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.- -, FS , ern re ig, od main.' nitted, ICd the ght the and. the danger of level crossing. On the London and Manchester Rail way, on a distance of 33 miles, there were no less than thirteen crossings on a level; and yet, though one of the most frequented lines in the kingdom, not a single accident had occurred since its opening. Mr. Braithwaite, under cross-examination by Mr. Kamm/sox, stated that 40 per cent., as mentioned in their Bill, would be amply sufficient for the working of the line, including the expense of keeping Watchmen on the occupation and level crossings. The pur chase of land had been taken at 5801. per cent., including 50 per cent. for severance and 50 per cent. for contingencies, The land on the Eastern Counties Railway cost upwards of one million ster •ing, or as much as the entire purchase was on the London and Birmingham line. Mr. Page, lessee of the tolls at the Paper-mills-gate, near Cam bridge, deposed to the traffic passing the gates annually to Bury, deducing thence the probable amount falling on the line. Mr. John Decke, the post-master, bookseller, auctioneer, ap. praiser, land-agent, proprietor of s• age-coaches, and an ex-mayor of Bury (!), bore testimony, in turn, to the importance of the pro. ieeted line to each and every branch of his varied business. Mr. Muskett, the steward of the Duke of Norfolk's property in the county from which his title is derived, expressed his opinion of the importance of the line between Cambriege and Bury, as affording a link in the communication with Ipswich and the exten. sive manufacturing districts contiguous. A produce of 45,000 quarters of barley finds its way into Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Bedfordshire annually ; and a merchant had informed him that he alone would send 20,000 quarters of this amount on the line to Cambridge, if constructed. Mr. Kitchener, a solicitor of Newmarket, stated the feeling of that town to be decidedly in favour of the line. The parishes from Mi.ken Hal in the north, to Lidgate in the south, which the rail_ Way would accommodate, are 67 in number, with a population of 22,520 exclusive, and 76,531 inclusive, of the termini—the population of Cambridge being 24,453, and of Bury 12,558. Mr. RawLuvsow affirmed that the line actually went through no More than a population of 10,900, and in that statement the Board of Trade concurred. Mr. Pare, the traffic taker, stated the capital subscribed for was named at 330,0001.: the gross revenue anticipated on the line was 2 9,602/. Is. 4d., deduct 11,840/. 16s. 4d., for working the line, and a net annual return of 17,751/. 55., giving a dividend of 5 1-3 on the stibscribed captital. The amounts had been obtained by anticipating 4,429./. ss. 4d. passengers by stage coaches, 2,524/. from travellers by cost and private carriages, 4,6401. from grain, coal, and general anerchandize, 1,3751. from live stock, and other smaller items, leaving a total of passenger traffic returns of 11,1531. 10s. Bd., or doubled, for increased accommodation, 22,307/. I s. 4d., and the goods traffic making up the total of 29,602/. as the gross receipts on the line. Under cross-examination by Mr. ORDEN, Mr. Pare explained the mode he had adopted for finding the details of traffic and Passenger transit on the line, the system being the same as that repeatedly described by the witness of placing parties at different portions of the line to observe the number of persons travelling over the route, and then doubled or halved according to a scale applied to the circumstances of the district. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till noon on Monday. GROUP L. This being the day the decision was to be given upon the several lines comprised in the Portsmouth group, a large number of the promoters of the several lines was present at one o'clock, the hour appointed for the sitting of the Committee, when shortly after the room was cleared, and, after a deliberation of about two hours, The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had desh est him to state that they had decided that so much of the Bill for the curia:mow), CHICHESTER, AND PORTS.. MOUTiI LINE, as referred to the line between Guildford and Godalming, be 9 .2 3 aed that so much as related to the line between Fareham and rortS,,a be passed, with a junction at Cosham. PORTSMOUTH ATMOSPHERIC LINE, The Committee decided that the preamble of the Bill for the totteet Portsmouth line, as laid between Epsom and Ports- Mouth, be passed without a branch to Chichester. In stating this decision, he particularly wished to say that the Committee ex- Pressed no opinion whatever on the atmospheric principle—either Tor or against—but they thought that it was a line which ought to be made, with due protection for Lord Grandey and the gentlemen 11 1 his neighbourhood. The promoters of the atmospheric line 'night lay down an atmospheric tube or not, as they pleased. ZI VAGEITON, CHICHESTEZZ, AND PORTS-. MOUTH LINE. The Committee decided that so much of the Bill as referred to the line between Chichester and Portsmouth was passed, sub. Ject to an arrangement as to the terminus at Portsea. The CHAIRMAN stated that it was a direct understanding that the tube, if laid down, was not to interfere with the locomotive L i nes and they thou g ht th at t h e tu b e had b etter not be carried into 4- ° ll 2txtouth town, but that that portion should be a locoinotive line. The Committee said that they did not bind the companies to the terminus at Portsmouth, but suggested that all the companies s hould use one terminus. Mr. AUSTIN and Mr. WHATELEY stated that it was the desire of the counsel and promoters that the Committee should adjourn to konday, to make arrangements about the termini—it being under. st ood that there should be a terminus for the accommodation of the public on Loth lines at Godalming. The Committee then adjourned till Monday. GROUP- X. CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN LINE. CLOSE OF THE CASE. At the sitting of . the Committee this day - Mr. TRIPP rose, on the part of Mr. Pemberton, a landowne r , t o "tie his case, but ,Ifv. Sergeant KINGLAKE objected, unle ss th e cas e c ou ld b e di a. _ of in a short time. The Committee retired, and on their return The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Sergeant Kinglake whether he eb- Je cted to Mr. Tripp's proceeding ? kr. Sergeant KINGLAKE having replied in the negative, „ 34 r. TRIPP proceed e d t o sa y th a t h e w o u ld no w s t a t e to the Corn. Mlles an outline of the injuries that his client's property would ttain by the manner in which the line would run through his r °Perty at Chesterton, and which wo..ic: be fully detailed witnessea which he would produce, The Learned C ounsel then handed in a plan of the property, t Chesterton, for which Mr. Pemberton was trustee, and pointed Out the route which the line would take, by which he contended e property would be greatly injured; that the dam proposed to n.made would cau s e cer t a i n valuable meadows to be flooded, 1 7*hick mi g h t b e avoided by a viaduct, and he could show another ..._ 4l tte by which all this injury would be avoided, and by which the bridge and Lincoln Company would save about 15,0001. 2 4 . Harwood deposed as to the value of Mr. Pemberton's pro. ...11r. W. Newman deposed as to the traffic between Chesteiton 17,04 Cambridge, which principally consisted of articles for domestic I h n 'Utoption in the former place. Was of opinion that great •b i ,_ e° evenience would be caused by the proposed line to the inha. ` 4l lts, 'l l 4 r. S. Hughes, civil engineer, Duke.street, Westminster, stated eZhill opinion was, that if the proposed line were taken in a 1 , 1 ,7 tton by which to avoid this property, it would afford equal p - "‘ .li lies to the public and cost the Company much less, though it 441 d be a mile longer. Great injury would be done to Mr I,,ZA h erton's meadows by th e overf l ow i ng of the river Cam, across t h :ch it was proposed to throw a bridge by the Cambridge and c ° ll7 l Company, but his opinion was that it ought to be a t e ll '''. Kendall's assistant said that the embankment proposed to t ri :ede by the Cambridge and Lincoln Company, as well as the th e ge over th e C am, wou ld h ave the effect of carrying away all ae re ft ood wat er; th ere were arches and drains proposed to be made 1 . 4 the meadows. )1.7 1 % 'raw said that no such evidence had been given by Mr. all, qb„, 1)e witnesses havi ng g i ven ev i dence as to the amount of the tZlation, the Counsel for the London and York line called tit helltesPas to rebut it, after hearing whi c h t h e Committee adjourned ait 't five. BANK OE EISULAND. 4 11 A (From last Night's G azette .) ,;P. ceount, pursuant to the Act 7th a n d Bth o f Vi ctoria, 44e, 32, for the Week eliding on Saturday, the 21 s t d ay o f 1845. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Nees X. X. rued ...... 300.31,610 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bul lion 13,911,607 Silver bullion 2,140,003 £30,051,610 ,i £30,051,610 M M. ARSHALL, Chief Cashier. bated the 26th day of June, 1845. A 1 BANKING DI X. . etor s' capita 114,553,000 3,140,557 11 „ b ,lic deposits (in `q4ding Exche . bSavings .solEB, Commis ' °tis ofNational Deb t, and divi l)t)t44 accounts) 6,951,773 titvt. daydeposits 10,147,586 andother ......... PARTNENT. Government secu rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 11,984,420 Notes Gold and silver coin 587,705 £35,7 1‘ 14, ,1 1 , 9 L 8 . Da ted the 26th day of June, £35,794,198 I . {SHALL, Chief Cashier. 1845. tt 'U t R E ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF th e -- CAMBRIDGE Just: 26. — Last evening a general meeting th members was held in the Senate-house (Sir John Herschel -9, ct e chai r), to c!ose the proceedings of the session. The chief It th of the meeting was to acknowledge the services of the officers ir "titution and to vote thanks to the distinguished foreign .q ie ' Ph er. who ' did it the honour to join in its deliberations on : b ktiZ, e , as '°n• The different gentlemen thus complimented re 'tvty'Y returned thanks. The meeting broke up shortly after , Ycle e e . kil l !*, GREEN'S BALLOON.—This gentleman made U,N„`,.' a scent on Wednesday from the grounds of Cremorne-hou . se, eieeeket,,sence of upwards of 8,100 spectators, shortly after . se „. l , en k ti S re ` , the evening ; he was accompanied by seven what has te,; ( Ths of air, anal cheered as he ascended into what has from e l'4l, t , etj t . '" becom I;na ‘ tural element. The ascent was a very I-nag e:l' 41,, c, te, the balloon took a south-easterly directio . n,. passed r te l , l l h6el i r tion of the metropolis, making its course toss s the een- N Of the Thames. It, however, passed the river, and des afety at Hornchurcle in Essex. ge!, 4 tlk, , (I rtE SPELL OF WEATHER.—" Thomas, spell anther"' said a schoolmaster to one his pupils. " e Well, Thomas, you may sit down," said the ' ACC I think this is the worst spell of weather we have had e,44-,Strnas—bad as the season has been." 4, lll ae t REVIEW IN HYDE - PARK.--This day a kl4te A iriew will take place in Hyde-park, before her Majesty, I 1 4 . of t ,. ert, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and a numerous 'e b at Illte er3 7 officers. The troo - sto be reviewed will consist of `all e,te o ne of the H ouse h o ld I n f an t r y, t h e I st and 2d Regiments 10„'" ua nts, and the 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons, front with six brigades of Horse Artillery, and light pieces. t;gleit "TGARDEN THEATRE.