ion of , pi rverting the fact. Says the Hoa. Gent. the member for Shrewsbury, "I am making no charge agains t toy Right Honourable Friend, but I say that he used w-h a_garblrd a n d mutilated, or to use the softer ,a-gusge of ties H, i Sc. a mutilated report o f h is s p eec h '' y, the speeches i 4 the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury are difnrent y sported in diffetent jou tall, and is it just to refer upon such evid ence as this t o a pet i o d o f 20 years before, for werds on which to t, found a c h arge against a Minister of the Croat? The charge is a . emarkable one, and it is advanced in a m ost sin ; gular man ner . Th e Hon. Gentl man beenla:, saying that h, r_verts to this subject with the deepest pain.—(l cni W c i , chC ring . and laughter, wt, ch contitiued t r some time.) , _ says that there are only two a, urces to welch we may refer •° r the report, of the proceedings in the House at that perie% op . one was "Hansad," in ,vhich Hon. Members had l a d th t portunity of c , rrecting their speeches, but Inc also which there was an o te er , " The Mi.ror of Parliament," • t s kilful the speeche s were ta k en d own :n snort -h an d by the "105 and in sh. ortaand wri'e rs , a an y o f th em min of educationur.. ed in telligence, and conversant with the business which °,",„ . 'Pe I " l ii;lne..t. This jeurns' bli h d everr thre' 3 " •,— • e. was pu ii, e , . . thi a mu hpaiut Hon. G.ntleinan who introduce d • . s 01 I.)je ctwi tn s says also that h e h as b een ma king the most careful in quirieswi on this subject. lHe is most honou rabl y connected ,_. the Prey) which enables him to opal' WI b stiniti D P G4 1" THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 20, 1846.