The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-27 00:00:00

~ , ere it 3. :NI ern. -..(1 roc° . ),! I'l'o l l ho tipit it [lie pro. e titoe. ~rer in glyeo. vot ild be discre upofor un peen eve h a bit 0 ' works , i such the ° I). the flog 0 . 11.3 . ( 1 to fld been of 0119 d 0)0 1 rola G i , °- Wft , r > rtiort r, he ar "! lon. 13$ tb o ill sno w to so l ~ Lic h w l e .„ l s ee u'"4 ugth ,„0 s°- d life so o Ion• of ment o f Lt po t o f apo ble don, 6 ° n one; . , c ell w s o esser Fault P I'llll go 'u e ay „,be ; t pu` -- -tan 1111 ,1 be ° l ' ) uree" A 0 0 Auld le bestT v i e d t wa s 11 n or _, t • 0 0. • [1; but lib rks wh" r W ho 11 . o bject l ly ,te a tt ., lied to nec essl o eI in g lg° llring. ure c slo nl7 iitvrw ,0 . 0 'tito th en t 1.77--- --------;: . a? n ant ee f 7 ,,, ,e. ___ ) In the first piece, e e i,..-.-_ ,. te ,. k there is treat _probability, alter making ri, : toe, from the total amount of reilVey , p ,,r lr o n tn s ft'sited at the Board of Tiede, namely, 315, au. = .i - ,,- 4? - , 0 ' miles of new lines wilioh they compri„. tier o '• . ' ' '' f ore the Lem k :. ° ".'ll e n* every reltn./011 i ,d from 'to,: , t ° t ll , Merely rival schemes, . en- .. ~c , li:iber which ... will not . pies the ordeal o: i ll'e °f will or - that will fall through et herfrom . ~, 43 "5, I telt+ e-;•: , Fill cersinlv be such a nen,o , e ) r os o ! fi l e eft as to make it almost totally hearing . 1.1 ki L, for P ornmitteeS of this House, , 441 the -Cl(et Lepel-taut bushes that will have 'l,',.tible considered, tu devote that proper ateere i tou 11i ap e4ll which their extent and importance deer am . . n. h4 lle ar ) At all events, it will be utterly :l 4 1 eto devote due and proper attention i to them l.eof. the Present year. Now it its be said, if the ot eon. teuns cannot dispose of its business, we ought to to k,,42 whether part of it could not be submitted . .. le i eit)ther tribunal; but I think it is a great and impor 4 W, Qes ;i°n, whether or no we will permit or en t co e u s; kie ‘ , 4 4l large an application of capital .towardsht.,e h)63.,llnd(ltakings—wheth(T it is consistent with, bestl ittite'auvantage—whether it will be conducive to thethe r iii st , s . of sueiety, or really conducive indeed to_ ~ ,ttef . tu t .rY carrying On of the railway :system.—(fh , a r i ; 144 1ip 1- 1 ' l 'i'lleat I should be more willing to encourae es i haerPocetion of capital to British railway ent . erpris advent t han to foreign undertakings, but is it for 4 , ll afre of sound railway enterprises, that suc h d . eN'enkis amount of capital should at once be a • , 4 t tl i eY theme I doubt it.—(Hear, hear.) I doubt klt en els it would not be discouraging, rather than holding thi4 o lll ,geinent to legitimate railway schemes, for 1 .. 'ion Ilej it erooable that, in consequence of the severeco x. which wbuld be created by the great and rising; 4 t, prienaq demand for labour, and in the great ri f i eat , ' pi ta , wes which the application of such an amount o- INI(1°41d °e casien, the progress of the railway system ke t o;'e, considerably retarded, and I doubt whether .ade. 14tte for the estimates would not be found greatly in . l ,th rg ii i k itg ,. 4 r e e e .a e t ea: pktion of the undertakings t hemsel% es. I N uat it would not be for the benefit of the . public_ amount of capital should be diverted 44 1 I °natural courses for the formation of railways, t:43'1,11:14.0f opinion that so extraordinary a demand • ° t4ity. -e n I nade f f r railway purposes should Ile -4 with ii or money o has e Qu id e encouragement of this House.—(Hear.) it, sl ,4 l ltih, before, her Majesty's sanction . of . P . arliament ~i c 9 440 tb tiereSsary,' and for that purpose, it is meoyminten posed ,Ihrset Zthat a Parliamentary Committee, ic ki Peet, s h °s l e opinions will be entitled to the highest I 4 ; °14141 be appointed, whose duty it shall be . to IhNoe cu ' d lto the merits of the schemes which kit ed l'n o .PY Our future consideration.. The plans of all 'tffl ', as the • h . alid e House will be aware , li sda e ti t end t al l y have been classified under different o _ dlla ng i• plans which relate to the completioninstance, 'rt h t 1 li ne Plans have also been arranged ; for s t •ece titi /11 t.. e o?tween the metropolis and tt °44l or f • r 'Y ls now incomplete, either from there being a distant part l eallIte;" 1 , flame part Of it not yet b e i t y, finished, hea.e e' - e ''' say, are classified under a different b nd o h t e h a e d r , e ti ee s i ?' other deseriptions are classitie s d ed u ileeto"la.der another . head are clas railways 'lk e ' With t h • le Itt ee . e internal defence of the country. '1 h A rt ewettll, therefore, be spared much . labour which . . ip %e l den neces'eary if no previous preparatiri 4 4 111. 1 1 e of lll t r e , I trust, therefore, that the House will fa „Y, Ul u Proposal with which I shall conclude, le take , a Select Committee shall be appointed, to ti‘ l leti vtlr P f 'se of considering what course !ball 11'•;Poe,weidth, theyrailwas proposed to be submitted ki eleee nrlng present session. I propose that * l : l 4 B , l 4 °tli l i t , t t that shall be appointed shall make re- . I N clie,,,- eiOuse from time to time of the result of I .las t l t e4 tte' la , t ' e i nd the conclusions which they shall have 1:11btr,,.4):1.4.44z541:41:-vilelieti h t t e e e, ~1e,",. la, , e le Right Hon. Baronet then concluded his 4s ' e tnovlng the appointment of the following to consider the mode in which t the e l et illt s a teeal with the Railway Bills proposed o House during the present session : Sir Somerset, Sir George Gray, Mr. Struts,. •?eaitleTere, Mr Etc urt Mr. Greene, Mr. Ewai t, 4 o r -u -441 ; At; 11 d ° '1 Ilinde, I tt Yl,g e tlerle • o gsot The O'Conor Don, Lord Mr. Pakington, 1,, se e , Alr. Baring, Iht i'Jitskl e ,and Alt. Shaw. ' 44re'lie(len-•''.llte\TE observed that he very much feared l id 1 1 . tesk a kl un of the Committee would meetw , ith-no I Net , li • It 4 sat S th an those of the Board of Trade whether the of e doubted very much hi ld eltt tYie 14 °ney which would be subscribed de• , N e lei ,',,g out these and would N'theriCge decision of that House. He would Itl qh t t te ) tip s ' e. anth eitt point. About fourteen or fifteen 1 ..llanchester Railway Company : 1 it k aofilyietZ Project. It was opposed on all sides,_ar 1104 deci de atandie the public opposition, I' `:Ie):114/lielhd that it ought to be made b V: II 3 , ' to 4 Bill was passed to enable the . 1 , 14 10 4 n carry out their designs, that rail- L ' L 'h ,At lrer made. He was very sorry tla e t ; 411 n°a• Gentleman thought that interference I k , '11 (4 .4 1 v 5 , 01 1t „leegsary. He was under the opinion that i ' ' 1 41.41 ulea, ri , capital invested in these projects 'illti t ' t:' — uPon the state of the oney an would labour kt' ,he '1) ull th • d A ii th e ._ era it would certainly depend what ~e.i:k,ll,oount of railways finally carried into ope- "lii it ieeti to "i i. 'l never heard a more meagre , explanation. 44 44 t he f the report of the Standing Orders, 'l 4e ? tlleql othr - Committees, would be sus- tyy S ito s `• ;° lrnittee now proposed came to a de- 1 Meo.,Pte t,I . NIte -44 'who•spoke in a very low tone of voice,w as i 'll ib i t . ",a ie -B aY that the report of the Committee would llt,-"keese-1544ftic.ient time to prevent an of those in- I,ttl,astot, which the Hon. Gentleman alluded to, and 1 it late t he committ ee on t h e standing orders need tke,iPt?jejlded. ;14:4 th'QE GREY said that on this committee . al It ti„.e Iliost important results. He also cons'. °Ake/114(1404e that there should be a tribunal of the t ' ll t erer N' i tt m Of a red to for the purpose of obtaining , a Illele Ce facts which were to be ultimately suo ,..liti:l,lol.lse. This would prevent the great ex•- k,“'it.7,l4•„ging Witnesses up to London, and the work ex- E, “e done. ,s''ittcro,'"l'V INGLIS said, that some better 44144 ; eed ing should be adopted than that pur ei :.,fps ' e asie r , c f• • O a•ra,, oitent . imes gentlemen, after ~i'4llclh:l'lenh'st protracted period, could come to no ;1 teat tilt n gve even themselves satisfaction. There , L‘ ll4 - i a ev e ,' Toes as much work this session as th . ere I ' 4 Il i c3 t 4l , 41. nly one-half of the projected lines 114 1' 1. ut glit Or:arel nd six times as much if they ?at 3/ (1 1 , 1 Su g ar_ f ` ) rward a . He . agr . eed in the suggestions 1, 1 I ,ll s eat oltanulatory tribunal, for he considered o t h a , kv est . the 4/. now spent would n. be saved ilitl!ttlar,,il4.lgetion took plac e the spot. l e 114 e 144 .0 1 e" then he trusted that t o ile Government leeelle' House some further opportunity ofucoonn -11,444 IR er.ation before they came to a decision p 1./ Vl t ,i4 "" l ell the future to le k 4 t ql eie b e . y were in committees were hence gislate upon lilt l '• (-,, , i). ?',w hich railway INkkttt.etitittt:vueted. 41 1:le ~als n ," BULLER said he looked upon tit r :a ' qoee ni c'e of so great importance, that be. wouldfor k a l h Ne l e ttfe, even at that period of the evening, _. li,r 4 .; tp ,- nile i'w 'ob servations to the House upon the • l ' it llj e . Plt - * k i l t ed that the question of the railway t ' ,4jtl d ' r e t t ~.)t - ' - ' 4 ,,,id be brought under the con • ? I 'dee ' ',. 4l ' ~'le house at a period when a twice ae t ' r 4 ' l for a more perfect system Ill a t !tt til c ttect,i,e4nto consideration . It should . be recol- 0.19 'en .- eet • •railway committees was i ecti t Ate r) of appointing . e,ilite.,,,,,t,htittell.tittitiLit...onewthhieehjurisdiction of the House, and , i ll'''e - , 4,. r•,at attention given to it . befor great importance ought .t to w b a e s 'l 4 ) I , ;.. til lv Z . ,_e i,;, -e f , 44 r i i) He could not but believe th e t a h i t e if t t w h o e OH' s Ot t. ',71 . „,I . Ow the proposal made by "'N, ...„%er; „1110 had preceded him, it would b f e t i h n is - ele'veel*.etaterially with tbe authority o_ 0 . 11 5 I t • C • ' hear, d heers ) k r n e a nti _ 9 . an c • The mode t 11i111444qe Iteeleettunittees was a very different matter, . t4 d 4 1, %, he - ' 3 gY to this • but with regard to railway ' lll4k) e tit'llri te Wkl i- 11111 ,say, that it. the House were to give_ t e Y i; tirkai ne -1) tne Government on the question, i i . 'l c : ee'ar, b . "' w ith What he would call its local aut io I t h - ; t ed ti el4l %) A. short time since, some gentte- V i e helf P e ll him to request he would la ' Oahe in e , ee be made in t s, ete a -ash ° , - rahway about to i them 'O r lec e ., net 7ni Liskaird • but he toad . It',ll,,,e'ee or I.4lteest himself in any way, in i:N4 le Testi eeie for the town. tile b :, 311 10 ~,l IR the Member 1 i ) e ou r e sent ~,,_eh local interests were concerned '(1!-tereatn-l•Y, atie s ',,,," l , l 'eta transferred to people strange .h t tl 'i l llt her - •' s * He e ;° had little or nothing to do with 4 ' t,'', l le, - ., l ,_tY to a 4144 Nit Parliament should deleeate ktli'4 ) 9 ',,:le bonioeuinlinittee of its own body. They S 411 0 1 ..°41 1i1 Da ; by the report of that committee, 7 10 Ille g 4 6)(1,4 great' attention to its proceedings; .I k l l .l°l la.' n li LoW?.111d help to give information, ;`ks, ,e - of "fy,Jgmellt might be reserved for I,,:ltlettii. ibautilti,..7%lninl)ncinco h a e ild u t e h t o f f ro L tn erd it S s . e ter n :b u le s , e !it.;:t, i'je, it:",-,42l.oe.nsidertior; every question that case as it was at l e i, ,, i llb h. pi),,,ar'-'0,7 Considering the _ 1 lela ad e " Preposterous that twoinquiries 4 5 04 4 • en th e sa in 11'40laee 14 the Lords question —one in the Co r o t es ie ' 4 '411 ~ . The House of Lords was t h e e tit C I ts ki tli N igh AY 11frerent f rCommons, that the 4 1 tlli anon " Pei ded-b - thens. at i, il v 'rlt e ll a be fore t 4 L Commons monstrous the lii Itk 014 hist ,e . ?i.d6. How should be gone v (1 , sew lofted ' ssi.)n. Gt.r.l ti . l , o tht, 1 . ,e1t its effects,and who were fairly There were three Members . 1,,,,,,,,,„ttiatcl aecupipetd)sterity 4 : l ' l li st4 1t 511 , 143- cif thanks et. that louse ; and, indeed, p%,„tt )efor_ .. some off e u m gh e t 04 . 4t ago th e House of Lords ' with so good a r t . .) members s (leeB4 d ays,a railwayn d ' l ml'e lc , It Iv at 4 days, that the matter was k,4 4 , e 1i th as. et ranee that 0 e 4l t e 'tee, e sante elO two Houses should ii, , ,.' 