—The difficulties con tth, Lie production of Lea Huguenots having been removed, 4tll k okr"rd Chamberlain having granted the necessary license, Dti . 4 w ill be produced on Monday. The cast will include all tet, n k el e Pal singers —M. and Mme. Laborde, Mme. Julien, M. Sr,, l trrz st , 'eftter SCIENCE.—Some fme since an English f orwarded to New York by Lieutenant-Colon e l S a bi ne, et t d Firo!, for th e purpose of comparing several barometers in the . tle4t d trites o f America with th e s t an d ar d o f t h e Royal Society of tee tile ( 7 21 , • The instrument has arrived on its way back to coin- Zrle' e kee,mParison, by the American line of packet ship Westmin- N sur ears the name :of the English maker, and the Lords of I' have directed its delivery to the proper authority duty 141' lk e _ A eA ett4Seeilin"' C CIDENT TO MR DE SALIS.—O n Wednys g, is the Hon. Captain de Salle, of the Scots Fusilier ) " riding in the Victoria-row, Pimlico, his horse sud s "ted eff and stumbling, fell over him. He was picked up se h,,t;etts4"slole state, and expired on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. teveiliP OCCURRENCE.--Thursday afternoon, t:' , 11 1 , 4 Y eo2.nd three, as the Eclipse, Chelsea steam-boat, was on ceecii 4 ,,, ten Chelsea and London, and whilst off Lambeth, a I ps hoe 'flan (who was slightly intoxicated) tried to mount the I;tteegetioe-Y stepping on the skylight hnmediately over the engine. " the oat overbalancd him, and lie fell in upon the (,?ttte,; l4 l asceeding at the tine. The consequence was that e;,d , e4, 't _several times against the beam above before it could 1, 0 ste m , Chen extricated he was foetid to have his thi g h s coin -4.4 ''ery"e:i, besides other • iielories;:erhich yreclirde" any c h ane ' 4 lSe e,e r he boat in s t an tl y put him on shore at Chandler's ' from whence he was conveyed to the hospital. IMi'ERIAL PA RLIAMEN T. DOUSE OF LORDS, Jane . 7. Their Lordships assembled at Fire o'clock. SCOTCH BANKING. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the town council, biniers, merchants, and inhabitants of Dingwall, in Ross, against. any alteration in the Scotch banking system. LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition from the guardians of the parish of Kilrush in favour of what they consider a good landlord and tenant Bill. LAW IN THE ISLE OF MAN. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from John Walters Caldecott, compla'ning that he had been imprisoned for eight months in the Ca tie Ruskington in the Isle of Man, because he had been unable to procure surety in 1001. for his good be haviour. It appeared that he had assaulted his wife, and had been committed to prison until he could procure bail in that amount. The petition prayed for inquiry, as he bad been committed to prison without having been heard. The LORD CHANCELLOR said inquiry had been made, not only by himself, but his Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and it appeared that the petitioner, after committing a rape on his daughter, assaulted his wife, for which he was committed to prison in default of bail. Ile understood that he had been confined for eight months for debt. Lord BROUGHAM knew nothing whatever of the peti tioner who had sent him the petition to present to their Lordships. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was informed that the proceedings were strictly in accordance with the law of the is!e of Man. If the law was bad, their Lordships might amend it. Lord BR OUGII AM said it was contrary to common sense that a man should be imprisoned without being heard. The LORD CHANCELLOR repeated that the most anx ious inquiry had been made, and that the course adopted was quite in accordance with the law of the land. Lord CAMPBELL said the petition ought to have appealed to the proper tribunal, which would have afforded him redress. If the law of the Isle of Man authorised the authorities to im irison a man for eight months, without allowing him to be ieard in his defence, the sooner it was altered the better. UNIFORM RAILWAY GAUGE Lord REDESD ALE wished to ask the I\ ()We Lord at thk head of the Board of Trade when the Commission for the selec tion of the uniform railway gauge would be appointed, and how soon their report would be given in? The Earl of DALHOUSIE said that steps had already been taken by the Government to appoint the Commission, but he was unable to say when the report would be ready. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that he would put a ques tion to the Noble Earl, on Mond,y next, relative to railway companies buying up competing lines, and thereby creating monopolies. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition from the Legislative Council of New South %Voles, praying for an alteration in the sth and 6th Victoria, relative to the disposal of land in that colony. R A 'LWAY BUSINESS. Lord BROUGHAM moved the adol tion of the three resolu tions of the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships for the devising the most effective means to get through the rail way business.—Agreed to. RIO DE LA PLATA. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the merchants, bankers, traders, and manufacturers of Liverpool, praying for the free navigation of the River Plate. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition to the same effect from Manchester, most numerously and respectably signed. The Earl of ABERDEEN would be most happy to con tribute all the aid in his power to the oi ening of the Rio de la Plata, or any other river, but it was not so ea s y a matter as the petition ers seeme d to think to open a navigation which had been closed by the lawful authorities. He admitted that it was of immense importance, that the river should be opened, and he was not without hopes that it shortly would be Government were engaged in endeavouring to restore peace in the Rio de la Plata. and he had no doubt the result of the negotiation would be a considerable extension of our commerce in those regions. After a few observations from Lord ASHBURTON and Lord BROUGHAM, the petitions were ordered to lie on the table. The subject then dropped. RAILWAYS. A message was brought up from the House of Commons, requesting a copy of the report of the Select Committee, ap pointed by their Lordships to inquire into the state of rail way business before Parliament. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, a reply would be sent to the House of Commons by the messengers of that House. BUSINESS BEFORE THE PRIVY COUNCIL. Lord BROUGHAM moved for a return of the railway bu siness before the Privy Council, which, after a few words from Lord Campbell, was acceded to, and ordered to be p r i n t e d. DESECRATION OF THE SABBATH. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented a number of petitions from clergymen arid others in various parts of Scotland, praying that steps might be taken for en forcing the better observance of the Sabbath, by preventing the running of railway trains and mail-coaches, and by pre venting the sale of spirituous liqaors on that day. He would also take the opportunity of giving notice that, on Tuesday next, he would present a petition from the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland respecting the sites of property for building churches. RAILWAYS, The Marquis of CLANRICARDE presented a petition from Sir Percival Banks, Bart., praying for the interference of their Lordshii.s to prevent a projected railway from passing near his property in Kent. While he was on the subject of railways he would ask the Noble Lord when he intended to bring forward the resolutions which he had on the minutes of the House respecting railways? soon L asord BROUGHAM was anxious to bring them forward as possible. lie hoped to be able to do so on Monday next. After a few words from the Earls of Wicklow and Devon, and Lords Redesdale and Camoys, the Noble Lord ultimately arranged to bring them forward on Thursday next. TURNPIKE TOLLS. The Duke of RICHMOND moved the third reading of this Bill. The Earl of ROSEBERRY moved as an amendment, that the operation of the Bill be postponed till the 3d of April, 1847. After a short discussion, the amendment was withdrawn, and the Bill was passed. DRAINAGE OF ENTAILED ESTATES. The Duke of RICHMOND laid upon their Lordships' table the report of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the necessity for charging entailed estates fer the pur pose of drainage, and moved that it be printed. 'I he Noble Duke also introduced a Bill for carrying out the recommenda tion of the Committee, which was read a first time, and or dered to be read a second time that day week. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS CONSOLIDATION BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY brought up the report of the Select Committee to whom this Bill had been referred. The Bishop of LONDON, as one of the Committee, begged to be understood, that he neither approved of either the prin ciple or the details of the Bill. He had very considerable doubts as to the expediency of the measure. Lord COTTEN HAM said the principle of the Bill had not only been approved of by both Houses of Parliament, but by Royal Commissions, which had been instituted on the subject; the Select Committee en the Bill and others were unanimous in its favour. Ile did not say that some persons would not be injured by the Bill, but that was generally the case where im provements were adopted. The jurisdiction of the Ecclesiasti cal Courts with respect to marriages would remain the same, no new principle was sought to he introduced. It should be borne in mind that the law at the present moment gave many lay officers the power of solemnizing marriages. The Bishop of SALISBURY considered that if the remu neration of their officers were taken away, as it would be in a great measure by the Bill, they would as a matter of course have very inefficient officers. It was understood that no measure affecting the Ecclesiastical Courts would be introduced during de present session, and the Secre tary of State for the Home Department, on whom he had waited on the subject, had so informed him. He went on his visitation on that understanding, and the first he heard of this Bill was through a newspaper ; and since that period the Government had pressed on the measure with great haste during the present session. He was of opinion that the powers which it gave should be in the hands of the responsible advisers of the Crown. He agreed in the opinions which the Right Rev. Prelate had expressed. Lord BROUGHAM said the measure was not a Govern ment one, as it was brought in by his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Cottenham). The Bishop of LONDON said, in explanation, that the measure would take away a great part of their jurisdiction, and affected the Church of England to so great an extent, that no Government, or any person, would have ventured, a short time back, to introduce a measure having similar objects in view. There was an understanding with the last Government that no measure of a similar character to the one before their Lordships should be introduced without the consent of the Bishops. This measure ought to have been a Government one. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he brought in a Bill of a more modified character than the one before them, which was ultimately abandoned when the present measure was brought in, he found it so analogous to the Bill he had intro duced that he could not have consistently refused it his support. The Bishop of SALISBURY explained that he attended a meeting of the prelates in Lambeth Palace on Ash Wednes day, 1842, respecting a Bill which had for its object the regu lation of these courts. .ord BROUGHAM - said that, the Lord Chancellor did no engage to support every clause in the Bill which had been in. troduced by ^ his Noble Friend. He merely supported the pi inciple. TtiLt Bishop of LONDON thought that a Bill of such pertance ought not to have been brought in unless by the Government, and after a consultation with the bishops. Lord CAMPBELL said, that the present Bill was exactly similar to the 0112 which the Right Rev. Prelate (the Bishop of London), as one of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, had re commended. He therefore thought that he had no ground whatever for complaint. The Bishop of LONDON said, that a person could not be in that House for nineteen years without undergoing some modification of his opinions. He thought, if he had an oppor. tunity of telling their Lordships a story, he would be able to account for the inconsistencies with which the bench of bishops were charged in reference to that question. The report was then received. The Earl of DALHOUSIE then moved that the Commons' amendments on the " Scottish Railway Clauses Consolidation " Bill be taker, into consideration on Monday next. Several Bilis were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships adjourned at a quarter past seven o'clock. 3r. , u5E or COIiIIIONS. June 27. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. DARTMOUTH—NEW WRIT. A new writ was ordered for the borough of Dartmouth, in the room of .11r. Somes, deceased. WHITBY AND PICKERING RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the Whitby and Pickering Rail way Bill were agreed to. - YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the York and North Midland (Bridlington Branch) Railway Bill were agreed to. BELFAST IMPROVENIENT BILL. On the motion of Mr. EMERSON TENNENT, the Belfast Improvement Bill was read a third time and passtd. GREAT WESTERN (IRELAND) RAILWAY. Mr. CLIVE brought up the report on the Irish Great West ern (Dublin and Galway) Railway Bill, which was agreed to. The Rochdale Vicarage (Molesworth's Estate) Bill was read a second time, and ordered to he committed. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. NORTH UNION AND RIBI3LE RAILWAY. The North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. The St. Helen's Improvement Bill was read a third time and passed. Heaviside's Divorce Bill was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time en Monday. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND) The Great Western Railway (Ireland) (Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone) Bill, was read a third time and passed. RUNCORN-AND • PRESTON - BROOK RAILWAY. On the motion tl at the report be received on the Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway and Docks Bill, Mr. V. SMITH objected to the Bill, on the ground that it , - information, derived littl e or no ,Jr. S. O'BRIEN, accordi ng t o not i ce , put a question to emolument from i , ained all th e t. e editor was r. Kell, insec of the Right H on . t h e S ecretary of Sta . e for the Home Depart.. letters, who st a t e d in all his prefaces, M except the p last one, tor that ment, as to whether it is the intention of the Government to he was enabled, by the favo ur of the Postmaster-General, to bring forward, with a view to their enactment during the pre- avail himself of peculiar resources, so as to render the sent session, any of the measures recommended by the I r i s h work the most complete of the kind in existence. Land Commissioners ; and if any, what measures will h e so Now, he wanted to know whether the " Post-office Directory" brought under the consideration of Parliament ? was an official or non -official work ? Was it a private or a Sir J. GRAHAM said that a second Bill was in prepar a _ public speculation ? If it was a private speculation, he wanted lion. His Hon. and Learned Friend the Solicitor-General to know what right any person had to employ the servants of had been in communication with the Earl of Devon upon the the Crown in a private specui a ti en ? If the work was a public subject of the Bill, which would at an early period be intro- work, and belonged to the public, it ought not to be made the doted in the other House of Parliament. subject of private speculatio n and gain. Mr. Kelly, in his evi- NEW SOUTH WALES. dunce, said that the work was carried on by a large private Mr. SCOTT said, that he wished to put a question to capital, but was supported by official resources. Now, if it was the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, whether it w as th e a private work and a private speculation, why should it be intention of her Majesty's Government to introdu ce any supported by official resources ?In of 1,2001., the sum measure with regard to the unsold lands in New South Wales ? realised by Mr. Kelly was nearly 8,00/. Was it riht that Mr. HOPE s a id, th at such was the intention, and the such an office should be held under those circumstan ce g s ? He Secretary for the Colonies was in communication with persons wanted to know if it was right to the fair and honest trades in that country on the subject. ,r" Director y the In answer to a quest i on fron Mr. EWART, man ? For th e l arge edition of the chge wos. The letter-carriers, when they Sir GEORGE CLERK sa id t h at the removal and not the goar round,as 3 if they dispo se o f any cop i es, are aln from the insubordi na ti on o f some of the pupils. book SIR VALENTINE BLAKE AND THE LAW OF The - dismissal of one of th e masters of the School of Design arose lowed ss. for each copy. Th e t ra d esmen get a allowance of 6 s . ; was thus char ge d 30 5 ., w hi c h, if l eft to the ARREST.the price c h ar ged to th em b e i ng 24s public, might be supplied for 155., and then yield a large profit. Sir VALENTINE BLAKE rose and said—Sir, se e i ng H e would ask, was it proper for these men to go about from jestyher Majesty's Ministers in their places, and seeing her Ma- place to place soliciting orders in the manner they were now 's Solicitor-General in his place, I will take the very great doing ?He would place th e letter_carriers in a more inde liberty of putting a question, and thereby sugg es ti ng t o th e pendent position. He would lay down a scale of remuneration Hon. and Learned Gentleman, and all the Hon. and Learned for all those who were employed, founded on a graduated prin- Gentlemen who took part in the debate last night, and who ciple, and of an efficient amount. He would propose that for were present in this House—( Laughter)—that the proper the first 5 years, they should be paid 70/. ; from sto 10 years, view of the question was not taken by this House or them. 80/. ; from 10 to 15 years, 90/. ;from 15 to 20 years, 00/. ; The SPEAKER intimated that this was not putting a and from 20 to 30 years, 1101. This scale of remuneration he question. did not consider too much. At present the letter-carriers were Sir V. BLAKE — The question I have to ask the Hon. and almost in a state of i nsubordination from being obliged to Learned Gentleman is this : —supposing an Honourable Gen- leave copies of these books about. Besides, they were subject tleman is sued to execution for a debt, and supposing he is to a penalty for hawking books. About 200 copies of the arrested, what is the proper course then to be taken ? '' Directory" found their way to the Post-office, for which The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—In answer to the question no doubt Mr. Kelly was paid ; and those, as soon as done put to me by the Hon. Gentleman, I think the proper course with at the end of the year, were sent back, when they were would be to take a legal opinion.—( Cheers and laughter.) again made use of for the succeeding year, and CAPTAIN BOLDER°, MR. BONHAM, AND THE sent out at half-price. If the work was a public work, SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. why did not the profits go into the revenue, as in other in- Mr. HAWES then rose, and referring to a petition which stances of publications under the sanction of the Government ? he had presented from the South-EGitern Railway Company, If the work was not a üblic but a rivate one, why did Mr. said he thought he would b e b es t di sc h arg i ng h i s duty by Kelly issue such instru p ctions to the p subordinates as that he simply moving for the appointment of a Committee to inquire held in his hand. The Hon. Member here read several ex into the allegations of the petition. tracts from a printed list of instructions issued to the letter- Captain BOLDERO—I think, Sir, that I can best carriers, in relation to matters connected with the perform my duty by following the example of " Directory." Upon that order coming out, the men issued the Honourable Gentleman, and merely second the a counter-document. This address called upon the men to motion. At the same time, as great anxiety say whether the order to which he had just referred was is felt both by my friend Mr. Bonham and myself, I may ex- made on anthorlty. Were they the servants of a bookseller press a hope that the Committee will be of the mast searching or the servants of the Queen. Were they to be the slaves character.—( Hear, hear.) of m After a few further rem ar k s from Mr. H a awEs and Sir R. on theonopolist ? Th e address concluded by calling PEEL the motion was agree d to. men to s t art a Post-office Directory of their own. Now, was it not disgraceful that such docu 'THE LAND COMMISSION. ments should have been posted up for one hour. There were Mr. REMY GTON begged to protest against any measures abuses:existing in that establishment that required inquiry and which might be introduced by the Government as being con- correction. He believed that they had only to be published sidered by Members of the House as coming from the Land Com- to be immediately corrected. It was for the House to say mission, unless they were eati ifieel from the perusal of the whether the Committee, which he intended to move for, should report that such measures were really based on it. be granted or not, He did not blame either Lord Lonsdale DECORATIONS OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. or Colonel Maberly for these unse em l y pract i ces. The corn- On the order of th e d ay for go i ng i nto a Committee of Su plaint s o f t h e aggr i eve d never reached their ears, but stopped ply being read, p- half w ay at Mr. Kelly. If, however, an i nqu i ry were duly in- Mr. ROEBUCK r ose t o pu t a quest i on to the Noble Lord stituted, those high officers would, h e b elieved, learn a state of tsranny and oppression practised in the inferior depart at the head of the Woods and Forests (Lord Lincoln) respect- ment of which they were wholly unsuspicious. With a view, ing the Fine Arts Commission. It was well understood therefore, to give them that information, and an opportunity that an exhibition of frescoes was about to take place to redress the evil, he should conclude by moving the resolu for the purposes of art, and for the purpose of deciding which de- skin of which he had given notice, signs were proper for the Houses of Parliament. He under- Captain PECHELL having had . unusual opportunities of stood that her Majesty hail been down that day and inspected knowing the grievances existing in the Post-office, but more h them. He was also informed that Members of both Houses especially in reference to the transmission of mails to t e would have the privilege of inspecting them. If there islands of Scilly, should support the appointment of the l Select to was to be any distinction at all, it should be fur public