The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-23 00:00:00

471 '4 P I -4 3 ,. 411 rjri SCII OFFICE, S.-?veu o' NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a special General Meeting of the Pro prietors of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company will be held in the Directors' Room, at the Railway Station, in the city of York, on MONDAY, the 4th day of May, 1846, at half-past 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of submitting for the approval of the Proprietors of the said Company the draft of a Bill now before Parliament, intitutied " A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Ber w ek Railway Company to make certain Branch Railways in the County of Northumberland." P4ted this 20th day of March, 1846 GEORGE HUDSON; Chairman of the tioard of Directors of the said Company. NE wcAsTLE and DAI LLIriG 0 JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice Is hereby given, that a Special General Meeting of the Pro prietors of th-, Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Con:-. pang will be held In the Directors' Room, at the Railway Station, in the City of York, on MoNnav, the 4th day of hay, 1846, at a quarter past 10 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of submitting fur the approval of the Proprietors of the said Company, the drafts of the following Bills now before Parliament, that is to say,— "A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Rail way Company to make a railway from or near Thirsk to Maiton, 'with a branch to Helmsley." " A Bill ter enabling the Great North of England Railway Company to Pease, and also to sell, their Railway to the Newcastle and Darling ten Junction Railway Company, and to authorise the raising of addl.. tional mosey by the said last-mentioned Company, for those and other purposes." " A Bill for enabling the - Newcastle and Darlington Junction Rail way Company to make a railway from the line of the Great North of England Railway to Bedale." " A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Rail way Company to make a Railway from the line of the Great North of England Railway to or near to Boroughbridge." " A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Rail way Company, to purchase the Durham and Sunderland Raffle ay, and the Weymouth Dock, and to make certain Branch Railways in the county of Durham, and for other purposes." " A Bat for authorising the Sale of the Pontop and South Shields Railway to the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Com pany." And " A Bill for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Company to construct a Dock at Jarrow Slake, in the River Tyne, and to make Branch Railways and works to communicate therewith, and for other purposes." And at such meeting, it is proposed to confirm the deeds and agree ments already entered into between this Company and Sun Berland G re at North of England Railway Company, the Durham ah d er iand Railway Company, and the Weymouth Dock Compaiiy, either alone or together with any other com antes, or between th e directors of t h e same Compan i es, or any of them, relative to the fur chase and leas'ng of the said Great North of England Railway, the a Durham and Sunderland Railway, and the Wearmouth D oc k , or any of them, and the works connected therewith respectively. Dated this 20th day of March, 1R46. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Cornnanv. yORK AND NORTH MIDI, AIN Notice Is beret ' RAILWAY. y given that a Special General Meeting of the Proprietors of the York and North Midland Itallway Company, will be held in the Directors' Room, at the Railway Station, in the city of York, on MONDAY, the 4th day of May, 1616, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose el sub mitting, for the approval- of the Proprietors of the said' Company, - the drafts of the following Bins, at present before Parliament, that is to Pay,— " A Bill for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to mate a more direct line of Railway between York and Leeds." " A Bill to authorise the widening and enlargement of part of the line of the York and North Midland Railway, or the construction and maintenance of a Railway adjoining thereto" " A Bill for enabling the Hull and Selby Railway Company to lease, and also to sell, their Railway to the York and North Midland and Manchester and Leeds Railway Companies, or one of them, and to authorise the raising of additional money by both or either of the last-mentioned companies, fur those and other purposes." A Bill for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Com- Tan) , :43 make certain Branch Railways in the Rut Riding of the county Of York, and for other purposes." (No. 1.) " A Bill fer enabling the York and North Midland Railway Com pany to mate tertain Branch Railways in the But Riding of the county of York, and for other purposes." (No. 2.) lttd " A Bill for enabling the York and North Midland Railway Company to extend the line of the Whitby and Pickering Railway so or near Castleton." -- - And at such meeting it 13 proposed to confirm the deeds and ai rree ‘ nents already entered into between this Company and the Huh and Set:. , r and the Manchester acd Leeds Italiway Companies, or either or then, or between the ilrector3 of the same several Com panies, or any of them, relative to the purchase and ;easing of the said Hull and Selby hallway, and the works connected therewith. Dated this 20th day of March, 1'341 GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Hoard of Directors of the said 'York and North Midland Railway Company. EXUHEQUEH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in BInco.) GATIIERCOIE, CLERK, V. MIALL This was az action for libel preferred by the plaintiff, the Rev. Mr. Gat heteole, against the defendant who is the proprie tor of the Nonconformist newspaper, and was tried at the late assizes at Cambridge before Mr. aron Parke, when a ver dict was given for the plaintiff—damages 2001. The circum stancs of the case, it may be remembered, were the composi tion and publication of certain severe strictures in the Nonconformist newspaper, restive to ob4ervations made in a charity sermon by the reverend p!Aintifi on the perish church of Ciiatteris, in the Isle of Ely, to the effect that he would exclude Dissenters from a participation in the funds of the charity, on the ground of their not belonging to the Church of Christ. The facts have been so recently and so fully re ported in The Sun that it will not be necessary now to give 4 detailed report of them. Sir THOMAS WILDE moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had on the ground of the admission of evidence which ought not to have been admitted, and of misdirection. The Learned Courted adverted at great length to the evidence sub mitted at the trial, respecting the copy of the paper which was submitted to the jury not being the same as that sent down to the reading-room at Chatteris, and contended that this circumstance invalidated the evidence altogether, for the paper sent to the reading-room ought to have been • produced. He also condemned the doctrine laid down by the Learned Judge (Parke) at the trial, that a sermon preached by a minister to his congregation was not a legitimate subject for public comment, for if that was the case it would be conceding a privilege to clergymen which was not given to judges, advocates, or any other public men, and would be a refusal to the public to take notice of any remarks which might materially affect their interests. Public charity was of the very last importance, and the public had a right to inquire into and observe upon anything that had a reference to it. And when, as in the present case, an attempt was made by a clergyman to exclude Dissenters from participation in charitable funds, oa the ground of their religious principles, he contended that, sectarianism was a legitimate subject for public. comment 71re enunciation of the contrary doctrine to the jury before whom the case was tried was a misdirection, and alone afforded grounds for granting the present motion. Under all the circumstances, he submitted that he showed sufficient grounds why the Court should grant the rule. The LORD CHIRP' BARON said that everything that affected the public might be commented on, provided only that truth was made the basis and justice the superstructure of the ob servations. He thought that a sermon made by a pastor to his cougsegation was a fair subject for comment, but it must be comment:_ . (l on with truth and justice. With regard to the sermon referred to the remarks of Baron Parke could not have eff:cted the issue, as the sermon had mot been given in evidence. lie was of opinion also that the evidence submitted to the jury was evidence which ought to have been admitted. He, therefore, thought the rule should be refused. Barons ALDERSON and Rom concurred in opinion 'with the Lord Chief Baron relative to the adminton of evidence and did not think sufficient ground had been shown for a new trial. Mr. Baron PARKE reiterated the opinion which he ex pressed on the trial in reference to a sermon preached by a clergyman to his congregation not being a legitimate sub ject for comment. If the sermon was printed the case would .he diffaent. The rule was accordingly refused. This case excited great interest, every part of the Court bei:tig filled with persons desirous to hear the result of the application. RAILWAY COMMITTEES (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee No. 6. (Continuel iron our Afternoon Eiitioa.) WARWICK AND 'WORCESTER. The ease not being completed at four o'clock stood over, and the Committee adjourned till to-morrow at twelve. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met this day, for the firs i t h t e lm e e orn sin m c i e tte tl e t! 'recess, for the dispatch of public business. l E n as co t n e f sequence of Lord Da housie's motion, came to the determination of adjourning all the Railway Bills which came before theta on second zeterencl to Monday next. Amongst the Bills so adjourned were the following — Londonderry and Enniskillen Extension Railway— Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway— Dublin and IKin g s town Batenston R a il way—Clonmel and Thurles Railway Limerick, Ennis, and Rillaloe Junction Railway Great Southern and Western (Ireland) —Cork. Extension —Mallow and Fennoy Itailway—Knlaruey Junction Railway—Mount 111s11:ck Junc tion Hallway—l...erne, Deltast, and Danymens Rahway—Bally mena and ltally-Money Railway —the Newry, Warrenpoint. and Rostrenor Railvray Bill —and Omagh, Dungannon, Arena h, and Belfast Junction Railway Bill. The Sunderland Waterworks 8111 went through the Standing Or clers, and also the Sunderland Gas Bill. TRENT VALLEY CONFINUATION RAI LWAY.