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rlitrb :bttion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS_ DAY.) GROUP XIV. 11017T8-EILBTZEN AND lIRANCHES. The cross-examination of Mr. Fearon (continued from our After noon Edition)— The directors and all the officers of the Company remained, although the name was changed. The company was, in effect, the same company under a different name. The first tbnnal advertisement of the South-Eastern Company came out in July, 1835. When they went before Parliament, the Brighten part of the scheme was abandoned, and in 1836 the Bill was obtained. When the shares of the South-Eastern rose to a premium two other pro , - jects started up and opposed it. One of these was a line from the Greenwich Railway to Gravesend, but it was thrown out. The ori ginal object of the company was to accommodate North Kent, aed, under any reverses that they sustained the idea of that accommoda tion was never abandoned. Mr. Vlgnoles's plan first assumed a distinct form in 1841. It was at first only to Chatham, and then it was advanced to Ramsgate. It was Only in the present year that the extension to Dover was prcraoaed. He did not con template any London terminus last yeaT. By Mr. Sergeant WRANG RA 3 I — Capthin Pringle, who was the en gineer to the comi - any, in examination before the committee in 1836, state 1 that he ohjebied to that part of the line running be tween Grave end and 7 .faidstone, as the chalk cuttings between those points were very Leavy. The principal landowning oppositi n to the line was between Gravesend and Folkestone. There was also a strong oppos. ; :don between Gravesend and London. When they made up the;; minds about the South-E as t ern line, they considered that the Gravesend line was out of the question. The i2nAlltStaN here intimated that them as a the question of priority ought not to be considered unques_ the Committee were of opinion Matter of material importance. It was a point that should r jects was of Intl fintittbly meet with due consideration, but it appearedpo to him that the question of the respective merits of the t o w n - o which the Committee Ilitely more importance, and was the point had mare particularly to decide. Witness in continuation—Cannot say whether M r. Vignoles had a plan for a bridge over the Medway under the consideration of the bridge wardens at the time that Mr. Stephenson proposed to cross the river by a ferry- that the idea of the bridge did not uri raend Mr. Cubitt had spoken of it eight Klaate with Mr. Vignlo:lle capital of the company was 1,400,0001. yea T rs he a t e oin ' nc r ii h tt e e e e ri a g d original rourned until one o'clock to-morrow, GROUP XVI. AND ALTON BRANCH. The consideration of this branch eras resumed to-day by the Corn. Sir Charles Douglas in the chair, with Lord m t eof Group Poilthengton, Mr. Lockhart, and Mr. Blewitt present, when Mr. AUSTIN called Mr. Dream who testified to the advantage of having a station at Alton, stating thea it would bring the inhabitants seventeen miles nearer than 1V the way of Winchester. He believed that the carrying the line to Alresford would be difficult, and was not likely to be effected. The bie'ik of the people were decidedly in favour of the Alton Branch. 1.!'o 31r. Lemmas; the witness said, that the turnpike -read was ete good as any in England, but it was bad for engineering difficul ties, there being a considerable rise to the sununit of Windmill 11111, six miles one way, and tour the other. Mr. Home stated that the traffic was much Meter at Wigfiela than at Farnborough, and the formation of thl3 'drench would bring a great trade from Alton, which is the be ' tplace te,e witness nly Ole knows for its s i ze, and certai siderable. population l s ation was very con- Mr. Crowley, called by Mr- Ausgix, confirmed his previous evi dence with respect to the advantages this line was likely to Produce. It would reduce the carriage of coals from 12s. 9d. to 3s. 9d. per ton, and would increase the number of private hthabi• tants, ea Alton was sitee,ted in the most beautiful part of Hants, but and the hea v y chef of Parties were pre vent , t 'A from settling there by the dearness of building materials. Sand cost, for instance,2Os. a waggon load;, ft might, with this line, be brought for Os. There Would be a enoften per cent. in lime, seven per cent. in paving stone, an n., five per cent. in timber from London. In the journeys t° Low l eoti, too, each passenger would save nearly one half the ex- Penee ; and the population were so badly off for conveyance that T:aany people were obliged to keep their own gigs and other carriages. The advantage was shown also in the circumstance of there being upwards of 3,000 waggons loaded with agricultural produce, which en tered Alton yearly, and if this line were made, the Alton breweries night be enlarged indefinitely, and would be able to compete with those in London. The prep.:wed Direct Portsmouth branch to Go dalming would carry the leleab.taets several miles round to the me tropolis, and then there would be great delay in the formation of that line, even if the Bill for it were obtained, while by this line they would obtain the accommodation in two years. To Lord PULLINGTON—Mr. AUSTIN replied that there were se verral places of no more importance than Alton which had terminal branches, and instanced the Steyning, Horsham, end Bognor branches of the Brighton line as examples. The traffic on the line had been increased fivefold since the opening of the Guildford branch. Railway accommodation would be afforded to Godalming, but it 'would be at great cost, that of making a line 19 miles long through what appears to be quite an impracticable country. Mr. Locke, the engineer, stated that the primary object of this line was to accommodate Alton, and was projected at the request of the inhabitant.• of that town. The line to Farnham was a subsequent thought, and occasioned by the difficulties of the bountry not being at all contemplated in the first instance. He had tried the country to the South of the Hogsbaek, but found it impracticable. There was no corn parison between the country teem Farnham to Alton, and that from the latter place to GO:riming, the latter district being exceedingly hilly and difficult. Report had been made in August of last year, en d in Ja nuary Uf t is, in which the directors of the South Western Company had stated their intention of pursuing the project. Ile took a sureey of the ground through Alresford to Winchester. and had t -ken sections of a line, he having originally designed a line to Se.iisbury, but that had afterwards been Itered. This Anon line Weeild be of great advantage to Alresford, but it would be difficult for railway purposes, as there would be a long gradient, and one in sixty and a tunnel would be required. The prolongation to Win:- Chester would be of no advantage whatever, and if made must be for local purposes solely. lie was acquainted with the Direct Portsmouth line, and eertainly conceived that it would not be an alternative line, and that it would not give the same accommodation to the country, and the gradients being altogether different. lie believed that a railway could not be made at all between Alton and Liphook, the country being so hilly that within three or four miles out of Petersfield there was a difference of not less than four hun dred feet in the level. This branch took the natural valley of the COUntry, and was a natural branch of the South-Western line, and was likely to contribute to its prosp er i ty. The Ciiarames wished to be certain as to the continuation to Win chester, and he referred to the evidence previously given of the Indis position of the inhabitant;, to which 3lr. Locke replied that he could not say anything about the opposition but certainly from the engineering character of the country, he never should recommend the directors to make it the branch. He felt that he had in some way implicated the directors, by having survey ed the whole of the country, on a lunch wider basis than was absolutely necessary. lie had done this from a desire to thoroughly know the country, and feared that he had thereby created a prejudice against them ; but there was no in tention, whatever, to go to Winchester. Sir C. Dotreeea wished to be satisfied on this pint. Mr. Acsrxx wished to get Mr. Horne, the Ch o airman of the Com pany, but was unable to get him, so stated that he was authorized to assure the Committee that there was no such intention, and sug gested that that assurance should be placed on the record of the report of the Committee. To Mr. LOCKHART—There was no seperate estimate of the ostj of the line to Farnham, but he believed the land there was, if anything, cheaper than that further south. Mr. AUSTIN here put in a statement of the traffic respectively of Farnham and Alton, by which it appeared that the member of passengers for the former place was 87,000 annually, and the produce in money 6,0001. ; of goods there were 21,000 tons, producing nearly 1,8001. From the latter the passengers were 94,000, the money paid by them 1,7001.; goods, 39,000 tons, and the produce in money 5,0001. The room was Cleared at this point, and on the re-admission of strangers, Sir CHARLES Doueees intimated that the Committee had as yet come to no decision; bat that they were prepated to pass the pream ble on leaving out the words, " and Alton in the county of South ampton." Mr. Una., Q.C., said that they were prepared to submit evidence as to the traffic between Alton and Farnham. lir. Horne was then called, who stated that he had been engaged with the South-Western Company eight years, had been in the traffic department five years, and daring the last two or three years had been specially engaged in supplying the directors with information on that subject Ile produced the estimates of traffic, in which it appeared that the coach passengers paid h,5321., and that money obtained from private vehicles 9,2631. Os. 9d. There were 4,368 passengers between Winchester and the Farn borough station, the coach making one journey each day, and carry ing, on an average, six passengers, whieh, at lid. per mile each, would give 60.5/. 3s. between Farnham and Guildford, half-yearly. Vhere was a coach, between London and Alresford, going up one day and down another, the produce of which was 3021. 1 is. 6d half yearly. The addition there was a coach between Alresford and the Farnborough station, which produced 6051. as. haleyearly. This doubled gave the income of the branch on the usual rate of estimate. and made 3,0251. 15s. between Alton and Farnham for ' coach passengers alone. This, he coneeived, a very low estimate. To Mr. LOCKHART the witness replied that the b Mlle by private vehicles was taken by actual observations, taken from October 20th to november 2d, and in one or two stations begun on October 27th and continued till November 9th. Tile observations were made close to the toll bar. To Mr. Hite—The witness stated the mode in which the betweentraflic was taken, which was in the usual manner. The passengers Alton and Farmham in private vehicles were on the average 84,472 in the year, on e -h a lf of which only he tool: of nine and a half t for the railway. These would produce, at lid. per mile, Miles, 2,85 1. 9s. Between thewit-lele a distance ton and Wachfield station there were 13,910 passengers the ' half of whom would pay Id for travelling nineteen miles 9631. I le. •, making a total, including the coach traffic of 8,7551. 