The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-16 00:00:00

Dlvidond Amount Namo of Company. per of Annum. Shitre. j Paid. Price. Zommercial ....... last and Wost India Zast Country ... London St Katharine . Southampton .£ a. d. I -7"--- £s. d. - };81. per cent. Stock. .. 5%1. pr cent. Stock. 140 •. ,' 11. per sh. 100 0 0 21 • • ..... ••,4% /. pr cent. S tock. 116 ••..• . I & per cent. Stack. 108 ••• • • • 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 LIST OP SCOTTISH Conotpal s Tr Es , PR ICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Annum. Share. Paid. Price ---- 100 0 0 17s .£ s. d. x s. A. Bank of Scotland ...• • GI. per cent. 100 169 100 0 0 . Royal 'dank of Scotland 6/. per cent. British Linen Company 8i per c en t. Commercial Bank ... • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 228 National Bank ...... .. 6/. per cent. 0 0 170 10 0 0 16 Union Dank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 Western Bank ........ 61. per cent. 50 0 0 9893 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 7% Clydesdale Bank .•.. • • GI. per cent. __ 10 0 0 15 1 ' Eastern Batik .••• • • • • 31. per cent. 15 0 0 11 % C a ledonian Bank •• 61. per cent. 210 0 n.,, Ediiin.ft Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 50 0 7 ,- ,4 City of Glasgow Bank . Si. per cent.' • 815 0 14% S co ttish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 120 0 0 10 0 1U Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14 1 4 Insur. CD. of Scotlnd• • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10 North British Insur. • • 91. per cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27% Caledonian Eire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 Edin. & Glasg. Railway 5/.percent. 50 0 0 50.0 0 66 Ditto, X Shares •• • • 43¢1. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 11% Min., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 15% (Raspy & Ayrshir Rail. 4341. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 60% Glasgw&Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 19 Glegvr&Garairk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 3734 DudNe&ATbrothßail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 Ali paid. 3634 RAILW AY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Group F. The Committee re- assembled at twelve o'clock this day, the Right Hon. F. Shaw in the chair, and" proceeded with the inquiry into THE LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAF- FORDSHIRE RAILWAY. Mr. P. Clarke examined. by Mr. Hom—Has been in the service of the Midland Railway Company. Was super intendent of the general traffic on the line. The amount of goods traffic taken on part of that line was 20,000 tons per year. It has lately amounted to 50,000 tons per year. This quantity passes up to Birming ham from the Midland line and the Grand "Junction. The change of gauge at Gloucester had greatly diminished the traffic. The delay has been so great that the canal took the greatest part of the goods traffic. There is coining from the Gloucester line 10,000 tons of salt per annum -7,200 were brought by the narrow gauge. Bringing up the broad gauge to Rugby will greatly diminish the coal traffic on the Midland line. The traffic in goods must be lost to the railway on the change of guage, inasmuch as the waggons to local parts would reach their journey's end by the time the transhipment could take place. The tranship ment should take place where the break of gauge occurred The witness was not cross-examined. Mr. Wm. Hanson, examined by Mr. Horls manager of traffic on the Eastern Counties Railway. That line proceeds to Colchester 51 miles, and to Bishop Stortford 32 miles, and further on, making in the whole 85 miles. There had been a change of gauge, which cost the Company 50,0001. This change of gauge was occasioned in consequence of coming in contact with other lines—the Yarmouth and Norwich and the Northern and Peterborough—these lines being on the narrow gauge. The Eastern Counties anticipated the great delay which would arise, and consequently changed their line from the broad to the narrow gauge. Some mechanical contrivance had been suggested to remedy - the inconvenience which would arise, but the Company thought it better to ' alter the gauge at once. The larger earriages fer traffic were most inconvenient for short stations, as more hands were required to shift the goods. This transhipment took place more especially at short stations, in conse quence of there being goods in the carriages destined for other parts of the line. His objection to the large trucks was on commercial grounds; they occasioned great delay and considerable expense without any advantage. The Eastern Counties line travelled' thirty-two miles in a time varrying from thirty-seven to forty-one or forty-two minutes. This speed commenced within the last three weeks, and it was perfectly safe and convenient to passengers. The former rate was twenty-five miles, in the same time. For the last three years gentlemen going to the races were taken at the higher speed, and they were well satisfied with the mode of conveyance and the safety of their lives.—(Great laughter.) From this increased rate of speed the Company had no ap prehension of danger; in point of steadiness, the narrow gauge was as safe as the broad gauge lines. Cross-examined by Mr. Cocxnunx—The speed just men tioned was the same on the North Eastern. There were two trains running daily at that rate of speed. The two trains were independent of the mail trains. The first left at a quarter past nine, and the other in the evening. The time this rate of speed actually commenced for general passenger traffic was on the Ist of May inst. Attached to that train are the luggage-trucks, and a horse-box, and it was intended to run during - the year. The junction with the other lines was effected through the points, and the carriages which stop at that place were shifted into the sidings. The traffic was very large in hay, wool, malt, and flour. It was carried on four-wheel waggons ; all the six-wheel waggons on the line were about to be done away with, inasmuch as the smaller and lighter carriages answered best. Mr. George Hudson, chairman of the Midland Coun ties Company, examined by Mr. Ausnx—The Mid land Rail Way to Derby, Birmingham, Rugby, and other places will establish a communication with the whole north of England and Scotland, now that the Hull and Selby line is leased to the Midland Company. Was of opinion that the identity of gauge should be kept up on the present line, If by experience he found the broad gauge necessary to the advantage of the public, he would recom mend it; and on the other hand, if the traders approved of the narrow gauge, would favour its adoption. Thought the narrow gauge would give as much convenience to the public as the broad one. In respect of speed, as much could be accomplished by . the narrow as the broad gauge, with as much safety and convenience to the public ; meant on the North Midland line more parti cularly. On the 2d of September last, on the York line they took 960 tons of manufactured goods on two trains, and they had subsequently taken 95 waggons with one en gine, there being about four . tons of goods in each waggon, the latter being three tons each in weight, making a total of 665 tons to one train. Took down about thirty-four carriages with one engine for about ten miles, at which part of the line there are thirty trains running daily. It was done with the greatest safety. The receipts of the North Midland last year were 600,0001., or very near that sum, and it might be set down at that per annum. Where an additional engine was re quisite to get the goods train down in time no company could be so foolish as to object to put it on, for the public paid in return by the increased traffic. By the CHAnarAx—The cost of an additional engine was not more than 300/. per year to any company, and it was an item too small to prevent them adopting the extra power in cases of necessity. ----- • By Mr. IloPE—lt was to the interest of the companies generally to supply an extra train in an emergency. On the Midland Railway for ten miles of the line, Normanton to Leeds,• there were sent daily 5,000 tons of goods, and that quantity could be doubled with the greatest safety. Had not the least doubt the present traders were in favour of the narrow gauge, and the traffic would be greater on that than on the broad gauge. At present they ran down from London to York in seven hours and a half, and to Newcastle in ten hours and a half, which is three hundred miles. The latter could be done in nine hours with great safety. They were the first to introduce two large engines on the line, which would run away with twelve carriages in no time.—(Laughter.) A transhipment of goods at any place was a great inconvenience. With reference to Bristol the transhipment of goods would be of less consequence there than at Birmingham, inasmuch as there would be less goods to tranship at Bristol. Mr. Hudson was briefly cross-examined by Mr. COCK BURN, but nothing of sny interest was elicited. Mr. James Bhuidd, of Swansea, Vice-Chairman of the Welsh Midland Railway, gave evidence in favour of the narrow gauge. Mr. Muntz, M.P., examined by Mr. Ausm—Attended a meeting held at Birmingham in reference to a continuation of one gauge from Bristol to Birmingham. Was largely con nected with merchandise at Birmingham. The merchants at that place were greatly interested in having an unbroken gauge, but they did not care which gauge was adopted. Com•• petition was very good at present, but not where three rail ways competed. It could be better managed by an Act of Parliament. Mr. AUSTIN informed the Committee that Mr. Stephen son, their engineer, was under examination in another room, and he trusted they would adjourn till Monday. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday. Group V. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Probart, a butcher in Newark, bought beasts in the districts around Newark, which he chiefly sent to the Rother ham market. The railway would lessen his expenses at least one-half, besides preventing the great deterioration of his cattle consequent on the fatigues of a three days' journey. Richard Greenall. thread manufacturer at Mansfield, said that at present he suffered great loss from the uncertainty of the commuuication with Lancashire. The railway would remedy that evi!. Henry' Morris, land-agent and maltster in the town of Mansfield, corroborated the last witness's evidence. Charles Lindley, Mansfield, the owner of quarries which supplied the New Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar-square, and.severalpublic monuments with stone, produced specimens of the several qualities. The expense of carriage was at present 16s. 6d. per ton, and the railway would carry for 4s. 4d. 7 jj iris 12bition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES From the Official List, l'Inill4MIRD EVERY TVESD4Y AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 16. RAILWAYS. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. X N. d. 1 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 29 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 13 4 6 13 4 50 0 0 25' 0 0 54' 0 0 11 10 0 'l2 10 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 30 0 0 Ino 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 .50 0 0 I 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 32 0 0 25 0 0 16 13 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 13 15 9 9 0 0 12 15 4 18 17 2 41 6 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 5 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 ft) 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 33 2 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 G 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0, 20 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Nave ef Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. .--.... £ s. d. £ a. d. Australasia ...... •• • • el. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 4234 Ilritsh North Asnericair 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45% Commercial of London 1 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 Colonial.•• •• ••-. • • •. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 151,4 I t oudn and Westminstr Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 2714 London Joint-Stock ..• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.. EL per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 49% Ditto, ........Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 2134 Nat. Provincial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 8 35 0 8 37% Ditto, New.• •••• • • • * 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.. • . - 25 0 0 25 0 0 26 Union of London... • . 5 / 4 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12% INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per 'of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. , £ s. d. £ s. d. 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 72)6 Albion . • • • • • • • • • • • • • Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 Ditto Marine.- •••.• • • • 61. 61. per cent, 100 0 0 5S 8 6% Atlas .• • ............. 138. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 16% British Commercial - 7s. per share 50 8 0 50 0 7 Cloricl,Med. & Gen. Life Si.. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6% 3/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Crown .. ...... .. .. .. f 99 - a nd I 40 - 0 0 5 0 0 10 61. ss. bs. 6s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Economic Life f 5 per ct.,} 1000 0 0 250 0 0 &30s.bs. Eng. & Scot. Law Life-- 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% European Life - ••• •• • 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - 20 Freemasons' ..... -- . • bl. per cent. 20 0 0 3 p 0 Globe - 142 Guardian - .... .. .. .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50 1 ,( 1 Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 200 Imperial Life. - - .... 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine. •.. 1/. sh. & be. 100 0 0 ..5. 13 1 30 Law Life • ....... - - U. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 4.5% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% London Fire ••••• • • • . 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 1 ,E London Ship Marine ••••••• • • • • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10% Med. Invlid& Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 - 0 0 3 National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% National Life.. -•• . • • 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 91 34 Palladium Life ...... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% Phoenix ••..-..• • . • • • • 3/. p. ct. & bs. - - 195 Protector Life .• • • 5/. per ceat. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 2s. Provident Life.. •-• • • IL ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 Rock Life. ..... .... .. 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4% Boyal - Exshange .... • • 3/. per cent. Stock. - 188 Sun Fire .. ..... - - Ditto Life ... .. ..... 11. Gs. - - Universal Life • • ..... 10%1. pr cnt. 100 0 615 0 14 DOCIES. Name of Company. Aberdeen ••.• • .. ...1 Armagh, •Coleraine, & Portrush Birmingham & Gloster Ditto, litw, iss. 71 dis. Do. Kali Shares .. Brighton, Lews,&liast. 'Bristol and Exeter • • • • 2/.l6s.per sh :Do. wow ......, ,„ Ditto and Glouceatir, Caledonian ..... - Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead Chichester & Brighton Churnet Valley .• • • • Coventry, Bedworth, & 4/. As. per sh. 1!. Nuneaton • • • • • • • • Coventry and Laieester Cornwall ........ •• • Direct Northern • • • • • • Direct Norwich • • • • • • • & Ynxith Dubliu,Se Selfast June. Ditto nick tialwaY • • Do:Atid Ittillingar • • Zbriteintotintils D:Li:Perpetual, No. ..Dim ditto, No: "••• .17.ast:eni Union inburghAi.: * Glasgow ARO, Quarter` Shares; • DO. New,Quatters Nly afidlhidtbrd Griuid Jfinction ' Ditto,: Half Shares *e. per sh. 21. 5s p. sh. lls 3d pr eh taper ct lot. pee - ct. 101. per ct. Ditto, Quarter Shares St.Southem &Western Do. Exteniiiiii;, • Do. Additional.... • • Great North of England Ditto, New .• • • -• • • Great Western Ditto, Half . Shares . - Ditto, Fifths.. • • • Guildford, Farnham, & 61. Os. p. sh 1/. p. sh. Si. per ct. Si. per et. 81. per Portsmouth •• • Hull and Gainsboroegh Hall and Selby .• • •• • • ;31. 10s. pr. sh. Ditto, Quarter SharesJ7s. 6d. pr sh Do. Half Shares .... Kendal & Windermere) Kentish Coast • . • . • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford... Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto, Half Shares. • Ditto, Quarter Shares London & Birmingham Ditto, New Thirds.. Ditto, New M Shares London and Blackwell London and Brighton.. Do. Consolidated Sths Condon and Croydon Ditto, Guarntd. 5 p. c. Londoi. and Greenwich Ditto, Pref. or Priv • • London and S. Western Do., New Cons. Sths Ditto, New • Do. New • • .. • • • • • • London and licirk Lndonderry & Coleraine 91. percent. 9/. per cent. 91. per cent. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 6s. ,31. Os. per sh 16s. per eh, 4L. per share 10s. pr. sh. Do. & Enniskillen .. Lynn and Ely •••••• Do. & Derehava • • • • anchester and Leeds Ditto, Half Shares.. Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, SLeteenths Manchestr & Binning. Ditto, Quarter Shares Midland . • . • • . • • • • • • . Ditto, Fifty • Do. New •••.• . • • • . Ditto, Birm. tr. Derby Newcastle & Berwick Newcastle & Newcstle & Dan. Junc.l Do. Nww Brandlingl Newry & Enniskillen.. Newark and Sheffield.. North British 51.1,28. per sh, l 21. Is. per sh. 121. per share. 61. per cent. ,11.145.6d.p.c. 111.0 s. per vb. 1/. per share. 1/.145.10d.p.s Do. New . • • • Northern and Eastern Ditto, Scrip, iss.ae.d Ditto. Quarter Shares North Rent •.• • • • North Wales. Norwich and Brandon. Ditto, New • • • • .• • • • Oxford & Worcester • • Preston and Wyre • • Richmnd & W. E. June. Rugby• • . • • ....... • • • Scottish Central ••• • • Do. Magni. ...... • Sheffield and Lincoln - • Sheffield & Manchestrl Ditto, Quarter Shares! South Devon ... • • •• • • South-Eastern & Dovr. 1/.108.6d.p.5. Ditto, New iss. 32/.dis. 2g, 10d. p. sh Do. New, No. 2 • • • • Do. New, No. 3 South Walee . • ...... • Staines and Richmond Trent Valley • • • • • • • • Trent Valley and Holy head Junction • • • • • • Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall— • • Yarmouth & Norwich. Ditto, New Tork & North Midland Ditto, Half Shares.. Do., Scarbro' Branch Ditto, Selby Scrip .. Ditto, Extension .... Bordeaux and Toulouse 21. 5s 15s. 4s. 6d. 101. per et. 101. per et. 10/. per ct. Do. and Cette Boulogne and Amiens. Dieppe and Pails June. Qt. Northern of France Lyons and Avignon.... Orleans and Vierzon Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) Do. (Ganneron's).... Do. (Calon's) • • •• • • Paris and Strasbourg .. Paris & St. Quentin .. Paris and Orleans..... Paris and Rouen ...... Royal North of Spain.. lteuen and Havre .... Sambre and Meuse.... Strasbourg and Bale .. Tours & Nantes (Mac kenzie's) .• .... • Do. (Levevres) Paid. X s. d. 2 10 0 1 7 6 100 0 0 17 10 0 3 0 0 20 0 0 70 0 0 2 0 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 0 0 1 5 0 1 5 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 14 16 0 4 13 4 0 13 4 10 0 0 1 10 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 1 5 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 7 6 50 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 1 10 0 1 7 6 15 0 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0• Stock. 2 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 16 0 0 6 0 0 12 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 .0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 1 7 6 73 0 0 32 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 40 0 0 4 0 0 Stock. 2 0 0 2 0 0 Stock. 1 10 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 0 12 10 0 2 15 0 1 5 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 1 10 0 1 5 0 82 10 0 8 0 0 2 10 0 15 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 6 1 0 0 1 5 0 20 0 0 11 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 14 0 0 4 0 0 14 0 0 .Group X. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Dr. Hall, and Mr. Evelyn Denison, M.P., bore testimony to the advantages that would accrue to other towns by the formation of the proposed line. Mr. White, who described himself as a farmer, surveyor, collector, auctioneer, bone dealer, baker, and about six other trades, lived at East Retford, and knew the district well. He was sore the London and York line would .be beneficial to the country through which it would pass. - After some further evidence, The Committee adjourned until to-morrow. Group DD.' THE CALEDONIAN, AND THE GLASGOW, DUM FRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAYS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Munoz . called Mr. Williamson, mining engineer, who was cross-examined by Mr. ANDREWS—Mr. Williamson said he had been engaged for thirty-five years in his pro fessional capacity by Lord Wemyss, Lord Elgin, and others, and could corroborate in every particular all that had been stated by the previous witness as to the quality and quantity of coals and minerals from various places through which the Caledonian line would pass. Mr. Thomas Nimmo, coalmaster, was next examined—He deposed that the coals obtained from the Wilsontown works was usually sold for 4s. per ton at the pit's mouth, and the average price of it at Edinburgh, including expense of carriage, &c., was from 17s. to 18s. per ton. He bad a thorough knowledge of the limestone strata in the neigh bourhood of the railway. Lime was generally discovered lying in beds on the surface of the coal, and was usually raised with it. The selling price of the lime at the different works averaged from 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per ten, and great quantities of it were disposed of at those prices for agricultural purposes. In his judgment, the ironstone from the locality of Wilsontown would be used for the supply of the iron works to the west. He. believed that the interests of the mineral, proprietors in that district were considerably crippled owing to the defi cient means of communication at present existing, and he had no difficulty in saying, that if the proposed line were - constructed the result would be generally beneficial. Mr. N. Wood coal-master, gave evidence as to the scanty supply of coals to the districts lying south. The -calculation fur the quantity of parrot, or gas-coal, consumed in Scotland was based on the assumption that for every ten persons one ton would be used ; and the gas-coal was at present obtained from the neighbourhood of the Lothian hills. This witness corroborated generally what had fallen from the previous witnesses. Mr. Taylor, coal-viewer and engineer, in the county of Northumberland, merely deposed as to the correctness of the statements made before the Committee. The examination of the last witness concluded the evi dence for the promoters, as far as the item of minerals was concerned. Mr. SANDFORD then called Mr. Mitchell, farmer, Lanark shire, who spoke as to the traffic in cattle. lie said that the principal thoroughfare for cattle from north to south was in the line laid down by the Caledonian Company, and that the railway would afford every facility for their conveyance. The quantity of sheep annually exposed for sale in the great market at Inverness taken to 100,000, which, when sold, were generally se a u n t d h. Oc T to h b e er. fairs T n were n held mbe r during ri theseng t haeh esheep months whicho f Sep tember pro ceeded toll along the Gl asgow and Carlisle road, and f or wh i c h' was paid, averaged about 25 000 . The quantity on which toll was paid from the Doun market was 27,000. The present expense of travelling , driver's wages, and maki ng allowance for deterioration on the road, was estimated at 181. 6s. for 11. 7s. 6d per score. The time occupied in the 200 sheep, or at Falkirk to Glasgow was gene ra ll y a ten e journey fr om and Doun markets chiefly , supplied Glasgowys. The Falkirk with cattle, to the extent of 54,000 annually ; and the proposed railwa y for them, afford a good means of conveyance them, as they were bulky animals, and werer generally shoed for their journey along the roa d. T he assumed expense of driving cattle to Carlisle, including tolls, men's 'wages, deterioration, &c., averaged at present about 148. 4d. per head. The estimated number of milch cattle that would be transmitted by the railway was 10,000 heads, which quantity included the cattle sent from Dumbarton. A large portion of these beasts were supplied to the Appleby market. They were usually driven by way of Hamilton, Lismahago, and thence through Glasgow to Car lisle. Great quantities of fat cattle were transmitted from the upper wards of Lanarkshire and Peebles-shire, the whole of which would most certainly be conveyed by railway if that i lit y were afforded. The average number of cattle which passed down the Clyde-road from the Glasgow market was from 200 to 300 a week ; and a great quantity also went along the Carlisle road. Travelling by road injured the animals mat e rially, and sometimes deteriorated from their price in the market. The witness further stated, that from hi,s know ledge of the trade he considered there was 5. large and in creasing traffic between Lanark and Glasgow. He had also furnished the information to Mr. Pare, from which that gentleman had prepared the tables of cattle traffic, and was satisfied that they were generally correct, and afforded a fair estimate of the extent of the present trade. Several other witnesses were examined, who all gave cor roborative testimony to the foregoing evidence, and with their statements the proofs for the cattle traffic were con eluded.—The Committee then adjourned. Group E. THE NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK LINE. The Committee this morning proceeded to hear the evi dence of Mr. Stephenson, engineer, in favour of the New castle and Berwick locomotive line of railway. He stated that on a single line of locomotive railway there would be as much likelihood of accidents as on an atmospheric line, if the points and crossings were not attended to. Nothing could be more dangerous than siding rails ; there were several acci - dents from them on the Birmingham line, in conseqnence of which they had to be done away with altogether. There was no arrangement existing on a single line which he considered exempt from danger. Mr. Cubitt's plan, he was of opinion, would not obviate the danger which might occur. The meeting points which he proposed to adopt en the Newcastle and Berwick lines would not lead to any danger. In his judgment, the Northumberland line of railway, as repre sented, could not be worked with any degree of convenience according to the locomotive system. It was capable of being traversed by a locomotive engine, but no engineer would lay down such a line as Mr. Brunel's for that purpose. As to the comparative expense of working the lines, that of the atmospheric line would exceed-that of the locomotive line of railway. The annual expense of the Newcastle and Berwick line, including the interest of the money to be expended in carriages, &c., would amount to 47,5001., that of the Northumberland line, including the in terest on the carriages and depreciation, the patent rights, and the expense of tanks, would be 48,7501. On cross-examination by Sergeant WRANGIIAM, he said that there should be, according to the atmospheric system, 25,000 cubic feet of a tank, which might be formed fifty feet square and ten feet deep.' In order to make it air-tight there should be 1,200 tons of weight placed on the masonry. He estimated that there would be 71 per cent. on the expenses of carriages on the Newcastle and Berwick locomotive line. There would be six passenger-trains each way. The sum of the resistance for a train passing at the rate of 50 miles an hour would be 1,920 pounds, 46 pounds per ton ; the re sistance for a train passing at 55 miles an hour would be 56 pounds per ton. On the atmospheric line the resistance for a train passing at the rate of 28 miles an hour would be 13 pounds per ton, making 52 pounds per ton at the rate of 56 miles an hour, not including eight pounds per ton for friction. Up to a certain limit the resistance varied according to weight. Supposing a passenger train to be under forty tons weight, the atmospheric resist ance to that train varied directly as to the tonnage. Both bulk and weight ought to be elements of consideration, but they had not had experiments by which they were ascer tained or discriminated. What he-meant by tonnage was bulk assuming an average specific gravity. The variation of the resistance depended upon the angle in which a head-wind struck the train, and according to the - surface which the first carriage presented. As a general law a carriage of lead and a carriage of feathers would meet the same resistance. Tnc variation depended on the velocity at a given weight, but at a given velocity of 2S miles an hour, the atmospheric resistance varied according to the tonnage. The witness then pro ceeded with the details of the experiments made on the Kingstown and, Dalky Atmospheric Railway. After which the Committee adjourned. THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, MAY 10, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Arrindell. Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney-General for the colony 'pi British Guiana. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint E. F. Wylde, Esq., to be Clerk of the Peace at Worcester, in the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. WAR-OFFICE, MAY 16. Ist Dragoon Guards—Captain J. Crofts, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain', vice Jackson, who ex changes, May 16. 7th Dragoon Guards—Captain G. W. C. Jackson, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Crofts, who ex changes, May 16. 2d Dragoons—Cornet H. S. Scobell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bainett, who retires; D. C. R. C. Buchanan, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Scobell, May 16. 3d Light Dragoons—Major R. B. Edwards, from half pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel G. A. Malcolm, who exchanges ; Captain C. W. M. Balders to be Major 9 by purchase, vice Edwards, who retires ; Lieutenant W: E. F. Barnes to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Balders; Cornet J. G. A. Burton to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Barnes; C. R. Colt, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Burton, May 16. 7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenent C. H. Wyndham to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord- Alfred Paget, promoted ; Cornet J. M. Hagart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wyndham; E. H. Cooper, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hagart, Mity 16. 