—(THIS DAY.) Several Manchester shareholders in this contemplated d line Berns dissatisfied with the proceedings of the directors, meeting was held to-day at the London Tavern, l a r t ti r, a in atance of John Collier, Esq, chairman of the Manch e eter Sub-Committee, Francis Deflinne, Esq., o ne o f the sames body, and Thomas Carlisle Esq., of Hyde-park -place. The Committee of Management issued a counter advertise ment, stating their intentions to call a meeting, after the provisions of the Bill for dissolving railway companies should lbe ascertained. Some little time elapsed after the hour bad passed for which the meeting was called before the pro e•edings commenced. After that lapse it was moved that T comas Carlisle, Esq., take the chair, but that gentleman .declined on the plea of a severe cold, and, on his motion, James Troup, Esq., was called upon to preside. The CHAIRMAN stated that he was but little accustomed to preside at pubiic meetings, but he was ready to hear any gentleman, and having read the advertisement calling the meeting, F. DEI - LI:CSIC, Esq., stated that the chief objection of the Jhareholders to the conduct of the directors arose from the intention of that body to amalgamate W ith the Shropshire nion umPln the London and Dublin Approximation C.Y, Company-, And the Shropshire Mineral Ccanpany, part of which Companies were well known to the proprietors pre of this day would be much sent. The procr:`,digg', l; waver, modified by the f 0 ...*. that he 4Frectors had issued an adver tisement, stating that they intended to call a meeting as anon as the provisions of :lie Government Bill for dissolving railway companies should known. But there were very euVielous circionstaeces coneaaated with the investm ent of alas funds, an d it aripeared that in order to meet the p ro • ea ions of th at A ct t h e directors had been largely engaged in baying up share, h and one auctioneer had Leen engaged to bey alt the share's , ed e a c t o l u s l . d obtain at 30i. a share, and several heit been purcha. . discount, and others at 17s. e, I. a the share. sj a wererlethitl3,li.seensouwrsoeu.,epsuwmed, it would be evident that w:s to answer question that The ob,ect of this i t t , ,, a , t oi T l ight be attked. A mating et 1, 144 that ' SiealiEttonnan sugg as ,certain what proportion of shares had been dttahltie-newhuarepllesbt yocateeidirectois. This was the more necessary as out at a premium. Mr. DEFI-I:ol.:—They came out at 5/. premium, Toe ..,:,:tAgEfIOI.DEIt wished then to know whit had b een paid tip lie bad app lied for information, b u t could obtai-n. it, same. Mr. Joirzvai N7gata; said that he had replied to th e letter which was addresaed to them. Mr. JAMEg .Iticitattpsom wished to know whether Mr. D4inue was alitut to anova a resolution The CHAIIIMAN stated that Mr. Deflinne had stated that he was ready to answer any questions, and that be was ready to submit a petition for signature. Some conversation then ensued as to the re r 1 object of the meeting, as several strangers bad just entered the room, and, The CHAIRMAN 1 aving again read the advertisement, said, that the gentleman who had convened the meeting %as to make a report, the materials of which they had not been abie to obtain, and they Isere ready, therefore, to submit a petition for the signatures of the members present. After some further conversation, the object of which was to elicit the names of some particular directors, which Mr. Deflinne refs sed to give, The CHAIRMAN tnonght that gentleman ought to be heard to the end of his statement. Mr. DEFt.msz then read the petition which had been pre pared, and which was intended to be presented to the House of Commons, with a view to give greater efficiency to Lord Dalhousie's Bill, the purport of which was, that the directors had:taken originally Live-eighths of the whole of the shares of the company; that on the 16th of April last year the others had come out. at 51. premium, on which a deposit of 11 . is. 6 d. had been paid. On the 4th of October, a further deed was prepared, by which it appeared that the directors had agreed to take up the whole of the shares, which it was incumbent upon them, but had actually taken up only one-eighth of that quantity. The petition still further stated that its ob ject was to prevent a winding up of the Company without an investigation of the conduct of the directors. 111 r. DEFLINNE then moved the adoption of that petition but it remained without a seconder; and a shareholder then moved that the meeting adjourn till after the meeting which the directors intended to call. This was seconded; but a further conversation ensued, from which it appeared that this was the desire of the meeting, with the addition that an opinion should be ex pressed,oriofthinernesmtiegvaetdinang t a n d e je p a a ra pe m rs e s n a t d fe a r cc a or rt t u s ight, that the committee of shareholders ought t o h ave an opportunity soi.o or three u w weeks. 3 then inquired whether any report had been NmNl:vseadida t r :i ew ere la h ti a e d a, be w e h n ie n h o h su e c w h a3 re issued from the Trent Vall e y o ff ice . m M r r j U a r. 3 E u s p p o u r tYt . ing into writing, when _ Mr.Joll.vsort NEA.LE said that he had come there to give ' all the information he possessed respecting the Company, and he was the more desirous of doing so, because he was anxious to refute a slander which had ap peared in the Morning Chronicle, he believed in the report of a statement made by Mr. Deflinne, which went to the effect of saving that he had sold the in terests of the Company. Mr. Neale then went into an ex planation of his conduct, which appeared to be perfectly satisfactory that it had been in every way honourable. In this statement it was shown that the Staffordshire Juncti , n had offered to abandon the Welsh part of their line, and to give 15,0001. to take up all the dropped shares; and with respect to the Shropshire Mineral Amalgarmisaiteeacile% motion,mp equal advantages were proffered ; and on .. M at a meeting of the directors, it was decided . that the share holders should be called together in order to effect h amal gamation, but from that meeting the Manchester shareholders had retrained from attending Such was the case, yet at a susequent perind those gentlemen had openly expressed their disapprobation of the proceeding, and it was not to be wondered at that after this the direc tors did not work well with the Manchester com• mittee. As regarded the opportunity of investigating the accounts, a meeting had been held on the 23d of January, since which time the committee had enjoyed ample opportu nities of seeing them, but, in their corp rate capacity, until the three weeks afierwsrds, when, by theirown conduct, they had precluded themselves from this benefit. In reply to an inquiry, Mr. NEALE said he believed that there was out little difference between the two deeds alluded to, though he could not recollect precisely their terms; but still he could say, from recollection, that he had been obliged to hunt througfi them both. Mr. DEFLINNE was about to reply to Ur. Neale's remark on slander, and stated that he bad been informed by a large shareholder, but after some confusion he refused to give the name, and the previous question was moved. but Mr. Detlinne persevered, and proceeded to read a letter, requesting his attendance is London to prevent amalgama tion with the companies alluded to. The letter ascribed great blame to Mr. Neale; it was dated Carlton Club, and signed LI. P. Gibbs. The whole of this affair teemed to be disapproved of by the bulk of the meeting, and Mr. Neale, after requesting the ',ote, warned Mr. Dtflinne to retain the note, and to.produce t on a future day. The resolution for the adjournment was then put, when Mr. FIELD begged t o kow whether in the course of his investigation of the accounts Mr. Neale discovered any rea son for the directors dissolving the Company, to which that gentlemen replied that it depended upon whether the Com pany would put up with the losses already incurred.—(Loud cries of " Dissolvt?, dissolve.") Mr. Ca otastx said he was quite ready to take the money uh;ch he could obtain from the directors, and lie repudiated any responsibility on account of the adjourned meeting. Mr. FIELD then inquired whether it was Mr. Neale's legal opinion that the whole of the money could be recovered from the Directors, to which that gentletnan replied that he should not attempt .z.ny such process. . . . Mr. FIELD then moved that the resolution be amended so as to state that the Directors having expressed their inten tion to call a meeting, that this meeting do now adjourn. Mr. 5 , 11 AW (of Huddersfield) expressed his approbation of the amended resolution, and stated that he had the otherday seen Mr. Churchill, who had given him every opportunity of investigating the books and accounts of the company, and he believed that those gentlemen were highly honourable. The motion was then carried almost unanimously. On the motion of Mr. YATES, seconded by Mr. SOLOMON, a motion was also almost unanimously carried, expressiog the thanks of the shareholders for that gentleman's assist ance, and their confidence in his honour. Mr. NEALE briefly replied, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. SDK o'CLo CK. CHESTER MY. 12 to 1 age Sweetmeat—taken 14 to 1 agst Weatherbit 20 to 1 agst Miss Burns 20 to 1 agst Vitals 20 to I agst polish 30 to 1 agst,Pedometer—taken 30 to 1 agst Corranna 31 to 1 agst Inheritress—taken 30 to 1 agst The Magnet 40 to 1 agst Clumsy—taken 50 to 1 agst Glossy 2,000 GUINEAS STAKE& 6 to 5 agst Tom Tulloch 4 to 1 agst lago 4 to 1 agst any other DE2tBY. 9 to 2 agst Sting 5 to I agst Torn Tulloch 25 to 1 agst Spithead 20 to 1 agst Brocardo 30 to 1 agst lago 40 to 1 agst Crown Prince IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took bis seat on the Wool sack at Five o'ckck. THE SEES OF BANGOR AND ST. ASAPII. The Bishop of ROCHESTER presented a petition from the Dean and Chapter of Roc:Jester against the ucion of the Sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. The Bishop of HEREFORD presented several peti tions to the same effret. The Bishop of BANGOR, presented similar petitions. SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS ON SUNDAY. • Lord KEN YON presented a petition from the church wardens, the overseers, and guardians of the parish of Lambeth, praying that a better observance of the Sab bath might be enforced in the case of tradesmen. The Bishop of S I'. DAVID'S presented a petition from the parish of Swabey, in the county of Lincoln, to the same effevt. The Marquis of ANGLESEA presented similar pe titions. EMPLOYMENT OF DISCHARGED CRIMINALS. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S presented a petition from the mayor, the aldermen, and town council of the borough of Carmarthen, praying that occupation might be found for prisoners on their discharge, so that they might nut be thrown back upon their former vicious 'courses. Lord WHARNCLIFFE preEented a petition to the same effect. CORPORATION FEES. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the corporation of coopers in Glasgow, complaining that by the Act contemplated by the Governmentenforcement of fees on taking up a trade .nthecity th o e f i away ux with.f competition, a n d petitioners they w h e a r thus e Glas exposed Glasgow was t o done the influx no power of checking such a ruinous extension in their trade. He (the Duke of Richmond) thought that while these fees were exacted in London and Glasgow shculd not form the exception. Lord CAMPBELL would be happy to see that these fees were abolished over the country. The Duke of RICHMOND presented similar petitions from the CiP mporation of Ilammermen. Lord BROUGHAM presented similar petitions from the skinners and gloKers, to the same eff-ct. SUNDAY SPIRIT TRADING , against tl e Lord-COTTEN HAM prese n t e d sale of intoxicatinv, spirits on Sunday. THE CORN BILL. The Duke of RIUIIMOND presented a petition from the ministers of the Presbytery of Lorn, in the Synod of Argyll, complaining that, os their stipends were de pendent upon the market pike of corn, the Government Bill would injure them, and they prayed, therefore, that such measure should not be permitted to pass into a law. TAX ON INSURANCES. The NOBLE DUKE presented a petition from Forres t in the north of Scotland praying for a repeal of this tax. THE NEW POOR-LAW. The NOBLE DuKE also presented a petition from a place, the name of which we did not hear, praying that in the New Poor-law Bill a clause might be added making it imperative on the officers to provide a super annuation fund. THE CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from Pavensey, in Sussex, against the Charitable Trusts Bill. Lord KINNAIRI) presented a petition from the if a aglow Tract Association against the same measure. Lord COTTENHAM presented a petition from the governor and officers of St. George's Hospital, praying that that institution might be exempted from the ope ration of the Act. Lord STRADBROKE presented a petition from a congregation of Independent Dissenters to the same elfect. Lord STRANG FORD presented a petition from the Skinners Company, against the same Bill. Lord DEN MAN presented similar petitions from 33 Baptist, and nearly 1,000 Dissenting congregations in England and Scotland. Lord CAMPBFLL presented similar petitions from the Sadlers Company, and the Deaf and Dumb Asso ciated Charity. LAND TAXES. Lord GAGE presented a petition from Sussex, pray ing that rates on cottages of 61. annual rental should be levied, on the land. LORDS' SUMMARY. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the woolsack at Eva o'clock The Earl of DAI Rousts then rose to introduce his Bill, concerning the dissolution of railway companies, notice of which he had given befaire E aster, and also to propose a series •of resolutions identical with those proposed by Sir E. PEEL in the House of Com mons, which have already apyeared in The Sun. The Noble Earl, in his speech, recapitulated the arguments used by Sir PEEL, and concluded by propo,ing his resolutions. (urzr arrrixo.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at Pour o'clock. REPORTS. ----- The following reports were brought pp, the amend ments and alterations agreed to, and the Bills ordered to . be engrossed, viz.:— West of Seotland Junction Railway. Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth Railway. Eastern Union aid Harwich Railways and Pier. Saint Austell Small Debts. Western-super-Mare Pier. Numerous petitions were presented, some in favour of, and others against, different railway Bills. • Mr. LABOUCHERE moved that the report on the Rugby and Huntingdon Railway Bill be presented this day, notwithstanding the resolution of the House of the 7th of April.—The motion was agreed to. METROPOLITAN SEWERS. Sir R. INGLIS p:esented a petition from the Dean and Chap er of Westminster respecing a Bi l which was now pending before the House for the better regulation of the Metropolitan Sewers. The petition complained that the deposits of the common sewers were vely noxious and productive of great disease in the metro polis. Mr. WILLIAMS presented a petition from the in habitants of Coventry, expressing their satisfaction that a Bill had been introduced into the house for the entire removal of the penalties and disabilities to which per sons professing tie Roman Catholic rtligion were liable. Sir G. STRICKLAN I) presented three petitions in favour of the Ten Hours' Bid. EDUCATION IN IRELAND. Mr. MILES presented a petition from the Church of England Association in the town of Shypton Mallet, in favour of Church Education in Irrlaud. BISHOPRIC OF MAN ..RESTER. The lIoN. MEMBER presented a pekiiton, in favour of the establi.hing a bishopric in Nlancht•ster, without en croaching on the resoutces of the Welsh dioce s es. THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT. The HoN. MEMBER al,o presented a petition from the guardians of the poor in Wellington. complaining ot the Law ot Set , lemen brought lora ard by the Government. GOVERN M ENT FLEE-TRADE MEASURES. The Hort. MEMBER further presented a petition from the county of Somerset, against the commercial plea• sures of the Government. RAILWAY BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. Sir R. PEEL rose and spoke as follows:—Sir, I gave notice,' two days since, that I should feel it my duty to call the attention of the House to the state of the rail way business now pending before Parliament. *No one is inure impressed than I am 'with the conviction, in the ordinary current of affsirs, of adhering to the great principle of permitting, in a com mercial c.)untry, the free application of individual enterprise and capital, and although, in the application of capital for purposes of commercial enterprise under the existing law, it has been the practice of Parliament to favour inchoate companies who applied to Parliament for large powers, still the general principle is so valuable, even in respect to commercial enterprise, that were the circumstances of an ordinary character. I should not seek or deem it necessary to interfere. The better rule is in the application of capital in individual enter. [rise, and the usage of Parliament has been to grant powers for the formation of railway companies where no strong opposition from landowners was given, and where no competing lines urged reasons sufficiently strong why such powers should not be given. Even in respect to those I should not deem it, under ordinary circum stances, rin advisable rnle for Parliament to in terfere. But at the same time, at the risk of :zreat public inconvenience. I seem it advisable that Parliament should depart from those principles in the present state of the country, in order that its capital may not be needlessly applied to railway specula tions, which confer no great public benefit, and which would paralyse all other commercial engagements. In doing so it will be necessary, before asking you fur that qualified interference with this rail way speculation, for me to describe the circum stances, and detail the reasons why I think it necessary to depart from the ordinary course observed in such matte's, in order that what I now propose may not be taken as a precedent on future occasions. In the first place I shall state to the House the amount of ca pital already pledged for the Railway Acts already ob tained from Parliament; and also the amount of capital which would be necessary for the Bills now pending. in order to carry out into effect those projects. 1 find that in 1844 the number of Railway Acts which obtaii•ed the sanction of the Legislature was thirty-seven. the capital authorised to be raised by share ainount‘d to 13,900,0001, and thit authorised to ie raised by loan amounted to 4,600,0001., being a total amount of capital authorised to be raised by share and loan by passed in 1844, amounted to the sum of 17,988,0001. In 1845 the number of railways were 150, and the share capital authorised to be raised by those Acts amounted to 45,585,0001. ; and the total amount of loan wa, 14,635,0u0/ ; being a total am mut of capital authorist d oy Acts in 1845 of 60,400,0001. I have a return of the names of those Bills which were under the consideration of the Committee, and I find that the number of Eng fish Ws amounted to three hundred and sixty-i ine ; that the number of Scotch Bills acre one hundred and seven, and that of the Irish the, e were forty-three, being a total of five hundred and nineteen Bills tOr the United Kiegdom. I find from these that ninety English Bilh have capital to the amount of 184,000,0001., and, supposing they received the sanction of Parliament, an additional loan of 58,000,0001. might also be raised. The capital proposed to be raised by the Scotch Bills amounted to 28,500,000/., with a loan of 9,500,0001. By the Irish Bills it was also proposed to raise 18,400,0001., and loans to the amount of 5,000,0001. would be sanctioned. So, therefore, the total amount of capital authorised to be raised by English, Irish and Scoth bills amounted to 231,322,0001., and the total amount of capital authorised to be raised by loan amounted to 72,000,0001., making a total, independently of invested capital authorised by, Acts, in 1845, of 304,000,000/. I know it is quite hue that many of these bills are delusive, that many of theta are of a competing nature, and that the carry ing out uf many of them would be unnecessary for the public interest. But a very great reductio- must be made of that total amount ; and certain it is that P ar li ament w ill re j ect many of the Railway Bills submitted for its considera tion and approval during the present session. In short, Many of the Bills are incompatible with the wants of the public; still, whatever deduction is made in the number of Bills Ciuring the present session, the total amount of capi tal, if there be no interference of Parliament—the total amount of capital which will be sanctioned in the courst of the present session will be much greater than, having a due regard to the public interest, ought to be applied to the construction of railways. Now, I am afraid. owing to the number of Bills, unless there be most rigid inquiry by the committees appointed to inquire into the subject, I far that at the end of the session, Bills will pa,s which, under ordinary circumstances, would not receive the sanction of Parliament.