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The Committee met today at eleven o'clock, Lord Radnor in the chair, when th e case o f t h e Gl asgow, D umfr i es, and C a rlislede. Railway, which is now b roug ht f orwar d i n oppos i t i on t o th e • c donlan Railway as a competing project, was gone into. 51r. ANDREWS addressed the Committee at considerable length n reply to the case in favour of the Caledonian, closed yesterday, and in favou r o f t h e compet i ng scheme. After stating the routes which the two lines of ra il wa y t oo k, h e en t ere d i n t o a compa ris on of their engine er i ng diffi cu l t i es, w hi c h h e maintained were.a nd much greater in th e C a l edon i an l i ne than i n the Glasgow, Dum fri es, Carlisle. In the former the gr a di en t s were muc h more severe, and mere the tunnels, cuttin gs , an d em b an k ments , muc h grea t er , a nd m lsn in difficult of construction th a n i n the l a tter. The expenses a proportion to distance was much higher. The engineering pecu liarities of the Caledonian were such, that he was persuaded that it could not be travelled without considerable danger, besides offer ing many impedimenta to speed and regularity. The difference of length between this line of railway and the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, he was certain would be more than compensated by the superior speed and safety of the latter. If there was difference in distance, it ought also to be recollected there was a great difference in the amount of population along the respective lines. The Cale. donian to a very great extent traversed a country destitute of culti vation, and with scarcely any inhabitants ; the other passed on all points through a comparatively thickly populated and well cultivated country. With respect to Glasgow and Lanark. shire the two lines were about equal. It was, therefore, said as a reason why the Caledonian should be preferred to the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, that it accommodated the north of Scotland, which the other did not. True, it was proposed to connect this line with the Scottish Central, but it was altogether erroneous to suppose that thereby the whole north of Scotland would be benefited, All Scotland north of the river Forth contained 1,200,000 inhabitants. At present the only lines that traversed any portion of this tract of country were those to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. Now, of the 1 ,200,000, a vast proportion would receive no benefit from this line of railwry. Argyleshire, with 100,000 inhabitants ; Fifeshire, with 150,000; and Forfarsl.ire, with nearly as many more; be sides all the west parts of Ross-shire. Caithness.shire, and Suther. landshire, Dundee, and the surrounding country and Fifeshire, Would be supplied with a line of railway from Burntisland, in con nexion with Edinburgh, by which the southern traffic to those places would proceed, the great mass of which would come by the North British Railway and the Hawick line. Deducting, there fore these important items of population from the north of Scotland, there only remained Perth and trade, Aberdeen and trade, with the intermediate places on the lines of railway to be ac commodated ; all of which places would still con tinue to use to a considerable extent their former Means of conveyance. Against these were to be placed the mineral, manufacturing, and agricultural counties of Renfrew and .Ayr, as also the important towns of Dumfries, Kirkudbrightshire, Wigtonshire ; and there the balance should be struck--a balance bat would tell greatly in favour of the line of railway for which he had the honour to appear. As a proof of the decided feeling in the latter named places in favour of this project he need only inform the Committee that eighty-six petitions had been presented in its favour, from Kirkcudbright, Dumfries, Wigton, Ayr, Kilmer- Inarnoch, Port Glasgow, and other places ; as also from Belfast, Londonderry, and other towns its the north of Ireland. The Learned Gentleman having intimated that he was fully prepared to prove all his allegations by the amplest evict, nce, concluded his address, and the examination of witnesses was proceeded with. Mr. Nicholson, of Carlisle, deposed as to the amount of the traffic of that port, and the amount of traffic that might be expected to go along the line of railway through Dumfries. .31r. A. Oswald, M.P., gave evidence respecting the mineral and ageisOtural produce of Ayrshire, and as to the great advantage that wotild be conferred on the district by the proposed line of railway. Mr. Thomas Crichton, Provost of Dumfries, was examined re. apecting the town and trade of Dumfries, and also as to the feeling of the inhabitants, which he represented to be generally in favour of the line. Mr. Gordon and Mr. Reeves, late of the Post-office, were ex amined generally respecting the traffic. Mr. Marmaduke Constable Maxwell, of Terregles, near Dumfries, deposed as to the importance of Nithsdale as an agricultural dis trict, and of the great benefit the farmers would derive from the railway, in bringing supplies of coal and lime from a distance at a reduced rate of price. Mr. Lenny, a landed proprietor, gave evidence to a similar effect. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow, at eleven o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. LONDON GROUP A. , CROYDON, CHATHAM, AND OR PINGTON (ATMOSPHERIC LINE), :AND LONDON, CHATHAM, AND NORTH /CENT LINE. The CRAIRMAN on taking his seat thi s morning, at the usual read hour, the decision of the Committee as to the three principal Bills now before them, an intimation of the nature of which was given yesterday, and was accordingly published in the last edition of The Sun of last evening, and was to the effect that the preambles of the above Bills were not proved. A discussion of great length as to what Bills should next be taken then ensued, and the room was cleared in order to give the Cdclutittee an opportunity of consulting. On the re-admission of strangers, The CatitaltaN said that the Committee had determined to take first the Bills which were unopposed, and to postpone those which Were opposed by landowners. Several un sel urged t h e importance. of their Bills, and the shortness ofco Bill should next the ir evidence , and a ft er a long discussion as to which The Committee decided on taking first the LONDON 4171) CROYDON RAILWAY EX TENSION AND WIDENING BILL. Mr. Gre gory, the engineer of this line, who was the only witness called, salt: that it was Corn. each to wide n their p e proposed by the London and Croydon Co resent line by making an atmospheric tube on each sid, so as to have, i n addition to their present line, a double atmospheric line. The expense was estimated at 150,0001 The CLIAIRMAN declared the preamble of the Sill to be proved. 11724TERIDGE AND TUNBRIDGE WE LLS - - - -- Mr. A Ltxsmaxa said that this was a Bill to enable the South tastern Company to make a line from their works at Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wells. The land was already purchased, and the greater part of the line was already made, the only purpose of the Bill being to legalise what bad been done. Mr. Barlow, the engineer of the line, was then called, and proved the above statements. Mr. CLELILBY was about to cross-examine the witness. when Mr. ALEXANDER objected, on the ground that be, Mr. Cleasbey, had no locus stands'. Mr. CLEASBEY abandoned his cross-examination. The said the preamble of this Bill was also proved. A discussion ensued as to \lr. Cleasbey's right to appear on the Part of the Commissioners of the Navigation of the river Medway, and the Committee decided that he had no locus stand, as the land of the Commissioners was not interfered with. ORE"ENV/ICII RAILWAY WIDENING AND EXTENSION BILL. Mr. ALEXANDER said that the South. Eastern Company sought by this Bill to obtain power to widen a portion of the Greenwich line is order to allow the Croydon line to moss it the more conveniently. Mr. George Stephenson, civil engineer, spoke to the nature of the Proposed widening. Mr. ALEXANDER stated that the extension proposed had been abandoned, being opposed by the Government, on account of its interfering with Greenwich Park. The QUMRAN declared the preamble of the Bill, as amended, to be proved. After a long discussion as to what course the Committee should mow pursue, it was decided to adjourn until tomorrow, that in the 'bean time the Chairman might apply to have another Hcn. Mem ber appointed in the place of Mr. Roche (whose ill health would prevent him from attending to - morrow) before any new part of the subject should be entered into. The Committee accordingly adjourned GROUP L. LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH DIRECT, AND GUILDFORD AND CHICHESTER LINES. This Committee re-assembled to.day to define and pass the clauses of the remaining Bills before them. That of the Guildford Junction was first proceeded with, and no thing but mere technical arrangements or alterations made --each Point, however trivial, met with the strenuous opposition of the rival Companies, and thus occupicd the Committee with a most Prolonged, but most uninteresting discussion. Subsequently the Committee proceeded to the consideration of the clauses of the Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth) Bill, but, as in the other instance, not a single decision was made of the slightest interest to the public. At four o'clock the Committee adjourned till to-morrow. GROUP P. SOZYTEC WALES RAILWAY. On the re.asiembling of the Committee this morning at the Usual hour, g .. 14 r• E. B uttes , the Chairman, announced that yesterday the :"aldine Orders' Committee were unable to form a quorum, and, ;nu.ecaonosequence, no business was transacted. According to the (.0 1 ,4 f f th oatzliwouse, Mr. Escott was obliged to give notice for leave subje ct " : Orders' Corn be ' quorum of three. He had given that notice, and the ht before the House to-night • the Standing port of h Br ought sit until r this Co mm ittee inittee could not, therefore, sit until to-morrow, and s tand lv i o n i g i ld o ad rd j e o r u e ri: till Friday, in order to have the re- Mr. Daniel Committee. the co ,on behalf of various landowners on the line, and until ? ora tion of Gl oucester, requested the Committee to adjourn e yond Friday , otherwise he would be perfectly unable to 'fleet anY new case that might in the interim be set up. He begged In ad journment t i ll Tuesday next. ~S T, PHILLIPS objected to any adjournment beyond Friday as „ U „ "e !`" a arY• To-morr ow a ft ernoon, at three o'clock, the decision -. the standing orders would be known. General Johnson, M.P., refused to entertain the application. i te had at great i nconvenience to himself come a distance of a hundred miles to attend the Committee yesterday, and next week be Wanted to be four hundred miles away. There was no instance ni a Bill in Committee at so advanced a period as July being passed during the session, and he certainly should not agree to ad /I:burn the Committee till Tuesday next. The CHAIRMAN observed, if any case should arise requiring fu rther delay, there would be su ffi cient time to consider the ap- Plication, but under the present circumstances the Committee had distinctly decided that they must adjourn till Friday. