The Sun. — London, England, 1834-03-10 00:00:00

-- rarciss t:), , STOCKS THIS UAY AT ON 0 , CLO , K. Bank Stcesc 3 per Cent Red. 3:per Cent. Cons. 9 1 1,4!,',% i Ditto Bonds... — 29 pm. 3% per Cent. shut 'South Sea Stock Ditto Red ... shut -'f)!d Annuities.. — New 3% per Cent. —.98% 9 814 New Ditto ............ ......... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 ....: —!:l per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... 4 per Cent. 1855 Bank Long Ann. to expire , Ditto ..... „.....50 0 4B 49 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 shut 'Ditto Small flet. 10, 1859 — lDitto Commercial Jan. 5, 1660 : lvA ; Ditto Advertised ...... „. —pm Jan. 5, 1880..... ...... Aprils, 18SO ..... ......... India for Account Jan. 5, 1870............... (Cons. for Account ..... 91% .;4}4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Austrian Bonds ,... ..... 1021 Peruvian Bonds... ......213. 1 !;, Belgian Bonds 99i Ditto Account Ditto Account 91 1 / i i !Portuguese Bonds 65 4% 5 Brazilian Bonds 73N; : Ditto Account 65% 41, 5 Ditto Account 73 3 / ; Ditto New Bonds 65 , -,!. 5 Buenos Ayres Bonds 26%' Ditto:Acconnt (15N 5 Ditto Account '6% Prussian Bonds lOl Chilian Bonds ........ Ditto Account 27 i Russian Bonds, 1322 1V434 Columbian Bonds Ditto Account 25! Ditto 11l 1C.6!4 Ditto Bonds, 1924 2SN 'Spanish Bonds, 182:—.30 2934 Ditto Accoptit. 27 j Ditto Ace. .f Danish Bon.: 3. '5% I Ditto Bonds, 1%3 2714 Ditto Account 75%; Ditto'Account 27% , A% Greek Bonds French Rentes, sp. c. --f —e. Ditto Bonds, 1825. 2 9 3,1 ''-- Exchange —f —C. Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent. 31% ' lExchange - f --C. Ditto Account Dutch, .1 p. e 'Om IA lUro, 6 per cent 29% Ditto Account 503 x 4 Ditto Account 39 Ditto, sp. c. 9 7 14% Neapolitan 99 Ditto Account 9734 PRICES OF SHARPS THIS DAT AT ONE o'cr.ocT• Paid. Per Sl.are. Altrn Mining Company £7 1136% Anglo Mex. Min. co. pss. at U. pin ) £1(111 IN Bolanns Mining Company £l5O 13734 Brazilian Mining Company £s li Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (ss. at 5/.pm.) £2l 61 Ditto Macaubas Cocaes "234 29 1 ,4 - - Ditto St. John Del Rey Cata Branca Mining Company 3% British Iron Minin. Comm , / £5O Columbian Minim, Co. 'isv At 5/, pm.) 52% 2Snelisb Mining General Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo Mexican Mining Co £4B Real del Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) 1_ nited Mex. Min. Co. (Iss. at 21. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. _ 3 3 i 9}6 41 1 ; .2 . 9 Ilu lli .EI 6 0 Australian Co. Canada Company lB 51 General Steam Navigation Co. National Provincial Bank of England 15 131 i. Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 2.5 41!4 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 7. Bank Stock ... ........... - ISt. Patrick Imur.(perShare Consols, 3 per cent 6ov. Stock, 3-1 per cent. t 6 I National Ditto — Ditto, New 4per Cent Guy. Pt+. 3!4 percent...: 89% 'Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock — 'l - .lperial Mine — City Dcb. 4 per cent...„.. Mining Co. of Ireland ..„ — Ballast Office Deb. 4v. c. Commercial Buildings HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...53 minutes after 2. 1 Evening...l2 minutes after 3. ,--A `IT3 • ' -,..''''-' .„. M) :Vik"&e% 41. • ~,T z_ -9 .7...... ._____ ,il ~ ~:„„.._ .._ LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1834. In another' part of The Suiz will be found a copy of a petition to the House of Commons, agreed to at an important and numerously attended meeting of Dissenters, which was h eld on Wednesday and Thursday last at Manchester. This petition expresses, in energetic, but re spectful terms, the sense which the Dissenters entertain of the grievances under which they labour ; alludes pointedly to " the partial and unjust preference" of the law which "autho rises Bishops to sit in the Upper House of Parliament ;" and indirectly condemns the union of Church and State. We have said that this petition is an energetic one ; it is so in a remarkable degree, and shows, in every sentence, the earnestness and deter mination of the Dissenters to gain their just but long withheld rights. Other towns, as we see by the provincial papers, are following the example of Manchester ; in fact, meetings are everywhere in process of holding, against the oppressive monopoly of the Established Church. One reason for this active stir is the melancholy symptoms of vacillation which Ministers have evinced respecting the quantum of relief they should grant to the Dissenters. They seem to think that the little.as-needs-be system should be acted on ; unconscious, appa rently, of the vast mass of moral influence they are bringing to bear against them, that they are playing the game of their adversaries by dis heartening and disgusting their best friends. To the united, seasonably exercised energies of the Dissenters, Ministers, in a great measure, owe the success of the Reform Bill—to the continuance of the same energies they owe their present possession of office. What madness is it, then, to drive such friends from their side, at the very moment, when they stand most in need of their assistance ! But the ball is on the roll now, and whether willingly or otherwise on the part of Government, the Dissenters will gain their point. Surely then—to retort on Ministers the language they so often held towards the Tories during the discussion of reform—it were far better that they should yield now as an act of grace, what ere long must infallibly be extorted from them as an act of necessity. The contents of the Dutch, German, and Brussels papers, received yesterday, possess no particular interest for the general reader. The following are the prices of the respective funds:— DUTCH FUNDS—Ammannam, MARCH 5. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 49% 50 A inort Syndic, 4% per cent 89% to 89% Ditto, ditto. 3% per cent..... 7l 34 to 71% Loan of 14 Milllon, 1830, 6 per cent lod to 100% Ditto, 183 . 1.1633, 5 per Cent. Exchange on London —Dutch Papers, March 6. PRUSSIAN FUNDS—Beaux, MARCH I. St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. 9834 97% Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 per cent 103% Ditto 1922, 5 per cent.... 1033 Ditto, Bonds lB3O, 4 per cent.... 93% 93►% Exchange on London, three months 6 25% —Prussian State Gazette, March 2. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRUSSELS, MARCH 7. Actual Debt, % per Cent. Rothschild'a Loan, 5 per Cent 97 Loan of the City, 1834, 4 per Cent U.3I —Brussels Papers, March 8. