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THE SUN. LO N DON, SATURDAY _EVENING, MAY 9, 1846. it hut he toicioevrbne under un derstand what course the Noble Lord and d party, his to relive the o e n e s t i t i l t e . r e dHHe the ( r A er e e . a Sidneyo f the er such a s'a'e of mind, proposed to take in or corn-laws a t w ) . could wa s not not cal culated of I t l h e e woulde even in;, en. point. The Hon. Member ing, axe lit to allude to one other notcon condition i o f u n n o h f e t r h i e people ninto ttze question Inland.—(Hear, da.t—that e l a a r te , hear.) houv for Oxfordshire (Mr. Henley) had said that he considered the course the Government had taken was not compatible with sought to he far less calculated to obtain the end honour, obtained. Mr. a og dishonestly. H n ENLEYdnied that he had accused the Government with Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT considered the observations of the Hon. Member were to that effect. With respect to the charges made against the members of the Government, he ( Mr. S. Herbert) must say that there was a difference between men in a private station and those who were in office. He must say, that Hon. Gentlemen, in dealing with the Go vernment, should judge of the position in which public men are placed ; as to them were committed great public interests. They should take all the circumstances into consideration, and keep in view that they were bound to act in consonance with that policy which would best serve the interests of their country.—( Hear, hear.) Especially they should consider that no disgrace or dishonour could accrue when the scheme pro posed —the change of opinion referred—to was entirely of a fiscal nature. There could be no charge of dishonesty where the object was to remove a great evil. —(Hear, hear.) To those who denied the policy of the Government, he gave the full right of quarrel with that policy. He gave to every one the credit of acting for the best intentions, and at the same time he must claim the same for himself. All he asked was the credit of having acted from honest and up r i g ht mot i ves, and w i th acting uner the exigencies of the case for the welfare of the country.— ( Hear, hear.) Abuse he was prepared to meet, but at the same time the parties who cheered the Noble Lord (Lord George Bentinck), and who found fault with the Government, —who charged them with having deserted their principles, should' consider the position in which her Majesty's Miniaters had been placed, and the circumstances of the country-- ( Hear, hear.) When the troops of the Noble Lord strained all their might against the Government—when illogical mysti fications were so frequently employed to support the cause of protection when long arithrne . ical calculations were peraded to meet the case—when a great pressure of distress, a national exigency arose—and when, along with these, they had the effects before them, of the partial relaxa tion of these laws respecting the importation of food during the last seven years of reduced duty— when they had all these, would it have been meet and proper for the Government to stand still, and not make a provision for the hunger and famiue that threatened a great portion of the country ?—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") Yes, he sa'd, when famine and hunger threatened a large portion of the country, the Government had considered it their (1114 to pro pose an alteration of those laws that restricted the importation of food from foreign countries. Let it be understood lie did not impute bad motives to any one, but he did think that the charges against the Government were not fairly and candidly made. He thought that violent and sudden measures were to be deprecated, but with regard to the present measure, It was not so, for the principle had been tried already for some years in which it had been completely successful. Every year, in this country, wheat had become cheaper in comparison to the prices on the continent.—(Hear, hear.) He did say, that as far as the state of parties were concerned—whether the Lt ague or the protection society had brought about the present state of opinions—the present time was the proper one for its settlement, without doing violence to any great interest, with out physical force on the one hand, or the dread of the jail on the other. lie, therefore, trusted that the measure would pass, and that those in opposition would not oppose its further progress. He trusted that as he gave them credit for honest and conscientious motives, that they in return would extend the same indulgence to him—and concede, that in this particular measure the Government had in view the great and valuable object of keeping down the price of food, so as to place it within the reach of the poorer classes of the peo ple ; and especially with granting relief to the distress and dif ficulties of a large portion of their fellow-subjects in Ireland, who were suffering much from the circumstances in which they were at present unfortunately placed. Mr. HENLEY explained that he never said that the Go vernmnnt had acted dishonourably. He said that two Cabinet Ministers had recommended a certain course to be taken which he considered was not consistent with honour. —( Hear, hear.) Lord G. BENTINCK, who was at the beginning of his speech rather inaudibly heard in the gallery, said that the Right Hon. the Secretary-at-War had charged him with having en deavoured to agjtate the country in favour of protection. He charged him with having been unsuccessful in that course of agitation. He (Lord G. Bentinck) had never attended public meetings, he had never made any speeches to those meetings, nor had he written letters to any one.—(Cheers from the pro tectionists.) He had never said a word on the subject of pro tection in-public, until he felt that it was his duty to do so, and then he had addressed that House.--( Renewed cheering.) If he had agitated the country, that agitation was restricted to the speeches made in that House, and uttered to her Majesty's Ministers.—( Continued cheering.) But he was a little sur prised to hear his Right Hon. Friend take this high tone, be cause the party to which he (Lord G. Bentinck) belonged had been accustomed to regard his Right Hon. Friend as equal in station, equal iu eloquence, and superior in honesty, to the pre sent Prime Minister of this country.—(Loud cheering.) This was the agitator whom, in the month of December, when her Majesty's Government was in a state of dissolution, and the whole agricultural mind of England expected that his Right Hon. Friend, and not he (Lord G. Bentinck), would be the leader of that party. But his Right Hon. Friend now stood up in this House, and held this high tone on the subject of the corn-laws. He would have the House to believe that the way to improve the aericulture of the country, especially of his own county of Wilts—where, as he informed them, agricul ture was carried on in so slovenly a manner—that the way to improve that country would be by repealing the corn laws. It was only in June last that, in answer to the Hon. Member for Sheffield, he called on the House, and the agri cultural interest out of the House, to resist the motion of his f-ion. Friend, and to make a manful exertion to refuse the se ductions of the Honourable Member for Stockport, who en deavoured to convince the agricultural interest that the way to increase their profits was to reduce the value of their produce. —(Cheers ) His Right lion. Friend had referred to .he case of Ireland, and, as one of her Majesty's Ministers had repeated the misrepresentations of the motions which actuated the Hon. Members who sat around him in supporting the measures which they were prepared to pass regarding Ireland, ho would trouble the House with one or two observations on this matter. That Minister had stated that they on that side were pre pared to suspend the corn-laws, for giving relief to that country. How often had they stated, that though they con sented to that measure, they did not believe that it would give reliefto Ireland? How often had they stated, that to no part of the United Kingdom would so much injury be done by the re peal of the corn-laws as to Ireland. He would tell them why Ireland would be injured by the repeal of the corn-laws. From what they heard of the doings in Ireland, there was every ap pearance of poverty increasing, and tilled land being converted into pasture land, because it was found now that it was more profitable to rear cattle than to grow corn, and in process of time new evictions would take plate over the whole of Ireland. His Noble Friend the Secretary for Ireland had told them that he was responsible for all the information that had been given by Government in that House. He was afraid that his Noble Friend was a very credulous Minister. He did not charge his Noble Friend with misrepresenting facts—he did not charge him with such wilful misrepresentations—with making a handle of that which he did not know to he true. He would not charge him with wilful misrepresentation in order to advance his election at Falkirk, but he must say that his Noble Friend was too ready to listen to every exaggerated eaves-dropper that came near him, and this was simply the reason why they had such exaggerated reports of the famine in Ireland. There had never been that scarcity in that country to the extent stated in that House. True there had been some scarcity felt in some diets lets in Ireland, but he denied that a general famine existed. They had heard from his Hon. Friend the Member for Northampton the state of the county of Limerick, and that statement was a corroboration of that made by the Secretary for Ireland. He (Lord George Bentinek) happened to hold in his hand a return of the produce which came into England in the course of last month, and was sorry to find that the importation from Ireland was greater than from any other portion of Great Britain. Between the 25th of September last, and the 24th of April this year, be found that 71,000 quarters of wheat, 6,000 quarters of barley, 268,000 quarters of oats, 55,00) cwt. of flour, 234,000 cwt. of oatmeal had been imported from Ireland, making a grand total of 346,069 quarters of grain, 289,931 cwts of flour. He believed that we had sent over 43,000 quarters of grain to assist the Irish people, while it was clearly evident that from this, which was called a starving country, a greater quantity of grain was ex ported than from any other portion of the United Kingdom.--(Hear.) There was greater abundance in Ireland than had ever been know in this country, and if her Majesty's Ministers undertook to purchase oatmeal to send to the assist ance of the Irish, it would have been better to have purchased it there, where it might have been done without any difficulty and where it would have been distributed at prime cost, and' without the expense of carriage. His Right Hon. Friend had considerable interest in the county of Wilts, and had referred to the low rate of wages given to the labourers there. He (Lord G. Bentinck) had no property in Wilts, but he was a tenant farmer on its borders. He believed that he employed more labourers, and paid more labourers too, than his Hon. Friend had ever done, and the wages he had stated were not those which were paid on the borders of Wales. In 1830 and 1837, their wages were 9a. a week, but when the price of wheat rose some Sc. or 103. a quarter, their wages were raised one shilling a week; and if they were again lowered in Wilts, of this fact he was perfectly assured, that he was stet paying in his neighbourhood the same 103. ; and, therefore, he thought there was the same little exaggera tion here as had taken place in Ireland. He had said before, and he said again, that he charged her Maj esty ' s Mi n i sters with that w ilf u l exaggeration. 