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP X. C AMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN LINE. The Committee sat this day at the usual hour, when Mr. HILDYARD proceeded to apply himself to the traffic evidence, a nd to comment upon it. Mr. Sergeant WRANGRAM proposed to hand in certain clauses la be inserted in the Lond on an d Y or k B i ll, binding that p , Co m r;„ nr Stringently to certain condition s i n regar d to t h e "tgation of the Witham, such as undertaking not `e afford any ob s t ruct i on to that navigation, and to be subject to P fine of 201. per di em so long as any obstruction which may be ' lt UP should exist ; also, providing that the Witham Navigation - Pany shall h ave a power to re- enter in the event of the Lon ite " n and Y or k Company not paying up the rent they undertake, or P i ing the towing -paths and Embankments, &c,, in proper repair. • H ILDYARD said he would c omment upon t h ose clauses ttt en he should arrive at that part of his ease, uv_ t hers proceeded to call the attention of the Corn .4ose. to the evidence given in reference to the position of about t° b• He shid, a witness stated that Boston would become a port for the Baltic trade, in case a railway communication ) )e w o u l d be given it t o th e i nterior ; and if that was to be relied on, c aution the Com m itt ee aga i nst grant i ng any line, such as than o the London and York, which would preclude the possibility 1 4 3, 11 ! t railway communicati on b e i ng ma d e w i t h B oston as stated th e " 1 1Pess, and w hi c h , he contended, would be prevented if set irm on OW York s c h eme s h ould b e approved of, because that tiaolel pro.. " „ ;4/other mode of communi ca ti on w i t h B oston, tep ra ,' , °Y water, and a most circuitous route. With those ob vcient7n,t upon that p o i n t , h e would now proceed with his state. e - 4 " v had already t o ld th e C omm it tee t h at a Bill for making XOttinSIIIIM to Lincoln h ad become the law of 7N. S, Navy ~ .~ i THE SUN, - LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1845. This proposition. like the others, was carried unanimously. A BoNnitoLnEa inquired what was the amount in the hands of Messrs. de Lizardi ? was economical—and no more than what was absolutely necessary for the etigencies of the case. The provisions of the Bill he stated so far back a 3 last session, and, on, that occasion, his Right Hon. Friend the Secretar}• for the Home Department had prevailed upon him to under take the preparation and bringing in of the Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman stated that Government would render him every assistance, if they approved of the Bill. The measure had now been b.-fore Govern ment for some time, before the Poor-law Commissioners, and various other parties, named by the Government, who had all sanctioned it, and he was now only acting for and as the mouth-peace of the Government, in pro pounding their Bills. He, therefore, intreated the Hon. Member to allow him to go into Committee, when he had no doubt he should be able to dispel all his objec tion to the measure ; also out of kindness to the unfor tunate individuals for whose accommodation the pro visions of the Bill were intended. Mr. F. BARING hoped that his Noble Friend would allow the report to he brought up. That did not bind the House to enter into any discussion on th, subject. All that would be required would be to bring lip the resolution and have it read, and then the House could enter upon the consideration or the whole Bill. He hoped his Noble Friend would not stand on a point of form. The CHAIRMAN could not be positive but, he believed 60,0001. or 70,0001. sterlng. The dividends due in April an,: October were unpaid. It this state of things continued the arrears would be greatly augmented, and all the advantages which the bondholders expected to derive by surrendering two years' interest, would Lot be realised. Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minister, had applied to Messrs. Lizardi with no better effect than the bondholders. He understood that 70,01 0 doliars came over by the last packet. Mr. LINDO considered that the exact amount which Messrs. Lizardi had in their possession belonging to the bondholders might be easily ascertained by reference to documents and to the names of packets which had arrived since the last dividend was paid. The CHAIRMAN said their present object was not so much to ascertain the exact amount of money in their hands as to enforce its payment. A vote of thanks to the Chairman was proposed and car ried unanimously. In returning thanks, the CHAIRMAN said both himself and the Committee, whj had acted gratuitously, and should continue to do so, would use every exertion in their poser to promote the interests of the bondholders. The meeting then separated. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco before the full Court.) DOUEL b. GEVE. Mr. MILNER GIBSON briefly supported the motion of the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Dune ,mbe). He could not see any difficulty that would arise frcw taking such a course. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON suggested th it they should be allowed to proceed with the Bill as far as the Committee, and that any objections might as well be made in Committee. Ile begged that the Hon. Member would not press his motion. Mr. V. SMITH was of opinion thlt any objections might be urged in Committee. After a few words from Mr. CARDWELL, Mr. CHRISTIE said he hoped that under all the cir cumstances his 'Honourable Friend would withdraw his opposition to the further progress of the Bill. Mr. DUNCOMBE said he would not %ithdraw his opposition. He wished the Bill postponed till next ses sion, and if this wsue not done he would divide the lie use on every clause. He hal a duty to perform to the unß)rtunate creatures who were the:objects of this Bill, , and he was determined to persevere in his motion of rostpon, me►.t. • I This was a motion for a new trial, upon which a conditional rule had been obtained. Mr. Crowder, Q.C., appeared to show cause why the rule should be discharged ; and the Court, having heard counsel on both aides, decided upon granting the motion. Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House then divided, when there appnred— For Mr. Buncombe's motion Against it Majority —l)2 The report was then received. PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE. On the question, that the 'other orders cf the day be proceeded with, - Mr. DIVETT rose, and said he had to prey nt a pe tn ion of the most important kind as respected the pri. vile ges of that House. It was flora a gentleman named Barrett, formerly a Member of the House, who stated that last session he was summoned as witness on the Committee of Inquiry into the Medical Bill, at which the lion. and Noble Member for Dorset shire presided. In consequence of the evidence which he had then given, he was subsequently served with notice that an action would be brought against him, and a declaration filed ou the 261 of June stated that the cause of action was for giving false evidence and libelling the character of the plaintiff. This Mr. Barrett denied, affirming that he had stated nothing but what was in strict conformity with the truth, and to that avowal he (Mr. Divett) after the most careful examination into the case believed was strictly correct. The petitioner, after complaining of the expense and inconvenience to which this action would subject him, prayed the protection of the House against it. He (Mr. D.) thought that if they were not prepared to accede to the prayer of the petition, they would be abrogating their right—(Hear, hear)—and considered the subject mate rially effected the privilege of the House. The de claration required Mr. Barrett to pita I on Friday next, and it was, therefore, necessary for some specific resolution to be adopted without delay. The Hon. Member concluded that ti.e peti:ion be read by the clerk at the table, and pointed immediately with the vote , -, intimating his intention of following the matter up to-morrow by a substantive motion. The petition was then laid on the table, and ordered to be pr►nted with the votes, but its reading at the table dispensed with. FIELDS GARDENS BILL. Mr. W. COWPER presented a petition in favour of this Bill from the inhabitants of Kettering. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. On the clause which provides that three rate-payers in a parish may call a meeting on the subject of allotting land tor gardens, Mr. CURTEIS moved that the number of rate-payers should be six. Mr. ROEBUCK took that opportunity of inquiring of the Right lion. Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department whether this Bill, if carried, would not su pers,!de the existing poor-law. Ile would also ask the Right Hon. Gentleman if this Bill was in accordance with the views of the Right Ibn. Gentleman, and whe ther he was prepared to give the sanction of the Govern ment to it. Sir J. GRAHAM said the Hon. and Learned Gentle man was probably aware that since the last discussion on this Bill it had been re-committed, and ad the clauses relating to the poor-law had been withdrawn. To the 19th clause he had several objections, but he had reason to believe that the Hon. Gentleman who had in troduced the Bill, was willing to consent to the omission of that clause. if he did consent to the omission of that clause, then his (Sir James Graham's) insu perable objections to the measure would be removed His mind, however, was undecided as to the practical utility of the Bill. Still, although he doubted whether any practical advantage could arise from the Bill, he had no objection to give it his support. Mr. DARBY hoped the lion. Gentleman would omit the clause. Mr. MILNER GIBSON suspected that the Right Hon. Gentleman was practising a species of cruelty to. wards his lion. Friend the Member for Hertford. The Pill would be allowed to pass on to the close of the session, and would then be killed dead by a count. He would tell his Hon. Friend candidly that he looked upon this Bill as a speCies of romance—there was nothing sound or real about it. It was not calculate d to do good. The opinion of the West men in the country were op posed both to the principles and details of the measure, and it was trifling with the time of the House to proceed with it any further.—(Hear, hear.) If his lion. Friend the Member for Bath would move that the Chairman do report s pregress and ask leave to sit again this day six months, he (Mr. 