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-VIENNA, 111Ancil 2. 5 per Cent. Metalliques 97 2-3 4 per Cent. ditto BB 15-32 Bank Actions 12501 —,lllgemeine Zeitung, March 7, The Paris papers of Saturday are, like their predecessors, more occupied with reports than with authentic news. The reluctance of M. THIERS, or the Government generally, to meet the wishes of the merchants of Bourdeaux and other places, on the subject of free trade, causes great discontent among the sea-ports of the west, and must, sooner or later, be felt as a source of great annoyance to the Ministry. The news from Spain does not add much to our former accounts. The resignation of M. BURGOS is daily looked for, as well as that of M. MARTINEZ de la ROSA, who is becoming very unpopular... In fact, it is suspected that he is only acting as the agent of M. ZEA, who exercises considerable influence over the Govern ment. But this state of things cannot last long. Either the Cortes must be convoked, or a general confusion take place, for it is impossible that the QUEEN-REGENT can direct the government by half measures with security to herself, or satisfac tion to the people. A most foolish outcry has been raised, and as foolishly circulated, with additions and com ments, by some of the Sunday papers, relative to a strike among the men employed at some of the London gas works. According to the accounts, the trade, security, and very existence of the City would seem to depend on a few labourers, who imagine, that by combining to gether, and refusing to supply gas, their masters will, owing to the inconvenience ex perienced by the citizens, and the apprehen sions of the result, be forced to pay them any wages they demand. There never were more groundless apprehensions. But little skill and experience are required of most of the men employed at these works. There are a few who superintend the workmen, and who must neces sarily have a knowledge of the operations, not to be acquired in a few days, but these men have not struck, and we will venture to say that if the masters do not yield to intimidation, they will in a short time get as reany - Then either from among the stokers in Staffordshire, or from establishments in London, as will be found sufficient for all the operations. But even supposing the worst case possible—sup posing all the gas men to make a simulta neous strike, and not a lamp lit up to night, what would be the dire result ? Not half the danger and inconvenience that are felt from a Lon don fog. One torch in a clear atmosphere will give as much light as ten in a fog, and the light' from the shops in all the principal streets would be brighter than all the gas that could be supplied in a gloomy, foggy, November night. The men have chosen the time of a new moon to make their stand, but that in convenience will become less and less every night ; and unless they can persuade all the candlemakers, and link makers, and that vene• rable personage the " man in the moon" to strike with them, they will, in the long run, be the only sufferers. The community at large will naturally take part against such combina tions, for no one can say, if once admitted, to what extent it may be carried. Then would there be no limits to their demands but their own will, and they might as well stand out for 101. a week as 30s. or 40s. We would be the last to support the masters in tyrannical conduct or in grinding down the wages of workmen to the lowest pitch, and if any instances of this kind could be ad• duced, the public and the press would at once take the part of the injured. But we have heard of no such attempts ; on the contrary we believe that the wages paid to journeymen in London have not been materially lowered, while most of the necessaries of I;fe, such as bread, beer, and articles of dress have fallen within the last twenty years nearly one-half. For the sake of the workmen and their families we hope they will not persevere in a system which can only injure themselves. The price of labour rises in proportion to the demand, as certainly as the light precedes the Sun, and without such a demand no secret combinations can avail them. It appears by the correspondence relative to the case of Mr. BARRETT, which has been published by order of the House of Commons, that the stoppage of stamps for the Pilot was in obedience to an order from the Stamp Office in London. Only two cases coming under the meaning of the Act, 55 Geo. 111., cap. 80, had occurred, and in both cases the proprietorship, or printer, was changed, and the papers carried on as usual. This clearly proves the folly or injustice of passing Acts of Parliament which are only made to be evaded. The press has enough to answer for, without being subjected to such vexatious penalties. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Charlestown papers to the Bth February, and New Bruns.. wick to the 2d, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The former papers state that the cotton market has experienced a steady demand, and the sales were large, considering the small stock in hand. Bahama papers have been received to the 17th. Mr. An derson was elected speaker of the House of Assembly. Lieut.- Colonel Balfour pronounced the speech to the House. He said, " I have very lately had a communication from the Se cretary of State, conceived in the most friendly spirit to. wards this colony." The New Brunswick papers are entirely void of interest. We have arrivals from Calcutta, but of an old date. THE FUNDS. Our arrivals this morning are from Holland, Flanders, France, and the Express from Paris. The two former are of little interest, but it appears that the Belgians are not satisfied with the release of M. Hanno. They are anxious to revenge the insult ; this is mere blustering. Can they fight Prussia ? No; they must pocket the insult. The Express from Paris communicates little of importance ; it brings information from Madrid of the Ist March, at which period no news had been received of the Queen's army's operation against the insur gents. M. Burgos was still in office, but in general disliked. General Llnuder has declared that the new ordinance relative to the Urbane Guard cannot be put in force at Barcelona. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 91i for the Account, opened at 91 34 1 ; at present they are 91g, buyers. Spanish, 301 ; Portuguese, 651 I. Since the above was written, some kind of panic has taken place with the Speculators in Portuguese and Spanish Stocks, which have receded Spanish to 29g, Portuguese to 64j. HALF-PAST ONE. We have no fresh arrivals flora Lisbon to the present time. Three vessels have arrived from Oporto, which place they left on the 24th, 25th, and 26th ; we do not hear that they bring any news from that quarter. The Pike is hourly expected from Lisbon, but she cannot bring any fresh information, as she sailed one hour previous to the Royal William steamer. The panic which prevailed in the early part of the morning among the speculators in Spanish and Portuguese Stocks has rather subsided, and Spanish may be quoted at 29g I ; Portu guese 64; 65. In consequence of the French Funds coming higher, 78f., Consols have improved to 911 for the Account, with little doing. The Company's tea sales are going on quietly this morning, with an advance. No reports or political news. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 911. A correspondent, referring to the city article, states that we were misinformed as regards the sum for which Messrs. Cephas, Mills, and Co., of New York, have stopped payment. He adds that he can satisfy our City correspondent, if necessary, that their debts amount to 110,000 dollars only.— Times. TRAVELLING OVER THE ALPS.--We learn that the passage of St. Bernard presents at this moment great danger, on account of the enormous quantity of snow that has fallen. Formidable avalanches threaten every moment to entomb the travellers. Three lately ar rived at the Hospice with their hands and feet frozen but they recovered in consequence of the great care bestowed upon them at that refuge. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THIS DAY, MONDAY, MARCH 10. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at five minutes past twelve. The house was crowded in every pint. Sir H. P. H. CAMPBELL the new member for Berwickshire, took the oaths and his seat. Some returns from the governors of Queen Anne's Bounty were laid upon the table. Major BEAUCLERK brought in a bill for improving Grosvenor-place, which was read a first time. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Lord MORPETH presented a petition from Witting stock against the Great Western Railway Bill. Mr. C. RUSSELL presented a petition from the Mayor and inhabitants of Reading, unanimously agreed to at a public meeting of the inhabitants, in favonr of the bill. Mr. TAYLEURE pr, sensed a petition from the town of Bridgwatr in favour of the bill. Mr. SHEPHERD presented a petition from the manu facturers, traders, and others, of the borough of Frome, in favour of the 6.11. Mr. R. PALMER brought in a bill for enclosing lands in a parish in the county of Berke. The hon. member then presented a petition, signed by several respectable persons of the town of Reading, against the Great West ern Railway Bill. Also, a petition, signed by a large number of the proprietors of land, in the county of Berk., against the bill. Also, a petition from an individual named Alex. Hope, in the county of Middlesex, against the hill. Mr. RUSSELL begged to ask the hon. member the number of signatures attached to the petition from Read ing? We understood Mr. Palmer to say about 200. Sir F. BURDETT presented a petition from Sarah Dowager Countess of Berkeley against the hill. The bon. member holed that the rights of private property would be respected, as he was quite sure that the general good would be far more attended to when that principle was maintained. The petitioner stated that her residence would be quite uninhabitable if the line marked out by the company was selected. The Hon. CRAVEN BERKELEY presented a peti tion most numerothly and respectably signed by the in bahitants of Cheltenham in favour of the bill, which was more numerously and respectably signed than any peti tion he had ever had the honour to present, but it gave him great pain to say that he could not concur in the prayer of the petition ; and moreover it was his intention to give all the opposition he could to the measure.-- (Loud laughter.) He hoped this house would not entertain such a monstrous proposition as that of making a railway from London to Reading, and from thence to Bristol, leaving the space between Reading and Bath without the chance of gaining any benefit by it. Mr. ROBERT GORDON presented a petition from a lady having property on the road through which the rail way was to pas., against the bill. Mr. VIVIAN presented a petition from the merchants, bankers, and landowners of the town of Leith, South Wales, in favour of the bill. _ _ _ . Mr. HAWES brought up the report of the Committee on the South Lambeth Water Works Bill. SirRICHARD VYVYAN presented petitions from the mayor, corporation, and burgesses of Bristol, from the Chamber of Commerce in the same city, from the Bristol Dock Company, and from the merchant adventurers of Bristol, all in favour of the bill. Mr. KENNEDY presented a Otition from the corpo. ration and inhabitants of Tiverton, from the merchants of the city of London, and from the bankers and merchants of Bradford, all in favour of the bill. Mr. LABOUCHERE preeented a peition from Taun ton, in favour of the bill. Mr. BENETT presented petitions from Westbrook and Henley, in favour of the bill. A great number of similar petitions were presented, but owing to the great noise in the house, and the evident impatience to get the whole of the petitions disposed of, the names of several did not reach the reporters. Among them, however, were the following ; from the Salthill Road Trust, and the counties of Bucks and Berke, pre sented by the Marquis of Chandos, against the bill; from the bankers and other inhabitants of Bristol, in favour of it, by Mr. /Lillie; from the parish of St. George's Hano ver-square, and from a lady, by Mr. Baring, against it ; from Trowbridge, by Sir J. Hanmer, in favour of it ; one by Mr. P. Scrape, also in favour of it; from Dursley, by Mr. Moreton, in favour of it; from Market Savender, by Captain Copland, in Tavour of it ; from Colnbrook, Great Marlow, and Edward Roberts, E.q., of Ealiog, by an bon. member, nAttinst it. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET then moved the second reading of the bill. The Earl of KERRY having been requested by the Great Western Railway Company to second the motion for the second reading, would take that opportunity of stating the reason which induced him to do so. It was well known that Bristol was the great "entrepot" of the imports from Ireland, and in that respect the railway would be one of great national importance, for by it the best and most wholesome food would be ob tained by the labouring classes of this great metropolis more cheaply. As to the objection which he had heard mans times out of the house, and which had been adverted to by the hon. member for Cheltenham (hon. C. Berkeley), namely, that the advocates of the bill were supporting a measure which bad no body, but merely a bead and a tail ; it was one that had been argued a considerable time be fore the committee. He begged, therefore, to state how the speculation was got up. It only commenced last August, and every gentleman who was acquainted with the proceedings must know that, before the end of October, notices were served upon ail the persons whose property was likely to be affected by it, and it was also necessary that the company should order a survey of the whole line of the proposed railway. He considered this a great national undertaking, and he was sure that the grounds of opposition to it which he had heard frequently out of the house would have no weight in it. He did not think that any weight could attach to those objections. He regretted that some oppo sition was made to this bill by a learned body, the Provost and Fellows of Gresham College; but he had learned that the nearest point to the college at which the railway touched was a mile and a half distant.—(Hear, hear.) Now the governors of Harrow and Rugby, within a quarter of a mile of the first of which the Birmingham railroad would pass, had not objected to it, nor did they think that the interests of those establishments would be affected by it...-( Hear, hear.) If there were an y o bj ec ti ons to be made to this bill he thought the proper time would be when it was in committee. With respect to the general belief of the land owners towards the bill, he need only state that out of 1,368 land-owners on the line of road, only 135 bad expressed their dissent to it. He did not think it was necessary for him to add any more at that period, as he hoped that the house would agree to the second reading, and they would then have a full opportunity of discussing it in committee. Mr. R. PALMER said that he rose to oppose the second reading, and in stating the grounds of his oppo sition, be would only occupy a short time. He thought the present was a cas e of a p ecu li ar na t ure , an d be should not stand forward to oppose it, unless he felt convinced that he had the strongest parliamentary grounds for the position he had taken. Much apprehension, he was aware, existed in the tninds of hon. members upon the sul,jeet of this railroad, and till within the last few days, it was not in the knowl dge of Imo. members generally, what was really the bill before the house. It appeared in the votes of the house as the second reading of the Great Western Railway Bill. He was not going to contend thzt a line of communication from London to Bristol would not be beneficial to the country. Bat this was not the case; it was not the ease of a railway from London to Bristo', but a hill of a very different nature. Even if it were a railway to Bristol, be contended that no advaltage would accrue from it unless it was completed in the most effectual and least expensive mode. The case he (M . Palmer) had to submit to the house, was not that of the London and Bristol railroad, it was a very different one. The original proposal was started last summer, lie believed ; the prospectuses were issued and sub• scriptions were set on foot for a railroad between London and Bristol. The house was perhaps not aware that the amount of capital necessary to be invested in the proposal was three millions. By the subscription list which he (Mr. P.) saw,lonly one million was made up; it might be forthcoming, but, however, the original plan was aban doned, and a second advertisement appeared for a rail way between London and Reading, B r i sto l an d Bath ; so that a space of seventy miles intervened, which was not to have the benefit of a railway at alb=— (Hear, hear.) He did not think he was occupying the time of the house unnecessarily on the subject, when be mentioned the state of opinion on it among the landed interests. The noble lord said that the number of those who assented to the bill was very great ; this he (Mr. p.) considered a very great error ; no doubt it arose from misapprehension, but be was sure the statement could not I?e verified by facts. It was that morning he saw in a newspaper of the county which he had the honour to represent, the project as put forward by the solicitors for carrying un this railway; and taking the opinions of those who assented and dissented from the bill, it would be found that 217 agreed and 106 disagreed. But what was the amount o f p ro p er ty am ongst the assenting and dissenting parties? Why, in 21 miles of a country through which this road was to pass, the assenting parties had a quantity of land, 1 mile 1 furlong and 105 yards; the dissenting 15 miles 5 furlongs 167 yards; the neuters 3 miles 2 furlongs and 195 yards ; and adding the neuters to the assents, and taking it in the most fa vourable light, the dissents would be three to one against the bill. The petitions which he had presented were most numerously, and, he would add, most respectably signed ; and when his hon. friend opposite (Mr. Russell) asked him the number of signatures attached to the petition from Reading, he must in return ask that hon. member whe ther, among the seven or eight hundred signatures attached to the petition which that hon. member had presented frarn R ea di ng i n f avour o f the bill , t h ere was any one individual who possessed an acre of land upon the line through which the railway would pass? He would be very much surprised if they had so much land as he had stated in their hands. tinier all the circumstances he thought he had made out a very strong case— (Hear)—and the petitioners, forming a very large portion of the land e d p ropr i etors , wou ld j ust if y t h e h ouse i n reject ing that bill. It appeared that the measure was an in complete one ; and be feared that very considerable in- Jury would be done to the places through which the rail- waywould be carried, unless the line be compl e ted. If not in a few years some new line or some better line from Reading to Bristol might be discovered, or perhaps in these days of improv emen t some new means o f l ocomot i on m i g ht he discovered, and then, after all the injury had been done, the project would be thrown overboard.