The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-21 00:00:00

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 20,1345. Notice is hereby given, that the carriages corning to her Majesty's Drawing Room, on Tuesday, the 27th of May, are Co fall into line at the top of St. James's-street, come down the left hand side, and enter at the iron gate nearest to the Palace, set down at the Arcade, return by the iron gate nearest to Marlborough House, and pass through Pall-mall into St. James's-square, by George- street. When called, they are to pass from St. James's-square, by Charles street into Regent-street, Jermyn-street, come down St. James's street as before, take up, and go away through Pall-mall. No hackney carriages will be permitted to come within the gaits. For all persons having the privilege of the entrée, tickets will be delivered at the Board of Green Cloth, on Friday next, between the hours of eleven and three &clock ; their carriages are to enter the gate at Constitution-hill, proceed down St. James's Park, through Stable-yard, into the Ambassadors'-court, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. The carriages of the Ambassadors, Foreign .Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, and Great -Officers of State, may afterwards wait in the Ambabador's-court, and those of all other persons having the entrée may wait in Stable-yard or St. James's-park till called; they are then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and pass away up the left hand side of St. James's-street. No carriage will be ad mitted with company a second time with the same ticket, to prevent which, it must be produced at Constitution-hill gate, and Stable-yard-gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the Marshalmen in attendance ; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entree by any other approach to the Palace than the gates last mentioned. LIVERPOOL, Lord Steward. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 13, 1845. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Forester, to appoint Peter Ralph Shield, Esq., as one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Ellis, who retires. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John King, as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope for his Majesty the Kin; of Prussia. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles Maynard, as Consul at Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope, for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. Tha Queen has also been pleased to approved of Mr. Saul Salomon, as Consul at St. Helena for the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. de Van • bicourt, as Consul at Dublin for his Majesty the King of the French. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 16._ Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieut. D. W. Paynter to be Second Captain, vice Evelegh, retired on half-pay Second Lieut. IL S. Eliot to be Eirst Lieut., vice Paynter, May 9 OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, ?Lty 19. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieut. C. Waller to be First Lieutenant, vice Cariron, deceased, May 9. MEMORANDUM.—The date of promotion of the under-men tinned officer has been altered, as follows :—First Lieut. H. S. Eliot, May 6. Commission signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. West Somerset Regiment Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieut. W. Blake to be Captain, vice Sanford, promoted, May 13. WHITEHALL, MAY 14. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Boodle, of Chel tenham, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Jacob Wicks, tea dealer, Bristol. William Aston, Sen., victualler, Aston junta-Birmingham BAN KR UPTS. Ceorße Clement and Henry Sammons, tea dealers, Stoke Newington, to surrender May 27, at half-past one, and July 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as signee ; ireen, Great Carter-lane, Doctors'-commons. Victor Guigues, hotel keeper, Leicester-street, Leicester square, May 27 and July I, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Dawes, Sergeant's Inn, .Fleet-street. _ _ Henry Terry, licensed victualler, Battersea, May 29, at two, and July 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Grew official assignee, Aidermanbury ; Fisher and De Jersey, Alders date-street. Georf.;e Tuppenny Peers, pl umber, Ironmonger-lane, Cheap side, May 28, at eleven, and June 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptctv. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build infrs ; Pain and Hatherly, Basinghall-street. 'William Stocks, merchant, Huddersfield, June 5, and July 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Jacques and Edwards, Ely-place, London ; Kidd, Iloledirth, Yorkshire; Blackburn, Leeds. William Watson, licensed victualler, Wakefield, June 9 and June 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. _Fearne, official assignee. Leeds ; Clarke, Chancery-lane ; Watson. Wakefield. William Davis, butcher, Tettenhall, Staffilrdshire, May 26 and June 23, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Knowle, Birmingham. Jacob Parker, cabinet-maker, Cheltenham, May 30, at one, and June 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Packwood, Cheltenham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. T. Lee, tailor, Odiham, Hampshire—first div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, May 21, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. F. J.,H. Muller, furrier, Addle-street, City—second div. of 3d. in the pound, May 24, and two fidlowing Saturdays, at he office of Mr. Groom, Abehnrch-lane. H. R. Stutchbury, bookseller, Theobald's -road—first div. of ~3s. 6d. in the pound, May 24, and two following Satur days, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. T. Nash and J. Tomlinson, jun., mustard manufacturers, York—second div. of 9d. in the pound, and on new proofs a first div. of 7s. ad. in the pound, May 19, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fearne, Leeds. B. W. Palmer, wine merchant, Daventrv—a div. of 4s. in the pound, May 21, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the offin, e of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. F. Frattris and T. Francis, jun., corn merchants, Cam bride--second div. of sd. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. E. Hinckley, money scrivener, Hinckley, Leicestershire — second div. of is. 2 1 / 2 d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the .otlice of Mr. Valpy, M. Cooley, tailor, Spalding, Lincolnshire—first div. of Is. 4d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpv. Birmingham. W, Walker, hatter, Birmingham—first div. of 3s. in the pound, Any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Smith, corn merchant, Southampton, June 20, at half past eleven—T. Kilford, cabinet maker, Southampton, June 9 0, at eleven—G. Pile and W. J. B. Staunton, wine mer chants, Bishopsgate-street Without, June 12, at half-past one. Jn the Country. R. and G. Charles, ship chandlers, Liverpool, June 12, at seven, at the Liverpool District Court—R. Almond, corn ealer, Orrell, Lancashire, June 11, at twelve, at the Liver -"on' District Court—W. Carpenter, innkeeper, Chippenham, Wilishire..Tune 12, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court— W. Pell, linen draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 12, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—E. W. Peters, wine merchant, Coventry, June 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. G. Wagner, draper, Bloomsbury square, June 12—J. Zreckele, bedstead maker, North-street, Finsbury-market, June 12—T. Dingley, draper, Strutton-ground, Westminster, June 10—W. G. Clover, linen draper, Holborn, June 10—J. Christie, stone mason, Notting-bill, June 10—J. Paulton, marble mason, High-street, Portland-town, June 10—J. Gibbs, bill broker, Jermyn-street, St. James's, June 11— J. A. Aick, carver, Leeds, June 13—E. E. Robinson, grocer, Wolverhampton, June 18—J. Pritchard, builder, Lilleshull, ,Shropshire, June I9—G. Phillips, innkeeper, Leicester, June .Al—Th. and Jn. Woodhead, worsted-stuff manufacturers, liradf)rd, June 10—J. Wells, common carrier, Wincheomb, Gto ucestershir e, June 10—S. A. Fleetham, grocer, Harde r) 001, Durham, June 10—H. Coleman, merchant, Arden-ter race, Camberwell-grove, June 10—S. Pears, wine merchant, Old Jewry, June 10—S. Turner, ironfounder, Bolton-le- Molt's, Lancashire, June 10—W. Dees, J. Dees, and J. Hogg, builders, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 10—T. Gorton, jun., lbookseller, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, June 10—J. Gray, up lioleterer, Manchester, June 10—A. W. Pollock , c ommission merchant, Liverpool, June 10—E. J. Chapman, civil en gineers, Bradford, June 10. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Hickey and J. Agnew, boot makers,. Liverpool—H. Threlkeld and W. Edwards, acoountants, King-street, Cheap side—J. D. Nic'ol, J. Wright, A. Madden, and J. Smith, .merchants, Bombay (as far as regards J. D. Nicol) — O. Sims .and A. H. Shaw, chymists, Stockport, Cheshire—B. Lila ahorne, and 1. Ullathorne, drapers, Preston—C. Cowgill, J. 21dopkinson, H. Hirst, B. Jetsop, J. Hirst, S. and T. inmb, woollen manufacturers, Huddersfield—W. Riley,,ingdon, jun., and J. S. Kingdon, attorneys, Exeter—R. Smithson and W. Pearson, ale merchants, York—J. Cocker, J. Worrell, and J. Cocker, cotton spinners, Crompton, Lancashire (as far as regards J. Worrall)—T. P. Moore and J. E. Christian, ,merchants, Liverpool—J. Grace, J. C. Grace, and G. Carlyle, painters, Liverpool (as far as regards G. Carlyle)—R. Young; :and W. Young, drapers, Brede, Sussex-4. M. Dods, J. iinklater, and J. 11. Linklater, attorneys, St. Martin's-lane —a. Pickering and E. Shaw, printers, Kingston-upon-Hull --S. Isaacs and J. Dyer, provision merchants, Chatham—J. Bell, Harries. and J. Harries, tobacco manufacturers, Shrewsbury (as far as regards J. Bell)—B. Johnson and J. F. Jahnsotr, leather sellers, Langley-place, Commercial. road —G. Atkinseei and J. Sidebottom, joiners, Kingston-upon- Hull—D. Martinson and G. B. Dobson, grocers, Halifax— J. Anderson and M. Bruce, joiners, North Shields—M. Black -.burn, J. Burrows, and W. Burrows, worsted manufacturers, J'reston—W. Williams and IL Williams, joiners, Liverpool— C. Greenwood, W. H. Ebbs, W. W. Greenwood, toy mer chealte, Great St. Thomas ApoStie, City (as far as regards AV. W. Greenwood.) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Robert Shirreff, gunpowder manufacturer, Argyleshire, May 27 and June 17, at twelve, at the chambers of Cathcart and Wardlaw, Glasgow. William Buchanan, Son, and Co * tea merchants, Paisley, "May 15 and J une 14, at one, at the writing-office of Reid and Henderson, Paisley. COURSE OF EXCHAT Aroaterdain CF. 12 8:1 Ditto, at sight l2 6i Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Antwerp liamburgh M.B. 14 0 AJtona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 15 _Frankfort on Maine 123 Petersbargh, 3 Us„. GE.-(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar..... Leghorn ........ 3l Genoa 26 10 Milan ...... ...... Venice ..... Naples 394 Palermo, !. , ,r 119 Lisbon 524 Oporto 53 Rio Janeiro Bahia ...... ....... •• •• Buenos „Ay, -.4 NewYoik :2] dyssizht PRI('K , C; , STJ GIJON, PER OZ bark - r 1 17 9 PortliA. - ,! 4 4 , )1d Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons...,. 0 0 0 New D:,'!z)s . 0 4 94 Silver !!, tiers, 0 410 E 'Berlin Vienna, efrec. 6.3 M lO 2 Trieste. ditto Madrlot 36i Cadiz ........... ••. -- Barcelona Sevilla MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Cu: rent of May 20. ) SCGAR.