1.55. Id. For parcels and mails there Would be about 400/. He assumed the number of 40,000, and giving half to Alton, the revenue would par be cel ato s wu°tuiBd be 001. The mercantile traffic was taken in the same way as that of private vehicles, viz., observation, and without any of the increase usually allowed for railway, giving to each horse only 15 cwt., though the common weight was a ton, there was a tonnage of 12,688 of mer chandise. Alton and its neighbourhood takes 10,000 tons, the revenue from carrying w hi ch there would be 1,1871. 10s. Of lime, slate, and other similar articles, there were between 5,000 and 6,000 tons, rove. nue about 6001. Li ve stock, &c 300/. 16s. Bd. For carriages and horses, 16 . 01 ., making a total " 14,9151. 15s. 10d., that for the whole of the branch beieg 24,0231. Its, I Id. leaving for the portion between Farnham and Guildford 9;307/. 16s. I Id. The observations had been carefully made, and the estimates were low ; the traffic on the Guildford station had become five fold of what had beets antici pated by its promoters. To the Clietaman— The witness replied that the Alton portion would give considerably more than 41. 16s. per cent. dividend on the Outlay. the difference being occasioned by the Inhabitants of the Alton dialect being traders, while those of the Farnham were agrl turista. If the line were made only to Farnham the per centage would be lees than now stated. S ir C. Docalleie here intimated that the Court need not pursue the matter etrautie s tertbeY th e c' ha n d the re sin was cleared. On the readra Leiden of Committee then adl declared the preamble to be proved, and the The Select Committee , aT;o lt in ei t tj ed r to consider icier the merits of lz:asserohlen at the comprised within thie room moaning, in Committee- GEV7 vr A .A. T .T ER AND AzT i lb 4 Lord Harry Vane in the hour this were upon the Atrivrozq otra. The CHAIRMAN said. none of the gentlemen Standing Orders' Committee, before whom thls w ßill o w , e c e e - e , were in town, and he could not therefore ascertain from an they had considered the question relating to the 4itatill. them whether Com mittee, therefore, wished the Learned Counsel on both sid-ehetostate the particular points they raised, and then they w o uld take the opinion of the Speaker upon them. Mr. OMAN, on behalf of the opponents of the Bill, said that the Canal Company had power by their first Act to raise 420,000 e shares, and 150,0001. by way of mortgage. or by shares; but by a sub sequent Act, the power to raise the latter sum was limited to 11)(1,0001. Now, only part of the works authorised by the first Act had been constructed, and for that purpose the parties had raised the 100,0001. by mortgage, and 71,0001. by shares. They had only power now, then, to raise 349,0001., if they had power to do that, and there fore the parties were not in a position to show that they had funds in hand sufficient to construct the proposed works. Mr. Vegees, on the other side, admitted all the facts stated by his Learned Friend, but directed the attention of the Committee to the circumstance that the second Act did not repeal the power in the first, to raise the 150,0001. by shares, but only limited their power to raise by mortgage 100,009/. That power, he admitted, hail already been exercised, but under the first Act they had still power to raise amongst themselves, in addition to the 349,100/., the sum of 50,000/., and these two amounts would mere than cover the estimate for the proposed works. Mr. OSBURN contended that the power to raise the 150,000 t in the flist Act was optional with the canal proprietors ; they were either to raise the money amongst themselves, or to raise it by motegege, but tney could rot raise it in both ways ; they had already elected, under the second Act, which limited the sum to 100,000/., to raise it by mortgage, and they could not now raise a penhy more. The Committee consulted the Speaker on the point, but neither the Committee nor the Speaker being able to decide upon it, the Com mittee determined upon submitting the case for the deci-ion of the Attorney and Solicitor-General. The Committee, therefore, ad journed cit te-morie • 'and in the meantime the points were to be put into then' l• Gentl emen. Pe of 3 special case fur the opinion of the se Learned This conncite re- GROUP XXVII. lemon in th e e h air. a 'elubled to-Jay at the usual hour, Sir Charles ATORTu sTalrewalk,,,-- The en,gin erlng. evid enee 0 -- - ---wla all EE LINES). the arose - examination of n u,se lines was proceeded with, and 1 • Wordsworth, with the view Mr. G. P. Bidder was resumed by of showing the results state m d i a i t ,, ti o i t e a ci c, os t e r i e: t o i our report yesterday, as also the injury which the fain by the construction of the lines. rn3n named Woods would ted to the Committee th x ,_, :s : _ iff the c t ro 3 s r - r examination, , at aproposal ~,- -o :Jrati tie made to counsel for Mr. Wood, that the Promoters , C l a <",--..; quite willing leave leave to any member of the committee r es r or were 0. : . ' partyappointe by them, the amount of compensation, it' an r y t° ,,,i' l l i n e r l et 1.:. ~ . .they-it4oug pay for the injury, if ally, that gentleman wo u l d sustain a . , , • .%; / 1 paging along his factory. 72, Wend said that such a proposal was an i nsult , as it trn. - qaestion whether there would be an inquiry or not, 'as so apparent as to place the, matter beyond doubt. tnination of this witness occupied the greater part of ey rat Xr: b Mllngend was fa& Ttte Crow -E4l ReLL THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVtNING, APRIL - 23 1 1846. Mr. M. SMSTR, on the p rt of the inbabitants of Leek, who pre sented a petition against the Churlet Valley line, crossexamined this witness at considerable length, with the view of showing that the Lichfield and Macclesfield (projected) line would afford better ac commodation to the district than the proposed line. The allegations of several other petitioners were then 'gone into, and the Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP XXIX. ROSTON, STAMPORD, AND RIRMINGRAM, (STAMPORD TO WISBECE) M 17116. (Continued frEn our ♦fternoon Editiu.) Mr. TALBOT then called evidence. Mr. Ward was examined, and stated that it was his opinion that the line would be injUriois to Wisbech and its vicinity. Mr. Morgan examined—He believed that :it would be 'extremely injurious to Wi s b ec h to have a r a ilway without a harbour line. It a proper harb o ur li ne were ma d e , th e corporation of Wisbe ch wound not, In his o pi n i on , o bj ec t t o the railway. All the objection of the corporation rested upon the want of a harbour line on this railway. Mr. DANIBLLS having offered a few observations in reply, the room was cleared. On our re admission, The Cuatrustax said he was instructed by the Committee to an nounce that they had agreed to the preamble of the Bill, but would require the promoters to bind themselves to introduce a Bill next session to effect a junction between their line and the harbour of Wiebeach, In case of the same not being effected by another company, There was a question relating to the Bedford levels, upon which the Committee adjourned. GROUP XXX. CADIBRIDOZI AND OXFORD. (Continued fVom our Afternoon Edition.) 'The witnesses not being in attendance, the further consideration of the Bill was postponed till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXIrI. The Committee to whem this Group of Bills have been referred, met this morning shortly after one o'clock. The Members are-31r. Bernal (Chairman), Mr. Mangles, Hon. W. Begot, Col. Conolly, and Viscotint Somerton, The following is the list of Bills submitted for their consideration:— I. Wakenelti, Potittfl'act, and Goole, and Port, &c., of (bole. 2. Goole and Doncaster. 3. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole (Methley, Askern, and Oakenham liranchee). 4. Hull and Barnsley Junction. S. llork and North Midland (East Riding Branches). ti. ! , taltoll and DrifYield Junction. T. Newcastle and Darlington Junction (Thlrsk and Mahon Branches). The flirt Pill in the list being Unopposed was referred to Mr. Greene, the Chairman of Committees, there being no petition against it. The tetOnd Bill (which was unopposed) was deferred, it not being yet passed the Standing Orders' Committee. There was a petition against It but no one appeared to support it. No, 3 was also postponed on account of the opposition of the pro prietors of land not being ready. No. 4 was not taken on account of its having been thrown out by the Standing Orders' Committee. Ni parties appeared for No. 5. ..Theorret it.was a petition against No. 2 branch, but no one appeared to support No, 6 was postponed till Friday. vra2LErxr.x.3), PowrEranacir, AND GOOLE (11ZETICX&Nr, - AS3ILERNIE, AND OA.ILENBAIIM BRANCHES.) The Committee intimated their intention of first proceeding with this Bill. The usual formal proofs having been given, Mr. LEMON, the agent for the Bill, stated that It was not until within the last hour that the promoters had been informed that they would have to encounter opposition to their project, which they had heretofore reason to believe would be unopposed. Labouring under this impression, they had abstained from employing counsel, and he shoald, therefore, with the permission of the Com- Inittee, state the nature of the line. In the last session of Parlia ment a Bill was passed for making a railway from Wakefield, through Pontefract, to Goole on the Ouse. The branch which they ought to make was proposed to form a janction with the Hull and Selby Railway, shortly after auptsat Doncaster, and would proceed in neatly a direct line to Knottingly, on the Wakefield and Goole, and would, therefore, by the aid of the Mathley branch, find this line to the Midland Railway, afford the most direct communi cation from Doncaster and the eastern parts of England to Leeds, and the north-west of England. Askerne was a favourite watering-place of the middle manufac tures of the West Riding of Yorkshire. By the London and York and their line, Carlisle and the towns of the north would be six miles nearer than by the present railway conveyance. Persons coining to Wakefield by the North Midland had to proceed to the Normanton station, and to retrace a great portion of their journey, in order to reach that town, but they proposed a branch of a quarter of a mile in length to the Midland, to obviate this inconvenience. Mr. CARROW opposed the 3fattley branch on behalf of certain inha bitants of Pontefract, who had petitioned against It, on account of its passing throunh the park and race-course belonging to the town, by which the inhabitants weuld be deprived of a means of enjoyment which they had possessed from time immemorial, and because this might be obviated by a small deviation of the line. Mr. LEMAN said the park had not been used for a race-course for ten years.:and as it was situated in a low swamp, he was justified in saying that the people of Pontefract did not wish to retain it for the purpose of recreation. Besides the railway company proposed to purchase ten acres of land in a higher and more pleasant part of the town, and quits as contiguous to it, in lieu of that which it would be necessary to take for the purpose of the railway, which had been agreed to by the trustees, and the company had purchased the ten acres of land, and were ready to lay it out for the pnrpose of a park, and further to subject the land which they required for the line