—(Hear, hear.) He was not aide to state precisely what the numbers of assents and dissents was in the county of Middlesex, but he hail every reason to believe that the number of dissents would be found to be much larger than those who . assented to the measure. They were not nutru needy the largest, perhaps, but they possessed most pro perty on the line. He contended that the parties ought to come down to that Louse prepared to show that they were in a condition to carry the measure into effect. He felt that he was trespassing upon the time of the house— his arguments were comprised in a small compass of Pars liamentary ground, that the measure was a half measure, but he thought that was quite sufficient. Whatever personal interest he might have in opposing the bill (and he could assure the house that it was very small), and whatever interest those persons who had confided their him psti,ion s t o m for presentation might have, if the parties had come down to that house, and shown that they w e r e p repare d t o execu t e the proposed work—or if the subscripti on li s t was i n that state to justify the house in supposing that they would be able to carry the mea sure into effect, he would not have taken the step he now . took in oppos i ng t h e secon d rea di ng o f the bill—he would have consented to the bill going into committee ; but as such was not the case, he thought he had made out a case fur negativing the second reading of the bill. It was only a half measure, and could be of no advantage unless com pleted, either to the public or the persons concerned. He regretted that the landed proprietors had not a person better able to advocate this cause which had been confided to him, but upon the grounds which he had stated, he moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. The Marquis of CHANDOS rose for the purpose of seconding the motion, and said there was a very strong feeling in that division of the county of Buckingham which he had the honour to represent, against the hill. The noble lord read some statements of the number of assents and dissents in the county of Bucks, but from the excessive noise which prevailed in the house, we were unable to catch the details, the purport of which, how- eve!, appeared to be, that those who assented to the bill were persons who had very small lots of land. The noble 1 , lord referred to the opinion of the heads of Eton College on the subject, and read a letter, in which their opposi tion to the Measure was very strongly expressed, as being calculated to do great injury to the property in the neigh bourhood. He did not wonder that the merchants residing in Bath, Bt istol, or London, having capital at command, should feel disposed to enter into a speculation which they anticipated would turn out to their own advantage, but at the same time, he could not help remarking that there were other individuals whose interests ought to be re spected, and who, if this measure were carried into effect, would suffer such damage that no remuneration could compensate them. In the county which he represented, many farmers would be completely destroyed, as the effect of the tunnels and other works would be, not only to cut off the particular line of communication, but also to injure the drainage, so that the low lands would become in undated with wa•er. Ile desired to expre s s his opposition to the whole of the bill, and to express his opinion that instead of being beneficial, it would be replete with injuries to the whole neighbourhood through which the railroad was in tended to pass. On the question being put by the SPEAKER, Mr. C. RUSSELL rose to reply to some observations which had fallen from some hon. members who had op posed the bill. It was complained tha► the projectors had not stated that tla y would in the first instance extend the railroad the whole distance, but it did not follow on that account that they would not, at some future period, carry it further.—(Hear, hear.) He begged to say that the project did not emanate from Reading or any other town on the road, but from Bristol itself; and the reason why the projectors had not gone so far as hinted was because the house would not consent to their enter ing at once upon so great an extent of private property. He could confidently state that it could be satisfActoriy shown that the proposed railway would produce such public advantages as would justify the project. The hen. member, amidst great confusion, continued to urge tl.e advantages of the bill upon the house, and said he was sure if it went into committee, those advantages would be clearly established. Mr. O'CONNELL, in rising to support the Bill, assur ed the house that he would occupy its time but for a few minutes. He agreed most cordially with the principles of the bill, and would not now enter into its details, as that was a subject for the committee, who be was sure wou'd take care that parties were properly compensated. The question was, however, whether the commit'ee would sa crifice private interest to public good.—(Hear.) Was the measure a public good ? Could anyone doubt it would have the effect of conveying heavy substances from parts greatly distant from each other in a very short time, and would confer benefits both to this country and Ireland, as the produce of the latter would be conveyed to the former? The progress of civilization had advanced to that state that the facility of transfer had become necessary, as the prosperity of the country depended upon it.—(Hear.) Years back the judges had decided that no man could proceed against another for a bill due at Oxford on the preceding day, as it was impossible to go from London to that place in that time.—(Hear.) Since that, however, a much greater distance had been accomplished, and he hoped that in the course of a short period they would be able to go from London to Edinburgh in one day by the increase of rail-roads.—(Hear, hear.) The grave and Reverend Seniors of Eton—(Hear, hear, and a Laugh) —had taken a fancy to opposition in the present case, why did they not oppose the Birmingham rail-road ? Ir was enough to say they had not done so, but be could tell them that they might repose in their saran precincts, and rest satisfied that if the rail road carne within a mite and a half of their co'lege, they would have ample corns pensation.