14th Light Dragoons—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel E. Harvey to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, vice Townsend, de ceased, April 23 ; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel T. Jones, from half-pay of the 21st Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice Harvey ; Captain W. H. Archer, to be Major, by pufehase, vice Jones, who retires; Lieutenant J. 11. God dard to be Captain, by purchase, vice Archer ; Cornet H. J. Brown to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Goddard ; W. English, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Brown, May 16. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut. and Capt. J. 1-1. Hudson to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice the Hon. C. J. F. Stanley, who retires ; Ensign and Lieut. the Hon. M. West to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Hudson ; A. H. L. Fox, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice West, May 16. - - - - - _ _ - - 12th Foot—Ensign F. Brydon, from 3d West India Regi ment, to be Ensign, vice Maitland,.who retires, May 16. 15th Foot—Lieutenant A. R. Sewell to be Adjutant, vice Hay, promoted, May 16. 46th Foot—Brevet Colonel F. Le Blanc, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice A. Clarke, who ex changes; Brevet Lieut.-Colonel R. Garrett, to be Lieut- Colonel, by purchase, vice Le Blanc, who retires; Captain H. Campbell, to be Major, by purchase, vice Garrett ; Lieut.- D. Fyffe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Campbell ; Ensign B. Menzies, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fyffe; F. E Dallas, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchse, vice Menzies, May 16. 49th Foot—W. W. Maitland, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice M'Dermott, who retires, May 16. 67th Foot—Ensign F. R. Taylor to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jones, who retires ; F. W. Breedon, Gent.; to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Taylor, May 16. 77th Foot—Lieut. B. W. A. Sleigh, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Dumaresq, who ex changes, May 16. Ist West India Regiment—F. Miller, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hills, promoted in the 3d West India Regiment, May 16. 2d West India Regiment—Lieut. C. T. Dumaresq, from the 77th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sleigh, who exchanges, May 16. 3d West India Regiment—C. F. Amiel, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Brydon, appointed to the 12th Foot, May 16. UNATrACTIED.—Captain Lord A. Paget, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Major, by purchase, May 16. blEmoßAsnum.—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel T. C. Kirby has been permitted to retire from the Army, with the sale of an Unattached Majority, he being about to become a settler in Nova Scotia, from May 16, 1845. The Christian names of Captain) Trevelyan, of the 60th Foot, are " Ja mes H ar i ng t on ," not " Harrington," as pre viously stated. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. J. G. Marshall, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenarit, April 11 ; H. Hoghton, Esq., to be ditto, April 12 ; C. H. L. W. Stan dish, Esq., to be ditto, April 13. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham. Sir W. Eden, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant; F. Mil bank, Esq., to be ditto, May 3. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex. The Hon. C. C. Neville to be Deputy .Lieutenant; J. C. Whiteman, Esq., to be ditto ; R. W. H. Dare, Esq., to be ditto, May 6. WHITEHALL, MARCH 26. The Lord Chancellor has appOinted Frederick Potts, of the city of Chester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. _ WHITEHALL, MAY 3. _ The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Corser, of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to 'be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. • Frederic Lindsay Cole, wine merchant, Fenchurch-street, City. Absolom Francis, ironfounder, Ilalkin,Flintshire. • BANKRUPTS. James Richards, plumber, Deptforcb bridge, to surrender May 30, at half-past twelve, and June 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchiu lane ; Burn, Great Carter-lane, Doctors'-cemmons. Frederic Lindsay Cole, wine merchant, Fenchurch- street, June 5, at twelve, and June 27, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Goddard, Wood-street, Cheapside. John Lamprey, money scrivener, Warwick, May 30 and June 24, at half-past tcn, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Morris and Walling ton, Warwick ; Harrison and Smith, Birmingham. James Livingston and Thomas Brittain, plumbers, Man chester, May 30, at eleven, and June 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court Hobson, official assignee, Man chester ; Kelsall, Chester ; Goulden, Manchester ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London. William Summers aad Nicholas Rae, rope-makers, Strange ways, June 4, and July 1, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Stanway, official assignee, Manchester; Makin son, Manchester; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Bour dillon, Bedford-row, Lop:lop. Edward Lawton and I Thomas Kay, iron foutders, Roch dale, Lancashire, June 2, 'and June 30, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee ; May hew and Son, Carey-street, Lincoln's-inn ; Halsall, Mid dleton, Lancashire. William Russell, James Knowles, and Henry Simister, perchers, Salford, May 24, and Jnne 19, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple ; Todd, Manchester. IPrice. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the week ending, May 13, 1845, is 28s. 100. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. • MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May 16.) SUGAR.—To-day the West India Sugar merchants mani fested firmness, and obtained full rates for all kinds ; a good demand prevailed from grocers and refiners, 660 hbds, &c., being disposed of, mating the total sales for the week 2,210 hhds and trs, and the market closes firmly. REFINED.--To .day Refined was much sought after by the Home trade, but the scanty supply prevented a large busi ness, a further advance in pikes took place; standard lumps selling at 695, and brown lumps 67s 6d to 68s per cwt. l nuarries.—Although the market has been abundantly supplied this week, still previous rates have been sustained for brown and inferior sorts, whilst on middling and good Grocery, of which the supply has principally consisted, the fall in prices has been only 6d to Is per cwt, but fine fetched full rates, and of the quantity offered at auctiggp,m4ii; sting to 17,585 bags, nearly the whole wasActuallkdisposeet of. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon ? ,iVith Bengal- Sugar the market was better supplied CfOur I}ircels,•amounting to 5,626 bags were offered, ,at astetictnand the principal part sold at steady market prices, middling white 49s 6d, low dingy 46s to 475, damp 42s Gd to 48s 60, Bally Khal, syrupy, fine grainy yellow ns 6d, good 444 to 48s, low mid 38s 6d to 41s, ordinary brown 335, washed yellow but grainy fine 51s to 535, and inferior ditto 40s to 42s 6d, brown 33s 6d, Date good sound yellow 4ls_ 6d, middling 40s to 40s 6d, low 395 damp 35s to 435, washed 36s to 395, ordinary sound date 36s 6d, damp brown 32s 6d to 33s 6d, very low 31s to 325, fine sound strong yellow 53 s to 55 5, middling and good 41s 6d to 445, damp 39s to 545, low ditto 37s to 38s 6d : 66 bags Ma dras went at 31s 6d to 41s 6d for low damp brown. There was an extensive public sale of 27,335 bags of Manilla, with certificate, in bond; the whole was disposed of at very full rates. FRUIT.-The demand for Currants has increased consi derably, and an extensive business has been transacted ; Patras at 47s to 505, Zante and Cephalbnia 46s 6d to 475. In Raisins a good business has been done, Valentias at 40s to 425, Red Smryna 37s to 40s, and very fine 42s to 435. FOREIGN.-Brazil is still much wanted for exportation, and from our Refiners working under boud, the demand has been good, the operations are two floating cargoes of brown Pernams, one at 21s 6d for delivery at a near Port, the other at 21s 9d for Refining here in bond : 300 chests Bahla on the spot at 21s 6d to 22s for brown, and at 24s to 28s for white, and 4200 bags brown Pernams 22s per cwt. In yellow Havannah merchants insisted upon further advanced rates ; 300 boxes of soft quality sold at 25s 6d per cwt, white is held with firmness at 32s to 39s per en t. COFFEE.-This afternoon Berbice Coffee was in excellent request, and 163 casks 63 barrels at public sale were all sold at full rates for unclean, but clean kinds went is to 2s higher; 52 casks Jamaica sold at stiffer rates, middling at 88s, low middling 78s 6d, fine ordinary 53s 6d to 555 6d, good ordi nary 46s 6d, and Triage 35s so 455. Of Java 2 casks 17 barrels 6 bags went at 45s for good quality. 16 barrels Rio 45s to 49s for fine fine ordinary. 137 bags Bahia taken in at 35s for fine ordinary. 80 bags Plantation Ceylon went .at 70s for fine fine greyish, and Pea berry 81s, which is the full worth. 667 bags of other kinds of Coffee went at 23a for good ordinary brown Padang, 21s 6d for sea damaged, and at 28s to 28s 6d per cwt for middling sound brownish Ba tavia, being rather cheaper. MaussEs.-The demand has fallen off for West India this week, and only a limited business has been transacted. Ben gal Treacle is held for 16s per cwt, and it is getting more into consumption amongst the grocers; it is draper than the Treacle made here from 2s to 3s per cwt. Of Bengal Tama rinds 227 casks at auction went at 12s 60 per cwt for low quality. Cocoa.-This afternoon 68 bags of Trinidad Cocoa at pub lic sale were sold at 39s 6d to 41s for ordinary, and at 449 6d per cwt. for middling quality. TEA-Holders manifested firmness, but no improvement in prices. Congori. was in good demand, common selling at 94 to 9id, and good. common 10d to 100 per Ib, cash. In Twankay several purchases made upon former terms. Pou cisong has been purchased with more freedom at 4d to 9d. At public sale yesterday 4,839 pkgs Tea were offered, 2,100 Of ,which sold upon former terms, excepting plain and scented Orange Pekoe and low Scented Capers, which went lid to 2d per lb cheaper. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-There has been a much better demand for Jamaica Rum this week; good and fine qualities have fetched full rates, but low and mid kinds are rather cheaper; in all, 250 puns sold, fine 35 to 36 per cent over proof of favourite marks at 4s 3d to 4s 6d, good 33 to 39 per cent over 3s 8d to 4s, fair and mid 30 to 36 per cent over 3s to 3s 4d per gallon. Leeward Island has been in excellent request upon former terms, and 350 puns have been sold at Is 7d to Is 7id per gallon proof strength. Demerara sustained the former value, and 100 puns sold at 2s 6d to 2s 8d per gallon for 30 to 34 per cent. over proof. A considerable increase has taken place in the demand for Calcutta, and prices have become firm • the large quantity of 550 casks sold at Is 5d per gallon proof with cer tificate. Brandy in good demand, but holders are prevented from obtaining any advance in prices in consequence of the heavy stock. Geneva is not much wanted, Is 7d to Is 8d is the value of common sort. English Corn Spirits lOs 2d per gal. cash, but the distillers are more inclined to sell at that rate. RICE.-This afternoon the market was much better sup plied with Bengal Rice ; four parcels, amounting to 7,056 bags and 845 packets were offered at public sale, and the whole was readily disposed of at very full market prices; fine bold clean white went at 12s, good but rather dusty Its 6d to 12s, good middling ditto 11 - s to Ils 6d, middling ditto Ils per cwt, low ditto 105 6d to I Is, low small broken very dusty lOs 6d to lid, sea damaged first class lOs 6d to Its 6d, second class lOs to I Is, third and fourth class 5s Gd to lOs per cwt. SPICES.-This afternoon the market was much better sup plied with Pimento, 1,117 bags were offered at auction, but the whole sold with much better spirit at full rates ; good mid went at 2%d to 3d, and mid 2%d per lb. 8 chests Ben • coolers Cloves taken in at 2s 2s, and six casks of Amboyna at Is 2d to Is 3d. 89 barrels Jamaica Ginger sold 31 15s to 9/; 60 boxes Ginger Powder 35s per cwt ; 473 bags 3 cases 2 barrels African Ginger sold at 49s to 545, inferior at 42s to 435, and sea damaged 41e to 475. 86 cases of Cassia Buds were withdrawn. SALTPETRE.-This afternoon Saltpetre met with little at tention, and 562 bags of Calcutta at public sale were taken in at 26s for good strong grey, 4 1 4 to 3% per cent. refraction being rather above the value ; a few lots of unrefracted were, however, sold at 24s 6d per cwt. COCIIINEAL maintained farmer currency, and 105 bags were all sold, at and after the public sales-namely, Mexican black fine at 5s 8d to 5s 9d, middling to good 5s 4d to 5s 7d ; Honduras low silvers 4s lld to ss, middling 5s Id to 5s 2d, good middling 5s 3d ; Limit fine bold silvery black 5s 6d to 5s 10d, and good 5s 6d to id ; 6 bags of Garblings realised 2s 2d to 2s 10d, and inferior is 10d to 2s per lb. OILS.-This afternoon prices further gave way for Southern Oil, 70 tuns auction sold at 251 lOs to 291 lOs per tun for low to fine quality. Tar.Low.-This afternoon at public sale 675 pkgs of South American Tallow were sold at 30s 3d to 37s 9;11399 casks ofNew South Wales 34s 3d to3Bs9d ; 61 casks and 91 skins of Cape 39s 641 to 43s ad ; and 150 casks of P.Y. Candle Tal low 37s 9d to 38s per cwt. COURSE Or EXCH., Amsterdam CF. 12 8/ Ditto, a; tight l2 6/ Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Antwerp 26 15 Hamburgh M.H. 14 0 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto, 3 months 26 10 Marseilles 26 10 Bourdeaux 26 15 Frankfort on Maine 123 Pdttersburgh, 3 Us... Berlin Vienna, effec. 13 M: 10 2 Trieste, ditto Madrid - 36% Cadiz Bilbao — Barulona LNGE---(Tillg DAY ) Gibraltar...... Leghorn ....... 31 Genoa Milan ...... ..... Venice Venice Nap1e5..........394 Palermo, Ver 0z..... 119 Lisbon . 524 Oporto. Rio Janeiro Bahia .. Buenos Apes NewYm k .:22dyssight 'Ammon, PEI: oz. Foreignol4,2, bars. „C 3 17 9 Portuga; ( .-;:old Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons.... 0 0 0 New Dollais 0 4 9* Silver it, tsars 0 4 10i Seville — BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the 'Week ending on Saturday, the 10th day of May, 1845. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. £• Notes issued ...... 29,222,935 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bul lion 13,124,113 Silver bullion... £29,222,935 1 M. I Dated the 15th day of May, £29,222,935 SARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1845. :PARTMENT. Government secu rities Dead. Weight Annuity) Other securities 10,104,644 Notes Gold and silver coin 638,751 1 £32,300,411 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1845. BANKING DE' Proprietors' capita 114,5 5 3 ,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings banks, Commis sioners of National Debt, and divi dend accounts) 3,391,477 Other deposits 10,0 65 , 486 Seven day and other bills £32,300,41 1 . • M. MA : Dated the 15th day of May, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) ' HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met for the first time after the Whit ! suntide recess, at Five o'clock. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Chester, the -Bishop of Gloucester, stud Lord Kenyon, presented sevtral petitions against , the Maynooth grant. Several other. Noble *Lords presented petitions to a similar effect. _ _ O s and read This Bill B wasij T brought TuOp N from the Commons B m l m L o l n .. a first time. T h h e e B E i a s r h l oopf AATNOOTH. petitions in favour o f t h e grant to Maynootl l . T ortfAcDANsHOlEti!resented a great number of presented several petitions against it. SEES OF BANGOR AND ST. ASAPH. - The Bishop of - BANGOR presented several petitions from places in Wales against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. . CHARITABLE TRUSTS - BILL. — The Marquis of SALISBURY, in presenting a ` petition from the Company of Clothworkers, in the City of Lon don, begged to draw the Particular attention of the House to the purport of this petition. He thought that it involved 'an important principle, and lie should, there fore, with their Lordship's permission give the substance of it. His Lordship then read a portion of the petition. Lord BROUGHAM hoped his Noble Friend would not press the second reading of the Bill to-night. The LORD CHANCELLOR said it was' an import ant measure, and fixed the second feeding for Thurs day next,. He thought the petitioners had misunderstood the object of the Bill. The only objection which they could reasonably offer to it was, that they would be required from time to time to state the amount of their receipts and expenditure in connexion with the charities. He thought no public body ought to object to such a return. Lord CAMPELL warmly supp or ted the principle of the Bill, but would no t then enter into detail . respecting it. On Thursday the Bill would be regularly before the House, and they would then hear what was said on both sides. The LORD CHANCELLOR had no doubt that the constitution of the tribunal proposed in the Bill, in rela tion to the charities, would meet with his Noble Friend's (Lord Campbell's) approbation. On the evening he had named the Noble Lord would have an ample opportunity of considering the Bill.' MAYNOOTH. - A NOBLE LORD presented a petition from the Preshy:: tery of Dunbar, against any increase in the grant to Maynooth. THE TIV-E*I'O,OUND DEBT CLAUS.34I LordREDILSDA.Lt presented a petition against the 07. debt.oh.tie: - LICL'NSING TOLL.BARS IN SCOTLAND. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition from some place in Scotland, against the licencing of toll•bars for the sale of spirituous liquors. lie would merely remark, that this system tended, more than anything vis, to demoralise the people of that country. Another NOBLE LORD presented two petition,z, one in favour, and another against the grant to Maynooth. rLEFT SITTING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. SCARBOROUGH WATER-WORKS. After the presentation of several petitions against the grant to Maynooth. the Scarborough Water-Works' Bill was read a second time. RAILWAYS. Mr. S. WORTLEY said that he would detain the House but a very few moments before moving the adoption of the resolution of which he had given notice, and which was simply in con formity with a recommendation in the first report of the Committee on Railways last session. He was induced to draw the attention of the House to this subject from a belief that we were not yet in a position to come to any general rule on railway legislation. During the last session of Parliament a Bill had been passed, which required that all future Bills for the formation of railways should be subject to its provisions. This was the plan adopted by his Right Hon. Friend who was at that time at the head of the Board of Trade, and he had from private communica tion reason to believe that it was not that gentleman's intention to have stopped there, for he foresaw that as railway projects were introduced some further regula • tions would have to be adopted. He should, therefore, move that the clause of which he had given notice should form one of the standing orders of the House. Should experience prove that this was unnecessary, it could be very easily rescinded. The Hon. Member then moved that a clause be added to the Bill authorising the Railway -Department of the Board of Trade to the following effect : And be it further enacted, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to exempt the railway by this or the said recited Acts authorised to be made from the provisions of any general Act relating to such Bills, or of any general Act - Yelacing to railways, which may hereafter pass durinr , the present or any future session of Parliament, and that the said resolution be a standing order of this House. Mr. GISBORNE objected to these frequent attempts at patching up the standing orders. Mr. DARBY thought the motion ought to be ad journed to a more convenient time. Mr. HAWES thought a longer notice of the motion ought to have been given, and that the motion ought to be brought forward in a fuller House. He would sug gest that the motion should be deferred for a week. Sir G. CLERK hoped his Hon. Friend would adopt the suggestion of the Hon. Member for Lambeth. He (Sir G. Clerk) had only that moment heard of the motion. Mr. LABOUCHERE agreed with the principle of the motion, but thought it ought to be postponed to a more convenient period. Mr. GLADSTONE recommended his Hon. Friend to defer the motion. The motion was then withdrawn, and Mr. S. WORT LEY gave notice that he should renew it next week. DUBLIN AND AIULLINGAR RAILWAY. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. O'Brien, appeared at the bar, in his official robes, and presented a petition in favour of the Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone Railway Bill. MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. ENTWISLE, the Manches ter and Liverpool Railway Bill was read a second time. BIRMINGHAM, GLOUCESTER, AND WORCES- TER RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. SPOONER, the Birmingham and Gloucester (Worcester Extension) Railway Bill was read a second time. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from William Trubshoe of Euston, in Essex, complaining of his treat ment at the hands of the Commissioners of Assessed Taxes in surcharging him for a game certificate. Colonel WOOD presented a petition from Brecon, againit the grant to Maynooth. Lord MAHON presented a petition against' the Pa rochial Settlement Bill. Sir. W. SOMERVILLE presented a petition from Drogheda, in favour of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Bill. Mr. LEFROY moved for leave of absence for Sir Arthur Brooke.—Agreed to. Sir R. PEEL moved, that after Monday, the 2d of June, orders of the day should have precedence over notices of motions on Tuesdays. He had taken care that this would not in any way interfere with any ex isting motions Mr. H. BERKELEY said that the proposition of the Right Honourable Baronet would very materially interfere with the motion of which he had given notice, and which was of considerable interest. He had given notice of the postponement of that motion, as he had been unable, on two several occasions, to obtain a House. He must say, that the expressed intention of the Right Honourable Baronet would preclude the chance of its coming on then, and he trusted that the Government would give some assurance that he should be allowed to bring it forward on the day it stood on the paper for. His motion referred to an amendment of the Insolvency Act passed last session. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Sir R. PEEL said that he was not aware that any Member of the Government was a party to the keeping away of Members. This was evidenced the other even ing, when the Honourable Member for Finkbury made a speech, to which the Government had had no oppor tunity of replying. He could assure the Honourable Member that he should offer no impediment to the bring ing forward of his motion. Mr. H. BERKELEY said that he did not wish to make a speech, and if a Committee were granted him he should be perfectly satisfied. Dr. BO WRING said that a very great anxiety pre vailed on the subject of the Hon. Member's motion, and he thought the nomination of a Committee was im peratively called for. Ifr. WARD said that he also had a motion on the paper relative to the agricultural interests of the country, which he had not had an opportunity of bring ing forward, and he was afraid he should not have a chance of bringing it on this session. He attached no blame, however, to the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. WAKLEY said, that as reference had been made to him, he felt bound to say that though, on the other evening he had had an opportunity of saying a great deal, yet he had not expressed the half of what be in tended to have said.—(lronical cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh.") He would admit that he had finished as the finger of the clock was approaching the fatal hour of seven, and he expected that as the Right Honourable Gentleman was going to reply, the House would have listened to him. Immediately before that period there were between fifty and sixty Members present, and it might be remembered that when the Right Hon. Baronet the Home Secretary opened the question, there were not more than thirteen Members present ; yet, even under these circumstances, no attempt had been made on that (the Opposition) side to get rid of the motion by counting the House out. If the public business was to be got rid of in this sort of way, he would like to know how any business at all could be done ? He did think that such a course should not be persevered iu if it was intended that the business of the country was to be attended to. He saw by the paper that the Right Honourable Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government had a notice of motion, to the effect he would move that after the 13th of June orders of the day should take precedence of notices of motion. If that should be agreed to, he would like to know what chance any Hon. Member had of bringing on any motions of which had might have given notice. He should say they had no chance whatever. Therefore he would say ,tbat if the Right Hon. Gentleman would withdraw his mess of a Medical Bill, he (Mr. Wakley) would not say a word more upon the subject—(Hear, and a laugh)—but in its present form it was utterly impossible it could be carried. Mr.. STAFFORD O'BRIEN begged to say a few words in reply to the Hon. Member opposite, as he had made his (Mr. O'Brien's) name the most striking part of his spec ch. Now, he begged to say thatthe Hon. Member was mistaken altogether about him; for he had received no intimation or suggestion whatever from the Right Hon. Baronet to move that the House be counted. — (Hear, hear.) But, he would say, that during the speech of the Hon. Gentleman he (Mr. O'Brien) had re ceived repeated application to_move that the House be counted, from Hon. Members opposite.—(Laughter, and cries of "Name, name.") At one period of the Hon. Gentleman's speech there were not more than twelve Members present ; but even than he (Mr. 0'11.) declined to interrupt the Hon. Member—(Hear, and laughter)—for he said he spoke well—(Laughter)— and it would be better heard, what he had to say here, than at the Reform Club--(Laughter)—and when the Hon. Member had done, he (Mr. O'B)intended to move that the House be counted, but he had received no intimation whatever to that effect from the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir James Graham). However, as he now understood that he had interrupted the Hon. Member before be had done, he begged to apologise to him.—(Laughter.) - Captain PECHELL presented a petition from Mr. James Stretch of the county of Southampton, formerly a paymaster and purser in the navy, for a balance due to him, which he could not obtain though he frequently applied to the Government fur it. On the motion that the Speaker should leave the chair on the House going into Committee of Supply on the Navy Estimates, Mr. TRELAWNEy, according to notice, brought under the consideration of the House the case of Mr. john Seccombe Montague, of the ship Velocity, seized and brought into Plymouth for an act of smuggling committed without the knowledge of the owner. Mr. CARDWELL said that he deemed it right to say a few words about the facts of the case. In the month of October last the ship Velocity was seized and brought into Plymouth harbour ; the circumstance which led to its seizure was a quantity of contraband goods being found on board, and when the Custon-house officers entered the vessel, they were forcibly detained, and tied fast in the cabin. It was true that in this instance the petitioner was only the mortgagee, and might not have h a d any p art i c i pat i on i n th e gu il t o f the transaction, for the law recognised no distinction, and, under such circumstances it was impossible for the Go vernment to exercise any discretion. He much regretted that any individual should suffer, but in the present in stance it could not be avoided without making a dange rous precedent. STATE OF THE NAVY. Captain BERKELEY called the attention of the House to the present system of manning her Majesty's Navy, and the difficulty that arisos in procuring able ,zearne'll for her service. The Hon. and Gailant r proc'Jeded to say, that he had never been influent by party or factious motives in bringing the state of the navy under the considkraticii of the Houso, whether in or out of office—whether on that or on the other side of the House, he never would allow any consideration whatever to sway his conduct. He did not like to see sea complements, war comple ments, or place complements, because he considered them ail nonsense ; a proper complement was only required. He would refer the Hon. and Gallant Admiral to a letter which he (Captain Berkeley) had written to Sir George Seymour. In that letter he sent a scheme for manning the navy on principle. Before Sir George Seymour entered office he said that the suggestion which he (Captain Berkeley) had made was one which the Board ought to adopt, and he be lieved that Sir George Seymour was quite as anxious to carry out the principle after he came into office, as he was before. It appeared' that ships of 82 guns had the same number of men as ships of 84 guns, consequently one ship must have too many men, or the other must have too few. Give him a single deck ship, a two-deck ship, or a three-deck ship —give him the number of guns and the weight of metal each had to carry, and in one moment he would .tell what was the proper complement each ship ought to bear. lie found that, under the present system, ships of 90 guns, and 92 guns and 104 guns, were all classed with the same number of men. Now, was not that an absurdity ? Sir G. COCICBURN—It is not so. Captain BERKELEY said the only method that he had of knowing was by looking to the returns of the ships, aEd, as far as he could judge from those, the ships he had namedwere classed the same. Sir G. COCKBURN—The 104 gun ships are not. Captain BERKLEY continued—Why then was there no difference between the 90 guns and the 92 gun ships? [LEFT SPEAKING.] DEATH OF A SUPPOSED MUR- DERER. On Thursday the Bth inst., Mr. Hitchins held an in quest at Lincoln Castle, on the body of Wm. Howitt, who since Sept. 1842 had been imprisoned on the charge of the wilful murder of Mary Spencer, schoolmistress, at Quadring. The prisoner, it will be remembered, was brought up for trial at the March assizes, 1843, but being deaf and dumb, and, consequently, unable to understand the proceedings, was remanded during her Majesty's pleasure. From the evidence it appeared that the supposed murderer, who was a vigorous :and healthy young man when he was committed, retained his health for some time, but eventually began to betray signs of indisposition ; and that, in July last, he became so unwell as to require redical attendance. Becoming worse, he was removed to ttie infirmary in January last, where he gradually sank. From the medical testimony, it appeared that for some considerable time he had suffered from