to the payment of land-tax, poor-rues, &c., which would bring the town about 701. a year. It was not, however, uniil another line from Doncaster t^ Pontefract was proposed, that the trustees, thirty-six in number, seemed desirous to get rid of the arrangements which the promoters of the railway had made with them. Even so late as the 20th instant the trustees confirmed the proposition, on condition that certain clause were inserted in the Bill, and a pathway made for a short distance along the line, to all of which the promoters agreed. Mr. Mixon, alderman of Pontefract, and one of the Bank trus trees, was then called, and examined by Mr. Lamest—He said he was the second largest proprietor of land in the town. At a public meeting of the trustees in October last, at which plans were submitted to the proposition of the promoters of the line with respect to the purchase of land in lieu of that required by the railway, was agreed to and confirmed ou the 20th instant. After the land required for the railway was taken, the race-course, or park, would be quite as long as the race-course at Doncaster. The land, which was half bog and half arable, was not worth more than 501. an acre, By the Cosourrak—The people would be benefited, instead of injured, by the railway. More than 300 acres of the park would re main untouched. Cross-examined by Mr. CARILOW—The Commissioners and the in habitants of the town had the " right of stray " in the park, but the ten acres of new land would be more useful that the one. Mr. J. Harris, the engineer to the branch, was then called—He said the line was the best that could be laid down. A line to the south of Pontefract would not have been so advantageous as it could not have been made without a " circumbendibus" of too severe a character. He endeavoured to avoid the park, but found it impossible to do so without injuring the line. The north of the park would be also disadvantageous fora railway, as the curves would there be severe also, and the works heavy, Mr. CARRON said he was instructed that Mr. Blythe, an engineer, could prove that the line must be taken either to the north or south of the park without injuring it, but as he was under examination in another Committee, he was then unable to call him. Captain Laws explained the difficulties and dangers of junctions on a curve with main lines on which a considerable number of trains were constantly passing and re-passing, and explained, by reference to to the map, that if the Mitchley branch did not proceed through a portion of the park, that it must of necessity join the North Midland, as a curve would be a serious disadvantage. Mr. Csaitow applied to the Committee to adjourn until to-morrow, in order that the witness whom he had mentiened, might be able to attend. DECISION. The Committee intimated7rhiitTe - id not shown that the public would derive any benefit by a deviation to avoid the park, or that they were opposed to the project. They, therefore, considered that the preamble of the Bill had been proved. until to- The Commiw,eett, after proceeding with the clauses, adjourned morro STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. The Committee en Standing Orders met this day, according to adjournment, at the appointed hour. Their Lordships present were the Earl of Shaftesbury (in the chair), the Duke of Richmond, and Lord 'lowan:len. OMAGH, DUNGANNON, ARMAGH, AND BELFAST RAILWAY. This case, which was adjourned, from a previous day, after having been under the consideration of the Committee, was further post poned until Thursday next. DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN EXTENSION RAILWAY. This case which came before the Committee for proot, that the parties had complied with Lord Wharncliffe's order, next occupied the attention of their Lordships. The necessary evidence having been given, Lord Shaftesbury intimated that the Bill had passed. Their Lordships rose at five o'clock. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) SCADDY V. LOURAND. This was an action of replevin. The plaintiff was the corner of houses in Gordon-street, Gordon-square, and defen dant was collector of parish rates for the parish St. Pancras, and in that capacity seized the goods of plaintiff for certain rates to which plaintiff contended he was not liable, replevied the goods and brought an action, upon the grounds that defendant had not been legally elected collector at the vestry. The case originated so far back as May 16, 1839. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THE QUEEN V. ROBINSON. In this case it appeared that the defendant was a clergy man in the Established Church, and that a true bill had been found against him by the grand jury at the Oxford Assizes upon a charge of perjury. Defendant's Counsel contended that the case was one which should properly have been brought to trial at the civil side of the Court, and now. moved by certiorari for a rule to that effect.—Granted. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) In this Court a case was called on, which involved a bond debt to the amount of 2,0001., and the Court having been occupied until one o'clock in hearing the arguments for and against, making the rule absolute, the defendant's caunsel intimated that there was a probability of the parties coming to an arrangement, and the case was stopped. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) A considerable portion of the day was occupied in dis- cussing the probable intention of a testator, who in his will used language that raised the question—viz., he had in his possession only a moiety of an estate, and in his will he used the words, "I w ill my moiety." The question was, whether he meant the whole of what he possessed or only a moiety of it. Edition,) 111 Sr D A A rte Y rn .) oen Edi THE ART UNION il (Continued from( JF LONDON. The Duke of CAMB MIDGE begged t ing for the delay w hi c h h e had oapologise t o th e meet _ the hour fix e d b y hi b • caused considerably beyond s eing absent. The fact entirely- from his o wn mistake for he was, it arose that he w as to take th e c h a i r at one o'clock thought and not at t we l ve o ' clock, but the chai r h a d b een most ably tilled by his Noble F • and he was only sorry to have interrupted con tinued exercise of its duties.—(applause.) him in the A vote of thanks to the committee and t secretaries was then moved, an d earr iedwitho the hon orary c The drawing was now ab ou t t o b egin, a a h Alamation. Highness rose to retire, but befor e h e l eft the t his loyal c Monteagle moved a vote of thanks t o hit Royal Highness, Lord and expressed the very great obligation th e A rt-un F en and the promoters had been laid under by the Roy a l Family in their patronage of the line arts, and by his Royali Highness, both in his place in Parliament, and in his office as chairman. His ROYAL HIGHNESS replied, and warmly assured the meet ing that he would do all in his power to further the interests of the Art-Union, and use his utmost influence for its being rermanently legalised and established. He hoped that by n'xt year they would have got over all the difficulties which were at present in anticipation.—(Cheers.) 13. B. Cabbell, Esq., was unanimously requested to take the chair. The drawing was then proceeded with, and the following are the names and prizes, in the order in which they were drawn : E. P. Zuel, Great Yarmouth ... ... ... ... £5O .Tohn Murphy, Dublin ("Youth at the Stream") ... Bronze H. J. Steadall, Croydon ... ... ... ... 50 T. L. Robertson, Fredericktown .... ... ... 100 Dr. Bloomfield, 4, Davy-place, Poplar James Price, Bank of England ..• H. Fulton, Glasgow .• •• •• • R. Rice, Lymington ••• Captain Logan, Junior United Service J. B. Cooper, Liverpool „, .. H. Green, Fakenbam ••• W. J. Broderipp, Raymond -buildings J. Hall, Bloomtiold, Staffordshire ..• S. Vale, Covent •• ••• "' • 9e . or_ge Smith, gliitechapel Distillery tiarvev, Westminster ••• ••• j e c : hh il an ke G ßo il be ) : " _r E t Y i e l:i . n . burv . ,.S . pitalKelds Brewery btockworta •.. •11/ 50 Bronze 50 80 ... 50 • 60 • 50 ... 150 ... Bronze Bronze • Bronze ... Cameo ~• 70 H. E. Jordan, Reading D. IP Arthur, Cork ... Thomas Skayo, Islington F. Bennie, Mortimer-street ' Mrs. Heine 21, Portland-place ... Miss O'Callaghan, West Indies ..- John Wilson, Brixton F. Ferdinand°, West Ham Mrs M. Wood, Reigate Geo. Lancaster, Thirsk J. Gibbon, Gray's Inn-square ... E. Chitty, Guilford ... E. L. Bette, Tavistock-square John Van Voorst, Paternoster-row ... J. Britten, Birkenhead ... J. Dudley, Mornington• crescent ... Miss Black, St. John's-w00d... A. A. Heikleham, Norfolk W. D. Reddish, Whitehead W. H. Lee, Montreal ... J. E. Killick, St. James's -street • J. W. Green, H ac k ney - roa d •• Mrs. Col. Herry J. L. M‘Farquhar, Kensington -terrace Mr. King, Newmarket Miss Kelton, Great Marlborough -street Mrs. J. Davis, Stourbridge Miss Belgrave, Uppingham F. J. Bladen, Regent -street ... Edward Hardcastle, Hampstead A. Buttimer • W. A. Cleaver, Croydon ... A. Hadley, Vauxhall Bridge-road Mr. J. Pyme, Walling-green Mr. W. Moffatt, St. Ann's lane John Taylor, Windsor Castle C. Davy, Yarmouth W. Bousden, Clapham Miss Chubb, Atherstone V. Smith, Ashbourne Wm. Daly, Tralee Henry Abbott, Christchurch R. Seton, Bamborough A. Macallum, Camden Town Mrs. Evendin, Tunbridge J. W. Douglas, Cockburn-road . Edward Gardner, Stamford-hill .. H. G. Boodington, Fulham ••• J. C. Elliott, Northampton Hugh Mackey, Old Broad-street ... Miss Morris, Kensington B. Hudson, Cambridge A. Atwood, Great Church-street ... C. Gibbs, Gravesend ••• ••• John Barber, Regent-square ... F. Mensbendel, Bread-street John Anderson, Edgware ... K. Morrison, Euston Railway Station C. Tucker, eversham W. Cockshott, Clitheroe F. Wright, St. John's-wood . Rev. F. E. B. Willisford . . H. J. Birch, Kennington ... H. Millar, Preston ... J. C. Peake, Southampton R. J. Cuming, Holloway ... J. P. Temply, Bolton ••• E. J. Kinaltry, Gloucester-street Ili coo to •C• C. 80 ••• ••• 200 • 200 ... Bronze Oil. bee 30 ... Bronze ••• Bronze •.• 50 ••• 80 ... Bronze ••• 60 ••• ••• 100 .•• 80 ••• ... Bronze ••• ••• 60 ••• ••• SOO ••• ••• 60 .•• ... Bronze 60 ••• ••• Bronze ••• ••• 100 P 150 IP ••• ... Bronze ••• ••• 150 100 Bron z 60 80 .. Bronze ... 100 ... 60 ... 70 ... Bronze 150 ... Bronze ... 60 ... 60 50 80 70 80 Bronze Bronze Bronze 50 Fifty other names were afterwards drawn, to each of which was allotted a statuette of Narcissus ; and thirty more, who were each to receive a silver medal of Sir Christopher Wren. As it was now approaching close upon the hour when the theatre was to be given up, Mr. Gonwix was sure the meeting would excuse him for including, at the Chairman's suggesting, three votes in one motion, which was—that the thanks of the meeting were due to Misses Weigall and Ward, for their services in draw ing; to the scrutineers, Major Tory and Mr. Farratt ; and to Alfred Bunn, Esq., for granting the theatre on that occasion. The motion was passed with great acclamation. The thanks of the meeting were voted to the Chairman, and the assembly separated. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam . ....C.F. 12 10% Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 7 Rotterdam .... • • 2U. 11 11 Antwerp .......... .... 26 20 liamburgh .... • • M.B. 14 Altona... ....... Paris, 3 days' sight .. .• 25 30 Ditto, 3 months ...... 26 15 Marseilles •... . . . • .... 26 20 Bourdeanx. .. ... • . 26 20 Frankfort on Maine.... 