—(hear, hear.) Now I will proceed to state what amount of capital has been paid up out of the amount which has been authorised to be received by the Bills which have already received the sanction of Parliament. Now, in respect to Bills which passed before the year 1844—1 am speaking of the Bills which passed before the session of 1844—the sum of 20,867,000/ has not yet ken called up upon the shares in the rail ways which obtained before this period. Again, that must not be taken as the real amoun t of capital autho • rised to be raised and ready to be called in, but never theless remaining unpaid, because, in many cases, money has been raised on loan on the security of out. standing shares—a course which has been frequently adopted instead of calling upon shareholders fur pay- ment for the shares which have been issued to them. What proportion does the amount, raised by loans, bear to the amouttt of shares on which the capital has not been paid? I can only state the fact that there re mains, an unpaid capital connected with railways, which received the ;auction of Parliament before 1844, to the amount of 20,867,0001, suppos ing no loans to have been raised on outstanding shares for the purpose of completin g wor k s . With respect to Bills passed in the session of 1844, the amount of capital stock that is still unpaid amounts to 5,293,0001 In respect to the railways which passed in 1845. 118 in number, on the capital stock or shares authorised to be raised, there remains an amount of stock which is still unpaid c t nearly 28,0 0 30,000/.,0r in more general terms 27,900,0001. which added to the amount remaining unpaid, or Bills which were passed before 1844, gives a total amount of capital stuck to be paid up of 33,242,000/.—(llear.) course in addition to the amount of capital which will be authorised to be raised in the course of the present session. 'Therefore, even with regard to this amonnt of capital may we not safely lake the opinions of those patties, who have entered on these speculations, and be guided by that opinion which shall determine whether or no these speculations shall go on before they get sanctioned by Act of Parliament. There is one reason for doing this, and for calling for the retraction of these p.ertiee after mature inquiry and conside don. There has been a great change in the circumstances of these projects since many of these par ties had committed themselves. In the first place, I must refer to the opinions of a Committee appointed by this House in coming to a decision on a Bill which %vas brought before them. I understand that when Mr. Brnnell—a gentleman whose name must be fami liar to you for the great ability, great ex perience, and great acuteness exhibited by him, when you heard him in being examined before. think the Committee on the London and Oxford, and London, Worcester, and Rugby Railways, gave evidence :—" The prices are so increased, that the lines mentioned (the London and Oxford) cannot be con structed at their setled prices. The materials for the construction of railways is now 50 per cent. higher than at this time last year." At this point of the pro ceedings the Chairman said that the Committee thought it unnecessary to hear any more evidence on the London and OxfOrti line ; and after the room had been cleared a d ,l e not d o been h proved.ese. kinds f e t f h eexpe ns materialse necessary for the construction for a few minutes, the CemiaitVee "dechired thar the labour—of course the estimates of the rail way company must h p a r esa so m b y a l e a o t e f r land, and be affected. The cost of exe cu ti ng of rail way —such as ir on, that iall y a i N ti v c h r c a that these circum stances of their pro wou wg ld rnuit a withdrawal the line must be increa d s o ed h , o a t nd sa t y heprospeet of p ro fi t must be diminished. I Tar, SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1846. - • • whether or to, on first consideration proposed. they c an : till w i s h to posals e but it justify eutegiriug these parties an op epfortthu(n) ietlynem,fmsam.tytiitilicge s we se. before Perliaeient for the construction of th e i r li ne s. 'f find a l s o in the piper to which I am Harare's by an micer isetnetit front the Loreltin and York Railway Coutierny. 'That Leis measure on_ the cost of many of the articles necessary in the construction of railways has produced an effect with respect to the value of stuck on many companies. I find it stated that in the case of several railway companies the premium on the shares in 4145 before the obtaining of the Bill was obtained dem eased to a discount in 1846, when the calls were being made, and I think, on mature con sideration, that in some of the cases where Bills' have been obtained, and where in consequence of increased cost, or increased competition, and where there is a material differenee between the latices paid and those which can tow be realised that the parties purchasing these shares ought to have a fair opportunity of consideration. It appears from this statement that the shares of the Caledonian Railway, wish 10/. paid up, were ut a pre mium of ls/. before the passing of the Bill. Since the Bill has been obtained, the shares are, however, at a discount of 3/. 65.. Teem are several other railways i n a s i m il a r position, according to this statement. I will nut detain the House by reading to it the names of these railways. But in ev, ry case shares in railways which bore a considerable premium previous to obtain ing the Bill, have since they have received the sanction of the Legislature, fallen to a very coresiderable dis count. This is the case of Bills which have already ob tained the santion of the Legislature. With respect to the Bills now before the House, I apprehend the same appiehension applies. It 13 clear, how ever, that there are many projected railways which, when first proj -cted in the month of October, 1845, with respect to which the same sum could not now be obtained on the sale of shares. (Laughter.) This state of thing-, therefore, differs most materially from the state in which they were placed in October, 1845. I apprehend that our object is not to encourags enterprises unprofitable to the parties engaged in them ; and that is, I c , nsider, one reason why we should to . the parties interested an t pportunity of re eioneideris g their position, and apprising us of their opinions upon the subject. Now I have , mentioned these eonsidera tione, which I think should have some weight with this [louse. '1 he first reason to which I have alluded is the. enormous amount of capital which, with whatever reduc tion you may make in the amount o Bills, must be pledged by the Legislature to railway enterprise. The second reason why I think we are called up' to interfere, is the greatly increased price in the articles required for the construction of railways, and the great difference in the present value of shares, compared with that which they bore when the projects were originally started. The third reason, I apprehend, is to be found in the fact of the anxious desire of many parti , s to relieve themselves from their engagements and liabilities with resp•ct to these .enterprises,. I understand that a great number of the parties connected with these under takings entertain a very sincere desire to have the op portunity afforded them of relating themselves from th, it engagements,—(Hear, hear.) I must say, that in the present state of the laws relating to incohate railways, some alteration is nee« scary.—(Hear, hear.) The laws relating to incohate railway companies not having received the sanction of the Legislature, is not one which should long continue. By the present law the liabilities of parties are very great, and the power of the directors and the provisional committee is very great. So far as I can judge, there is no effectual control over the acts of the provisional gentlemen and directors. I have received letters from various persons, I. shall not give their names, but any IfOnourable Member can see the original letters, and if the statements contained in them be correct, there are proceedings on the part of those which do most certainly require some Parliamentary interference. This gentleman states, in a letter which I received yes terday, that a great proportion of the new companies had been holding back largo .numbers of their shares for the purpose of " rigging" the market. In one in ' staece out of 42,000 share 8,000 were kept hack. In another, out of 100,000, 10,0000 were kept Lack, and in another a clear half of the shares were reserved and sold out when the markets ranged high. But the last statement in this letter is really most extraordinary. It is stated that in the case of one railway which is mentioned several thousand pounds were taken out ot the banker's* hands to rig the market, that is to say, out of the 10 per cent. paid by tile shareholders as de posits, money was withdrawn for the purpose of being invested in the purchase .of shares to raise tha price of the scrip: —(Hear, hear, and la,tightt r.) In the case of some companies, it is mentioned that when parties applied for snares they were told that all the shares had been allotted and taken up. while in truth not a singl• share had been issued.—(Hear, and laught r.) I am quite sure that no respectable company could have been guilty of such eroceediegs as these, but, still it is confi dently asserted that 'these practises have been indulged in by many of the existing companies which are now before the • public.—(hear, and cheers.) Really if parties will not take care of their own interests :t is imposale for the Government to take care of them. (Hear, hear.) I do not think that they will gain any thing by the withholding of their names ; but really it Parliament gives them the power of releasing them selves, and they do not avail themselves of that privilege, then I think they will not de erve any of our spn pathy or commisseration.— cheers ) All that we can do is to give them an opportunity of stating table , " This was a moment of excitement, in which I sprcu land to the extent that I have done, and if Parlismetit gives me the opportunity of repeating, and of re :easing myself from those eugagenients, I will gladly do so." And I think that no fah& sense .if shame sh .old prevent them from doing to. But this I do say, that if provisional cotninittees et. directors continue to traffic in these shat es we shall be called upon, in justice to the public, to subject their conduct to strict inquiry, for I do not believe that per sons acting under such circtunstances are exempt from Loud cheers)—and that in rdaiiocnomopfan ies. I really telieve future legislation in Parliamentaryc will itl btehetsh i e c e q inchoateur( i ) u rY o that it may be necessary for us, as the foundation of such legislation, to expose these transactions— (Chee rs) —and to lay them bare before the world as a guide to other parties who shall be inclined to speculate in such tnatters.