4 .e f ,' hett process on the same Bill. It would 'tti t.- le il luired"' It they could agree to it, !o have l ' tar the I t into by a commission which would 4t.,leit greatt:)ue upon all bills that came before them , k4 klr ) : 4 ,ll SV4 i te, tie r ei;.n,fl.,(.lt,nee and ability than under the a e t olo n of ," ola not mean to say that they were iii i ,_ ek .eereso...alutnan nature in that House, but they ,le:flo, k'4 of `", very little of the wisdom they had sale.tia t, gentlemen were put into a railway coin -I,,tyllicStileY hail to go through their A, 13, C, in the VOt,'4 k kel (I n AS. They entered u on their duties, and liNWlea eu onsel and nn Phe ac ir d ' some 'lee IN on the .e. „ineers, t. y qu e e 0 th e Of the c subject. Let thane suppose the Ip,l , of Qto h ad ,, London and York Railway —the gen -I,Nle, the some opportunity of obtaining a know "Fy.itY-',.e t - o ,Teeedingw, and of what use was that '1 " 11 t 'Cr, "It? the y were turned loose u on Ot, vee "lighter ) re d the House awer e w t o ( P ) u i l ) d e k‘v " ij t tlia ttlne h ii • ny t hose J u P" entlern t o w h se sion, and the knowledge acquired was o I i,.lit'siee at e,ver to any one. The advantage of a ,lit,,, ll 'tla tllild he that a set of persons, whose busi- Nri4 \ lee ( ' tcl Inquire into these things, would get ac it, and get through the business i sorter 0(t started r. ) Under the present system, a eee''cllll atter going ' l l it, __ with the fundamental principles of on for thirty days, they Wii;ili another set of gentlemen.—(Hear, hear.) , til effeet of this aystetu ? To Waste both ! *P"r)NDON, TI7II,SI)AY ..EV'ENING, JANUA R I 27 teis TEE SOK L, - - , T (line and money. The instant that Cenunittees were to be placed on it. They ought. to propose • 1 !ormed, counsel were en s:sloe-EA and the saMe kind of . quired into by a Select Committee. The quest iseeelse- -:here in gle b— c; : esess I that hurl se s e e , 1,,,, e , great to be }.laced before a Committee composed Ut ,„„ small number of the Members of that House. With rege told before other Committects of the Jleusc. or the 'Members ef the Cuinesittece wee thus werio:tiel),ttis.rid to the advance of monies to foreign powers for the construe tien of works on the Continent Parliament had not ioter great expense sntetiled on the prerns tere of the .i!ills. ' feted, but bad alloe ed the loans to be granted. It might, 'i lest &site, ceunsel went to another Committee Just however, be necessary for the interests of the country, that foenird, and wasted its titre in tee same rearmer he lirel some interference should be made with regard to these loans. done on the previous one So. whi c h h e had been engneede lie really thought that the case ought to be placed before the ' Thi 1 great waste of time, arid these l mspeeches ot House. If the 11;glit Hfl on. Gentleman thought it was e e l s- counsel, hail led hies to support the institution or a per- sary that there should be a Select Committee o n this question, m i a.nent body to sit and examine into railway Bills—a he would probably state his plan to them ' bode that would exert an Mile:slice so as to put an would then make a report to the House, whichiie The w committee this o veryuldth im enbe_ end to this waste of time and money. In that better able to form au opinion wi t h r e spect case lie n'euld be bound there would be ne trifling portent question. Mr. H. HINDE said he looked upon the business of the with t.itne. There was another topic which he would Cominitfee as simply to receive and collect information, elect mention. He had heard it said that considering that all report it to the Home. He should not have addressed the these inquiries involved large considerations of capital * House had it not been for the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet and that the Members of th a t Ho u s e were largely ins at the head of the Government. lie confessed, that if that terested in the amount of property disposed of, they speech was understood out of doors by the publ as he (Mr. should do away with all suseicion by having H. Hinds) understood it, it would create . great i alarm. He an independent tribunal. He had merely men- understood frd t a h e a , t , n nf ot t ll , i e ng ra lv i a w s a t y o i be 3ills do t r i t l e i w th i e th y t ie t w e s v view of thatof ctr,rely.- timed this, and would not say more on the g mittee had been given. They were to give an opinion that one tepic. The plan that he proposed would obviate class of railways was entitled to receive the favour of the House, I his difficulty. The House would recollect that last Fes - while another class of railways ought not to receive that favour sion these inquirif s w e re t o s o nic ex te n t in the bands of able consideration. Now, if the Ri g ht Hon. Gentleman had the Board of 'Trade, and every ono objected to proposed any thing of this kind at the end of the last session of the decisions of that Bomd, but the rea,:on of Parliament, the objection he (,lh. H. Hinde) had to it would that in his opinion was, that that Board had notnot have been so great. The projecto rs o f Railways would . sufficient power. They had only the power of report- then have hut notice cf the intentions of Government, and would lug on a third or a fourth part of the question, , have acted already. Rut now, when these projectors bad corn not upon the whole. They only collected engineering plied with the standing orders imposed upon them last session, evidence, and raported on it to the Houses but they did had made their surveys, had gone to great expense in engine-r -not examine oddence affecting individuals. They left ing matters, and h a d pa id up t h e i r d epos i ts, h e t h oug h t it was out three-fourths of the evidence, which it was necessary not treating them as they ought to be treated by being sub jected to the course recommended by the Right Honourable to hear properly to snake a report to the House, and Baronet. Those standing faders having been complied with, tools only one-fourth. The fault was not that they gave Parliament ought to be prepared to hear evidence in support the Board of Trade too much power, but because they of each scheme—they ought not to be disposed of without each gave it too little.—(lfear, hear.) This was his individual project having had the case submitted to a corope great objection to that Board, mer e ly giving it tent tribunal.—( Hear, hear.) He conceived it would occasion power to report upon one portion of the case. great inconvenience if railway Bills were to be treated in the He thought that the plan now followed was the very manner recommended. But, in objecting to this course, he worst that could possibly have been devised, and though would say that in submitting these schemes to Parliamen tary Committees, they, the Members of such Com he could not in any way impugn the honesty of the mittees, should evince the greatest stri c t ness i n the rnotises of those by wh om th e d u ti es o f th os e Conimitties have been dischar g ed, y e t h e f e lt th a t the mode in which reception of ' evidence—not to be mere ly sa ti s fi e d w ith witnesses showing a large amou n t o f t ra ffi c , b u t th a t this business {vas managed was a disgrace to Parlia- the schemes submitted in all respects were necessary meet and the empire. He did conceive, therefore, and desirable. In dealing in detail with so large a number of that by the appointment of such a body of men schemes he confessed there was . great difficulty; still, if the as he had just suggested, there would be a large amount standing order of Committees manifested sufficient strictness, of expense saved, and the system would work in- and the Parliamentary Committees were careful and rigid in , finitely better than any private Committee of that their reception of evidence, the e businesa in the ordinary way, House could possibly do. If' the consideration of as acted upon last session, would be easily disposed of. The the expense were to be taken into account, m ber of railways before the Standing Orders Committee they might follow th e exam pl e se t th em by several of wouldnumber not grea tly exceed that of last session ; but if it did, if the other judici a l i ns tit u ti ons o f tee country, and they went to work at the commencement of the session, and throw the cost of the roceedin son the promoters of not delay it as they had done l as t y ear , th e y w o uld ge t through P g it in good time. Last year the session ; was very much ad the sever I Bills which were to be submitted to the Le- vanced before the Committees commenced to sit, and then, gislature.—(Hear, hear.) while many Members sat a long time on certain Committees, Colonel SIBTIIORP felt a little surprise that sg other Members never sat at all; and he was of opinion many humble an individual as himself' should have been snore Committees might have been formed so as to facilitate thought worthy of any particular notice on the present the business. There was another point of the Right occasion. lie was aware, however, that it was well lionostrable Gentleman's speech to which he would refer— known that he had a great distaste to what wore called that the restricting of the number of projects would he cinnmissienerships, and he felt this distaste b: cause he roost rather than an evil. He (Mr. H. Hinde) was of opt 4:lion, that throwing difficulties such as those named in the way had invariably foniel, that these same commissiehrilere . of investigating the various railway schemes submitted to Par ships generally drew enormous sums from the pu 1 • liament would be a great evil. If the projectors of railways, and were almost invariably neither more nor less time and those who subscribed to them, had difficulties thrown in jobs, proposed though they might be by both sides 0, • heir way in the expediting these schemes, it would cause the the House. Now he had greater objection to this cum- capital that would be expended in them to go out of the country. mission, because it was said to be for the good of what It would surely be a great evil that a large sum which was pro were called these important schemes, though, in his posed to be expended on railways should he sent abroad; and opinion they were anything but important schemes. that such would be the evident result, if the Right Hon. Be lie was the more convinced of the truth of this impres- tenet's counsel in the construction of the Committee wastaker, sidn, because he saw that the Hon. and Gallant Member he was firmly persuaded. He should rather that some person —(Laughter)--the Hone and Learned Member he sf greater experience than himself had taken up the view of the believed he ought to call hi m —h a d s o ma d e his pro- question; but in the sentiments he had expressed he was sure poSition, that these c omm i ss i oners, h owever assidu• he but echoed the opinions that were prevalent out of doors. • Mr. P. M. STEWART wished to call the attention of the ously and earnestly they performed their duty, could not Right Hon. Gentleman at the bead of her Majesty's Government receive a single sixpence of their pay until the title to - o the experience that had been acquired by the application it haul been certified by another commission, appointeu -sf the system of Committees last session. He (Mr. Stewart) to Supervise their conduct. Ile had, therefore, the les quite agreed that some interference was necessary in their to i object to the Honourtble Gentleman sug • mode of conducting the business so as to facilitate its transac geeted by the Right Honourable Baronet tion, but ha would remind them, thut in devising measures Ho stood there as the representative of an ' impOr- for the dispatch of business,they drance to Bills presented to that House on the faith of the public duty, a n d h e d eman d e d, on b e h a lf of the ' tent commercial . city, to di sc h a rg e iirpartially D tending orders of last session. Last year it was the '2oth or public of England, th a t a ll t h e mem b ers o f t h e railway 21st of April before a single railway Committee sat, and then , from the number of Bills that were to be investigated, with all Committees should n o t b e i ntereste d, e i t h er directly of "heir dispatch they could not get through the business; but indirectly, in any of the schemes that might come before now, he was persuaded, whatever increase of business there them. He did not wish to speak disrespectfully of any Hon. was beyond that of last year, if they applied themselves to it, Member, but in his opinion it mould be little better than dis- they would get through with it in much better time than they honesty for an Hon. Member to sit upon a Committee ap- did thern He said this in order that. the Right lion. pointed to consider the merits of two schemes, in one of which . Baronet's Committee might not report to the House from he was immediately interested. Many of the projects, although time to time, and thus delay the commencement of the their promoters said they brought them forward for the benefit business ; and with the hope that if the Government of the public, were nothing but gambling schemes, and in the sad any plans to submit to the Committee they would do so at last session of Parliam en t, w hil e th e R a il wa y Cl au ses Con- once, that they might decide and report so as they, who were soldiation Bill was under consideration, he did his best to make interested in railway Bills, would know what course was to be the; promoters of these schemes more responsible than taken. It was strange, that if a new mode of carrying forward they were for some of their acts and deeds.