123 Petersburgh, 3135.... Berlin Vienna, effec. flo • • .. • • 10 12 Trieste, ditt0.......... 10 13 Madrid .... • ......... 36% Cadiz • • ... : ..... ... 36% Barcelona •• • ..... .... Seville.. kNGE.-(THIS DAY.) • Gibra1tar.............. Leghorn ........ ••. - • • 30 75 Genoa •• .. 26 20 Milan ...... ....... Venice Naples ...... •••• .. •• 39N Palermo, per ....... 119% Lisbon ................ 52% Oporto ..... 52% Rio Janeiro ........ .. 24 Bahia Buenos Ayres ...... .. New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. .. .. .. .. PRIM OP BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold IR bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin • • 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars •• • • 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... • . 0 4 11 TIIE LONDON UAZEITE. (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 28. 10th Light Dragoons—Major A. F. Bonham, to be Lieut.- Colonel, by purchase, vice Wallington, who retires; Captain G. A. F. Quentin, to be Major, by purchase, vice Bonham ; Lieutenant W. A. Hyder, to be Captain, by purchase, vice M'Donough, who retires : Lieutenant Sir T. Munro, Bart., to be Captasn, by purchase, vice Quentin, April 28. L 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant C. E. Thornton, from the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mainwaring, who ex changes, April 28. 7th Foot—Lieutenant H. W. W. Wynn, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord J. Butler, who retires ; Ensign H. Charlton, from the Ist Fo o t, t o be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. Wynn; April 28. Bth Foot—General Sir G. Drummond, G.C.8., from the 49th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Sir H. Bayly, de ceased, April 24. Captain F. S. Holmes, to be Major, by pur chase, vice Roper, who retires; Captain A. C. R o b er t son , f rom the 34th Fo o t, t o be Captain, vice Dickenson, who exchanges ; Lieut. W. T. Granville to be Captain, by purchase, vice Holmes, April 28; Captain E. G. Daniell, from the 55th Foot, to be Captain, vice Granville, who exchanges, April 29 ; Ensign W. H. Herrick, from the 66th Foot, to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Grenville, April 28. 13th Foot—K. R. Murchis6n: Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Frere, promoted in the 24th Foot, April 21. 15th Foot—Gen. Sir P. Riall, from the 74th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Gen. Sir M. Disney, K.C.B. deceased, April 24. 21st Foot—W. T. M`Grigor, Gent., to be Second Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Dickins, promoted, April 28. 24th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel R. Crookes, from half-pay Unattached, to be Li eu t enan t-C o l one l, vice 11. D. Towns hend, who exchanges, receiving the difference; Captain H. Paynter to be Major, by purchase, vice Marsh, who retires; Lieutenant E. Wodehouse, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Paynter; Lieutenant E. J. I. Fleming to be Captain, by purchase, vice Leslie, who retires, April 28 ; Ensign A. E. Frere, from the 13th F oo t, t o be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Rutledge, who retires, April 27 Ensign W. Selby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wodehouse ; Ensign J. Daubeny to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fleming; E. S. Bull, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Selby, April 28 ; E. G. Hibbert, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Daubeny, April 29. _ . 32d Foot-Llietit. C. Richardson, from the 89th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Philipps, who exchanges, April 3. 84th Foot—Capt. C. G. Dickenson, from the Bth Foot, to be Captain, vice Robertson, who exchanges, April 28. 35th Foot—S. F. Blyth, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Cuming, promoted in the 24th Foot, April 28. 36th Foot—C. H. Carew, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Fortescue, promoted, April 28. 49th Foot—Major-General Sir E. Bowater to be Colonel, vice General Sir G. Drummond, appointed to the Bth Foot, April 24. 55th Foot—Captain W. T. Granville, from the Bth Foot, to be Captain, vice Daniell, who exchynges, April 29. 56th Foot—Lieut. E. M. H. Mainwaring, from the 2d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thornton, who exchanges, April 28. 65th Foot—Captain 0. B. D'Arcey, from half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, vice W. S. Cook, who exchanges. April 28. 68th Foot—J. B. Digby, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hawker, promoted, April 28. 71st Foot—L. Brown, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Newman, p.iomoted, April 28. 73d Foot—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class N. S. Camp bell, to be Surgeon, vice M'Bean, appointed to the Staff, April 28. 74th Foot—Major-General, Sir A. Cameron, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice General Sir P. Riall, appointed to the 15th Foot, April 24. 75th Foot—R. Barter, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Keats, promoted; Paymaster J. Nicholson, from the 84th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Eddy, who exchanges, April 28. 84th Foot—Paymaster G. H. Eddy, from the 75th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Nicholson, who exchanges, April 28. 89th Foot—Lieut. J. L. Philipps, from the 32d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Richardson, whe exchanges, April 3. 92d Foot—Lieut. A. Stewart to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Sir W. Macgregor, Bart., deceased ; Ensign E. P. Mann, to be Lieutenant, vice Stewart, March 30; A. J. Ro bertson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Mann ; Assistant-Sur geon H. Downes, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Sur geon, vice Millengen, appointed to the Staff, April 28. Ride Brigade—H. S. H. Cornewall, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Addington, who retires, April 28. _ Ist West India Regiment—A. Murphy, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Ficklin, appointed to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, April 28. ad West India Regiment—C. H. Martin, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cumming, promoted, April 27 ; G. S. Tyler, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bancroft, promoted, April 28. tistATTAcuED--Major R. Brookes, from the 69th Regi ment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, April 27. BREVET.—Capt. P.: Gordon, of the 11th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, to be Major in the army in the East Indies, dated April 3. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon J. A. D. 31‘Bean, from the 73d Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Campbell, appointed to the 73d Foot; Assistant-Surgeon J. C. Mini.- gen, from the 92d Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, vice Downes appointed to the 92d Foot, dated April 28. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, APRIL 27. Ordnance Medical Department—Temporary Assistant Sur geon E. S. Protheroe to be Assistant Surgeon, April 18. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant and High Steward of Kirkcudbright. G. S. Abercromby, Esq., jun., W. Miller, Esq., jun., M. C. Maxw e ll, Esq., W. K. Laurie, E sq ., J . Hall, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenants, March 28. Kirkcudbright and Wigton Regiment of Militia —W. Stewart, Esq., to be Major, vice IL D. Stewart, resigned ; A. ceased ; Gordon, Gent., to be Li eu t enant, v i ce A. Anderson, de 6nsi D. Hannay to be Lieutenant, vice A. M'Donald, deceased, March 31. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Clack- Stirling, Dumbarton, Clackmannan, and Kinross Militia— J. Christie, Esq., to be Captain, vice E. F. Erskine, deceased, April 22. Commissions b the Lord-Lie u t enant of Ayrshire. . 115th, or Prince Regent's Royal Regiment of Ayreldre Militia—T. Davidson, E sq., to be Captain, vice It. APDer ment Fergushill, resig ne d ; P . W arner, Esq., to be Can, v i ce W. Rankin, resigned; Ensign R ptai . Mackay to be Lieu tenant, vice T. Davidson, re s i gne d , A pril 8. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Joseph Quaaton, grocer, Stamford -bridge, Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. Charles John Bond, tailor, Blackheath, to surrender May eleven, rea tßhleaccokfuri:itros-f 8, and June l2, as a s t io one, e at ; E t li n e g C , e o h u e r a t r t o , of Great Rider ' street, Doctors'. commons. . Nl . road, May 5, at two, and assignee, Birchin-lane; Bevan, Aleager, official Bankruptcy. Old Jewry. Hanah Waldeck, chem ju is n t e , 9, 1 e a at Nelson-square, -13 q t one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Frederick's place, Old Edwards, official assignee,, -lane, Lkictors -C9111D201116. James Laws, grocer, Broad - street, Gordon square, May 12, at two, and June 9, at half-pas Jewry; Bur l ], Great Carter Charles tniting; potato salesman; kay's=Whatf ; Tooley street, May 12, at half;ptist tiVo, and . June 9; at two; at tho' Court of Bankruptcy: Edward ; official assigner, Frederiek's= Fplace, Old Jewry ; Maples, Pearse, Ste ve n s , an d M a ples, rederick's=pkee; Old Jewiy. Alfred Birchall; share broker Manchester; May 14 and June 14 ; at twelve; at the Manchester District Courts Hob son, official assignee, Mailchtster ; Reed and Langford, Pri day-street, Cheapsidg, London j Sale; Worthington; and Shipman, Manchester. James Hampson; iron founder, Manchester, May 14, and June 11, at twelve, ttt the Manchester Listrict Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchette • Coppock; Cleveland-row, St. James's, or Coppock and Woollatii, Stockport., Thomas Crewdson, stockbroker, Li ver p oo l, May I t ; at eleven, and May 29, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee assignee ; Gregory and Co., Bedford= row, London, Green, Brunswick-buildings, Brunswick-street, Livetpool. Owen Hughes, linen draper ; Holyhead, May 15; and May 29, at twelve; at the Liverpool District Court. Catetote; official assignee; Liverpool; Sweeting and Byrne, Southamp ton-buildings, Chandefy=late, London j Roberts; Carnarron ; Curry and Co., Liverpool. George Leather and Charles Wetherell Wardle, eartheh ware manufacturers, May 14, and June 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. 1 oung, official assignee, Leeds ; Sud low and Co., Chancery lane, London; Shackleton, Leeds. Edward Hill, hosier, Stourport, Worcester, Illay 11 and June 8, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleetn, official assignee, Birmingham,. Pritchard and Ingram, Stour • port; Rawlins, Temple-row, tirmingham. William Perry, iron founder, Wolverhampton, May 9 and June 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham; Bennett and Thorne, Wolverhampton. John Parsons, edge tool manufacturer, Wolverhampton, May 8, and 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham j Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the Landon New Price Current of April 28.) SUGAR.—To-day West India Sugar of all kinds was sought after by grocers and refiners; a large business was transacted consilering the indifference and smallness of the show, and the rates paid were 6d to is. per cwt. above those of Friday, tbr brown, yellow, and grey kinds. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods of all sorts were pur chased with eagerness by the home trade, and further ad vanced rates were paid, brown melting lumps selling at 64s 6d to 655, brown grocery 65s 6d to 66s and standard lumps 66s 5d to 67s per cwt—indeed, the, market has been nearly cleared. Bonded Crushed Sugar has fallen in value, 33s to 335 - 3 d per cwt having been taken for several parcels of first quality for forward delivery. MAtllurzus.—This afternoon Mauritius was in extensive request, and the parcels offered at auction, amounting to 10,987 bags 28 casks and 36 barrels were readily disposed of at an advance on former rates of is per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon yellow Havannah Sugar was purchased with less freedom, 1,565 chests at auction mostly found buyers, but rather under former rates. C0c04.--There has been little desire evinced to operate privately in West India, and none has been submitted to public competition ; former rates are not obtainable, and the ~tock is a large one. Foreign is dull of sale, and 184 bags Bahia at auction were taken in. _ - FOREIGN.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with in creased attention, and 2,480 bags at auction were all sold at prices exhibiting an advance of is pert cwt. MOLASSES.—In West India a good business has been trans ncted, and at prices rather above those previously current, low to fine bringing 20s 6d to 24s 6d per cwt. Bengal Treacle has met with more attention, and the prices sold privately were at fully former rates. COFFEE —This afternoon Mocha Coffee was purchased with caution, and two parcels offered at auction, amounting to 629 bales, 98 1 / 2 bales were only in part sold upon rather lower terms. Srinrrs--There has been a strong desire shown to pur chase Jamaica Rum of all descriptions, and the rates offered have been Id to 2d per gallon above those previously current, but business has been checked by the small supply at market, Leeward Island is much wanted, and prices con tinue on the advance. In Demerara a good business has been transacted, and at improved rates. Calcutta has been extensively dealt in, and higher rates are paid. Although Brandy can be obtained upon lower terms, still the export sort is dull of sale at 2s Id to 2s 2il. purchases mad e h ave b een li m it e d i n a ll d escr i pt i ons. Fi ne '3eneva for h ome consumpt i on i s wante d at 2 s 8d to 3 s , b u t the common British Corn Spi r i ts h ave b een p urc h ase d w ith ca u ti o n a t lOs 6d per gallon nett cash. INDIGO. —The quarterly sales of East India have termi nated. The quantity of Indigo disposed of at this sale has been much greater than was to be expected, from the pre vie•usly depressed state of the market. SALTPETRE. —To- day three parcels of Calcutta, amounting to 2,095 bags, were offered at public sale; there was little desire evinced to operate, and the whole was taken in at barely former rates. OILS.—In Southern Oil prices have slightly given way. In Cod a good business has been transacted privately ; holders manifest firmness, Prices do not improve for Seal, although a fair quantity has been disposed of since our last report. Sperm has been purchased with less freedom, and there are sellers privately upon rather lower terms. The de - liveries of Fish Oil ha v e again exceeded the arrivals, ye t prices still show a considerable decline, in comparison with those of last year. Cocoa Nut has been sparingly dealt in privately. Of Palm many parcels have been taken, but better rates are not obtainable. For Linseed Oil lower rates have been taken. There are sellers of Rape Seed upon lower terms, but few buyers are to be met with. In Olive Oil many purchases have been made, and holders evince firmness. TaLLow..—The business transacted in Russian on the spot has been extremely limited and prices are going down. There are few purchasers to be met with for forward delivery. but 42s 6d to 435. per cwt, duty paid, are the rates insisted upon for the last three months of the year. For Australian Tallow a good demand has existed on the spot, and previous rates are sustained. Other kinds have met with attention and brought fair market rates. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. SUNDAY TRADING. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from the parochial authorities of St. George the Martyr against Sunday trading. The Marquis of ANGLESEY presented a petition from St. George-in-the-East to the same effect ; also one against the Charitable Trusts Bill. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Lord KINNAIRD prosented a petition in favour of the London and York Railway Bill. THE BUDE LIGHT. The Earl ST. GERMANS presented a petition from what he termed a very ingenious gentleman, Mr. Gurney, praying that inquiry be made as to the eli g ibi l i ty of the Bude light for the new Houses of Parliament. The Noble Earl moved that it be referred to the Committee for Ventilation.—Agreed to. MINISTERS' MONEY. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the city of Waterford, praying for the abolition of ministers' money. They repre sented a strong case for the consideration of their Lordships— namely, that while the whole population of Waterford consisted principally of Roman Catholics, personal tax, as they stated, was imposed upon them, which, they considered, was fraught with great hardships; and, besides, was wholly unnecessary, as the funds of the Irish Protestant Church were abundantly sufficent, if properly applied, to defray the expenses of public worship in the cit• ,f Waterford. A ySELLINO SPIRITS . ON .iaterfora. THE o. SABBATH. The NOBLE Loan also presented a petition from several re spectable inhabitants of erva y, B e df or d sh i re, praying for a repeal of the law whi ch allowed t h e sale of spirituous liquors T on the Lord's-day. _ ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR. A NOBLE LORD presented a numerously signed petition from a place iii Cornwall against the union of these sees. SCOTCH . BURGH BILL. Lord BROUGHAM presented 1t: petition against this Bill. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. Lord REDESDA LE presented a petition from the " Mas terßil Filerslt stated and that e o s f g r T a rnitnei(tty rt House" pr ivi againstle ge s this revenues to the Trinity Hou se , t o b e applied, amongst other certain things, to the relief of the widows of those who had suffered shipwreck. They prayed that those revenues might not be placed under the operation of this Act, as they were quite ready to have their accounts inspected. THE PROPOSED RAILWAY BILL. Farl FIDZWILLIAM said they were now about to enter upon the second reading of the Bill that had been introduced for the purpose of regulating all future railway Bills. He ap proved of the measure entirely, for he did think it was time to put an end to the disgraceful mania for railways that had existed, and which had been most mis chievous to the country at large. He would now beg to move that there be laid upon the table of the House an account of the total estimated cost of all railways for which peti tions had been presented in this session of Parlia ment, distinguishing between the Bills that had been withdrawn and those that were now pending. It was an absurdity to call these Railway Bills Private Bills. They should have been dealt with with more extended views— as Bilis involving the means of communication with all parts of Great Britain. They were national Bills, and should have been dealt with as such. He proposed some years since to have a general survey of the country, with a view to establish a general system of railway communication. The answer that he receieed was, that it was too late now. He differed from people who thought that if they swamped a great number of the present ra il wa y Bill s thi s session, they would hear no more of r a il ways f or t h e f uture. Th ere would always be a great dis position t o specu l ate i n ra il ways. They had always pro fitable investment s . H e b e li ev ed it was not too late to take the initiative so far as it could be taken in the matter, by esta blishing a railway department in connexion with the State, something en the principle of the Poor-law Commission. The Duke of CLEVELAND fully agreed with what had fallen from the Noble Lord. Such a motion would have the effect of relieving many from thepositionin which they had placed them selves from the fever which seized them in railway speculation. The whole system of 1 legislation required a complete change. N othing cou r ld ai railway more frightful than the state of things which prevail e d, promoting bankruptcy and gambling to a great ex t ent, yet what ' had been done had been encouraged by the Government and Parliament. If they looked to the ses sion of 1844, leavin g out of view the projects of the present year, they would find that more schemes were brought forward than had been projected from the formation of the first railway op to that peri o d . The present system completely dissipated the _ a finances of the country, as we ll as corrupte d i ts mora l . otherye ar t h ey had stopped the gaming houses in Pall-mall and ts . h place s , an d he could not see what difference there was between gambling carried on in such houses and that which had taken place in regard to railways. While in the former ease it was limited to a few places, in the latter it had become widely extended. It was necessary in order to check this gam bling, that Parliament should retrace its steps. (Lrr vizrr G.) MOUSE OF COMMONS, The SPEAK ER took the Chair at Four o'clock. BRIDPORT ELECTION. The Clerk of the Crown appeared at the table to amend the return f or t h e b orough of B ri dport, by inserting the name of Mr. John Romilly for that of Mr. Baillie Cochrane. Mr. ROMILLY then took the oaths and his seat. r. HOPE Mr. GEORGE which ho was chairman, should have leave to proceed with the Bills in their Group N 4 without requiring their com pliance with the resolutions o. ' dby tl - e Hon. Member for propose t Finsbury. HOPE moved that the Committee, of objected to the discussio n Sir G. CLERK said he was not prepared at present to accede b to the motion, and proposed that the dissuasion should e;joutted till twelve o'clock tomorrow. another da it would entail on the y, on the of the expenses promoters of the different lines comprised in Group 4. After a few word Leith Hay, Mr. Greene, and Mr. Gisbone, s from Mr. A. being adjourned to Mr. HOPE consented to withdraw his motion. SECOND READINGS. 'the following Bills were read &second time, and ordered to be committed, viz. : Charing.croes Bridge, and Frilford (Berks) Inclosure. REPORTS, _ _ The following reports Welel3;othtnp, the amendments and Alterations agreed to, and the Bills ordered to be engrossed, _ _ tirton, Newton ; and Smut Devon Railway. Garnkirk ; and Ccsatbridge Railway Extension. Edinburgh, Leith, and Gtanton Railway Amendment. Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Harbour Branch). Colchester, Stour Valley, and Halstead Railway: Gfeat Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Extenson (No. 1). Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway Extension (Nn, 6). Harwich and ttstern Cotinties Junction Railway and Pier. Edinburgh and Northefti Railway (Pettycur and Perth Har bour Branches and Deviatiefil), North British Railway (Hawick Branches). Eastern Union Rail/ray ( Ardleigh to Colchester). THIRD READINGS. i flai3 fOliOwing bills were read a third time and passed, vit.