6 He was there to speak the truth, and he charged her Majesty's Ministers with wilful ex aggerationptlanowsseesecssoi Commissioners. neoi w sfvs.e i i t op h nnirei regard to the f am i ne i n I re l and. He wanted t r e s s should whichH e h sl e koe w u tad: like a iek w ee a trthoee see ee e pt Aho report n rn i ef s p t r ot y rh te w op e f ine tnhv i in Inspector of Prisons. He knew something of these reports, and he knew that they differed very materially from the reports a t h a n t n r u n ' e . r f e a e l t a n i v d o a n t t h y e n t u a g lo h l al, inHethheeldcoinunht i y s h n a f n letter rk, an d from e denied that famine to the extent stated existed in Ireland. (The Noble Lord referred to other documents confirming this statement.) It had been said that they had imported their system of political economy from France, but he would inform the House that they had Pitt, and Fox, and Canning, and Huskisson as advocates of these opinions ; and, looking to a period somewhat more ancient, they found Cromwell support ing the same economy. 'I here were besides the very Ministers who were now sitting on the Treasury Benches; those two Right lion. Baronets supported them as long as they continued in the vigour of their intellects, and now it was only after forty years political experience that they came f orwar d, f or the first time, to make a new experiment on the principles of commerce and in favour of free trade. It had been the doctrine of their great masters before them, Mr. Canning and Mr. Huskisson, that they cared not how cheap corn was, so long as that cheap corn was grown at home. They refused to have cheap corn that wa3 bought from the foreigner in substitution of our own.. He denied altogether that they were endeavouring to serve any selfish interest. He had never said a word against the manufacturing interest. lie had always thought that the interest of the agriculturist and the manufacsurers were bound up together; but he believed that the manufacturers were more dependent upon the success of the agricultural interest than the agrieultuists were upon the manufacturers. The manufacturers wanted to change their old customers for new ones, but were they sure that their new ones would be better than their old? The arguments of the manufacturers were, that if they were allowed to take earn from abroad, the foreigners would sell us corn, and would take our manufactures in return. That did not appear to he the case now. This country took mere of foreign pro duce than foreigners took of our manufactures. He knew that the agriculturists were benefited by the prosperity of the manufacturers ; but the agriculturists, when they were prosperous, purchased more extensively the productions of the manufacturers. Was this the time to make the proposed change in the corn-laws, when their granaries were fuller than they were ever known before, While every other country was suffering from scarcity, this country had plenty, and this was the time which they had selected to make an alteration in the law. He had received a letter from Liverpool, which stated that there was abundance of food locked up in Ireland, which had been purposely concealed in consequence of the scarcity that was so confidently predicted at the commencement of the session, His Right Hon. Friend the Secretary-at-War bad stated that, notwi hstanding all the alarming statements which had been made, there bad been no county meetings. He (Lord G. Bentinck) thought that, sitting by his Noble Friend the Secre tary for Irela d, that would have been a very delicate subject. Until last year his Noble Friend had all Nottingham at his back—there was scarcely a man in Nottinghamshire that would not have followed him. Who carried that election? Was it not the tenant-farmers?—( Hear, hea-.) Oh, the money that was spent in Nottingham by his Noble Friend (the Earl of Lincoln). He was not going to charge the Noble Lord with bribery, but did the Noble Lord deny that it was a most ex pensive election ?—(Cheers and laughter,) He had no doubt the House would allow the Noble Lord to get up and make his own explanation of the affair.—( Hear, hear.) But did they not know that every agent in Nottingham was engaged ? ( Hear and sheers.) Nottinghamshire was taken by sur prise, but the tenant-tarmera of.Nottinghamshire carried the county against his Noble Friend by a majority of between 600 and 700—(Ch eer s)--and were they to have it said that it was his majority i n th e b oroug h o f Hamilton 'hat had swamped the constituencies of all other boroughs in that district ? Did North Nottinghamshire follow the example of South Nottingham shire ?—( Hear, hear.) Did South Gloucestershire or Dorset shire?--( (fear, hear.) Wh o was b e tt er en titled to have a s ea t in that House than his Noble Friend Lord Ashley ?—( Hear, hear.) He, too, would have been at the head of the poll in Dorsetahire, if he had maintained his principles.—( Hear, hear. ) But Englishmen were true at heart—(Hear, hear)—they hated tergiversation—(Loud cheers from the Hon. Member for Lin coln)—they detested all breakers of pledges and geod faith— ( Hear, hear) —they did not like to be betrayed.—( Hear, hear.) When he recollected that his Noble Friend at his last election for South Nottinghamshire, when he last stood unon the hustings, congratulated the electors of Nottinghamshire on their having refused to be cajoled by the latest fabrication from the workshop of delusion—( Hear, hear)—that they were independent and clear-sighted enough to scout the cry of cheap bread—( Hear, he , r)—and that they had refused to be caught by the last fugitive humbug of a dying faction.— (Loud cheers.) Why, it was not the protectionists that had agitated the country.—( Hear, hear.) Was it they who had drilled the public mind and taught them that cheap bread was a fallacy, and fraught with delusion to the country.—( Hear, hear.) He rejoiced that the British people had shown them selves true to themselves. They had shown their aversion to political inconsistency, vascillation, and tergiversation. He thought, in the lang uage o f a modern writer, that the man who was fit for the representative of a great people, should be a man of a stable mind, fit to be the pillar of the state, and not a weathercock—( Hear, hear)—at the top of the building, whose only quality was its versatility and power to show the last shifting of the passing gale.----(Loud cheering.) Lord LINCOLN was aware that he was acting irregularly in speaking a second time during one debate, but he trusted, after the elaborate attack which had been made upon him by the Noble Lord, who had kept back his store of envenomed bitterness—(Cheers)—to the present moment—(Loud cheers) —that the House would allow him a few moments to reply to the charge brought against him by the Noble Lord. He would not enter into any particulars, or explain any of his hustings' speeches—(Hear, hear)—which he was quite prepared to do on a proper occasion. —(Cheers.) With reference to the charges of bribery made against him, he simply denied it, and challenged him to the proefs.—(Loud cheers.) He had not expended one farthing in bribery. It was stated to be an expensive election, but it was not more expensive than county elections generally were. ( Hear, hear.) It had been said that he took the county by surprise ; the fact was that the county was taken by suprise, but not by him. The Hon. Member for South Nottingham had canvassed the country before he had resigned his seat, he was therefore eempelled to employ a great number of agents.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord would have shown more discretion had he refrained from alluding to the question of expense during the election, because he knew or ought to have known that a noble relation of his had paid a large sum—he could name that sum if he pleased—towards the election expenses. Having thus contradicted the statements of the Noble Lord, he then threw out the same challenge as he had given to his Friend the Mem ber for South Nte-ts.—( Tremendous cheering ) Lord G. BENTINCK said that he was quite ready to divide, though a great many of his party had withdrawn, under the impression that no division would take place. After a discussion in which Mr. Miles and Mr. Young took part — Mr. LAW moved the adjournment of the House. Mr. HUDSON seconded the motion. Sir R. PEEL said that he would advise the House not to press a division, as there seemed to be an understanding that no division should take place Mr. LAW then withdrew his amendment, which he said he only made in order to place the parties on a state of equality. The amendment of Sir Charles Burrell was then withdrawn, the report was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill was or dered to be read a third time on Monday neat. IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM AND BOSTON AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY, AND THE GRAND UNION RAILWAY. (From the Nottinghamshire Guardian.) A most important and influential meeting of the share holders in the above companies was held this day (Friday), at the Exchange Rooms, in compliance with the sessional orders of Parliament, for the purpose of gi v ing their sanction either for windi ng up the affairs of the company, or to the further proceeding with the Bill, which yesterday passed the Committee of the House of Commons. C Thos ompany, presided. The meeting was numerously attended, a majority of the most influential shareholders being present. The business was to have commenced at ten o'clock, but it was found that it required considerable time to register the scrip, in order that the votes might be taken by the directors either for or against the line being proceeded with • consequently the chair was no t ta k en till after twelve o'clock;. The chairman having ex pl a i ned to the shareholders that the present meet ing was held in consequence of the sessional order of Parlia ment, said he would at once request the solicitor to read the advertisement callin g th e meeting in conformity with the Act also an of Parliam en t, t h e title of the Bill, and Act enabling the company t o purchase the Nottingham and Grantham Canals. Thi s h av i ng been complied with,' The Cruiaaraze said, he would now proceed to make a f fe observations relati ve to t h e meeting, and move a resolution thereon, but b e f ore proceeding to Co so, he would read a letter from the Chairman, which was as follows : " 6, Mansfield -street, May 7th, 1846. MY DEAR SIR,—My present engagements will unavoid. ,ably prevent me from having the opportunity of being pre sent at the meeting of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Shareholders, in Nottingham to-morrow ; but I have given my proxy, approving to pro ceed with the Bill, to our Secretary, and I am sure that the gentlemen who may attend will be happy to learn that the Committee of the House of Commons repeatedly expressed their opinion, that our line is highly necessary, and ought to be made, and that the evidence given before the Committee, is such as to give every assurance, that when made com plete, it will afford the greatest convenience to the public, and remuneration to the shareholders—circumstances which no one can explain to the meeting better than yourself, and believe me to be, yours, very faithfully, " W. H. NORTON, Chairman. " Thomas Bishop, Esq., Vice -Chairman." Considerable applause followed the reading of the above letter, on the subsiding of which, Mr. Bishop proceeded to state the cause of the chairman's absence, who was detained in London on Parliamentary business, connected with the Bill. He next proceeded to state, that this line of railway was projected last year, and had the influential support of those landowners through whose property it passed. It was no bubble company ; its remunerative character was calmly conFidersd and dispassionately weighed. It was not a specu lative railway, but one which offered the greatest advan tages to the public, and would yield a very handsome remu neration to the shareholders. It had not only passed the ordeal of the standing orders of the House of Commons, but had advanced another step by the preamble having been proved.