—(Cheers.) Now, Sir, the law is in a very un satisfectory state with respect to those inchoate railways.—(lle Bl %) I do not believe that with re specty much ttaveobta d i o nl i d bt, the as s ent o f t h e L eg i s l ature to a Company which h as not o b ta i ne d i ts I say, wh e th er suc h p ar ti es , theirpower to dissolve their tbA,e)cfttoh.reei their they u vi have it in Company.—(Hear, hear.) I bslieve the general principle ot the law to be this—that tl.ose matters are guided, not by the State, but by the com mon law ; and if either shareholders or scripholders were unanimous as to the expediency of dissolving their company before they obtain their Act, that they have it in their power to do so. But I believe that without a perfect unanimity to that effect it is impassible Sor them to do so ; because, in the first pl. ce, the original shareholders may not be the holders of the present shares and I believe that no case of this kind has as yet been settled that a company can under such circumstances dissolve itself without the consent of the whole of the s hareholders. Nuw, it may be in some cases th a t power has been providentially taken to dissolve a company before they have obtained their Act.—(llear.) I believe that in many cases there is no remedy as to the time in which that assent shall be given, and it would not at all follow that the rejection of a railway Bill in the course of the present session would enable the directors, or any other parties in a company, td dissolve that company.—(flear, hear.) If such be the case, and that the deed did not contain a special clause or the contrary—and I need nut say that it very seldom haf pens that these deeds do contain such special excepttons—if the power of the Directors be so imperfect as not to enable parties to a company to retire it' they should deem fit, then I say that state of things required a remedy.—(Hear, hear.) What may be done hereafter upon this sun jest will depend on future circumstances, but I am now , !eating with the state of things as I find them at present, and I do think that the state of the law in this respect, is such as to require , the interference of the Legislature.—(Hear, hear.) There hate been se veral discussions in the courts ot law upon the powers of joint-stsck companies, I articulaily in reterence to railway compeuiee, and there IV4S an Act passed in the mooth ofnecember, 1844, which conferred Nome very important powers On Joint Suck Companies. That act, in one of its claims, provides that companies proceed with what is called provisional registration be. tor e they can do any other act ; but in resp ct to Companies which did not require the sanctioa of Par liament, that Act requires what is called comVete re gistration, and' until that be done the power of the di rectors is circumscribed. Provisioual registration applies to a ll c tu p a nice s but in railway com panies comp l ete reg i s tration is not uccetiourYt air the s anct i on o f P al li anse nt 611011 s place of that. But then ile a important question has era n in the country, nam.i., ,_whether the trane'er of share s der the 7th a in an inclioa e company, or in other worth., the sale if, scr i p was l ega l, In a certain case a Party brought an action against another to whom he had sold s •p. The defendant alleged, that Scrag doubts tin anti that thl.retore this case there hat] not bvyn a coin plete registration legal cheracter, t h e collo decided that acid Bth cn Victoria, railways were included, •, but the Ant exempted railway compapy's, and there fore the plea was overruled, anti that the sale of in a railw a y company was a legal transfer. Seeing haee been enteeteined ie eqgity whether the decision is sttictly proper ; but the transaction has, in consequence of that decision, been invested with a , and has obtained a legal sanction, the defects, however, which have attended these transaction s in scrip and the defects which have been Lund in the law respecting railway matter.. to throw oral seeing al so t h e defects which have resulted rl fr " l improvident speculation, her Majesty's '''P v qrituent h h ro eFtat o;l , 4:late a measure ter ' • "P t 13- P ,1 . '•l4 to Prpose of putting an en— as far 11 . - posei this state of things.' This is the time when such en iu erference becomes necessary, and had we attempted it before, we would have laid ourselves open to the charge of having done so prematurely. We do not propose of any schemes that may be attended with public advan tage, but to ascertain the wishes of parties who have railway Bills before Parliament. The very expression of those wishes may operate as a check against many [schemes which are not of a bona fide character. We pro• Irvat yeah regard to all companies, s 9 ""iirtng in an Aet of Parliament to provide cutastanced, all railway speculations, a power shall be no matter how tins to scripholders to dissolve the Company under cer tainand then b • sessional proposeWe shall propose to y order. enable a number, and a very small number of the share holders, say five,This we to effect, first by Bill to address a requisition to the directors or managing eernmittee of the company, requiring them to call a meeting of the subscribers, for the• purpose of ascertaing their views as to proto eding with the Bill or giving :le up. We propose that it shall be obligatory on the managiug committee to call that treeting. We shall take pre cautions that doe notice of that m -eting shad be gieen. If the managing committee should refuse to call the meeting, we shall introduce provisions which hull ensure its being called. We snail then propose that at that meeting a number of scripholders, either of original shares or shares that have been sold, holding shares to the amount of more than one-half of the whole shares originally issued, shall determine whether the company shall proceed or not. But as it must be very difficult to have a meeting which shall me present one half of the capital stock of the company, we purpose that a meeting of shareholders, represent ing one-third of the capital stock issued, shall be capable of disioluing the Company, provided that the persons presont holding three fifths of the shares in value, those persons voting either personally or by proxy, shall signify their desire to dissolve the Company. We take, therefore, this security that the met tine shall not be packed, as we shall require that the stock ' represented at the meeting shall not be less than the third of the whole capital. It may be that at that meeting the amount of stock represented wi.t net be one third, and in that cause there will be a power of adjournment to another day, after due notice of the ultimate result of the two meetings, provided that one-third of the capital stock be re-- presented, and how the majority voting shall consist of three fifths of the meeting, shall be taken a decision. In order to prevent the al plieations of re served shares to an undue influence at the mee. ring, we propose that the scrip to be represent. d shall be scrip that was issued prior to the 31st of March. With re spect to scrip, in retard to which purchases Lave taken place, the only security which we can take is to require that that al.so shall have been issued before the 31st of March. Now, connected with this Bill air ancillary to it is the sessional order which I have now to propose. I believe that some such resolution is absolutely necessary in order to give due eff. et to the Bill—because it is itnpossib!e net to foresee that some time must elapse before this Bill is pas-ed into a law. Unit ss each House of Parliament makes seme regula tion with their assent being given to these Bills, in some eompanie-, which I am sure are no specimen ef thegenerai class of coin panies,the directors and parties interested mite Dress their Bill unduly on the consideration of the blouse, It is manifest that many of the parties have a direct ite serest in passing their Bill into a law. This, I say, is to be expected, under the circumstances. I believe .bat in many c..se. it the Bills should receive the sanction of La ment, the tfest thing tha t would take place afterwards woul, be to dissolve the companies, fer it is my belief that many of these lines of railway are not intended to ht. made. Well. then, if that is to be the ultimate result of many of these schemes, is it net, I say, hest that the, should not come before Parliament at. all. I propose than this shall he remedied by havin such a 'meeting of each company as I have already stated, and that at such meeting if it shall be carried that the Bill is not to h. proceeded with, then I say this want of sanction on the part of the shareholders must be binding. I shall not trouble the House by reading the Bill at length which her Majesty's Ministers proposed fur their con sideration. I presume you are already ac quainted with its provision. I believe they. are many Bills • entire y unopposed, Land I an! of opinion that many of them might pass without Par liament interfering at all, from the very feet of there be ing no opposition. I believe that many of the Bills will not be of any public benefit, and the country can sustuin no loss by such schemes being abandoned. I can state that there is a valley through which eleven different railways are contending to pass, and there are eleven companies specifically ngisted for those lines. Now it is well known that Parliament will not pass more than one line. I think that unless vie have the evidence of the sanction of the seripholders, as proposed by this Bill, for carrying on the schemes, we should not allow them to proceed. Now, ,Sir. I admit that this is a sulject of the greatest importance ; but instrraSi of again pressing a Commit tee to make a district list of Bills, wheels ought, in their estimation to receive the sanction of Parliament, during the pr. sent session. Her Majesty's Government, with a deep sense of the inconvenience which may ensue, it there is no interference with the speculation which has taken place—with a deep conviction of the ad% antiagee which will be gain. d by the course they have adopted namely, that the renewed consent is perfectly legiti mate—that it is no dangerous principle of interference with private capital, and if sanctioned by the House, is likely to release, tar investment in profitable business. and in other, dealings, a vest amount of capital now locked up from the purposes of trade, leading to unpro fitable expenses—namely, in payments to engineers, and in payments to solicitor s —(Ch et r )—i n a mass o f Bills which will not finally receive the sanction of this House.