—(Cheers.) the private business was necessary, that some course had no': He felt it his duty to make these observations, but he sincerely been taken last year, so as to meet the case fully. Nor must hoped that no Member in the House would consider that he they expect now that any plan agreed on was merely to apply was connected either directly, or indirectly, with any railway to this year, and that then the railway business of the count r y scheme. For his own part he did not wish to be connected would be at an end. They were much mistaken, if they with any railway project.—( Laughter.) He would rather put thought that 600 Bills would exhaust all the railway business his hand into the fire in fact than purchase a railway share.— of the country, and that any plan agreed to this session, would (Continued laughter.) not be required hereafter. Look at the state of the country ? Mr. GEORGE HUDSON said he considered it his duty to Railroads were supplanting turnpikes everywhere. There matte a few observations, in consequence of the remarks that were twenty thousand miles of turnpike-road in England had, fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel). He and Wales, and he was persuaded that wherever there was would suggest to the light Hon. Baronet, that the schemes a turnpike, a railroad would be constructed in i's stead. whibh should corm 13f - fore the House, should pass through a F:om this they might expect every session a large amount of certain ordeal, viz., that all the deposits should be paid in railway business, and they should devise some permanent prior to their being enabled to pass through the standing orders. :node of disposing of this busines3s so calculated to increase ( Hear, hear.) If it were not so, the committee might commend the national power, and to develope the national wealth. The many schemes, the promoters of which were not in a competent Right Hon. Baronet in the course of his observations, had ex position to carry them out.—.( Hear, hear.) He was pressed an opinion as to the amount of wealth it was expedient not alarmed, like the Right Honourable Baronet, as to the annually to expend on railways, and he had set it down at amount of money which might be required in the excels- 20,000,0001. He (Mr. Stewart) considered this estimate not time' of the contemplated lines of railway ; because that enough. He was of opinion that from the fast increasing power moley was not going out of the country.—( Hear.) of the nation, and its continuals; growing wealth, it was in One-fifth nearly of the money expended in the making of the A position to extend at least 50,000,000/. annually. The proposed lines would go into the pockets of the landowners, Right Hon. Baronet had admitted that it would be much arid : it was likely that they would invest that money in the rail- better that that capital was invested in the heart and bowels of wags which passed through their districts; they would, most their own country than expended in foreign schemes.--( Hear, probably, invest it in mortgages to the companies. The iron- hear.) He had great doubts if any new plan they mongers, end other parties concerned in the making of mate- could l ay down would at a ll f ac ili tate t h e b usiness. it rialafor the lines, would also receive another large portion of t h e Comm i ttee propose d to b e appo i nte d was to linger the money exeerded in railways.—( Hear, hear.) The Right over its business, and in the present time nothing was done to Hori. Baronet had spoken of the distress in Ireland, but surely forward the Bills before the House, great evil would result, the Making of new railways would be the very best thing to and it would be March or April before anything was done. He allev,iate that distress, for the superabundance of labourers in approved of the appointment of the Committee, but he doubted the ;country would be thereby afforded employment. The that the Committee, like that of last year, would materially Right Hon. Baronet sa id th a t th e amoun t o f mone y to be ex- interfere with the commencement o f b us i ness, and, like the pended in railways should be limited—but was it possible to do exertions of the Board of Trade, add nothing to its proper exe so? 'He should imagine the case of a line proposed to pass cation. He entreated the Right Hon. Baronet to urge for through the West Riding of Yorkshire, in which, ce ward the dispatch of business, and facilitate by every mean, in course, there was great necessity for easy means his power those railway Bills for which petitions had been pre of transit through the different parts of that district. sented to that House. Why, to deny the right of these persons to make their Mr. PLUMPTRE said his object in rising was to take no railvyay would be an immense hardship. It seemed to give rice of the proceedings which characterised the depositing of the Committee a power which he did not quite understand. the railway plans at the Board of Trade. It happenea that He might be told that it would only be a report of a Corn- the 30th of November was on a Sunday, and on that day a mittee; however, though not a proficient in Parliamentary general deposit of the plans had taken place. If it was in the business, he had learned sufficient to ktmw that a report of a power of the Board of Trade to have put off the depositions of Committee gives a weight with which it is impossible to con- the plans to the following day, they ought to have done so ; and tend. Were these lines of national importance ? Were they if they had not, it would be satisfactory for the public to know laid out in such a manner as to afford abundance ?If they were that great complaints have been made. he did not doubt but money and means would be found in Mr. RICARDO regretted very much that the Right Hon. abundance to carry them out, provided always that the money Gentleman had not answered the objections of the Noble Lord was not called out of the country for other objects, pro- (Lord J. Russell) to the proposed measure. It was hard that aided it was not called out on South Ameriaan Bonds, or a number of persons interested in railway Bills, who had corn to buy foreign corn—(Loud cheering . from the Ministerial plied with all the conditions of last session, who had fully met benches.) He did no t wonder there was some alarm the prov i s i ons of t h e stand i ng orders, should be placed in the that there would be a deficiency of money when measures like same position as those who had not. The Right Hon. Baronet that he alluded to were proposed. And it behoved them, it should have made known the plan at the close of last session, they were carried out, to button up their pockets until they and then he (Mr. Ricardo) having had that information, should should see bow they would turn out. He was quite certain not have employed, in those companies with which he was con that if the House applied itself to the consideration of those nected, engineers at great expense ; he would have said, never lines with which it was competent to deal, they would be able mind tunnels nor viaducts, but merely draw the line straight— to transact the whole business which would be brought before leaving out of calculation hills and valleys, and all estimate of it. There might be defects, it is true, in some of their de- expense or capabilities of the line. The Right Hon. Baronet visions. He, hi mse lf, m i g ht h ave b een ver y frequently grieved said he had got a large map of the various railways projected at many of them—( Hear, hear)—but he, always, on calm re- which would be submitted, and if they appointed fleetion, felt that those decisions were honest, and always felt the utmost respect for them, and he ever was prepared to Wets Committee they (the Commissioners who had fully by them. Let th em not. take any measures until they knew complied with the standing orders) would only stand . whether the parties w ere i n a condition to proceed with theit a chance of beine picked out of the snap with those compa nies that had not 'been able to comply. The consequence Bills, for it was notorious that many of these schemes were de fective, and not in a condition to oc cu p y the time of the House. would be, that this year they would not be able to go forward If they did this he felt quite certain that they would get through with these . Bills, and next year they would be placed in the the business with satisfaction to the public, and with honour to same position as the companies that this year had neither de themselves. posited plans or made deposits.—( Hear, hear.) He considered Mr. FOX MAULE congratulated the House on having se- this unfair, and the whole measure a clumsy contrivance to cured the services of so valuable a Member as the Gentleman meet the difficulty. regretted that h th is e Right Hon. e H t o r n a . B e aron e u should, at theelentUetio who had just sat down. He thought the Committee proposed he had come d own to the l e propose e andtold P- th la e n m , what to th do r . tha li tt rail- would have saved the paying engineers for working night and one of the most important that was ever appointed in that House. He also considered that all districts w n h t e h r e e Cere. day, and going to other great expenses, in order to comply with the standing orders. He hoped the Right Hon. en. Baronet ways were to be made should be fairly represented i mittee, for he had to complain that, with former Commit t e es would reconsider the matter, an d tell them w h a t h e meant to who had been appointed to decide upon railways, there was no., recommend to the Committee, in order that the country might a fair representation. Scotland had not got its fair proportion know what they were to expect.—( Hear, hear.) of representation. The only Member representing a large 'I he Earl of LINCOLN said that it appeared that the constituency who was .on those railways was the Honourable Gentleman the Member for Nottingham, supposed Honourable Member for Dumfries.