—(Loud cheers.) He (the Chairman) would explain the line of country velf ich it passed though commencing at Ambergate, passing thrott,h the great coal fields of Not tinghamshire and Derbyshire, taking in its route the important towns of Nottingham, Grantham, Sleaford, Boston, Spalding, and thence opening a communi cation with Lynn, Yarmouth, and Norwich, and, at the same time, touching upon most of the manufacturing villages of our neighbourhood. He (the Chairman) firmly believed that there was no person who could not but ac knowledge that the inhabitants of Nottingham suffered the greatest inconvenience for want of proper railway accommo dation to the eastern and western part of the kingdom. Just look with regard to Manchester; the public have to take a most circuitous route, the distance being upwards of one hundred miles, at an expense cf twenty-one shillings, and were upwards of six hours performing the journey, whereas, by the proposed Ambergate line, there would not only be a saving of nearly half the expense, but in point of time nearly three hours would be gained, the distance being little more than sixty-nine miles. These were no small ad vantages offered to the public, besides the gratification they would experience in having an opportunity afforded them of enjoying the 'magnificent scenery of the Peak of Derbyshire, and also with having a direct communication w1:1 the eastern and western parts of the kingdom, having Yarmouth on the east, and Liverpool on the west. If we only looked at the east, we should find it a most fertile district, redundant of agricultural produce, yielding some of the largest crops in the kingdom. Then look again at the west, possessing, as it does, an extensive coal field, from which we shall derive an immense traffic.— (Loud cheers.) When we were before the Committee of the House of Commons there was a strong demonstration in favour of the line, and so satisfied were the members that the Bill ought to be obtained, that they did not even con sider it requisite to examine one-half of the witnesses whom we had in attendance. The Chairman was aware there had been a great number of lines in competition with this; there had been the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, but that, with others, were now no more. Nottingham and Mansfield was not a competing line, it was to run to a certain paint and not exceed it. We were now left without a single opponent. The Chairman next, in a clear and lucid manner, proceeded to explain the remunerative prospects of the Company, pro vided they obtained this Bill, and said that, allowing 40 per cent. for the cost of outlay, there could not be the slightest doubt but the Company would reap a profit of 7% per cent. The cost of the line would not exceed 20,000/. per mile, while other lines would cost between 70,000/. and 80,000/. The Chairman said he had the pleasing satisfaction of an nouncing to the shareholders that the preamble of the Bill, was yesterday proved before the Committee of the House of Commons.—(Enthusiastic cheers.) Terms had also been made with the Grand Union--(Continued cheers)—who had withdrawn their Bill. The Chairman next proceeded to state to the shareholders the terms upon which the two companies had amalgamated, from which it appeared that the shareholders of the Ambergate line had paid a deposit of 2/. 12s. Gd., and the G r a n d Uion had only paid 1/. 7s. Gd., being a difference of 255., and as an equitable adjustment, the Grand Union had agreed to allow 4 per cent. interest, until their paid-up capital rea:hed the same amount a; the Amber gate, which the Chairman thought was a satisfactory arrang?- ment to all parties. The Chairman said the dark and omi nous cloud of the panic having passed away, it now be came a question with the public, which lines were to proceed. With regard to the Ambergate line, lie was firmly of opinion that it would be to the advan tage of the shareholders that it should go forward.— (Great cheering./ You have spent your money, said the Chairman, in surveys. You passed the standing orders; you have proved the preamble ; you have not a single opponent; the strictest economy has been practised in the outlay; and now you are ceftain of obtaining your Bill; the directors cannot recommend you to halt, or stay prouelings when yoa have so nearly arrived at the goal. The preamble being proved is tantamount to having obtained the Bill.—(Loud and general cheering.) The Chairman then explained that the directors proposed, when the Bill passed, to invest the money in Government securi ties, and not to expend it for the present in a portion of the works. They would watch the money market, and not pro ceed in a reckless career, in expending the capital of the shareholders. They had at present 300,030/. in hand, and they thought the spring of next year a very favourable time to commence. He would also announce to the meeting, that it was their intention not to make a call until the expiration of twelve months,—(Hear, hear.) He would just now ad vert to a rumour which he believed had obtained credence with a portion of the public, namely, that the Ambergate line had been sacrificed to the Midlands. " Such," said the Chairman, with marked emphasis, "such, gentle.. men, I can assure you, is not the case: the line is your line, and yours entirely—(Reiterated cheers)—and Mr. Hudson is our friend by alliance with ue."—(Contiaued applause.) The Chairman, in conclusion, said the directors were now on their trial, and appealed to the shareholders for their verdict, and then moved the following resolution :—" That a Bill be submitted to this meeting for making a railway from or near Ambergate station on the Midland Railway, through Not tingham to Spalding and Boston, with branches therefrom, and for enabling the Company to purchase the Nottingham and Grantham Canals, and the same is hereby approved." J. WILES, Esq., of Grantham, in an able, argumentative, and forcible speech, seconded the motion. The Rev. Mr. Poor, would ask a few questions before the motion was put to the meeting. He was rather astonished to hear the statement from the Chairman relative to the friendly alliance of the Midlands. Now, he thought from a circular that was placed in his hands, that there had been some trickery with the Midlands, and if we had been so tricked it should be exposed. The Chairman had said that the line would pay 7i per cent. •, now, he wished to know if Mr. Hudson had not asserted that if the Company obtained their Act to-morrow, that the line would never pay 1 per cent. He wished, also to know how many shares had been allotted, how many paid up, and how many reserved ? The Chairman had asked fcr their verdict, which would depend upon a bold, fair, and upright answer; lie should also wish to have the terms of canal purchases explained, and he should also like to ascertain the expenses which the Company had been at ? The CHAIRMAN instantly replied to the queries of the pro prietor in a business like and straightforward manner, and said the directors were not men to go behind the door; if they erred, it was an error of judgment. It was impossible to give an exact account of the expenses, particularly while the Bill was in progress, but it certainly did not amount at the present moment to more than 9a. or 103. per share, and he firmly believed the expenses incurred were within that amount. With respect to the Midland Company they had taken 10,000 shares, upon which they had paid a deposit of 5,000/., and as to Mr. Hudson lie had never heard him express any sentiments as to the line not paying one per cent. ; he believed lie never stated anything of the kind; on the contrary, at a meeting at York, he was informed, on good authority, by a gentleman who stood high in the rail way world, that Mr. Hudson placed his thumb on the map, pointing out the route of the Ambergate line, and said in his emphatic manner, " Here is a line that I will make pay 10 per cent." To the other questions of the Rev. Gentleman, the Chairman said, the whole of the shares hail been allotted —there was no reserve whatever, and all the sh ares pa id u Each provisional committeeman had 100 shares allotted, and . they had bought shares at a premium. Mr. PERCY then, at the request of the Chairman, explained the nature of the purchase of the Nottingham and Grantham Canal, which was—" That the Committee do recommend for adoption by the general assembly of proprietors, that the principle of the amalgamation should be by a purchase of the canal and works at 225/. per share in cash, or nine shares at 251. each at par, in the amalg mated railways, at the option of the canal proprietors, to be signified in writing to the railway company, within two months after the opening of the line of such railway, from Ambergate to Grantham, the canal company continuing the management, and appro priating the dividends amongst the canal proprietors, until such two months shall have elapsed. The Rev. Mr. Pool, asked if the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield was not a competing line. The CHAIRMAN explained that the Bill was lost. The Rev. Mr. Poor. wished to know if the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Bill could not go again to Parliament ou its merits? The CHAlRMAN—Certainly not. It was then explained to the meeting that the directors I , ad taken a bold and - decisive step by having a second deed; the opinion of eminent counsel had been taken on the sub ject, and it was found highly desirable to have a new deed. The Rev. GENTLEMAN then expressed his satisfaction, and said lie should vote fur the Company proceeding. Mr. BIELEY' of Leicester, wish e d t o k now if th e Birming ham, Stamford, and Boston line was not a competing one. To that line he observed that the names cf Mr. Macanley - and Mr. Ellis were attached,, and he thought that the Midlands had an under -current at work, and this was a competing line. The CHAIRMAN exp l a i ne d t h at the line did gosev t Boston. They mi g ht g i ve th e li n e a fine title, like several coaches which had the names of towns painted on them, and they did not go within fifty or a hundred miles of the place. Taos. Xxxos, Esq., of Nuttal Tmspole, business-like a s said i t k h e a t andthe Temple, statements of the directors v - atraightforward, that although _ noterheh a n d av p a aid th t e he s d li e g p h ri t s e i s t t , but not signed the deed, he should ob jection to do so at any moment.--(Cries of "Hear, :hear," and greatapplause.) soiitary' exception, The sb.areholders Freon., /Pit y . having expressed their satisfaction, the voting commenced, at the conclusion cf which the numbers were (shares re-, presented) For proceeding 30,293 Against 2,190 Majority ........ 28,103 Loud cheering fAlowed the announcement. Votes of thanks and confidence were given to the - Chair man and directors, after which the meeting separated. [The Chairman and directors, from the open and straight forward mann•.>r in which they answered all questions put to them, and from the circumstance of their courting inquiry, won the good opinions of all the shareholders present.—ED. N. G.] justify him with regard to the statements he had made respect- thing must be done to put a stop to their miseries. ing the famine in Wexford and other counties. The Hon. Having thanked the House for the patience with which they Member for Armagh bad stated that the price cf potatces in his heard t ins, he would conclude by saying that he would give county was similar to the price of. last year. He was rejoiced the measure his most decided opposition in every stage. to find that there was one place in Ireland where that descrip- Mr. ROEBUCK would not have spoken, had it not been Lion of food was to be had at a reasonable prico. He was for an observation made by the Gentleman who had just sat sorry, however, to say that in the south-western and southern down, The Hon. Gendeman had taunted the supporters of parts of Ireland the potato disease was very extensive. He the present measure as being a motley crew, For his part he thought the Honourable Member for Dorsetshire was thinking believed that this variety of political opinion—this new corn of the condition of the poor in this county when he binetion of forces would never have taken place but from strong alluded to Ireland. The poor in Dorsetshire were re- awl urgent reasons.