—To-dav an increased desire was evinced to pur chase West India - Sugar; the business transacted was very eectens.'ve in every kind to supply the wants of Grocers and Refiners. the private purchases reaching 1,700 hhds and trca a larger quantity sold than for some years in one dayn so ; the r ates paid were fully equa l t o those ofTriday ; indeed me cases 6d per cwt advance was obtained, several parcels of middling And good yellow Antigua were sold at 46e to 55s per cwt. A public sale of 116 hhds and 10 tierces of Bar badoes went off with spirit, at firm prices; viz., fine yellow at s!s to 535 6d, gof.d 49s to 51s, ipfiddling 46s to 4RJ 6d, and low 42s per cwt. The market for all lands of raw Sugar closed with a firm appearance. If.FINED.—To-day Refined Sugar was purchased with -ultty by the Home Trade, brciwr, lumps fetched 67s to 68s, and standard lumps 69s to 69s 6d per cwt. The supply of goods is not ample for the demand. For bonded Crushed Sugar the inquires were numerous, and prices have advanced to 37s 6,1 to 38s per cwt, upon which terms many contracts were entered into for forward delivery. MAURITIUS. —This afternoon there was no public sale of Mauritius, but privately some parcels were sold at former rates to a small advance. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar offered at public sale amounted to 3,307 bags, the prin cipal part of which consisted of white and for which there was a brisk demand, and the rates paid were fully equal to those of the last auctions ; indeed, in some cases, they were rather above. With Madras the market was more liberally supplied, and 5,752 bags were submitted to public competi tion, the whole sold at the full value. FOREIGN.—To-day there was much activity in the market for Foreign and Foreign East India Sugar, and an advance in prices took place ; the private operations are 10,000 chests of yellow Havannah at 26s to 27s for good and fine, 1,500 chests low ditto 23s 6d, 3,500 bags Manilla, without certificate, 23s to 23s 6d, and some parcels of white Pernams and Bahia, but the prices at present have not transpired. COFFEE.—To-day there was only a limited demand for Mocha, and the market being much better supplied a de cline in prices of 2s to 3s per cwt took place ; the parcels otired at public sale amounted to 1,088 bales, 118 A• bales, and 7 cases. of which 740 bales, 118 1-bales, and 7 cases were sold. Of Ceylon 195 bags were withdrawn, the quality being very inferior. 75 bags of Bahia were taken in at 26s for broken and rather mixed, and 23s for sea damaged first class. Jamaica met with eager purchasers, and 33 casks 6 brls at public sale went at firm rates. The advices come to hand from the Continental markets stating that a large demand had sprung up for Coffee, and that prices had risen, caused a demand here for Foreign Coffee, and some parcels were sold privately at former rates to a small advance; the market has decidedly a brisker appearance, indeed some holders decline to sell for the present. TEA.—To-day the quantity of Tea submitted to public competition amounted to 16,444 packages. There was little desire evinced on the part of the trade to buy, and only 2,000 pkgs were actually sold, at prices showing a decline on those of the last auction of 2d to 3d on fine Imperial and Gunpowder, and Id to 2d on scented Orange Pekoe ; Congou of ordinary quality was a shade cheaper ; in the value of other kinds of Tea no change oc curred ; the biddings for all sorts were languid. Congou, ordinary sold at BAd to 9d, fresh and new kinds 9d to 10d: Caper, in 10 catty boxes, Is ld ; Orange Pekoe, fair to fine is 4d, scented good to fine 23 bid to 2s 9d; Twankay, common is 23; Hyson Skin, common ls ; Young Hyson, Canton and Twankay kind Is Ild ; Hyson kind 2s 2d to 2s 9d ; Imperial. Canton, and Twankay kind 2s 3d ; Hyson kind 2s 7d to 3s ; Gunpowder, Canton, and Twankay kind 2s Ild ; Hyson kind 3s to 3s 8d per lb. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—In Jamaica Rum a good business has been transacted to supply home and export orders, and full rates have been paid for the better and fine descriptions, but low and middling sorts, of which the supply principally consist, a decline in prices of Id per gallon has occurred ; there has been a demand for Leeward Island Rum, proof strength at is 7d to Is lid per gallon. Demerara Rum, the total quantity sold is 140 puns at 2s Gd to 2s 8d for 30 to 34 per cent overproof, and stronger at 2s 9d to 2s 10d. Calcutta has been in extensive demand upon former terms. In Brandy good business has been transacted, but holders are yet unable to obtain any advance :—Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d ; ditto 1839, hhds 4s 2d, puns 4s ; ditto 1840, hhds 4s Id, puns 3s lld ; ditto 1841, hhds 4s Id, puns 3slld ; ditto 1842, hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s 8d ; ditto 1843, hhds 3s 9d, puns 3s 7d ; ditto 1844, hhds 35 Bd, puns 3s 6d ; middling and good middling of the various vintages 2s 8d to 3s 6d, low 2s 5d to 2s 7d, and Bor deaux 2s 5d to 2s 6d per gallon. Geneva is more wanted; is 8d to Is 9d is now the value of common export sort. English Corn Spirits lOs 2d per gallon cash, but the distillers are more inclined to sell at that rate. RICE.—In Bengal an extensive business has been tran sacted, and at very full rates; the whole of the various par cels offered at auction were disposed of to eager purchasers; fine bold clean white went at 12s, good white but rather dusty lls 6d to 12s, good middling ditto lls to lls 6d, mid.- ding ditto 11s, low ditto lOs 6d to I Is, small broken very dusty lOs 6d to lls, sea damaged first and second class lOs to lls 6d, third and fourth class 5s 6d to lOs per cwt. Of Foreign East India there is yet little to be had, and it is much wanted ; Madras yellow at 9s to 10s, Java white lOs 6d to 12s, and yellow 103 to lOs fid per cwt. For Caro lina prices remain at 23s to 28s, but for Patna they have slightly risen, several parcels having been sold at 14s 6d to 18s per cwt. The supply of both is yet small. SAGO.—The demand has been very good by private treaty, and prices are on the advance ; 90 boxes at public sale this afternoon were sold at 27s to 27s 6d per cwt for small fine white Pearl. SPICES. —This afternoon Malabar Pepper met with little attention, and of 1,412 bags at public sale a part only sold at rather lower rates; fine heavy brown selling at 3id to 3d, good 3d to 34d, and grey 3Ad per lb. Pimento is much in request, and 135 bags at public sale sold at stiffer rates, viz., good middling at 3d to middling 2Ld, good ordinary 2id, and sea damaged 2gd to 28d per lb. INDIGO—The quarterly sale of East India has been fixed for the Bth July, the quantity at present declared is 2,000 chests ; the general opinion is that a very large quantity will be brought forward—by several of the trade it is estimated at 16,000 chests. The market is in a dull state. I❑ Spanish little has been done, and former prices are not obtainable. Ons.—This afternoon at public sale 30 tuns of Sperm Oil went at 831 15s to 841 15s, and 50 tuns Southern at 26/ 15s to 27110 s per tun. Linseed Oil met with more atten tion, and a large business was done privately at 25s per cwt on the spot. TALLOW.—No further advance has taken place in the value of Russian, but former rates are well sustained. There has been a large business transacted on the spot, soap makers and chandlers purchasing freely, 38s 6d to 39s per cwt, being the current rates paid for P.Y. Candle of first qua lity. For delivery a good deal has been done at 39s 9d to 40s per cwt for the last three months of the year. Of Town Tallow the market has been nearly cleared at 39s to 39s 6d net cash : the supply is small for the period of the year. Other kinds of Tallow have been in excellent request, upon former ad vanced terms. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1845. NAV A L INTELLIGENCE. Admiral Sir John West struck his flag on board the Cale donia, at Devonport, on Thursday evening last, and pro ceeded to London, on leave of absence, for 14 days, Sir Samuel Pym, the Admiral Superintendent of the dockyard, at that port, officiating in his absence. The Melampus was paid advance of wages at Devonport, on the 17th instant, and sailed the following morning for South America. Lord Calcraft visited the dockyard at Devonport, on Sa turday last, after which his Lordship reviewed the troops at Mount Wise. The Vesuvius's (steam-sloop) defects, which has been the means of detaining Lord Calcraft, will be made good by this evening (Tuesday), and will sail to-morrow morning, for America. Tier Majesty's steam -vessel Dee will sail from the Cove of Cork, for Liverpool, on the 21st instant, with the depot of the 90th Light Infantry Regiment on board, under the com mand of Major Eyles. The Dee will embark the 48th depot, at Liverpool, for Cork harbour. In Barnpool, at Devonport—Pandora and Styx. In Harbour—San Josef, Canopus, Caledonian, Seagull, Jackall, Vesuvius and Confiance (steamers), Sylph and Netley (tenders), Camel, Hamoaze, and Devon (lighters). The San Josef will be paid off on Wednesday next, when the Caledonia will be immediately commissioned to supply her place. All the seamen who have been in the ship three years and above will also be paid off and permitted to join any other ship, but al who are not fit for active service will not be entered on board the Caledonia, the object being to have the Caledonia efficiently manned and ready for sea, if required, i❑ ten days. On Sunday, the Lightning steamer arrived at Deal, and proceeded for the river ; and the Comet steamer passed Deal for Leith. The Queen, 110, Captain Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., has her stores and guns on board, and is expected to leave port, at Chatham, to-morrow or the next day. POLICE iNTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) /11ANSTON-HOU SE. cab.driver, named Edward Carrington, was charged by Mr. Softlaw, the proprietor of the Adelaide Hotel, London-bridge, under the following circumstances. The complainant said that, on Monday last, at half past three o'clock, his attention was called to a crowd of forty or fifty persons about the doors of his house, and upon going out he discovered a gentleman who had just arrived ill a cab from the town terminus of the Brighton Railway, and who was endeavouring to prevail upon the driver to give up his luggage. Witness went up to the cabman, who was demanding two shillings for his fare, the fare for that very limited distance being no more than e:ightpenee, stated who he was, and required that the luggage should be given up. The cabman being thus interfered with, commenced the most disgusting abuse, and damned and bedevilled witness and his cus tomers, too, in a manner not to be surpassed. Witness tendered him a shilling, which he considered it prudent to accept ; but the conduct of the fellow was so com pletely ruffian-like, that it was impossible to let it pass with impunity, and the case had therefore been brought before the Lord Mayor. The officer in whose custody the cabman was placed said that the defendant was quite notorious for the re volting language in which he addressed parties who re sisted his attempts to extort money, and. was in the habit of boasting of his success; and that on their way to the station-house he said he had been pulled up a little while ago before the Lord Mayor for blowing-up a gentleman, and fined 21., which he paid, as he would pay the penalty his Lordship would inflict on the present occasion. The LORD MAYOR—Oh, he is prepared to pay the penalty, is he? The officer—He says, my Lord, that you can do nothing but fine him. The LORD MAYOR—What have you to say, defendant? 