The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-01 00:00:00

RAILWAi 7- 6 - 0A111111"1 1 EES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. This Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock, in the Vice ofhan cellor's Cou r t, L or d R a d nor i n t h e c h a i r, w h en the examination witnesses was resumed, Mr. Morri s , w h o f urn i s h e d M r. P arc w ith a considerable a r e e rti v o i n . of his d a t a regard i ng the traffic on the route of the line, g dence to that effect, and to its general correctness. ' Mr. Nel son, b u t c h er, o f Gl asgow , of cattle that p asse d th roug h th e di s t r i c t for the deposed respecting Englishithe number market. The number of s h ee p an d ca t t l e was ver y large,an l dh . e had no :ioubt the greater portion would be carried along this line. Mr. Smith, factor, of Blackwood, near Glasgow;pumilks and Mr Miller, r, factor, of Cambernauld ; Mr. Robson, o • of Burrell, of Dumfries, severally gaveevidence traffic. These witnesses were all examined denee on the subject of in the Committee of the House of Commons, and their evidence now was, in substance, but a repetition of what was stated there. 'Mr. Locke, civil engineer, w examined. He went in peculiarities of the line, detail through the various engineering asxne gradients, tunnels, cuttings, embankments,st,catciot to h stations, t&ce.,aacleloomfrawlodlicah. have already been fully reported. With respect tion of Dumfries, it was the intention, he believed, to s u p p l y that town with railway accommodation, though their branch had been rejected in the Committee of the other House. He did not be eve that the plans of the Glasgow, Dunaries, and Carlisle were qualified for that purpose. They (the Caledonian) had agreed to have an independent station at Edinburgh, and also to cross the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at C_stlecory, without touching the railway. This was necessary, as the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company would oppose the construction of the present line, and was now acting in concert with the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, against the passing of the Bill. Mr. ANDREWS cross-examined the witness at some length. He admitted that the Caledonian would not give much accommodation to the district of country through which the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle line was proposed to be taken. The amount of ac commodation, however, could be much increased by omnibuses from the various towns to the railway stations. The Caledonian line passed through a considerable portion of country very thinly populated, yet, nevertheless, it was a fine agricultural country. He surveyed the south of Scotland, for the purposes of a railway, in 1836, and again in 1840. He made reports of these surveys. The severest gradient he proposed in 1840 was 1 in 100. In the present plan, I iii 75 was the severest. There were seve ral others nearly as severe. They could be very easily worked by locomotive engines. There was a gradient on the Glqucester and Birmingham Railway, two miles in length lin 35, worked by a locomotive engine. It had always been worked by a locomotive. The severeness of the gradients was Compensated by advantages of shortness of distance and superior gradients and levels on other portions of the line. Mr. Locke was further cross-examined at great length respecting the distances to Glasgow and Edinburgh of the line under consi deration, compared with the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle on the other side, and the Carlisle, ilawick, and Edinburgh on the other, with the view of showing that the latter lines would furnish a much superior communication between the respective termini than the former. (LEFT SITTI7C6I.) HOUSE OF cOmMONS. GROUP A. On the Chairman taking his seat this morning, Mr. AUSTIN addressed the Committee on the part of the pro posed atmospheric LONDON, CROYDON, CHATHAM, AND OR PINGTON and entered at great length into the merits of the three proposed lines --the North Kent, the South-Eastern, and the London and Croydon—and pointed out the fact, that the proposed railway was in a direct line, which was not the case with either of the other railways. He (Mr. Austin) had been accused by Mr. Merrewether of privy conspiracy with the North-Rent Company, because he had not exa mined witnesses against the North Kent line; but he would de fend himself from that accusation by striking the death.blow to that line. He would show that their trallic case was absurd, it was grossly absurd, and he hoped when he had done so, his friends on his right (Mr. Merrewether and Mr. Alexander) would acquit him of the charge which they had made in his ab sence, for they dared nut to make it in his presence.—(A laugh from Mr. Merrewether.) But they need not rejoice in the fall of the North Kent Company, for every nail in the coffin of that Company was also a nail in the coffin of the Seuth-Eastern, since their case was entirely founded on that of the North Kent Com pany, and was therefore as absurd ; indeed, it was more absurd. There were degrees of adsurdity, and the North Kent had not reached : zero, to which point the South-Eastern Company had descended. (LEFT SPEAKING.) GROUP P. THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. The Committee on the South- Wales Railway Bill, which had been referred back to them by the House of Commons, for the pur pose of proceeding with the remaining clauses, in order that the Bill might be reported, assembled this morning at twelve o'clock, Mr. E. Buller in the chair. Mr. COetBURN took an objection to the clauses being proceeded with, and was about to state the grounds of his objection, when be was interrupted by The CHAIRMAN, who inquired whether, under the circumstances of the case, the Learned Gentleman would persist in his opposi tion. Was he aware that the matter had been discussed in Partin mem, and that the Bill had been referred back to them, to go through the clauses to enable them to report it P Mr. Cocitisuate suggested that the clatiiies, if taken at all, should be gone through sub modo. The great difficulty, as it appeared to him, was the crossing of the Severn, and it would be useless for the Committ ee t o proceed with the clauses, unless some plan should be suggested by which the Company could obviate that difficulty. The Committee must be satisfied that the passage across the Severn could be properly arranged with the Admiralty, otherwise they would be Precisely in the same position as they were when they last left the C ommittee-room. He was sure that if the sufficient Powers could not be obtained an insuperable bar would he pre. sclited to the further progress of the Bill. The Committee must feel that they could not proceed unless they were satisfied that the difficulty which was involved in the resolution they had come to on a previous occasion could be got over. The only way of resolv ing the difficulty was by referring the Bill to the Standing Oiders Committee. The Bill had been before the Committee on the peti tion for the Bill, and he believed had also been referred to the Standing Orders Committee, which was to meet to.day, and if any difficulty should arise on the standing orders the entire scheme must be destroyed. He was aware it had been proposed that the passage of the Severn should be effected by means of a tunnel under the rive r , b ut no positive statement to that effect had been urged ; and even were the statement correct, before the Bill could be further proceeded with all the requirement s o f t h e stand ing urders must be co mp li ed with, and it must also be made clear that the altered line in an engineering point could be properly car ried out. Mr. TALBOT, in reply, said it appeared to him that his Learned Friend had fallen into several errors in his statement. It was a serious mistake to suppose that the Committee were in the same position now as when they last left that room. The whole matter had been referred by the committee to the House of Coma.ons, and the House of Commons had decided in so distinct a manner that it could not be left to the suggestion of this or that individual as to what the course of the Committee should be. The House of Commons have clearly called upon the Committee to proceed with the clauses of the Bill, in order that it might be reported to the House. (LEFT SITTING.) GROUP X. CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN LINE. THE LONDON AND YORK CRI:NN. The Committee protracted their sitting last evening till a quarter past six o'clock, in erder to give the Counsel for and against the point as to the validity of the deed of settlement of the London and York Company, which was raisol yesterday by Mr. Hildyard on behalf of the Cambridge and Lincoln line, an opportunity to conclude their arguments, and those arguments having been brought to a close at that hour, the Committee adjourned till half-past twelve o'clock this day, at which hour a dense crowd had assembled round the door of the Committee room, and the deepest and most intense anxiety appeared to be felt by those interested as to the probable way in which the Committee would decide, while the question was kept continually passing from mouth to mouth " How do you think it will be—which way will they give it ?" At half-past twelve the Committee-room was thrown open, and they rushed in with such force that the room was crammed to the doorway in an instant. The Committee were present, and when all parties were admitted they retired to the next room, where they remained until one o'clock, and then entered the room, when The CHAIRMAN said, I have been instructed by the Committee to state that they have come to the following resolution—first, that it is competent for the Committee to decide the point that has been raised, and secondly, that it is competent for the Coin rnittee to authorise the London and York Company to raise the additional sum proposed. This announcement was received with an ill-suppressed cheer in the room, and loud demonstrations of approbation outside. Mr. HILDYARD begged of the Committee to allow him to wait for a few moments, until some of those who were making a noise in the room had left for the Stock Exchange.—( L aug ht er.) g been Or der havin restored, he then proceeded with his statement. He said that the Committee having now decided that point adverse to t he Company h e represented, he would now proceed to recapi tSeuihtnaete the case h e h ad made out for the Cambridge and Lincoln and e, and contrast the merits of it with those of the London York scheme. He would undertake to show the Committee that the Cambridge and LinLoconlndonline, even having engines of as great weight as those of the as heavy, still they would and and Company, of a journey at ,ai t id ho tra e i nd of an equal number ofo arilreivsemanyhours before the London and York trims could, in " to the superior gradients of the Cambridge and Lincoln line. These gradients the Committee would remember, were, for the distance of 167 miles, not more than 1 in 300, and for the whole of thereat of the line not greater than 1 in 200, while on the London and York line they had not more than 48 miles having a gradient of less than 1 in 200, and they had in 110 miles a gradient not flatter than lin 300. In addition to that, he would show that the whole of the Cambridge and Lincoln line ran through a flat and level valley the whole way, while the Lon don and York line had many heavy cuttings and embankments and tunnels to make, which gave the Cambridge and Lincoln line the advantage of being able to arrive at York several hours before the London and York trains could, though the former had to tra vers a journey of 91 miles longer than the latter. (LEFT SITTING.) THE NORTHUMBERLAND HUNT.