—( Hear, hear.) Ile had also accused eeiving only 7s. a week wages, nut of Odell they had them of being influenced by selfish motives, but he (Mr. Roe to pay for rent. He (Lord Lincoln) had received a letter buck') would retort the charge, and would ask a hat were the only that morning from Valentia, in Ireland, which principles which influenced them ? The real principle was requested a supp'y of Indian con' or oatmeal to dispose of to self-ins erect. For what did they assemble night after night h to the poor at cost price. Such applications as these were evidence make interminable speeches? Fir what did they mee o t_t that the distress in Ireland had not been overrated. The to obstruct the universally expressed demands that theit month of May, in Ireland, was that period of the year during public? lie would say, fearless of contradiction, s afinteie,t clone, which employment was most prevalent. It was the seed time, was their self-interest, and . their and the farmers occupied as many labourers as they needed, which spurred them on. First of , all, they - rested their . and in consequence the demands on the public purse were not case upon the tenant farmers, b ut ssy now they fell in reference to so numerous. The Right Hon. Baronet then read a letter back upon the labourers. He would . _only . from a proprietor in the county of Cavan, wherein great dis- the latter,' let them .( the protectionists) give them the means tress existed. His Hon. Friend had stated, ' that the result of of deciding the question, and h t e he w m oul t d he no r t ig fe h a t r othfesrtaestiunlgt. their the alarm that had been raised with respect to the farmer had before , that, let them been to raise the price of potatoes. A supply of Indian corn opinions to that Ho ( u ll se e , on Thethe e o timer corn-talcs, 1 a w e: , , nowleu t on comeall bad been furnished to numerous districts in Ireland for the other statistics were resorted to, and the lion. Member for a g r e , levet h hear.) double pureose of preventing starvation, and_of hindering a when rat c combination to raise the price of food. What was the price of oflh a p d ro b p r p o i u n e g h o t p their so, however, potatoes previous to the issue of meal by the Government?. he e e purposehad not left his cause to the strength of the facts and sign- I Why, in Limerick alone, the price was 7id. per stone, and v it manta which he employed, but appeared to think that was utterly impossible for the poor to pay that price. the issue of meal was made by the Government, the pr l ice l l ie i e his observations, however rapid, or however shallow, with rom a i n would wh i which h e piquant the Honaonot Honourable fell immediately from 7ad. to 51d. per stone. did not intend to occupy the attention of tie House any longer. He could, however, assure his Hon. Friend that the distress in Gentleman used quotations, it was very easy for him to acquire ofe r if es s i e s a trb n le e . d F Ireland, though not universal, was general and extensive. a reputation for learning at a very small expense. He qu o t e d Mr. FLOYEB, thought if the Noble Lord etas not prepared a work from a friend of his ( Mr. Roebuck) of great respecta to stand by the quotations of the price of wages in Dorsetshire bility, and so great a respect did he entertain for him, that he •contained in Mr. Sheridan's letter, he ought not to have ad- was sorry to see his' views wrested to the purposes of the Hon. dressed the House. He (Mr. Floc er) was prepared tt? main-was few evenings Shrewsbury.. ThatuHo John Gentleman quoted, a f tain that the condition of the labourers in Dorsetshire . e ago,. the opinions of i r. Mill., on the laws of never better than it was at present. lie would, however, deny had ltto:change in support of those opinions which he with so much zeal, but with so little that the rate of wages was so low as had been stated by . the Right Hon. the Secretary for Ireland. . He gave an unegnivo judgement,. endeavoured to impress upon the House. fh Honourable Member (Mr. Disraeli)mistook 1 •pa rt. ation denial, as the Member for Dorsetshire, against any insinu- e .r. his ation of the low rate of wages in that county. He began his life by a mistake • he began as a Radical ; he Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN corroborated the statement came out in tragedy, but he had since slated into genteel of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland with reference to comedy.—(Great laughter.) lie came out as the friend of the distress of Li m erick, he thought it a wise precaution of the the Honourable and Learned Member for Cork; but he was Government to supply Indian corn to meet that dis- now against him, and the principles he then entertained. 1t tress. H e found, when he visited Limerick, that was well for the Hon. Gentleman to change one set of principles the vessels in the harbour were attacked by armed men ; and take to himself another—it was well to throw up one that the cattle were obliged to be guarded by soldiers. In party and join another for the purpose of gaining something by consequence of the measure the Government had adopted, the becoming the leader of a party, who might make it worth the ppor people were now employed : there was we fear of cut- change of principle He could then turn round and attack the break among them. Tranquillity still reigned in that country. Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of her Majesty's Ministers He thought it was his duty, as a magistrates and a proprietor for changing his principles upon this question; but the Right. in that country to urge upon the Government the necessity of Hon. Baronet could afford to laugh at the impotent insolence taking some active measures. He found the distress in his of those who chose thus to assail him. Now, as to the book own immediate vicinity very great. There was no seed for by Mr. John Mills, which the Hon. Gentleman had dipped the future, and no food for the present. He spoke only of that into—( Laughter)—he would read an extract or two. (The part of the country with which he was acquainted. He Hon. Member then read at length from this work, to show believed that there was very severe distress throughout the that protection did not apply to the necessaries of country--( Hear, hear.) He thought the Government had life, nor to that which would interfere with our exportations.) acted improperly in mixing up Irish grievances with this corn He hoped the Hon. Member, - when next quoting works to measure, and that they should propose a humane measure to support his arguments in favour of these laws, would select meet a temporary calamity. He maintained, and had done so something better than Mr. Mills's authority in support of hi s over and over again, that the distress in Ireland should be met principles. The lion. Member again quoted, after which he by the Irish landholders themselves.—(Hear, hear.) said that this was the argument which was selected to prove Mr. LEFROY stated that the distress had not been so that they could not combat hostile tariffs by free trade. After general, and the number of cases of fever consequent thereon having said so much on this subject, he would not longer were not so numerous as the House had been led to expect. trouble the House.—(Cries of " Oh, oh, oh.") He had no He was the first Irish Member who had ventured to state doubt the Hon. Members who cried in this way judged of that, so faa as Ireland was concerned, the state of that country speeches by their length, but his intention was not to make a did not warrant the adoption of such measures as those pro- long speech, but simply to deal with the points before the posed by Government. He thought it would be satisfactory House. to the Government to know, upon authority not to be di,- Mr. MILLS and Mr. DISRAELI rose together, but the former puted, that, the distress was not eo general as had been feared. gave way, when With respect to the county of which he was a Member, he Mr. DISRAELI said he was extremely sorry that ha felt would read a leteer from a gentleman well acquainted with that obliged to solicit the attention of the House for a short time, so part of the coon try. The Hon. Member then proceeded to as to reply to that part of the Hon. and Learned Member's read the letter referred to ; also a letter from the agent of a speech, which personally reflected upon him (Mr. Disraeli). — large landed proprietor in Roscommon, both of which stated ( Hear, hear.) It was a long time since that they had the the, distress not to be of so alarmi n g an extent. He had honour of hearing the Hon. Member, and 83 for himself he also accounts from Sligo, Armagh, and Down, was very glad to see him there once more, and to hear him denying the pirevalene.e of fever in those counties. speak in his usual characteristic manner.—( Laughter.) lie He would read a letter to prove that even in the case of dis- had been very personal towards him in what he was pleased to eased potatoes they were not unprofitable, and the House would call his speech upon this question, but he did not care for that. see form this that there were many useful and commoner pur. —( Hear hear, from the protection ben c he s .) H e was use d to poses to which potatoes in a disordered state could b e app li e d . it from him, though he did not always think it necessary to —( Hear, hear.) (The Honourable Member having read this reply to such attacks—it was true he had done so once—he was letter, went on to read a number of others, with the view of compelled to do so then—it was thrust upon him by showing that the accounts of the suffering, disease, and distress the charges of the Hon. Member, which amounted to prevalent in Ireland was exaggerated.) He did not attempt to what he (Mr. Disraeli) believed to lie language most deny that there was great and pressing distress in many parts unparliamentary. The Honourable and Learned Member had of Ireland, but it was occasioned, in his opinion, by a coin- thought proper to speak upon his political conduct—he spoke, halation amongst certain parties to raise the price of provisions. indeed, on a question which be knew nothing at all about. --( Hear, hear.) Before he sat down there was another sub- H e h o p e d h e would not be charged with anything like egotism ject to which he must allude. The Right Hon. Gentleman when he now attempted to defend himself, and to show that he the Secretary of State for the Home Department had blamed ' was not chargeable with what the Hon. and Learned Member the Irish gentry for not speedily availing themselves of the i mpute d to hi m. H e was c h arge d w i t h f ollow i ng the H on. and public grant which had b een ma d e f or th purpose of public L earne d Member for Kilkenny, or it may be the Hon. and works, but the- grand juries in many parts of Ireland L earne d Member for Dublin, for he did not remember what thought it would only have benefited the contractor, and not county that Hon. and Learned Gentleman represented at pre the tenantry, had they availed themselves of this money pre- sent. Well, he was charged with having followed the principles vious to the last assizes, for at those assizes the ordinary road of that lion. and Learned Member, but surely there was contracts were let, and that for a time gave sufficient em- nothing extraordinary in that—there was nothing so extraordi pioyment to the people, without resorting to the reserve nar y in his having done so, when it was remembered that the fund which Government had placed at their disposal.— Prime Minister of England had also done so.—(Cries (Hear, hear.) Thanking the liouse for the attention they of " Hear, hear," and great cheering and counter. cheering. ) had given him, he resumed his seat, declaring his intention to He denied having changed his principles—he had the same support the amendment.—( Hear. ) rinciples now as he had then. He had nothing to chang Mr. P. BORTH WICK expressed himself strongly op- tie had no hereditary name to support, no high-born nole'lit e i wposed to the passing of this measure, and blamed the Govern- top lease. It may have been that when a young man he had ent for having resorted to it to relieve the distress of Ireland not adopted the best mode of carryin out those but in they could have found a more easy and effective remedyY he denied having changed them, fur they principles,we notf d in appealing to the people for public and private subscriPe upon light grounds, but they were principles adopted a o i r te ni r e a tions to meet the temporary evil.