Committee. The official returns a.ed showed that t he e fo m re als purposes, and not to gratify any personal curiosity. Ihe Scilly had sometimes been itetthinose ixmonths their _ islands, in consequence of question he had to ask was, whether it was required that Mem- transmission and delivery i hers of the House should ask the Secretary for tickets of ad- the gross neglect of Mr. Cress e ss h . e i l e lh y th o e w P m ot- to o t ffi h c e e h r a a d t a E rr x a e a t g e e r : mission ? He had been there last year, and had been told that The mails run most irregularly, d the Post-office. g One clay or unless he had a ticket of admission, signed by Mr. East- ments of the Treasury an to issue with tht.y. an lake,Admi- he could not be admitted, and that, as a Member other they must COTe irregularities sanctioned by them. of Parliament, he could not be admitted without a ticket. ralty for the gross a the whole of the expense of the packets wouldWha t hehe admittedwi shed to to -morrow r a r s 0 , w whether o t A t l i e e m k e b t e s r , s o o r f whether transportm onth of the f th 0 sheamn i Governmentisto Scilly, absolutelyao and texpendedhe pay o f l, t 3 h l e 9 p L ilo in t restriction would be placed upon the admission of Members of was actually more t Theyh thought alsot proper, proposed w h ia e t o o t send he r Parliament? The Earl of LINCOLN had not been able to attend any of those packets at such n times of far inferior importance, had mails the recent meetings of the Commissioners of the Fine Arts, places, such as Stor a there aY' was this difficulty in accomplishing and therefore was not able to give any precise information on every day. Then . at y the head of the affairs of the Duchy by the previous arrangemen a t s . striation should be placed upon the admission of Members of the illustrious Prince theyt the subject. He knew that it had been intended that no re- this object, and especiall when they saw that the influence of Hon. and Learned Gentleman, however, relative to the occur- a conclusion that t removed ;and he trusted, therefore, that the either House of Parliament. In what had fallen from the of Cornwall could n h o e t r r e em w o a y s e w i m i, curtaine he a e g o e u o l o d y n h o e t hi h o e d lp t c h o e m rences of last year, he was apprehensive the same difficulties which ought to be aote_. ing to might arise. He would, however, take care to see the Secre- inquiry would be granted. d that before the question was formally Lary of the Commission in the course of the evening, and the Mr. HUME said a few words, as he had been the Hon. and Learned Member might rest assured that there would put, he wished be no impediment thrown in the way of the admission of Mem- person who . had to say moved, hers of Parliament to the exhibit i 41. returns to which so mu eh r e s f e e r v e e n n e e years ad h a e g e o n , for ma d e . t ..... h e fe to e ! in public offices had been inquired .. f . p beAal d r. m l i l lt i e l d lll ? E_a ( s L k a e o d g i h f u t ,r h . e ) famili es of Members would also ( Hear.) Several years agothe principle htto,aod of o r t ec a e o ivi e n o g d qui .te sure that an inquiry into that estab- OthLeNadsianidissitohnatofth:leHmobner.s aunpdooLepaorhnieido office, e a s n t d ab h l e ish w m as ent had been inquiret into except the Post- Baronet would not object to the motion. admission of their families. that the Right Hon. g G r e o Tn u ht n le d em s E , aa b nr u la t osf l k i e e Ld d lN i f t r not think th a t publi c gro u nd s required the blishment would be eminently . useful, and he trusted therefore BROAD AND NARROW GAUGE. Hon. Gentlemen opposite had but little com mun i ca ti on w ith Mr. BERNAL w as a nx i ous t o ta k e that opportun i ty of the City, and therefore they N ey___ were greater boon had ever beenere not aw are o f t h e evi l s w h ic h doing justice to the sentim en t s o f an em i nent engineer, on the existed in the Post _ . comparative merits of the b roa d an d narrow gauge. He had conferred upon any stated on a former occasion th a t M r . W al k er had stated that ; general pe nn y- ra te of country than the !eduction to the postage, but the old apparatus was not. gauge, and he thought an inference had been drawn that Mr. ' incurred .by the rule he was in favour of the broad gauge and against the narrow I adapted to -thes.•neve p o r f in e c a ip rl l;', d a e n h d ve a ry g . rea l t t ivin.acsonhvoetnireignirl•et thata•as Walker,however,would not same footing, for no advantageought, in his to be taken narrow. The evidence of Mr. Walker was in favour of substituting th e b roa d gauge for the all establishments, great and s ' mall, ought . to opinion,be placed on the bear out such an inference. The question put to that Gentle- •o fa public establishment ,tgi pi iction whim ;ad done honour to Ireland, he meant the essay of Mr. Petre on the round towers in Ireland ; and what was the conclusion to which he came, and which he offered as a justification of his work ? It was, that he was actuated by a desire to rescue the antiquities of his native country from oblivion, and give them their just place. He showed that in this country, day by day. they were allowing the most important remains of earlier pe riods to perish, and that the most beautiful structures were de caying, and that their fragments were occasionally carried off to erect other buildings. The Hon. Gentleman then alluded to the attention that was paid in France to these matters— where there was a commission formed for the purpose of pre serving ancient monuments, and for the investigation of politi cal and moral sciences, and of ancient beauty. The public mo numents likely to perish they had restored, and they were copied by the most distinguished ar tists. They ordered that on every building of any antiquity, there should be described the historical events con nected with it. There was now a spirit existing in France for the protection of everything connected with ancient Chris tianity in that country. He did not state this merely for the purpose of panegyrising France; the same spirit existed in Germany. With such examples before thorn, were they not called upon to re-establish the old spirit of Christianity, by protecting its oldest emblems in this country ? Last session he was assured by the Secretary for Ireland that the Govern ment were not adverse to the promotion of this object. He now asked for a Commission to prevent further dilapidation. The Hon. Gentleman then concluded by moving an address to her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased to give direc tions for the establishment and maintenance of a museum of national antiquities, in conjunction with a Commission for the conservation of national antiquities. Mr. HAWES seconded the motion, considering some means necessary for the preservation of work s o f art. On the north-west coast of England many monuments of ancient talent had, to his own knowledge been sacrilegiously destroyed, and the most curious specimens actually broken up to pave the public highways. Mr. BERNAL suggested that the motion should be al tered, so as not only to include relics of art discovered in the provinces of this country, but extend to all European nations. 't he province of Brittany in France presented the amplest op portunities of enriching our collections; and he could not esmiseive how the genius of England could ever attain supre macy in that department, which he might call imaginative, unless they were enabled to study the models so justly esteemed as the masterpieces of the ancients. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (who from the low tone in which he addressed the House, was almost in audible in the gallery) was understood to protest against the discussion of such a question at that period of the session. Of late years the artistic talent of this country bad been increas ing rapidly, and the taste of the public contemporaneously im proving, and he thought its growth would be rather ensured by enterprise without than addresses within Parliament. Mr. P. BORTHWICK regarded the question as one in volving not only the social elevation, but the religious feelings of the country ; and could not concur with his Right Hon. Ft lend the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the interference and patronage of the State would be useless in the advance ment of taste. He urged the introduction of a Christian in stead of a pagan style of architecture and sculpture, and con cluded by expressing a hope that next session the Government would entertain the motion.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. EWART complained that this was a third time that the question bad been propounded, and a third time that it had been met with an unsatisfactory opposition from the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. The real object of the motion was, to preserve the mouldering monuments of art in this country from the ruin now almost inevitable, and it had been an swered that such relics needed no such care. Why, then, were the Parian and Xanthian marbles guarded with such anxiety ? Why should specimens of the ancients be preserved with almost superstitious zeal, while the monuments of this country's talent. were left to destruction or decay ? He was satisfied that the motion had been appreciated by some Hon. Members, whose opinion was entitled to respect, and he for one should give it his zealous support. The motion was then negatived without a division, and the House went into a Committee of SUPPLY. Mr. WILLIAMS, on the vote of 223,0001. for the Ord nance estimates, objected, that the entire vote of this year had amounted to `',287,0001., while in 1835 it was upwards of a million less, and that thus the estimates had within the last ten years been nearly doubled.—( Hear, hear. ) It was a well-known fact, that the household troops and foot guards did not perform the same duties as other regiments. He had been told, that at one time as much interest was ne cessary to be made to get a captain's commission, in this par ticular regiment, as to get the command of other regiments. The number of men in this horse brigade was 570 men and 46 officers, or at the rate of five officers for every three com panies; comparing those numbers with the number of officers in the artillery, the difference was astounding. Then, again, 19 out of the 46 officers received extra pay for brevet rank ; while in the artillery, out of 435 officers, the number who received such pay was very few indeed. This corps might be of use in time of war, but in time of peace it was of no service whatever. But he need not follow up this line of argument ; but all he would say was, that he did think those distinctions should be done away with altogether. With these observations he would detain the House no longer. Captain BOLDER() defended the corps, and spoke in high terms of their efficiency and usefulness, and stated the nature of the different services in which some of the officers were at present employed. Sir H. DOUGLAS hoped the House would not listen to the proposition of the lion. Member opposite, fo r h e (Si r H . Douglas) could, as an old artillery officer, speak of the efri eiency of this splendid corps. He then took a review of the utility and achievements of the artillery services of different continental nations, and then went through a history of the 1, feats of gallantry. dari ng , an d use f u l ness of the British artil -1 lery during the continental campaigns, and denied that it would be possible to get up such a branch of the service without years of toil and scientific instruction, though