— Taunton as.. Eastern Union and Hadieigh Jene'Ooit Raillso; 'Weldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway. GOLLON INCLOSURE BILL. Sir JOHN WALSH moved the second reading of this Bill. Gollon was a piece of land which would be greatly benefited by being inclosed, The cottagers and other occupants of the place had been opposed to the inclosure, but were now satis fied that if the lands were inclosed their condition would be im proved. Lord WORSLEY opposed the second reading, on the ground that the cottagers had exercised the right of common for up wards of 60 3 eara, and their rights ought not to be done away with. He had given notice of his intention of opposing the Bill ; so that the attention of the Government might be drawn to it, the Bill being in apposition to the resolutions and principles of the general Act passed last session of Parliament. If the present Bill was carried, the provisions of that Act would be done away with as far as the enclosure was concerned. He assured them that he only opposed the Bill on public grounds. After a few words from Mr. EsTcouax and Mr. 111. SUTTON, Colonel WOOD hoped that some amendments would be in troduced into the Bill in reference to the principality of Wales, for if not the whole of the principality would be thrown into confusion. Mr. M. PHILLIPS was of opinion that a vast amount of good would follow from this Bill, and it would also, no doubt, be desirable to remedy the defect with regard to Wales. Mr. AGLIONBY was of opinion that this Bill, though a private one, had now attained the importance of a public one, and therefore he would say a word or two upon it. It was de- sirable to have a special clause inserted in the general Act. He did not oppose the Bill before the House. He wished to have the expenditure in such cases materially reduced. The Bill was then read a second time. Major BERESFORD presented a petition against the Cornish Coast Railway. Another Hox. Md\IBER presented a petition against the Yeovil and Dorchester Railway. Mr. W. PATTEN moved—" That it be an instruction to the several Committees on Railway Groups, that in all instances in which railway companies propose to take powers of amalga mation with other companies, either by sale, purchase, lease, or otherwise, the rates and charges of such com panies be revised, and a new maximum imposed ; and that they specially report any circumstance which may have in duced them to allow such :maximum to exceed the minimum of rates and tolls actually charged and received by the respec tive companies at any previous period :—that they also append to their report a schedule, containing, under the various heads of traffic, the minimum of rates and tolls previously received, and the maximum which it is proposed to allow the companies to take under their Bill. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE. Mr. ESTCOURT brought [lip the report from this Com mittee, in which it was stated that oti the St. Albans Railway Bill, the Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, and the Birming ham and Gloucester Extension Railway Bill, the standing orders had not been complied with. Messengers from the Lords brought down several Bills. LORD HARDINGE AND LORD GOUGH-MESSAGE FROM HER MAJESTY. Sir R. PEEL appeared at the Bar of the House with a Mes sage from her Majesty. The SPEAKER read the Message as follows :—Her Ma jesty, taking into consideration the great and brilliant services performed by Henry Viscount Hardinge, Lieu tenant-General of her Majesty's Forces, and Governor- General of India, in the course of the recent hostilities which have taken place on the banks of the Sutlej and in the Punjaub, is desirous to confer some signal mark of her favour for those and other distinguished merits of the said Henry Viscount Hardinge, upon him and the two next surviv ing heirs of his body ; and she recommends to her faithful Commons tee adoption of such measures as shall be necessary to accomplish that object. Sir R. PEEL then brought up the following message, which was reod by The SPEAKER—Her Majesty, taking into consideration the great and brilliant services of Hugh Lord Gough, Lieu tenant-General of her Majesty's Forces and Commander of the East India Company's forces in India, in the course of the recent hostilities which have taken place on the banks of the Sutlej and in the Punjaub, being desirous to con fer some signal mark of her favour for these and other distin. guished merits -of the said Hugh Lord Gough, to him and the two next surviving hei.a male of his body, recommends to her faithful Commons the adoption of such measures as shall be necessary to accomplish that object. On the motion of Sir R. PEEL, her Majesty's most gracious message was ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday next. MR. SMITH OBRIEN. Mr. ESTCOURT brought up a report from the Committee on Group 11 of Railway Bills. The Clerk read the report, which stated that at one o'clock, this day, the Members comprising the Committee on Group 11 of Railway Bills were present in the Committee-room, and that Mr. Smith O'Brien did not attend within one hour, the time appointed. The SPEAKER ealled on Mr. Smith O'Brien. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN rose and said—Sir, I presume that the object of this House, in calling upon me, is to give me an apportunity of making an explanation to this House. I feel obliged for this opportunity, but I have already stated my views and intentions fully and finally in the correspondence which has passed between myself anti the Committee of Se lection. Ido not think it necessary to add anything to the matters contained in those letters, nor am I desirous of with drawing anything from the substance contained in those letters. The Hon. Member here withdrew. Mr. ESCOURT said that he wished to state the grounds on which he should ask the support of the House to a motion which he should make, and to state to the House that, con sidering those circumstances, and the motion he was about to make, this as the most painful duty he ever had to perform. He thought he would be justified in the eyes of the House in making that statement, for so long as he held the situation which he then held, which has been since the Committee of Selection had been instituted by that House—this was the first and only time he had ever been called on to perform a duty similar to the present one. On the 12th of February last that House framed certain resolutions, and amongst those resolutions was one, the Committee of selection to form certain Committees for the purpose of inquiry into the merits of railway Bills. The Committee of Selection by a resolution of this House were ordered to give ample notice to those Members whom they might choose to select, which notice was not to be less than fourteen days. The Committee accordingly thought it would be expedient to frame such a resolution that they might be able to give the notice required, and before the Easter recess, it was given to the Hon. Gentleman, who was one of those selected. He received notice that on the 07th of the present month, his attendance would be expected so early as the 3d of April ; on that day he wrote a letter to me, as Chairman of the Committee, and in it he enclosed a copy of another letter, whick was addressed to me, when a similar summons was received by the Hon. Member, and the reason given for so doing was, that he (Mr. Estcourt) might, by referring to it know his reasons for refusing to comply with the summons, stating that he had not seen any reasons since. That letter was written to change his opinions. He received that letter on the 3d of April, that was on a Friday. The first sittings of Committees of Selection was not until the Tuesday following, the 6th of April, and, of course, he would take no measures on receipt of this letter until he had an opportunity of submitting the same to his colleagues the Members of the Committee of Selection. On the 6th of April this Committee met, and then he (Mr. Estcourt; laid before them the letter with the enclosures received from the Hon. Members. The Committee of Selection found that the Hon. Member objected to serve on Committees having no relation to Ireland. And they also found that the Hon. Mem ber stated his reason for so objecting. He (Mr Estcourt) believed that he could not better put the House in possession of the grounds on which ,the Committee had acted r than by reading part of the correspondence which had taken place between himself and the Honourable Member. But first he would draw the attentian of the House to that parti cu l ar part of the Honourable Member's letter on which the Committee had acted. The Hon. Member said that as lo ng as h e cont i nue d to serve in that House as'one of the Irish Representatives he would not until Ireland was placed upon a footing of political equality with England, he could not think of devoting his time to the business of this country. Then he went on to say that he had no wish to interfere with the affairs of England or Scotland, unless those affairs were in some way connected with his own country. And he added, that he had abstained while in that House from voting on questions of a merely local nature from the same motives. The Committee of Selection had instructed him again to write to the Hon. Member, stating that no reason had been assigned which was in their opinion sufficient to justify them in absolving the Hon. Member from those duties which were imposed upon other Hon. Members. He did write to the Hon. Member, informing him that the Committee could not recognise such an excuse, and they would not, therefore, be justified in exempting him from the perform ance of the duties which commenced on the 27th of April. An addition was made to the letter, to the effect that the Committee would be happy to make any arrangement to delay the Hon. Member's attendance till a later period, if it would be any accommodation to him' toy do so. That letter he sent to the Honourable Member the next day, and on the following day he received an acknow ledgement from the Honourable Member, in which the Hon. Member stated that his objection to serving on these Committees was founded on the relation which at present existed between his own country and Great Britain, and was in no way connected with his personal convenience. The Hon. Member, therefore, stated that his former communicatioa announced his final determina tion. He (Mr. Escourt) had not an opportunity of lay ing that letter before the Committee of Selection till after the recess, and then the Committee felt a sufficient excuse had not been given to justify the non-attendance of the Honourable Member, and they placed his name on the Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in Group No. 11. In ac cordance with the resolutions of the House, Hon. Members were required to moke a declaration that they were not in any way intereeted in the Bills referred to them ; but the Hon. Members for Limerick neglected to snake this declaration, and on Friday last he (Mr. Estcourt) reported this fact to the House, in accoi d ance with a resolution agreed to by the Committee of Selection. COMMONS' SUMMARY. Mr. ESTCOUBT moved that it be deemed that ➢lr. SMITH O'J3IUEN had committed a contempt of the House in not at tending the Committee. Mr.O'CorniELL said that it could not be considered that the Honourable Member had committed a contempt of the House in not attending the Committee, Until the present session it was not made compulsory in any Member to attend a committee. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could see no other course open to the adoption of the House but that which had were proposed by the Honourable Member for Oxford for it never could be said that an Hon. Member woe at his own pleasure to come to the detennindtion not to attend any Com mittee except it related to matters connected with his own country. The house hiving com e t o the CANALS. ~I ; I 1 ~!; Dividend' Names of 1 f.) IDividend , Price. Names of 4., ,-! per Price. Companies. IA : per , Companies. t 1 Annum. £I ! Annum.l ri, - - £ Ashtn & 0161 h 9751.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100 81. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 1131 4/. 70 Mntgontrysli 100 5/. 98 Barnsley.. • • 160! 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 38 Basingstoke.. 100 - 11rknk&Abrg 1501 5/. - Neath ......100 171. 340 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - Cromford.... 100' 14/. 150 Peak Forest .78 31. 68 Dudley lOO 41. I - Regent's •• • • 33 11. ss. 25 Derby Ellsmre&Chs 133' V. 65 Shropshire • • 125 81. - Erewitsh •• • 100' 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth Br. Clyd 100 1 4/. - Do.LkFd St 12 6/. p. c. 11 GrandJunctmloo! 71. 95 StfTrd &Wore 140 28/. 300 Grand Union!100; 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 15/. 230 Glamorgnsh .1172! 13651. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 280 Glstr&Brkl3- 1 100 ! - - Strtfrd on Av 79 1/. 10s. - Grantham . • !150 121. 100 Severn h ail. 26 fluddersiield. h 57 - - i Wye ail. 26 1/. Bs. 32 Kennt & Avu 39: 7s. 6d. 10 tA ,Trnt & Mr-1 Lancaster 471 I/. 10s. - seY. IA sh. j 50 301. - Leeds& Livrp 100 1 341. 520 Thams &Med 19 - 1 - Leicester Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 60 Birming.i 71 ' 2 /- 44 Lougliboroghll42 70/. 850 IWilts & Mks 67 11. 11 EFFECT OF SOOT ON FLOWERS.-Soot, when applivd to the routs of the common primrose and ft etu cowslip, has the effect of transmuting their complexion from their wetted pale yellow colour to those of a delicate pink. IMPERIAL PARL MENT. '"'"'" HOUSE OF LORDS, April 27. THE CORN-LAWS. Lord BROUGHAM wished to call the attention of their Lordships to five returns to which he was about to move, con nected with the importation of foreign flour, and the importa- tion of corn from Ireland. The production of these payers could net be objected to, because they had already been laid before the ether House of Parliament. It would naturally suggest itself to their Lordships that he was rather premature in moving for these returns, which affected the discussion of a question which he was going to say they were about to enter upon, but which he did not think they would enter upon at present. This important matter, he perceived by the votes, had at various times, and in different manners, occupied the attention of the other House of Parliament for many weeks in the present session. He perceived by the same votes that no considerable progress had been made in this question during the last three or four weeks, partly from the intermission of all business during the recess—partly from the intermission of actual business since the recess. The situation in which the business of the country had been brought, according to the votes, which was the only record he had access to, was such as to excite grave doubts in the capital from which he had lately returned, respecting expediency. Many persons there, with whose political opinions he did not agree, quoting, as they were wont to, that great author Tacitus, who said of a Government composed of King, Lords, and Commons, Regis, printeres, et populus. The measure was easily commended, but feared more. He had endeavoured vainly to explain to them that what they looked upon as a radical evil in our system was merely of a passive and accidental nature, only to be accounted for by the various caprices of fortune which placed certain men in certain positions, of which they availed :themselves, affect ing to be for measures which in their hearts they hated, and affecting to be against measures which in their hearts they loved, and which they only complained of because they did not go far enough, but using ti.e opposition to the measures they loved for the purpose of postponing measures which they He had given this theory to his French said in return, " Effects are against you—youw week k passes away—you your business is stopped—week after t to carry on the business g th e e t y on h_ad do nothing there is an inctapeatcltydon't bu t to last, and what is to of your country. How long h nature of the British constitution, this was—there is that in the t e arise any temporary i n j ur y happen if such a state continues, w ho can tell ?" His answer to that when there shall happ en from accidents inthe there osrysatermesiotfanocuertgortehaet political in that ma chine, machinery, isintha e ngine the perfection of human policy, as I believe it is, which will regulate the constitution. A power acting by means of a well-represented system ; there is a power within itself of self adjustment, self-correction, and self-education to the nature of the evil which has given rise to this temporary obstruction, and to restore harmony to the working of the great machine; and accordingly their Lordships possessed the power of applying a corrective and administering effectual relief, and if any person should entertain the desperate hope that they could have the power of frustrating the intentions of Parliament and of the country by endless vexations and delay, and that they could postpone the arrival of that great and, in my conscience, most salutary mea sure, till it should be too late to discuss the question—which God forbid, should be passed without —their Lordships had then the power of anticipating the discussion, and coming to a well considered and deliberate opinion. That was the reason for his moving for those returns, and, if in the course of a fortnight, or thereabouts, he should perceive the same obstruction to this and to all other business, he should then feel it his bounden duty—as their Lordships had an unquestionable right to discuss the question without waiting for the Bill—to give their Lord ships measure. an, hen mportant believed, he h a o d f d i discussed scusin i g t , he hoped, he might venture to foretell that the passing of the measure would very soon follow, 1 t was for this reason that he felt him self bound to bring the measure thus briefly before their Lord ships that evening. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the Synod of Aberdeen against the Bill for the abolition of tests. HIGH CONSTABLES BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND reported this Bill with amend ments. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The Earl of ELDON presented a petition from Marlborough College, praying tobe exempted from the operations of this Bill. RAILWAYS. The E ar l o f DALHOUSIE then rose to propose the new sessional orders of which he had given notice with respect to railways. Since he had given .notice, similar resolutions had been adopted by th e other H ouse o f P ar li ament, i n wh i c h cer tain alterations bad been mad.; and as it was desirable the re. resolutions it had done, the Honourable Member for Limerick was as much a party to them as any other Member, and he would grossly neglect his duty unless he attended to the Committee to which he was appointed, the Hon. Mem ber having refused to attend any Committees except those con fleeted with Ireland ,the question was what course the House oughtto pursue. In his opinion the House ought to sup port the decision of its committee of selection, and adopt the motion of the Hen. Member for the University of Oxford, declaring that the Hon. Member for Limerick had committed a contempt in disobeying the order of the House (LEFT SPIAXIEG. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. 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Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. X x. d. Commercial • East and West India 6/. pr cent. Stock. 141% East Country • .... • • L mdon ...... ••.• • • • 51. pr cent. Stock. 114 3 4 St. Katharine ••—• • i 5 per cent. Stock. , 101 Southampton • • ..... . 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 30 solutions of each House should be similar, he had made thet same alterations which had been made in the resolutions of thee eeher House in the resolutions which he had now to propose. The Noble Lord then proceeded to state the nature of a num ber of alterations to the resolutions, which have already been , published, namely, when they came before the House of Coro mons, and concluded by moving their adoption. Lord MONTEAGLE thought that the sessional orders should not be altered upon any essential princ 7 ple without pre vious notice. He thought it was not right that their Lordships should be taken by surprise upon the Noble Lord's proposition. The meetings where the parties would consider their interests was the proper place to consider' the question. He was op posed to relaxing the rule in favour of some Bills, and enforc ing it in others. The steps they had taken were neither wise nor manly, as they were throwing responsibility from them selves to ether parties. Their duty %Nis to see that those railway Bills which ought to pass were adopted, and to reject those which were unworthy of being passed. This was the course they ought to have taken at an earlier' period. He certainly thought the proposed resolutions would cies good as far as they went, but something further was required. Another thing he complained of was, that, under the present sptem, railroad Bill that was unopposed passed almost as a mailer of course, and nothing could be more absurd than this ; fo'v it very often happened that a line of great public utility wes sacrificed for a line of secondary consideration. This would' always be the case until some one was appointed to represent the Executive Government in those Committees, or until the Legislature took upon themselves more general power, and considered these matters in an impartial light. It would be improper for him to speak now of the best remedy for this evil, but he was sure that every Noble Lord who had listened with the least attention must be convinced that their present system was deficient, and could not possibly be defersiedt. The object sought by the Government had been frustrated their intention was to release shareholders from difficulties les which they were placed ; the resolutions of the House shouldi not have been postponed till the present time. By this un necessary delay a director who had, say 1,000 shares, and who, had reeerved 500 of them, would be enabled to issue out in ma ll par t s eLese 500 shares which they had reserved, and 500 , independent shareholders, who might wish the Bill to be sus pended, would he out-voted by the 500 shares of the directors. It gave the power of making what was called ire Election Com mittees the creation of occasional votes. There never was a greater mistake made than by the introduction of such a mea rem as the present. He perfectly agreed with the Noble Lord in the object which he had in view, but still he thought that that object ought to be accomplished by some other means than those which he had proposed, and that if they intended to stop those projects before they came to their third read ing, they ought to have come plan by which to save expense to the projectors. They should recoh l ect the expenses and the vexations to which those several pro jectors had been subjected. If his Lordship and the Govern ment had taken - this view of the case, they should