--( Hear, hear.) With that the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government reference to the other points, viz., as to the tocertainine matters of fact connected with the different projected lines simply perform those duties which had bees performed by the He agreed with the Hots. 111 ember for Devonport, that a re- • that they should take intended that the Committee which he had proposed should Board of Trade during the last year, vie. . . cord of them might be made up by persons authorised by bothand recommend Houses of Parliament, or by any other body appointed for that for the sits to the House such lines as they deemed the best , into consideration the various competing lines, . purpose; and he considered that such a tribunal would be tricts of coutitry proposed to be passed through. But the in much preferable to the system formerly adopted. He con- tentions were not such as had been assumed by the Right Hon. sidered that the decisions would be more correct, as they Gentleman. The proceedings of last year would be no guide would be obtained with more care, and a heavy portion of the whatever with regard to the selection of lines ; the Committee business which passed in former sessions on Committees of that would show to the House the lines which had already been cona- House would be discharged with more ease to all the parties pleted, the lines which had been sanctioned by Parliament, concerned, and with greater advantage to the public at large. the lines not yet completed, and those which were contemplated With those observations, then, and trusting that the Corn- during the present year. The intentions of the Right Hon. mittee would be framed in such a manneeas would ensure the Baronet in proposing the Select Committee, were to show at fullest confidence, he would not enter. his pretest against the once the exact state of railway matters, and it was anticipated question ; but it would be too late to object when the names that the course proposed would give satisfaction to all persons should be called, as that would be making what alight appear connected with railway schemes. The Committee, it was invidious distinctions. also proposed, should consider what amount of money it was Mr. CHARLES RUSSELL said he did not participate considered advisable to suffer to be expended in the formation in the apprehension that the mode of selecting the Committee of railways. He thought that it would be unfair in any way would be regarded with distrust or dissatisfaction, or that the to prejudice their decision by any remarks upon that mode of investigation would• create the same feelings. • This head. It was thought right that there should be some reduc- Committee, if he understood it, was not intended to invosti- tion upon the capital to be expended during the present year gate the merits of any line, but to regulate the manlier in in the making of railways. It was said by his Noble Friend which a general principle could be appli e d t o th e mo de o f the Member for the C.ty of London, that it would be most de conducting those investigations—( Hear, hear)--and he had no sirable that the Government should express some decided opi doubt but that this duty would be discharged with justice to all pion as to what. the amount of capital should be. He was sure parties, and satisfaction to the public.—(Hear, hear.) Con. that his Noble Friend would give the Government the credit nected as he was with railways, it would not be for hi 1110 sug- of having given this subject, as well as all other subjects which gest what the principle ought to be; but this he would say, must come under discussion, their most serious consideration. that if any preference were to be given to any, he would hops, He believed that many Members of the House were of opinion that that preference would be given to Ireland.—( Hear, hear.) that some limitation should be placed upon the expenditure of Believing, as he did, that the evils of that country were hot the surplus capital of the country. The Hon. Gendeman who owing to religious or political differences, but entirely from had last addressed the House had stated that 50,000,000/., and want of employment for the poor people of that country.— even a much larger sum than that, should be sanctioned by ( Hear, hear.) He did think it was time that they should surplus wealth into that Parliament for the purposes of new railways. That point take means for pouring some of their would, of course, be a very proper subject for the consideration country.—( Hear, hear.) of the Committee proposed to be appointed, but he thought Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he bad a very important that the Hon. Gentleman ought to consider the large increase in the demand of mone for the other great interests and in question to remark upon. There were two Members for whorn the House entertained very great respect, and who entirely stitutions of the country—( Hear, hear)—and it could net, differed in their opinion on that question. The Hon. Member therefore, be expected that the Government would be inclined for Sunderland said, that if a railway communication between to sanction the expenditure of the large sum proposed two towns were required, and if all the landholders on the line , for the formation of ra il ways. Wi t h respect to what had were ready with their assent, and parties were ready to ad - fallen from certain Hon. Members concerning the advisabilit Vance money for the project—supposing the whole to be in o f requiring the pay ment o f d epos i ts before Railway Bills y that state of advancement—yet Parliament had the power of were allowed to pass through the Standing Orderr. There placing its veto on that project, and hindering its construe- were various reasons why that course should not be adopted. tion. The Hon. Member for Reading said that the exercise It would be impossible for the proposed Committee to ascer ttaM the number of Bills which it would b e a d v i sa bl e f or t h e of that power would c a u s e gre a t de r a n gement in the money market and in the labour market, and very great evils would L eg i s l a t ure to pass into laws. The subject of payment of de follow in the event of Parliament stopping such projected lines, posits was, in his opinion, one which might very properly be and that very great ev il s wou ld a l so f o ll ow t h e attemp t to con - left to the cons i derat i on o f t h e S elect Committee. He could, struct too many railroads. He ( Lord John Russell) owned however, assure the Noble Lord, and all ;those who had spoken that the question assumed a grave and important character, and in the course of the debate, that it was not the intention of Exchequer, ought not immediately to be referred to a Committee. The Government to confide the whole of this important matter to Frst Lord of the 'Treasury, or the Chancellor. of the the decision of the proposed Committee. It was the deter quer, ought to come to the House,, and state • • G tt to give the subject its most . , what public inconvenience would, in their opinion, arise from urination of tale Government i at -he construction of so k many railroads, and what limits ought tentive consideration.—( Hear, hear. ) . . . . .. . intillheagtie!nreeesr,lioel pfiri to be in- Mr. LABOUCIIERE said that he did not intend troubrng •-o t i e s 's§ to the Horse wi'Ar many observations. very hear from the speech of He' was astonished to "h i e n :e t c:l :i n a a :C o e u o nt Committee. They rd . , that it was the in the- power of sigrr ‘!-. important neon the decision of were about to con is important matter to question, viz, what shall b . ? the maximum ailowfd ‘ l co d ri t stu: l ;ti z : n n of lcca hear sure to would uquestion obviouslythan a c c o t u i l n d hear.) A gr fUr a . c ie t r l;e " ll m oui.—( Hear, hear.) To propose any no ct, m t it c atio e n b at t . cuid oirp, es saylq which tthat the t he House c o u h r a s d e direct opposition to The question, if it were and carefully debated upon invariably adhered to. proposed was a most unt'l" one. , House.—(Heal , ) lie would venture to say that no benefit would arise from the proposed Counit!ee. b o y b t e l d e " w i d h e ol d s e '1151.1T If such a Committee should be appointed, he considered it to be the duty of those who composed it 'at once to say that it was not a proper subject for them to entertain. He had oped that the Government would have come before the House w i tie some matured plan on this subject, and he was not with : . out hopes that the most desirable plans might be devised on this 11;w1. He thought that, with the experience of the last session t'elbre them, they might take steps which would greatly facilitate t he progress of railway legislation during the present session. Tile blouse of Commons, in his opinion, was quite right in appointing a railway Committee during the last year, but the subject which it had been proposed to refer to their decision in the present instance was quite a different thing.— ( Hear, hear.) The present question was of an entirely dif ferent character, and he therefore much regretted to hear the proposal of the Government just made with respect to railway legislation during the present session. —(Hear, hear.) He would only make one other remark. He agreed with the Hon. Gentleman who had just spoken, that the experience of last session had rendered it incumbent upon the House to devise some scheme that would facilitate the pro. gress of railway business. He agreed with him that the pub lic had every right to complain of the extraordinary delay of railway business during the last session. His Hon. Friend had stated that he thought that out of doors there was an im pression that the tribunals that had been appointed during the last session for the transaction of railway business were not altogether free from suspicion.—( Hear, hear.) For his own part, he could only say (having had experience in those tribu nals;, that he was not aware of any other tribunal in existence that had discharged its duties so honorably, and with so much deliberation.— (Hear, hear.) No blemish should, therefore, be east upon their proceedings either in or out of doors.. He had thought it right to say thus much upon this subject, for he should be sorry if that House were charged with perform ing the business brought before them in a dishonourabe man ner ; .but much snore should he regret were they justly so charged. He could, however, say that the tribunals referred to were above all suspicion.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. JOHN COLLETT thought that the House had a perfect right to ask her Majesty's Government what were the subjects which they proposed to submit to the Select Com mittee. He slid not mean to say that they should enter into every minute detail. As a hanker, he could say, that unless the Government clearly stated their course with regard to rail way legislation during the present session, the banking interest would be materially damaged. He was still of opinion that the public would very much prefer a Commission appointed by this House. Committees had been appointed for all other matters, and why not on this ? Mr. F. FRENCH said he had no objection to the Com mittee. He was much satisfied with the remarks which had fallen from the Right lion. Baronet. He did not think that the House need fear that their labours would be much increased during the session by the number of railway Bills which would come before it. He was su. e that out of the eight hundred and odd railways, the plans of which had been deposited, 100 would not pass through the ordeal of the standing orders, and consequently would not come before the House. Colonel ANSON was opposed to the appointment of the Select Committee. If they were to hear evidence, &c., on the different railway bills, their labours would not terminate during the present session. He would suggest that the Committee pro posed should have the classification and terouping of the rail way bills, but he should decidedly oppose its appointment if it were proposed that the Committee should decide upon the im portant question that had been alluded to.—( Hear, hear.) He hoped that the Government would not persist in the present motion, for he was decidedly of opinion that the Committee t proposed would not be able to carry out the powers to be vested p in them. He was en a bl e d to say this from the intimate ' e i knowledge which he po ss e s sed on railway subjects. Mr. JAMES PARKER believed that when the public had r read the proceedings of the House that evening, they would come 7 to the same conclusion to which he had arrived, viz., that a Select Committee should be appointed in the first instance.— ( Hear, hear.) That Committee would be the means of saving d, a considerable sum of money to parties interested in Railway sr Bills ; the expenditure consequent upon the delays of the Board of of Trade in the months of May, June, July, and August, of tl last year, was immen s e.