—(ll-ar. ) Bristol was a market for that great great granary Ireland—(Hear)—and the speedy transfer of the produce of that country would increase food for the poorer classes. It might, it was true, take away some monopolies—(Hear)—and interfere with some of the landowners between London and Bristol.—(Hear.) They Wright 8 e a d t — fi c rs ll t e, i a n )_ co b r u is t eq t u h e e nce po o or f er tha c t i,s r , n e z opo!y being d o who getwould s co untry, offer up their thanks and gratitude to the hou se destroyed—(Hear)—but r' food r cheaper, would, in every part of the y for giving its sanction to so great a measure. The chief objections to the measure scanned to be not to its principles, but its details, which he (Mr. O'C.) consider.d was more a subject for the committee than the house.—(Hear.) Mr. LABOUCHERE said that as his constituents felt the deepest anxiety for the success of the bill—(Hear)— lne begged to snake a few observanions upon it. It was a bill which contemplated only the half of a measure, leaving the whole measure to be filled up in a subsequent bill; but if it were to stop by making a railroad communication merely from London to Reading and then from Bath to Bristol, very great advantages would accrue to the public, for there was a good water communication between the intervening places, whereas the water communi cation from London to Reading by the Thames it was well known, was a very bad one. Although, therefore, it would be of importance to snake a railway on the whole line, yet if that could not be done at present, it would be of considerable advantage to have it as proposed by the present hill. He sincerely regretted the opposition which had been manifested to the bill by the College of Eton.— (Hear, hear.) He entertained the most unfeigned respect towards that college, but anything more preposterous— Lo hear'')—than the assertions made in the c petition o tiof "Hear, nfroemthat college, that it would be detri mental to the morals of the youths educated there if such a railroad went within a mile and a half of them h e never heard, particularly when it was considered where the Harrow and Westminster Schools were situwed, the scholars of which were as moral as those of Eton. Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE said that this corn. pany bad come to Parliament under a false pretence,— not that he wished to say any thing unfavourable towards the proprietors, who were, be believed, highly respectable men. The bill was stated to be to establish the great western railway, and yet its provisions only went to esta• !dish one from London to Reading, and from Bath to Bristol ; therefore, the company might call themselves by any other name as well as by that they now bore. In the hill there was no guarantee that all the line of railroad would be completed, as there were 70 miles of road left without any previsions. There was nothing by which the company bound themselves to form a communication on the whole line, except the bare fact that they chose to call themselves the Great Western Rtilroad Company. Therefore it was that he objected to the second reading. Those who ad vocated the measure on the principle of the hon. and learned member for Dublin (Sir. O'Connell), asserted that the company would be sure to complete the line in order to forward their ow❑ object, but it might happen that no other persons would chose to join them ; fun's for that purpose might not be forthcoming to enable the company to make the communication, and then in what a situatio❑ would they be placed?—(Hear, hear, hear.) A new company might come to parliament next year prepared with the means of making that line, and they would be stopped, because the Great Western Railroad Company had received the power to make it, although they had only made the two extremes of the line, and therefore the intervening space might never be com pleted. Indeed they seemed to have contemplated some such an event, for be the latter part of the bill it was pro vided, that if the line was not completed within three years, the lands were to go back to the original owners. He had next to complain of the immense extent of the schedule to the bill ; the lists of the lands, tenements, houses, &c., that were to belorcibly taken from their owners, in order to carry into effect this half measure, extended over not less than forty-two pages, and then bat about fiity miles of road would be completed. Upon reference to the London and Birmingham Railroad Bill, he found that although the line extended 110 or 120 miles, the schedule comprised only nineteen pages. In the present bill he found of gardens, tenements, and other parcels of property, in the highest degree valuable, that were to be forcibly taken possession of, there were not less than 1,271. He, therefore, pressed upon the house the uncertainty of tee whole line ever being completed. The honourable and learned member for Dublin recommended that all the details should be left to the committee.—(Hear.) Unless, therefore, they could raise a large subscription to defend their claims, it was impossible they could appear with any advantage before a committee. He recollected that many thousand pounds had been spent in this way in the Birmingham railway. He was prepared to show that, if only the two ends of the railway were constructed, it would not be of any great advantage.—(Hear, bear.) It was said that there was a good water communica tion between Reading and Bath for the conveyance of heavy goods, he was prepared to contend that railways were net calculated for the conveyance of heavy goods; be would not say that they did not occasionally carry such, but the expense was so great for heavy articles where time was no object, that it was found they could be better conveyed by canals and rivers than by rail-roads. The hon. and learned member for Dublin had condemned the college of Eton for their opposition to this bill, but if they considered that it would be injurious to the interests , of the college surely they had a right to come forward and state their objection to it.—(Hear, hear.) Colonel CONNOLLY said that the house bad been hitherto occupied with the detail- of the bill, whereas he thought that, at flirt stage, they ought to take the prin ciples of it into consideration. It was an object of great consideration, not only to the western counties of Eng land, but to the whole of the south of Ireland. There bad been strong efforts made to induce the people of Ireland to think that their interests were amt attended to in that house.