—( Hear, hear.) Circum- careful reading ; they were not hastily formed, but were the stances, both in and out of the country, combined result of deep - study and were such as he could not change, to prove that the corn-laws were politic, and it though he was charged ' to have done so by the Hon. and would be unjust to abrogate them.—( Hear, hear.) Ho Learned Member in his well -arranged impromptu.—(Cheers admitted that what was politic last year might be impolitic alluded to The principles which he held at the time this, but justice was eternal ; it never changed ; and to him . by the Hon. and Learned Member deprecated the it seemed rather strange, that the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government should have been thirty years in dis- policy which regulated the legislation for Ireland, and those coveringh se suffered by a for fac h t. e didi . maintain that covering what was just and what was unjust.—(Protection ' s principles reland had e cheers.) How could this be? The fact was that the discover Y he did believe that the y mistakemes roa eg e rsltion. And was a sudden one. And why did the Right Hon. Baronet soin governing i Ireland was attempting to great govern her by a f-ce often entertain them with speeches warmly supporting and that the real mode of Government that sho u ld — adopt ed be adopted protection, and in no less degree denouncing the Anti-Corn- law Lea towards that country s h ou ld h ave b een t h at adopted by certain g that the discovery was a sudd en one . A n d w h y was ue.and its leade rs ? It cou ld not b e concealed , sud , then ireat . kirigs in former times.—(Hear, bear.) Wh at, t h en, den? Why, the secret would be fo un d i n t h e s i mple fact that was 1t because he sympathised with a man who hail borne a great name as the advocate of the of his country, i a general election was near at hand. But was it becoming in the feelings he entertained towards that causey, n a great Minister, with a European reputation, to resort to ( Hearar)he country, that i he was to be thus assailed 2 so leepalpab an attack, with the view of securing popularit s r e ot wer a e o t d e to opin h ion e s Y he had always expressed upon this sub' on the ve of a general election.—( Hear, hear.) opinions he still adhered.— Hear hear, The lion. and es A falser return than that which had been returned to the Learned Member had said that he ('l,llr. Disraeli) had • had French Parliament, of the number of agriculturists and menu- a quarrel with a party, and entered into some statement about laesturers, had never bsen made ; for every village blacksmith, it. It was unfortunate that he had ; it occurred at an election every village tailor, every man who fashioned the ploughshare when he was a very yo man, and when he • stood in oppo or horseshoe, every sort of artizan, had in fact been returned as siting to the son of a Whig g Prime Mini t Bu he a manufacturer, and he was glad to find that M. Guizot was notdid not think that these were matters which jus s ti e fi r ed the t about to be misled by that return, or become a disciple of the Honourable Itlember in making those charges and with those observations, Hon. Member for Stockport. The Noble Lord behind him he (Mr. Disraeli) begged to ; say, he would al (Lord G. Bentinek ) had made a speech on this questionnever lude to them again . As to what the Hon ale leer m had said during the previous stage of this measure, which was replete about his having . n tO the • go . e over enemy's camp, why, he with arguments, to which it was impossible for the Government . (Mr. did not know that he ever had a camp. to reply. The Hon. Member then proceeded to say, that the L Disraeli) ( auehter). And now let him ask who were those who alleged famine in Ireland was not of that alarming character re- - ''' - sympathised with the sentiments of the Hen.' and Learned presented by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Government. Member opposite ?—(Loud cheers.) What sentiments did he There had in point of fact been a decrease of about 100 cases of represent ?—( Renewed cheers.) The Hon. Member had fever in one district alone of that country in the present year, stated thtt there was no greater enemy to democracy than LS compared with th e corresponding portion of th e preceding t modern liberalism—(Hear, hear)—and that liberal principles in Ireland sufficient potatoes both for food and seed, notwith- were never more in danger than when advocated by poe standing the assertion; of the Noble Lord the Secretary for laical economi s t s . —( H ear, h ear.) But now, let him (Mr. Ireland (Lord Li nco l n ). Th ere was also not the least deficient Disraeli) ask h a d h e ever spo k en in terms of dis ci any other d escr i pt i on o f food i n that country. But even respect of the Hon. and Learned Member for Cork ? granting fora moment that there was a famine in Ireland, (Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member then referred to the book it this measure were an unjust one, which it had been from which the Hon. Member for Bath read some passages, proved to be, that famine could not surely form a and read an extract, in which the author expressed his opinions Thefor the passing of such a measure as the present upon the operations of the corn-laws, and concluded by saying The Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Ma'est ' he thought he had now shown the House that never had his Government has said, that the people living eastward of Y a s misrepresentations been more apparent, or his attacks more imaginary-line which he hail drawn from Inverness to South-n causeless, than the present upon his literary criticisms ampton, were careless whether this measure passed or not ; in •( Hear, hear.) Of all the abortions he had ever heard of, his fact, that those who were skilful and wealthy homers, would was he greatest—( Hear, hear)—and never was there a senator profit by the measure becoming a law. But the lt , ght Hun. struck with stronger oratorical paralysis, and certainly never e- was Baronet had admitted that the remaining portion of ou r pop s any att ac k mgr malignant, or more perfectly futile. lotion--the small farmers of England would be utterly ruined. Mr.. S. HERBERT said, in rising to address a few ob- And it was thus heartlessly that they were about to dispose of sz a v t at h ion to the House upon this subject, he could assure it those of whom theyformerlyboasted—o the bold peasantry, the an of e t would avoid all expressions of a personal nature, or country's pride." But these laws, if they injured one class fu y h _ ose sarcasms which the House had been listening to must injure all classes of farmers; I't was impossible that .the , or t e last few minute. but h , e would endeavour to wield benefited by them, whilst the occu- 11 s o •'' a pereona ities. ( Hear , hear.) With large farmers could be respect to the small portions of land were injured. On discussions which had taken place upon the piers and cultivators of the Right Hon. Baronet had Bill, he doubted that the the westward of the line which Honourable Member opposite had produced, and that in copious shown that Mr. Mills had convinced an drawn, the very best of wheat was y one by his argu• producers of that ' thents. He did not mean to • quantities; and he contended that the House very well go into the question now, as the portant article of food, should not have lightlybeenso Tle trt e d money that had bee n understood soofte the cause of the effiuxion of as they had been by the Right Hon. Baronet. often alluded to. But some allusion Burke, for the purpose Hon. of had been made to expressions Member concluded, by quoting from d st ste i to filnsete The Houourable Member fo Oxfordshire ad used during this debate. showing that it would be a very dangerous an unju P os ~. by labouring population in the S m had spoken of the fere with the capital of the farmer in the manner proposed 1 03 y that crime had increased b ow. ern counties last year, and this measure. Now, the Right Hon. Baronet .lo done i n (11r, Sydney Herbert) b eyo d nd the population. Now he such statements the argument, What has protectionn of antler marked diminution in c • egge , . to sae that there had been a you ?He might as well ask, in respect to the state m or four years. The Honour fable M rime in .his country within the last three factures in Ireland, What has free trade done for that coun- there was a great deal f a i eember had also said that try? •He said that he was in those measures going to found a cour.try that he (Mr e S Sydney Herbert) suffering in the part of the permanent system of trade; but this was, in the very nature that wages were low . thLei• ey Herbert) lived in, and of things, impossible. The world had existed some six thou- regret more than he aid the lownesse. Now, no person could sand years, and the Right Hon. Baronet could not show themof wages; but it would not any melon that had ever existed that maintained its prosperity, than was given in & e ma l t. in The greatest part of the country, Why, commercial prosperity was as variable as the winds and existed formerly with respect to the g i r m ea p t o e r .s t t a E n s s i o b f l e alarm waves that wafted their traffic from shore to shore.—( Laugh- cattle, and many gentlemen in that House had d foreignli ter.) In all the speeches made by the Right Hon. Baronet state t at it would be ruinous to the farmer ; but on the contrary it was he went into no argument—he dealt only in assertions — he but afterwards found that th e f armer was b enefited by it- --(Oh, repeated the creed of the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton. o h.) He could a ssure H on . G ent l emen that a great-deal Tee Noble Lord the Member for London had asked the people th e f ar me r 's difficulties were owing to th e high price of sto c k in of to pour in petitions, anti to give the Right Hon. Baronet an ex- England, and it might be very well for Hon. Members to say cure for repealing the corn.laws. But the people had done no th a t th a t li ne o f a r gument was di s p ose d o f — i t was still the fact. such thing. They had proved, by the elections which had The farmer objected to the repeal of the corn-laws, and yet he taken place in all parts of the country, that they were deter- said that he could not cultivate his farm, in consequence of the mined to uphold the constitutional principles of England. The high price of stock. All the agitation that bad hitherto taken Hon. Member fur Stockport and the Right Hon. Baronet at place had only served very much to conciliate the minds of the the head of the Government, like Hermia and Helena in the agriculturists to the change which was about to take place. He poem, though with two seeming bodies, had but one heart ; was aware that the Hon. Member for Lynn was a master of ut e if their e , , measures were carried, they would, however hene- the science of agitation—( Hear, hear)—and had applied the ocaal tney mi ht b of agitation, as it was a period lotion • on this. g eto foreign countries, entail ruin and degra- Easter recess to the purposes always taken advantage of by Hon. Members for a similar pur- Mr. HENLEY lengthened remarks , but not trouble the House with any pose. Public meetings had been summoned in the most emarks, but he had received without mak' could not a llo w the report to be interested parts of the country, and the statements which would be of a character" one or two observations, and as they been made before Easter were repeated. It was stated that the debate, he trusted the House had not bee n often referred to in corn would be imported at 255. a quarter, and though eery made them. And first, he ouseiwould bear with him while he one heard the assertion, it did not excite any very great alarm; of the country, and if they looked d d refe r t o th e social condition for the farmers were a much more reasonable and shrewd race would find a pleasing decrease in tilt the last four years they of men than they were described. If they would credit the crease of nearly one-fourth. The eßiaihnount of crimes-_ a de- statement of a gentleman not mixed up with party politics ever, attributed this improvement in moralst Baronet, how- in that