— ( H ear , hear.) And, a ft er a ll, th e tl parties had to go home—in many instances without the slightest d benefit—without any notice whatever whether they should ever r have to attend before the Board again. He, upon these and other grounds, trusted that the Right Hon. Baronet at the f head of the Government would have the fortitude to deal with this matter with resolution and determination. The scheme contemplated was a most comprehensive one, and he had no doubt that it would give much satisfaction to the country ge nerally..—( Hear, hear.) He denied that the proposition was an unusual one ; it was no anomalous case.—( Hear, hear.) . The railway world, h e h a d no doubt, would give the proposi tion their best support.—( Hear, hear.) He trusted that the proceedings of this Committee, whatever they might be, would be rapid. What they must do they must do quickly. He be.. lieved that a great deal of time was last year west, d in perusing what were called traffic tab!es. This involved a great waste of time. He did not think that they sat there for railways only, although it would almost appear that they did so last year. He hoped that some rational course would be laid down fur their guidance with respect to railway legislation, and he trusted that it would be done quickly. Mr. P. SCROPE hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would submit to the Committee, for their consideration, the subject of the appointment of a Commission, to supersede Committees on Railway Bills. He had himself been oae of a Committee which had sat for eighty-four days last session ; and his so serving had taught him how incompetent a Parliamentary railway Committee was. A Commission could have got through the business of that Committee in a few hours. He trusted, therefore, that the Right Hon. Gentleman would con sider the propriety of appointing five gentlemen well qualified' to serve as a Commission upon railway Bills ; for he was convinced that such a step would be attended with most advan tageous results. Mr. MORRISON thought the best mode of putting a wholesome check upon railway speculation was to reduce the prof.ts upon railways; and to do that effectually he would suggest, that the companies should be compelled to charge low rates of fare. If a person wanted to go to Dover. he had to pay 155., but from Ostend to Brussels—the same distance— the charge was only 7s. 6d. With respec t t o t h e quest i on o f the deposits, he believed that so far from the deposits having checked speculation, that they had had quite a contrary effect. He thought the present sy s t em o f d epos it s was f u ll o f ev il , an d required extensive alteratior. And he trusted that the subject would receive that consideration which its importance required. Sir R. PEEL, who was scarcely audible, said that nothing had passed in that debate, which had at all shaken his con viction that her Majesty's . Government had pursued the pro per course, in availing themselves of the earliest opportunity of calling the attention of the House to the difficulty in which they might be involved, unle ss th e y t oo k ear l y not i ce o f t h e immense extent of railway legislation which was this year to be presented to them. It was the duty of the Government to submit the matter to the consideration of the House of Com mons, inasmuch as it was a subject affecting their own privi leges. He was perfectly certain that if he had brought for ward any scheme on the part of th e ' G overnment, an d sub mitted it to the consideration of the whole House, he would have been called upon at once to refer it to a Select Committee. That was the course they intended to adopt. The Committee would be composed of Memb ers w h o h a d more part i cu l ar l y turned their attention to the subject of railways. It had been said that there would probably not be more than one or two hundred plans deposited, but there had, in point of fact, been 710, involving a capital of 300,001,0001. It was true that a very great number of these Bills would fail, either through a non-compliance with the standing orders, or from the failure in making the necessary deposits ; but they ought to con sider, as early as possibl e , the difficulty in which the House might be placed with respect to these Bills.— ( Hear, hear.) He had been asked to postpone the appointment of the Committee until it was ascertained whether or not the railways for which plans had been deposited had passed through the standing orders. He could not consent to that, although it might be very possible for the Committee to postpone their decision, as to the course to b e a d o pt e d w ith respect to those bills until they had gone through that ordeal. It was absolutely necessary that they should take this subject into consideration early. Let them consider what were the effects of delay in the last session of Parliament. They were not able to perform their functions last year. Many bills were postponed, although their promoters had complied with the re gulations of the year 1844. They had served their notices and had paid their deposits, yet such was the pressure upon the House of Commons, that bills to the amount of eleven millions were allowed to stand over, not because they were objected to io principle, but because there was not time to consider them. Suppose there should he one hundred or two hundred bills to be referr. d to committees of the House of Commons, was it not incumbent upon them to take a preliminary view of a question of such imm ense i m p or t ance ? Each scheme would be considered by five men. But they would merely consider the particular scheme before them, whe ther or no it promised to fulfil rho expectation held out by its promoters, or was likely to realise a remunerative profit, and whether the estimated expenses would be sofficient to carry it into effect; they were only required to take an abstract view of the merits of that particular scheme. The scheme had been thus distinctly considered, the estimates had be en found all right ; the expectations of the promoters were likely to be realised, the great body of the landlords on the line were con senting parties ; and the Committee therefore unhesitatingly recommended the scheme, and it would then be brought under the notice of Parliament. But when the House considered the number of Bills which had been, and were likely t o b e sanctioned, when they considere d an expenditure of so me 23,000,000/. for the next thre e y ears, surely it was fairly open for consideration, whether or no they might not apply with ad vantage some sort of limit to capital, which . in addition to that schemes. He had therefore her Majesty s command to draw the attention of the House of Commons to this matter, and at present in use, must still be required for future railway seeing the extraordinary number of Bills, and the equally whether they of rival projects, there was no saying to what . extent they ex traordinary amount of capital, and, as owing to the competition m itsm virtual t u a lastl might extend, her Majesty's Ministers felt that it was a duty im perative upon them to draw attention to the standing orders in adhere to them, or whether some mode other . than the &resent order to have the opinion of the House as fu might not he substituted instead, either by taking those Hills ac cording to their importance and the interest the public attached greatly to for b to e them, better or advanced. inany other Thiswa way in wahi subjectch h peculiarlypubl c interesteaitihi calling the earnest consideration of the House. He hoped jurisdiction ; but he, at the same time, hoped that the result, even if they were consenting to his measure, .would . be that House of Commons would not consent to part of withco their integrity and independence were preserved inviolate. H e thought the contrast exhibited by the its honour. It showed to the country that they were session, as compared with the previous session, wa s deter mined to discharge the duties which devolved urn them in the consideration of private Bills, and although their decisio ns were found fault with at first, yet, on the whole, he believed th e pu b lic were satisfied with the integrity of their decisions._( Elear.) He did not deny that there might be other tribunals as compe tent to judge of these interests as any the 1- los, of Commo ns might institute. But what could one commission, composed of the most eminent scientific men, do. It they desired them to inquire into the progress of these schenrs, to report whi c h of them were the most worthy of attention, it would be abso lutely necessary to have as many commissions on this as t h ere were Committees in the past session. They might have tw enty or more, but there could not be that security or that Public con fidence in these multiplied commissioners as there would be in one. Yet at the sams time, when he said this, he did n o t W i sh to place himself in opposition to those Members who desired to lighten the labours of the Committees. They reserved the right of judging of results after the detai's had . been r eported by those competent to do so. He would now sit down, trust iug that the House would sanction the appointment of the Committee he had asked for ? Mr. COLLETT wished to know, before the question was put, whether the Committee would be a secret or a select one? Sir R. PEEL—Not secret, certainly. A Select Com mittee. The Committee was then arnoirited. EXTEN:AON OF I'I3IIL'IC 'WORKS Iti IRELAND. THOMAF; FREMANTLE, in rhing to move vote of 60,000!. f or t h e extension of pubiie work 3 in Ireland,a said that he thought it his duty, at this early period of the session, to bring before the House a measure of this kind. The object of the vote was to improve the condition of the people of Ireland, both in their social- and their moral condition—both by mea sures of education and employment. At present, however, they had more in viers —the finding of employment for the people, without reference to the works to be raised. He had, therefore, brought forward no new measure whatever. He had referred to the statute which already existed, :old he found • that the law, as there set down, might be beneficially extended for the purposes he had stated. At present, therefore, he proposed that a further sum might be placed at the disposal of the Treasury, to be used for the purpose of increasing employment in Ireland. He found that a Bill for the draining of rivers and lands in different parts had, with the consent of that House, passed the Legislature in the session of 1842. Great advantages were expected to be derived from it. He found, however, that from vat ions causes a large number of the projects under the consideration of the Board of Works were delayed and impeded. Many difficulties had arisen to account for this, but the principal difficulty was the obtaining money to carry these projects into effect. Ile hoped, however, that the number of railways, as well as the works which they might be the means of originating, would infuse fresh vigour into that country, and that employmen► would be given to its inhabitants by these undertakings, such a result would reward him for all the trouble he had had upon the subject. •He would not enter Wei lengthened detail s o n th e Bill un d er any ' consideration. The questions involved w ere o f a peculiarl'i technical natur e and he was sure that he would ree , tre ale thanks o , f en the Hon. Gentleman opposite—( M r . H utne, we understood)— ev for not entering fully into them. But he was bound no doubt to revert to them in some little degree. One reason why money could net be easily obtained was that the security was not deemed sufficient. He was not prepared to render that security ample ; cli he intended was to propose that the money should be ad- --PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Pioceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY i JAN.. 26.. "- • • ' The foilov, in; Petitions "for Railway Bills were presented, and ordered to lie on the table : Ashburten, Newfon, and South' Devon Railway. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ,Railway. London :fral Brighton-Railway (Dorkingßranch). London and Brighton Railwiry (East.Griuste a d B ranc h). North Kent Railway (City Extension). Blackburn, Chorley; anct lAyerpoOl Waverey Valley and area Yarmouth Railway. - Taw 'Vale Railway Extension. Blackburn and Preston Railway. - Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Paton Railway. Edinburgh and Leith' AtmoVieric Railway. North British R a il way. ; Edinburgh and Nortlie.rn Railway (Newport Railway and St. Andrew's Branch). Edinburgh and Northern •RitilWay - (ltinross, WOodmill, and Newburgh Branches).— Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Lochgelly and Leslie Extensions). Edinburgh air). Northern Railway (Dunfermline Branch). Edinburgh in Northern Rail way. (Strathearn Deviation). Edinburt:n and Northern Railway (Branches from the Dundee and Arbroath Railway and Tay Ferry l i n f . rovemen t ). E j ; :aburgh and Norther n • Railway (Petty cur and P e rth ".rbour Branches and Deviations). NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE, rnced by the land, at the same time taking care that they would t interfere with the rights of the possessor. True, this was Isivanced by a charge upon the land, but it must be remembered that no more charge would be necessary than what would after wards be raised by increasing the value of it. If the Commis :orb: ba gee, thejvoi eneeticgt t . Commis sipnrrs of the Board of Works were satisfied, that by a certain amount of improvement a corresponding value would follow, they had powers given to them by the Act of 1842, to order the necessary funds for effecting these improve.. snents. Another difficulty had been felt in the raising of money for payment of deposits. These deposits were necessary for preliminary expenses. It was now proposed that the grand jury should have power in any one or more counties to present a sum of money for these deposits, the repayment of which sums would be fully guaran teed to them. When the House would consider that this sum was only in the nature of a loan, he thought that there could be no objection to it. In works of this great magnitude it hisi been found that the amount of the deposits were sometimes insufficient to cover them, and as parties were unwilling to come forward with a second subscription, the works had been, for want of a small sum to complete them, obliged to stand still. He proposed, therefore, that the Board of Works should advance these sums to be theirs when the works were completed. Another important alteration he intended to introduce respecting the 'drainage. By the former law the consent of two-thirds the proprietors were necessary before these works could be proceeded with. Now, it frequently happened that a number of these proprietors would not give themselves the trouble to consider any proposal of the kind ; they were perfectly willing that others should take the trouble to carry them forwartt, but• they were not ofo tfwoHr powersoi oneverwe,k rivers h ch e efhato r s) e rhmf fhoopteurhaoel companies epo st pr- o . uhgtrieodo ppiwoo' brieflyi proprietors4sl l ee i sda n r g odfrt.eno t f ae o vreiTengo g haau i ceti v l itrid e oeent .mhvb their.aeeatasH meant obtained, another a i s ietite s hanh e neee n irdt t r, o entitled to a profit not exceeding 101, per cent. upon their capital. He meant to give a similar power to con panics supplying towns with water by mehns of ri servoirs. The Act al-o took cognisance of waste land and bog drainage. But as this was a new field, and as he result must prove unfavourable as to value, power was ;ivies to the Commissioners to lease or sell parts of such re cairy this object into effect, thetayasoti tainted land in order to defray the expenses of drainage. in onclusion, he might state that it was the intention of Govern lent that the provisions of this Act should be carried into im nefiiate operation. 11r. F. FRENCH objected to the Right Hon. Baronet stating that his present Bill was necessary to do away with the iefects of the Bill of 1842, because it was well known that that aeisure would have proved effective had the Commissioners f the Board of Works not been too costly and extravagant in heir estimates and surveys. For instance, he knew of a gen leman in the csunt.y of Meath who wished to make some ,rainage improvements upon his lands ; and, accordingly, he made the usual application to the Board of Works to assist him in doing so, and they sent down their officers to make their estimates and surveys. The report of these officers stated that the lestimated expense of effecting the improvements would be 6,000/. ; and owing to this sum being considered more than land and improvements were worth, the improvements were for a time abandoned. Subsequently, however, three private in dividuals undertook the reclamation of the land in ques tion, and they accomplished, their object at a cost of !half the sum estimated by the Board of Works, nudely, 3,000/.--( Hear, hear, hear.) With respect to the hubject of bog lands, he thought the Right Hon. Baronet was' legislating properly upon this branch of the matter. Theke were three millions of acres of bog land in Ireland, and !efforts were made in 1809 to reclaim them. The plans and specifications for carrying out this design were still in ex istence,and he thought now that the Right Hon. Baronet had taken the subject in hand, he would do well to direct the at tention of the Commi s si oners o f. t h e B oard of Works to them, in Oder that they might be made available for effecting one of the objects of this Bill. At all events he was sure great be nefit4:would result to Ireland, by facilities being afforded to lan* proprietors to reclaim th e i r b og l an d . Already 50,000 Enelish acres had Leen reclai me d a t a very mo d erate cost, and h;;rriTed to see more of it restored to a state of cultivation. Sir R. FERGUSON agreed with the opinions of his Hon. Frit who had last addres se d th e H ouse , an d thought the Rigl t Honourable Baronet had made a mistake in leaving the entitle distribution of the 50,0001. to the Commissioners of the Board of Works. It was true, as his Hon. Friend had stated, that the surveys of the Board of Works had been too expen sive,' and this had induced many landholders to think that it was not worth their while to make an effort to reclaim or im prove their lands.--( Hear, hear. ) After a few words from Sir T. FRENIANTLE, leave was gived to bring in the Bill. SESSIONAL ORDERS. M. CARDWELL then moved the new sessional order making provision for the sittings of the House on Wednesdays. He did not, he said, intend to persevere with the sixth resolution, which was as follows :—" That if the House be not formed at a quarter past twelve o'clock, Mr. Speaker do then take the cisair'and count the House, and if forty Members be not then preseht, or if, at any time during the sitting it should appear that forty be not present, Mr. Speaker do adjourn the House to the next day, unless the House shall have previously resolved to adjeurn, at its rising, to some other day." Mr. COLLETT wished to know if the Committees, of which there were likely to be a large limber this session, were to sit on a Wednesday, whether the House sat or not on that day? The parties who were interested in these Committees would have a good deal to pay in the shape of expenses for witnesses, &c., and it would be attended with great inconvenience, and of court extra expenses to them, if the C omm i ttee did not s i t on aWe nesday. And yet, on the other hand, if the House and the Committees sat at one and the same time on Wednesdays, it would be personally incon venient to Honourable Members themselves, because they would be at a loss which to attend, the Committee or the House, but for his part ho thought it would be pursuing an unconstitutional course if both the House and the Committees sat at'the same time. Besides the present sessional order was in direct opposition to a resolution which was passed on Friday. which provided that when the Speaker went to prayers at the opening the House, the fact should be announced to all the Committees then siting at the time, and all the proceedings of the Committee after such notice were to become null and void. t He repeated then that it was unconstitutional to re quire the attendance of Honourable Members in two places at once—!-( Hear, hear, and laughter.) And at the risk of receiv ing a visit from the Sergeant-at-Arms, he for one should not attend any Committee upon which he might happen to be ap pointed, when the House sst on a Wednesday, considering that the lesser duty of attending on a Committee, merged into the superior duty of attending the House—( Hear, hear.) Mr: EDWARD CARDWELL said the order was only in experiment, and, if the Honourable Member would only allow him to try it, he could assure the Honourable Member that it should be abandoned if it was found to be at tended with inconvenience. —(Hear, hear.) With regard to the latter objection of the Hon. Member, as to the sitting of a Committee while the House was performing its superior func tions, that could easily be got over by leave being given by the Speaker to each Committee to continue its labours while the HOuse was sitting. Mr. COLLETT suggested that it often happened that a House could not be made on a Wednesday, no matter whether the House met in the fore or afternoon, and then the House 1 was invariably adjourned within a quarter of an hour after the Speaker bad taken the chair. New, when leave was given to a ComMittee to continue its proceedings during the sittings of of the 'House, the leave only extended over such time as the House; remained sitting, and thus a Committee, as well as the House, might meet and adjourn on a Wednesday within the space of a quarter of an hour. Mr. HUME thought the objection of the Honourable Member was a fair one, and Le hoped the Government would say positively whether the Committees were to sit on a Wed nesday or not, and at once get rid of the difficulty. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was understood to reply, that Government wished that the Committees should continue their labours as usual ou a Wednesday. Mr. HUME hoped then, that if any important measure should be likely to come on on a Wednesday, in which Members of any of the Committees were interested, the discussion of those measures should be so arranged as to enable those Hon. Members to tie present.—( Hear, hear. ) The tesolutions, as follows, were then agreed to 1. Resolved, That the House do meet every Wednesday, at twelve at noon, for Private Business, Petitions, and Orders of the Day, and do continue to sit until six o'clock, unless the business be sooner disposed of. 2. It, solved, That when such business hits been disposed of, or at six o'clock,precisely, not withstanding there may be' business under discussion, Mr. Speaker do leave the chair, without putting any question. 3. Resolved, That whenever the House shall be in Com mittee at six o'clock, the Chairman do immediately report progress, ant's ask leave to sit again, and that, when such leave has been given, Mr. Speaker do leave the chair, with out putting any question. 4. Resolved, That the business under discussion, at th e time of such adjournment, do stand as an Order of the Day for the next day on which th e House shall sit. NAUTICAL. MONDAY, J.S. 6... . North British Railway (No. l) Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. G. - • . Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. • Ashburton, Nevrton, and South Devon Railway—Commit tee on Petition , Tuesday, Feb. 3. Edinburgh ?and Leith Atmospheric Railway—Committee on Petition, Friday, Feb. 6. •- - 'Ayrshire, Bride of Weir and Port Glasgow Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Stirling and Dunfermline Railway—Committee on PetitiOn ) Wednesday, Feb, 4. . _ . Ayrshire and Galloway Railway--Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rosstrevor Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Belfast:and County Down Railway—Committee on Peti tion, Titesday, 3. Ballymena and Ballymoney Railway—Committee on Peti tion, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Irish Gre,at Western Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. _Waveney Valley and Great Y Yarmouth Railway—Commit tee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Taw Vale Railway Extension—Committee on' Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. London find Brighton Railway (East Grinstead Branch) — Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. North Kent City Extension Railway—Committee on Peti tion, Tuesday, Feb. 3. London and Brighton Railway (Dorking Branch)—Com mittee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway—Committee on 'Petition, Tuesday, Feb. 3. - Blackburn and 14eston Railway—Committee on Petition, Tuesday, Feb. , B. The following Members were appointed a Select Committee " to consider the mode in which the House shall deal with tli' Railway Bills proposed to be submitted to the House during the present session":—Lord Granville Somerset, Sir George Grey' 2 Mr. Strutt, Mr. Labouch er e,-M r . E s t cou rt, Mr. Greene, Mr. Swart, Mr. Colquhoun i Mr. Hodgson Hinde, Mr. Pakington, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Baring, The O'COnor Don, Lord Hwy Vane, and Mr. Shaw :—Power to- send for per sons, papers, and records; Five to be the quorum. Sir CHARLES NAPIER moved for a return of the ex pense of taking the A niphion's bow down to put on,Mr. White's bow, and then taking down a part of Mr. White's bow to put on another to enable her to point her main deck guns right ahead. PUBLIC PETITIONS. On the motion of Mr. THORNLEY, the following Hon. Members were appointed a Select Committee on Public Pe titions :—Mr. Thornely, Sir R. H. Inglis, the Earl of Annan dale and Surrey, Viscount Courtenay, Viscount Duncan. Captain Jones, Mr. Cowner, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Edward Buller, Mr. Buckley, William Hamilton, Mr. Owen Stanley, Mr. Brotherton, Mr...Villiers Stuart, and Lord Alfred Hervey. PRINTING FOR THE HOUSE. On the motion of Mr. CAlll.)* EEL, the following Hon. Members were appointed as a Select Committee to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to the printing executed by order of this House, and for the purpose of selecting and ar ranging for printing returr s and papers presented in pursuance of motions made by Members of this House,, which may be referred to the said Committee :—Mr. Cardwell, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Pusey, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Strutt, Viscount Mahon, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Hume. —Three to be the quorum. DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was brought up by Sir T. FREMANTLE, and read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time that day week. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Nine o'clock. COURT CIRCULAn. ----- Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the Royal Gardens, His Royal Highness Prince Albert after wards rode out on horseback, attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken their accustomed airings yesterday, in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace. _ Her — Majesty and Prince Albert honoured Drury-lane theatre with their presence yesterday evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Viscountess Jocelyn, Hon. Miss Kerr, the Marquis of Ormende, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bou verie. • Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, Prince George, and the Princess Mary, arrived in town yesterday morning from Kew. The Duchess, accom panied by the Princess Mary, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. A Cabinet Council was held at one o'clock yesterday after noon, at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Earl of Haddington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Ellenborough the Earl of Ripon, Lord Granville Somerset, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Dalhousie, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and the Earl of St. Germans. The Council sat three hours. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Drury-lane Theatre with their presence last even ing. The performances consisted of Vincent Wallace's beautiful opera of Montana, in which was introduced a grand pas de deux between Mademoiselle. Flora Fabbri and Monsieur Bretin, of the performance of Professor Risley and his sons, and -of the Pantomime. The royal party seemed particularly delighted with the performances of the Risleys, and Prince Albert applauded them to the echo, and, truth to say, they were worthy of it. Throughout America and Europe have these talented artistes borne away the palm, and the Prince Consort (an ex cellent judge of art) has, by his approval, confirmed the judgment of the artistical world as to the transcendent merits of these incomparable artistes. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATT ER SAL'S— YEsTERDAy. Notwithstanding the extraordinary number of accept ances for the Newmai ket Handicap, it was wholly neglected for the Chester Cup, on which a large amount of business was transacted at prices differing—very materially in 'some cases—from those last reported. The " pots " were, Best Bower, Whinstone, Miss Burns, Sweetmeat, and Cataract ; and as the avarages, at which we have quoted them, vai led to a considerable extent from those that ruled the betting in the early part of the day, we will mention the leading tr,ns actions :-350 to 10, 1,000 to 30, 500 to 15, and finally 2,000 to 100 against Best Bower, the last bet being coupled with another of 2,500 to 100 against Whinstone, who was backed singly, and with some eagerness, at 1,000 to 33, 355 to 10, 30 to 1, and at the finish, but in connexion with a similar bet agst Best Bower ; 1,000 to 40 was laid agst Miss Burns; 2,000 to 30 once, 1,000 to 20 several times, and at the finish 1,000 to 25 agst Sweetmeat ; and 1,000 to 20, two or three times, and in one instance 1,000 to 25 agst Ca t aract ; 30 to 1 was laid in two or three places agst Micky Free ; 1,000 to 25 agst Hope ; 2,000 to 50 agst Mermaid ; and other bets of smaller amount at the odds returned un derneath. The Derby and Oaks transactions were of too little interest to call for observation. The following are the closing prices:— CHESTER CUP (ACCEPT OR NOT). 6 to 1 agst the Irish lot—taken, afterwards offered '7 to 1 agst the three yrs old—taken to 100/. 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower—t. 25 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Whinstone—take 30 to 1 30 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free—taken . 30 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Miss Burns—taken 35 to I agst Mr. Irwin's Warp--taken, afterwards offered 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bennett's Hope—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Mermaid—taken 40 to 1' agst Mr. W. Scott's Cataract—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's The Baron—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Eboracum—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. F. Ongley's Roderick—taken 1000 to 40 each agst Miss Burns and Best Bower—taken 2000 to 100 agst The Baror, and . 2500 to 100 agst Best Bower and Whinstone in one bet. 50 even on the field against the following 25 :—Best Bower, Blackbird, Intrepid, Columbus, Rowena, Fitzallen, Pedometer, Little Hampton, Jenny Wren, Whinstone, Pilot, Mermaid, Vol-au-Vent, Hope, Mickey Free, Ould Ireland, Queen of Tyne, Arthur, Cataract, Advice, Roper's Daughter, Crim Con, Correct Card, Roderick, and Miss Bums. 5 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken to 125/. 11 to '2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting-600 to 100 taken 13 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo--take 14 to 1 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead—take 28 to 1 28 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Tago—t(lsoo to 50 also laid) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm—taken to 40/. 33 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—t and aft off. 4000 to 80 agst Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton—taken • Tll OAKS. 12 to 1 agst Sir C. hionck'3 Vanish—t 16 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Queen Anne—t 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Cestus filly 30 to 1 agst Mr. Littledale's Fantast ie—t EPSOM SPRING MEETING. _ - We .are glad to find that the innkeepers of London have been eminently - successful with their " Great Metropolitan Stake," to be added to a handicap to be run for at the first • Meeting under the new management. Between three and four hundred pounds had been collected yesterday, and there are strong expectations that at the close of to-morrow even ing the gross sum will not fall much short of 5001. LIVERPOOL STEEPLE AND HURDLE RACES, &c. The following horses have been named for the free Handi cap hurdle-race of 10 soya. each, sft with 50 added, to come off on the 4th of March next : Mr. S. Wahnsley's The Heir-at -law, 4 yrs—Mr. Griffith's Lucy, 5 yrs—Mr. H eap ' s Chintz Print—Captain Crofton's Brunette, aged—Lord Chesterfield's Poor Soldier, 6 yrs , Cockfighter, 5 y rs, and New Brighton 6 yrs—M. W. H. Johnstone' s Th e Era, 6 yrs—Mr. .Sutcliffes Alice, 5 yrs— Mr. Dymock's Grace Darling, aged—Mr. Shepherd's Mud lark, aged—Mr. Irwin's Patriot, 5 yrs—Mr. Roberts' Quick silver, 6 yrs—Lord Howith's Swilab, 5 yrs— Mr. Clifton's Pedlar, aged—Mr. C. Dal 's Isabel, aged—Mr. Hornby's Cock Robin, 5 yrs—Mr. Ird's Tottenham, 4 yrs—Mr. Duck -worth's Clear-the-Kitchen, aged—Captain Allan's The Ex quisite, aged—Mr. Powell's Delamere, 6 yrs, and•Cracksman, aged—Mr. Austin's Little Johnny, aged—Mr. Brotherton's Aquito, - 6 yrs—Mr. Lamplugh's Erebus, 5 yrs—Mr. King's The Artful Dodger, and Mr. E. R. Clarke's Sir Edward, aged—Lord Waterford's Firefh, aged—Captain Campbell's Crcesus, aged—Mr. Ralph ns Everton, 6 yrs—Mr. Hender son's b g The Artist, 6 yrs—Mr. Fox's Deuce Ace, 5 yrs— Mr. Cross ns Single Peeper ; aged—Mr. W. Turner ns Sands, 6 yrs—Mr. Moore's Magic, aged—Mr. R. P. Couche's Amal gamate, 5 yrs—Mr. Lockwood's Wandering Jew, 5 yrs, and Mr. Quin's Violet, 5 yrs. The Steeple- chase closed on Thursday. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1846. Acceptances for the Newwarket Handicap Stakes, of 25 sous. each, 10 ft, and only 5, &c., with 200 added, Clermont Course, about a mile and three quarters; the second to re ceive 100 sot's out of the stakes. 133 Subs., 73 of whom de clared. Mr. Micklatn's Inheritress, 6 yrs, 9st 21b Mr. Payne's Queen Mab, aged, 9st llb Lord Waterford's Corranna, aged, 9st Mir. Moore's Wolf-dog, 4 yrs, .Bst . 101 b Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 6 yrs, Bst lOlb Colonel Peel's lonian, 5-yrs, Bst 71b Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs, Bst 31b •Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena, 5 yrs, Bst 31b .Mr. G. Heathcote's Akbar, 5 yrs, Bst 311 r • Mr. Drinkald's Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs, Bst llb 'Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne, aged, 7st 131 b Mr. Mare's E'ent, 4 yrs, 7st lllb •Lord Glamis' Satyr, 5 yrs, 7st 10Ib Lord Chesterfield's Lady..WikinirAYl% 7 4 91b Sir J. Hawky's Alamode, 5 yrb, let 9lb Cal: nson's Joe Lovell, 5 31-P, 7st.Blb -Slff R. Bullreley's Chertsc-y,,.4 yrs, 7st 7lb Col. Peel's I - am-pot-aware, aged, ist 71b M. Pyre's JOhnny, aged,,7st 71b Mr. dozen Young-Lochinyar, .6 vrs, 7st 71b Mr. Irwin's Gala Ireland, 4 3 - re., 7st 511.) h . Mr. Brooks.b Captain P.Liamoker;agod,-7-st-31b Lord Albemarle 's Beaumont, 5 yrs, 7st 816 Lord Exeter's - Wee•Pet. 6 t-ri, 7:4 2113 • Mr. Worthington's Doct6;-"Husband, 5 3 - rs; 7st °lb Mr. Irwidt's Coundught Raner, 4 yrs,Ltst , 2lb - . . 31r. J. Tilbury Its <lndex, 6 vr, , ,'7st Lord Chestertield's•JetntS- Wren, 4 yfi,,7st Mr. Wigram's'KeTheng, 4 74t 3lr. Woffinden's 6_yrs,..Gst 1316 Mr. - DritiVOTs T.Terni, 5 yrs, .6st 131 b. _ Lord GlasgOiv,'s b h . by VelixiiVai Out ..of 54.11, t • Est "131 b Mr. Shelly's HaWlcesbuty, 4 yr, Gst 91b Mr. 11. I'itt us - 3ferrynian, 4 vrs, G,t . Colonel Anson's WI , . land 1113. 4_ yr, Gst 71b Mr. Freernwes Fir Di , gory Ditidie 5 yrs, -Gz4 7-Ih. -- • Mr. Copelaricrs.•Arthur,'4 615 Lord M4401%11'8 Coleen Bawn 4 yrs,' Gst 51.6 Mr. W. Carter.nS bY D,:fetee. out of Niko, 4 y,s, Cst nib Mr. Co . ..ke's us Chemise, 4 yrS, Gst 51b Lord Eglintorl', liretwalda, 4 yrs, 6,4 41b. • 311.. Lowthcr's I..y.ns, 4 3 re, Est 311 J Mr. Bahibridg,e's The Wreck, 4 3 - rs,.6st 31b Mr. Coape's Energy, 4 yr:s, Gst 216 Mr. GoodWilfs Dexterous, 3 yrs, Est llb Mr. Jaques Anti-Repealer, 4 Vl'Si 6st lib • Mr. J. Herbert's D ev il' s Dust, - 4 yr, 54 131 b Mr. helm's gr f (h b), 4 3.r.