—SALE OF Fox- RO UNDS.—Yesterday, the celebrated pack of fox-hounds, the pro perty of Sir 51. W. Ridley, Bart., which have run for many years in the county of Northumberland, were sold by auction by Messrs. Tattersall and Sons, Hyde Park-corner, at which there was a large attendance of gentlemen well known in the sporting world. There were 42 couples, which were divided into nine lots, of five, five and-a-half, and six couples each. The first lot (five couples), for which there were several bidders, was bought by Mr. Ives for 100 guineas ; lot 6 (six couples), and 7 (5i couples), were sold to Mr. Latouche, ;of Kildare, for 100 guineas and 115 guineas. The pro perty, after much competition, was disposed of for the sum of 7 191. 16s. There were also six bitches, with whelps, put up for sale. Prejudice, with four whelps, went for 21 guineas; and the whole fetched 53/. 7s. As the Saumon steamer was leaving Marseilles for Arles last week, cries of distress arosz, without the crew being able to make out from whence they proceeded. They at last dis covered a lady and gentleman clinging to the chains in great fear. It appeared that these persons had come late, and got a Waterman to place them on a sort of landing close to which the vessel was to Pass, and f rom which they Wended stepping on board. The ves el passing a little wide they caught boldly at what was within their reach, and not being able to get farther cried out for aid. T hey were got safely on board, after having been for a quarter of an hour in their perilous position. MARGATE, SATURDAY.—At three o'clock this day 've wet! visited with one of those grand yet awful occurrences, a whirlwind ; it Came from the west, as though a misty cloud played !T_Pon the . water round the inside of the harbour; at last, dashing s, in a direct line, it carried a large timber from a vessel laden _°,:tle seconds from the hit several yards, and the boat of the same vessel was held ground by the fearful violence of the gale, _d was lodged on the sand, keel upwards. The whirlwind dis lawjed letters from the General Steam Navigation Company's-office, o rdi : nia shed several windows at the York Hotel, and most extra "arll3' re moved a skylight fr om a h ouse i n Ki ng-street, 300 or 4 " Yards in the very direction whence the wind came, B eau , The ien Cll° ,rdaY .ciatios J. Cock' regpect ipon the befor e Lord+ ig deadly londai toWa r came ►n Inter the in . COP, =platy . ' torn uP Ictatehth the sP° 4 he other , curren ce ,rge the ir __peck Nor vich sa w the oth' :harpa acr e r , Ica( cla d 0 tW. its WO°, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. The greater part of the betting yesterday afternoon was on the Goodwood Stakes, for which we are enabled to append a formidable string of favourites ; premising, however, that al though many were backed the run was all in favour of Libel, Pythia, ]Egis, and Venus; the odds quoted are closing ones. Two even bets were laid between lots of twelve and thirteen and the field. The Liverpool Cup was touched upon, but in a way to show that the betting is not likely to be very extensive ; although about 130 horses have been handicapped, and the ac ceptances are not to be declared for some days, Winesour, on the strength of the Newcastle running, the handicap, we be lieve, having been made previously, was backed at Bto 1, and we are informed that a point less was taken the day before. 10 to 1 was also taken in fifties abOut True boy, and at the close 9 to 1 offered currently on the field. Nothing worth more than the quotations was done en the St. Leger and Derby, and to the best of our knowledge the only bet on the Goodwood Cup was 15 to 1 to a small sum against Arundo. Closing averages:— JULY STAKES. 2 to 1 apt Lord Albemarle's Smuggler Bill CUP. 9 to 1 a gs t Mr. BeII's LIVERPOOL Winesour 10 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Kent's lot 13 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Libel—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. 11. Johustone's Pythia—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsbottom's Pineapple 18 to 1 agst Mr. Roles Warp—taken 20 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Venus 20 to 1 rlgst Etwall's 20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinek's John o' Gaunt—taken 20 to 1 agst the Duke of Richmond's Lothario 22 to 1 agst Mr. A. Johnstone's Rowena 25 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's Vates—taken 25 to 1 agst Sir C Monck's Glossy—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss—t. 28 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ongley's Roderick. ST. LEGER. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—taken 7 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Merry Monarch 9 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's The Baron—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa 25 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Crutchley's Coeur-de-Lion 30 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mangle's Comical Boy—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. llesseltine's Fitzallen 50 to 1 agst Mr. Salvm's Foremost—taken. THE DERBY. 22 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Sting-taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Brocardo 33 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm—taken 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Hoorrah 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwick's Bro to Merry Monarch—t LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING, 1845. Nominaions for the Bentinek Testimonial. Falstaff, 3 yrs—Discord, aged—Philip, 5 yrs—Corranna 6 yrs—April Noddy, 4 yrs—Dr. Husband, 4 yrs—Cock Robin, 4 yrs—The Baron, 3 yrs—Plaudit, 3 yrs—Zanoni, 5 yrs— Ould Ireland, 3 yrs—Miekey Free, 4 yrs—Lancashire Witch, 3 yrs—David, 6 yrs—Yardley, 5 yrs—Beaumont, 4 yrs— Milton, 4 yrs—Dean Swift, 3 yrs—Birthday, '2 yrs—Lady Wrldair, 3 yrs--Queen Pomare, 3 yrs—Brunel, 3 yrs— Juvenal, 3 yrs—Alamode, 4 yrs—lronmaster, 3 yrs—lrnaum, 4 yrs—Pompey, 5 yrs—Chertsey, 3 yrs—Ambition, 4 yrs— Helmsman, 3 yrs—Sunset, 4 yrs—Poussin, 5 yrs—Maynooth, 3 yrs—Best of 'I hree, 4 yrs—Harmony, 4 yrs—Rowland, yrs—Miss Burns, 5 yrs—Fair Charlotte, 4 yrs—lnheritress, 5 yrs. Sir M. W. Ridley's pack of foxhounds were sold yesterday by Messrs. Tattersall and Son for upwards of 7001. LIVERPOOL TRADES CUP. EItRATA.—In the printed list of the handicap for the race Crikey Billy's weight is erroneously given 6st 111 b, instead of 6st. Pedometer is 4 yrs-old and will have to carry 6st 41b, not Est 111 b. WEIGHTS FOR THE GOODWOOD CUP. Discord, aged, 9st 121 b Dr. Sangrado, 4 yrs, fist Ilb Alice Hawthorn, aged, 9st 10Ib Valerian, 4 yrs, Bst lib Trueboy, 5 yrs, 9.,t 91b Dartaway, 4 yrs, Bst lib Winesour, 5 yrs, 9st 91b Arundo, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b St. Lawrence, aged, 9st 7lb St. Bernard, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b The Era, 5 yrs, 9st 411, Gamecock, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b General Pollock, 5 yrs, 9st 41b Stomacher, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b Faugh-a-ballagh, 4 yrs, 9st 31b Refraction, 3 yrs, 7st 71b Orlando, 4 yrs, 9st 31b Drummer, 5 yrs, 7st Sib The Cure, 4 yrs, 9st lib , Comte deFlanders, syrs, 7st 51b Milton, 4 yrs, 9it l lb !My Old Hack, 5 yrs, 7st 51b Peter the Hermit, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b Cowl, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Gorhambury, 5 yrs, Nst 131 b ;Kedger, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Sorella, 4 yrs, Bst 11th IWeatherbit, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Ithuriel, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Laird o'Cockpen,3yrs,6st 131 b Alamode, 4 yrs, Bst 101 h The Hermit, 3 yrs, 6st 131 n Antler, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b Ironmaster, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b Semiseria, 5 yrs, Bst 91b Winchester, 3 yrs, Est 1 Ilb Venus, 5 yrs, Bst 91b Mid Lothian, 3 yrs, Est I Ilb Rowena, 4 yrs, Bst 61b Cabin Boy, 3 yrs, Est 101 b Example, 4 yrs, Bst Gib Miss Elis, 3 yrs, Est 91b Khondooz, 5 yrs, Bst slb Cinizelli, 3 yrs. Est 61b Akbar, 4 yrs, Bst 51b Plaudit, 3 yrs, 6st 61b Zanoni, 5 yrs, Bst 51b Golden Rule, 6 yrs, pd (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) The two great meetings in the north and south of England have fully answered the expectations of the promoters of them. At Newcastle, in future, the meeting is to be reduced from four days to three—a most judicious improvement in my eyes. The last meeting was one of the best, if not the very best, ever held over that course. The improvements of the stand, and the accommoda. tion Tarnished to jockies and trainers are deserving of the greatest praise, and worthy of imitation in other quarters. The fields, in nearly every race were large, and afforded ample room for specula tion. The results of the Produce Stakes. the North Derby Stakes, the Northern Oak Stakes, the Hunters' Stakes, the Queen's Plate, the Northumberland Plate, and Corporation Plate, were all won by the horses I specified, as may be seen by reference to my past letter, and shows 1 had not miscalculated the merits of the competing animals. The style in which Mentor won his engagements has made him a rattling favourite for the great northern event, and I should not at all be surprised to see him at the head of the poll before the day comes. For the Northumberland Plate Inheritess's position at the finish clearly evinced what she might have done at Ascot with a different jockey on her back. The other races call for no particular observation. At the Bibury Meeting Cowl, reco vered from his Ascot lameness, found no difficulty in winning the Produce Stakes; while for another handicap Queen Mab, as might have been expected, with so accomplished a jockey as Captain Pettat, beat a good field, including Ajax and Sorella. The Cham. pagne, as a matter of course, fell to Mr. Wreford, but not to the one he intended it to go, owing to Sam Day being unable to stop the winner. Freelance was a great pot for this race, and many were stuck by it. In the Andover Stakes Arcanus showed in very different colours (in both senses of the word) to what he did at Hampton, and from the manner in which his present owner won with hi m, convinces me I was not wrong in selecting him to beat the small field he met at Moulsey. Mr. Etwall's /Egis won the Great Hampshire Stakes from a moderate field, pthiaantekshrtootigthhte fitongeetrhiedrinag field of o o f u n h g o r s K e s i t , c h a e n n d e r n T i s h h e ed S t t h e e w a m r o d s s t ' exciting race p er h aps ever known on any course. Six heats were run for it, and as each heat was a was mile and mrseo .....301 rans i. nin l e t m ate fa ly r a enou h g al h f, in amllancyonscoifencethfe ° heyor the won by Sparsholt, a son of game little Venison, beating the "veteran hero of a hundred fi g h ts, " Adrian, by a' neck. Some time since, when speaking of races for gentlemen riders, I recom mended my readers never to look to the horses, but to