diseased lungs and spitting of blood. The daily miuntes of the prison-surgeon were read, and showed that the de ceased had received the most prompt and constant attention ; and it appeared that he was enabled to make himself generally well understood with regard to anything he wished to have, and occasionally expressed his desire in writing. In this way he communicated his wishes as to the diet he desired, frequently varying the food. In summing up, the Coroner observed that, respecting all deaths occurring in prisons, the law directed that an inquiry should be instituted before a jury. In this case, the evidence showed that even the most atrocious criminals, when afflicted, experienced every humane attention. Formerly the custom was to empannel a jury composed of an equal number of prisoners and householders in cases of this sort : the custom had been properly abolished. In criminal cases, the law, jealous of unjust prejudice, provided that a foreigner might demand a jury consti tuted of six foreigners and six Englishmen. the jury on this occasion expressed their satisfaction with the treatment the deceased bad experienced, and returned a verdict of " died from diseased lungs." The evidence against the deceased was of so convincing a nature that no doubt can be entertained that he was the perpetrator of the foul murder for which he has now gone to answer at the tribunal of his Maker. He was a person of exceedingly malicious disposition, and resistance to a lustful attack was supposed to have been the exciting cause of the murder of his un offending victim. The prisoner's wearing apparel stained with blood, and the knife with which the dreadful was committed, were found in his box at the resi dence of his father. The body of the unfortunate schoolmistress was mangled in the most shocking manner. He was arraigned before Baron Gurney, in March, 1843, and as it was stated that those ac quainted with him could only make him understand some things by signs, and not everything a knowledge of which they wished to communicate, the judge said that, "if he could not understand what took place, the trial would be a mere mockery."—Stamford Mercury. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.—Owen Glendower, Robertson, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed Jan. 15, Madras Jan. 28, Cape March 23 ; Sea Gull, Langley, from Mauritius, off Ports mouth, sailed Feb. 18, St. Helena March 29 ; Leander, Millman ' Van Diemen's Land, off Brighton, sailed from Hobart Town Dec. 21, Cape March 9, St. Helena March 21. Arrivals in Table Bay.—Cape of Good Hope,Conch, March 15, from Simon's Bay ; Shepherd, from Ichaboc ; XL, 16th, from Ichaboe; 2Lord Gloaelg, from Ichaboe, and sailed 20th to Zanzebar ; Janet Izat, 18th, from Mauritius ; Gloriana, 19th, from Calcutta ; Jessie, Robertson, 23d, from Newport ; Prince Albert, from Adelaide ; Garland, Ichaboe ; Fortitude, 21st, from London to Ceylon. Departures from Table Bay.—Chanticleer, March 16 ; Jane, January 17 ; Phmnix, 18th, to Algoa Bay ; Heroine, 16th ; Parland, 16th ; Lady Huntley, 17th ; Julia, 19th ; Ambassador, Margaret Harewood, Lucy Wright, and Fairy Queen, 20th, all to Saldanha Bay ; Eclipse, Hay, 19th to Cork; Louisa, 19th to Port Natal; Margaret and London, 20th to London ; British Settler, 20th to Mossell Bay. Arrival at Mauritius.—John Hallett, Christopher, Feb. 14, from London. Amsterdam, May 13.—The Jane Smith, Jardine, from London to Hamburgh, is aground between this and Ferschelling and full of water, crew and part of cargo saved. New York, April 30.—The Maid of the Mist, from St. Johns, New Brunswick, to Jamaica, put into Bermuda, 17th inst., leaky. Shields, May 13.---The Alfred and Martha for Mar seilles, which was on shore on the Insand previous to the 7th inst., has got off and proceeded. OLIVE OlL.—The Commissioners of the Customs have received a letter from Mr. Cardwell to the effect that he has been commanded by the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury to acquaint the Board that their Lord ships are pleased to authorise them to collect that duty on olive oil, imported in ships of the kingdom of the Two Sici lies, which is equal to the previously-existing duty, viz., two guineas per ton. This order of the Lords of the Trea sury has been transmitted to the revenue officers throughout the kingdom for their information and government. The Postmaster-General and Mr. John Thornton, Deputy Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had inter views with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. The Bishop of Exeter has, in a letter to a gentle man of this diocese, declared his intention to join in a resist ance to the measure for the endowment of Maynooth College, when the Bill shall reach the Lords.--Plymouth Journal. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. A` USE OF COMMONS, May 15. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. Mr. WAKLEY (in continuation from our Third Edition) said—They had created fifty-twol teachers in the various branches of recognised science, recognised as such by themselves. They had created as fellows ten men, who were distinguished by their contributions to medical literature. Forty members who had formerly practised pharmacy or midwifery, were created sargeons without examination. Then they said that 113 persons in the country had been recommended by the heads of the respective departments ; and then, out of thousands of professional gentlemen practising in the provinces— men not surpassed for their scientific acquirements by any body in Europe—only sixty-seven, out of all the provincial practitioners, were recommended as being ca pable of being attached to a general hospital, although some of their diplomas dated later than 1822. And was it not apparent,,on the face of these facts, that some inquiry was absolutely necessary? It was impossible to look at the principle on which the college was governed—it was impossible to look at the paucity of individuals elevated —without feeling throughout convinced and persuaded that such a state of things could not remain in the same state without occasioning feelings of dissatisfaction and heart-burning io- those who had done no wrong, and were only guilty of demanding the rights to which they were justly entitled. Though that statement was made, not one of the sixty-seven surgeons was chosen, whose diplomas dated since 1824—a period of twenty-one years. And it was also a fact, which appeared from the analysis of the list, that thirty were created to the rank of fellows in the first 300 appointed, whose diplomas dated between 1533 and 1837. The inequalities established, as he considered, in a thoughtless manner in the Bill of the Right Hon. Gentleman were of an outrageous character. A feeling of dissatisfaction would prevail, unless the Clime to which he referred was removed, namely, the clause relating to the present condition of the charter. The Right Hon. Gentleman excluded those who prac tised pharmacy and midwifery from sitting in the Council if they practised within five years antecedent to the day of election. There were persons of the highest au thority, however, who acknowledged that the medical practitioners, in order to exercise the functions of their profession with security to their patients, ought to be educated in the whole of the branches of the profession. The expression of Mr. Abernethy, in 1828, had been often quoted, that medi cine and surgery were one and indivisible. What was the opinion of several men who were examined before the Committee in 1834? If the Right Hon. Gentleman had referred to the statements made by the eminent men who were examined before that Committee, he (Mr. Wakley) did not think that he would grant'a charter con taining such previsions as were in the Bill before them. Mr. Lawrence, a member of the Council, was examined before that Committee, and what was his evidence ? He was asked, "Is not a large share of the actual practice of London, surgeon medical practice?" and what was the, answer ? Why, it was, " Unquestionably, surgical cases are principally treated by means called medical." Sir Benjamin Brodie was examined on the same subject and he was asked this question, " Is it not a very im portant part of the business of a surgeon to resort to medical treatment to prevent hemorrhage." The answer was, "Yes, many cases which are treated as surgical, may be remedied by medical treatment," Sir Travers, Another member Astley Cooper, and Mr. ' - of de Cotweii, gave similar testimony.—( This testtmony was given in 1834, and it was seve n years . since this had occurred. The surgeons were, stigznatised at that tinie, hut Mr. Travers stated that though he objected to the system, yet he had suffered no inconvenience, for his colleague was too gentlenianlikfie a person to interfere with his cases. Now, it was "". su bject known to all who had paid any attention to the that it was the suigeon who was the complete Ine i dical man. The physician only practised in a part .? the profession. lie could, it is true, cure all the evil s generally called medical evils, but the sureeoa Bear. had not oisly to heal the abrasions of the flesh, but also to quell the fever which so frequently attended upon wounds. From these circurestaucees he trusted the Right Hon. Gentleman would see that-hi had taken a backward step, and that he had been mist° by the information of ersons who were either inr, rested in making erroneous statements to him. or too e etli . ficient in knowledge to direct him rightly. The In • & cal practitioners were another of the stigmatised Periled be state Mr. Lawrence, who was one of the Council, that midwifery cially attended to, and he did not beliere it 7 0. was a subject which ought th at heelsee. possible for any man to become an able midwiferY prat, titioner without examination and instruction by Co m e r, who attended to that practice only. Sir Astley to who was also one of the Council, had borne testinio.o7,4_ the same effect, and expressly stated it as his oeir; that unless instructed by individuals engaged sole i fiz i, the practice of midwifery, he would never b fil his duty properly in that branch of the Po fes os ed He thought the best constructed Board would he fo NOIO . of those men who had studied midwifery almo st e o ld sively. He was sure the Right Hon. Gentleman c O , not be aware of the danger he was creating by t% of ceeding he was adopting. It ought to be the:, m ers the Legislature to find competent medical peaaewl-Tbe for the million. The wealthy would never do it.., t be Government was bound to take care that ateq t rr o me million there was not one unqualified Pr intz e oced Cases had taken place, in consequence of inesPe rl e s od practitioners, that were disgraceful to the lu s neu ple disgusting to society. The poorest classes of th e r o e tbe were the most interested in the proper educations, not e able tosion, general practitioners. The middle classes also had the state that the great body of less anxiety for the welfare of their families thew, to highest aristocracy in the land. A surgeons vieea this country were competent to the discharge ' o loner duties, and they ought not to be placed a nd s or ac• e 11 , 1 t heir scale than persons younger in years r „ eo t. tice, and not superior in academic atotalliTsittee If hb ee been n e en l lle l de i ht ti provet Ho thatt hne. class the ens numbert loefm fellowsa n pp . i t. et i oa t h r u e eet : 59 : 1 i n i b i i id n ouir a r 5, tinction whatever, and were unknown as, r - fis ined , Pr; geons, but who in general practice hat , 11- ,,, f nu e ' the circumstances. he would ask the Right haps, a considerable and a high moral ellarac"-* Gentle" gon•to ref the man if it were his intention, in the first pite;o, ia th e this inquiry, and, if he should refuse it, he " • stion to second place, ask him if it were his d e teratt n t ? As maintain the charter in its present odious asl/ e ts s tbei t medicine was but a science, was it fait . 