'M. Gibson) would supi.ort the motion. Mr. COWPER expressed his readiness to abandon the 19th clause on the intimation which he had received from the Right Hon. Gentleman. The object of the Bill was to provide allotments of ground for the labour. ing man to cultivate as small gardens, so that he might have the benefit to be derived from their cultivation. The Hon. Member for Manchesterhad designated the Bill i s rather romantic than practicable. No doubt the measure, was a mere romance to him, but not so to the poor man The working classes were those who chiefly benefit by the Bill. In many parts of Leiceatershire and Northampton shire were the poor were in the habit of employing their leisure time cultivating gardens, such a measure as the one proposed would be of vast benefit to them. He should now be very anxious to enter generally on the subject of allotments. He believed that all persons who were practically acquainted with the subject were in favour of garden allotments, and the objections of those who were against allotments were to be ascribed entirely to their ignorance of their practical working and effects. He believed that all the labeuring classes in different parts of the country would be benefited by the measure. Mr. ROEBUCK complained that the Bill before the House would have an injurious effect upon the condition of the cl asses. —(Hear, hear.) It was advantag e of t h e working classes of England, with oth er countries, to be free to serve inthe peculiar comparisoneeal ia v % - t l o d rl y iii an y employer looked upon this measure as a roundabout process to substitute payment in kind for paymert in wages , Let there be no di sgu i se. Was the working man to gf t w ages, or was he to use the fringes of his time in these m serahle patches of gardens to eke out his wages ? That was the real question. lie had eo objection to the work ing men having garden s to cultivate, but he was o f using these gar d ens us a substitute for wages. i ag ainst anyscheme th at would give employers an opium .y lion. and Learned G entleman concluded by moving t t h u a n'e t it the Chairman do leave -the-Chair. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD said that the Bill was a movement in 'the right direction, g i v i ng t h e labourer some portion of in clereedence ; a n d ra i s i ng him from t h e condition in which he was entirely dependant upon the pittance which the capitalist and to allow hi m . He wa, o f opinion that the system supported by th e Honourable Member for Bath would make slav es o f t h e peopit.4. preventing__asthem from having the use d thesoil which intended b y t h e The gielt obje ct i on • maker for them. whirls ho had to this Bill, was that it d al n ot :o far enough. This measure vva; a ~.st and proper legislation and the co m m e ncement of a b e tter system, and therefore he would t ive it his warmest s u pport. Mr. ROEBUCK said titet, he did not want to make •1 he wanted to , slaves pf the ppopv eel) the people of England in their present position k t not like the peoople who we re in that stat e of Ireland, on tweonut of the cottier system which was about to be intr o d uce d i nto this country, HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Journal of yesterday.) DIVIDENDS DECLARED . I MAIDSTONE, JUNE 30.—Again we have to report favourably of G. A. Cator, tool merchant, Leeds—third and final div. of the health and vigour of the bine, and although there does not Id. and 11-16th parts of a penny in the pound, July 1, or any seem so many fly, there are a great many vermin, so much so, that subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. should we not have fine hot weather we must go into a partial J. C. Cottingham, merchant, Lawrence Pountney-hill— blight. In some grounds they are stripping the lower branches off second div. of 4d. in the pound, any Wednesday before Aug. the bine, digging, and what they call stinging them with manure. 1, or after Nov. 30, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall- ! l'AeLetons.—Th e hops are growi ng we ll. straet. HADLOW.—The hops in this parish are going on well ; there is J. Hextall, draper, Regent -street—first div. of Bd. in the abundance of Line free from vermin. A good crop is fully an pound, any Wednesday before Aug. 1, or after Nov. 30, at tictpated. the office of Mr. Pennell, Fasinghall-street. WROTHAN, PLAXTOL, AND IGHTHAII.—.-The hops continue free W. I3ishton, iron -master, Parkfield, Sedgley— first div. of from vermin, and are in a very thriving state. Those about Crow. 6,1. and 9-16ths of a penny in the pound, any Thursday, at the hurst, Crouch Clagat's Cross, and Plaxtol, are generally in the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. ' most beautiful condition, growing rapidly, and throwing out their J. G. Todman, licensed victualler, Gray's Inn-lane--first branches luxuriantly. Some fear has been entertained of the sharp die, of 14s. 6d. in the pound, July 5, or any subsequent Sa- north-western with which we have been visited the last few days, turday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old as the bine, from its rapid growth, is very delicate and tender; but Jew, y no damage is as yet done. In grounds subject to mould that dis. S. and T. F. Jackson, wool staplers, Bermondsey -street— ease has made its appearance, but not to any great extent. final div. of Id. in the pound, any Saturcay, at the office of LAMBERIIURST.—Our hops in this parish are looking well. Mr. Green, Aldrmanbury. EneNzutinoc.—Our hops are stillgrowing nicely, looking healthy, G. Winning, upholsterer, Dover -street, Piccadilly—final div. and but little or any vermin. Duty has been laid as high as of 4d. the pound, any Saturday, at the office of sir. Green, 180,0001. Aldurmanbury. CANTERBURY.—The fly and lice have increased during the past G. E. Leefe arid J. Yates, wholesale hzberda.hers, Fore- week ; and this week we have had a little blighty weather, at _street—final die. of Is. bid. in the pound, any ::•aturday, at tended by some hgh winds; though we could fain believe that the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. they have not had a very prejudicial effect. The bine, on the J. Yates, wholesale haberdasher, Fore-street—a div. of 20s. whole, appears luxuriant, and gives indica ious of a good crop. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Al- General accounts state that the vermin has increased, but still not dtrmatibury. ti an extent to prove as yet very serious. J. Peters, innkeeper, Godstone—first die. of 3s. in the Ev ENoA lcs The hops in this parish a we k, have pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Alderman- made astonishing progress during the past week, the bine strong, bury, healthy, and clean, scarcely a fly to be seen ; pursuing the course J• Bear, draper, Ramsgate —a div. of Is. in the pound, any of the Sandgate Ridge to Reigate, they are really beautiful, the Saturday, at the office of air. Green, Aldermanbury, " low hill" poi tion ar e a l so ma ki ng g i gant i c strides. A. Winton an d J. Webber, warehousemen, W oo d- s t reet, 1 _ Chea, si , ie—first div. of 203. in the imund, July 2, and two i following Wednesdays. at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. A. Winton, D. Winton, and J. Nt either, warehousr men, Wood street, Cheapside— tinal div. of Gid. in the pound, July 2, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Tur quatiJ, Old Jewry. W. Harris, brick maker, Castle Hayes, Staffordshire—third div. of Is. 11,;(1. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Leeds. W. and J. Loth, calico printers, Manchester--final div. of 2d. in the pound, July 9, or any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. R. Block'ey, linen draper, Market Drayton—first div. of 6s. 4,4 d. in the pound, July 9, or any following Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall- street. J. Crisp, wine broker, Great Tower-street, July 25, at eleven—W. Underwood, grocer, High-street, Southwark, July 25, at twelve--G. J. Carter, carpenter, Hornsey-cottage, Hornsey.,road. July 24, at one—E. Baldwin and R. Garrett, grocers, Henfield, Sussex, July 23, at eleven. In the Country. J. and T. Lamb, engineers, Kidderminster, Aug. 1 (in stead of July 16), at twelve, at the Birmingham District Cou r t —G. W. and J. F G ee , d rapers, Leeds, July 23, at one, at the Manchester District. Court—W. Bower, cotton spinner, Levenshulme, Lancashire, July 23, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court—E. Bur,lekin, banker, Manchester, July 23, at twelve, at the Alarichest , r District Court—T. Waller, S. Waller, 'F. Waller, jun., W. Waller, and R. K. Waller, cotton spinners, Manchester, July 24, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—C. Lewis, innkeeper, Bath, July '24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—J. E. Warden and V. Wano strocht, merchants, Liverpool, July 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—W. Coates, sen., and W. Coates, jun., wine merchants, Newcastle-upon Tyne, July 23, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upen.Tyne District Court—J. J. Ayton, draper, South Shields, July 23, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Speeden, spirit mer chant, North Shields, July 24, at the Newcastle. upon- Tyne District Court—J. K. Myers, victualler, Sunderland, July 24, at half-past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—E. Heron, butcher, Hartlepool, July 24, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—W. Gibb, currier, Alnwick, July 23, at two, at the Newcastle-upcn-Tyne Dis trict Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. J. Richards, plumber, Deptford-bridge, July 25—W. John son, wine merchant, West Smithfield, July 'A —J. Y. Betts, grocer, Cardiff, July 25—J. Jones, innkeeper, Aberystwith, July 24—J. J. Ayton, linen draper, South Shields, July 23 J. Blake, hard wareman , Sunderland, July 22—J. Thackrey, dyer, Leeds, July 24—.1. Riky, merchant, Liverpool, July 22 H. Pures, plumber, Loughborough, Leicestershire, Aug. 5 A. Atkinson and F. Atkinson, colour manufacturers, New castle-upon-Tyne, July 22—T. Overend, maltster, Sta:ndrop, Durham, July 22—J. Nield, J. Nield, J. Nield, jun., and J. Holt, cotton spinners, Glossop, Derbyshire, July 22—L. D. Dolbell,dyer, Lower Mitcham, July 22—D. Holdforth, grocer, Stratford, Essex, July 22—J. Jones, butcher, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, July 22—C, Till, linen draper, Salisbury, July 22—P. Wright, grocer. Leeds, July 22. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. M. Holborn and R. Denee, tea dealers, Mincing-lane— F. Vaucher and G. Barns, .schoolmistresses, Rushelme, Lan cashire—J. Dobson and J. R. Dobson, hop merchants St. Thomas's-street, South war k—F. E. P aynter and W. L. Oilard, attorneys, South-square, Gray's Hayne and.G. Hayne, timber merchants, Old -street, St. Luke's—J. Becket and J. L. Kennedy, Scotch agents, Farringdon-street —P. Shaw, S. Shaw, and S. Shaw, jun., cotton spinners, Mossley, Cheshire (so far as regards S. Shaw, sen.)—H. Ridley, G. Ridley, and W. Ridley, wine merchants, Ipswich—J. Chivers, F. Chivers, arid C. Powers, breeches makers, Conduit -street, Hanover square—D. T. Johnson and D. H. Johnson, hop merchants, Aldermary-churchyard—S. Yerbury and 0. Stride, plumbers, Frome Selwood, Someisetshire—D, Godwin, R. Godwi n , an d H. Godwin, grocers, Win c h es t er —H . J . V. Long and G. W. Edwards, wine and spirit brokers, Mark.lane—W. Tunley, J. Simpson, and R. S. Potts, general dealers (so far as regards J. Simpson)—J. Keith and W. Keith, merchants, Strichen, Aberdeenshire—T. C. Medwin and A. Waylen, manufacturing engineers, Mark-lane—H. Marriott, F. Marriott, and S. Crowe, ironmongers, Fleet-street--E. A. C. Tozer, S. K. Tozer, and J. Tozer, milliners, Exeter (so far as regards E. A. C. Tozer) —R. Suttaby, G. E. Suttaby, and A. Suttaby, booksellers, Stationers'. court, Ludgate-hill (so far as regards G. Suttaby) —J. W. Burrows, C. Burrows, and M. A. Burrows, con fectioners, Houndsditch. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander Moffatt, farmer, Keir, Dumfriesshire, July 4 and 25, at one, a'. the Inn, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. W. Lonnie, spirit dealer, Glasgow, July 7 and 28, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Gilmour, Glasgow. TUESDAY NIGIiT'S GAZETTE. CRICKET. THE GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND v. TILE GENTLEMEN OF KENT. The match was resumed yesterday at " Lord's," but the day from its commencement was anything but one for cricket. Fine play, in the strict sense of the word, was out of the question, not but what there was some magnificent hitting in the course of the game by Mr. Seddon, Mr. W. Nicholson, and Sir F. Bathurst on the part of England ; and by the Messrs. Banks, Mr. Felix, Mr. Whit. taker, and Captain Wood, of Kent ; but whilst the rain, which had f.dlen in torrents until nearly twelve o'clock, had made the ground far worse than it was on Monday, there was in addition a hurricane of wind blowing so as to render it a matter of the greatest difficulty for Sir F. Bathurst even occasionally to run up and deliver the ball against it. The consequence was that there was a vast number of beautiful hits which, under a ditTerenrstate of things, would not in all probability have been made; these, however, elicited repeated demonstrations of applause from every part of the field. The batting of the Messrs. Banks especially was admirable. Mr. Felix is himself alone, and all who have ever seen him play will easily conjecture that he could not have contri buted 47 runs to the score without the exhibition of ranch bril. liant hitting. We have, however, seen him hit better, and with much less " putting up.' Upon the present occasion, too, he was extremely fortunate in placing his balls. He was eventually bowled by a splendid ball from Mr. Yonge, who, it should be mentioned, bowled in as fine a style as has this year been seen at Lord's, The heaviness of the ground, however, as in the cases of Sir F. Bathurst, Mr. Craven. and Captain Lautour, all of whom bowled excellently, took the " devil" out of the ball, and made it ineffective. It, nevertheless, with all, demanded great steadiness of play to keep it out of the wicket. IRELAND. England headed Kent in the first innings by 22 runs. Kent went in for their second hands, and a reference to the score will inform our readers of the state of the match when " time" was called:— DUBLIN, JUNE 30.—There are no accounts of further serious outrages in the disturbed districts. Reinforcements of military continued to arrive. The excitement in Cavan was gradually sub siding, and it is likely that the county meeting, to be held on Wed nesday, will produce a very salutary effect on the state of the dis trict. The Roman Catholic Bishop, Dr. Browne, and several of the clergy of the diocese are to attend the meeting. Lord Farnham is to submit the reply of the Lord-Lieutenant to the address of the Magistrates of Cavan. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day, Sir Simon Bradstreet, Bart., in the chair. Mr. M. O'CONNELL having announced the receipt of 291. from Ardagh, proceeded to advert to the late murder in the county of Cavan, and expressed his conviction that it was the duty . of every individual to use his best exertions to hunt out the perpetrators of that atrocious deed. On concluding his observations, the Hon. Gentleman read a letter from Mr. O'Connell to Martin Crean, Esq , dated London, June 26, announcing that he should not be able to attend the meeting, as he considered it incumbent on him is attend the Committee on the Irish Academical Bill. He thus concludes his letter : " Can there be found one single rational beingin Ireland to deny that there is but one remedy, and that only to be found in the re storation of our Irish Parliament. No man can be loyal to the Monarch, or attached to the connexion with Great Britain, who does not see that the only means of preserving the connexion be tween the two countries is by the restoration of the Irish Parlia ment. " I return, therefore, to Ireland, more deeply convinced than ever of the necessity of the repeal of the union. I return to that struggle with unabated ardour and continuing perseverance—to seek for it by legal, peaceable and constitutional means, and none other. But to seek for it with a determination and continuousness that before long must ensure success. "HURRAH, THEN, FOR TRU REPEAL! lh are the honour to be, your very faithful servant, " DANIEL O'CONNELL." Captain BRODERICK moved the adoption of a petition to Par. liament on the subject of the relations between landlord and tenant. The document detailed several cases of oppression which occurred on the estate of J. Kavanagh, Esq., in the county Carlow, and urged the equity of giving tenants compensation not only for future improvements, but also for those which have been already made. Mr. M. O'CowNzEL called the attention of the meeting to the attack which Mr. Roebuck had made on the repeal Members in his place in Parliament, and observed that "the man who lives in glass houses should not throw stones." Mr. DOHENT moved the adoption of the address of the Associa tion to Mr. Smith O'Brien, for the admirable manner in which he repelled the attack made upon him by Mr. Rnebuck. Mr. GaArrets, in a vigorous address, seconded its adoption. Atter the disposal of some routine business, Mr. O'ComsELL announced the rent for the week to be 3821. its. 3d. THE ARMY. The first division (two companies) of the 61st Regiment, under the command of Major Jones, embarked on Friday, at Core, on board the Duke of Bedford, East Indiaman, for Calcutta. The 61st is the first corps which ever left the Cove of Cork direct for India, the usual port of embarkation being Gravesend. The second divi sion will embark on Tuesday, on board the Weatminater, and the head-quarters on Monday, on board the Alfred, one of the finest ships ever seen in Cove harbour. The 66th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant. Colonel Dames, march from Birr for Cork, June 26, and arrive at Cork July 4, to embark on board her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance for conveyance to Gibraltar, PRICE or GoLn.—The premium on gold at Paris is 18i per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 61 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 95 671, it follows that gold is 0.25 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 4341 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17.9, 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 94; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 11k, it follows that gold is 0.79 per cent. dearer in London tnan in Hamburgh. The course of ex change at New York on London is 1094 per cent. ; and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 0.18 per cent. in favour of England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at sixty days' sight, the interest must be added to the above diflerence. WILFUL AND MALICIOUS ACT ON THE GREAT W ESTER& RAILWAY.—A most wicked attempt to injure the pas. sengers travelling in one of the first-class carriages of the train which left Paddington yesterday at noon, was made by some la. bourers working on the line between West Drayton and Slough. When the train arrived at Langley, close to the spot were the accident occurred by the upsetting of the carriages a fortnight ago, a white earthen pint pot was thrown at the door window of the carriage, the train proceeding at the time at the rate of between thirty and fcrty miles an hour. The pot struck against the side of the window, and was in an instant dashed into fifty pieces, the broken fragments eying into the faces of the passengers, but for. tunately without any of them sustaining any serious injuries. Mr. John Seeker, the town clerk of Windsor, received a violent blow on the temple, and another gentleman and two ladies were severely struck on the head and face. Upon the arrival of the train at Slough, information of the outrage was given to Mr. Howell, the superintendent at that station, who lost no time in instituting the necessary inquiries to discover the guilty party. Upon his name being ascertained he will be prosecuted by the Company under Lord Seymour's Act. THE RUSSIAN MARKET FOR REFINED SUGAR.- The Russian Government has thrown open the markets 'of that country for a twelvemonth, and it is said that the English refiners are preparing " refined goods," that Is, sugars, for that market with so much vigour, that they will be able to send in a supplY for two or three years. This is one cause of the present activity of the sugar refining trade.—Liverpogl Times. the land. The Committee would see the importance of that line in connexion with the Cambridge and Lincoln line. The Learned Counsel then adverted ,to the evidence on the coal traffic, which he recapitulated at some length, and said he could not conclude that branch of his argument without once more call ing the attention of the Committee to the population of the town of Cambridge, and the importance of that fact, as well as the addi tional one of the University being there. He had re ceived his education in that University ; but until he had studied the merits of this line, he could net have formed any idea of the vast importance of the diarict of county about the town of Cambridge in reference to its position for traffic by railway communication. And now, having shown the Committee, as he conceived satisfactorily, that the London and York Company had taken credit for an income of 293,000/. a year, as the result of their coal traffic alone, which, in his opinion, was an amount they never cot'ld realise ; and having also shown that the Cambridge and Lincoln Company had taken credit for only 14,0001 per annum, as the result of their coal traffic on one-fourth of the distance taken by the London and York Company—having, as he said, adverted to these facts, and disposed of them, he would leave that branch of the subject, and proceed to comment upon another. He had befere touched upon the landowner's opposition to this line, for there was hut one; he would now pass that by with a single observation. The opposition was that! of Mr. Pemberton, who was not a landowner, but a trustee to two ladies; arid it ap peared that the only injury that would be done in that instance was such an encroachment upon a farm as was unavoidable in all such undertakings, and therefore he would say not one word more on that objection, except this, that it was the only such objection offered, and that this line there fore, came before this Committee recommended by the re markable circumstance that there was not a single objection to the line in the shape of a residential injury. He had now to complain cf not having been fairly dealt w ith by the London and York Com pany, inasmuch as they now come forward, at this late period of the proceedings, with a parcel of clauses by which it was pro. posed to obviate the difficulties that originally existed to that line, in reference to the VVitham navigation. He would contend for it that those clauses had evinced a total dis regard to the public convenience, and had in view only the pro motion of the interests of the London and York Company, The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment upon Mr. Cubitt's evidence, and said that that gentleman went so far as to tell the Committee that there was no moral difficulty on the line. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAHE said that Mr. Cubitt did not use any such expression. ➢ir. HILDIARD hoped he would not be interrupted in this way. His Learned Friends would have the reply, which was an enor mous advantage over him ; and his Learned Friends ought to be content with that, and not endeavour now by those in terruptions to prolong a case which had now occupied the time of the public and the Committee for over sixty days. The CHAIRMAN begged that the Learned Counsel would not be again interrupted. It was not necessary, for the Committee had their notes of the evidence before them, and if Counsel should make any mistake as to the evidence, the correction should be left to the Committee. Mr. HILDYARD then proceeded with his commentary cn the evi dence of Mr. Cubitt, and referred to the notes of it. He con tended, that Mr. Cubitt proposed to place a fixed bridge over the Witham, which would have the effect of obstructing the navigation of the Witham, and to which the trustees of the public, namely, the Witham Navigation Company, had no power to consent, because they had been appointed by an Act of Parlia ment to take charge of a public trust, which they had no power to transfer to the London and York, or any other company, with • out at least taking care that, to whatever hands they should transfer that trust, the public convenience should be guarded and preserved. But Mr. Cubitt was prepared to meet every diffi culty and obstruction, and was ready to propose clauses to any effect, almost, in order to grasp at the preamble of this Bill, as a drowning man caught at a straw.—(Laughter.) But the Committee would know how to deal with that evidence when they came to consider it, anti to say whether those clauses had come in too late or not ; but let the Committee not forget this tact, that a phrase was used in evidence to this effect, that if the London and York Company got their Bill, this Witham navigation would have become theirs, and that they could do whatsoever they pleased with it, notwithstanding any clauses that might be introduced into the Bill. The Committee had it in evidence that the towing.path of the Witham would inevitably be under water in flood times by the works of the London and York line, and therefore that fact should not be forgotten by the Committee. The Committee would also ob erve that the London and York had originally a clause in their Bill giving a power to sell the navigation for 999 years to the Cambridge and Lincoln ; but seeing the peril that such a clause would place them in, the clause had been withdrawn. The Learned Counsel having made some further observations, wound up his long address at three o'clock. DIRECT NORTHERN. The CHAIRMAN then directed that the case of the Direct Northern line should be gone into. Mr. CocsaurrN said he would commence his case for the Direct Northern by calling his witnesses at once, and reserve his observe. tions for the close of his case. Mr. Richard Dawson was then called—He deposed that he was the owner of 2,800 acres of land in Lincolnshire, and has lived all his life in that county; has no doubt but that the Direct Northern line was the best that could be devised for that county; the cattle traffic carried on it was immense. Mr. Sergeant W 111. 1 ,1611114 here contended that this case should not be allowed to go on, inasmuch as the plan had been altered, and was now a different one to that deposited originally. The Committee retired, and on their return stated that they would express no opinion upon the objection raised, but would al• low the case to proceed, and would hope that, as the case now be. fore them awaiting their decision was the London and York line, the Counsel would confine himself as closely as possible to the line now before the Committee. Mr. COCKBURN said he would endeavour to de so, and then pro ceeded with the examination of the witness. He said the reason he preferred the Direct Northern to the London and York was, because it was a direct trunk line. When this witness's examination closed, the Committee ad journed. MEETING OF MEXICAN BOND HOLDERS AT THE LONDON TAVERN. (THIS DAY.) A large meeting of the holders of Mexican bonds was held, this afternoon, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, Mr. C. R. Rubinson in the chair, for the purpose of considering the correspondence which has recently passed between the Com mittee nominated by the bondholders, Messrs. John Schneider and Co., and Messrs. F. de Lizardi and Co., the agents of the Mexican Government, respecting the dividends. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN' said they had been called together by rather peculiar circumstances as respected the holders of Mexi can bonds, and the reason why the meeting had not been called earlier was because it had been delayed from time to time in the hope that Messrs. Lizardi and Co. would have paid the sums of money lying in their hands to the Mexican bond. holders, whose property it was, and not that of the Mexican Government, as they had stated in the correspondence which had ensued on the subject. The meeting had at length been called, and they had now to consider what course they ought to pursue to obtain that justice which they had hitherto failed to obtain either from the Mexican m G a o k v e e ran Sew e n t r e o f ra r ar r k o a m tb Messrs. respect de toL i z t a b r e d i and position Co i . a whichH e w theyould stood. The Mexican Government had appointed Messrs. John Schneider and Co. as their agents, Bein so a t tpointed, the sums which they had in their they called upon Messrs. Lizardi and Co to hand ban e d in over theyt e p b u a r d p os e t a h t e t be Mexican ssame time i dividends, doeunl would stating , awt theybeleulrl refused uf p t a r ug do, would feel obliged if Messrs. Schneider and Co. m the balance of the account with the Mexican GoverEm ay ent. ( A laugh.) On this being communicated to the Commit tee, they called upon them to pay the money to Messrs. Schneider and Co., or in the event o f their declining . to do so, to divide it among the bondholders, but they had refused to do either one or the other, alleging, that so far as the moneys in question were concerned, that they had acted in the capacity. of agents of the Mexican Go vernment, and not as the agents of the bondholders, and that they had a right, if they thought proper, to apply the money to the liquidation of a debt which the Mexican Government had contracted with them. Now, was this objection a tenable one? When a certain por tion of the Customs duties received at Vera Cruz and Tampico were set apart for the payment of the dividends, and when two Commissions—one on the part of the Mexican Government, and the other by the committee of bondholders—to see that agreement carried out in full force, and that the money so obtained was properly applied—( Hear)—Messrs. Liaardi and Co. were entrusted with its payment, and bad continued to do so until, for the first time, they set up the pretensions he had stated. It was true they were the agents of the Mexican Government, but it was equally true that they were the agents of the bondholders—the joint agents of both. By documents which he held in his hand, signed by Messrs. Lizardi, and Co., on the one part, and by himself, as chairman of the committee on the other, they held themselves responsible to pay this money to the bondholders. If they denied that this was so, he could not but characterise their conduct as most ex traordinary.,—( Hear, hear.) (The chairman then read docu ments bearing out the statements he had made.) That agree ment was drawn up to avoid any mistake as to the way in which the money . should be applied, and that it might be kept distinct from other transactions which they might have with the Government of Mexico. What other object could the agreement have than this? If this was not its specific object, why did they enter into it at all ? The bondholders supposed that the money sent over by the Mexican Government was to liqui date their claims, and those who had learnt with pleasure that the remittances were large, were doomed to dis appointment, for whether they were large or small made no difference, as none of it came irito their hands.—( Hear, hear, ) They merely had it on the statement of Messrs. Lizardi that the Mexican Government were in their debt, But what had the bondholders to do with that? If they had paid moneys on account of that Government they had given them credit, and the landholders were not to be told, that if the Government did not pay them their account, that they must—(Hear)—that they should lay their hand on their money. It was, therefore. for them to consider what means they should take to compel them to act honestly and justly towards the bondholders. They had had just reason to complain of the last Mexican Government, but they might expect better things from their successors. Were they to be tad that the money which ;was sent over to Messrs. de Lizardi and Co. wag np more safe than if it were in the hands of Santa Anna, who pur loined 300,000 dots. to 400,000 dole. of the public money of Mexico ? The Com m itt ee had considered these the most desirable steps to adopt, and with that object in mean s view to the c they h a d f rame d several resolutions, which he wosild cub s mil h d t o e y . c t o b u e l d money, exercise e t t o meeting. It was cons id ere d that there were no Schneider this was so. Whe n the o e In c L e l d th h e a lu rd t ly o y li believe s t s ha , s i they had i n their agreement and other statements which court of equity P"session were con s idered, h e thought a object would . be of opinion that they could effect this The following s resoluti o Gild were carried without andiwere submitted t o th e mee ti ng , f , 'Dig this meeti ng has seen voice : ehange witich the iltlexiepl G en with great satisfaction the overnment has made in its finan cial agency. cc 2. That the refusal of Messrs. de Lisardi and t>o l a t e agents of the Mexican Governm en t, to hand he over the moneys remaining in their hgrids for the payment of the dividends on apply them Bonds, to Messrs. Schneider and C o., or topi them to pay the dividends, is in rgrimpp to law, equity,y and justice. " 3. That it is the opinion of this meeting that the s t ac ne y o sent to Messrs. Lizardi and Co. were for the express purpose of paying the dividends, and that they have stated in various ways that ti - is was SG, 4. That a Special Committee pf Pundholders be appointed to take such measures as may be expedient to compel Messrs. de Lizardi and Co. to apply the funds in their hands for the payment of the dividends, and that it consist of three members of the Committee au4 three gentlemen to be nominated by the meeting." Mr. Thomas Thornton, Mr. Samuel Samuel, and Mr. Richard Garde, barrister-at-law, were appointed on the part of the meeting. Ihe CHAIRUA g said they must be perfectly aware that if legal proceedings were taken that they could not do so without expense. and he should, therefore, propose,--" The.t in order to provide the necessary funds to give effect to the resolutions which had been passed, that Messrs. Schneider and Co. be re, quested to deduct from the first dividend a rate in exact pro. portion to defray the expenses."