back the riders, and advised them in all cases to give the preference to Captain Pettat and Percy Williams, who are immeasurably supe rior to any of their class. In this inst.mee they were first and second. Few race-horses of the present or past century have undergone more vicissitudes of fortune than Adrian. The number of times he has run lam ab solutely afraid to say. He is perfectly acquainted with nearly every race-course in England, from Newmarket, where he ran second to Chapeau.de.Spagne for a three hundred sovs. sweepstakes, from Goodwood, where he ran second to Harkaway for the Cup, down to the Plate races in Hampshire, where I have seen him started for four heats for a sweepstakes of one sovereign, with seven added, and from winch Golconda Stake, two sovs. were to be deducted for the second. Ills late performance was a most meritorious one, and I attribute it entirely to the able manner in which his jockey rode him. Adrian is a sluggish, bad tempered horse, and requires a good deal of riding ; frequently he will not run a yard. He found himself, however, on that day in the hands of one who would not be trifled with, and who when once he got hold of him by the head, was enabled to bring out those qualities which other men had failed in doing from a lack of physical strength. The only subject of regret on the course was that John Day, who acted as clerk of the course, should have been, by the bad conduct of his two sons, prevented from seeing them exhibiting their talents on a course where their education may be said to have commenced and ended. I understar,d that Lord. Palmerston has taken a lively interest in the fate of young John, and has promised to endeavour to obtain at least a mitigation of his sentence. I have little doubt that atter a year or so the Jockey Club will restore him again to that sphere in which he was wont to shine so conspicuously, and enable him to support those who are entirely dependent upon him. Many People complain of the severity of the sentence : surely, after all the disgraceful exposes that have taken place on the turf an example was wanted, and it is only to be regretted that one hitherto so much respected should form that example. The decision come to by the Jockey Club respecting the age of the Queen of Cyprus, is a convincing proof of the truth of the old proverb, " give a dog a bad name, &c.," and of the necessity that exists for the registration of foals. It must be conceded, however unfortunate Mr. Wagstaff's position may be, that Lord George Bentirick has made some amends to him by offering to take the mare off his hands now her real age is distinctly defined. The Winchester meeting is the only one of any importance next week, and from the number of training stables in the vicinity some good sport may be anticipated. The Great Produce Stakes has eleven subscribers. The wi.ner of the two Riddlesworths and the Column, Winchilsea, if he comes to the post, should beat the field with ease. Mr. Trcen's Bastion will in ail probability occupy his usual place of second. Mr. Wreford, from the forward state of his two-year- olds, may be said almost to farm these stakes in the south of England. It may not be generally known that to" force" his colts, Mr. Wreford keeps up a most expensive dairy of cows, the new milk or which all goes to the brood mares and their produce. For the Original Hampshire Stakes six are left in, and although Queen Mab has the top weight, eight stone, assigned to her, still from her stoutness, and the assist ance she will derive from her lucky jockey Nat, I fancy she will be found the winner. Ajax is very fond of being second in most of the races he runs in, and the Original Hampshire Stakes will be no exception to his predilection. Old England will most I S i t k a e k i y walk e s there over ar six xr named,the the Stakes. race a p T p o e a r t s h et o T 1 w a y o b y e e a t w r . ee o 1 n d the West Countryman and Deerchase, from the game manner in which the former beat Physalis and a large field. She ought, I conclude, to win this stake without much trouble; but of the seven teen animals named for the Winchester Stakes, I think Brush, Idleness, and Misdeal most deserving of support. In conclusion, those who wish to see one of the oldest cities in England, and enjoy a good day's sport, should go down on Wed nesday or Thursday, and they will be amply repaid for their trouble. TELEGRAPH. London, June 30, 1845. NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. th POIVISMOUTII, JUNE '29 . —The scene of Monday l ast at Spithead with_ was repeated by the experimental squadron on Thursday, bo out the presence of the royal and illustrious personages w h o on the former day attended ; the result, however, as regards the evolu- tions performed, was more satisfactory, the various crews h av i ng followed the respective evolutions made by the flag ship with a much greater degree of alacrity than on Mouday ; in one respect, however, the result was the same—the Trafalgar was again uni versally first in obeying the signal made. This is consequent upon the additional efficiency of the crew of that ship over every other ship of the squadron, the same men having been in three line-of-battle ships (first rate) successively, without being paid off, namely—the Camperdown, Queen, and Trafalgar, whereas the majority of the crews of the other members of the squadron are either volunteers or very " ordinary" seamen, except those of the Albion, who has, if not the most efficient crew of seamen, cer tainly the finest body of men on board of any ship in the service. Those who so industriously endeavour to preach up the efficient state of the navy, will not relish the fact that the Queen, 110, at the time she left Chatham with 700 men upon her books had not 30 of that number rated as able seamen The Vulture, first-class steam-frigate, came up to Spithead about the same time with only five able seamen upon her books, and left the anchorage TIIR SUN, LONDON. TUESDAI EVENING, Jullr 1, 184 no better off: With such a comparative scarcity of able seamen on board the squadron how is it possible the ships can be well manoeuvred at sea, when they have so much ado to perform cre ditably at anchor and in smooth water? A large number of the crews of the various ships now at Spithead are men drawn from our dockyards, " general service" men, i. e. men of no service at all as seamen, being, for the most part, unaccustomed to " working" a ship. Commanders of ships have got into a had habit of looking for fire men instead of good sailors ; they forget that it was the small or moderate-sized man that worked and fought so well during the last war. A fine looking, broad-set fellow, six feet high, will now be seized with avidity by the captain of a ship fitting out, whereas the thorough practical seaman of five feet six or seven will be rejected; instances of this occur daily, not only at this, but at all our ports and rendezvous, and as long as such ridiculous caprices are allowed by the Admiralty, it is useless placarding the walls with huge announcements of the wants of the navy, and it were better far to save the public money so fruitlessly expended in printing. Admiral Sir Charles Rowley has tried a more likely expedient for raising seamen by exhibiting a notice at the dockyard-gates, inviting such seamen as have recently been paid off from her Majesty's ships, or who arc about to be paid off, and who may wish to enter for any ship of the experimental squadron, to apply on board his flag ship, the Victory, where they will be received and entered, and be allowed six weeks leave of absence, their - pay and time going on, and re. taming their present ratings. This is a good bait, and may, per haps, take, but we doubt it. The eighth anniversary of her Majesty's coronation was kept here yesterday in the usual manner. A general holiday was given at all the Government works. The ships at Spithead were gaily decorated with flags as were those in harbour, and royal salutes were fired at noon by the fleet and garrison. A Swedish corvette of 20 guns came up to Spithead this morn. ning from the westward, and saluted the garrison, the commander. in -chief, and the rcar.admiral commanding the experimental squad. ron, which was returned by the platform, the Victory, and the St. Vincent, each returning 13 guns, from which circumstance it is believed she had some distinguished personage on board, but no communication having been made with the shore we are unable to furnish more. At four o'clock a schooner came up and paid the same compliment. By letters from Ascension to the 25th of April, we are informed of a dreadful catastrophe having happened to the Brazilian slaver, captured by the Wasp, on board of which Mr. Harmer, the mid shipman, and 18 men of the Wasp, in charge, were murdered by the prisoners, who then took possession of the prize, but which was retaken by the Star, 6, Commander Dunlop, when Lieutenant Wilson was put aboard to take her to Sierra Leone. It appears that ten days after Lieut. Wilson took charge of the recaptured prize and parted company with the Star, he was caught in a heavy squall and capsized about 200 miles off Cape Three Points, Lieut. Wilson, with two Kroomen, and some of the pirates who were re. taken in the schooner, and five seamen succeeded in cutting away some spars and making a raft, which they finished just before the schooner settled down and foundered. They did not save any provisions fit for consumption, and only a small quantity of water, which being soon exhausted, the Kroomen commenced drinking the salt water, which killed them both. The quartermaster and the pirates also died from the same cause, the quartermaster having previously become raving mad. Twenty days after they left the schooner, and, being still upon the raft, they fortunately fell in with the Cygnet, 6, Commander Layton, to windward of Whydah, and when taken off the raft by the Cygnet's boat, the survivors presented a mos thorrifying spectacle, being literally a mass of pu_ trifying sores. Commander Layton, with much prudence, sent the poor fellows on board the Wasp for conveyance here (Ascension), where they arrived quite recovered on the 22d. The Penelope, 22, stearn-frigate, Commodore Jones, arrived at Ascension from St. Helena on the 24th of April with a supply of water for the Island. The Heroine, 6, Lieut.