=; 551 1111 i General Grosvenor's 'Scarlet linntiEr, 4 1016 cord G. Bertinek'S Blackbird, 3 yrs, sst ab Lord G. Bentinck's Marquis of Conviinient, 3 yrs, sst 51b Mr. Death's-Thrapston, 3 - yrs, fist Sib Mr. John Scott's CurioSity,-3 vrs, - sst lib ' , - Lord Albetharles The Little Vulgar Boy, 3 yre, 4st 121 b - Mr. Etwall's f by ; Dlscord,•out of Soldier's Joy, 3 yrs, 4st 111,6 Lord Gla'sg6;i's i liy Retriever,,out of Emilia, 3 yrs, 4st 1010 . ; I. March's M...sentel, 3 yrS, 4st 131 b. Ifon. S. Ibrbert,''S c by Venison, out of Pet, 3 yrs, 4st 10lb Ilt i tr. Jaques's Spur, 3 yrs, 4st 916. - - THE TERRIBLE WAR STEAMER . . The Terrible-war steamer is in commission and now fitting for sea at Woolwich ; she has 20 guns mounted, also a brass field piece and carriage, met a waggon for powder to accom pany it. On her upper deck, each side the bow, arc - two Nng 56 -pounders, Monk's 11 feet guns, to fire fore and aft ix allure with the keel . ; these are mounted on a slide, and will c oss lire with e ac h o th er, and also swe e p round to the sides; t o cf t t o ‘ e y s a rct , more of th e same guns, rialit aft in the stern, will also and ac se t i lg eiepatsoctplaes guns-if required. She has two 68- broadside on their pivot, so as to fire Ounders on each 'broadside, to carry shells or solid shot, Which can beqrained fore or abaft, according to circum stances. On the deck' below, which is also flush fore and att,'are eight guns, viz., two long SG-pounders, Monk's guns, 11 feet long, in the .bow ports, to tire in a hire with the keel, and also several degrees of training on the broad sides, and two of the same guns in the stern, right aft, which can give such depression as to prevent even a small boat from coming under her stieli ; with four guns, 68-pounders, on her broadsides, for shells or solid shot. There are four sMaller - giiiis on the upper deck, to be traversed to any place oti carried on shore in herpaddle box boats, if required for use in landing troop:, &c. She has four separate boilers, in dependent of . each other, which may be connected when reeuired ; four funnels, one to each boiler; the two after ones strike down, so as to allow a square mainsail to be set when sailing, and still using the two foremost boilers, thus working helf her power, at the same time. saving a co sideralele consumption of coal s . Thi s i s an •'excellent co trivance, as there are four small funnels, instead of one la ge one, which is a great advantage, as the ship will not b wholly disabled by losing one, two, or even three f unne l s , like the cue funnel ship would be on hers being carried away; her one funnel lost, she has lost all. The Terrible has two magazines, and two shell-rooms, one of each before the engine-room, and one abaft for the safety of the vessel, - to - prevent any powder passing the engine-room when firing the guns. She can store 400 tons of coals below the lower deck, and is prepared on the midship part of the deck to take 200 or 300 t ins more, packed in bags, as a defence from shot to the engines and boilers, tiding up a space of eighteen feet. In addition to her thick, substantial, solid sides, she has good capacity, and if required for any particular service can carry more coal in sacks. With regard to the conveyance of troops, she can berth 1,000 men u n d er cover on h er secon d gun-deck, inde pendent of her ship's company, their berth being below for ward, and the oilicvrs' cabins, gun-room, &c., abaft ;so that each gun-deck is entirely clear and always ready for action, without removing a bulkhead, and the deck being perfectly free from the captain's cabin abaft, to the bow of the vessel. She is constructed in the strongest and most substantial =lnner, on Mr. Lang's improved method of uniting the frame timbers, making her perfectly water-ti g ht, so th a t she would swim even if her external keel and plank were offs her bottom. This method is also adopted in the Roral Albert, 120 guns, now in her frame, and may be seen on the slip in Woolwich dockyard. The engine -room of ' the Terrible is most splendid ; on deck, the whole length of the engine-rocm, are gratings open and well. ventilated by hatchways, giving light and air to the engi neers, stokers, &c. It is an admirable plan, such es no steamer as yet had the advantage of; and each boiler has a separate hatchway, and may be readily taken out for repair, without interfering with the other boilers. This method of Mr, Lang's invention prevents the necessity of ripping up the deck, which is the case with other steamers, when the boilers are required to be taken out from those vessels, and there, too, the deck, covering the boilers, the engineers and stokers have the light admitted by the hatchway over the engines only. The Terrible's engines are most majestic ; they are 800-horse power, the production of 31audslay, Sons, and Field, and show to advantage. in this large war steamer. Her decks have hatchways in various parts, scuttles, sky lighte,_&e,forsentilating the ship even to the lower parts of hell hull ; and there are many other conveniences too nu merous to mention, contributing to the efficiency of the ship and the comforts of the officers and c.,•ew, so that she may be said to be the largest and most peieect war steamer ever built. The Terrible is commanded by Captain Ramsay, late of the Dee steam -vessel, and she is to have a complement of 240 officers, men, and bays.—Nautkol Standard. COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. STANSTEAD, NEAR BISHOP'S STORTFORD, MONDAY EVEN- Isc4.!—Yesterday a series of mishaps occurred en this line, neat to the above place, the particulars of which are a 4 tbl lowS:—lt appears that shortly after one o'clock on the morn ing , of Sunday last, as one of the trains for London was stopping at the Stinstead s'ation, for the purpose of having the wheels cooled—they hiving tired on their journey from Cantbridge—another train came up, heavily laden, about two hours afterwards. Through some mistake this train ran upon the wrong- line, and the consequence was that a mis take afterwards occurred with reference to the signals, which proved serious, but which was, happily, not attended with loss of life, although some injury was sustained by the stoker to one of the trains. In consequence of the stoppage on the line, and the porter at the station having shown a wrong light, from the fact of the position of the laden carriages being mistaken by him, the engine-driver appre hended no danger, and the consequence was that his train (the'quarter-past seven one) was propelled 'without check, and the engine ran into the luggage and beast-train, en tirely smashing a truck containing a large load of flour, breaking in another, in which there were several horned . cattle intended for the' London marlaet, and materially in juring the engines belonging to both. The guard, it is stated, escaped almost miraculously, he having jumped from his seat on the ground while the train was in motion, and the stoker was thrown• off the tender with considerable force. Fortunately no one suffered any breakage of limb, the in jured parties being able to walk soon after the effect of the upset was over. The damage to the property of the - coin. puny was considerable, and the rails were considerably bent by the shock, and several of the sleepers shivered into splin ters. One of the carriages—that containing the sacks of flour—which was covered with a roof of zinc, was torn alniost to pieces, the bed and wheels only remaining entire. Two of the buffers, one before and the other behind, are completely carried away; the off-side is broken in, and the • roof torn quito_off. The engines, mutilated as they were were with some difficulty got to Bishop's Stortford, in the course of Sunday, and it was not until quite afternoon that the line was cleared. The damaged carriages remain where the accident occurred, nor will they be removed until after the examination, officially made, by the directors. This (Monday) afternoon workmen are employed ecnsolidlting the road, and making the whole of the works firm as they t w h e e r were station - master, o o before the tu a s t earc,c haveident. b e Seaborne, en ca l our t reporterdectddecided. i up phet to gi porter, vaa a a n a d c c King, unt of the occurrence; but up to the t e im w reach ing London, the merit perfectly clear, from tl s ie o l f )e t s c h i u i li v a c i r d as b b e n e d e t e a r i o i f e n n o the . line at this s t ta s - Min, that the utmost care i n signall i ng the t r ains, as any neg lect might prove fearfully fatal. PRICE AND SUPPLY OF POTATOES IN THE LONDON MAniiErs.—The supply of potatoes to the various markets continue undiminished, and the majority are of an excellent quality, but the prices are considerably higher. During Sa turday the general price, wholesale, was as fol:ows :—York shire Reds, ZSs to 9s. per cwt. ; American Kidneys, 9s. and 10a ; ChaMpions (inferior kind), 6s. to 7s. per 112 lbs. ; a small quantity were offered at ss. 6d.; but were of a very bad con dition, in consequence of the prevalent disease. Retail, the price of potatoes are, the cheapest, 3 lb. for 211, and the finest 2d. t0.21d. per lb. The price having increased to such an extent, the consumpti on i s r e d uce d nearly two• thirds. ROBBERY AT ORIEL COLLEGE.—Yesterday informa tion was forwarded to the Metropolitan and City police of an extensive robbery of jewellery, plate, Sze., which took place at the above college, at Edinburgh, between the evening of the 20th and the morning of the 22d instant. _ _ PRICE OF GoLi.—On the 20th instant the price of gold in llambnrgh was 4341 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of Si. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9i; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London, at short date, being 13 I.li, it results that gold is 0.80 per cent. dearer in London than -in Hamburgh. On the 23d instant the premium on gold at Paris was 12 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 45, and the exchange at Paris on London, at short date, being 25 57i„ it results that gold is 0.50 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. PREMATURE BURIAL.—At a late sitting of the Paris Academy of Sciences, M. Le Guam pointed out the danger of enforcing the regulation for interment within the short period of time now allowed. The author says, he has ascer tained that since the year 1833 not less than 94 premature burials have been prevented by accidental causes. Thirty five of the persons supposed to be dead had awoke from their lethargy at the moment when their coffins were about to be nailed down ; 13 had been recovered by care ; 7 by the up setting of the coffins in which they had been placed ; 9 by incisions or punctures in pinning their shrouds; 19 by acci dental delays in the ceremony of interment; 6, by delays, which had been created purposely by their friends, and by other causes. M. Le Guern supposes, with much reason, that t the number of:persons prematurely buried must be f v c er o y ur g s r e ea is , ike burials,t hat wla h n e His estimateis 27 a year, at the least. This, vho were sa% et y chance merely conjectural, but from the numberof.aitoitbhenticaled cases which he gives of persons from this horrible fate,wea o re fo il l ' i c y lin 2 V he takes an annual average pit.oontahtiun is very much below the truth. On Monday the caterers of the remaining houses in the streets, banes, and alleys in the Rookery of St. were serve d with notices, from the Commi ss i oners of Woods and Foresis, i m mediately to suit their habitations, for the purpose of raz ing the whole of them .t o t h e ground. Excel lent houses are to be erected on the site of the Rookery. :4EnicktiS INJURY CAUSEDDY TIM SNUFF OF 'A CANDLE. —On Monday evening; betiveen five and six o'clock, a serious .accident occurred to Alissisabella Lenade, of Wardour-street, „ Soho, who incautiously 'snuffed the candle with her scissors. when, the snuff falling on her dress, it ignited, and, notwith standing her screams brought 'immediate assistance, so se riously is she injured, that but slight hope's are entertained of her recovery. His Royal flightless the Prince of Wales, through his Council; has given 100/. towards the erection of a new church et clandown, Somerset.