House, they would find that many more made in restrictive duties. But let them ok to if the relaxation men were engaged in ascertaining whether they could, by_an other causes for this improved slate of thine,. Wtatisere were nu increased exertion of skill, cope with the foreign wheat they crease of prosperity by the railway movement,there no thought would be brought into the foreign market than 20,000,0a0t , a year was expended among the when at least were intent on the passing of this Bill. His Hon. Friend, t h er e not an improved poor-law? Was people ? Was the Member for Dorsetshire,hadalluded to the question nothing attributed to the last religious to be movement? C which hod been put, as to whether any measure, such as inertial restriction had, for the last*ben thoseproposed by O ' lthe state of thirty years, b diminishing, and he asked—Was the country in a better, een things in Ireland ? And the lion Member • s answered tion than it was before ? If he could show that trade posi- very explicitly by the Noble Lord, • • h was the state it respect to had ereased, that prices had become lower, awl that em to a ed in- in which he found Ireland: His Hon ' lived Friend, who had become general within the last thirty yearn woaind'ment in that country, admitted that the • Noble Lord had given an not be ready to admit that crime should have diminished,they account of the state of Ireland, and one which could neither that was the principle on which they advocated the repeal fur be doubted nor impugned and that the corn-laws? If they took the test of the populatio r tl of necessity of making some measures ' for the surely urged the weuld find that, in 1821, the population of Great Britain, ir.3er ingA anti ameliorating the state of thatt le purpose of better did not include Ireland, amounted to 14,490,000 ;in 1831, it lember ( Lord G. Bentiuck ) said that they The Hon. amounted to 16,342,000 ; in 1841, it amounted to 18,431,000. roer?marhnet iiieomedy for a temporary evil. tyVewreeethhel applydoinga So that, if he might be allowed to use the exression, it evil; if that e;.re Gentleman said that this was a tele ) : i was increasing . in a diminishing ratio — that lthey were founding a permaneinntrarrey- should have increased in a far greater reoportion than they said that the rei itself from becoming permanent. If it had done—( Hear, hear)—and if they compared the benefit why did they consent t p o ea a l t of the corn -laws was no law. or agricultural and manufacturing pursuits upon the inhahi- The Noble Lord (George werirary suspension of the Cants of their respective districts, he would show them how Irish distress. He did not admit the . ea s not a believer in i mmensely the former was superior to the latter. In Lan- dise ase , li e was satisfied that nothing o w eistence w t h e potato cashire the d ea th s were one i n thi r ty-f our; i n Li verpoo l one t ut he was satisfied, he said, should t a b s wrong with th em ; Londoin twenty-ni ne ; i n S a lf or d, one i n thi r t y -f our ; an d i n t hi n k the measure necessary for their wel;arpeeeplel of Ireland London, one in thirty-eight. He would now read to them to meet their present exigencies, that thereshOularbeeelculated n, of the agricultural districts — ln Wiltshire, one in forty- Sion of the corn-laws. lie would give his sanction to e "'Pen nine • in Sthis sus fia a urrey, one in fifty-two ;in Hampshire, one in pension, though he was persuaded the measure would be n "Pim. Well, and if they would say that they had is jury, instead of a benefit, to the people of Ireland a - short and c —( Heir.) merry lives, he would say, let them read ,uch was the policy of the Noble Lord. He' admitted the axe Ile f ac t o .. ' ,7 returns, •in which they would see that some- istence of distress in frehtud, though he disputed the extent of OF ARSON. On the motion of Sir J. GRAHAM, leave was given to bring in a Bill for punishing malicious injuries to persons and property by explosive substances. On the motion of Mr. GROGAN, the following Select Committee on the Coroners (Ireland) Bill was appointed:— Mr. Young, Mr. James Hamilton, Colonel Verner, Sir Robert Ferguson, the O'Conor Don, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Grogan, Sir Dsnham Norris, Mr. John O'Connell, Mr. John O'Brien, Sir Edmond Hayes, Mr. George Hamilton, Mr. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. Bellew, and Mr. Archbold. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at One o'clock. PARLIAMENTA ItY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MAY 8. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in by the undernained Hon. I%tember4 : Norfolk• Extensions (Thrineuth Extension)—Mr. Burroughes and Mr. Wodehouse. Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Banbury Line)—Sir C. Douglas and Mr. Dugdale. Caledonian Extension)—Mr. H. Johnstone, Mr. Lockhart, Mr. P. Stewart, and Mr. R. Hodgson. London and South-Western (Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension) — Sir W. Heatheote and Sir J. Easthope. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. The following resolutions were reported from this Committee That, in the case of the York and Lancaster Railway petition the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 2. That, In the case of the Glasgow and Dundee Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 3. That, — ia the easta of the EdlnCurgh and Hamilton Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 4. That, In the ease of the Staines and Henley Railway petitLn, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 5. That, in the case of the Norfolk Railway Extensions (Tin tf t d and Reedhain Branches) petition, the standing orders ought 113 i. to be dispensed with. 6. That, in the case of the 'West Lancashire Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 7. That, in the case of the Eastern Counties Railway (Tottenham to Barnet) petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 8. That, in the case of the Direct Notthan Railway petlion, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 9. That in the case of the Oxford, Soutivimpton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway petition, the standing orders ought i:ot to be dispensed with. 10. That, in the case of the London and South-Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury Extension) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : —That the parties be permitted. to pro ceed with their Bill. 11. That, in the case of the Caledonian Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on abandoning the Eastern Extension Line. 12. That, in the case of the Norfolk Railway Extensions (Yarmouth Extension) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : —That the parties be permitted to proceel with their Bill, on de positing with the clerk of each of the parishes of Great Yarmouth and Reedham the bock. of reference applicable to each of the said parishes. 13. That, in the case of the Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Banbury Line) Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : —That th e parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on inserting a clause restraining them from taking pro perty, No. 31, in the parish of Chesterton. 14. That, in the case of the Liverpool and Bury Railway petition, the standing orders ought t o b e dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with th e i r Bill, on abandoning the Branch from the point marked C to the point marked 1), and the Branch inm the point marked E to the point marked F, on the Plans, and also the seven side Branches running at right arnica to the line fromlA to B. That the Committees on this and the three preceding Bali do exa mine in the first place how far such orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bills. 15. That, in the case of the clause proposed on the third reading of the Stafford New Gas Bill, the clause is of such a nature as may be adopted by the House, if they shall think fit. Sixth, eighth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. HA MB URoil MAIL. HANOVER, APRIL injury caused by the seam navigation on the river Elbe and the Weser, was spoken of a few days ago in the First Chamber. Com plaints were made of the damage done to the banks, and the persons who suffered were recommended to the pro tection of the Government. In the district of Noy a, in particular, the damage caused by the steam-boats is said to be very great. The repair of a portion of the bank cost from fifty to a hundred dollars, and on every in• spection of this dyke bitter complaints are made, but hitherto without effect. The Government has turned its attention to this important subject, but it is not to be expected that everything will be proposed during the present session. STUTTGARD, APRIL 29.—The King awl Queen will go to Salzburg to meet the Empress or Russia, who will travel direct from Florence to St. Petersburgh. The Emperor will go to 'Warsaw, to meet the Empress. Her Imperial Majesty will, therefore, not visit Berlin and Erdrnansdorf. affirmed that the grand reviews and evolutions of the ST. PETERSBURGH, APRIL 25. —lt is positively which usually take_ place . _ immediately alter which g in arr m is a o y n , o w f i S ll t. be Pe n te e r x s t bu w r e g:i k , , the Emperor will set out on his journey. 26.—The arrival of some imperial u c t on w s i o ll rt g . o direct, by way of WARSAW, among the Aus trianwould be here .. other hand, it is affirmed that his Majesty will not visit equipAges h cause ;n d i t t he to c ,buersobeolrietvkced ltahsattwteheek.Emczetrkoer ° to n troops is on the increase. Qu an overtime, there are o p u u r hiw city y, sixteen burials in a day. It is said that typhus has meetth i this occasion, hi s august but CRACOW, APRIL 26.—The mortality broken out. Probably to avoid notice, the victims of the disorder are buried by night in the garde n o f M. thrick, in the suburb of Wesola. It is reported that the garrison of Cracow (800 men) will shortly be sent to Galicia, to put an end to the ex cesses committed by the peasants. Cracow will then be occupied by the Prussians. COPENHAGEN, MAY I.—We learn, from a private source, some particulars, besides those in the journals, respecting the expedition of the Galathea. No lives were lost in the Nicobar Islands ; but two seamen perished in a storm in the Indian Ocean. • Captain Asch land, the second in command, remained in the islands as Governor pro teinpore, and also Dr. Rinck, On e o f t h e naturalists. Another of them, (Dr. lianaphorner), had gone to Pulo Pinary, on account, it is said, of some dif ference with the others. CHRISTIANA, APRIL 28.—We have received official information that the town of Levanger, in North Dron theim, was almost entirAy destroyed by fire on the 18th initant. 110 houses (insured for 57,990 specie dollars) were consumed. The church and some h ouses were saved by great exertions. All the warehouses by the water side were burnt down.,—//aniturgh Pa pe , s, April 5. I)ftrtobmlicaan, d l an iv g in l g rous [ADVERTISEMENT.] —BLOOD TO THE lIEAD.--IM PURITY OF BLOOD.—Derangement of Health.An Extraordinary I, s f u r ff . elrNed'illise,onta continual] ly in determination of blood to the head, with benumbed feelings in the limbs, health much impaired, the blood in a very bad state, often s li t r e o e l I t o , w P a ri s t on ' i v l ll B l . e — , heavy and drowsy, wjth switumings in the he.td, the stomach gene • rally oat of order, with little appetite. Every Curepel;t Penton-street, means had failed to restore him to health ; but at last he, like thousands of others, has been completely invigorated and restored to the highest state Of health by Holloway's Pills.- Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine vendors. -room of a The present composing n vin:Elnewspaper 'ce eh ' office was the bed-room of Fria arles m passing through Vgia ill 1746.—Dumfries &unclad. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, Mar 8. STocz EXCIIANGE.-Tho sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, % c dis.-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 1 dis.-Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 135, 6d. dis.-Buckingham and Ilietch ley Junction, 1 p.