'The cabman, who appeared to be quite contrite and humble, declared that he did not know Mr. Softlaw, or he never would have said a word about his fare; that he considered he was entitled to charge for luggage, and that he really thought a shilling was too little for such accommodation as his cab had afforded, and that he meant nothing by the language he had uttered. The LORD MAYOR—Now, I shall not inflict any penalty upon you, although you supposed I should, but I shall send you to the House of Correction for one month, although you supposed I could not. The cabman—l assure your Lordship I shall never offend again. The LORD MAYOR—It is in my power to stop your licence, and that would put an end to your cabmanship altogether. Take care of the next offence—that's all I say to you.—Tbe defendant was then committed. The above case was the third occasion upon which the Lord Mayor committed to prison a cabman who was able to pay the penalty with ou t i nconven i ence; an d hi s Lord ship intimated his determin a ti on t o su b st i tute B r id ewe ll for the pecuniary fine, according to the circumstances of the complaint. HORSEWHIPPING THE BELGIAN CHARGE D'AFFAIRES TO MEXICO. An occurrence which has excited great interestthintßelagTasn. L gate took place in Friday last. M. . Blondell, Charge d'Affaires, was going out to Mexico, in the Maria, which vessel was obliged to put into Ramsgate for re pairs. M. Blondell went to London, and on getting out of a Margate omnibus he was asked by an Irish gentleman, named Lloyd, if his name was Blondell. Having replied that it was, he immediately received a severe horselvhippij.fcroamnhAlainr: Lloyd. The matter came before Ole magistrates, Esq., and the Rev, G. W. Sicklemore, on the next morning, and the office was very much crowded, Mr. Edward Blondell was sworn and examined by an in terpreter—He deposed that he did not speak or understand English. That at about five o'clock on the evening before, in gettixig out of one of the Margate omnibuses, on his re turn from London, he was accosted by the defendant, who asked him "Are you not Blondell ?" and immediately beat him most unmercifully with the whip, and not content with this, he afterwards struck him with his hands, cut his nose, and broke his spectacles. Would swear that he had given Lloyd no provocation whatever. In his cross-examination by Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Blondell swore positively that he could not speak or understand English, nor did he know a Major Anstruthers. The assault was also proved by two other witnesses, who were not examined. Mr. Lloyd said, in defence, that last winter he had been attacked by two drunken men in Brussels, and that he had hurt one of them in self-defence. That understanding one of them to be servant to M. Blondell, he had called to com plain of his conduct ; but the man having complained that he (Mr. Lloyd) had followed and beaten him without any cause, M. Blondell said that lie should believe his man's statement in preference to his (Mr. Lloyd's). He had gone the next day to the police with a friend, to answer any charge against him, and was told that the man had bee❑ to complain, but that from the bad character of the man they would not take his charge. He then wrote to M. Blondell, requiring him to retract his words of the previous day. He (defendant) then received a visit from the police, saying that the charge was renewed. He was sentenced to fifteen days' imprisonment by the police magistrate, but this sentence was set aside by the Court of Appeal, on its being proved that the two men had been heard to sav, " Let us follow that Englishman, and tight him," and that he had only acted in his own defence. Having ascertained that the truth had been told to M. Blundell by another servant, and the Court having also decided that the man was in the wrong, he thought himself entitled to an apology from M. Blondell, which, however, he could not obtain, and had threatened him, that if he ever caught him in England, he would horsewhip him. He had so caught him, and kept his word: If the magistrates would send the case to the ses sions, he would undertake to get witnesses from Belgium to prove the provocation he had received from M. Blondell. He knew that he had no right to take the law in his own hands, but he had not done so till every other means of pro curing justice had failed. The defendant was then about to refer to some documents respecting the affair at Brussels, which the magistrates told him could not be gone into. He then called Robert Pritchard, waiter at the Castle Hotel, who de posed that M. Blondell asked him in English to fetch a po liceman, and to tell him where Captain Hodges, the Belgic Consul, lived. He also deposed that, after being horse whipped, M. Blondell attempted to kick Mr. Lloyd in the groin, when the latter threw away the whip, and fell to work with his hands. The Bench said that nothing which had been stated by Mr. Lloyd was a justification for the breach of the peace lie had committed, and fined him 5/., at the same time calling on him to find sureties to keep the peace, himself in 1001., and two sureties in 50/. each. The money was paid and the sureties entered into. M. Blondell has since sailed for Mexico.—Kent Herald. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) Group X. LONDON AND YORK LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Several other witnesses as to general traffic having been ex amined, Mr. Harkendale, butcher, deposed as to the extent of the sale of cows, sheep, and other live stock at Boston, which he considered was very great, as was also the quantity of slaughtered meat sent thence to the London market. Mr. T. Green, wharfinger, deposed as to the extent of the trade between London and Boston by water. Mr. John Varley deposed as to the extent of traffic in Taters hall in malt, bones, &c., and was of opinion that the proposed Lon don and York scheme would be most useful, as it would give a line of communication with London, Boston, and Wakefield. The depositions of the witnesses who followed went to prove the extent of saving of expense they considered would be effected in the item of land carriage of goods of all sects, such as coals, corn, meat, &c., if the London and York line of railway should be formed. The Committee adjourned at a quarter past four o'clock Group DD. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Mr. Andrews (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) said—Towards Cumnock existed the only difficult part on the line, and this eighteen miles, which would be more ex pensive than any other portion, would be more favourable in other respects, as being a part In which the greatest traffic abounded. The Learned Counsel endeavoured to show the advantages in traffic which the line he appeared to support possessed on a compa rison of the merits of the two companies. The calcu. lations of the traffic in coal on the Dumfries line had been taken from existing sources, to which 50 per cent, had been added for expected increase. Along the line in various places were valuable seams of black band, and there could be no doubt that an extensive trade would be opened. The Hineterd coal. field, which was the largest in the line, had been estimated as capable of yielding 90,000,000 tons. Various other mines also existed affording coals, black band, lime stone, and ironstone, and these would also tend to increase the importance of the line. The Learned Counsel then stated there was no opposition offered to the continuation of the line by any landowner. He they quoted some extracts from the report of the Board of Trade, and also from a statement made by Mr. Locke in the year 1836, for the purpose of proving that the gradients at a place called Bedock.bridge were of so severe a nature that they would constitute a great obstacle to the opposing line being made. From Glasgow to Carlisle the ascents of the Caledonian line had been reckoned at 1,336 feet, and from Carlisle to Glasgow at 1,364 feet, and these elevations, in an engineering point of view, would form a serious difficulty. The Learned Counsel then opposed in detail the data on which the competing company had estimated their traffic, grounding his objec tions principally upon the evidence in support of the mercantile traffic. upon the prospective character of the mineral traffic, and the ex. aggeration apparent in the item as to cattle and sheep, and also upon the fact that Paisley, Kilmarnock, and other places in Ren. frewshire and Ayrshire, manufactured goods which required, from their peculiar character, speed in their transmission to the great markets of the south. He concluded his long address by urging on the Committee that whatever might become of the opposing line, he felt satisfied he had made out a sufficient case for the promo. ters of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, to warrant the Committee in allowing the Bill to pass. Sir THOMAS PHILLIPS then called Mr. Nicholson, shipowner at Annan, as the first witness. He deposed that the general trade and steam boat communication of Annan were considerably superior to that of Port Carlisle, and that steamers bound from that place to Liverpool were frequently compelled to stop at Annan. There was a very large trade in curing pork carried on in Annan, and as much as 1,700 tons were produced last year, which were carried to Newcastle by means of the Carlisle Railway. A very extensive traffic also existed in :corn, grain, slates, and coals, of which con. siderable quantities were annually exported. Mr. Cowan, late cotton-spinner at Carlisle, was next examined. He stated that there were 10,000 workers of cotton in Carlisle and its neighbourhood, and the manufactured goods were principally transmitted to Liverpool and Manchester. The port of Carlisle was exceedingly inconveniently situated for its trade, and the con tinual sanding up of the harbour presented a great obstacle to the coming in and going out of vessels. He considered the Glasgow and Carlisle Railway would be more beneficial to Carlisle than any other. Mr. Crichton, Provost of Dumfries, then deposed as to the po pulation of that town, which he estimated at 14,0001. Dumfries was a very inferior port, and during storms and high winds vessels were unable to leave the port. He had frequently known steamers to have landed their pas sengers and cargo owing to the detention of the vessels. This inconvenience interfered very materially with the regular trade of the town. The river tilith was principally used in the traffic of coals. The witness then handed in to the Committee lists of the mai . s, stage-coaches, and carriers going to and coming from Dumfries, and spoke generally as to the favourable nature of the Glasgow and Carlisle Railway. Mr. Gordon was about to be examined, when The CHAIRMAN said that, as his examination was likely to be very long, the Committee would adjourn till to-morrow morning, at halt past eleven. Group N. WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Captain Moorsom was then examined with respect to the altera tions which would have to be made in joining the Hayle Railway to the West Cornwall. It appeared from his evidence that no alterations of such a character as to require Parliamentary powers would be necessary. Then as to the line between Truro and Redruth, eleven miles and a half, which it is proposed to work by atmospheric traction, they would have to pass a number of public and private roads, sometimes on arches and sometimes on the level. In most instance the trustees of these roads had been consulted, and were willing to enter into arrangements with the Com pany for the land which might be required for the purposes of the railway. In no cases were they likely to meet with any great difficulty. The number of bridges on the whole line would be 61, exclusive of " culverts," the larger of which were included in the estimate of bridges, and the total expense would be 9.7,0001.—f0r " culverts," not included in the term bridges, 1,5061. The witness then de tailed the expenses of the masonry, the length and width of the bridges, the height of the arches, &c., of this part of the scheme. The witness was under examination on similar points as to the line from Penzance to Trevascus at the adjournment of the Com mittee. Group R. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Solicitor of the Company was examined as to the capital of the Company and the mode in which it wa , , to be raised :—The ca pital was 150,0001. ; 40,0001. to be applied to the construction of the line, and 110,0001. for new stations. This sum was to be raised in additional shares. Sir J. M`Nielle, civil engineer, examined—He said there were no engineering difficulties in the way, the gradients being one in 150 ; there were no tunnels ; and the cuttings and embankments were very trifling, the deepest cutting being 22 feet, and the longest embankment 19 feet. Mr. Wreck was examined as to traffic and the probable income. The port of Howth was a place much frequented by the inhabi tants of Dublin. After giving a calculation as to the amount of passengers and traffic that might be expected to pass along the line, he set down the receipts at 4,993/. 15s. This was estimating the passengers at the rate of Is. and Is. 6d. each. The Committee decided the preamble of the Bill to be proved, and proceeded to the consideration of the clauses. All the clauses were agreed to except one, which was postponed in order to have an amended clause inserted. The further consideration of the Bill was then adjourned till to-morrow. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. Austin was proceeding to open the case on behalf of this line, when Mr. ALEXANDER said he was desirous, before his Learned Friend opened his case, to know whether it was intended that the Newry and Enniskillen line should be considered as a competing line with the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway. It was a previous un derstanding that they should not be viewed in that light, but now he was informed that his Learned Friend intended to count both the Dundalk and Enniskillen and the Newry and Enniskillen as competing lines. This was a breach of good faith, and a ♦iolation of an agreement entered into between the engineers of the two lines, Sir John Rennie and Sir John M`Nielle, on behalf of the respective companies. Ile trusted the Committee would not allow this to be the case. The Learned Gentleman concluded by reading the agreement. Mr. AUSTIN said he should require the agreement to be proved. Mr. ALEXANDER then called Mr. Leach, the solicitor of the Newry and Enniskillen line, who stated that he drew up the agree ment read at the instance of the Company, and with the consent of Sir John Rennie and Sir John M`Neille for whom he acted. He furnished a copy of it to Sir John M`Nielle. The latter gentleman stated that he was fully empowered by his Company to treat in re spect of all engineering matter. He (the witness) attended both Sir John Rennie and Sir John M`Nielle, and was witness to the execution of it by both. Mr. AUSTIN cross-examined the witness at some length—He said he had the materials for the agreement furnished by Sir John Rennie, but a draft of it had been supplied to Sir John M`Nielle. l jsr rs i h e hjn r: 4 lehrerh( aparagraphdtahbelen witness) 4 ri t t i Qt assenteden in pencil by witness after the first draft was furnished ; and though it was drawn up at the instance of to him till to l a d ol tih t t decidedetpheorufperfect though it eiot pi had w p w r sn s o s t i s o u n bpel that ed f ufSori for e execution, No objection was taken to it till after the agreement was signed by both parties. On re-examination, the witness stated that the Company had religiously observed the cenditions of the agreement, Sir John Rennie deposed to his having an interview with Sir John M`Neille before the Bills were brought before the Standing Orders Committee. That gentleman at that time expressed his opinion that it was a great pity that the two Companies could not come to an arrangement. He went on to say that he was fully empowered to treat for that Company in making an agreement, and said it would be well if he (the witness) could get similar power from his company. The matter was laid before a meeting of witness's company, and he received powers to effect a settlement. From conversation in a subsequent interview with Sir John M`Nielle, at which Mr. Leach was present, the latter gen tleman threw the results into the shape of an agreement. This was afterwards executed by both parties on a Saturday, but, on the Monday following, he received a note from Sir John M`Neille, stating that there was a misunderstanding regarding the agree ment, as he understood the suspension of competition was only to extend so for as the standing orders were concerned. In answer to Mr. AUSTIN, the witness stated that Lord Jocelyn, on the part of the promoters of the Dundalk and Enniskillen line had, on the Tuesday following the execution of the agreement, objected to it, except so far as the standing orders had been con cerned, and that the Noble Lord had intimated that Sir John M'Nielle had no power to act further in the matter. Sir John had previously admitted that he had been mistaken in thepurport of the agreement alter he had executed it, but thought it was, neverthe less, a proper al rangement to be carried out. It was stated, In the re-examination of the witness, thatth Com pany, on the faith of this agreement, had stayed all proceedings with relation to the opposing of the Dublin and Belfast Junction, and were not now in the position they formerly were to oppose that line. The Committee then adjour ed till tomorrow, without de. riding the 6oiut. Group F. LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAYS. The examination of Mr. Stephenson (continued from our After noon Edition of yesterday)—Taking Stafford.on-Avon as the centre with a similar radius of ten miles, the population accommodated by a line traversing the district, would be 68,724. He proposed to effect a junction between Worcester and Birmingham by a deviation branch through Bristol and Gloucester, which, leaving the Severn and pro ceeding to Droitwich, would diverge a mile and a half thence to the Birmingham and Gloucester line. The highest speed generally em ployed on the London and Birmingham line with the narrow gauge was 30 miles an hour; the weights of four first Blass carriages tilled with passengers from 20 to 23 tans; the heaviest engine that was any where employed weighed 22 tons, but the heaviest 14. inch cylinder and 18-inch stroke engine, running on the London and Birmingham, was under 14, perhaps not exceeding 13, tons. Re-examined by Sergeant WRANGIIAM—Was not interfered with by ether director, agent, landholder, or other influential party, but consulting alone his own conviction as to the most in expensive and easy and accommodating line, he had selected the one now proposed. There was no difficulty whatever in attaining greater speed on a narrow than could ever be employed on a broad gauge. Mr. Dockery, examined by Sergeant WRANGIIAM — Is resident Director of the London and Birmingham line, and, under the direction of Mr. Stephenson, surveyed the line for the present scheme, and drew up an estimate of its cost. The total sum which he accordingly computed as necessary for the entire construction was 3,040,0001., of which 2,700,000/. was allotted for the portion of the line to Dudley, 348,843/. for earth work, and the remainder for works and other contingencies. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEN—Surveyed the line to Stour. bridge under the orders of Mr. Stephenson, and was enjoined to follow the valley line, He was not requested to make any exami nation to test the possibility of forming a line to Dudley without tunnelling. Mr. Saunders, a land.surveyor, was examined by Sergeant WRANGllAM—Estimated the compensation for 84 acres of land, including buildings, at 188,1501. Mr. Wood, examined by Sergeant WRANGHAM—Is a civil en. gineer, and, from his considerable experience in that capacity, is enabled to say that the confusion of gauges, and their meeting on a line, would be necessarily attended with inconvenience, if not danger. Mr. Hawkshaw, being examined by Sergeant WRANGHAM, merely confirmed the evidence of the preceding witness, as to tha difficulty and danger of adopting the broad and narrow gauges on the same lines. Mr. Bury, the superintendent of locomotives on the London and Birmingham Railway, deposed to the rate of speed attainable or attained on that line. The average of the quicker trains was now 37 miles an hour, and though a greater speed might be with safety employed, yet when accidents did occur the consequences at a lower velocity were less likely to be serious than at an increased rate. The evidence of this witness closed the case of the London and Birmingham Company in support of the Bill. Mr. DANIEL, on the part of the Birmingham and Gloucester line, opposed the Bill of the Great Western for constructing the branch from Worcester to Droitwich, there falling into the former line. He contended that, independent of the principle of vested rights, which he did not desire them to urge, when a deviation from a certain existing line was admitted to be necessary, it was much more consistent with justice as well as con. venience, that its construction should be entrusted to the line from which it would diverge, of whose original property it might almost be deemed an integral part, than to a company which had travelled from a distance, wholly foreign and unconnected w►th either the existing railway or the community it would accommodate. Mr. Mathew Plerpoint, a surgeon, of Worcester, on examination by Mr. WHATELEY, Q. C., deposed to a pledge entered into by the inhabitants of Worcester to support the branch from that town to the Birmingham and Gloucester line, who, while feeling consequently the binding character of the engagement, preferred the deviation line as projected by the Great Western to the branch diverging from the Birmingham and Gloucester. Nothing material was elicited by the cross-examination of this witness, whose evidence was solely confined to the feelings of the localities and the comparative merits of the broad and narrow gauge, on which latter subject he admitted his total ignorance. At four o'clock, the Speaker having been announced at prayers, the further examination of witnesses was adjourned. Group L. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday,) Mr. Clue, a manufacturer of naphtha and pyrougneous acid, at a place about half way between Godalming and Petworth, stated that he sent about two tons of goods a-week to London, at a cost of 30s. per ton. He also dealt largely in the materials for hoops, which also came chiefly to London. He used about 100 tons of coals a year, which he got from Little Hampton, at a cost of ss. 6d. a ton for carriage. He also deposed to the difficulty and inconvenience of getting lime from Dunton. He knew the line of the railway well, and he believed that it would save him at least fifty per cent, in the cost of carriage of his goods to London. His expense at present on that head was about 2001. To the cross.examination of Mr. Rawlinson, the witness stated that be expected that the cost would by the railway amount to about 15s. a ton. The cost was to be 10s. a ton for forty miles, but from this there was to be a deduction of thirty per cent for the weight and distance. Mr. Benjamin Challing, of Petworth, a grocer and spirit.mer. chant, stated that he got his grocery from London, by waggon, at the rate of 30s. a ton. We had also bacon, hams, and pork, and other similar articles from Cork and Limerick, which were imported at Arundel, from which place the carriage to Petworth was 83. a ton by water, and 10s. a ton by land. If the goods could be landed at Portsmouth, a great convenience would be obtained in saving the loss of weight. He got his cheese from Lymington and Win. cheater, and some from Fareham. The carriage from Winchester was 355. a ton. The goods which came from Lymington were brought by sea to Arundel, and thence to Petworth by river and canal, the cost being efls. a ton. The formation of this railway would be a saving of from 30 to 40 per cent. in carriage from most parts, and more than that from Lon don, and offered much greater advantages than the atmospheric line, which was ton far off to be at all useful to Petworth. The distance of the Chichester line was about three miles from the town, but this he conceived would be no serious disadvantage. Mr. James Monk, a grocer and dealer in Irish provisions at Midhurst, confirmed the testimony of the previous witness. They were about ten miles from Petersfield, and would be about three miles from the station on the Chichester line. Mr. Thomas Downer, a grocer, maltster, and dealer in Irish provisions at Curdford, about four miles north-east of Petworth, confirmed the testimony of the two previous witnesses, and stated his impression that there was a general wish for the railway in his neighbourhood. He sent about 700 quarters of malt to London, but he suffered great inconvenience occasionally from the detention of goods on the canal by frost and other causes. Mr. George Turvill, a farmer at Shalford, on the road from Guildford to Godalming, stated that they sold the bulk of their corn at Guildford market. He also grazed largely during winter, and purchased his stock in the neighbourhood of Weyhill ; and it would be a great advantage to make a good communica tion with Guildford. At present they had to pass over a road very expensive from tolls all the way both to Chichester and Guildford. Petersfieldmarket was about one-fourth of the Chiches ter market, the latter being one of the best markets in the country. It was of importance to have a choice of markets in the spring, and this railway would provide it. Mr. B. Horne, the coach proprietor at Charing-cress, stated that before the railway was opened there were seven coaches to Portsmouth, but that now there was only one which ran to Guild ford. There were two coaches both ways to Chichester daily, which also stopped at Guildford The proprietors of these coaches had been obliged to move their coaches from the Bricklayers' Arms-road to a route which brought them in by Piccadilly. There was now little accommodation on the road in the vicinity of Guild ford and Chichester. To the inquiries of Mr. Gurney, Mr. Horne stated that three-quarters of the passengers were taken up after the City Branch coach passed westward of Temple.bar. To the cross-examination of Mr. Ilawhnson, he replied that the Petersfield district was not so thickly studded with gentlemen's seats as on the other line of road, and the waybill never produced sufficient passengers to support a short coach, and none had ever been established from Petersfield alone. The coaches to Portsmouth all ran from the City, but the Chichester coach ran to the Bolt-in- Tun. The branch omnibus from the City started three-quarters of an hour before the train, and the toll was from Bd. to Is. for a pair-horse carriage. The cost of carriage of goods from the Vaux hall terminus to the City was from ss. to 6s. a ton. After the Portsmouth branch of the railway was opened there was one coach left, and all the passengers came into London by the west.end. Mr. Silverlock, the ?layer of Chichester at the present time, stated that he had during the greater part of his life been connected with the trade of that place. He confirmed the testimony of Mr. Home, and said there was an omnibus to Chichester from the Woking station, two to Shore ham, a coach from Portsmouth through Chichester to Brighton; there were also two coaches to the Shoreham station, and he believed that the opening of this railway would greatly increase the trade between different parts of the country, and the line was decidedly the test for the town. Two petitions had been presented in favour of it, one from the inhabitants, and another signed by the Mayor and Town Council. Another had beets attempted against it, but it had faded. He thought it very desirable to have a direct communication with Portsmouth, and also with Guildford. By the proposed line 2G miles of distance to Loadon, and a com. munication would also be made with Havant and Fareham, which neither of the other files proposed. The quantity of corn sent from the neighbourhood of Chichester last year was about 18,000 quarters. There were two daily waggons to Fare ham, and one to Fareham, Chichester, and Portsmouth, besides several carts every day. There were also a great number to Brighton every day. This railway would bring the coals to Chichester from the weer conveyance, and thus they would be ob tained more cheaply by Chichester in the surrounding country than by Landon. The hoop trade would also be greatly served by the formation of the railway. The goods which came coastwise to Chichester last year were about 800 tons. He had hinaelf received last year between 400. and 500 tons of oil-cake fres' London, which he should have had down by railway. The charge for goods coastwise was from 15s. to 20s. a ton, and then there would be land carriage, so that he believed that he should save about 0 0 per cent. on the carriage of his goods. The station at Chicheste. was as conveniently placed as it could be with propriety. The felting in the neighbourhood of Chichester was now decidedly in favour of the proposed line, and that feeling had been growing daring the last few months. Mr. J. T. Haynlar, a nerchant and miller at Chichester, stated that in his opinion the insufficiency of the communication between Chichester and Guildferl was au impediment to the interest of both towns, more than a day being required to go from one to the other Ind back again. He dealt largely in coals, but had lost gene business in consequence of the coals being obtained cheaper from Little Hampton than he could supply them; but he shotid recover his advantage by the forma. Lion of the railway. He lad been in the habit of sending goods to London, but delay, sometmea so much as a fortnight, frequently occurred, and he should let goods now from London both cheaper and quicker by rail than utter. Mr. Wyatt, a farmer, atd coal and timber merchant, at Hems worth, stated that he suppl e d his own neighbourhood with coals, and that he should get hiscoals cheaper by rail than he now did, and that the projected line would be a great advantage to Chichester and the whole of the neighbourhood around it. At the conclusion of this witness's evidence the Committee ad journed ttll to-morrow at twelve o'clock. Sub. Committee, No. 2. BIRKENHEAD, MANCHESTER, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Committee decided that the general allegation had not been sustained. The next allegation was, that the notices pub. lished In the Gazette and newspapers were inaccurate, inasmuch as the said notices related to a railway to Manchester from the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, and the proposed railway was not intended to go beyond the Grand Junction Railway. This allegation was sustained. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, AND PORTSMOUTH RAIL. WAY (FOR ADDITIONAL PROVISION). In this case the standing orders had not been complied with. The Committee adjourned at half past three. Group FF. NORTH BRITISH (EDINBURGH AND DALKEITH LINE.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. WHATGLY, Q.C., on the part of Sir Robert Dick, of Pres ton field, Bart., objected to several clauses in the Bill, on the ground that an agreement had been entered into between Sir Robert Dick and the Directors of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith line, on the latter applying for a Bill for the construction of that line, to the effect that locomotive power should not be permitted to run ',thereon, and that no terminus or station should be constructed on any part of his (Sir R. Dick's) property. The Learned Counsel argued, that inasmuch as the scope of this Bill was the attainment of ob jects which were strictly prohibited by the agreement entered into between Sir Robert Dick and the Directors of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith line, these clauses could not be entertained by this Com mittee. Mr. T ALBOT rose to speak, whereupon The CHAIRMAN inteffered, and the room was cleared. Upon our return, The CHAIRMAN stated that the Committee had decided that Mr. Talbot had no right to reply, and further, that Sir R. Dick's name should be omitted in the clause. Mr. CLARA then proceeded to make a similar objection on the part of Mr. A. Wauchope, of Niddrie, and Mr. J. Wauchope, whose names were included in the same clause, and who were placed in the same situation as Sir R. Dick. Mr. TALBOT said, there was an obvious distinction betwezn the two parties, inasmuch as Sir R. Dick had provided in his agreement that locomotive power should not be used, and that therefore he might be said to have placed a limit to the traffic on the line; but in the case of Messrs. Wauchope, the way leave was granted, with a prospective view to any description of power that could be em ployed on the line, and to any amount of traffic that might pass over it. At the conclusion of the Learned Coonsel's address the room was cleared, and on our return, The CHAIRMAN asked the counsel for Messrs. Wauchope whether any offer had been made by them for the sale of their rights ? Mr. Sergeant WftaNcrtam stated that some such proposition had been made, to the effect that 5001. per annum should be paid by the Company as a consideration for the increased annoyance and use made of their property, being an augmentation of 3001. upon the sum formerly paid. The room being again cleared, upon our return, The CHAIRUAN remarked that the Committee did not think that under the 59th clause of the present Bill, Messrs. Wauchope could obtain an adequate consideration for the increased use made of their property. They, therefore, suggested that the parties should meet and come to some arrangement before the meeting of the Committee to-morrow. The Committee was then adjourned until to-morrow (this day; at twelve. Group 11. The Committee to consider the projects in this group assembled at twelve o'clock. Present, Viscount Barrington (Berkshire), Chairman; Mr. Christie, Mr. Leader, Mr. Bannerman, and Mr. Botfield. KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY. This was an unopposed Bill. The clauses of the Bill were read through. They presented nothing objectionable, and therefore, vi Rh the preamble, received the assent of the Committee. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Mr. HOPS stated the case for the Company, who applied for leave to shorten their line, to the extent of hall-a-mile, at Lan caster, and at the same time to connect the railway with the river at that part. Mr. Errington, the engineer, described the advantages said to be derivable by the public from the proposed alterations in the line, when the Committee adjourned. Group B. LEEDS AND THI.RSK LINE. Several witnesses were called to prove the desirableness of the proposed scheme. Mr. Gott, Director of the Company, knew the country through which the proposed line would pass, and was convinced that no better scheme could be suggested for the advantage of the locality. Mr. HILL, for the Leeds Waterworks, examined Mr. Gott, who did not think that any injury would accrue to the supply of water to the town by the construction of the line. Lord de Grey, examined by Mr. BAINES —Resides at Newby Hall, near Leeds. Had examined the pre,ent scheme, and also the proposed branch line from Pilrnore to Harrogate by the North of England Company, and was decidedly convinced that the Leeds and Thlrsk was the most likely to lie advantageous to the town of Leeds. Other evidence of a similar character was adduced, after which the Committee adjourned. Group W. WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY. The Committee on this line assembled at twelve o'clock, The examination of Mr. Patten, the collector of customs, was resumed by Mr. Wilkins, who appeared on the part of the pro moters of the line. The witness stated, that the export trade from the port of Goole consisted chiefly of British manufactures. The greater part of the goods exported went to Hamburgh and the Netherlands. The import trade consisted principany of sheep's wool, and various kinds of timber from the commits. The number of foreign ves sels entered inwards in the port in 1839 was 131. In the year 1844 the number was only 44. From the opening of the port of Goole in 1828 to 1839, the year previous to the opening of the Hull and Selby line, the average of foreign vessels entered inwards was 138, and the average of vessels outwards during the same period was 119. During the last five years the number of foreign vessels trading to.the port of Goole had very much decreased.. The Custom-house revenue had also been materially injured by the opening of the Hull and Selby lime. Mr. PICKERING said he would not dispute a single item of im ports or exports from Goole. Mr. It. Chambers, commodore of the pilots of the port of Goole, was then called.—His evidence went to show the facilities afforded by the port for carrying on a foreign trade. Captain Laws, R.N., the manager of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, was examined—He stated that he was acquainted with Goole and its traffic. In his opinion, if the proposed line were carried into effect, a considerable amount of goods now sent to Hull would be sent to Goole, as the land carriage would be very considerably shorter, and the cost of carriage would be the came. By the existing line the distance between Manchester and Hull was 98} miles, but by the proposed line it would be only 74 miles. The shipping aceommodation at Hull was very insufficient for its trade, and that trade was daily augmenting. The witness was proceeding in his evidence, when the announce. ment was made that the Speaker was at prayers. Group EE. DUNDEE AND PERTH (NORTH) RAILWAY. The Committee upon the Dundee and Perth (North) and Dundee and Perth (South) Railways, the Scottish Midland. and the Aberdeen Railways, assembled in Room No. 19. Present, the Right Hon. F. Baring, Mr. Pretheroe, Mr. James, Mr. Gill, and Mr. Alderman Copeland. Mr. AUSTIN, after a variety of preliminary matter had been dis. posed of, proceeded to open the case on the part of the promoters of the Bill. The line which it was proposed to make was 20i miles long, and its object was to effect a local communication between Perth and Dundee, and by a junction line with Arbroath, which had a communication with Aberdeen. The direction and advantages of this line the Committee would find to be strongly pointed out in the report from the Board of Trade on the subject of the proposed line. That report said, " The construc tion of the Scottish Midland would render the Dundee and Perth line unnecessary, as part of the through line from the north to Perth. But looking at the importance of the town of Dundee, which, as the seat of extensive linen manufactures, is much connected with Glasgow, Liverpool, and other commercial and manufacturing towns in England, it appears to us desirable that it should enjoy a connexion with the general railway system of the kingdom; and as this connexion can be effected by a line of twenty miles and a half, the estimated cost of which is only 200,000/., and which will moreover be the means of introducing coals at a cheaper rate into Dundee, and of accommodating a con siderable traffic between that town and Perth, we cannot hesitate te report our opinion that, notwithstanding the sanction of the Scottish Midland as the preferable line for thtough communication to the north, the construction of the Dundee and Perth line ap pears to us, upon public grounds, to be justifiable." The course of communication to which the formation of this line would lead, would be from Dundee and Perth to Falkirk, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and the North, Liverpool, and Hawick, where there were vast coal fields, which at present were not capable, from the absence of a facility of carriage, of being brought to Dundee or to Perth. Then there would be a communication by one or other of these means with Fifeshire. With regard to what might be denominated the competing line, " the New Tyle line," that was 33 miles in length, having gradients of such a frightful nature as almost to be perpendicular, such as 1 in 12, whilst another was as much as lin 20. Besides, there was on that line a tunnel of a quarter of a mile in extent; but such a thing was not demanded on the line under the consideration of the Committee--and, moreover, whilst the Scottish Midland was merely a single line of rail, on the Dundee and Perth the rails were double. Strictly, therefore, these could not be called com. peting lines. The cost of this line would be 200,0001. ; there would not be a single tunnel, a single bridge, nor even a single viaduct, with the exception of that immediately at Perth. The line, too, although so short, would run through a district of, and afford accommodation to, a population of 112,000 persons, of which number there were as many as 70,000 at Dundee. He should call evidence to show both the 19cat passenger and traffic advantages of the line. Mr. D. B axter, Mr. W. Thoms, and Mr. A. Symons, were then examined upon these points. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Gloriana, Webb, from Bengal, off Ply mouth, sailed Jan. 27; Cape, March 26. Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Welling ton, Liddell, and Northumberland, Bird, March 22. from Malras; Ann, Caithnesa, from Algoa Bay; Ann, Iteva, 21st, from Newcastle; Activ,,, Renaut, 22d, from Buenos Ayres to Mauritius; Lord Hungerford, Pigott, 23d, from Calcutta; Leander, from Crozets ; Margaret Drake, 24th, from London and Angra, Pequena ; Indian, Mackie, 2511, from Antra Pequena; Isabella, Cauvin, from Walwich thy; Fulmar, Da(rnall, from Bird Island; Pa c k e t, M.K in l ay, an d AlicAuviland, Turner, from Avgra Pequena ; Plantagenet, Dornett, from London. Departures from Table Bay—XL, Williamson, March 21, Ilinciley, Dickson, Alcyone. Storr, Mary Thy, Ellwood, Hope, Robson, Julius Cae.iar, Smart, Ab!xamler Robertson, Maclachlan, 22d, Sophia, Sil lands. 23d, Abel Gower, Foster, 24th, all to Saldanha Bay ; Richard Mount, 23d, to Adelaide ; British Queen, 2,74 th, to Simons Bay ; Arab, Cooke, to Saldanha thy ; Rosebud, 23:1, to Natal ; Fortitude, 26th, to Ceylon. Departures. from Simons Bay—Regalia, Effleck, March 22, to London ; 1131.5. Osprey, Crawford, 24th, to China. Arrivals at Janeiro—Rebecca, Miller, March 27th, from London to Hobart Town. BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES.—A deputation, consisting of Mr. Cotton and Mr. William Hawes, the Chairman and Deputy-Chair man, and others, including Mr. Baly, the civil engineer to the Committee, had the honour of an interview at Buckingham Palace, on Monday, with his Royal High ness Prince Albert, to submit to his examination the model and drawings for the proposed first establishment, which is intended to be erected in Whitechapel. His Royal Highness took great interest in the subject, and expressed an earnest wish for the success of the scheme, of which, and of the plans, he expressed his approbation. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Mcv,' 20. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack shortly after Four o'clock. The Marquis of SIEgo and Lord Keane took the oaths and their ..eats. THE ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day by Commission to the Exchequer-bills Bill, the Liverpool Docks Bill, the Bradford Gas Bill, the Southwark Improvement Bill, the Glasgow Turnpike Road Bill, and several Private Bills. MAYNOOTH. Lord KENYON presented 28 petitions from places in Cheshire and Somersetshire, and 5 from places in Munster, against the grant to Maynooth. Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from the Dis senters in Stafford a! - .!ainst the grant to Maynooth—but stating that they thought that all tsroperty which had been taken from their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects should be restored to them. OAKING HAM CHURCH. The Marquis of NORM A NI3Y rose to present the petition of which he gave notice yesterday. It was exceedingly lengthy, but as he was fully in pos. ses•ion of the facts of the case, he would take the liberty of stating them to the House. The petition was from the parishioners of °akin , : ham, in Berkshire. It appeared from the petition that the population of the parish was upwards of 4.000, and the extent of the parnih 8,100 acres. The Dean of Salisbury was rector, patron, and ordi nary of the church. The tithes had been commuted for 1,6001. a year, and on the last renewal of the lease, the dean had received the sum of 2,1'001. as the fine. although the an nual rental was only made to appear as 261. The curate's stipend was 1561. a year, of which 40/. came oat of the tithes, and 261. from Queen Anne's Bounty. Owing to the dean being ordinary, there had been no visitation for several years, arid the church had got so much out of repair, that the parishioners were afraid to attend it. An architect had been employed to survey the building, who reported it to be in a state of great dilapidation. A vestry had been summoned, who were unanimous in address ing the ordinary with a request that the repairs might be effected. The ordinary referred them to the lessee, Mr. Jacob—that gentleman employed his own surveyor to go over the building, and he reported that the building was not in that dangerous position which it was stated to be, and he ac cordingly refused to make the repairs. The parishioners upon this applied to a learned civilian for his opinion upon the case. His advice was that the parishioners might repair the nave, and the rector the chancel; that they might levy a rate, with the convent of the parishioners, but not without it. They again made a representation to the dean, and on further inquiry, it turned out that the lessee was bound not to restore the chancel, but to keep it in its present state. The worst. part of the business was, that a letter lately appeared from the Dean in the pub lic papers, from which any one would suppose that only a partial statement of the case had been laid before him, while he was in possession of the whole of the facts. The parishioners were prevented from repairing the nave, because from ano ther survey of their architect it appeared that if they repaired one part of the building the probability was that the whole would come to the ground. The case was simply this, was it right that 4,000 persons should be deprived of the power of repairing the chinch by a rate levied by themselves, and placed in that anomalous posi tion, too, by one who was, in his own person, ordinary, patron, arid rector. He would conclude by moving that the petition do lie upon the table. The Earl of H ADDINGTON presented a petition against the Maynooth Bill. THE GAME-LAWS. Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions from Dun fermline, Cupar, and Kirkaldy, in the county of Fife, against the game-laws. The petitioners stated certain grievances in the operation of those laws of which they complained. The first grievance set forth was the injury inflicted by those laws on the tenant farmers. This, however, he looked upon as a matter of contract between land lords and tenants, and if the latter did not take care to protect themselves from the ravages of game by the provisions of their leases, it was their own fault. A great deal had been said against the landlords on this head. They- had been,aceused of great injustice, and likened to the nobles of France before the revolution. In his opinion, there was not the slightest pretence for such a charge. The tenants had the power of protecting themselves if they would. With regard to -the second grievance, he must say the petitioners had reason on their side. It was the state of the law with regard to poaching and the killing of game. The country suffered very much from the crime of poaching, from the conflicts between poachers and keepers, and by the murders which, in many instances, had resulted from those con flicts. In 1811 there were 3,000 game convictions. The present year they amounted to nearly 5,000. During the years from 1834 to 1844 there had been 42 instances of homicide from conflicts between poachers and gamekeepers, and 25 convictions for murder during the same time. The evils arising from these laws were not only the individual suffering inflicted upon the violators of the law, but the ill-feeling that was created be tween rich and pnor, between the members of the aristocracy and the community at large. He should not like to see any alteration of the law that would interfere with the field sports of the gentlemen of this country, but he hoped they would be limited in such a manner as would do away with the existing evils of the system. He hoped that if the Government did not take up the question, that a Noble Lord present (Lord Dacre) would take it up, and introduce a measure to do away with the grievances of which the petitioners complained. Lord DACRE said, that as he had been so pointedly alluded to by the Noble Lord who had just sat down, he would say a few words on the subject to which their Lordships' attention had been called.—( flear, hear.) True it was that he had moved for a Committee to inquire into the nature and general character of the game laws, and that in the year 1831 he had been successful in effecting certain altera tions and modifications of them. It would not, however, be proper in him to allude further to the subject at present. He saw with regret the evils to which the Noble Lord (Campbell) so eloquently referred, and he sympathised with every feeling which the Noble Lord expressed in respect to them. It was impossible, however, to put down poaching as long as they had not the sympathies of the people along with them. He had a Bill actually prepared in reference to the game laws, but as there was a Committee at present sitting on the subject in an other House, he, as a matter of delicacy, deferred bringing forward his measure till he knew what decision they would come to on the subject, or what would be the result of their labours. Under these circumstances, he would not at present say more on the matter. Lord HA T HERTON never approved of the present system of the game-laws. He thought that the alterations introduced by the Noble Lord who had just sat down were a very great improvement. But, nevertheless, a great deal still remained to be done. The injustice which still existed was so great as to render it extremely desirable that a measure should be brought forward to suppress it. With respect, for instance, to the preservation of hares he considered that something should be done. It was, in his estimation, a monstrous and unjust act, and he could never reconcile his mind to Ruch a pernicious portion of the game-laws. The whole evil consisted in the excessive preservation of hares, and entertaining as he did this decided opinion, he had thought it his duty at least to point out the anomaly to their Lordships, trusting that others more competent than himself would adopt and carry out his sugges tions. —(Hear, hear.) Lord STR /iDI3ROKE, while agreeing with much that was urged in opposition to the game-laws, considering that nothing was more correct than some of the arguments advanced by the petitioners, dissented from the observations which fell from the Noble Lord who preceded him, in reference to the preservation of hares. It was his firm belief that the stringency of the laws in that particular arose chiefly from the difficulty in preserving them ; and he could not conceive how an enactment whose tenor was to protect the interests of one branch of the com munity, without the slightest injury to any other, should be deemed either pernicious or unjust. He regretted the circum stance mentioned by his Noble Friend, that thirty-five murders, within ten years, had been committed, arising out of collisions between the destroyers and defenders of game. He could only say that, while being himself a strict preserver of game, on no one occasion had any serious affray occurred on his estate ; and he could not admit that any alteration such as the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Hatherton) had suggested was either neces sary or advisable. . AIAYNOOTIT. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition against the sale of spiritual liquors on the Sabbath. As also one against the so-called endowment of the college of Mayneoth. This latter, the Noble Lord observed, had been presented by Dissenters, who objected to the grant, not on the grounds of its being an endowment of a Roman Catholic establishment, but because they protested against the State conferring gifts for the upholding any Church, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic. The spirit of the petitioners must be understood therefore to be equally as strong against the endowment of the former as of the latter Church. He entirely dissented from the whole scope and view of the petition, both as regarded its hostility to the grant to Maynooth, and its opposition to all ecclesiastical establishments. For his part he looked upon this endowment of Maynooth as a payment of a small instal ment of what was due to the people of Ireland. He did not say the Roman Catholics of Ireland, but the people of Ire land, because the Roman Catholics were in truth the people, and it was a misnomer to designate them in any other way. He would go a step further and express his satisfaction at the further measures which the Ministers had proposed for estab lishing academical institutions in Ireland ; but before he alluded to that subject he would express his belief, and les hope, so far as the Maynooth Bill was concerned, that her Majesty's Minis ters intended to go much further than that. All he would say was, that if the Ministry intended to stop there, they were per sons who did not comprehend the results of the measures which they had proposed ; and as he believed they were perfectly competent to form ajust judgment on their own measures, he gave them credit for the intention of doing a great deal more than they had done, and he was glad to give them credit for such intentions. With regard to the colleges which it had been proposed to establish, he had understood that there were per sons possessing more enthusiasm than religion —persons who mistook names for things—who looked rather to their anticipa tions than to the recollections of their own early life, who had called these colleges Godless colleges. He should be extremely sorry if any establishment in this country could justly be de• signated by such a term. He would take leave to think that those persons who had invented the term had applied it very erroneously. He would take leave also to think that those persons, if they had been educated in the academical establishments of this country, could not have any very accurate recollection of the period which they had passed at those establishments. Although it was true that thore were theological professors there and theological lectures were delivered, yet he apprehended, with the excep tion perhaps of the two Right Rev. personages he saw sitting on the benches opposite, that there were few among their Lordships who, while they were at Oxford or Cambridge, had attended the lectures of the theological professors. And with respect to their being educated at Oxford, those who had been educated there in later times might,:perhaps, recollect not only that they had not attended such lectures, but that the highest authorities in the university, if they had not prohi bited, had strongly recommended the students nut to attend the lectures of the theological professor.—(l-lear.) He was not one of those who believed that the establishment of these colleges would lead to the disastrous consequences which these persons predicted. He was nor afraid that they would tend to propagate infidelity. Infidelity was much more likely to arise from the hostile spirit which actuated one sect against another, and if they could succeed in educat ing the youths of different sects together—in induring them to take their enjoyments and recreations together, they would go a long way towards destroying that spirit of intoler ance with which each sect regarded the other. The Noble Lord concluded by presenting the petition. The Marquis of NORMA NBY presented a petition from a person of the name of Percival, praying their Lordships to appoint a Committee to inquire into the constitution of the Commission with respect to lunacy. The Noble Lord despaired, at the present period of the session, of the appointment of the Committee. Before, however, he made any motion on the subject, he was anxious to hear what course the Government intended to pursue on the subject. The Duke of MONTI? OsE presented several petitions against the grant to the college of Maynooth. The Earl of KINN AIRD presented similar petitions. The Marquis of II RE ADA LB A N E presented forty-four peti tions from different parts of Scotland to the Fame effect. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from Derby praying for relief to the agricultural classes. Lord BEAUMONT gave notice that, on Thursday next, he should move for papers with respect to Greece. Lord MO UNTCASHEL postponed the motion of which he had given notice till Friday next, with respect to coroners' inquests. The Earl of ZETLAND presented se veral retitions against the grant to Alasnooth from places in Yorkshire. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS BILL. On the motion of Lord REDESJALE this Bill was read a second time CLERKEN WELL IMPROVEMENTS. On the motion of L rd REDESDA LE the Bill for forming a new street to Cierkenwe,l-0 - reen was read a third time. Their Lordships adjourned at half-past Six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 20. The SPEAKER took the Chair short l y before FOUr o'clock. The report on the Scottish Central R and several othe r . ailway Bill, t h e Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, Bills were brought up and agreed to, and t he Bills ordered to be engrossed. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. . e On the motion for the further consideration of th Report on the Grand junction Railway B ill, several pe titi.os wt ;•e presented against it. tt l ue th ri n t : 3 it , A , I , r t . , i : 1 ! ) I ;. ( l. ; : . , l at ll !.) i . ) i (. l ) i r ti o r s o e n to i x( p )s ,, e r i t i i ( i ) t: l B ofi111:i his ttl)l:lLii without conferring soy benefit upon the district throng's which it passed. He protested on the p ar t of his constitaeoit 3 against the Bill. He did no'. consider it a project which w oo ea in any respect promote their interests. He , therefore, tn that the further consideration of it be postpon ed till that day six months. i it tt l e,. r. W. PATTEN vindicated the decisio n of the ra Co°F . Air. HAWES, as Chairman of the Comm ittee to sticlit the Bill had been referred, defended the decis ion to whi' had come respecting the Bill. t wer l e r. al ? o lS ,p ß o O sed ßN to E th s i a s id ni t i h , at y t . he inhabitants of the Fotteries Si r age Mr. Alde i rman COPELAND opposed the Bill, °nhe ground that it would exclude the formation of a radii'sy advantageous to the district. fe d to Lord G. SOMERSET said that if it had been pill os the Committee that the company who applied for cc the_ ° Pod sessed capital enough to carry out the purposes, thvY,. s . have been much disposed to report in favour of the roe's-, de- Mr. F. FRENCH, as a member of the Co fended the report. a nd 'Aft. After a few words from Mr. H. BERKELfr a RICARDO, t of t he Mr. ENTWISLE addressed the House in oppor report, when he was interrupted by t h e 0 0856 t° The Usher of the Black Rod. who summoned the House of Lords to attend a Royal Commis sit 0 o use ha! On the SPEAKER'S return, h stated tha_ . ,“" - 110:1 1 % bee 0 i s ,rds been to the House of Peers, and h a d heart' Royal Assent given to several Bills.