the Hon. Mem ber opposite appeared to think that if it were disbanded it could be easily raised again. SITN, LONDON, SATURDAY 310HiNING JitTNTE 2M, I. I was to enable an individu a l t o mak e a railway, which he would ma n was, Yuppose no raihvays were constructed, and that we e Mr. CARDWELL said tl.at notwithstanding the perniasive The vo'e teas the i .agreed to , PS were also the following afterwards sell to the Grand Junction Company. were about to comme nce the - f orm a•ion of ra lw is's fir the first speech of the Hon. Member for Montrose, he could net accede sews :-208,573/., salaries for officers in the ordnance depart • Mr. T. EGERTON believed that tl e c arse that was in• time, which gauge would you recommend ? To which Mr. tO the motion o f the Hon. Memb er f o r Finsbury. With re- [tient ; 117,5504, wanes tor do. ; 213,246/, for the land and 1 tended to t ß o t b n e w a s el s o r pid a in th th ir is d e t a im se e h a a n d d b p e a e s n se e d f . ten adopted in the Walker replied, " the broad g a uge eertain)y." This was very specs to the squabbl e which the Hon. ln had described sea servic e ; 89, 4 6 for the repairs of ordnance and bar- After of railway companies by individuals. different from recommending that the narr ov gauge should be as so contemptible, as to be only fore 51., the truth was that , rack-stores ; 89,1761. for the expenses of the Tosver• . After some observations from Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Warburto 1, torn up in every locality and the broad gauge substituted in the Government and Lord Sandon, the report was read, and the Rill was its stead. orde ed to be engrossed. POST-OFFICE ABUSES. ' mails to convey fit st-c'ass passengers at a certain rate of tea- i aod improving the fortifications at Portsmouth and other places. , sortable charge, together with parcels for the inhabitants of i Captain BOLDER° explained, in reply to a question of Sir BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY . O n the motion that the order of the day be read for the the Scilly Isles, and for ships lying near them, and it was the 1 Howard Douglas, that the Government were building chapels The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Gloucester Ex- House resolving itself into a Committee of Supply, J refusal of the owners of those vessels to grant this public con- iat Wcedon and other military stations, which expenses would tension, Stoke Branch, and Midland Railway Junction) Bill Mr. T. DUNCOMBE ro s e, and moved, " That Returns, venience that had led to the dissolution of the connexion between Ibe incltoled in the vote. was read a th rd time and passed. The e e Glossop Gas Bill was read a third time and passed. THE NORTII OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. • No. 72 and 248, made by the General Post •office, be referred ; them and the Government. The Hon. Gentleman was cer- The vote was agreed to ;as also was a sum of 62,7531. for to a Select Committee, with a view of inquiring into the accu- ' tautly mistaken in stating that there had been any sufficient the scientific branch of the Ordnance de art racy of those returns ; also into the present mode of remune- complaint made at the Post.offiee, for it was notorious In answer to a question from Sir H. DOUGLAS, as to the The North of England (Clarence and Hartlepool Junction) rating by fees and perquisite s c e rtain officers of the General that the Noble Lord at the head of the Post-office, progress of the Government survey in Scotland, Post-office, and how far the duties of that establishment may and the Secretary of that department, were perfectly Captain BOLDER() replied that 4,123 acres had been Richmond (Surrey) Railway Bill was read a third time be rendered more satisfact ory to the public, and less easy of act ess, and they had no interest whatever surveyed. and passed. unequal and oppressive to the persons engaged therein." in refusing to rectify the complaints. The system of fees had The sum of 123,083/. for the non-effective service of the Captain BERKELEY then rose, pursuant to notice, to This motion had no referen ce whatever to the questions which been entirely put down, except in this instance of payments Ordnance was next voted. call the attention of the Hou se to th e h ar d s hi p and injustice o f had recently been the subject of discussion in that House. for early delivery. No evil whatever resulted from these early The next item was a sum of 41,328/. for the half-pay allow fe'mitting the promoters of r a il way sc h emes , propos i ng to cross At th e close of the last session of Parliament he moved for a deliveries. The system was this :—The letter-carriers sorted ance of officers of the Commissariat department, which was Or interfere with any tidal rivers, arms of the sea, and creeks, return of every person conn ec t e d with the Post-office, the date their letters which they took out for the general delivery, and agreed to. over which the Board of Admiralty have control, appearing of his appointment, the nat ure of his office, the duties he his heap being diminished by those fo r the early delivery, which The sum of 112,116 L was then proposed to be voted for the before Committees of this H ouse on Private Bills, w ith out performed, and the amount of salary he received. He subse- were always the most numerous, the others were much sooner care of public buildings and gardens, including furniture, &c. havirik first obtained the written sanction of that Board, timely moved for a retu rn rel a ting to the letter-carrier' s disposed of than they otherwise would be, so that on the whole Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the vote, as he considered it according to the provision of the Act 8 Victoria,c. 2'). fund. These returns, aft er much delay and great difficulty, there was no loss of time to the public. With regard to the very extravagant. Some remedy ought to be found for this evil. His object in had at last been laid on th e t a ble. He was not, however, amount of information which would be derived from inquiry, The Earl of LINCOLN defended the rote• calling the attenti on o f th e House to thi s matter was , t h at some satisfied with them, and he was desirous that they should be the lion. and Gallant Member for Brighton (Capt. Peehell) Mr. BERNAL complained of the way in which the public instructions should b e g i ven to Committees as to t h e construe _ referred to a Select Committee for the purpose of inquiring had sufficiently shown that the information was sufficiently full, money had been applied in the purchase of pictures. He men tion of bridges over tid a l r i vers . A ny b r id ge must annihilate into their accuracy. He maintained that there was inaccuracy as was already shown by the returns on the table; so that, in tioned the fact of 600/. haeing been paid fur a picture for the the navigation, and th e re oas now no resource but t o apply t o in those returns, which had not been made accidentally but fact, the very best argument against the inquiry had National Gallery, attributed to llolbein, the celebrated German the Board of Admiralty for appearance; and opposition before a intentionally, with the vi ew o f deceiving the public as t o th e i r beer, furni s h e d b y t h e mover for the Commit- painter, but which, he believed, had no title to be attributed to Railway Committee wou ld, i t was well known, entail immense true nature. He considered that the payment by fees instead tee himself.—( Hear.) Then there was the "Post-office his pencil. expense. He would leav e th e reme d y to H on. G ent l emen op . o f a fixed salary of public servants in the employment of the Directory," which the Hon. Member had described as a very Sir ROBERT PEEL explained that pictures bought for posite, but some cou rse s h ou ld b e taken which wou ld put a Crown was a most improper system, and one which would gross job. Now what were the circumstances of the case? the National Gallery were pictures of the highest repute. Still stop to those needless expenses. He then concluded by mot- lead to great inconveni ence and distrust, and in many This ,‘ Directory " was necessary for the public convenience, he was willing to admit that some few might be of a doubtful ing that the question be referred to the Committee on Standing instances to cases of g ross corruption, since he believed and the only parties 'who could obtain the information which character, and had better not be there. The inferior Pictures Orders. that there was no public department, with the exception of the would render it of utility were the letter-carriers. It had been to which he referred had generally been bequests by private in- Mr. HUME said this was a question, of the greatest im- Post-office, from which th e s y s tem had not been repudiated. otiginally projected by a person of the name of Sparkes. dividuals. The trustees had lately come to the resolution not ject.Portance, and there ought to be some de?,ided rule on the sub- With respest to the paym en t o f f ees to the letter-carriers, there After conducting it for some time he was succeeded by Mr. to refuse any bequests, but with the understanding that such —( Hear, hear.) What he wished was, that whenever the was not a single railway co m p an y who were not in the habit of Pritchard, and after him carne Mr. Kelly. Now Mr. Kelly pictures as they did not think proper to hang on the walls of Admiralty had decided against any bridge, parties opposing the feeing the servants of the Post-office. He should like to know had originally been connected with the Post-office, and had the institution should be in the hands of the trustees, to lie railway should not be compelled to do so before the Committee en what principle the sy s t em o f giving fees to the servants of given a considerable sum for his appointment, and the privilege presented to any provincial town they might think fit, at great expense. In this case a tunnel under the river was the Crown was upheld p H e w o u ld draw the attention of the of publishing the " Directory." He had invested a lsrge sum that had a gallery ; the desire of the Government intended, but of such a conoruction as would impede the in t - House, in a few tniuute s , t o t h e ma n ner in which certain duties of money in this publication, and had, as the Honourable being to create a taste among the public for the provement of that river. The decision of the Admiralty ought of the Post-office wer e performed—namely, to the mode in Gentleman allowed, very greatly improved it. The re- fine arts lie admitted there had been a picture which was to be recorded in that House, so that there might be no need which the early delivery of lett ers in the City was conducted. turns for this publication were certainly considerable, attribut e d to a German artist, and painted three hundred for further interference on the part of private individuals. There were certain district s m ar ked out by the Post-Master- but they were the fair reward of a heavy mercantile yea rs ago, purchased for 6001 ;and though it was difficult to Sir G. GREY said the question was one of considerable general for the early deli very o f letters, and he was ready to speculation, and to which the proprietor was fully entitled. decide whether a picture of such an age was a genuine produe importance, and he wished to call the attention of the House prove that this was the gro sses t fraud upon the merchant and This was the whole evidence of the job which could be ad- ti on , the re were some grounds for supposing that the picture to the report of the Glasgow Junction Railway, in which a tradesmen that could be possibly