-Caledonian, Extension, % dis.-Chester and Manchester Direct, 275. 6d. dis.-Derby and Crewe, 4 p.-Direct Northern, % dis.-Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1% p.-East Lancashire, No. I, 4% p.-Ditto, No. 2,3% p.-East Lincolnshire, par-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, Bs. dls.-Goole, Doncas ter, Sheffield, &c., p.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Extension, 3 4 dis.-Iladderslield and Sheffield Junction, 4% p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, % dis.-*Leeds and Thirsk, 4 dis.-Liverpool and Bury, 9 p.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1;8 p.-London and York, 3.16 dis,-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, % p.-Manches ter and Birmingham, 80%-Ditto, Quarters (B), 8% p. -Ditto, ditto (C), 7% p.-Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh J unction, 17s. dis. -Manchester and Hyde, 14 p.-Manchester, Midland, and Grimsby, % dis.-Manchester and Southampton, 3-16 P.-North Staffordshire, 4 9-16 p.-North Union (A), 143-Ditto (13), 143- Nottingham and Mansfield, 1-16 p.-Preston and Wyre, 30'4 and Quarters, Lincolnshire Junction, 3-16 C. p.-Sheffield and Manchester, shire Birmingham,Union Railway I 34 tai p lw .- ay Shi a -e rsb c uz ai, and li li c er . ef d o i r s d .- shi so re u , th % r er,9 , No. I, AI , p.-Ditto, ditto, No. 3,1% p.-Shrewsbury and T .; 6 s p l .e-s arc-Easternt d . ian d, Counties,l % . dis.-Shrop shire e x hi rta:lP and Dover, Halves (No. 4), " E Six:ma Excrrewor. LEEDS 31ar 8 Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter- 2 (late Accrington), 3 p.-Great P.and Sheffield, dis , -Huddersfield and sion, 11 4 P.-East Lancashirae Manchester, 55, 5 p.-Leeds and Dews bury, 2% p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 4 dis.-Liverpool iv a erpool and Bury, New, p.-Mncliester and Leeds Extenssi-onLs Berwick, 10% p.-North British, Carlisle Branch, lqanch, 265. 6d. p.-York p. -CII thercie As p. - Newcastle and Junction,eter, p.-Ambergate, and North Midland (East and W Nottinghm and Boston, 10s. Riding), dis.-Itirketii e a 31o1d, &c., 28s. 61.1. dis.-Buckinghamshire, dis.-Direct Northern, 9s. dis.-Glasgow and Dumfiess 1 2 s . . Gd. Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 9s. p.- Leeds and York, ? s ,i - Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, % dis.-Lei cester and 13Irminglia.m, 15s. dis.--Leicester and Betiffird, 1 Is. dis.-Livcrpo o l, O rmskirk ; and Preston, 235. p.-London and Fortstnonth, 7s. dis.-London and Manchester (item.), 375. Gd. dis.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 225. p.-Midland and Thirsk Junction, 203. dis,- Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 21s. dis.-North Staf fordshire, 4% p.-North Western, 4s. Gd. p.--Shropshire Union, 13s. Gd. dis.-South Midland, tg, p.-South and Midland Junction, dis.-Welsh Midlands, 225. dis.-West Riding Union, 4%. HULL, MAY 8. STOCK ExciumoE.-The sales are-Durham and Sunderland, 23%, -Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 26%- Preston and Wyre, 30 -Irs wich and Bury Extension, Norwich, 2-Ditto, Cambridge and Ely, 1% -North British, Carlisle, 465. 6t1.-Boston, Newark, and Shef field, 2%-Hull and Barnsley Junction, 255. -Hull and Lincoln, 215.-Nottingham and Mansfield, 21. 13s. 6,1.- -North Staffordshire, 61.95. 6d,-Rugby and Hantingdoo, 225. 6d.- South Midland, 3!. 13s. SHEFFIELD, M& 8. STOCK EXCUANOE.—The sales are —Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares (No. 3 Scrip), 1 IA p.—Grimsby and Sheffield Exten sion, is. dis.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, ss. dis.—Ditto, Railway and Dock, 1% dis.-11.111 and Barnsley, IGs. Gd. dis.—London 'and York, 4s. 6d. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 6s. dis.—Manthes!er and Lincoln Union and Canal, 128. dis—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, Extension, 168. dis.—Shellield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe, 13s. dls. HUDDERSFIELD, MAY 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Clitheroe Junction, 12s. Gd. —Great Eastern end Western, I S —Leicester and Bedford, I Is. 6d. dis.—North and South Junction, 298.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 29s.—Liverpool, Orinsk:rk, and Preston, 235. p.—West Riding Union, 41. 135.—Cheshire Junction, 41. 14s. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales arc —Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 31s. Gd. p.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, dis.—Lon don and York, par — Northumberland and Lancashire, 18s. dis. YORK, MAY 7. Srocx EXCIIANCE.--The sales are — Buckinghamshire (late Rugby), 21. 12s.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 1 74 — Leicester and Bed ford, 1 Is.—London and York, 2)6 —Mahon and Driffleld Junction, 2/. 2s.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3—Newcastle and Berwick, 2534—Newcastle and Darlington Extensions,' 9/. 18s. 9d.—North British, Carlisle Extension, 24—North Stafford shire, 61. 12s.—North Western, I/. 65.—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 3514—York and Carlisle, IS—York and North Midland, Now (East and West Riding), 11 1 , s . EDINBURGH, MAY 6. STOCK EICHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 6/. 15s.—Ayr and Galloway, 36s.—British and Irish Union, 41s. 6d.—Caledonian Exten sion, 33s.—Carnwath and West Linton, 21s. —Cornwall and Devon, 32s.—Dundee and Perth, 17/. 10s.—Eastern Counties Extension, 40s. • —East Indian Railway,- 21s. CA.—Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dum barton, 20s.—Edinburgh and Northern, Si. 9s.—Ditto, 21s. —Edinburgh and Peebles, 30s. Gcl.—Edinburgh, Portobello, and 3lus selburgh, 32s.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 35s.—Glasgow and Bel fast Union, 40s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 48s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 40s.—Inverness and Elgin, 20s.—North British, Extension to Carlisle, 55s.—Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, Si. 7s. 6d.—South Midland, Si. 13s. 4d. GLASGOW, MAT 7. • STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 305.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 565. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, 365. Gd. -Banffshire, 205.-British and Irish Union, 425.-Caledonian, 133( -Caledonian Extension, 345.-Caledonian Direct Northern, 348.- Direct Northern, 385.-Dundee and Perth, 171.-Dutiblane, Donne, and Callender, 295.-East Indian nallway, 205.-Edinburgh and Bath gate, 40s. -Edinburgh Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 20s. 6d.-Edin burgh and Northern, 6 4-Forth ,and Clyde Junction, 335. Gd.- Glasgow General Terminus, 94-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 405.- Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 751.- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle, 455. -Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 505.-Great Indian Peninsular, 10s. 9d.-Great North of India, 7s. 6cl.- Inverness and Elgin, 215.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 355. 6d. -Lestnallagow, 425.-Manchester and Southampton, 505.-Perth and Inverness, 395.-Scottish Central, 163 -Ditto, New, 7% -Scott ish Southern, 335. Gd.- Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 2Ss. 6;1. -- South Eastern and Dover, No. 2, 14% -South Midland, bOs.- South Mid land Junction, 225. Gd.-Fouth Union and Potteries, 275. -Wishaw and Celtness, 501. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TBAFFIC.—The following are the Total ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the respective returns are made, together with the re week in the previous year : Receipts of Rail date to which the !eelpts of the same NAME OF RAILWAY. Week euding Bray 2 April3o May 5 Last week. Arbroath and Forfar •• • •• •- •••• • • • • Bristol and Birmingham . • • • • . • • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • • • • ' Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • .. Dundee and Arbroath . •• • Durham and Sunderland ....... Edinburgh and G1a5g0w.........••• Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glas.;ow and Greenock.. Grand Junction .................... Gravesend and R0che5ter............ Great North of England Great Western ....... Hartlepool ...... London and Birmingham, &c........ London and Blackwall• • .. • • • • . • • • • • London and 8right0n..•............ London and Croydon ............... London and Greenwich. ........ London and South Western . ........ Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Manchester and Birmingham...... Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Midland Counties ...... ....... ...... Newcastle and Darlington .......... Newcastle and Car1i51e.............. Newcastle and North 5hie1d5........ Norfolk.. • • • • • ............... North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbel], and Orleans • • • Paris and Rouen Preston and Wyre . ...... . Sheffield and Manchester South Eastern Taff Yale .... Ulster . ....... ....... Yarmouth and Norwich York and North Midland . .......... 625 74G 1,731 311 567 3,270 8,333 2,024 899 19,275 850 36,401 1,029 4,292 1,481 7,155 1,087 4,466 6,129 15,801 2,395 1,843 427 1,206 kt , 4 g. g 4 e 6,022 539 709 1,749 293 573 1,589 6,851 1,176 623 785 2,631 5,093 1,692 878 4,801 16,485 THE LATE ACCIDENT 33,0G9 1,217 4,322 1,222 ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. --- There was on Tuesday issued, by order of the House of Lords, a copy of Major-General Pasley's report of his inquiry into an accident which occurred on the Eastern Counties Railway on the 12th of April, in con quence of one of two engines, attached to a special train getting off the rails. The report was presented to Parliament by command of her Majesty ; and the following extracts give the more material portions of the document " Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, April 14, 1846. " My Lord—l this day inquired into en accident which occurred to a special train on the Cambridge branch of the Eastern Counties Itailwav, on the 12th instant, in consequence of an engine running off the rails; and having sent Mr. Roney, the secretary, ald Mr. Scott, the locomotive engineer of the company, both of whom were present at the time, I proceeded with them, also accompanied by Mr. Waddington, deputy chairman, and Mr. Phipps, resident engineer of the company, from Stratford station, where I saw the engine alluded to, and the injured carriages, to the s p o t w h ere t h e acc i dent took place, near the 10+ mile post from London. " This train, intended to accommodate persons going to Newmarket to attend the races next morning, left London for Chesterford about 1.30 R.M., draw n b y two locomotive en g i nes, made by Messrs. Stoth er t an d Slaughter, the f o r emos t of which had inside, and the latter outside, cylinders ; in other respects nearly similar, with their respective tenders behind each, after which followed one luggage van, five horse boxes, said to contain thi r t een h orses, one second-class carriage,' one first-class carr i age, one second-class carriage, three first carriages, a n d one carriage truck, with a gi g u p on i t . Mr. Scott travelled on the first engine and Mr. Roney on the second, till they went ea together to Lea-bridge sta tion, after which th e y b ot h on the fore most engine, and were noting about thesrd with their watches, which h a d i ncreased to miles an hour, when the se con d eng i ne was observed tod ran t o oselateo e r jump, and so on a f ter quitted the rails, an ballast, whi c h it th rew up w i th a crashing noise.n the ballast, As soon as it went o ff th e ra il s, the engine-man shut off his steam all a t once ; b ut the driver of leading en gine slacked his steam gradually in shutting it off, and this engine still continued to draw the other after it ; but, as a natural consequence of the en gines slackening their speed whilst one of them was off the rails, the train, still being on the proper rails, and of course' moving for some time with nearly the original velocity above-mentioned, struck the tender of the second engine with such force that the couplings broke, and the train ran off the rails to the left of the line, and the goods van and