— F bleb 5e ( or Report.) ed GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAI. 05 0 ' „ as then The discussion upon the report of this Bill - t wish when o nittee e , t allyo-n gbt t bt oi before efAoy rt.e haveev them,r u t a h l d e f er decisions we, oc we o t prolonginged Mr. ENT WISLE continued—lf the il°° 9- • b r-11 1 0 ‘1 The House divided, when there appeared -- 73 For the motion - ... 20 4 ; t3 3 p A or l t r Alderman COPEL--A°' For the amendment ... .. ................. ----- e Alaiority in favour of the amendment... ,0.0400,,D tsiife o rc f rme ihe th ir e C se o s in s i m on itt Lord HOWICK thought it incumbent on the ',„, cbsw ai to introduce some regulations with refereuce thigh,t' Odor' upon railways. In some cases charges were very e 14 06 others very low. His opinion was, that in some eases se charges were established than were consistent it the welfare of the public. This House "ghtaile t o ost to make these alterations, as they could not be ra v il ia , teoe sacnonit;i6nlle pet House of Lords. In one railway 3d. A ten P er es 0 1 / t he charged upon coals, in another only Id., senT'ettiltrei the where the competition was great. On mall ', d ile ° j ai. charges for passengers were 3d., 2 , 1 , and 1 1 4 3 . t„ - r ete°"" ° o first, second, and third class. Now ;hese c harges "- r e i' a t r With respect to the old companies, he believed thbee Govefro redress to be had ; but he belived the object 6f t o rder oil ment in introducing this new standing the tho se to establish a new rate of c harges tt e ,dare es ferent conveyances of the new companies, 8: - .,ses OP that should be deemed to be unreasonable. '..,,i104,,e01d tion of great importance, and before the ptesen t ;opt - were read a third time he trusted the anv ern it 3 tha t take up the question. fpr , f tbe Sir G. CLERK concurred with the Noble iit ioa ° the y would be a very proper question for the consi cial e ttO Board of Trade; but beyond a suggestion he did t 1 mid de P.-. should have anything to do with it. f rs vie Mr. LABOUCHERE did think the B oa rd °f ~,tt h a t he direct their serious attention to this quesiliotion i° b to establish some regularity as well as 0 311 `• ' I .1 0 s eV charges.—The Bill was then agreed to. f V. otorr 11ir. lIINDLEY moved that the petition 0 . o f A coo , Higginbottom, clerk of the Commissioners of P°, 4ia t : the a nd under-Lyne (presented 19th May), be referred ~g sill; ti , niittee on the Manchester and Salford Wateraverolit t he P e t th io a n t e i r t l t ) o e b a t n , hineasterdwb.ityiocnoutnosetlheoeCaogmennat.ittee to F er vibie aS 11 i t i' Mr. GREENE resisted the motion, after Bill 1115 withdrawn. vil itY the i‘ n ie. re i a t d . broughtia,AseLcosnidEßtime., The London, Bedford and Birmingham Rai Cbes ter rep t on t he up the - - °I. or in fg i° Sir HOWARD and Holyhead Rahway Bill. 'on " of the Wexford and Carlow Railway rii.ll. be an i natructi Sr Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that _t., •-• d itFarringdon-streel.4, the Committee on the Tottenha°- r a 7 the petition from ()eerier tension Railway Bill, in the ma tte- ° id Bill. 113 V rt ier against the sa as 0 I, enwell, to hear the petitioners there was tbo . e son he made that motion because was, tition that of ip which the Committee eimld not heat any Pe iiting is" been presented at least three days before the ste_. b es o t Committee ; but in the present case it would ha r , e 4 o ,. it it possible that the petition could have been presen`k heir bet time, owing to the peculiar circumstances. Ind! e ., s t si l 'od would be almost unnecessary to make this ap plicat e ; 'tte e on ei petition he did so because he had heard that another one °alit refused to hear a petition circumstanced as the lli in his motion. The motion was then agreed to. petition 1, ;0 I , IY N o A r i t r h . Mr. FITZROY KELLY presented a O i rd el The Belfast Lough Drainage Bill was reads „ She /V" • • against the for t ' i e a petition \\VvitleiswsNlOipnreßersTaeliHtuaNdVAvaLyEßSillii..AlLWAY. a ~._6 Lincoln line of railway. 04 l e( t h i s in e Mr. HUME gave notice that he should , a, u r y ,P night, bring the subject of the services of Sir ne n before the House. fee ace Mr. H. BERKELEY said that he had a notice,: toe , be ts with relation to the Insolvency Act. H e ' fit' s lay ai ' whether, if he postponed his motion till Tharesodetosiri; Right Hon. Baronet would make a house.--(", i!,f la te ett h Sir R. PEEL said that it had not been ilse7' he th ° II ' , i to keep the 29th of May as a holiday, all!' s ole s ,,ke r o present state of business would not allow it thi l s , the .mon o to Mr. B. OSBORNE gave notice that, ° he eltl,iee leaving the chair on the Irish Colleges Bill, he_' st lilliF' g instruction to the Committee regulating the .. heie, honours in the Universities.c ° l° Ito u ' ten the Ore Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that, itoo a proposed for the gra n t o f m o ney to the Presbyteri the he should move that such vote be rejected. LI A SP ' to - , REPEAL AGITATION IN IRD' I ': p 0 ~ ,,,,Ae o Mr. FERRAND said he had a queetion.l:lo eitslifte_ Right Hon. Herßaonet the Secretary of State fof .oo ,4 l b u o gee l ' ir partment. had not given notice of the (1 11 ,P so , u e iseda Right Hon. Baronet required it he vv0u1d......rm00 pelf/017'o tion had reference to the following subjeet..„(o l '; the P, O l a recent number of a Dublin newspaper, t r „tot we o ' 4o ota t i o , that a repeal demonstration was about to toke P ot ion rre t o to of Tara, and the programme of the dernoostrmesebeingssoo, in the following words :—(Here the I - 1 00 :r e seg" . .i o si 1 4 advertisement, stating the order in which the .. .,, i. giz tJ the ye, , I M.9' 11 ' d i u hei r assemble and them continued by sa e „ r are o f t- to whether her Majesty's Government were P a i ee tt „ ei der° 1845, as they were in 1843, to assert the : 1 1 1 ' 0e ler or were they to permit Mr. O'Connell an eo er•h!, Joe o tie trample the law under foot ? h the i e te dee r Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that thoug g his: .....„(1 1 40 Member had not given him notice of his: "doe the to ask the question, he would, hawe ver 4 s einhlYLl,e I ,llc i e ire hear.) He was aware that a popular abou t to anent be t ri Hun. Gentleman had mentioned was ah e , L i e eten coo n Ireland, and he begged to say that the Loro eee o f Os ceived directions to take care that the P e .. hear . ) do e g e t., should be preserved on that oceasion.---t,sE. ~ Ile I° lo CALL OF THE 1 -I °' notice on the paper for the 22d, for a ea. he , wog 00 0 Mr. HUME said he • had a guestionntoof : t 0 , 1 ; ilo h n t g e o ' n oe he wished to know if that notice could P notice] et her that day? , .1 0 notices. hers et „ re her e . eke e. The SPEAKER said the lion. s'" ] s t eel, 0 ' t heir come on in the order in which it Was P Wa i te t of ero ber t S he W po tpO od r ie thAf t g ot 0 1d °l- 0 1 "e R. PEEL hoped that Hon. II right of precedence in order not to c aus e c under sto te 01.0 th e the Maynooth Bill.—( Hear, hear.) 11 e ente d u lli had coo wo , Hon. Member for Wolverhampton „ rom bers „ ro w right, and he did hope that other Hon• oe_ et ,,,e(P doe ° same, in order to facilitate the public bust , '" P e , d t be beg t NEW ZEALAND. _a r ose, • 0 e hot Captain ROUS said, the last time lie ht e erts, re eil: 4 jeo 3 on the subject of New Zealand he bra / 0 o us , l b u s er o re against the New Zealand Company. Ne' l L a de at t i t eel ef t he if he Aid not prove the assertions he had o w ider t o otle s 13 t ee opportunity, Hon. Gentlemen might con -t the b? _ OO a groundless. He did not wish to interruy• eti vaie , d ot linusei but he was anxious to express his ,ts ° ,ber subject of New Zealand. Sir ROBERT PEEL repeated, _ d t ee ip g on the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton 0 , J ,. : et epoch d ,ir o:1 for Westminster (Captain Rous) Wolverhampton u , o n or y r ote pre" 6 motions to. night. He (Sir Robert Peel) .i.e k i . tb whether Hon. Members had come down r." the ; gee ..te hsr to take a part in the discussion. c meet ___.,... to • t he t Mr. C. BULLER said it was necceseseto h oe He OO anxiou s e d. erse e o New Zealand Company were most . , eioce ss .. be . 0 that he OP 00_5'0161 made against them in that House fairly ie - c tain t b" e sts 4" .. th e however, tell the Hon. and Gallant %,. /,' eh e t c it i est , . es ty e r then prepared to discuss the question the m" ,,oo ti . et . isl t ett b to bring before the House— treatyna of Waitangi, confirmed achndelYaPPf4teorlaitYn:ll/10'.sibet ought to he maintained with the strictest_(r7hecatirii, „nob Mr. C. Buller) came down to the n . 1 - 1 6e a l l atit . _t: e , 0 1 1 1.0 slightest impression that the Hon. a forward all ,11_5.4;ie Ftveld, to take an opportunity of bringing a e ( ~: r Ile_:_, t sirt he had to make against the Comofpatnyo.„3 it cret,leeoi had not told the precise natures H°°" and aced to 4 0 05 under these circumstances, tell he e rl y _ o .. eee proL s ees co pe that he was exceedingly glad that shubsertans: P a te TO not t be. the Fledge which he had given to A s lie_Pe _abile,ete.,‘ he had brought against the Come ny a debate on th:e t , . the 00 " es hoped do wn a t that aatllthperepHaorned.would aP‘ chs rg his motion. dist eiet be ni t!: been pointed out, and withdrawa __ de t wo 0 ,, I , o t . _ o ulc, Captain ROUSI said he h a n: hic h CO c i t u or , .De to, A O against the New Zealand CompanYe, f th e dire tere d le eht fur i to Memberenter intow a understood. If he had been one b en fullY c l a d bro u e o ity c ti not have rested till they had e meni ber onne sti res i a ti ward the subject which might lye 1- comP a e u esti oo them 8 : NO :v then would have been happy if any Hon . discussing the whole question r e spec tingse.,__ e i th e . _ e , t be q_dges as desirous 0' ~ a ll t wer e t ee anything else, that he w should be ready a, , direC t°l.s ode r e Compsny. It was more for the IP', br i n gio idie s a" jig s,. However, he shou . e. If tne week s ti for 0°- t • d to remain comfortable tor h % lava rued eel de pose upon them— ki. aspersions he had cast sons to bring forward the m ot , , . e _lt oish .......be, tan salc u h r se se not object to it. lo tha Vac arse other motto . t dor _ , e i, iee hate should take precedence %use w ere t i ° 11 , 0 hear w venience would arise if the 11 e _beam re! % jos ,. e s ,,,noth 1 . 9 _ 1 . „ . Mr. M. GiBSON deprecated the rit - 0 , bi , 0 .0 , t h he of th e The Hon. Member then viethi Lycey.LoN. s coo ferred ZA:aflaarndasguheeswtioans better than _ ( .7;_ i i i, t ootle . THE COLONIL.e ... e tion f t e lool e ''q4tb °f date d the r a ll dispatch from the Secretary f of CeY l° ;e4 °'p'r' Mr. TUFFN ELL postporoi to in the minute of the Governor ii cop. ' d ie. , ' February, 1845. ,,„ for n y an „i r e,. oned his n30 . , -; ,-4,. m 0s ._,..10, . _ Mr. WATSON postp East India '" fe;01 n o 00 thel77s to e, • t h correspondence between the year Robert 0 1 residents at Lucknow, t of Captain se respecting the appointmen / (iSthaite for the,