—(Hear, hear.) Now they had an opportunity of proving the reverse, anti at the same time of conciliating the people of that coun try by allowing the construction of this railroad, by which the produce of Ireland would be brought to the best market. He was convinced that it would be of the greatest use to the agriculture, the moral habits, and the population of that country, that its interests would be essentially served, and its prejudices retnoved.—( Hear, hear.) It was apparent that a strong hostility was calculated upon from the counties contiguous to the metropolis ; and this convinced him that they apprehended that the competition of apiculture] produce from Ireland, and frotn the distant parts of the country, would interfere with their interests, and they were therefore most anxi .us to prevent a general and open competition. He addresse•: them more as an Irish mem ber, as he knew there were hon. members in that house better able than he was to support the interest of Wilt shire. He could, however, state that the expression of feeling upon this subject in that county was as strong as in any part of Ireland.—(Hear, hear, heir.) As to the Irish part of the question, he would say that three counties of Antrim, Louth, and Down were very supe rior to any part of Ireland ; and why was it so ? Because the constant and quick communication between those three coun ties and England had advanced them in morals and civilization. He therefore hoped most earnestly that feelings would be brought to the question, with a view to the benefit os Ireland, by according to it the great advantages of communication with England. He was not connected with the South of Ireland, but he was most anxious that the benefits arising from the western railroad should be afforded it; it would be a satis factory answer to the complaints made on the score of neglect respecting Irish business. It was often thrown out as a taunt, that Irish questions were not entertained with that de gree of attention they deserved. He (Col. C.) denied that ; they were, in his opinion, too much and too strongly advocated. It was unreasonable to trespass so much on the attention of the house on Irish business, as was done. He considered that the great outcry, which was made for the separation of the coun tries would he stopped, by evincing the desire to give every benefit to Ireland that could be reasonably afforded her. That was one, and he hoped the house would grant it. He would not trespass on the time of the house longer—(Hear)—but if they desired to retain as an integral part of the empire, they could not take a more effectual way than by opening the com munication a railroad would give.—(Cries of " Question," upon which the lion. member sat down, Mr. GISBORNE arose, and produced a card which he said he had received that morning. To it were annexed the signa tures of those who wished to oppose the bill. Among them we could catch the names of the Duke of Buck ingham, Countesses of Berkeley, Harrington, and Mon tague, Mr. Sloane, Mr. Stanley, &c. &c., requesting his (Mr. Gisborne's) attendance on Monday the 10th, at twelve o'clock at the House of Commons for the purpose of opposing the western railroad. He certainly complied with that earnest entreaty, but whether in favour or disfavour of that request, his vote on the question would soon tell.—(Loud laughter.) It was well known that Parliamentary canvassing prevailed to a great degree, but he considered this the most impertinent piece of interference that ever came under his knowledge. He con sidered it was a very proper question for the house to enter tain, whether a railroad should be carried from London to Bristol, and whether Reading and Bath were the fixed points through which the engineers should direct that road. He was convinced of the benefits of the railroad. A gentleman in the coal trade informed him t hat since the rail _ road between Manchester and Liverpo ol had been established, coals could be purchased at Is. 6 d. per ton in the latter place. He did not consider that any case wa s male out a g ainst the second reading of the bill : it was one which could with pro priety be submitted to a committee. Sir R. VYVYAN having had the honour to attend several meetings on the subject of the bill before the house, thought it necessary to say a few words. He thought the hon. member for Buckinghamshire had been rather severe upon the pro moters of the measure, for, after alluding to the title of the shown t former a beingaonf answered sinceritye the r e su ,c title a hd of had R. ao se V went,a ) h hadn a bill, he had said that it was not the great Western Rail. way Bill, but a bill for making a rail-way from London to Reading, and from Bath to Bristol. H e (Sir e objectedn notetsht o t n h conceive e h any want that it d h second not member.r end reading.r e d HT hteheeymh agreedsa d e l themselves obnoxious been told nwoxhtiaioltaut the s had fallen from the to the attack o f th e hon. s designation, and, therefore, so far as the p romoters of the m and learned member for D u bli n, t h at they ought to confine themselves to the principl e o f t h e measure in discussing the hon. they were engaged in a measure they would be u na bl e to complete; that they had taken two points, and left an i n t ermediate line unsubscribed for. The principal objectors to th e measure were the Calder and Hebber Navigation Company, who wou l d b e its friends instead of its opposers, if they thou g ht t h at the intermediate line would not be filled up.—(C r i es of fo Question ") He would only add, that he was conv i nced the measure would be of the greatest service to South W a l es, to the West of England, to all Irel a nd, to Bristol, and th e metropolis itself, to which it would be the t he they had dld means of affording a speedy communication. Mr. CHRISTMAS rose amidst loud cries of que s tion. It had been said that the m easure was a h ea d a nd tail without a body, but he was dispo s ed t o go i n t o the merits of the question and would vote for the committee.—(Question.) It would tend to promote the importation of Irish produce into Eng land. Hon. members should recollect that Ireland was an agricultural country, and took all the manufactures of this country in return. They should look upon Ireland as the granary of England, as Sicily was of old to Rome.—(Loud cries of " Question.") Mr. TOWER rose, and was assailed with loud criet of " Question" on all sides. The hon. member said he would detain the house but a few minutes—(Question)—he would tell the house how he had acted when spoken to on the bill.