-- ; (11ear, hear.) I commit these resolutions to the consideration and decision of the H. use ; gird whatever may be the result of that eeeision, I shall feel satisfied that her Majesty's Sort-rt ment have dose their duty in permittirg no time to be lost in bringing flies-- matters before the House.—(Cheers.) The Right lien. Baronet then resumed his reat, after proposing the fol lowing resolutions :- 1. That this house will not read a third lime any Bill that empower any company (whether intended to be h.corporated by such Bill, or already incorporated by Act of Parliament to construct a railway, unless three clear days before the thi , rl reading, there shall have been deposited at the Private Bill-- office, there to be open to the inspection of all parti.s, a cer tificate signed and authenticated in a mariner hereinafter mentioned, and comprising the particulars hereinafter ex pressed, and stating the feilowing facts, &c 1. That a copy of the Bill was submitted to the con sideration of a meeting of the serieholders of the com pany, or (in case of a company already incerporated) of the shareholders cr stockholders of the company, ape chilly called for that purpose. 2: That such meeting was called - by advertisements, iroeried once in each of two consecutive weeks in the Leaden Gazelle (if the railway be an English or Scotch railway), in the Loudon and Dublin G7zettes (if the railway be an Irish railway), and in each case, in at least three London daily newspapers, and not less than three times in each such paper, in each of such two con secutive weeks. 3. In the case of the company being intended to be incorporated by the Bill :—That such meeting was con stituted of persons producing thereat, scrip of the com pany representing not less than one-third part of the whole capital proposed to be raised by the company under the Bill (such scrip having been actually issued, or the deposits in respect thereof having been paid before the 31st of March in the present year.) 4. In the case of the company being already incor porated :—That such meeting was held, except so far as is herein otherwise provided, according to the consii: ton of the company, and was constituted of shareholders or stockholders thereof competent to vote at the Winery meetings of the company, and representing either per- . sonally or as proxies not less than one third part of th e whole capital or stock of the company. 5. That at such meeting the bill was rpproved of by persons producing thereat scrip equal to at least three fifths of the total amount of scrip produced at the meet ing, the votes being given and computed according to the constitution of the company.' 11. That for the purpos e s o f thi s or d er it shall be compe tent for the chairman of any meeting called in pursuance thereof in the event of the above prescribed quorum of scrip shares or stock (as the case may be) not being represented at such meeting, to cause the votes of the persons consti tuting the said meeting, approving or not approving of the Bill, to he taken and recorded, and then to adjourn the same to some day, hour, and place to be declared by the chairman, such day not being less than three days, and not more than ono week, from the original day of meeting; and such day, hour, and place, being in the meantime advertised twice in each of three London daily newspapers; and at such adjourned meeting it shall also be competeut to the chairman thereof to cause to be taken and recorded the votes of such of the persons constituting the same as have not voted at the original meeting; and the total amount of received 111. Tl a hi s in a tabular votes given at the original and adjourned meetieg shall be t if s g uc iLen ce a r t ti o il i c re at a e n s t i l i t a t i l l e a s l a so ure co m m e p e r t i in se g ; tbrrn, the following particulars ;- 1.; The day, time, and ;dime of the meeting, and of the adjourned meeting (if any). 2, The dates of the insertion of the advertisements for the meeting, and the names of the newapapeis in which they were inserted. 3. The names and addresses of the persons producing scrip at the meeting. oi, in the case of a company alreatly incorporated : Tile links and - addressee of the shareholders or stock holders present at the meeting. 4. The denoting numbers, and the amort of the scrip respective y produced by the persons so producing tha same at the meeting:— Or, in the case of a cc mpany already incorporated : TllO respective amounts of shares or snick held or represented by the shareholders or stockholders attend ing t e meeting. 5 The fact of the approval or non-approval of the Bill (as the case may be) by the several persons pro ducing scrip at the meeting, or by the • ses•era share holders or stockholders attezding the meeting. 0, Ths total amount o f scr i p produced at h ing, and the amount ther eo f p ro du ced by the meet y persons approving of the Lid, or in the case of a company already incorporated, the total amount of shares or stock represented, either in pers, n or .. h y proxy at the meeting, and the atitount thereof so represented by persons approving of the Bill, 7 The total amount of the capital proposed to be raised by the company under the Bill ; or iu the case of a genteelly already hicorporated, the total amount of the capital or stock of the company. IV. 1 hat such certificate shall be signed by the •chair man of the meeting and by one of the solicitors of the com pany, and the authenticity of such certificate shall be verifier: by the signature of the Parliamentary agent depositing the same, Mr. F. FPRENCII rose to make some remarks with respect to Irish Bills. The Howse would remember that at an early period of the session, the Right Hon. Gentle man referred to the railway Bills connected with Ireland, and stated that their Bills should be first sent to the Rouse Lords, and then to that Ilowse. At the present moment there were for,y-three Irish Bills before the House of Lord, five of which were wtl4ipg for a third 'reading, and although he hai4 not the slightest objection to the cour-e pursued by her Majesty's Government, he coulu not help stating that the promoters of these Bills would be sub jected to eonsiderab:e hardship it the resolution., as now if orded, received the sanction of the House—for instance, the three Bills to which he had alluded would be unnecessarily retailed. All her Majesty's Government had a right to call upon the pro moters of a railway Bill to do was this—that prior to the third reading of a Bill or its passing, that the decisiou of a majprity of the shareholders sheuld be obtained" to its passing. He would vecommend that all i3ills that originated in that House should not be detained fur their third read ing, but that it should be competent fir them to pro ceed, and that the same principle should be fairly carried out in refererwe to the Irish Bills that had com menced in the Lords—namely, that they be allowed to pass there, and not be tied up from proceeding for the space of three weeks, as such an outer would be the Bourse of vast inconvenience to _„~,.... all parties. He asked fur nothing that was unfair to any party. But t! - .e Hon. Gentleman should be aware, that there was a reaction peeing on among, the scripholders, and that a number of persons were buying up scrip for the purpose of compelling the companies to come up for their own purposes. He did nut consider that such jobbers were entitled to much consideration. The Board of Directors never knew who were the scrip hollers, nor were they bound by any re gulution whatever to abide by their wishes. The original shareholders had disposed, as far as they were concerned, of their interest in the original un dertaking. They had disposed of all their prospects of gain, and nothing but the liability remained to them, and of course they must be anxious that the affairs of the company with which they were connected should be settled. The only persons who appeared ro him to hare N legitimate right to give their opinions, as shareholders were the persons to whom the original allotment of shares was made. There was a great facility of giving annoyance held out by the Right Hon. Baronet to per sons who either had or represented themselves to have some interest as shareholders, and it was only experience that would make him aware of that circumstance. The Right Hon. Baronet said that, if a meeting composed of a certain number of proprietors was call , d, and ex pressed its wish for a dissolution of the company, the directors should be bound by that with. The number of proprietors was to bo one-third, and if throe-fifths of the meeting wi'hed for a dissolution the dis-olution was to be carried. How would the Right Hon. Baronet act if another meeting of one-third of the proprietors were to be called in another place,and three-fifths of that meet ing were to express a wi. h to go on with the undert Icing? In conclusion, he trusted that no unnecessary delay would be allowed to take place in the passing of IrLh Bills. Sir ROBERT PEEL could not speak for the House of Lords; but he proposed that all Bills before hat Housot which stood for the rending should he postpone d till a meeting had been held, in conformity with his vselution. With respect to the question which the Hon. Gentleman put to him, that a fleeting were held of only a third of the sharehoLlers,, three fifths of whom might agree that the Bab should not be proceeded with, and afterwards another meeting of another third of the shareholders totl place, who Nould agree to have the BM pass( d, how were ihey to decide whether they should read the Bill a third time, he (Sir R. Pee) could only stay that the tatter third of the shareholders, to obviate this difficulty, should take care to be pres nt at the first mean's , . Mr. BatiNELL regretted that these resolutions had been brought forward so bite in the session ; had a similar stcp b.en taken at an earlier period many of the evils whim' they were now suffering would have been pre vented. But even now, why were they to alls'w the contirgei4 xpenses_ofcommittees and second readings to be incurred ? Why were they to suffer partiei to be t the expense of brnging witnesses from all pans of the country and providing fur thrtn at averns for a hug .period of time. lie dared to say ;hat, at the pres(nt moment fr. m - Ilyd;-park-c , rner to Victoria-park, there coal not be found an unoccupied bed ut any respectable tavern.