1 00 0 f should have so many medical corpora toe d tha t such, then were the facts (and it was now et i on P r u ; they were facts), was the Right Hon. Ge ll r. - el s ~ 4 pared to . say to these professional g entle A - 1, s itee' d , though they were members of the c ollege u t' llei e ii th,,, h e i, practised certain branches of that not be admitted to a seat at its councils I' ";"- Right Hon. Gentleman admitted' that those,A toff te!, had rights, butyet they be OO IP' would not pe aO , their own college. In fact, the Council s ee p wo kr college were their own private property; b tl ,., t . 0 t1it,,,,,e1; upon them as a public body, and acting o W:die. 'PI; pacity of trustees for the members and the P ti ts otillt , were appointed by law to perform certain iroP°llaed befit, disehaT Os i 0 en& tions, and he would ask how had the/ duties? He denied they had discharge their de tl 'ha, r e thing like a :the f - .f . th e Y el hay" s actory manner ; or 1 ', s m.!' VOA' krbti long ago as :the year 1815, the meine---beie ne f , been in the possession and full enjoyment o i l ' u p o n at m % professionooo in this institution, and when they attempt° ti f sf oed v, tiler occasion to assert their rights they were to be ply . of doors. And, now, when a law was shoe! s 0 opt; posed affecting them the Right Hon. Geotr: boie L e n is site told them still that they should not fle" " f ide ta_„ o " their own institution, but that he would Pot be r em , with another establishment which would and ° d ifr ) mitted to enter into high and honourable wolf/ guished rivalry with the present one. ne , ( cau se to °r ill ; did think that those gentlemen had great ° n u -r o utes:3 plain of the treatment they received in that 0 sou * it was there that laws were made affecting tbecu'ropeklatae was there that care should be taken th at the pa . ,, t l ' professional persons should be provided for t he I; In whatever point of view he looked at t bst . duct of the Council, he could obserce 0411 presented but one characteristic, and that a : l e at oos at i o of the duties imposed on them by their oh ll g n y one a u . by the law ; in fact, he could not point to 11 , 1 t of t",,, that that body ever did for the e d v aneetu` sti l u decl r e medical science. The Hon. Member thee ,• n tly uf t some instances, where individuals who were 11 or -la serving and meritorious had been i thoug h 0 neglect, and were kept out of the COUTIC+.O clitiEn to possessed all the requisites that constituted,:bo ages place in it. He then went on to illustretl the bad this had of keeping back members of the profestrod bad hd He belonged to the profession bins in the porn Ls le many opportunities of witnessing there 4 11 , st besn e some very talented men in some of the gea' e . ou as to professi . , an d in the world. He looked upon the devoted t u o oa to noblest that the mind of man could be therefore he did think a a l InNhetevoaerr, retraced t e ti n li e cheers.) (i h lme e e r r s. s t . le ) y the House wa S b° 1 464 d e se , h 4 —(Hear,hG Gentleman tm. the honours upon it that fie io cUtl" - s , he would entreat, he would implore, the ,„,, on t", : f ps he had so a, ~. with more earnestness for its success than w i Geotl e c ; (Hear, hear.) He would beg of the Right i a natia n bi s t . 's a ki3lefys suffer racrelltalelL-s Right v a tlt bPe e: ue-ill man not to listen to the prejudiced t herePr e-n r o d interested parties, but to act for the benefit o f ued 0 at large, and enable himself to say that he th en „ s aore : ';' he had been instrumen l - • h a ale" ta in passing suc thet he (Hear hear,.) He bad two resolutions before to and it was upon the second that he intended tt ) i 01 sense of the House. the q uo s t eel ' The SPEAKER was then about to Pu t beeetieo when an Hon. Member moved that th e House *PP' when it appeared that there were not fortY present, and the Houseadjourned. .._........e, ~, a IP' THE MURDER .IN ST. —1 —....--. Ifft li. CENTRAL CRIMINAL CO OLD COURT. NNOl t • TRIAL OF JOSEPH CO , — ; ht.) oil. (Continued from our Third Edition of last s u f Oa, "01 Mr. Baron ALDERSON then proceeded to sall i 1 . 0 011 deuce. He called upon them to dismiss from the' iden ee .• 7 p i r ath e i j oo u n, d .r i o c ou e fl s ds , oamhnader ofteo tt c oh o je n u fi ldv n gi e ten t te h isi e se i e r ms attention h . d heard, as if they were in the of ;" tbe:d to the prisoner, he would remind Witht:linoont;tahvaitlirgeosEEPbee:tecocisee;elilitsrlitb: of the trial of Courvoisier, some important ev d t pe llso WA tabled. It would not have been right to bar, 10 0 a . , t he this evidence, because it was not obtaine" „ A d 0 ,, ,,,- a 00 period of the investigation. His Lordship then ' ceeu - .*l evidence of the witnesses, and commented as ll . P.; ° o ol(l i roice the most important parts. He did not think 'l s % o gifi bou gbt on the evidence of the cutler as to the P r ,,„ o ° ••Aera l6 strengthening his opinion that lie wag the MI - c o at"% t hiS the knife from him on the night of the nulrier; bs ble t h ' Os the position in which he was 'adsplaced as g o to L sc ,, ° 9 as! voice was hoarse. He would not e the r, " o tho • strong reliance on the evidence of his daughteir,rr.og „e ta t e r , in the shop more than a minute. Aft er re f e hat i ef:d/ e ` portions of the evidence, moreparticularly " the hi. , , Lordship concluded by leaving the case il2 tr an d the jury. , cloc'' 0 4 6% o - . oali The jury retired at twenty minutes Pasv The Act w • were en then e r n e tu c r a n lle in d to ev C e o r u , r a t n u d n t t h i l e afectrueraar foreman g t s o v Er t io 97 roopit . , Guilty. e d the = The moment the verdict was prononneme. Learn ed turned deadly pale, and appeared quite °W e d , the L -0 p ,e tr a j Proclamation for silence having been r° B 'Alder!" EP" udges put on their black caps and been Wen n 0 to t ceeded to pass sentence Upon the Pri g : P e t/ vip . ,ti following terms :—Joseph Connor, aft er co e, th a t farA and careful investigation of your ~G e f P have felt themselves compelled toprea°Vaa this e. P verdict of guilty, which must remove you ', i , to ou'opti e • and leave only before you the world which t he ii ii i rc i j il .d , more barbarous murder than that 1: 0 1_ . caa b ti i lw victim of your brutality lost her life, l e :hi; , :i t i vr io he e to:t tra o : 6 ' rff n en ee d i s ve a t a b in u e t t i e t ne at ef th G e esadm,seietwiT,e show s r'..eedilf ~If "' anagainst the whole. You were at 0 0 lc, on an offence which you no doubt considered a very o,o' opo and that which you thought a ended in the commission could tell, when once he stepped aside frTiaieGd.rde°lrdtrfslelllittelirlifitdbel. .'• where he should stop. I beseech you , , s- „ r tini e soon Judeg, to think of your present state. l' ° '" it as e f r oisa re e world is very short, and you must 100 9 11 year en tsa e i thing passing away from you, and plats , ese reP 1 0 , and hope in that which is to corne, and t'' no tbiss the,' h a ve for o • fill and contrition may yet avail you. I P er al e to do, but as the minister of the law ,nost Soo! which I have always considered one of the oLI thAti„%b en' and fearful duties of a judge, to pass uPco you Of t"; $ 1 0 11. of death which the law has affixed to the cr oleo Pass have been convicted. The Learned Ju d g e obs er tence of death in the usual form. 'rations 'r li e p o r i f s t o h n e e prisoner e appeared u Judge e, listen and 13_ .rt, but pro made one or two efforts to address the Uou h lle 1, 1 e 1 2..g t- b° unable to do so from his emotion• spectfully, and then walked away from th bar. T 126 trial was not concluded until near tea 0 Re sr°ll' 818 V 1-8. rr. asistocit then On the 12th inst., at Abbey•bridge, . r i,, shire, Mrs. E. W. Fernie, of a daughter. ~ T ude-P s _r i e On the 14th inst., in Cambridge-streel _.-at' 'f a itev , • wife of George Young Robson, Esq., barrister, f., h ,. of EP ahteteuti:ehlaydtcopteliteilbetiets Edward Burridge, of a aughter. Be dford -54 lad O y n o t f h c e . l J 4:h Ax in f s o t r ., d a , at Baldock, Hera , th e- ""' tore, Ill' On the 15th inst., at Alfred -place, ze V i. ' Geor.. et E li sq• A ' o ß f fi s d / s E u D gh • t „ er. bo ter , o ung On the Bth inst., at St. blargarets, •", C _ sop high )firillerf. • ' Powlett Bingham, Esq., 54th Regimet to Ro yal 1 oe 6rf daughter of the late Colonel G C. 1 3 ,ig l t a n ; the 11 ;;Fagy f' °tost°/1• 6' j '' - On the 14th inst., at St. Mary' , - 1,0 Herbert Evans, A.M., incumbent of LeY f Ley. only daughter daughter of N. Charrington, Esq ., ° tonshire. n a 9819 0 X f DIV ) * . u nt E agl° Ord er • At Paris, on Saturday last, the l'isc2,_3t, Noble r f er eat Owe Gueriviere, Hereditary Knight of the • 51° Malta. Glitt stE• On the 12th inst., Mr. Thomas lis le ' 0 street, aged 58. On the 13th inst., at Horton, Mrs. VOW° of 1C vitpo ° 2' 50. 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