conceived. This practice diced, and he must cont en d th at i n th e r i g ht sense of the word was the work of Holbein. Still it was possible the trustees similar course was pursued, and a similar object had been de- had been complained of over and over again, by merchants the term job could never be rightly applied to this transactionn. might have been mistaken, and, rather than a counterfeit signed. The Bight Hon. Gentleman quoted the report, en- and other parties, to th e autho r itie s of the Post-office, arid Having disposed of the two portions of the Hon. Gentleman's sho u ld be on the walls, they had withdrawn the picture. They forcing the necessity of the Admiralty sending in a special recently a memorial h a d been submitted to Lord attack which, in his judgment, appeared the most important, w ere row considering about calling in the assistance and skill decision, which would be recorded, and so obviate the necessity Lon:dale from the merchants and manufocturers of London. he would just advert to the effect which thi s mo ti on, if carried, of the most eminent dealers in pictures and judges, to learn for further interference. The petitioners complained of the unfair distribution of the would have. They would, after a tedious and unnecessary in- how far the pictures were worth the prices affixed, and with Mr. FITZ ROY said he thought the course suggested would early delivery, and believed it would not be sanctioned by law. quiry, just attain that which they already possessed, and would the view or having nothing but works of the highest order of mittee, where he thought the onus of stopping such a project P interfere with the functions of the Standing Orders Corn- They also complained of the system of paying quarterage,eso the be further disturbing the %hole arrangements of a large and merit in the Gallery. ostmen, which from some firms averaged, for highly important public establishment. From what the Hon. Mr. BERNAL had every confidenee in the good taste of the s h ould , remain. amounts to 17/. and 25/, per annum. He thought that some Gentleman had said, and from the paper he had read, it did Ri g ht H on . Baronet, but he must say that he had seen the Me. HUME said, respecting the brid ge on th e Gl asgow attention ought to have been paid to this memorial, and that appear quite true, and he was ready to allow it, that there was na ti on lo s e good paintings for a small sum. Uths Right Hon. Raiiway, the Admiralty had interfered, and effectually, to pre- some answer oukht to have been made to it, either by the su- some insubordination among the inferior officers of the Post- Baronet would walk down to Pall-mall, he would there flnd a Mr. BERKELEY said there was no blame at all due to the vent the construction of the bridge. g perior cfficers of the Post-office, but it seemed as if it had alto- office, hut he could not ascribe it to th e publication of the Di- picture of the King of Saxony—a real Holbein—which had Admiralty from disinclination to interfere, as their capacity was ether been done away with. Some of those merchants lived rectory by Mr. Kelly, and he was quite sure that the proposed been purchased for a very small sum. It was now in the Bri three, four, and even five miles from the General Post-office, inquiry would not be at all instrumental in its diminution. fish Institution. There were three pictures there by the first so limited. and they received their letters earlier at their private resi- The discontent said to exist among them at the reduction of masters, which had been purchased at very small sums. He Mr. FITZROY said there had been no consent given to the dences than they did at their offices in the City. One gentle. their salaries as they grew into years, was a rumour to which spoke comparatively. project for the tunnel under the Severn. When it was pro- man, who lived on the other side of Blackfriars-bridge, received he would give no very ready or implicit credence. That re- Dr. BO WRING wished to ask what the Right Hon. Ba• Posed they asked for the plans and sections, which had n o t y et his etters there earlier by half to three-qu ar t ers o f an hour eduction originated in the choice of the easier walks, and was ronet meant by saying that a fit receptacle for paintings would been inspected. than he did at his shop in Fleet-street, although paid for made up for by other advantages. And with regard to any b e Sir. WARBURTON hoped that as the Board of Admi ra lt y the early delivery there. The reason of thi s was h e that the complaints, the proper quarter to apply to was the office of the ance of the National Gallery, or did he mean to erect an in very desirable. Did he mean to alter the external appear were like others—fallible—that when they reported against letter deliverers in the outskirts were carried toward their Noble Lord at the head of the Post-office, or to the Secretor such a bridge as that mentioned by the Gallant Officer, th e i r walks by carts or omnibuses, and were thus forwa r d e d, whil s t of the establishment, by whom he was sure they would receive 3' stitution for works of art which would be worthy of the nation? Mr. WARBURTON said all they had to do was to build a . engineers should state the reasons for such opposition. the others, who had chiefly to supply the districts every attention. He should therefore feel it his duty to resist large gallery for the reception of great church piotsares, in the Captain PLUMRIDGE said a few words, after which which were not favoured with the early deliveries, the inquiry. Grandoise style—the grandest of all styles. He hoped the ProjeSir G. CLERK said, the Railway Consolidation Act gave were left to sort what were called quarterlies and Dr. BOWRING thought that the Hon. Gentleman who Right Hon. Baronet would be prepared next year to re Admiralty the power o f interferin g , not only before the shams. These advantages,. he understood, were reserved had just sat down had not answered his Hon. Friend the mend the building of a great gallery for such a national exhi ct was commenced, but even when in course of operatio n ; for the older servants of the Post-office, and o ne o f Member for Montrose, for he had not proved that there was not bition. Sir R. PEEL said sometimes the disposition of the House they might pull down any works which would in any the juniors had been dismissed because he refused to sub m it a difference made between the rich and the poor. He believed way operate to the inconvenience or obstruction of to the oppression which he conceived he suffered from not e n _ that the subordinates who could expose many abuses were was very economival, and sometimes very liberal. N a most the navigation of the tidal rivers. No parties of common sen se , joying a portion of the benefit. Another objectionable prat- afraid to displease their superiors. And it was well known, magnificent site in the metropolis had been thrown away, as knowing that this power lay with the Admiralty, would p ro _ tine pur sue d i n this office was, what was termed the " window that it was not the way to obtain favour in a public office to any one would see by standing on the steps of the National teed with such works as that under consideration sinless they duty ;" a fee of some five or eight guineas paid by merchant s point out abuses or to suggest remedies. Now that the Posit obtained the consent of the Admiralty. Therefore, he put it for obtaining an early delivery of their letter s . Now, h e offic e had become more popular than ever, it was time thayne Gallery.( Hear, hear.) He did not think much good could to the Gallant Officer whether, under such circumstances, hi s wished to know whatright the Post -office departme n t had to take distinction between the higher and humbler classes of society might done by laying out money on the exterior—they certainly ght amend the cupola and improve the turrets, but after all motion was not useless ? any money whatever beyond the one penny authorised by law, as is respect to accommodation ought to be done away with. : the great thing was to have the galleries so constructed as that Captain BERKELEY would withdraw his present proposi.. the uniform amount of postage; originally the fee was given as Mr. WILLIAMS, who rose amidst loud and continued cries the pictures might be properly lighted. The matter was tion ; his object was to save the expense of private individual s a remunerati on t o the carrier, for the credit he gave on the of " Divide," supported the motion. under the consideration of the Government, and he trusted in opposing great railway companies, but would, on Monday, payment of letters, but since the change of syste m it was ren- Mr. F. BARING did not think it would be the most that before many years elapsed the country would be in pos bring forward a motion for the protection of private individuals dared unnecessary, all letters, exzept foreign, an pre-paid. desirable course to submit these arrangements of the Post- session of a , o eallery worthy of the reception of works of at— opposing such schemes. By the prese n t practice, however, Rowland Hill's system was office to a Committee of the House. He thought it would be (Hear, hear)—and thus hold out an encouragement to those NEWRY AND ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY. virtually annulled, and a door was opened to an eotensive range better that the Government should take the inquiry into its who might be desirous of presenting pictures for the national The Newry and Enniskillen Railway Bill was then read a of fraud and deception. They would find in the return that own hands. With respect to the "Directory," he could not benefit. third time and passed. the senior letter carriers, who were forty years in the esta- aeree in all that bad . been said; but he would admit that those Mr. HAWES said a few words, and The Hawkins' Estate Bill was read a second time. blishment. only received 14s. a week from the Crown, and the :Imbed the labour of collecting the information should partici- Lord MAHON declared he entirely approved of the tug . EGERTON presented a petition from the College juniors received from 203. to 235. a week ; so that the longer a pate in the gains. Yet, if the suggestion were adopted that the gestion of the Right Hon. Baronet, and hoped it would be ear of Surgeons, against the Medical Relief Bill. man remained in the establishment the less the pay became. public should have the whole advantage, the work would not . . . SMALL DEBTS BILL. Unless he had power and capital sufficient, and friends who long cont:nue to be as valuable as it was now acknowledged On the motion of Mr. F. KELLY this Bill was read a first would give security for him, he might be twenty or thirty years to be.—( Hear, hear.) reed f i t n e t r o e a xe c c o u n t v io e n rs . ation, in which Mr. Redington, Lord Mahon, Mr. Ewart, and Sir R. Peel, took part, the vote was agreed to. time. We did not hear the date for whi c h the second reading in the establishment, and instead of the pay being 30s. a week, Sir C. LESION supported the motion.