—(Hear.) He contended ,that the course proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet was not fair to the country a' large. If hat Right Hon. Gentlemae felt that the public had sub. keted themselves to great difficulties in the late mania :f railway gambling, he might have proposed some other remedy better calculated to meet these -uses. If he under,tood the propt , siti.m of the Right Hon. Baronet, it was to the effect that if the holders of one-firth of the shares in a railway under taking, should, at a rn , eting to be advertised, come to the conclusion that the Bill now be!ore Parliament, to authorise their projects, the Bill should nit then be allowed to be proceeded with, but take the case of the representatives of 900.0001. in a railway company, would it be just or reasonable that the holders of 180,0001, which was the fifth of that sum should be allowed to decide the fate of the undertaking. The Right Hon. Baronet had very truly stated that the state of the law on this point eels very towel min and und , Eked, and the oppressions that parties had hi en SU bj, cted in consequence of that uncertainty, had been very great. In fact, he had a letter from one ntkman, whose name he did not think proper to menthol, who had ac tions commenced against him which w , Wel invelve him in expenses animal:in:4 to 90,0001. The theme would probably have read the ammnt or the late action of Woolmer v. Toby, a new trial had :been moved for and obtained, and the con4iquence would be that tout': pr,bably, ler the next eighteen months or two years, the public would be left quite in the durk es to the real state of the law eel this question. Hider these to olutione no Bill, either English, or Scotch could pass. There would b..: power enough to carry the second le adkg arid the Bub to the Committee, and in that time euffi• cient expenses might be incurred to ruin a great 'natty peop!e. Those were considerntiens which he would venture to throw out for the consideration of the Rie,ht Hon. Grntb man, and he would sugeest to him the propriety of taking stepi for fecilitatitig the winding sip of railway companies, as few of the bills had reached their second reading. The SOLICI Olt-GENERAL rose to support the tTeprietors which hati been submitted by his Right Hon. Friend. The first matter a. hich they' had to corsider was what were the evils which they were seekieg to remedy. The fiest great evit was that which lied been alluded to by his Honourable iend who had just addressed the House trait these companies were totaity new institutions —something which had not I , etore exist, d, and therefore .the law lespeeting them was m 'st complicated. The questions of law which arose ere most emharras:ing and difficult, in conse quence of the extent of the transactions, and the num ber of persons etgaged in them. He found troth the fitatetne-nt wlnen haul been made to the House, that the railway Bills which had been passed the year before last, and last . year, would f o r th e i r comp l et i on, and carrying into effect, requite upwards of one hundred millions of money. COMMONS' SUMMARY. The SPEAKER took the chair at Four "clock After the presenting of several petitions, Sir it. nit:L. moved the resolutions of which he had given notice, with respect to railways. He thought a case had arisen for Parliament to interfere to prevent the capital of the country being emploped in useless rail way speculations. The total amount of capital required for railways would, he felt convinced, be much greater than the Legislature ought to sanction, and under these circumstances he thought Parliament ought to have the opinion of the parties themselves as to the exp.:dieney of carrying on the difter. nt Bees whit which they were connected. He- believed that there was a sincere desire on the part of many person a connected with railways to relieve themselves from the responsibilities under which they had involuntarny placed themselves. He was not surprised at this, consPering the present state of the law with respect to inchoate ioni panies—a state which, in his opinion, ought not longer to exist. Ile thought, coasidering the state of many innocent and helpless subscribers to railway companies, the Legislature was called upon to interfere, and if, after Parliament had re lieved them frosii the obligation they at present labouie,i under, parties still continued to spiculate is railways, they would be no longer objects of sympathy and phy. The Go vernment had felt it to be their duty io interfere to put an end to the improvident speculation that was tt king Place in the country with respect to railways; and for that purpos he trusted that the House would adopt the resolutions he had laid on the table , in order to further the operations of a Bill which mould be introduced, giving power to all scripholders of inchoate rail way companies to dissolve them if they thought it necessai v. The Right Hon. Baronet concluded by moving the res .1u tion of which he had given notice (which appeared in Tier San of yesterday.) Mr. F. Fitk.Ncit said if these resolutions were carried, the effect of them would be materially to delay all Irish Railway lie trusted that something would be dime to expedite Last' Railway Bills. BEILNALL thought that these measure ought to be put a stop to long before they came to a third reading. He was pertetly sure that resolutions like those proposed would not remedy the evils intended to be removed. Imtneese expense would have :o be incurred, and all the evils inflicted before the cure could be applied. Tile SOLICITOR GENERAL supported the resolutioos. (LEFT SITTING.) NOTICE TO M kRINEPS LICiaTHOUsL us THE I ' s - LA:N.O ' O . F CERIGO An application Levant trade, it is understood, is ship owners and others interested in the about obmale to the Admiralty, tor the erection 01 a P lighthouse j on e the island of Ceri t to, at the south-east corner of the Mores, which is much wanted for the satiety of vessels proceeding to the Archipelago, Smyrna, Constantinople and the black LI tumousE ON CAPE FINIS I ERRE. An application, at the instance of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, has been made to th e Spanish Government, either to erect, or permit to be erected, a lightto,use on Cape Fluids kinisterre. this is the most westerly promontory ut Europs, and a point which vessels generally endeavour to make, on their voyages to or from Spain, Portugal. and the Mediterranean, it is a matter of surprise that a lighthouse has not long since been pl ace d there. Had there been a good light on Cape Fiuisterre, it considered the untlirtunate loss of the Great Liverpool wis ould not have happened. THE STATE APARTMENTS AT WINDSOR CASTLZ.- 4 by Earl Delawarr, the Lord Chamberlain, t new arrangement has just taken place, agreeably to an orda issued soigrn theed buyasittlil Liitil-ds4,hilleiprctior about of those tickets viewing the prevent, as . with reference to the Apartments tiekets %1 • d or and the impositions pralised upon in s , in the streets of far as possible, the hawking ' to the town v..hu may be unprovided with the those victors . . _. for erista's °Weis, these tickets o the lutute will Lord Chartie he asal •lattle fur may one week from th e per i od at which they are dated. They are also for the future not to be transferable. It is also stated that, at a very early period, an arrangement will be made, so that the admissions to the state apartments will be procured by the public, 1 the otlice of Mr. Rob er t s , t h e recently appointed lAti ' e ikt ri , of Palaces, in the department of the Lor4 eilamberitin. The number of tickets, each to admit gcysit persons, issued by the four establishments in Lo-,ltlen, where they ar e only to be procured, since the Ist of January (the day em which the new arrange ee thou an d came into operation), up, to Saturd ay last, exeeedi thr ST. JOHN'S GATE.—The owners of,this ancient struc ture have relinquishsd the itla, Of cumpoing the gate, and have determined to re-case it with stone where defective. The ornamental p.ortiona, such as embattlements, table,,, &c. are to be restored by the public, under the direction of the ' committee and Mr. W. Y. Griffith, architect:—The Builder. THE NIGHTINGALE.—This charming sngster, for whose melodious notes the Trumpington-road is so u r enowe,d, tk42 begun to pour forth its "jug-jug" in our neighbourhood eviicr than usual this year. Last week it was heard, and by tiffs time is Is almost common.— Cambridge Chronicle. Preparations are being ipa4 Por the reception o f th e ministers, nearly 400. in iininher, expected to attend the wesleyan Contetence, which will beheld this year in Bristol. pr:itst . t4 ilea/ital.' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 1114 PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 22.—The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Sir Richard Grant, took the flag of Adm;ial Ogle from the Victorious hulk yesterday, and this morning the latter hauled off to her usual moorings. The t. Vincent is now ready to go to Spithead whenever the tides will allow her. We have much pleasure in announcing that Sir Richard Grant will go to sea in her. Thirty extra riggers belonging to this dock yard were discharged into the St. Vincent yesterday, towards - completing her complement, which will be made up to 950, by extra marines. The Winchester, 50, Captain Eden, flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. J. Percy, was inspected and mustered at Spithead yesterday, by Admiral Percy, for the Commander-in-Chief; the crew were exercised in target practice, and showed con siderable proficiency in gunnery. She came into harbour this morning to be dismantled prior to being paid off. Admiral PercY struck his flag last evening at sunset. She sailed into harbour in gallant style. Two days before she left the Cape, the Helena, 16, Commander Sir C. Ricketts, Bart., sailed from Simon's Bay for a cruize in the Mozambique Channel, and the Cleopatra, 26, Captain Wyvill, left on the 11th of Feb. fur the same waters. The Royalist, 10, Commander Ogle, arrived at Singapore from Mindoro on the 17th of February, and sailed on the 26th for Sarawak. The Diligence, naval transport, went to Devonport yes terday with the stores fur that dockyard, and supplies for the Irish squadron. Sir W. Burnett, M.D., K.C.H , F.R.S., Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy, arrived at Haslar Hospital on a visit of inspection on Monday. Thu Vulture steam frigate, Captain 111•15ouall, left Singa pore on the 10th of February tbr Hong-Kong." The Janus steamer was towed ( !) out of the harbour to Spithead by the Eclm tug this morning early. She is manned by a crew from the Victory, and commanded by Mr. Flinn, master of that ship. She will " sail' fur Wool wich as soon as the wind becomes favourable. The Queen, 110, and Albion, 92, are on their way from Devonport to Spithead, to join the experimental squadron. _APPOINTMENTS: Commander J. J. 111‘Cleverty (1842), who was midship man of the A. in, at Navarin ,, , and commanded the Hon. East India Company's ~, teanter Phlegethon, at the taking of An,oy and COinghae in 1841, and at the destruction of the Chicese fire- rafts at Chinghae, taking of Woosurg and Charghae, and the city of Ching Keang-Foo in 1842, is ap pointed to command the Polyphemus steam-sloop at Wool wich. Commander Henry Chads (1845, son of Commodore Chads, late of the Cambrian, and now iu command of the Excellent gunnery ship and the Rot al Naval College at this port), who was Senior Lieutenant ta' the Harlequin, and was severely wounded.l.hen in etnnnand of her boats in a desperate en counter with pirates pu the coast of Sumatra, in 1844, is ap pointed to command the Styx, steam-sloop, on the coast of Africa, vice Hotnby, invalided with injured sight from the effeets ut the vinuate. Lieutenants—J. Seccumbe (184'2), to the Queen, appoint ment to the Vernon cancelled; W. J. Deane (1843), to this Persian. Secomi Masters—W. H. Bourchier, to the Griffin ;R. Smith, to the Belleisle. Assistant-Surgeons—C. Roberts, to the Pique ; Frauds ill'Afee (acting), of the Vindictive, to the Hyacinth ; Aldred Jacks .11 (acti , . l ;), fro►n the Victory, to Haslarlkskital; A. • Lill le, to the Master's AsAstaut—C. P. Campbell, to the St. Vincent. Mid.hipinan—J, ii. E. Weiny,s,. to the Retribution. mi.. H a rvey, 6,atswairt of the St. Vincent, is appointed master rigger of Portsmourh dockyard, in the room of Mr. Maitland, recently superannuated. SHEERNESS, Armi.. 21.