also recollect that they were, at the same time, putting a top to those great - . rtblic works of which the country appeared to be in want, and the pfl!seiple of which they had already adopted— of those great works of which the country was in need. If these works were to be stopped, why not stop them at once? The rieble Lord. had said, that they must go back to the House of Cemmontr,, but if they were to go back they should recollect that an enor mous expense would be incurred, and he did not see any reason why it should not be saved to the projectors and the country. He remembered that in the last three years a great effort had been made to give effect to railway enterprise int Ireland, and he knew that within the last two years this hark been successfully carried out; but he deeply regretted that the Act had not been so constructed as to avoid the Irish lines. No one was more impressed than himself with the great in dustry, diligence, and and great merit of the Noble Lord at the head of the Board of Trade—(Cheers)—and with the exer tions which he had made in order to bring these matters into something like a manageable condition. But he deeply re gretted at the decision to which the Board over which he presided had arrived. Still more did he regret the decision of the Committee, for if they considered and obtained their vieee of the case, from the want of means to aceomplish the projects which had been laid before Parliament, he conceived that the Irish lines might have been left out, and that the view which had been taken was erroneous on that point. The Duke of RICHMOND felt that great credit was due to the Noble Lord at the head of the Board of Trade, for the manner in which he had conducted the business of his office ;luring the early part of the last session of Parliament, and if the s p eech of the First Lord of the Treasury had not been made with regard to railways, he felt assured that the recom mendations of the Board, over which the Noble Lcrd pre sided, would have had their full effect with Parliament and the country. But after the speech of Sir R. Peel, the several railway companies thought it better to take the chances of the chapter of accidents rather than submit to the decisions of the Board of Trade. It was upon this that the chief objections were founded to doing away with the Irish Bills lee,cere the third reading. He could not say that he knew anything of the lines, but this he must assert, that unless a rides were added to the Bill, he thought they would be unjustly death` by; He said that under the circumstances of the case the Dill would be anything but justice without the rider attaches:- Suppose the House of Commons were to say, you shall go ea with your Bill, because we believe that there are valid grounds for its passing; but it should be recollected that the mere in troduction of the clause which was of moment to the Bill, would entail exceeding expense, and he thought the Govern ment ought to have made a provision for that purpose in the Act. If he understood the thing right, the purchase of the land was to be laid open for five years, which was a greater advantage than the companies desired. He thought it would have been better to have made a temporary arrangement. Lord ASHBURTON gave great credit to the Noble Lord for his exertions and industry in his official duties, and he thought that the resolutions which had been propounded were at this moment exceedingly important, and entitled to the sup port of the House and her Majesty's Government, inasmuch as they made a provision for the exigencies of the ease at the present moment. It was certainly true . that the promoters of all the plans never considered the consequences that were likely to arise from them, except in so far as they affected their own interests. They had no relation whatever to the exi gencies or means of the country, still less did they care for the classification of the Government ; and certainly it would seen with this impression they could not by any means become par ties to the resolutions which the Nuble Lord had read. With respect to Scotland and Ireland, he thought that the Govern ment had come to a wise judgment, and that it had a pp e ared is the course of the discussion that nothing had been more foreign in the compilation of the Act thao the want of foresight. It should be recollected that at the coOmeneement of the last session the Board of Trade had decleed that, under the circumstances, certain classes should be recommended as objectionable, that others should be delayed, and that others again should be recommended for ap proval ; but to this the Committee had turned s deaf ear, and a new classification had been adopted. There were, first, those lines which had obtained a certain standing in Parliament during last year. There were, secondly, these which were proposed by the existing companies. Thirdly. those which were promoted with a view to the coast defences of the country ; and, lastly, those which proposed to shorten the distances between places on the existing lines. With regard to souse of those lines it was stated, as in regard to the Great Western and the approaches to Exeter, that they went thirty miles round. There was no doubt but that it was highly de sirable to shorten these distances to the public, whenever that sheet could be accomplished with safety and economy. The Earl of Si ICKLOW hoped that an alteration would be made in the resolutions, requiring the meeting to be held be fore the committee on the Bill, instead of before the third reading. Parties would then be saved the great expense of bringing up witnesses and obtaining evidence. Lord REDESDALE said that many alterations might be made in Committee, which would alt er th e c h ar a c t er o f the ) 3111 altogether, and therefore it was essential that the meetings should be held after the Committees had disposed of the Bas ile would just say, that in his opinion railway companies oughtt to be allowed to borrow money ; they ought to call up all their' shares. The Earl of RADNOR objected to the resolutions alto gether. He did not see why parties who in a gambling s pirit had got themselves into difficulties, were to be relieved by Par liamentary interference. Parliament was stultifying itself by such a resolution as this. They had rules, and to those rules they ought rigidly to adhere. He looked upon these resolu tions as holding out an encouragemeht for a revival of the system which they had just passed through. He believed the resolutions were altogether unnecessary. Earl FITZ WILLIAM did not object to the resolutions, brat he must say that the state of things which had called them fortis was a rather disgraceful feature in the conduct of the Govern ment. They were by this side-wind going to get rid of the difficulty in which they found themselves, which might have been prevented had proper steps been taken at the proper period. He approved of the resolutions, because they were it loophole by which the present difficulty could be avoided. But after all, they were trust* to the chapter of accidents, for they had no security that the good lines would be adopted and the bad ones rejected. He thought that a board for the control of these matters should be ap pointed ; and he only regretted that more confidence had not been placed in the Railway Department of the Board of Trade when it was in existence ; but he trusted the Government would remodel it, giving it an efficient staff of engineers to work with. _ The Earl of DALHOUSIE replied, he did not believe that such a traffic in scrip would take place as to influence the meetings that were to be called. He had consulted those who were practically acquainted with the subject, and their opinion was that nothing of the sort could take place. As to another objection, that of scrip being surreptitiously issued by pro visional committees, it must be recollected that no scrip could be available at the proposed meetings that had not been issued prior to the 31st of March last. With respect to the Bills which had reached the third reading being allowed to pass the House, it must be borne in mind that a resolution precisely similartothe and d h e th n e o re w fo p r r e op a o n se y d p h i a il d w p k a i s e s h ed p t a h ss e ei oth t e h r e H th eu ird se of Parliament, reading in the House of Lords would be subjected to the reso lutions of the other House of Parliament. The resolutions were then agreed to, and the House ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMOIVS, April 27. THE MARQUIS OF W ATERFORD'S PROPERTY-- IO N Ot the T a d E j o N u A r ri N e d T d S e * bate being read , On the orderEoNCl dayf - t l he . for r Major BERESF ORD rose and said, that having been temporarily ahst.nt from th e House, he took the present oppor tunity of re f err i ng to a transaction that happened the other night, when ;Illusion was m a d e t o th e Marquis of Waterford's property. Before, however, entering into that matter, he must protest against the doctrine, (though no landlord had more honestly discharged the duty than the Noble Marquis) that every individual should be made subject to Parliamentary inquiry and comment on mere prima facia evidence based on newspaper reports.---( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") In such cases as these it was necessary that the personal friends and relations of the parties accused should come for ward in order to protect them against these accusations . Having presumed so much he wished to state that he had no complaint to make against the Hon Member for Kilkenny for bringing this case forward. The Hon. Member bad found a statement fnrnished with the most circumstantial rela tions, and considering that the report was correct, had made use of it in the course of argument. The only remark he bad to make was that he was a little astonished that the Hon ourable Member should be so ready to give credence to a report furnished from that source from which (if his memory served him r i g htl y ), not a l ong t i me s i nce some reports bad issued w i t h regar d to h i s Learned and Hon. father. Thg Hon. Member for Kilkenny was the individual, who in a public address, declared the statement to be false' and who publi s h e d a l e tt er d ec l ar i ng t h a t the source from which the information was obtained was r e incorrect one. Under these cir u m s t ances , h e w i s h e d that th e Hon. Gentleman would have had some degree of caution in making hi s s t a t ements a ff ect i ng t h e property of other peop le. With the permission of the House, he would read the state ment. The H on . Meafrier here read from a newspaper an article, stating th a t a v ill age en t h e estate o f L or d wateadr' •ford, con t a i ning 150 f am ili er, or 277 persons , been rased to the ground, and the families turned out destitute. Now he would s t a t e th e exact trut h o f t h e case. It seenne; that about thirty or forty years ago there were a nu mber , . small tenements let to a nu m b er o f p e rsons; the se o ceupPng tenants permitted a great number of cabins to be built d the property ; a great number of these pers ons ca me from it distance, and were not reared upon th e p roper ty as nt was stated. When the lease expired, the agent w ' e pv to Kilmactomas, and offered to each o f t h em a sum of n1";', for pulling down their own wret c h e d h ouses ; t h e offer pas thankfully accepted, and with th e i r own han d s t heY P d after down the cabins; the agent th en went awa y, on -