-Commander Foote, is on her way from the coast of Africa to England, with the pirates who massacred Mr. Harmer and ten men of the Wasp, whilst in charge of a Brazilian slave schooner, for trial. Lieutenant R. D. Stupart, of the Wasp, comes home in the Heroine, as chief witness against the pirates. The Firebrand, 8, steam.frigate, Captain Hope, left Rio for Monte Video on the 22d of April, with Mr. Gore Ouseley, her Majesty's Consul, on board. The Scylla, 16, Commander Sharpe, was at Bermuda, all well, on the 24th inst., at which date the Vindictive, 50, Captain Sey mour, flag of Vice- Admiral Sir Francis Austen, Commander-in- Chief, was also there, daily expecting to 'sail for Halifax ; all well on board. The Eurydice, 26, Captain Elliott, sailed from Vera Cruz on the 20th ult., with dispatches for the Commander-in-Chief. The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir H. Blackwood, Bart., arrived at Trincomalee from Bombay on the 22d of April, at which date the Serpent, 16, Commander Nevill, and the Alligator, 26, troop.ship, Master-Commander King, were also at Trincomalee. The Winchester, 50, Captain Eden, flag of Rear-Admiral the lion. Jocelyn Perci; was at Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 2d of April, at which date the Mutine, 12, Commander Craw. ford, was also there. The Winchester was about taking a short cruize. After some considerable confusion among all parties, the room was cleared, and on its being re-opened, The Foreman said the jury were all agreed to the following verdict :—" That Saville Godfrey is of unsound mind, and had been so from the 29th of April, 1845." RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. LEEDS AND TINIRSIE MINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Upon returning to the room counsel seemed as far from agree. ment as ever, and two hours more were occupied in wrangling about guarantees for a proper supply of water to Bramhope. The Noble CHAIRMAN suggested that the whole matter might be settled by constituting the Recorder of Leeds as arbitrator whenever a difference should arise between the directors of the railway and the trustees of Mr. Dynely in regard to a deficiency in the supply of water to the town. ' • Atter another hour spent in disputing upon speculative contin gencies, the Committee ordered the room to be cleared. After the lapse of a few minutes the doors were opened, and The CHAIRMAN declared that the Committee were of opinion that the guarantee offered by the promoters of the Bill was a fair one, and that the clauses they proposed to insert in the Bill were of a satisfactory character. . . The Committee then went through the clauses pro forma, and broke up. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY• Their Lordships resumed the consideration of this line to-day. Earl Radnor in the chair. _ _ Mr. Hope Johnston, M.P., examined by Mr. FORSYTH, for the promoters of the Bill, deposed at great length to the merits of the undertaking, and in cross-examination by Mr. ANDREWS, Q. C, who represented the Dumfries line, spoke to the great advantages which the extension of the line between Dumfries and Portpatrick would confer on the latter town. _ The CHAIRMAN observed that he thought it wholly unnecessary to enter into any particulars in reference to the communication with Portpatrick, as a project for connecting that town with Dum_ fries, was common to both schemes, and therefore whichever was approved by the Committee would complete the extension if re quired. Mr. ANDREWS, Q.C., urged that the communication with Port patrick was an integral and most important portion of their propo sition; and, although it had been negatived in its progress before the Commons' Committee, it now appeared in precisely the same position as if they possessed a Bill. The CHAIRMAN dissented. They could not be in a similar situa tion, for if the Committee rejected the Caledonian line there was no guarantee that the other line would ever proceed, and the whole community might possibly be left unaccommodated. After a desultory conversation between counsel and the Corn. mittee, it was decided that no evidence should be received relat ing to the communication between Dumfries and Portpatrick. Mr. Pare, the traffic taker, handed in the traffic tables, and entered into details of the income expected from the assumed quantity of goods employing the line for transit. Evidence confirmatory of the accuracy of the traffic tables and other formal proof was then given. Mr. James Baird, an extensive iron-master, whose works would be intercepted by the Caledonian Railway, bore testimony to the importance of that line to the blasts and furnaces, forty.six of which it would immediately pass. The Committee, at four o'clock, adjourned till twelve to-morrow• HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. SOUTH-EASTERN LINE, _ Mr. COCKBURN (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) said—Mr. Hignet wrote to Mr. Stevens a letter, in which he said that he was directed to communicate to Mr. Stevens the consent of the Board to any necessary deviation. The authen ticity of this paper having been impugned by the South-Eastern Company, Mr. Sergeant Wrangham had called as a witness Mr. Bingham, the Secretary to the Board, eliciting from him evidence with regard to other papers entirely uncon nected with the subject, but on this witness being examined as to the letter in question he said that it had not received the appro bation of the Board. After dwelling on this subject, Mr. Cock burn referred to the evidence with regard to Messrs. Hall's mills. This part of the evidence has also been given at length in The Sun. Mr. Cockburn urged the importance of the evidence on the subject of the estimates of the two lines at some length, and pointed out the fact, that no doubt had been thrown, either in the examination or cross.examination of wit nesses, on the estimates of the South-Eastern line, though evidence had been brought forward by them to prove the insuffi ciency of Mr. Vignolles' estimates. He compared the South- Eastern and London and Croydon lines, and pointed out in detail what he considered the advantages of the former. Mr. AUSTIN said that it was now his duty to address the Com mittee on the part of the London and Croydon (Atmospheric) line, but that, as it was already half-past three o'clock Here Mr. GOLDSMITH rose, and was about to say that he trusted the Committee would When Mr. AUSTIN requested that his friend would hot begin to trust so soon, as he might find his confidence misplaced.—(A laugh.) He had to call the attention of the Committee to a set of figures, very dry, but very important, to which he would pre. fer to direct their morning and not their afternoon attention. If the Committee wished it, he would have no objection to their meet ing at half-past eleven o'clock to-morrow. The CHAIRMAN assented, and the Committee adjourned till half_ past eleven to-morrow. GROUP K. CAMBRIDGE AND BURT LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) IMPORTANT DECISION. Mr. George Ross proved the number of assents, dissents, and neuters on the line, the mileage traversed over whose land being twelve miles seven furlongs, six miles three furlongs, and two fur longs respectively. The case of the promoters having thus concluded, Mr. GIRDEN addressed the Committee at some length in opposi tion to the Bill, commenting on the insufficiency of the evidence more especially as regarded the traffic and estimated returns, and urging on the Committee the propriety of postponing the project till another session. Mr. RawLiNsoN, on behalf of the Duke of Rutland, Mr. Alix, M.P., and other landowners, followed on the same side, denying that the wants of the country warranted such a project, and therefore, inasmuch as property was recklessly invaded, and all the landowners opposed to it, it ought to be negatived by the Committee. Mr. CALVERT, on the part of Mr. Thorpe, whose estate was tra versed and allegedly injured by the Ilne, also followed in opposition to the Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and after a pro. tracted consultation, the Committee decided that they would ad journ till the 22d of July, to enable them to give this project the same opportunities as that accorded the Bury and Thetford. The substance of this adjournment is a suspended negative to the Bill, but giving it the benefit of any sessional resolution which, in the interim might be passed for the convenience of Bills not re ported on, and in case the project should be re-introduced. GROUP L. SOUTH-WESTERN BRANCHES. PORTSMOUTH GROUP. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) After some discussion the Junction at Fareham was agreed upon without the station being fixed, and without any reciprocal right being conceded for travelling on the lines between Chichester, Fareham, and Portsmouth. The other clauses were passed through, and the Committee adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. There are other cl a u se s yet to pass, but there are no questions of main interest to adjudicate, and thus has terminated a contes t , of more th an s i x weeks ' durat i on , i n w hich several Queen s counsel, two or th ree sergean t s-a t - l aw, an d a large portion of the Junior bar ha ve b een engage d —a con t e st in which the highest forensic skill, expe r i ence, energ y , an d determination.. have been shown to carry the object of their retainers. And whether we look a t the perti nac i ty of the parties engaged, t h e i m portance of the interests to the p u bli c—not t h e mere d we llers on the line, but to all en gaged in the freedom of intercours e between dif ferent parts of th e emp i re —i s of immense importance. It may b e t ransgressing our province, but we fee l t h a t we s h ou ld b e inadequately doing justice to those who have been engaged in this contest if w e were not to bear testimony to the pa i ns- t a ki ng an d public.spirited industry and disinterestedness which the Com mittee have evinced for the public interests. Whether we look at the forensic ability of the counsel engaged, at the acuteness of Mr. Monkton Milnes, the mathematical attainments of Mr. Oswald, the scientific acumen of Mr. Vivian, the perspicacity of Lord Clive, or the h onest Yorkshire' independence, and practical, busi. ness, and intelligent qualities of the Chairman, we are bound to state that a more admirable concert of qualities; both mental and moral, could rarely be brought to bear on the decision of any great public .question ; and we f e el assur ed th a t in no instance were public interests more efficiently preserved. They have provided three different accesses to Portsmouth, have given the inhabitants of that town th ree different routes for reaching the metropolis, be sides developing the facilities and resources of the country to the east, west, and north, and g lying, though indirectly, addition of guarantee to a new motive power in the already gigantic railway system. In every p o i nt of v i ew, both nat i ona l an d prov i nc i ally . commercial,. the d ec i s i on of this Committee:must prove of immense ty, and be certain to elevate the respect of the country for its Legislature, and increase its confidence in the honesty and ability of its public functionaries. The other clauses w il l b e gone through to-morrow, and the two o ther lines will then be taken. GROUP X. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) CLOSE Or THE CAMBRIDGE AND LIN- COLN LINE. When the cross-examination of this witness had concluded, Mr. HILDYARD rose and said he was happy to be able to state by the the e nobservationse which he he conceived had cel ved to that this long - protracted case had a t l engt h come to a c l ose, at l eas t very nearly so, for he trusted th at muc h add i t i on wou ld not b hemake. had made He e put then , pro. an d con t ra sted it with that of the Lo n d on and York case. ed Mr. AUSTIN followed, and co ntended that there was a fatal ob jection to the London and York Bill, inasmuch as the deed of set tlement was not a valid doc ument, because it was originally pro posed that the ca p ital of t he Company was to be 5,000,0001., w h erea s they now a sked for 6 , 5 00,0004, and, therefore, either the deed was valid or it was not. I f it was valid it was valid only to the amount of 5,0 00,0001., and, therefo re , t h ose w h o s i gne d it w ere not liable for t he ee e ed made to to state it te payment of more than such a proportion of the amount they subscribed for as would make 5,000,0001. ; either that or they were not legally liable for one farthing. Mr. Sergeant WaANCHIAM contended that this was an objection which should have been raised before the Committee on standing orders ; and that not having been done, he contended the objection came in too late now. The question was then argued at great length, and occupied the Committee until ten minutes past six o'clock, when — The CHAIR)! . AN said the Committee would not decide the point until to-morrow. Darned till Committee adjourn to. The BUSINESS. Th P e A fol ß low L in l g A ß M ill s3ElweNicrDeTArYeAa' dittuiNtYbEir3dolime, and passed : Wear Valley Railway. Middlesbro' and Redcar Railway. Cockermouth and Workington Railway. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (N o. 2.) Preston and Wyre Railway Branches. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway. Scottish Midland Junction Railway. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to : London and Greenwich Railway. North British Railway. Belfast and Ballymena Railway. NOTICE GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Select Committee on Group (K.) adjourned till Tuesday, July 22, at twelve. FOOT-RACE IN OXFORIP . STREET.—Yesterday morn ing, a foot-race of 140 yards, between Franks and Ward (two amateur pedestrians), for 101., came off over a measured distance of the wood pavement in Oxford-street. At the start Franks took the lead, which he maintained, and won the race by two yards. At the conclusion of the race the spectators assembled were very numerous. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Totes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, JUNE 30. COLLEGES (IRELAND) BILL.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) First Clause (Grant of 100,0001., out of the Consolidated Fund, fer building new Colleges in Ireland) :—ller Majesty may direct to be issued or paid out of the Consolidated Fund, such suns as shall be needed by the Trustees hereinafter mentioned, for purchasing or pro viding lands, tenements, and hereditaments, for the use of such new Colleges, and Li* the necessary buildings:—Amendment :proposed, page 1, ltne 17, after the word " buildings," to insert the words " in cluding the building of the hills hereinafter mentioned :"—Question put, " That those words be there inserted." The Committee divided : MINORITY-AYES, 42. Acland, T. D. Glynne, Sir S. Rawdon, Colonel Archbold, Robert Henley, J. W. Redington, T. N. Baring, Thomas Hope, Alexander Repton, G. W. J. Blake, M. J. Inglis, Sir R. H. Russell, Lord J. Blake, Sir V. Ker, D. S. Russell, J. D. W. Bramston, T. W. Lambton, H. Sheil, R. L. Browne, R. D. Maher, N. Sheridan, R. B. Browne, W. O'Brien, J. Smith, Vernon Chapman, B. O'Brien, W. S. Somers, J. P. Clive, Viscount O'Connell, D. Somerville, Sir W. Cowper, W. P. • O'Connell, J. Stuart, W. V. Dawson, T. V. O'Conor, Don Wrightson, W. B. Dickinson, F. 11. Ogle, S. C. TELLERS. Esmonde, Sir Thos. Plumridge, Captain Wyse, Thomas Gardner,J. D. Protheroe, Edward O'Connell, M. J. MAJORITY-NOES, 117. Acland, Sir T. Escott, Bickham Newport, Viscount A'Court, Captain Farnham, E. B. Nicholl, John Antrobus, Edmund Fitzroy, Henry Palmer, George Arkwright, George Flower, Sir James Parker, John Bailey, J., jun.; Forman, T. S. Patten, J. W. Baillie, Colonel Forster, Matthew Peel, Sir R. Baine, Walter Freer:mile, Sir T. Peel, Jonathan Barkly, Henry Gaskell, J. 31. Philips, G. 11. Baring, W. B. Gill, Thomas Pigot, Sir R. Barrington, Viscount Gladstone, IV. E. Polhill, Frederick Bateson, Thomas Godson, Richard Praed, W. T. Bellew, R. 31. Graham, Sir J. Pringle,'A.lexander Bentinek, Lord G. Grimston, V scount Pusey, Philip Bernal, Ralph Halford, Sir H. Roebuck, J. A. Bernard, Viscount Hamilton, G. A. Ross, D. R. Boldero, 11. G. Hamilton, W. J. Shaw, Frederick Borthwick, Peter Hampden, Reim Smith, Abel • Boyd, John Hanmer, Sir J. Smith, T. B. C. Brotherton, Joseph Harcourt, G. G. Somerset, Lord G. Bruce, Lord E. Hawes,• Benjamin Spooner, Richard Buller, C. Hayes, Sir Edmund Stanfield, W. R. C. Busfeild, William Herbert, Sidney Stewart, John Cardwell, Edward Hervey, Lord A. Sutton, H. 111. Chapman, Aaron Holmes, W. A'Court Tennent, J. E. Chelsea, Viscount Hope, Charles Thornhill, G. Christie, W. D. Hope, G. W. Trench, Sir F. W. Clements, Viscount Humphery, Alderman Tuite, H. M. Clerk, Sir G. Jermyn, Earl Vivian, J. Ennis Cockburn, Sir G. Jocelyn, Viscount Wakley, Thomas Colebrooke, Sir T. Jones, Captain Walker,;Richard Collett, John Kemple, Henry Warburton, H. Coote, Sir C. IL Lawson, Andrew, Wawn, J. T. Corry, Henry Legh, G. C. Welby, G. E. Crawford, IV. S. Lincoln, Earl Wellesley, Lord C. Cripps, William Lockhart, William Williams, William Damer,:Colonel Lyall, George Wortley, James S. Dawnay, W. H. Lygon, General Wortley, John S. Douglas, Sir C. Mackenzie, W. F TELLERS. Duncombe, A. Martin, C. W. Baring, Henry Entivisle, William Mitchell, T. A. Lennox, Lord A. Tenth Clause :—That her Majesty shall be Visitor of New Colleges, and that the power of appointing the Professors shall be vested in her Majesty, her heirs and successors, until the year 1848, and after wards as shall be otherwise provided by Parliament, or in default of any provision to the contrary, in her Majesty, her heirs and succes. sors :—Amendment proposed, page 5, line 1, to leave out front " suc cessors" to the end of the Clause, in order to add the words, " and that on any future vacancy occurring in the Professorships of the in tended Colleges, such vacancy be filled up by such candidate as, after due public examination before competent examiners, hereafter to be appointed, shall be declared by them (being otherwise qualified by character and conduct) to be the most competent to discharge the duties of such Professorships :"—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause." The Committee MAJORITY-AYES, 141. Acland, Sir T. D. Escott, Bickham Manic, Fox Acland, T. D. Fitzroy Henry Meynell, Captain A'Court, Captain Flower, Sir J. Milnes, R. M. Adderley, C. B. Forman, T. S. Mitchell, T. A. Aldarn, William Fremantle, Sir T. Morgan, 0. Baine, Walter Gardner, John D. Morris, David Baring, F. T. Gaskell, J. 31. Mundy, E. 31. Baring, W. B. Gill, Thomas Napier, Sir C. Barrington, Viscount Gladstone, W. E. Newport, Viscount Bateson, Thomas Godson, Richard Nicholl, John Bentinck, Lord G. Gordon, Captain Palmerston, Viscount Bernard, Viscount Graham, Si J. Patten, J. W. Boldero, H. G. Grey, Sir George Peel, Sir R. Borthwick, Peter Grimston, Viscount Peel, Jonathan Bowes, John Halford, Sir 11. Pigot, Sir R. Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, J. 11. Polhill, F. Boyd, John Hamilton, George A. Praed, W. T. Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, W. J. Pringle, Alexander Brotherton, J. Hamilton, Lord C. Pusey, Philip Bruce, Lord E. Harcourt, G. G. Itashle gh, W. Buck, W. L. Harris, Captain Repton, G. W. J. Buller, Charles Ilawes, B. Rous, Captain Bunbury, Thomas Henley, J. W. Sandon, Viscount Burrell, Sir C. Herbert, Sidney Wcott, Frances Cardwell, Edward Holmes, W. A'Court Seymour, Sir H. Carew, W. H. P. Hope, Charles Shaw, Frederick Chelsea, Viscount hope, G. W. Smith, A. Christie, W. D. Hotham, Lord Smith, T. B. C. Clerk, Sir George Inglis, Sir R. H. Somerset, Lord G. Clive, Viscount James, Sir W. C. Spooner, Richard Clive, R. H. Jermyn, Earl Sutton, H. M. Cockburn, Sir G. Jocelyn, Viscount Tancred, H.W., Colebrooke, Sir T. Johnstone, Sir J. Tennent, J. E. Connolly, Colonel Jones, Captain Tower, Christopher Corry, Henry Her, D. S. Trelawny, J. S. Courtenay, Lord Lambton, 11. Trench, Sir F. W. Craig, W. G. Lawson, Andrew Vernon, G. 11. Crawford, W. S. Legh, G. C. Villiers, Viscount Cripps, William Liddell, H. T. Vivian, J. Ennis Darner, Colonel Lincoln, Earl Waddington, M. S. Dawnay, W. H. Lockhart, W. Warburton, H. Denison, E. B. Lowther, Sir J. H. Wawn, John T. Dick, Quintin Mackenzie, T. Wellesley, Lord C. Douglas, Sir C. Mackenzie, W. F. Wortley - , James S. Duncombe, T. M`Neill, Duncan Wortley, John S. Duncombe, A. Mahon, Viscount TELLERS. Egerton, Sir P. Mangles, R. D. Baring, Henry Entwisle, William Martin, C. W. Lennox, Lord A. PROMOTIONS. Commander—D. Roberts (1812) to be retired Captain. Mate—C. M. Shipley (1844) to the rank of Lieutenant. , Mates passed for Lieutenants at the Royal Naval College on Monday—\V. G. Douglas (acting) of the Excellent; G. M. Bal four (acting) of the Hibernia. Marine Cadets—The following passed out of the Excellent on Friday, and will be promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant this week :—W. P. Draffen, C. Pyne, W. J. Kinsman, and J. Bastable. • APPOINTMENTS. Captain—Sir H. Lecke (acting) to the Calliope. Commander—C. F. Schomberg (acting) to the Queen, vice Wonsfold. Lieutenants—S. Fowell and R. C. Whyte to the Crocodile; R. Mc. R. Richardson from the Agincourt to the Castor ; M. Conolly from the Agincourt to the Driver ; G. Newcomen to the Iris ; R. J. Balfour to the Vestal ; H. C. Toby to the Queen ; L. B. Mac kinnon to the Vanguard ; J. A. H. Boyd to the St. Vincent; C. H. Tonge to the Trafalgar ; R. Carter to the Canopus ; L. F. Burrell to the Superb. Masters—J. Jarvis, from the Driver to the Fox, vice Grant, invalided ; G. Rowe from the Agincourt (acting) to the Driver; J. Rogers to the Crocodile; G. A. Williams (assistant) to the Spitfire ; G. H. Hughes (assistant) to the Victory. Paymasters and Pursers—G. C. Buzney, clerk in charge of the Tortoise (acting), to the Alert; T. Dobbin, to the Crocodile. Chaplain—Rev. A Salkeld (and Naval instructor), to the Hi bernia. Mates-0. Borland, to the Queen; H. Boys, to the Vanguard; F. A. Boyce, to the Rodney; J. H. Henderson, to the Canopus. Assistant-Surgeons—J. Campbell, to the Actteon, vice M'Cleuse, promoted ; W. Brice, to the Cuckoo. Naval Instructor—W. D. Grant, to the Vanguard. Midshipmen—T. H. M. Martin, to the Vernon; H. W. Corneck, late of the Carysfort, to the Siren. Clerks—W. H Turner, to the Caledonia, vice Dyer, appointed acting paymaster of the Hecate; J. L. Thorne, to the Albion ; E. Forster (assistant), to the Vulture. Naval Cadets—W. B. Pauli, to the Vernon ; A. Heneage, to the Superb; Hon. H. M. Nelson, to the Rodney ; W. H. Ives, to the Canopus ; W. H. Truscott, to the Rodney ; R. W. Heath. cote, to the Resistance; J. Saumarez, from the Hecate, to the Caledonia, additional. COAST GUARD. Appointments—Lieut S. Morrish, to command a station, vice Travers, appointment cancelled. Removals—Lieut. H. N. Atkinson, from South Yarmouth to Portsmouth.harbour station, vice Allen; F. P. Coull, from Ulam Bay to South Yarmouth, vice Atkinson ; J. Wilcox, from Epple Bay to Barryscove station, vice Keinpthorne, removed. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, JUNE 25.—The Second Chamber of the States 6 eneral in its sitting to. day agreed to the budget of the Depart ment of Foreign Affairs for 1846 and 1847, by a majority of 28 to 19, and to the project of law assigning a sum for unforeseen ex penses by a majority of 34 to 13. The debate on the affairs of the colony of Surinam then com menced, and will be continued this evening. The Minister of Finance has just given notice, being authorised by the King, that the official paper containing the law as the tariff of duties on exportation, importation, and transit, will be pub fished on the 12th of July next, and that the law shall be carried into effect on the I st of August. Ine HAGUE, JUNE 26.