—The Trafalgar, 120, flag-ship., Captain J. N. Nott, got under way on Monday morning, From the Nore, and had proceeded as far as the Mouse, when the %% hid freshening from the N.E., she was compelled to bring up, where she remained till to-day, when the wind. having moderated, the Monkey and Fearless steamers took h=r in tow through the Swin channel to the Downs. The Brilliant, 22, Captain R. B. Watson, GB , being cow pletely fitted for se was discharging from the basin en FtLiay. She is a noble lo king craft ; with all her guns and stores on board, with the exception of her powder and a portion of her shot, she draws about 16 1 ,4 feet of water for ward, and 18% alt., and carries her midship port Dearly S feet from the water's edge. She will complete the adjust meta of her compasses to-day, go to the Non: to-morrow, and sail on Friday tOr Spitheacl, The Emerald cutter, Second Master Beach, arrived trorn Portzmouth yesterday, with supernumeraries, :. , he goes to Ghat!,ain to-day, to wait the paying off of the l'Farspite, 50, when she will convey her marines to their die:isiun at Ports nn.uth. The Griff , n, 6, brigantine, Lieute Wilmot, alre:idy all atamit rant Commander C.E. ; :a the basin, having been (1 rigged by the , 4:kyard rigv,",rs. Her complement of marinea joined to-dad fro m the r:jnithEt,„ ii, ision Only seamen have as entered tor her. one or two SDA N Iti FITS GAZETTE. TAJE DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. King, draper, Kingston upon-Hull—third div. of id. in the pound, and those creditors who were two late to prove for the first and seccint div. may also receive 3s. 4d. and Bd. in the pond in addition, on ally Wednesday after April 22, at the office of Freeman, Leeds. T. Humphrey, sen., and T. Humphrey, jun., shipwrights, Kingston-upon- Hull—second div. of i d, w the pound, and those who were too late to prove for the first div. may re ceive 2s. lid. in the pound in addition, ou any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman. Leeds. S. and J. Knight, calico dealers, Manchester—final air. of eleven-sixt,,enths of a penny in the pound, on any Tues day, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. W. G. Taylor and E. Guy, hosiers, Liverpool—first div. of 9s. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the offict of Mr- Morgan, Liverpool. J. and T. Binney, merchants, Sheffield—second div. of 6d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office. of Mr. Hope, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of LaAruptcy, Basinghall-street. IV. Attwater, dyer, Devoushire,-street, Queen-squarer MAN. 12, at half-past one—J. Johns, cont:Ttioner, Grosvenor street %Vest, Punnet), May 12, at twelve—J. Hamilton, wine merchant, King-street, St. James's, Play 12, at eleven—M. Maclean, cloth factor, 13 asingh.11-street, May 15, at one—G- C. Green, stationer, Barge -yard, Bucklerabury, Alay 12, at half-pact one, In the Country. G. Perry, coachbuilder, tstroud, Gloucesterxhir', May 19, at. eleven. at the Bristol astriet Court—W. Tomlinson, jun., money scrivener, Nantwich, Cheshire, May 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—J. Clarke and J. . Philipot bankers, Leicester. CERTIF &CATES to be granted, unless cause be shown the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. J. H. Nftk, outfitter, Poplar, May 14—S. Stocker, sett., hydr..ulie engineer, Seckford-street, Clerk,atwell, May 14-- P. Owen, Miller, Liverpool, May 14— G. Perry, cuachbuildert Stroud, Gloucestershir, Mey 18—G. Danner, merothant, Liverpool, May 14— J. NN alton, coal merchant, Liverpool, Mdy 12—J, Al:Gibbon, shoemaker, Liverpool, May 12—J. 11 - 11. Jee, insurance broker, Liverpool, May 12—I. Rob erts, grocer, Mold, Flint: hire, May 12—J. Hill, currier, Birm Jog ham, May 15—S. Rhodes, worsted spinner, Bradford, York shire, blay 14—J. SykeF, hosier, Doncaster, May 12-4 Joplin, draper, Bkhopwearmouth, Durham, May 12--U,.„' Davis, plasterer, Strang eways , L ancashire, May 12—P- - 6 ' Walker, ship broker, Liverpool, May 10—C. livae, idYel' Leeds, May 12. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Hearn and T. D. Blackburn, linendrapers, Taunton--• J. F. Coulstring and 1) C. Isaacs, wire -workers, Bristolt--E; Batman and 1-1. P. G. Sparks, general merchant., Liverpool anal—J. and A. C. ~, Juicers, Bury, Lancashire_ ribv : H. aT! nul E. S. 5.c.01%dr'9000:::).1 I n7p N l n°,ntititeisorneys, King',-road, Bedfortt-row-_iC a; . and S. Nelson, music -seller S„ Soho-square —W. Bayle.y d,B I . isds_a ? n.O farmers,dN. c e ( 2 . w ,l b rv y , : e7siisgafi lutiiin.paattorneys,nl,l7o s o , c N kt o o r ti t , h k u p tan sh i , a r ta . e L l. Carson, S. 01 b lv . warehousemen,corl Curless end ei varl: Riley, worsted spinners, Laister Dyke, Yorkshire (so far 33 regards G. Curles s Leeds—J,) —T, arson and J. Osborne, woolaaPle rs ' B. and T. Summers, farmers, L ow Newton, Dar" Irani H. Smith and J. li n k s , di e sinkers, Birtn'atgba,m--• C. Cotton and G. Sayle, surgeons, King's Lynn—P, yateghaa and G. IV,. Bevan, attorneys, Brecon—A. Kent and J. rott, soda preparers, Bissow, Cornwall—J. W. Ad am s and I'. Hill, stockurekers, Manchester—R. Stones and T. Uodg' son, bras , founders, Hull—J. R. Greaves, J. M‘Nicol, And J. Laurie, Liv e rpo o l ( so f ar as regar d s J. Laurie)—J. P. MAP"' S. Davey, W. Davey, and R. Da% ey, common b rewe rs„'Reu ruth. Cornwall (so tar as reg a rds W. Davey) —W. TrlorleY and E. Seurat, Manchester warehousemen, Bread- street , Cheapside—D. Campbell and G. Greaves, horseowners, Liver pool—W. and T. Lambert, eurriers, New Breath) rd- 11 ,' Dixon and J. Hall, surgeons, Prnston—T. D e whi rs t Ind S' Hewitt, sawyers, Bradtord—E. Legh and A. Bellamy„ wine merchants, Quadrant, Regent -street —R. Greenwelo, B. Sacker, and U. J. Brown, coal fitters, Sunderland—J., Ash croft, A. F. lllackay, and D. M ac k a y, L iverpool—W I Carr and D. Goodall, button-sellers, Glasshouse -street, P;egent" street—T. Sneyd and T. Hill, earthenware manufa cturerae Hanley, Staffordshire—R. Penrose, D. Starbuck, d Sheppard, jun., Abergarward Colliery, Gl aniongans , h i r e ($° far as regards . Sheppard). • SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. David Weir, innkeeper, Glasgow, April 24, and May 91 a t twelve, at Deans' Tavern, Glesgow. Thomas Lennox, grocer, Penh, April 29, and May VOr at twelve, at the office of Mr. Clark, Perth. the .Linsta:ltti:eeaurtr:yerctaTsaimriolerstFib;luo7l:ee,nv‘ec.reheo 14eilx:penisrkse7dnineTeititieetahtt:beoLdeeeedTtyiisvoears: .'tsllfeecco.6.-ntit son of the hue and brother of present Ea,' of .sliam,on. 11e vr - , born in 1815, and In 1841 he instrtled the eldest daughter 01 Ede, Esq. --- - BIRTHS . On the 1311 inst., at Noulogne-sur-Mer, the Hon. Mrs.- Merv. Graves, of a daughter. On the 6th inst., at Rome, the lady of William P. Price, E Pi, of a daughter. of II On the 16th inst., at Highbury-hill, Mrs. H. G. W. Sperli or, - daughter, still-born, _,... of Ott the 16th itttt., at Blackheath-park, Mrs. Joseph I;Fnderaltu.'"' a daught9r. On tile lath i ns t ., i n Brompton-crescent, the wife of Cher lea ' ir. Pollard, Esq , surgeon, of a sun. • On the Inth inst., in Gloucester - place , Now- roe o .oii, d, Mrs. FA of a son. On tne Ott the 1 8 t h inst., at Tulse.hill, Surrey, Mrs. Brand of ad. gli t h ' e ; inst. in Cavendish-square, the lady , of W. : su Arc" Shee, Esq., of a son. , xr. On the 19 th inst., at Norwich, th e w i fe of Arthur Tawk , t, D.P -. of a son. Ott the 19th inst., at the Elms ; West Derby, near Liverpc 01, 10 ' Q. A. Hoskins, of a son. MARRIED. ..,,u- On the l‘th hist , at MARRIED. New Church, KlngstalU. - L i r Thames, Mat All; n •olly Esq. to Miss Elle* Marshall. ..„ctl, p2, li th , e ilih it ,At S&. NieLlag, Brighton, Jelin Edward C. .1 , ..".,,,. ---"' °' Cale, A., to Ellen Sarah, oily daughter of W. Palmer, Pr` of litixtoli-:allt. ' ___ I . tOn the 15th i ns t. , at N orw ood, DlED ~4 -°be t Arthur, youngest son of . lloggart, Esq, ~ On the 18th I ns t ., M r. George B r i ggs, o f Wigmore-street, sk.,svell dish-square. - wie On the 10th i nst., i n Upper Brook-street, General Sly; Moore X).- -- f, K.C.R., aged SI. On the 20th I nst., Amelia Fanny, eldest daugb'ter of J• 115 • GO Esq., of Streatham-park, Surrey. el Ann, the 20th i nst., A, the wife of Mr, U."O. Modes , o f ~ r . ,h— -aP street, Tottenham -court-road. On the 19th i n -t., Mr. James Manley ' Chaplin , aged 59. On the 19th lust„ Mrs. Pryer, 01 tiv ;a t Baddow, Essex, aged • 4 'o( inst., Ann, the wife • of jar. John Bradley, prkater , Great Titchtleld-st ree t , St. Maryle on e. ~.,,,,idt On the 20th I nst., ut Southwics -Street, Hyde-park, Elias GO.— Esq., aged 14. • On the 20th On foal ihst., at lickfise 1, Sus 3 ex , Isabella , relict of the la te I. Ki thu lgour, Esq., of kettle:awe,- : D. O v t . t , ti c r e e e 2 t i o h r h4ll : , j ‘4 o ': f Aberdeenshire, aged 83. On the 21st. list .,, Mix. T' ' mat , Tegg, ot Cheapside, publish c ort ro , irrhrook, Essex, the Rey. Jonathan IV . '" ............................, ' k Essex, aged 72. -- 1. Leeden 2 - Published by PeUltDO YOUNG. of s°. c is o c, straw' L r ' rA ,s'un Ofllee 9 1 ih^. Sa w , N 0.112, Strand. hi the F re q la Op County of Middlesex, Tliursdart tpd 13 , 1846. '