—(The hon. member proceeded to address the house, but was com. pletely inaudible from the noise that prevailed.) theec bill, because v Lord G. SOMERSET said the termination of the lion, mem ber's speech had astonished him, he began by stating that he was anxious for public improvement, and when spoken to in private he said he would be neuter, and now he had concluded by stating that he would give it al the opposition hr his power, osition in not be more injurious to the measure than his oPP a , wi public would be advantageous to it. He would offer se ' . ` ed observations on the number of landed proprietors who ite t it state' to, and dissented from the bill. If he went into o ° a° e m a e le n u t l s a h ti e ehs, would hut itnheicst he h on. conceivedme nlber w s ,a b s yalcio ufanitrerm committee up-stairs'; but he would give them ss ents. He t ( lr er n d u s ni ) b m er ig o h f t a h s e se , n r t r s eh w g e , re greater than thtehi:i first to ask could not establish that fact he would not be the great ob that house to give the bill a third reading• The it was an jection that had been urged against the bill was that . incomplete measure.measure were He assured the house that the proposers of the but they sorry they could not bring forward a whole measure, intended took in the two extremities as the best proof that they mated to complete the whole design. In the terms of the coni was specially stated that the money raised shoul d be ult ._is f applied to the purpose of carrying the railway the Wh ol ' h o f rap dis tance from London to Bristol, and the the first Pa ra g the bill was confirmatory of such a design, and he would ad d, the in the moreover, that the projectors were ready to agree to the duction of a clause to ensure the complete extension of g. railroad. It was not his intention to travel thro u g h all the details, but to leave them for the committee up s i .... answer, that to whirls he hoped the housebuwtolueltdtshueffmergoth7uePhsitlalirts°, agnod. if a numbersatPt e r fo r the was aware that the hon. member for Bucking private. that that hon. gentleman did not oppose it on 3" ition grounds, but simply on public principles. As to the oppoass the of Eton College he thought it was hardly serious, but time of the house was wasting he would not at into that or any other point.. be personally inconvenienced by the projection, but he trusted such he felt himself bound to state shortly Sir CHARLES BURRELL rose amid loud cries of " Qu es- `, l tion," " Oh, 0h, ,, an d ~ Withdraw, withdraw!, He had a I public duty to perform, and was not to be cried down by all :i man, or set of men. He stood there, not as a member only, bil as the trustee of a great and important public charity, and as duty projection te tsk e o of care public e f t he works, interests bute of the lso charity stated thatthey rite to the house. The parties to this project came before the an.• .• nual meeting•of the trustees of " Smith's Charity," of which he .' was a trustee ; that meeting expressed itself favourablel'alinrsehseirnet wtoet ut h el e dr .:.. Cert ain propositions were made to the projectors, to which the}' . seemed to accede, and the trustees expected that provision s consistent with those propositions would be introduced in I the bill ; that, however, had not been done, and he felt it his duty to oppose its second reading. He conceived that unless '2.s. 3d. of the value was collected for the purposes of the act , - I it was quite inconsistent with the practice of parliament tha t the Bill should pass the upper house. Captain DUNDAS opposed the second reading, believing that if the bill passed, thousands of seamen would be thrown out of employ by the loss of the coasting trade. The house then divided, when there appeared, For the second reading 182 1 For the amendment 9'2 , Majority for the second reading.---- 9 ° ~, 4 how the matter stood Mr. WARBURTON was understood to ask whe pw th rae e ss r e the members of the counties were to be on the Committee ? 1 The SPEAKER said that the list was to include not merely' the m c r o . u ß nt u y T m H em v b E e N rs, p b re ula n i t s e o d th a the i e t m io b n er f s r o o f m th e various towns the m D r. u o bl , i c n o C N em N e E te r ly through which the railroad was to run. Mr. OLIVER brought up the Dunbar Road Bill. --Re3d a first time. 'nit Dublin agal B m i o ll v . ed the second reading Thiblill '1 Mr. TAYLEURE moved the second reading of the Bridge' water Gas Bill. wouIdREVISION nmvethat OF t i T i eAX houseA TAXATION—CALL b I O e N called CA o L v L er O o n Cemetery Bill. Mr. ROBINSON gave notice that on the 25th Ma rc ' : motion of which he had given notice for the revision of taxes• I ,i, also that he would move for an address to his Majesty resP,~' ing the right of British subjects to prosecute the fisheries °° the coasts of Newfoundland, &c. The SPEAKER left the chair at three o'clock. r'l , I:lpc,l7a on ot e de: 1 ;1 TO THE EDITOR OF THE sEL Sir, —My name appears in your paper in the List of the jority who voted against Mr. Buckingham's Motio n on e th t pressment of Seamen I beg to say that I gave n o vote on 1 0 occasion. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 9, Hyde park, Terrace. THOS. B. LENNARD, J C; The names of Messrs. Methuen, G. W. Wes , " Tennant, were inserted by mistake in the Maj ority iv,' ':01 against Mr. Buckingham's motion, and that of Mr. wedge" ..r was omitted. 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Mr. Haunt, charge d'affaii es from the Uoi te : c e hetty eett % Chili, who was the bearer of a treaty of coule;of' the Government of the United States and 1 " It r - 00 041 — the first treaty entered into by the latter /e-n bto s ta° the a t l o o t any power. Ti.e accounts from Augusta, t° c e o s n ea ta l, in en t d he tha fo t ll w o: h v i i e n h g is ac e e ff o , u r n ed t cott° ll "3 , t i°6 " There has been more arrivirg th s e i l e as fi t aai t n:t 9 o:if t n o itnt. l i,ci li ss7 c ,o3 e u n orr t o s e . nbta: T ae ns h .d e itT quantity ii,seret in the small. The stocks here and in Funburgh (1/oites. 'on 0 our same anxiety pervades the Soutl i / e a 4r s elf'o il e t " everlasting Bank question." The mayor 1 00 0 ', received a requisition on the 10th ultimo to JOY e m el e , : i ti d n e g pa f r , t r ul a .e. c .... on z sid iv er er a p ti o o o n i of the Standard' "1;g Fr appointed the meeting for the 12th, the day ° I. t