—( The Hon. Baronet was appointed. it would be only 14s. a week. There was no provision what- spoke amidst loud cries of "Divide.") On the motion of the Earl of LINCOLN, that 6,500/. STATISTICS OF IRELAND. ever for sickness. He might become superannuated if the Post- Mr. CURTEIS (amidst similar , interruption) said that he should be appropriated to the support of the botanical gardens Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, seeing the Chancellor of master-General thought fit, and if he did not the postman would vote with the Hon. Member for Finsbury, for he thought at Kew, the Exchequer in his place, he would take the opportunity of would have only IU a week-65. less than he had before, it monstrous that he should be obliged to pay 20s. a quarter, or Mr. COLLETT objected that those gardens were of no putting the questions which lie had intended, accordin g to The Crown gave a salary of 26/. a year to many who received whatever it might be, in order to receive the communications national importance whatever, and he would especially wish to notice, to put to the Right Hon. Gentleman, o n th e or d er o f fro m 1001. t o 1201. They threw every impediment in the of his constituents in reasonable time. know of what use a farm-house would be to the country? the day for going into the Committee of Supply—" Whethe r way of tho se merchants who did not submit to those taxes for The House then divided— The Earl of LINCOLN said that these gardens had, up to 30 the Government will take into consideration the propriety of the early delivery. They caused the letters to come to them For Mr. Duncombe's motion the end of 1841, been left in a state which was a disgrace to a adding to the statement of the expenditure of the Unit e d as late as possiLle. He would read a statement which he knew Against it . lO6 country like this. The necessity for botanical gardens had Kingdom, given in the finance accounts of each year, a to be true, showing that this practice led to demoralisation and Majori l yt special statement of the local expenditure of Ireland; to acts of dishonesty and corruption. There was one instance NA lONAL ANTIQUITIES. country in Europe botanical gardens had been cultivated as well that is, of all disbursements out of the revenue of Ireland, of admitted by the witness himself which show e d th e system put. On the readmission of strangers, we found as in India. With respect to the farm-house, it was at first whatever nature they may be, and a statement of the balance re- sued. A gentleman, who was on the early li s t, t o ld the pest- Dlr. WYSE moving an address to her Majesty, that she will erected for the purl ose of receiving the great aloe, which had milted to England ? Also, whether the Government will take man that he did not require to have the early d e li ver y any more, be graciou•iy pleased to give directions for the establishment been imported about a twelvemonth ago; but it was in reality into consideration the propriety of establishing . some means of " When the man told me this," said the witness, " I desired and maintenance of a museum of national antiquities in con- intended for every description of tropical plants. He would registry, for statistical purposes, of the nature, quantity, official him to go through his walk as usual, and t o deli ver that gentle- junction with a commission for the conservation of national take that opportunity of congratulating the Irish Members on and real values of all articles of traffic passing between Great man's letters last." Soon afterwards the gentleman said to antiquities. The Honourable Gentleman argued that it was the fact, that it was about to be erected by one of their coun- Britain and Ireland; and thus supply a deficiency much com- the postman that he thought he would take the early delivery of small effect to endeavour to elevate the people to an appre- trymen. He had accidentally heard there was a man of great plained of by the Irish Railway Commissioners of 1838, by Mr. again. The.man said, " I thought so, Sir ; I knew you would ciation of high art and elevated pursuits, if measures were not experience in Dublin, and he had allowed him to enter into Porter in his ' Progress of the Nation,' and by others ern- find out the inconvenience."—( Hear, hear.) No w a hat a also taken to preserve those monuments and! collections by played officially or otherwise, in inquiries relative to the static. fraud was this ?—( Hear, hear.) To keep back the letters of a which the learning, the refinement, and the history of past ages competition with an Englishman of great experience, and the contract had been fairly won. It was being erected in a most tics of the United Kingdom ?" merchant till the last to compel him to contribute those dis- were as mnch preserved as in books. He dwelt upon the defi- admirable and liberal manner. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sa id th a t on graceful fees.—( Hear, hear.) It was a system which ought to cieney which existed at present for supplying that kind of in- The vote was then agreed to. the first question he had only to say, that in the financial re. be done away with.—(Leud cries of " Hear, hear.") struction. A gentleman, of the name of Dann, applied On the motion that the sum of 8,395/. be appropriated for turns annually laid befor e th e H ou , e th e i n f ormat i on was given No one could wonder that the men complained, and that the to the Trustees of the British Museum, to appropriate the erection and improvement of the re omit-rooms of both which the Hon. Gentleman wished to obtain, as the amount of public complained of it.—( Hear, hear. ) The men did not a place in the new building far the preservation of Houses of Parliament, Irish finance was published in a separate form. It would h e want those fees. They wanted to have adequate salaries accord- the remains of ancient English architecture, to which Mr. WILLIAMS expressed a desi to know when the new very inconvenient to depart from that form. With resp ec t t o ing to the recomMendation of the Commissioners of Rev enue the trusttrutees replied, that they . could not provide any place Houses were likely to be fit for occupation ? the other question, he would admit that the object desired by Inquiry. - The men ought to be paid on a graduated scale, for reservation of the remains of Gothic architecture. The Earl of LINCOLN said that the building certainly the Hon. Gentleman would b e of great v a l ue i n a statisti c al proportioned to their services, and relieved from the necessity These were evils which were not merely of a general but of a could not be completed within the tome specified by the archi point of view ; but he did not think that the statisti ca l value of going round from door to door, begging for what were called specific nature. They saw some of the most beautiful of the tent, but the House of Lords would be ready for occupation at would compensate for the expense and inconvenience. " Christmas boxes."—( Hear, hear. Another great abuse specimens of Sir Christopher Wren allowed to hasten to decay, the commencement of the next session, without, however, its After a few words from Mr. J. O'CONNELL in explana- was, the'manner in which that very able and useful work the and were obliged to be taken down and destroyed. Some Ho- decorations, which could not be prepared in time. The Hoe ion, the conversation dropped. " Post-office Directory" was managed. The men, who did all nourable Gentlemen might have seen a producties Nhich lic THE IRISH LAND COMMISSION. the work, and oat, -- - s • '•' - - . . of Commons wou ld no t b e ready before the commencement of the session after next. For the sake of the building, the archi tect, and the country, it was advisable that the work should not be hurried, for when completed he believed that it would be one of the finest buildings in Europe. Mr. HAWES trusted that not one shilling would be ex pended in any temporary erections connected with the new Houses of Parliament. He hoped, as improvements could not be effected this session, that steps would be taken to give them better accommodation during the next. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the sug gestion of the Hon. Member would be attended to. Sir R. PEEL said those Members who had attended for four or five hours a day on the Committees, had established a strong claim to the gratitude of the House and of the country. He could assure them that steps should be taken which would conduce to their health and convenience. After some conversation the vote was agreed to. A vote of 85,000/. was proposed and agreed to towards con structing the new Houses of Parliament. A vote of 14,000/. was proposed for altering and partially re building the Home-office and the Board of Trade. Lord LINCOLN, in answer to questions with respect to the plot of land immediately adjacent to the Treasury, said that as yet the Woods and Forests had not come to a conclusion re speeting it. Mr. \VAR BURTON hoped the grant was not to be ap plied for a temporary purpose. Lord LINCOLN said the sum wood bo applied to im provements of a pemanent character. The vote was agreed to, as were also -3,8361. for the Holyhead Harbour, and Shrewsbury -road. 50,000/. for the Caledonian Canal. 24,461/. for the Public Works of Ireland. 1,0001. for Kingston Harbour. 39,3 9 0/. for the officers of the two Houses of Parliament. 0 5,904. for the salaries of the Treasury Department. 17,420/ for the salaries of the officers of the Home-office. 21,000/. for the salaries of the officers of the Colonial -office. 39,000/. for the salaries of the officers of the Privy Council, and Board of Trade. 2,000/. for the Privy Seal-office. 34,026/. for the Comptroller and Paymaster's-office. 15,919/. for the expenses of the Exchequer-office. 9 ,691/. for the expenses of the State Paper-office, When 3,340/. for the expenses of the Ecclesiastical Commis sions of England was proposed, Mr. WILLIAMS rose and objected to that vote. He said he would take the sense of the House against it. He would divide the House on any grant of money for the religious education of Protestants or Roman Catholics, but he had no objection to provide a merely secular education for all. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then made a few observations in favour of the vote. Dr. BOWRING said that the vote was really th's, that public money should be taken not for public purposes. As it was for the Church of England, it should be paid out of the ecclesiastical funds. Mr. REDINGTON thought that instead of taking the money out of the public funds, they ought to spend all the funds in the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, After a few words from Mr. WILLIAMS, The Committee divided, when there appeared-- For the vote Against it Majority for the vote —42 A vote of 13,400/. was next proposed to defray the salaries of persons engaged in keeping the public record.t. Mr. PROTHEROE observed on the absurdity of keeping the public records in the roof of the House of Commons, and inquired whether it was the intention of the Government to appropriate a building for their preservation ? The Earl of LINCOLN said that it had at one time been in contemplation to erect a lo:incline . for the securing of the public records, but the scheme had been abandoned as imprac ticable. The sum was then voted. A vote of 3,612/. was then proposed for the Jewel-office in the Tower. Mr. COLLETT objected. The vote was agreed to. A vote of 10,957/. was proposed to defray the expense of in spectors and sub-inspectors of factories. The vote was agreed to. A vote of 22,471/. was proposed to defray the expenses of the Chief Secretary's Office in Ireland.--Agreed to. A vote of 5,0181. was proposed to defray the expenses of the civil service in Ireland.—Agreed to. A vote of 7,063/. was proposed to defray the expenses of the Board of Public Works in Ireland.--Agreed to. A vote of 221,582/. was proposed for the printing and sta tionary in the Government offices in England.—Agreed to. A vote of 4,550/. was proposed to defray the expenses of printing, bith'ing, and stati o n ar y i n Ireland.—Agreed to. It was then moved that the Dog Stealing Bill lie brought up.