all the horse boxes ran down an embankment, and were overturned in a wet ditch below the foot of the slope, the height of the rails above the bank of this ditch being about live feet, and their total height above the bottom of it being about ten feet ; but the depth of water fortunately was moderate, or the horses must all have been drowned. Two of them were, however, killed upon the spot, one was obliged to be killed afterwards, an d another was seriously injured, but with hopes of recovery ; the re mainder are said to have been very little hurt. The second-class carriage next to the last horse box fell upon one side, and had some of its side pannels broken, and the steps broken or injured; but, with the exception of their steps, none of the other passenger carriages were damaged. The body of the luggage van was knocked entirely to pieces, a n d those of the horse boxes were nearly in the same state ; but their lower frames were less damaged. In being forced against each other, the horse boxes and carriages were partly doubled up, as it is termed, and some of the former are said to have been violently turned round before they fell, which has frequently been the case in former accidontei occasioned by a break down in front, None of the passengers were hurt, but the guard sta• timed on the second carriage, which, in oversetting knocked down a post of the electric telegraph, was thrown off, and at first supposed to be dangerously Burt, but I am happy to learn that he is in a fair way of speedy recovery, as his injuries proved to be by no means severe. " Two engines made by Messrs.Stothert and Slaughter, nearly of the same construction as the second one on this occasion, having long boilers and outside cylinders, according to the last patent of Mr. Robert Stephenson. but differing from it inasmuch as they had flanges on the driving wheels and the hind axles, net before, but under the centre of the fire box, which had an unfavour able effect by raising the centre of gravity, ran off the rails on the same company's line„one on the 4th and the other on the 19th of August last, 1845, upon which[ reported officially on the 6th and 25th days of the same month. At that time the engines alluded to had their tires constructed with too sharp an angle, the flanges being set nearly at right angles to the tread of the wheel. which no doubt must have been unfavourable to stability; but they were soon after fitted with new tires, perfectly rounded at the angles ; and having been other wise improved, I agreed with Mr. Scott in opinion, that these improvements would render them sufficiently safe for passenger trains at the speed of about forty-five miles an hour. This third acccident, however, occurring to one of the very same engines, notwithstanding it bad been thus altered, appears to me to prove that this con • struction should not be used for passenger trains, except at a very moderate speed, say not exceeding thirty miles an hour ; and when the company shall be p rov id e d with a greater stock of locomotive engines, which they have ordered, their present supply being inadequate to their increasing traffic, I would recommend that these engines be changed into good engines, by putting on coupled wheels, which will prevent oscillation. " Having myself formed an opinion that outside cylin ders were not the cause of oscillation, but that long boilers, and wheels too close together, with over-hang ing weights in front and rear, like those of Mr. Stephen son's last patent, had that tendency, unless two pairs of the wheels were coupled, I did not agree with Mr. Slaughter in supposing that these new inside cylinder engines could prove better than the former, especially as the crank axles of inside cylinders tend to raise the e c y er l i i t l r d e of era. gravity Aio higher e t r h e t hanis circumstancenecessary of a lop p. b outside oile r with gh v °linnet: wc.itlhindaersligrhutn a e t ng a zne hi of England Railway o n and the whole oversttting e n a i-n p g e r i o m ff e n t t h a! train, rails the ho l i s l t ,r of Jaguar last, on the Great North last, through a similar lone outside cylinders, drawing a'n experim e e n til l a n l e Train the day before, in presence o the gauge commissioners, had been more fortunate, tend e d to confirm me i n my ' first opinion. The circumstance, however, of Mr. Slaughter's inside cylinder engine havi ng , i n the acci dent now under consideration, moved so very steadily, whilst his outside cylinder engine ran off, is an offset to the former accident, and seems to leave the matter doubtful ; but yet it is reasonable to admit that his last engines are better and sa'er for passenger trains than the former. Some persons have supposed that the system of using two engines in front is dangerous, though less so, as every one now admits, than having an auxiliary engine to prop e l f r o m b e hi n d. Of this I con ceive that as yet we have had no proof, for the second engine in this accid en t now un d er consideration was undoubtedly saved by the first ; and if the leading en gine itself had gone off the rails, in which case the other must have followed it, it would not have caused greater danger to the passengers than actually occurred, though it would to the persons on the engines and tenders. In the Brighton accident on the 2d of October, IS4I, which was ascribed to the same cause, namely, the use of two engines in front, the foremost of the two, which was a small four-wheeled one, f o ll owe d b y a more powerful six -wheeled engine, ran off the rails first, in descending an incline at an imprudent rate of speed, on a new por tion of line, not being opened, and at the time not pro perly drained. " C. W. PASLEY, Major-General." COURT CIRCULAR, The Queen gave a concert yesterday evening at Buckingham Palace. The company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock, and were ushered to the Green Drawing-room and the Picture Gallery. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Sir George Couper, Bart., and Captain the lion. James P. Murray. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke awl Duchess of Cambridge were attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, and Baron Knesebeck. His Royal Highness Prince George and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimer arrived at half-past nine o'clock. The Royal Family were conducted to the Yellow Drawing-room, where her Majesty and her Royal Con sort received their illustrious guests. The Queen and Prince Albert, preceded by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward, entered the Grand Saloon, accompanied by the Royal Family, and followed by the rest of the company. After the entrance of the august party in the Saloon the concert commenced. The following was the programme : PA RTE Trio—" Addio delizia"—Mesdames Grisi e Castellon, e Signor Alario—Cursehman. Duo—"Mentre Francesco"—Signori Lab'ache e Fornasari— (Carlotta o Werter)—Coecia. Romanza—" Pendant la Fete"—Signor Mario—(Guido e GinQvra)—Halevy. Duo—" Di con Porto un raggio solo"—Mesdames Grisi e Cas , tellan—(Vestale)—Mercadante. Meditation Peetique—" Ainsi, toujours pousses"—Madame Castellan—(l.e Lac)—Niedermayer. Coro con Suli—"..4.rmonia au queste sponde"—Me.3,clames Grisi e Castellan, Signori Mario e Lablaehe (Ll„rivoca2;ioue all' Armonia)—His Royal Highness Prince Albert. PARTE SECONDA. • Quartetto—" Sento ohime "—Mesdames Grisi e Castellan, Signori Mario e Fornakari—(Nina)—Paisiello. Aria—" Ah rammento " Madame Grisi —(Eleanora) Mercadante. Duo—" tin briccone senza core "—Madame Castellan e Sig. Lablache—(La Cosa rara)—Martini. Romanza—" Ange si pur "—Sig. Mario—(La Favorite)— Donizetti. Duo—" Pamira to piangi "—Madame Grisi e Sig Foraasa n —(Assedio di Corinto)—Rossini. . _ _ _ Quintetto—" Ah m' illuse "—Mesdames Grisi e Castellan, Signori Mario, Fornasari, e Lablache—(Zelmira)—Ros- sin'. Air. Costa presided at the Piano Forte. Supper was served at half-past ten o'clock in the State dining-room. The following had the honour of receiving invitations: His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the French Ambassador, and the Countess de St. Aulaire, the Austrian Ambassador, and the Countess Dietrich stein, the Belgian Minister, and Madame Van de Weyer, the Portuguese Minister, and the Baroness de Moncorvo, the Spanish Minister, and the Duchess de Sotomayor, Prince and Princess Nicholas Esterhazy, Baron Knese. beck, Baroness de Speth, Baroness Ahlefeldt. DUKES—Roxburgh, Bumleach, Wellington, Norfolk, Sutherland, Northumberland. D lICHESES—Roxburgh, Buccleuch, Northumberland, Norfolk, Sutherland. MARQUISES Ailesbury, Abercorn, Bre iL a ila d :hs a vto l ei b mns a ocrsax n ns e, . Lansdowne, Northampton, Douro. MARCHIONESSES Abercorn , Breadalbane, Lans downe, Ailesbury, Douro. EA RLS —Aberdeen, Devon, Granville, Wilton, Howe, Delawarr, Jersey, Clare, Hardwicke, Bruce, Clarendon, Cowper, Jermyn Liverpool, Rosslyn, Lincoln. CO UNTESSES—RoAyn, Howe, Clarendon, Granville, Hardwieke, Cowper, Delawarr, Wilton. COUNTESSES—Jersey, Bruce, Lincoln. VISCOUNTS—ViIIiers, M.P., Canning, Cantilupe, Tern pletown, Morpeth, M.P. VISCOUNTESSES—ViIIiers, Bishops, Oxford, Norwich. t 0 iiti Ernest 2 Loxes—Alfred rue e P , a A g s e h t , l e 3., IMP., Ge o ß rsg e a a ec u iri l: v a ei / n : in , oo l x 3 : l. u re d s h t o , e u , e S a a ti l -. LADIES —Ernest Brae", Prudhoe, Dowager Lyttelton, Mary Howard, Clementine c a Villiers, oEtauite .rly: :GlG(1 Bathurst, allv r ,d.i a r sl i 0 t l bi o a ien m n t eeh . , Augusta vale,p e el AKatherine Gardiner,Jcrm y, G M e o a r r g y i Gower,CandiooguT; CatherineAH o u N u o sutßa Vernon ß u r L u E c s e ~ _N I V III ra h r e . Russell, Frances Hope, Anne Charteris, George Lenno Pemberton Leigh. HoNouraßLEs—Rer. C. Leslie Courtenay, Mrs. An son, Miss Lyttelton, William Cowper, M.P., Captain James P. Murray, Mrs. Dawson Darner, Mr. Lyttelton, Francis Charteris, John Talbot, Mrs. J. Talbot. SIRS-11c nry Wheatley, Robert Peel, Andrew F. Barnard, Robert Gardiner, James Graham, George Cooper, James Kempt. MEssinuns—William Russell, Robert Peel, Frederick Peel, George Edward Anson, George Byng, M.P, Hastings Russell. MISTRESSES—GIadstone, Gcorge Byng, Malcolm, W. Russell, Stanley. MlSSES—Wheatley (2), Dawson Darner, Percy (2), Stanley, Cooper, Gardiner, Emily GENERAL —Hon. Arthur Upton. COLONELS —Vernon Harcourt , Bow les, Hon. Geor g e ' Dawson Darner. MAJOR—Ma Ic ol m. Gardiner. CAPTAlN—Francis Seymour. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen yet terda.y. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back yesterday, attended by the Equerry in Waitiog,tha Hon. Captain Gordon. . The royal children took their usual exercise yester• day, in the garden of the Palace. ter H da e y r iAniaajnesotypetnhebaQroutelechneDaonwdapocurr.toilecrann_ o a 3 i . r a i l n g u. y ie, : g e h s : afternoon,ness the Duchess att r i of bo r 0 u K g e h n Kent House.N•isit d her Majesty in tie' The Commission fur promoting and encouraging the s a e t n t weres Gwydyr e liousc, Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster was in at— ,thaendM:tre.. qWuihsitoefhLalls.nsdowne, Viscount Mahon, the Right Hor„, had a C omm i T tt h e e e- c ni o ce m ti ya nE s y lo es n t e e r r s da p y r , e , H. T. al ß i a . ni M ; ile a a n u a l a t y h , e S s ir ee ß re ob ta e r r l t ., ln A ll r i . s, E tl s r t . la lV e y , tendance. .. _ — he Metropolitan Railway Termini Commission hart a meeting yesterday. The (lommissioners present were Viscount Cannin g , the E ar l of Dalhousie, the Lorl Mayor, and Sir Frederiek Smith. Dispatches were received yesterday et the Colonial- , office from the Governor of South Australis. • The Countess of Lichfield, with the Ladies Harrie and Gwindolene Anson left town yesterday to join thei Earl of Lichfield at Brussels. LADY RESTER STANIIOPE'S TRAVELS, FORMING TUE COMPLETION OF HER MEMOIRS. —We are requested be state that the above work will be published on Tuesday next by Mr. Colbourn, of Great Marlborough-street; of whom. may also now be had the second volume of Lord Brougham " Lives of Men of Letters and Science," who flourished dure ing the reign of George 111. (with original 1et4;.)," TO* syQ, with portraits, 21s, bound. k