—( Hear, hear.) The expense on each bondholder, considering their large number, would be very trifling. (LEFT sm(rm.) csoctetnbtsTo become a Vice- President newly appointed Asylum, in which Alderman auditor ri of that admirable Institution, the Metropo enroyf F th . o l (2 ti i c t . h . a a r e dLo u n n i ti. E , Copeland and Lord Hobert Grosvenor are so warmly Metropo litan Ben( fit Societies interested, and he likco ige promises to att en d th e next festival, an I render pecuniary assistance. SWIMMING MATCH. — L ast evening a swimming match took place at the National Baths, No. ‘. ~., 8 . High Holborn, between Messrs. George Poulton, Samuel H ounslow, of Oxford, 0, Pewter, Robberson, Allen, and others, before a numerous com pany of subscribers and other umpires, three in number, Messrs. Pugh, Bnellings and Laver, were appointed to decide the contest. The match consisted of s wimming, diving, apd floating, and °pimpled upwards of two hours, during which the competitors disp,ayed a great deal of science in the various depart ments of swimming, &c. During the match a dispute arose between the antagonists, which created a little disturbance and noise amongst the spectators i and whilst Mr. Horace K enworthy, one of the pro. pFietors of the baths, and teachCr of swimming , was en d eavour i ng to pacify the company, a drunke n fellow from behind addressed some violent language to him, and gave hints a pu s h , which im pelted him into the water, to the 8 great indignation of all assembled. Fortunately the police were in a ttendanCe ' anti the Man was im• ioediatFly conyppepl to the s t a tipti-hoilse. The umpires ev en t ua ll y awarded the prizes , which consisted of a silver cu t, and medal ; the cap to Mr. George Poulton, and the medal to Mr. Samuel Houns. low, beating Pewter, Robberson, Allen, and others. The success of Mr. Foulton was hailed with much applause, as he WAS formerly a pupil of Mr. Kenworthy. KENT. W. Mynn, Esq., run out ... ... 8 c Haygarth, b Yonge 0 Captain Knight, run out W. Banks, Esq., b Yonge N. Felix, Esq., b Denison E. Swann, Esq , b Denison ...... ... 12 lb m, b ditto C. G. Whittaker, Esq,, run out,,, 35 not out Captain Wood, b Bathurst .... ..... 2 not out... C. Harenc, Esq., b Bathurst l7 run out E. Banks, E:q., not out F. Gale, Esq., b Bathurst... l3 F. Parker, Esq., b Yonge 3 Byes 8, wide (Lautour) 2 ..... tour 4, Craven 1, Bathurst 1) 6, no ball (Craven 1) 1 24 116 ENGLAND. A. Haygarth, Esq., b Parker 12 Sir F. Bathurst, b Parker ... 7 T. Craven, Esq., c Harenc, b W. Denison, Esq , not out ... 0 Whittaker C. Gordon, Esq., b ditto 3 Harenc Capt. Lautour, b Parker 4 Byes 19, wide (Parker 12, E. M. Dewing, Esq., 1 b w, b Whittaker 6, Harenc I, Whittaker it. Kynaston, Esq., b ditto It. Seddon, Esq., b w Banks .. 13 W. Nicholson, Eq., 1 b w, b Harelic It should be added that the viol vented good fielding on many sumed this morning at eleven o'cl 190 138 Bence of the wind completely pre. occasions. The match was re. Lock. REPORT OF THE TITHE COM MISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES. Tithe Commission-office, May 31 and June 18. Sir,—lt is our duty to report to you the progress of the commutation of tithes in England and Wales to the close of the year 1844. We have received notices that voluntary proceedings have commenced in 9,594 tithe districts; of these notices 39 were received during the year 1344. We have received 6,964 agreements, and confirmed 6,616 ; of these, 87 have been received, and 121 con firmed during the year 1844. 4,545 notices fur making awards have been issued, of which 674 were issued during the year 1844. We have received .=',324 draughts of compulsory awards, and confirmed 2,821 ; of these 643 have been received, and 646 confirmed during the year 1841. We have received 8.338 apportionments, and confirmed 7,919 ; and of these 813 hare been received, and 1,034 confirmed during the year 1844. In 9,437 tithe districts, as will be seen from the above statement, the rent-charges to be hereafter paid have been finally established by confirmed agreements or confirmed awards. We have in cur possession voluntary agreements and draughts of awards, as yet unconfirmed, which will in clude 851 additional tithe districts ; and make a total, when completed, of 10,288 districts in which the tithes are commuted. We have to repeat our regret that no decision has been given on the disputed points arising out of the sta tute:of the 2d and 3d of William IV., c. 100, commonly called Lord Tenterden's Act. In the numerous cases which must be determined by the final interpretation of that Act we are at present unable to proceed with any confidence i❑ our own deci sions, or any hope that such decisions will be ac quiesced in by the parties, or confirmed by the courts. This difficulty, of which we pointed out the exist ence and the consequences in our last report, becomes of course of more urgent importance as our labours in other respects draw nearer to their close. The disputes which existed as to the recovery of rent charges due from railroads have been removed by a clause of the 7th and Bth of Victoria, c. 85. On the other points recommended for legislation we have found no reason to alter our opinion. We are glad to be able to state that the power we now possess of legalising exchanges of glebe lands and ex changes of rent-charges for a limited portion of land are found extensively useful. We venture to recommend, that before the Tithe Commission expires, similar power, perhaps slightly mo dified, should be invested in some permanent public body. The superintendence of the operation is attended by very little labour or difficulty. We have the honour to be, Sir, Your faithful and obedient servants, W. BLAAHRE, T. WENTWORTH BULLER, R. JONES. - ----- To the Right Hon. Sir J. R. G. Graham, Bart., &c. REMEDIES FOR THE PREVALENT DISTEMPER AMONGST Carne.—An old farmer says that he lost several cattle before adopting the following method, but since, every one re covers that is attacked :—As soon as the distemper appears, sepa. rate the sound cattle from those affected ; neither let hay, litter, nor vessels used by the sick come near the sound cattle ; also keep them away from the dung of the sick; give the sick cows warm water to drink, with a very little ammonia, and a handful or two of salt in it ; let them have plenty of air and exercise, but don't allow them to stand in a draft or current of air ; it will be all the better if tar is put in their shippon ; they must have no gruel or soft hay ; good wiry hay is best as food for them, and an occasional mash ; they must have no clothes on. If the hoofs are bad, dress them with rectified spirits of tar. By timely attention to the above plan of treatment, no cattle need be lost—Ross-shire Advertiser. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM, OLD KENT ROAD.—Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the governors of this institution, which was established for the reception of decayed members to the trade, who are aged and infirm, and their widows, was held in the Bridge.house Hotel, London bridge; Mr. Wallis in the chair. The report stated that the institution was progress. ing most successfully. At the late dinner 2,400/. was subscribed, including 1471. from J. Goding, Esq , who presided, and his esta. blishmcnt. The several brewers of the metropolis subscribed 20 guineas each. The funded property amounted to 6,565/. 10s. Sd. Three per Cent. Consols, and 6171. 6s. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities, which realised 209/ 4s. a year. At the last election five inmates were elected from forty.five candidates, and a fancy fair was getting up on a large scale in aid of the funds. The re port spoke most gratefully of the exertions of the board of manage ment and out-door committee. On the motion of Mr. Gaines, seconded by Mr. Proctor, the report was adopted. After which a long discussion ensued on the propriety •f building twelve houses in addition to the 103 dwellings at present erected on the grounds of the asylum. It was the unanimous opinion of the governors that they should increase those dwellings as soon as their funds, and the increased comforts of the present recipients of the charity's bounty, enabled them so to do. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. - - HER MAJESTY'S NEW STATE YACllT.—Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty, together with Captain Hamilton, their Secretary, Slr F. CoLier, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, and a dis tinguished party, inspected her Majesty's new state yacht, the Fairy, now lying in the East Ind.a Dock, where she has been for some time past completing her fittings, preparatory to her Majesty's proposed continental trip. After examining minutely the internal arrangements of the vessel, the visitors expressed themselves highly satisfied; amd in fact the only complaint we have heard respecting the Fairy is that the accommodations for her crew are not so good as they might be. 1 5 AR1211 OF ST. MARY, LAMBETIL—Last night, a vestry meeting of the inhabitant ratepayers of this extensive parish was held, to take into consideration the result of an interview and communications had by a deputation, appointed at a ves t r y held in January last, with the Poor-law Commissioners, on the sub j ect of the parish being divided into wards for the electio n of g uardians. On the motion of Mr. Wiles, the following res olution was unatii mously agreed to :—" That it is the opinion of the parishioners of Lambeth, in vestry assembled, it is e xpedient, desirable, and in every way calculated to promote the best interests of the poor and the ratepayers, that the parish should be immediately divided into wards for the election of guardians, agreeably to the scheme sub_ mitted to the Poor-law C ommissioners, dated Ma y 15 , 1 845, by the The scheme f or th e separationßoard of Churchwardens u t r h c w p a a r r d i s intoa nd vi O a v r e d r s s Overseers." s stated as follo ws : —Th e Bishop's Liberty , three guardians, 73 ." so population; Prince's Liberty, four gua rdians, 24,400 population ; Mar s h an d Wall, seven gu ardians, 34, 400 population ; Out Liberty, six guardians 44,000 population. Ott Sunday morning last, upon the congregation as sembling at the Independent Chapel, Swansea, they found the doors fastened wi'h a padlock, which had been put on by five indi viduals of the church, who disagreed with their preacher as to certain points of doctrine, and were, moreover, averse to him be cause lie will a teetotaller.-13ristol Journal. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. Tuts - DAY, JULY 1. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Irish Great Western Railway (Dublin to Galway),—Third reading, Thursday, July 3. Glasgow Junction Railway, —Third reading, Thursday, July 3. Norwich and Brandon Deviation and Diss and. Derehant Branches Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, July 3. Manchester and Leeds Railway,—Third reading, Thurs day, July 3. St. Helen's Canal and Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, July 3. Aberdare Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, July 3. Th le York and North Midland Railway (Harrogate Branch) Bill,—Lords' Amendments agreed to. REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP K OF RAILWAYS. DISS, BECCLES, AND YARMOUTH RAILWAY BILL. Viscount Sandon reported from the Select Committee on group K of railways, that, in the case of the Dies, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway Bill, they had proceeded to examine the allegations contained in the preamble of the Bill, when the promoters intimated to the Committee that it was their desire to withdraw the Bill. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON GROUP TT OF RAILWAY .BILLS. GREENWICH COLLIERY RAILWAY BILL. Mr. Pringle rep or t e d f rom t h e S e l ect C omm i ttee on group TT of Railway Bills, to whom several petitions against the Greenwich Colliery Railway Bill, together with the report id time Board of Trade thereon, were referred, that, in the case t,f the said 13i11, time agents had attended and stated that it was their intention to apply to the house fur leave to with draw the Bill, and they therefore tendered no evidence to the Committee thereupon. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 1. RAILWAY BUSINESS OF THE LiOUSE. Lord HATHERTON agreed with his Noble Friend op posite (Lord Wicklow) that it was better to proceed by Bill than by resolutions. The difference that would arise in pro ceeding by these methods was this. By adopting the resolu tions, the House would have to go through the same trouble some, tedious, and expensive forms with every one of the Bills, as at present. By proceeding by Bill, their Lordships could commence, in the next session, at exactly the same stage where the Bill was left off. He did not think that they were alto— gether without precedent in adopting such a course, for in Divorce Bills, if he was not mistaken, a similar proceeding had taken place. Lord CAMPBELL was in favour of proceeding by Bill, instead of by resolution. The real object to be obtained was to provide that any railway Bill before the House should be treated as if the House had only been adjourned, not proroguecL In fact, to consider the two sessions as only one, as far as this class of Bills was concerned. Lord BROUGHAM said that, at present, whether they should proceed by resolution or Bill was not the real question. It was as to the principle which the Committee had recom mended in the resolutions now before the House relative to giving Bills the benefit next session of awy progress they might have made iu the present. He did not, however, believe it was possible to draw up a Bill sufficiently intelligible to meet the case. Lord WICKLOW briefly explained the reason why be thought the course by Bill was preferable to proce , !:Aing by re solution. Lord BROUGHAM said there was no precedent for pro ceeding by Bill in such cases. On the other hand, the House had proceeded by resolution in 1817 and in 1831, under some what analogous circumstances. Lord STANLEY said the resolutions would only apply to Bills that stood exactly in the same position the next session as they did at the period of rising in the present. If any altera tion was made in the Bill it would deprive them of the proposed benefit. Lodi BROUGHANI said this matter had been fully consi• dered in Committee, and it w as t h ere the general O pinion, after mature examination, that no Bills but those which re mained exactly the same., without amendment, should have the benefit of the rani ut;:ons. Lord RLDES,DAIE, as one of the Committee, defended the view advanced by the Noble and Learned Lord. He ob jec';'Z•a to proceeding by Bill. Lord HASTINGS argued that the resolutions infringed upon th e prerogative of the Crown, and, in his opinion, they ought to proceed with this matter by enactment instead of resolutions. He could not conceive it possible that there could be any difficulty in adopting this suggestion. Lord BROUGHANI had never heard anybody express him self with more entire ignorance of the subject.—(Laughter. ) He quite agreed with the Noble Lord that their course would be unconstitutional if the resolutions should have the effect of passing the Bills, but they would only allow Bills to pass through the Standing Orders Committee, which had been stopped short in the House of Commons by the termination of the present session. In a word, the object of the resolutions was to enable the preliminary notices of those Bills which had been given in 1844 to serve for 1845. Lord REDESDALE thought that his Noble and Learned Friend was in error respecting the orders of the House. The House had the entire controul of its own orders, and these were frequently set aside to facilitate the passing of a Bill in one night. Lord COTTENHAM said it was not necessary for their Lordships to pass any new regulations respecting Bills sent up from the House of Commons. After a few words from Lord ASHBURTON, The LORD CHANCELLOR said that any Bill which came up from,the House of Commons would be received by their Lordships as a matter of course. Their Lordships could not decide upon any course, until they saw what resolutions the Commons might pass. He, however, agreed with his Noble and Learned Friend, that their Lordships should proceed by resolution, and not by Bill. Lord BROUGHAM said, the Bills to which his resolu tions related must commence in the House of Commons. But that House was waiting to see what their Lordships would do. The Commons would continue doubting, as to their own resolutions, until they saw how their Lordships were re solved.—(A laugh. ) The resolutions were then agreed to. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the third reading of this Bill. Lord BROUGHAM observed that he thought it hardly worth while to pass a Bill of this nature. If an action of tres pass had been brought in the case which gave rise to this Bill (the injury to the Portland vase,) the person who was guilty of the offence would have been quite sufficiently punished. Lord CAMPBELL would be sorry to see the penal code extended, but he believed the public was shocked to find that no punishment could be awarded for such an outrage as that to the Portland vase. He reminded his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham) that this was not a civil injury, for which the recovery of damages was a sufficient recompense, but a crime which ought to be punished. The LORD CHANCELLOR—As he read the Bill, a per son who broke the finger of a plaster of Paris cast exposed for sale in a shop window, might be imprisoned for two years. That was too severe. Lord BROUGHAM hoped this was a House of Lords' Bill.—( Some Noble Lords said " No.") Well, he was really ashamed to see that the House of Commons sent up a Bill pro viding that a person found guilty of the offence charged, !night be imprisoned, with hard labour or without, for such a period as two years. Lord CAMPBELL—Why, this Bill was introduced in the other House by the Solicitor• General ; and it was a somewhat strange course that his Noble and Learned Friend on the wool sack should endeavour to throw a slur on it. ----- The LORD CHANCELLOR—It was new modelled under the superintendence of his Noble Friend ( Lord Wharncliffe). He thought that the punishment should be restricted to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, or with private whip ping, but not both. Surely that punishment was quite enough. This amendment was agreed to, and the Bill was read a third time. The West India Relief Bill went through Committee. DOG STEALING. The Duke of BEAUFORT moved that the Dog Stealing Bill be read a first time. The motion was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. CORN FROM CANADA. The Duke of RICHMOND—His Noble Friend the Secre tary for the Colonies had said some time back that it was im possible to state what quantity of corn came from the United States to Canada, as no return had been received from that country. He wished to know if the return had been received since, and if so, when it would be produced ? Lord STANLEY promised to make inquiries, and if the return had been received, he should not have the slightest ob jection to produce it. Their Lordships then adjourned to Thursday. ROUSE OF COMMONS. July I. REDUCTION OF THE PERIOD OF SERVICE IN THE ARMY. Captain LAYARD, according to notice, moved—" That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be pleased to direct inquiry to be made how tar the reduc tion of the period of service in the army, from the present un limited term to ten years, would tend to procure a better class of recruits, diminish desertion, and thus add to the efficiency of the service." He would ask, not only the indulgence of the House, but its kind attention, while he detailed to the House the immense amount of crime, and particularly that of desertion, which existed at this period, and which would be prevented by the institution of this inquiry. He wiahod to bring it forward, as much as possible for the benefit of the army to which this country owed so much. He weuld now read, from the same document, a list of the number of desertions that had taken place from the British army in Greet Britain, in the last three years ; they were as follows :—ln the year 1842 the desertions amounted to '2,154; in 1843, to 1,432; and, in 1844, to 1,592; making a total of 5,208, of which 2,086 had been retaken, or rejoined. In Ireland the desertions had been as follows : —ln the year 1842 the de sertions amounted to 631 ; in 1843, to 426 ; in 1844, to 518, making a total of desertions in Ireland of 1,594 in three years, of whom 1,159 were either retaken or rejoined; or, making a grand total of Great Britain and Ireland, of 7,537, from which, however, were to be deducted 4,638, as those who had been retaken or had rejoined. But still that left 2,899 men who were still not forthcoming ; and if he had no other argument to m h . e y a w rm as y . support his case, this alone would be sufficient to warrant him in bringing forward this motion. The same return showed that 28,190 men had been imprisoned in the same period ; .but of course many of those were persons who had been im ymeatr!lheinart prisoned several times ; and he had heard of one instance where a man who had been but si c x . o m r p s t e a v in e t n of were under . the impression had spent the greater part of that . time in prison...— and few, indeed, listed from that(La u g y h o t u e n r g . ) e T n h greate vrh o e n cause ter ed a love for the service, but . from distress, or from that they entered for . life; having had a quarrel with their families. The Honourable and Gallant Member then read an extract from a work on the a rmy, which gave m any instr.nces of the grievances soldiers laboured under, and the artifices resorted to by parents to prevent their sons enlisting. The Hon. Member f b e y a r t i h n e g a h s e s r i s t s a o n n e w e o o u f I d h o c r a d rr a y u g h h i s t e t r h r b e o a u t n o d f l e , enlistment t h en quoted a case from the U n it e d S erv i ce Gazette, where in im, in two a oemf i s t ae a ne t t e of intoxication, and chopped off the thumb of his right hand. Th e rat i o o f suicide in the army was at the rate of 1 in 20, and could the House wonder at the despair which would prompt the men to such acts, when it considered the number of years for which they were retained in the army? hy, he did not believe that any general in that House —no, nor any Secretary of State, would undertake the duties of his post, it he thought he would be compelled to remain there for ever !