—Agreed to. ' SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL. The report on the Smoke Prohibition Bill was postponed until Monday. Alderman COPELAND observed that when the Bill was passed he must shut up his factory, and turn out of employment 1,000 people, and no manufacturer could then carry on his work. He, therefore, requested its further postponement. The iron masters from South Staffordshire had arrived in town to-day, and were in perfect consternation on the subject. dent u ar i inquiry yt of b ra e tL f otlhrNei this this j l Ne 3 c il t l b was t begged r e oet been ar e el d ri e ne d ai vdy the i t Mr. JOHN PARKER trusted that there would be suffi o cient s o e n d o u b r e afohrl before Gentleman rrh e E two Committees. With respect to the tronrrasters, the Honourable M em b er f or Sheffield and the -Honourable Member for Sunderland were present, and it was therefore futile to say that the iron interest was not represented. Mr. Hawes had been on the Committee, and had become a convert to the opinion that the object of the scheme was perfectly practicable. Mr. HAWES could not see what difference there was be tween a stationary-engine for a cotton manufactory, and an iron •I'oundry. Mr. WARBURTON said that an arrangement bad been entered into with the ironmutere, azid on that arrangement they had acted, and the engagement ought therefore to be kept. A conver'.-ation then ensued between Colonel Anson, Mr. Haws, and Mr. Mackinnon, as to the d a y on w hi c h th e re p or t should be received. The report was then ordered to be brought up on Wednes• day, instead of Monday. SEAL-OFFICE ABOLITION:BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. ASSESSED TAXES COMPOSITION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. COAL TRADE (PORT OF LONDON) BILL. The Committee on this Bill was postponed, after some dis cussion, until Monday. TIMBER SHIPS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. ARRESTAIENT OF WAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Bill was also read a third time and passed. BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL. The report was brought up and received. The House then adjourned at Half-past One o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. MINORITY-NOES, 46. .teton, Colonel Gibson, T. M. Plumridge, Captain Aldam, William Granger, T. C. Itawdon, Colonel Archbold, Robert Grogan, Edward Roebuck, J. A. Balne, Walter Ileathcoat, John Stansfleld, W. R. C. Mires, John llill, Lord M. Strutt, Edward Broadwood, 11. Mangles, R. D. Trelawny, J. S. Brotherton, Joseph Marjorlbanks, S. Villiers, Charles Browne, W. Marshall, William Wakley, Thomas Burrell, Sir C. Marsland, Henry Warburton, fl. II usfei ld, William Milnes, R. M. Wawn, J. T. Clements, Viscount Morris, David " Wilde, Sir T. Colebrooke, Sir T. Murphy, F. S. Williams, T. P. Craig W. G. Murray, Alexanfer Dennistoun, John Neeld, Joseph; Duncan, George O'Brien, A. S. Easthope, Sir J. Ogle, S. C. Forman, T. S. Pattison, James TELLERS. Hume, Joseph Tancred, IL W. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. THURSDAY, JUNE 26. The following Bills were read a third time, and passed : Cork and Bandon Railway. Liverpool and Bury Railway (Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Railway, and Bury Extension). West London Railway. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to:— Hull and Selby Railway (Bridlington Branch). Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Kepner Branch). Kendal and Windermere Railway. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway. Tilidland Railways (Nottingham to Lincoln). Midland Railways (Syston to Peterborough). Ely and Huntingdon Railway. Lynn and Ely Railway. Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch and Old ham and Heywood Branches Extension). Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. Standing Orders Comm ittee,—Resolutions reported ; I. " That, in the case of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway (No. 2) Bill, amendment on report, the amendment is' f such a nature as not to be adopted by the Hones with out the re commitment of the Bill." 2. "That, in the case of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Pert rush Railway petitiep, for leave to ?resent a petition for a Bill, the Sessional der ought not to be dispensed with." 3. "That, in t case of the St. Helen's Improvement Bill, clause and a ents on third reading, the said clause and amendme such a nature as may be adopted by the House,. if`th a Itrhink fit." 4. " That, ia the aSe of the Glossop Gas Bill, clauses on third reading, The cluises A., 8., C., and D., may be adopted by the House if they%hall think fit, but that clause E. ought not to be adopted by the House at that stage." 5. "That, in the case of the Runcorn and Preston Brook Railway and Docks Bill, clause on report, the said clause is of such a nature as not to be adopted by the House without the re-commitment of the Bill." Report to lie on the table. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Scottish Midland Junction Railway,—Third reading, Mon day, June 30. Cockermouth and Workington Railway,—Third reading, Monday, June 30. 'SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE RACES.—THURSDAY. The Tyne Stakes of 10 sovs each, for Two-year-olds. T.Y.C. Mr. Cookson's Fair Star Mr. Brown's Sheraton Mr. Worma cby Velocipede —Monica Mr. Bank's Charcoal Won by two lengths. The Corinthian Stakes of 15 sove each, &c. Two miles. Mr. Ivleiklam's Poussin,s yrs,' Ist 41b (Af r. M'Donagh) I \lr. Clark , . , !'s Netherton Maid, 4 yrs, 1 Ost Mr. Juhti,tone's The Bat, 6 yrs, lOst 1 Ilb Mr. Cooke's Zoroaster, Mr. Renton nd Flagon, and Mr. Scott's Agriculture also ran. Won by a length. The Gold Cup of 150 so's. Two miles. Mr. Bell's Winescur, 5 yrs (Bumby ) I Mr. Ramsay's Midlothian, 3 yrs . 2 Colonel Craddock's Pagan, aged ... Won by a length. A tine race. The Members' Plate of 50 sovs., &c. Once round and a die. Mr. Meiklam's inheritress, 5 year , ... (Templeman) I Sir C. Monck's Glossy, 5 yrs Captain Boyd's Dog Billy, 4 rrs Fair Rosamond, Sunset, and Helmsman also ran. The Royal Victoria Whip Stakes were won, in three heats, by Mr. Hesseltine's The Bashaw, beating seven others. BIBURY CLUB RACES—Titunsoar. The Scurry Plate of 50/. Three.quarters of a Mile. Mr. King's cby Slane out. of Adela, 3 yrs, lOst 121 b... 0 1 Captain Boyd' s Th e Conqueror, 6 yrs, Ilst The following also started :—Lord George Bentinck's All round-my-Hat, 4 yrs, list 51b—Mr. Bolt's Hampton, 6 yrs. I Ist—Mr. Pcaree's Scavenger, 5 yrs, lOst Clifton's Pedlar, aged, lost 510—Lord Palmerston's f by Rockingham, out of Mantua, 3 yrs, lOst ilb—Mr. Etwall's Venatrix, 5 yrs, 9st 131 b —Mr. Barlow's IVaterwitch, 6 WS, 9st 131 b. 2to 1 agst Adela colt and 4to I agst Mantua filly. A dead heat between Adela colt and The Conqueror. STOCKBRIDGE 11 ACES.—FRIDAY. The Great Hampshire Stakes of 25 sus. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, the second to save . his stake. Two miles. (23 Subs.) 18 of whom declared. Air. Etwall's iEgis, 3 yrs, sst Mr. Waller's Columbus, 3 yrs, sst 121b2 ......... Mr. Holloway's Old George, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Balchin's Moustache, 4 yrs, 7st, carried 7st 21b ...... 4 Sir J. B. Mill's Giantesss, 3 yrs, sst 91b 5 Even on Giantess, 3 to 1 agst )Egis, and 4 to I each agst Old George and Columbus. Won by two lengths. The Steward's Plate (handicap) of 80 sovs. added to a Sweep stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 25 for the second. Gentlemen riders. Heats, one mile and half. (21 Subs. ) Mr. W. Sadler's Sparshott(Cap;. Pettet) 0 0 0 0 1 1 Mr. W. Ley's Adrian. aged, I3st 91b.... 0 0"I 0 4 2 Mr. Clarke's fby Defence, out of Nike... I O* T O 3 3 3 Mr. 3. Day's gby Mazeppa, out of Buck 0 0 ) 0 - 0 2 dr Mr. Boyd's The Conqueror, 6 yrs, 10st lib 0 0 2 odr Mr. Clifton's Nottingham, 5 yrs, lust 91b 2 0 0 0 dr The following also started, but were drawn :—Lord Palmer ston's f by Rockingham, out of Mantua, 3 yrs, Bst 71b, and Blbi extra—Mr. Dixon's The Cook, 3 yrs, Bst 51b, and 81bs extra —Mr. Clifton's Little John, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b, and Sibs extra— Mr. Pearce's Scavenger, 5 yrs, Bst 121b—Mr. C. Liley's Pet, 4 yrs, 9st 51b —Mr. J. Day's oh h by Sir Hercules, out of Tarantella, 5 y rs , 9 s t 1 Ilb , carr i ed lOst 51b—Mr. W. Sadler's f by Venison, out of Folly, 3 yrs, lOst, and 81b extra—Mr. Hobson's Charity, 5 yrs, lOst, and Blb extra—Sir J. B. Mills' Pugilist, 4 yrs, 12st, carried 1 Ist 61b. The first heat was won on the post by a neck ; the second was a dead heat between Nottingham and Nike; the third was won by three parts of a length ; the fourth was a dead heat between the Busk g and Sparshott, Nike a capital third ; the fifth was won by three parts of a length ; and the sixth by a neck. ------- The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders have had a further correspondence with Messrs. Lizardi upon the subject of their delivering up the funds remitted to them for the payment of the dividends en Mexican Stock, but the firm still refuses to comply. BRIGIIION, THURSDAY, 2GT11.--Sir James Car ragie and family, and the Baron de la Ronnie and suite, arrived this afternoon by the steamer Fame, from Dieppe. 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L. Klose, 2 vols. 8.0., with Portrait, 245. bound. VISIT OF THE KING OF HOLLAND.-HIS Majesty thy King of Rolland is expected in this country the week atter next, (+II a visit to the Royal Family. The King will occupy the State apartments at Mivart's Hotel, originally fitted up for his accommoda tion when Princa of Orange. It is understood he will remain te , r fortnight or three Weeks. (Prong the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) THURSDAY, JUNE 26. PRINTED PAPERS. Second Report of Committee further considered: Motion rtnide, and Question proposed, " That a Writ of Error be brought upon the Judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench, pronounced in the case of Howard c. Gossett":—Amendinent proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " it is Inexpedient to entrust the maintenance of the Privilege of this House to any other authority than that of this House itself," instead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : _ MAJORITY—AYES, 78. Acland, Sir T. .Escott, Bickham Masternmn, John Adderley, C. B. Farnham, E. B. Mildmay, H. St. John Astell, William Fuller, A. E. Mitchell, T. A. Ilaillie, 11. J. Gardner,J. D. Newry, Viscount Baring. F. T. Gladstone, Captain I'acke, C. W. Baring, W. B. Gordon, Captain - Palmer, George Barnard.d, E. G. Goulburn, H. :Palmerston, Viscount Barneby, John Graham, Sir J. Patten, J, W. Bernal, Ralph Grey, Sir George Peel, Sir H. Bodkin, W. it. Hamilton, W. J. Pringle. Alexander Brownrigg, J. S. Henley, J. W. Rashle gh, W. Bruce, Lord E. Herbert, Sidney Rice, E. R. Banbury, Thomas !Tope, Charles Russell, Lord J. Clerk, Sir G. Hope, G. W. Smith, T. B. C. Clive, Viscount Howard, C. W. Somerset, Lord G. Connolly, Colonel Ingestre, Viscount Spooner, Richard Curteis, 11. B. Inglis, Sir R. H. Thesiger, Sir F. Hamer, Colonel James, Sir W. C. Trench, Sir F. W. Darby, George Jermyn, Earl Vernon, G. H. Dickinson, F. H. Kelly, Fitzroy Walsh, Sir J. B. Douglas, Sir H. Lawson, Andrew Wortley James S. Douglas, Sir C. Lamy, Anthony Wortley. John S. buncombe, A. Liddell, H. T. Wrightson, W. B. Dandas, David Lincoln, Earl Wynu, C. W. W. East, James B. Lygon, General TELLERS. Egerton, W. T. Mackinnon, W. J. Cardwell, Edward Ellice, lit. lion. E. Mahon, Viscount Baring, Henry ,11. F• older Com - Lord r g al ! errilV , to 6 Of the Aere pope ' r aib ePre- 60M . P r ' b oor 000 e m ; ence viii ter or el