—We are happy to learn that entire satisfaction has been given for the illegal proceeding of carrying the Dutch ship the Vromo Johanna into Palamos, and that besides the insertion in the official Gazette of Madrid of an article an nouncing the release of the ship and its cargo, the Spanish Govern ment has expressed its regret at the insult offered to the flag of the Netherlands on this occasion. In the evening sitting of the Second Chamber yesterday the debate was concluded on the address to be presented to the King relative to the affairs of Surinam. Two addresses were proposed, one by the Committee and the other by M. Goltstin. It was resolved by a majority of 24 to 21 that the preference should be given to the address proposed by the Committee. Three amendments to the address were then pro. posed by M. Goltstin and successively rejected. The President then moved that the Chamber should resolve itself into a general Committee, and the President informed the Chamber that he had received several messages from the First Chamber announcing that it had agreed to chapters 1 and 2, and from 4 to 11 of the budget for 1846 and 1847. THE HAGUE, JUNE 27.—A deputation of Members of the two Chambers proceeded to-day in state to the King's Palace, to present to his Majesty the address on the affairs of Surinam. BATAVIA, Fee. B.—According to private accounts from Padang, the state of the west coast of Sumatra in the month of December, in consequence of the opposition of the population to the Nether. lands Government, was much more critical than was at first stated. It appears that the conspiracy to bring about a general rising had been going on for many months, and it is surprising that no Eu ropean discovered the plot. The plan decided on by the rebels was, that all the Europeans in Sumatra should be massacred or expelled ; this hellish plan is not to be considered as partial, but has, doubtless, more ramifications than was supposed. It is to be wished that the military force in Sumatra may be considerably strengthened by European troops, for it may be feared that by the united efforts of the treacherous population of Sumatra, our troops, which are too weak, and stationed too far from each other, may be one day surprised and sacriticed. —Dutch Papers, June 28. DUTCH EUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JUNE 27. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.... •• • ....• 64 644 I,itto, 3 per Cent ••••.••.. • • • • • 78 78% Ditto, 4 per Cent.• 100% 100 3 4 Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent...• • 100 1004 Ditto, 3% per Cent. •••• • • • • ..... • . 9314 9314 Commercial Company, 4 1 / 2 per Cent • • 155 3 1 1564 East India Loan, 4 per Cent.• - • • • 100 1 ,4 100% Exchange on London, at sight • • • • • • 12 30 Two months.. • • • • • • • 12 25 On Hamburgh, at sight •• .. 35 81 Two months.• •• • —Dutch Papers, June 28. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, JUNE 24. Bills. Money. St. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent • • • • • • 100 99% Pruss. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent • • Exchange on London, 2 months• •• • • 6 25% 6 25% —Prussian State Gazette. June 25. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. - - On Thursday, a Commission of Lunacy was opened before Mr. Commissioner Barlow and a jury of eighteen gentlemen of the county of Surrey, of which Thomas Puckle, Esq., was fore man, at the Bridge-house Hotel, London-bridge, to inquire nto the state of mind of Saville Godfrey, Esq., aged 74, de scribed in the commission as of No. 10, Mount-gardens, Lam beth, gentleman. The commission was taken out by Messrs. Hayward, father and son, first cousins of Mr. Godfrey, who in early life was an eminent boat-builder, at Stangate, and latterly known to the _aquatic world under the firm of Godfrey and Searle. There appeared to be no doubt as to the insanity of the unfor tunate gentleman. It was the eustom with Mr. Godfrey to meet his family every Christmas, and he generally took the chair on these festive occasions, doing the honours of the table in the most becoming manner. At the Christmas, 1842, a visible change took place. Instead of sit ting at the head of the table, the chair was taken by Master Coombes, a youth of 16, and. during the feast, Mr. Godfrey mixed brandy with wine, to drink the health of the ladies. He vk as then tremulous, and was soon taken from the room. From this time he acted in a strange manner, and laboured under the impression that he saw figures in the trees, and that men were in the house. Dr. Sutherland raw him on the 29th of April, when he was decidedly insane. lie was of opinion that his mind might have been affected in 1842, from t he evidence he had heard, but it might not have developed itself until a later period. Mr. Godfrey was introduced, and soon gave sufficient evi dence of an impaired intellect. '1 he case was about to be opened on the part of the lunatic by Mr. Coonibes, when-- The foreman of the jury said they (the jury) thought they could save time and expense to all parties if they were allowed to commit for a short time together, MINORITY-NOES, 47. Archbold, Robert Ewart, William Protheroe, Edward Barron, Sir H. Forster, Matthew Rawdon, Col. Bellew, R. M. Gore, Robert Redington, T. N. Blake, M. J. Hamilton, C. J. B. Ross, David R. Bouverie, E. P. Hollarid, Robert Russell, Lord J. Bowring, Dr. Hope, Alexander Sheil, R. L. Browne, R. D. Maher, N. Sheridan, R. B. Browne, W. Manners, Lord J. Smith, Vernon Chapman, Benjamin Martin, John Somers, J. P. Collett, John O'Brien, J. Somerville, Sir W. Curie's, 11. B. O'Brien, W. S. Stuart, Lord J. Dawson, T. V. O'Connell, D. Stuart, W. V. D'Eyncourt, C. T. O'Connell, M. J. Tuite, 11. 31. Dickinson, F. H. O'Connell, J. Dundas, David O'Conor Don TELLERS. Easthope, Sir J. Ogle, S. C. Wyse, Thomas Esmonde, Sir T. Oswald, James Ebrington, Viscount THE THAMES YACHT CLUB. Yesterday the match so long announced in the aquatic sporting circles, to be sailed by the yachts of this club, for a silver cup and cover, presented by Earl Fitzhardinge, came off. His Lordship had made it conditional that the crews of the competing yachts should be entirely composed of members of the club, and that no adveutitious aid should be derived from professional seamen, and such persons as are to be found in the fore.and-aft craft in the river and on the coast. This made the match of more than usual interest, and though accidents were contemplated, and measures taken for their resultF, fortunately none occurred, and the whole match was sailed in a creditable manner. The Topaz steamer conveyed the company, amongst whom were the Duke of Marl borough, Lord Loftus, Lord Lisburne, Sir H. Houghton, &c., from London-bridge to Greenwich, where the match was to commence, and sail thence to Coal.house Point and back to Greenwich. The following are the names of the yachts engaged in the contest, with their tonnage, &c. : The Phantom, 20 toxis ; London. Owner, Mr. A. G. Wil kinson, The Belvidere, Q 5 tons; London. Lord A. Paget. Prima Donna, 25 tons ; London. Mr. C. IL Tatham. Widgeon, London. Mr. T. E. Snook. The start took place at Greenwich at ten minutes past twelve o'clock, the wind blowing tolerably fresh from the western-by-north point of the compass. The Widgeon was the first to get away, but maintained her position only for a moment. The Belvidere took the lead off Blackwell, and kept it till the end of the snatch. She rounded the buoy at Coal-house Point at nine minutes past three o'clock, P.m , and was pursued by the Prima Donna, which rounded at fourteen minutes past three o'clock. The Phantom rounded at fourteen minutes and a half, and the Widgeon at twenty-seven minutes past three o'clock. The match back to Greenwich was not diversified by any incidents. The match was won by Lord A. Paget, In the Belvidere, which rounded the flag buoy at Greenwich at seven o'clock. The Prima Donna came in at six minutes past seven o'clock ; the Phantom at a quarter past that hour, and the Widgeon at ten minutes afterwards. The commodore, Mr. Harrison, presented the cup to Lord A. Paget, and, amidst the cheers of the passengers, his Lordship returned thanks. The snatch altogether was a good one ; the crews were somewhat awkward, but their zeal made up for their nautical de ficiencies, and as a whole the thing came off in good style. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —TO the Ladies.—lt is uni versally acknowledged by every one of taste that how ever beautiful a woman may be, if her hair is deficient either in quantity, quality, or colour, one of her greatest charms is wanting. A complete remedy for all this is to be found by visiting the establishment of Ross and Sons, and choosing either head-dresses that surpass na ture herself, fronts, bands, or ringlets that assist her, or splendid plaits that, encircling the thin hair, give it all the appearance of a luxuriant growth. The partings are so admirably contrived that the nearest inspection is confounded ; the transparency of the web, admitting the skin of the head to be seen through, they may be de scribed as being as light as a feather.—Address Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London, who have lately invented the Depinquitory for cleansing the skin, parting of fronts, &c. [ADVERTISMENT.]—TIIE EYES.-39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly.—Optical Improvements to enable per sons at an advanced age to read with ease, and to discrimi nate objects with perfect distinctness, and Small Acoustic Instruments for relief of extreme deafness, &c. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, have invented Spectacle Lenses, &c., of the greatest transparent power. The valuable avantage derived from this invention over the Spectacles now in common use is, that instead of vision becoming strained, heated, weakened, and in numerous cases seriously in jured, it is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation, and can see with those Lenses of a much less magnifying power, and that which is a matter of the greatest consequence is, that they do not require the frequent changes to further helps. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, Invisible, and all kinds of Acoustic instruments for relief of extreme deafness. Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solcmons, Opti cians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbour hood ; nor in any part of the country. To prevent mis takes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. ADVERTISEMENT.]—A HAND AND ARM COVERED WITH WOUNDS CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS !—Thomas Main injured his hand two years ago in the yard at Northfleet, which in a short time began to swell to an alarming extent, and broke out from the fingers up to the elbow into several ulcers. Not only was this poor man incapable of doing anything for eighteen months, but, what was worse, he had been dis • charged as incurable from an hospital, after being there nine weeks. From this hopeless state has this person been radically cured by Holloway's wonderful Ointment and Pills.—Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, and by all respectable medicine sellers throughout the civilised world. DEATH BY BATHING IN THE THAMES.—Yesterday morning, shortly before seven o'clock, Mr. James Willingham 19 years of age, son of Captain Willingham, belonging to the brig Effingham, lying in the pool, jumped from the vessel into the river, and it is supposed he must have struck his head either against the side of the ship or a hawser of another vessel, as he never afterwards rose. The body was taken by the tide under the tiers of shipping. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, June 30. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day to no less ti lan eighty Bills, among which were the following e--41 :'he Indemnity Bill, the Military Savings' Banks BiII, the Privy Council Bill, the Maynooth College Bill, thee Ca lico Print Works Bill, the Canal Companie* Tolls .1 Bill, the Fresh-water Fishing (Scotland) Bill, the Herat Lble Securities (Scotland) Bill, the Middlesex County-i ate Bill, the Crediton Small Debts Bill, the Battersea V oor Bill, Clerkenwell Improvement Bill, Chester Impre .ve ment Bill, the Claughton-cum-Grange (St. Andre' w's) Church Bill, the Claughton-cum-Grange (St. John the Baptist's) Church Bill, the Cromer Protection ft , 0 DP the Sea Bill, the Neweastle-upon-Tyne Port Bill, Is 4 ldam Harbour Bill, the Southampton Docks Bill, the Bix ken head (Companies) Docks Bill, the Castle-hill (We:t -Verd) Docks Bill, the Hungerford and Lambeth Suspei ision Foot- bridge Bill, the Clifton Bridge Bill, the Stoke-ta pon- Trent Market Bill, the Glasgow Markets Bill, the 1 eud sey Gas Bill, the Devonport Gas and Coke Voull iiany Bill, the Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill, the VII isley Gas Bill, the Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas ST 'Aight Company Bill, the Taunton Gas Bill, the Scarb( 'ugh Water Bill, the Southwark and Vauxhall Watei . Bill, the Huddersfield Water-works Bill, the Nottit t a c4-h am Water-works Bill, the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Wi.atcr works Bill, the Whittle Dean Water-works Bill, th e Shams Water-works Bill, the - Royal Naval School Bill, the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Coal Turn Bill, the 11 emel Hempstead Swell Tenements Bill, the Standard Life Assurance Company Bill, the Edinburgh Life Assuz ante Company Bill, the North British Insurance CeOel any Bill, the West of London and Westminster Cone :cry Company Bill, the Watermens' Company (Poo t's and Endowment Fund) Bill, the Stokenehurch Road Bill, the Duke of Argyle's Estate Bill, Molyneux's .g state Bill, Lord Barrington's Estate Bill, the Leiceste r ‘ree teen's Allotments Bill, the Nottingham Inclosur e and the Spoad (Clun), &c., Inclosure Bill. The Royal Assent was also given to the fo Rol ing Railway Bills : The Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill York and Scarborough Railway Deviation Bill Blackburn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne Ex :tension Rail way Bill Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Junction Raih vay Bill Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway Bill Leeds and Bradford Railway Extension (Shit )ley to Colne) Bill Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway Bill Berks and Hants Railway Bill Yarmouth and Norwich Railway Bill Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction 3ailway Bill Bedford and London and Birmingham Railway 13111 Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway Bill Lowestoft Railway and Harbour Bill Monkland andairkintilloch Railway Bill Newcastle- upon-Ty ne and North Shields Rail way (Tyne mouth Extension, &c.) Bill Ely and Huntingdon Railway 8111 Midland Railways (Nottingham to Lincoln) Bill Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway ] 3ill Hull and Selby (Bridlington Branch) Railway 1 sill Kendal and Windermere Railway Bill Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Keymer I In anch) Bill Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Bill Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley Branc he ard Oldham and Heywood Branches Extension) B 311 Lynn and Ely Railway Bill Midland Railways (Syston to Peterborough) Bi Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway Bill , Whitby and Pickering Railway Bill York and North Midland Railway (Bridlington I 'ranch) Bill The Commissioners were the Lord Chancell or, the Duke of Buccleuch, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon th( f wool sack soon after Five o'clock. SCOTCH BANKING BILL. The Earl of RIPON moved the third reading 'a this Bill. The Earl of RADNOR considered the Bill lEls un necessarily interfering with the present admirable %system of banking in Scotland, and he should be. glad to see any Noble Lord connected with . that country get up in his place and defe od the Bill. The object of the Bill, it was said, was to prevent an increase in the number of leant is, and to restrict a paper currency ; but there vas no necessity for such a measure, for within t b e last fourteen years the number of banks and the am .cunt of paper currency in Scotland had considerably dimi tithed. The Duke of RICHMOND agreed with the a Noble Earl that the measure was most objectionable, a d un necessarily interfered with a system of banking which had for years been working successfully in Scot!: incl. The Earl of ROSEBERRY thought the print tiple as well as the details of the Bill were most objecti =able, and if the Noble Lord determined upon dividi rag the House, he should certainly say non-content to th is third reading. The Earl of RIPON defended the measure. A already restrictions had been placed by the Legislature um ?on the Bank of England, and he confessed he could ,se e no reason why the tame restrictions should not apply *:,'to the existing banks of Scotland. Lord KINNAIRD objected to the Bill, because the averages had been unfairly taken, and he was; quite certain it would, to a considerable extent, limit t Ile cir culation of gold in Scotland. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH approved of the Bill ; and, so far from thinking it would do any injury' to the existing system of banking in Scotland, he was; quite convinced it would place the banks of that counts 7 upon a more wholesome and firm basis. After a few words of explanation from the Lit eke of Richmond, the Earl of Radnor, and the Earl of Dal housie, their Lordships divided, when there appear ed— For the Bill . 47' Against it . Majority for the Bill —32 The Bill was then read a third time and passed. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. SANATORY REGULATIONS. The Marquis of NORMAN BY presented a petition numerously signed by medical men practising in the me tropolis, praying their Lordships to establish some sana tory regulation for large towns. The Noble Marquis expressed his regret that the measure announced in the speech from the throne for in quiring into the sanatory regulations of large towns had nut been brought forward, and expressed a hope that something would be done before the next session for establishing some central machinery for effecting the I object in view. The Duke of BUCCLEUCCI said a Bill ha been prepared on the subject, but the state of public btasiness in another place had prevented Government from ',intro ducing it into Parliament. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. Lord CAMPBELL, in pursuance of notice, wished to ask the Noble Earl the President of the Board of 'Trade whether Government were prepared to adopt some steps for preventing abuses in railway amalgamation? The Noble Lord sai 1 the practice of amalgamating competing railways had lately been carried on to an enormous extent, and in many instances to the great injury of the public. In seine cases these amalgamations were effected before one of the lines was sanctioned by Parliament, and he should be glad to know whether some steps could not be taken by the Legislature for protecting the public against injury from those amalgamations. The Earl of DALHOUSIE admitted the importance of Parliament interfering, to prevent the public from sustaining injury from their amalgamation, but he thought the law, as it at present stood, was quite sufficient to effect that. The two Companies effecting the amalgama tion, were compelled to come to Parliament for powers to sanction the union, and Parliament ought to take that opportunity of scrutinising, and, if necessary, of cur tai:ing the powers proposed to be taken by the promoters of the amalgamation. Lord BROUGHAM repudiated the existing practice of amalgamating new with old railway companies, and remarked that the amalgamation was not always con fined to two railways. Not unfrequently it was a canal that was united with the railway, and in such a case the canal was invariably filled up, for the protection of the railway. After a few words from the Marquis of CLAN RICARDE, who presented a petition on the subject, the matter dropped. JURORS' BOOKS IN IRELAND. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a Bill entitled an Act for making further regulations for more effec tually securing the correctness of the jurors' books in Its land, which was read a first time. The Bishop of DURHAM presented a petition from his own diocese in favour of the Bill for amending the law of marriage in England and Scotland. RAILWAY CLAUSES COSOLIDATION (SCOT LAND) BILL. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved their Lordships to adopt the reasons of the House of Commons for striking out the clause giving compensation under certain circumstances to road trustees in Scotland. Unless their Lordships agreed to these reasons the Noble Earl said the Bill would be lost, and he could not allow so important a Bill to drop for the sake of such a clause. The Duke of RICHMOND complained that the ques tion relating to the turnpike trusts of Scotland had not been really and well discussed in the House of Commons. There was a vast difference between the road trustees of Scotland and those of England, and he certainly thought the former were entitled to the compensation given to them by the Bill. The Earl of . KINNOUL said the road trustees of Scotland had incurred heavy responsibilities for the sake of the public, and he certainly thought they were just as much entitled to compensation from a railway company as the landholders, whose property was required for the purposes of the proposed railway. The Duke of MONTROSE agreed that the road trustees of Scotland were entitled to compensation, but, under all the circumstances, he thought it advisable to pass the Bill without the clause. Lord CAMPBELL remarked that it would be com petent for a committee to introduce a special clause into a private Bill for giving the road trustees in Scotland compensation for the injury they might receive from the course of a proposed railway, and, upon second Conside rations, he could see no reason why they should not strike out the clause objected to by the Commons. After a few words from the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Dalhousie, and Lord Brougham, the reasons of the House of Commons were agreed to. IRISH BANKING BILL. The Earl of RIPON moved the second reading of the Irish Banking Bill, and expressed a wish to have the discussion on the Bill postponed till Thursday, when he should move the committal of the Bill. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE had ne objection to the course proposed by the Noble Earl. He entirely approved of the principle of the Bill, and only differed with some of its details. The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed on Thursday. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RA. ILWAY. The Duke of RICHMOND brought up the report of the Committee Bill. The report, which was re ceived, re endesl Lordsehips to pass the Bill. Seve * ' ,7 on th a, table were then advanced a stage„ :lfeirhips "4tdjournet:. • -"iItITISE OP - 01111111ONS: dune 30.. Th — trEs.ltilt took '.4.l4:Ctieir shortly before' ,Four o'cloC Soo afterwhich Sir - AugtiAus Clifford, the Ushet of the Blapg• 'rod; appeared_atthe table, and summoned the House to ThiaTiolliSilOQl/rs, to hear the Royal asse nt given to several public and private Bills. The SPEAKER on his return announced that he had been to the Lords, and had heard the Royal Assent given to several public and private Bills (for which see Lords' report). NEW WRIT—THE NEW ATTORNEY-GENERAL. A new writ was ordered to bo issued for the borough of Abingdon, in the room of Sir F. Thesiger, who has accepted the office of her Majesty's Attorney-General. The reports of the following Bills were then brought up, and ordered to be committed—namely, the Bermond sey Improvement, the Forth and Clyde ,Navigation and Union Canal Junction, the Birmingham sod Gloucester (Worcester Branch and Cheltenham Extension) Rail way, and the London and Brighton OVA ndsworth branch) Railway. The following Bills were read a third tune and cassed:—The Cockermouth and Workington Railway, the Wear Valley Railway, the Middlesborough and Redear Railway, the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway, the Preston and Wyre Railway Branches. The Lord's Amendments on the following Bills were considered and agreed to :—The Dundee Waterworks', the /22e.ekburn Waterworks, the Kendal Reservoirs, the Manchester Court of Record, the London and Green wich Railway., the North British Railway, and the Bel -1 fast and Ballytk;ma Railway. Mr. OSWALD.wnoved " that in the case of the Glasgow Junction Railway V2ll, a copy of the memorials (if any) presented to the Bean; of Admiralty, with reference to the crossing of the Rive: Clyde, and the reports and evidence (if any) laid before ,the Board, or before the Tidal Harbour Commission, and the minutes of proceed ings had thereon, as well as ail correspondence between the promoters or opponents of the Rill, or other parties, and the Admiralty, on the subject of be proposed cross ing of the river by the railway ; and the communica tions (if any) which have been made from that Board to the Committee on the Bill, be laid before this House." The motion was agreed to. Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition front the inhabitants of Lends, complaining of the tyrannical proceedings of Rosas on account of his interference with the commerce on the River Plate, South America. NOTICE OF MOTION. Mr. HUME gave notice that he should postpone his motion respecting the Raja of Sattara to this day three weeks. THE OYSTER FISHERIES. Sir CHARLES LEMON inquired of the Vice-Presi. dent of the Board of Trade, whether it was the intention of the Government to bring forward, with a view to its enactment in the present session, a Bill to prevent exces sive dredging for oysters during the breeding season; by which practice, as has been abundantly proved, the oyster beds are often seriously injured, and may be ow. tirely destroyed? Sir G. CLERK said that no measure on the subject would be introduced this session. He was of opinion that this interference with the oyster trade would ma terially affect the supply to the metropolis. After a few words from Sir C. LEMON, the subject dropped. STATE OF IRELAND. On the order of the day for the House resolving itself into Committee on the Colleges (Ireland) Bili f Sir EDMUND HAYES said that, in pursuance of the notice standing on the paper, he had to ask a question of the Right Honourable Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department as to the present disturbed state of Ireland. He wished to know whether the powers at present possessed by the Executive Government were considered sufficient to put down the system of outrage and murder which was carried on in that un fortunate country—a system ca,yrying terror and dismay into the hearts of the peaceabi: portion of the com munity.—(Cheers.) If the Govern.Thent said that they required other powers, he should Ow to know what those powers were? Mr. B. OSBORNE said that before tlut.t question was answered, and to save after trouble, he should wish to know what part of Ireland the Hon. Member referred to? Sir E. HAYES said it was quite evident tl:at he re ferred to those counties which were the scones of those disturbances. Mr. B. OSBORNE—Name them. Sir E. HAYES—Cavan and others. _ _ Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that her Majesty's Go vernment had felt as much anxiety as the Hon. Member emit,' possibly do, respecting what was going forward in the counties of Wicklow, Cavan, and Fermanagh. He could inform the Hon. Member that every effort had been made to repress the outrages and crimes that unfortunately prevailed. They had recently increased both the military and police forces in those counties, and it was to be hoped this step had done some thing to arrest the progress of this deplorable state of' affairs. He quite agreed with his Hon. Friend that neither politics or religion had anything to do with this unfortunate state of things. He had been infurmed that. a meeting of both the laity and clergy of these counties, without distinction of denomination, was about to take place, at which measures would be devise lfor co-operating with the civil and military powers. He did not despair but with this the existing powers would be quite suffi cient to secure the peace of those districts. At present, however, he was not prepared to advise any othercourse. ACADEMICAL EDUCATION (IRELAND) BILL. The order of the day for going into Committee was read. Mr. J. O'CONNELL presented a great number of petitions against this Bill ; the number of signatures attached to them he stated to be 300,000. Mr. ROSS said he wished to correct a statement that had been made in a former debate, respecting the Pro fessor of Greek, in the College of Belfast, teach ing Arian doctrines. He was instructed to state .that the Reverend Mr. Bruce had never, on any oe s easion whatever, taken advantage of his position as professor to inculcate Arian doctrines. This he (M.^. Ross) thought it was necessary to state in order that 11 - 00. Members might go into Committee with e perfect untlerstanding respecting this point. Mr. S. (YDRIEN said that he bad already stated his belief that the Bill would be the subject of endless revision if the House undertook fully to consider it. He was convinced that if he endeavoured to discuss it his labour would be unavailing, and he thought, therefore, that he should best consult the convenience of the House by stating thus early his objections to the details of the Bill. Without expecting to modify the details of the measure, he should have at least the satisfaction of having performed his duty to the House aud his coun try. He admitted the importance of education, and great and pressing as was the physical suffering of the people, he admitted that the education of the present generation might lead to a diminution of that suffering in those that were to follow. He would, however, remind the House of the measures which were recom mended by his Hen. and Learned Friend the Member for Cork, and those recommended by the Com mission of Inquiry ; and he felt that they were destined to pass another session without seeing any measure introduced fur the diminution of the suffering, the exist ence and the extent of which was acknowledged by all. He would also remind the House, that several years ago the Commissioners of Education in Ireland said that it would require the annual sum of 200,0001. a year to pro vide education for the people of Ireland. He would take this opportunity of saying that he preferred a mixed education, and objected altogether to the ex treme opinions held forth by the Archbishop of Tuam on the one side, and the Archbishop of Armagh on the other. Classical and mercantile education were, he thought, sufficiently provided for in Ireland, but there certainly was a deficiency of scientific instruction. He did not object to the amount of the grant proposed by the Government, which he thought liberal. The friends of united education in Ireland opposed the measure because it provided for the religious instruction of neither; and the friends of separate education opposed it because all sects would be amalgamated without the possibility of Christianising any. The Irish people were essentially a religious people, and it therefore was in cumbent on the guardians of the Roman Catholic mue lation of the country to approach the House with e demand for the appointment of a Roman Catholic, chaplain. But the Bill, as at present framed, provided for the religious instruction of neither Protestant or Catholic ; and though it contemplated and sanctioned voluntary endowment, such a contin gency was very uncertain ; and if it did not oecur, as he believed would be found to be the case, no provision whatever would be made. He thought the plan which had been suggested by the Roman Catholic Prelates was one of the best which he had heard, and he was persuaded that nothing but the Anti-Catholic prejudices of that House prevented its being adopted. The Noble Lord the Member for Hert ford had proposed another plan, namely, that fees should be demanded from every student. That proposal also had been rejected. The Catholic Bishops de. manded for the Catholic students protection front all interference with their religious tenets. He thought they would admit that that body was fully justified in the jealousy which they felt with respect to this Act, as in the Executive Government there was not a single Roman Catholic. They went on to say that the Act allowed Roman Catholics to be eligible for the chairs of geology, moral philosophy, and history, as well as other professorships; and in some of these, as in geology, he did not see that any point of differ ence could arise between Roman Catholics and Pro testants ; but still it was well that they should secure the students from the contagion of infidelity. He had thus endeavoured to show that the remonstrance made against the Bill by the Roman Catholic hierarchy of Ireland was perfectly justifiable, and that it ought to receive the consideration of Government. He did not think that the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department could be considered the most fitting judge of what was necessary for the education of the Irish people. He could scarcely be thought the. most able person to decide on the merits of the persons of either faith, who might be candidates for these professor.. ships. And yet the Right Hon. Gentleman reserved to himself the power of making these appointments. The next clause conferred an additional power, for it gars the body of professors power to appoint teacher. in Galway, Cork, and other counties in connexion; with those Universities. But it was said that the tight Hon. Baronet might, if he saw fit, reconsider tbit*rt Of the Act in 1848. Now, with respect to that, bethought that the power of doing so existed in Parliament, and therefore this reservation was perfectly un nec essary. He should take that opportunity of saying that a measure ought to be brought forward for opening the Queen's College in Dublin to the Roman Catholics. Why ehottici I rdson, I total Lyle of by the rn the ; day :es for tercial there rks in )f the o the ng an ed to nt.-- need 'dery th on Ford. and WWI Hon. e not