—(Loud laughter.) How much, then, should they pity. the man who, destined to toil and hardships, was elated by no hopes of its termination or relief ? From these large numbers it might well be supposed that there would be a great deficiency, but it was well known that though the strength of each regiment was nominally 1,01:0 men, the real number authorised to be borne on the books was 1,100; and in the army at home the recruiting-sergeants were autho rised to enlist thirty men more than the complement of the corps. Most men whose term of service had nearly expired, might be retained in the depots, whilst the young men might be sent on foreign service. By the rules of the service, it was established that there should be pensions a c cording to the length of service. To those who had served the longest time there was to be a pension of 7s. a week, but there was equalisation of pension according to the rate of service fol. SHANK 51. KEITH. This was an application, on the part' of the defendant, of a similar nature to the last. It was originally an action for tre,pass brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, tried before Mr. Justice Patteson, in which there was a verdict for the plaintiff. The motion was made on the ground of misdirection of the jury, and that the verdict was against the evidence. The plaintiff was remainder man to Admiral Shank, of the !rumor of Dawlish, who died in 1824, at an advanced age, having been blind for a long time previous to his death. The manor then reverted to his widow, who died in 1843, when the plaintiff became proprietor. The specific subject of action was the cutting down of certain trees, which grew on the boundany of the manor. It was alleged on the part of the plaintiff that during the blindness of the Admiral and the widowhood of Mrs. Shanks, the defendant, had encroached upon the boundary, and cut trees which overhung a path-way, and which trees were rooted in the plaintiff's land. The right of possession was dis puted by the defendant, who asserted that the tree; belonged to him The case was trled at the last assizes on the Western Circuit, and occupied several days. The evidence was most conflicting, and the jury were sent to view the place. They returned a ver. diet, as has been stated, for the plaintiff: Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr, Crowder, Q C., for the defendant. Their Lordships postponed judgment. REPRESENTATION OF Ross AND CROMARTV.—R,Ter ring to our notice, in the Third Edition of our Satur turday's paper, to the rumour of an c xpected vacancy in the representation of Ross and Cromarty, and to the letter from the present HAI. Member for these counties, in our paper of Monday, contradicting the report of his having any intention of retiring, and which we there fore cannot doubt is unfounded,- we beg to mention that our notice of it was founded on information received from the county and from Edinburgh ; and that we find from the Ross• shire paper of last week, published before the date of our notice, that the rumours alluded to were prevalent there ; and that we know that in Edinburgh it was stated, bethre our notice appeared, by parties who might be supposed acquainted with the facts, that the wor, by and Hon. Baronet we referred to intendedC forth with publicly addressing the electors as a candidate on the occurrence of a vacancy, either by the retirement of the present Member, or a dissolution. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair ahortly before Four o'clock. On the motion of Mr. GRRENE, Sir William Somer vilh, Mr. More O'Ferrall, Mr. Archbold, Captain Gore, Mr. Hans Hamilton, Mr. Alexander Murray, Mr. C. Goring, Captain Layar,l, and Captain T a ylor, were add e d to the Committee on the Dublin Pipe Water Bill. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. DARBY, it was order that it be an instruction to the Committee on Group A of Rail way Bills to entertain the petition of James Thorpe, praying to be heard by himself, his counsel, or agents, against certain parts of the South-Eastern Railway (Hastings to .Ashford) Bill. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Captain MANGLES moved that the report on the London and South-Western Railway (No. 1) Metro politan Extension Bill be received. The Hon. Member stated, in retereece to the observations mate by the Noble Lord opposite (Lord G. Somerset), that the charge made by the Company of 3d. a ton on coals was reduced for 15 miles to 2id., and for 25 miles to 2d. ; the Com pany had also reduced the fares of passengers. Lord G. SOMERSET would not offer any further op position to the Bill, as it appeared to be one that would afford great accommodation to the public. The report was received after a few observations from Mr. HAWES. STANDING ORDERS. On the motion of Mr. ESTCOURT, it was ordered that during the remainder of the session the Select Committee on Standing Orders have leave to sit and to proceed to business with a quorum of three Members. Mr. ESICOURT also moved that during the re maint'er of the session the Committee of Selection should have leave to sit and to proceed to business with a quorum of two Members. Lord G. SOMERSET considered that two Members were not sufficient fur a quorum. Mr. WILSON PATTEN believed that nothing but routine business would have to come before the Com mittee, and such being the case he did not see why the motion should not be agreed to. He should there fore support the motion. Sir G. CLERK thought that two members were too small a quorum. The motion was ultimately withdrawn. The Lords' amendments to the Exeter and Crediton Railway were agreed to. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition from 1,100 landowners of Roscard, in the county of Down, against the Landlords and Tenants Bill, and in favour of compensation for improvements. The Hon. Member also presented a similar petition from Cork. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bristol praying for the abolition of the punishment of death. The Lords' amendments to the Wolverhampton Works Bill were agree d t o . LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. The Lond on an d S out h W estern R a il wa y (No. 2) Bill was r ea d a t hi r d t i me an d passed. Water Sl - IEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the Sheffield and Rother ham Railway were agreed to. NOTICES OF MOTION —DISTRESS IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS. Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that before going into Committee on the Scotch Poor-law Bill, he should call the attention of the House to the distressed condi tion, and the relief at present administered to the inha bitants of Sutherlandshire and other counties in Scotland, and also on the moti , m that the Speaker leave the Chair on the Commons Inciosure Bill, he should move that the measure should be considered that day six months. TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said, that on Friday next he should move the resolution, of which he had given notice, relative to the valuation of land belonging to Trinity College, Dublin. Captain BERKELY said, that on the motion that the Speaker leave the chair in Committee of Supply, he should bring forward the resolution of which he bad already given notice. LUNATICS' BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of the Lunatic's Asylum, and Pauper Lunatic's Bills, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that he was de cidedly opposed to the second reading of this Bill. He wished the measure under consideration, and the other measure on the paper also introduced _by the Noble Lord to be postponed, because they were much too important to be brought on by a private Member. He did not see why the House should saddle the country with additional expenses. He did not think that six Commissioners, each receiving a salary of 1,5001. a year, with a retiring pension, were necessary. His Hon. Friend the Member for Weymouth had moved fera certain return relative to these companies, and he thought . t would be necessary that the House should be in posses sion of that return before they voted away any more money. He wished to know whether this was to be con sidered a government Bill or a Bill brought in by a private individual. If the latter, he thought it of too great importance to be left to the care of an Honourable Member.—(H.ar, hear.) The Bill, as it stood, was liable to objection, because it did not give that protection to unfortunate persons confined in privßtp asylums ; which it ought to do, The tinder? Secretary of state for the Home Department said on the other evening that the Bill must be passed during that session of Parliament or the Commission would expire, but that was not the case, Ttlie CetnlP*9ll Tirelild not expire till next session, and where, therefore, he asked, was the necessity for the hurry of this proceeding? He said that these expenses ought not to bt saddled on the Consolidated .fund until the return ordered by his Hon. Friend had been laid on the table, The public had a right to know how the money had been expended on former occasions, and were it but produced the House would find that the CpmfoiiPPftrs were not the extraordinary fine persons they were represented to be. What did Mr. Perceval say, and he had ample experience of the system eleven years ago. lie P 414, 6 , 1 vie. tp the Pril'flte P.fsteto: lie stated that this ,`ill wonld . not rpnik:oy the evils from which he and others had suffered. He , (Mr. T. Dun combe) gave every credit to the Noble Lord the Member for Dursetshire for his knowledge of this subject, but he would rather trust the statements mpt eby ii l di v i f i u o 4 like m r; Vercival, who had had their knos.vledge founded on experience, He protested against the indecent haste with which the measure had been urged forward ; and, under all the eircninstances, he should move that it be lead that day six months. CRAWFORD seconded the motion. Lord AaILE - Y conipiairnd that the Hunourable Member for Finsbury had nut resumed • the discussion on the part of the salaries to the commissioners until th e Bill was in Committee. He could then state to the Honouratre Member for Weymouth every de tail which it might require. The discussion might in Committee be taken on the clause, but surely it was most inconvenient then to open up the whole question when ! 3 ° 1 40 time had already been consumed it its eoniideraticol. Should the Honourable Member for Finsbury consent to this course, He believed he should be able to satisfy thp House and the Hon. Member fur Finsbury that what be was ssAing was no more than what was Just—was no more than what --~, /~- ~ , '2,--1 _ WO se at sons. veral were Poe. ning lets. )Ck, are, and °b and dud .?;) ..,,,' -- .1 ~~