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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Aug. 1. Their Lordships assembled at the usual hour. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills. THE DUBLIN AND GALWAY RAILWAY. The Earl of BESBOttOUGH brought up the report of the Committee appointed to inquire whether it was expedient to prosecute the witness Stinton for perjury, which was to the following effect :—That the Committee had met and considered the subject referred to them, and that they were of opinion that, although it was manifest that Stinton had wilfully contra dicted himself in the evidence given by him before the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the allegations against the Dublin and Galway Railway, contained in the pe tition of John Pimm, presented on the 7th of July, it was not expedient to direct that he be prosecuted. Lord CAMPBELL entirely agreed with the report, and had no doubt that the dignity of the House and of justice would not be compromised by the course recom mended. He was anxious it should be understood that pro ceedings against this person would have been taken if the House had thought him guilty ; that persons would be fined or impri soned if guilty of equivocation or misconduct whilst giving evi dence before that House. If the same thing should occur again it was clearly in the power of the House to punish the parties, and they would surely be punished. Lord ELLENBOROUGH was also in favour of the report. The report was then laid on the table. GRAND JUNCTI')N RAILWAY. The Earl of DALHOUSIE presented a petition against the amalgamation of the Grand Junction, Leigh, and other lines. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. The Earl of FITZHARDINGE presented a petition from a Mr. Griffiths against this Bill. CUSTOMS CONSOLIDATION BILLS. The following Bills passed through Committee :—Customs Laws Repeal Bill, Customs Management Bill, Customs Regu lation Bill, Smuggling Prevention Bill, British Vessels Bill, Customs Duties Bill, Warehousing of Goods Bill, Cus toms' Bounties and Allowances Bill, Trade of British Posses sions Abroad Bill, Isle of Man Trade Bill. 'I he Coal Trade Port of London Bill passed through Com mittee, and was reported. BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL. On the motion that this 1111 be read a third time, Lord MONTEAGLE said that it was not creditable to the Government if they did not make the Bill permanent. The Noble Lord then went into a minute statement of the changes which the usury laws had undergone, and read extracts from the evidence of Lovett, Gurney, and others. on the subject. The evidence of the latter, continued the Noble Lord, was very strong. He stated that before the relaxation took place in those laws the failures were greater than they had been since, and he had no doubt that they would have been greater still, if those laws had not been relaxed. The Noble Lord then read the evidence of two legal gentlemen, Mr. Maynard and ano ther, on the same subject, and proceeded to ask if, after the evidence of those intelligent commercial gentlemen—after the evidence of those legal gentlemen, who were conversant with the subject in all its bearing s—after the experience of 12 long years that the relaxation had been attended with the best effects, their Lordships would not at once resolve to make the Bill permanent ? If the State had been subject to the usury laws during the war the Government could not have obtained any one loan. It was said that the usury laws were meant for the protection of the poor. But in point of fact the usury laws prevented the poor from borrowing money at all. He prayed their Lordships to make the Bill a permanent enactment, and be would therelore move that the words "the Ist of Jan. 1851," be expunged. The Earl of DALHOUSIE thought that it would not be expedient to make the bill permanent without very stringent inquiry, and he would oppose the motion. The Marquis of LANDSDOWNE having been twice Chair man of Committees in their Lordships' House on this subject, said he could not allow the discussion to pass over without offering his corroboration to the statements and opinions of his Noble Friend. He should conclude by stating that he should support the proposition of his Noble Friend. The Earl of ELLENBOROUG H said that the law ought to be renewed from year to year and not for five years, the principle of which he did not understand. After a few words from Lord Wharocliffe, the Earl of Wick low, and the Duke of Wellington, their Lordships divided, when there aßpeared For the amendment 9 Against it . . Majority for the 8i11......--- 2B The Bill was then read a third time and passed. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES BILL. The Joint Stock Companies (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. STOCK-IN-TRADE BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Lerd WHARNCLIFFE the Removal o Paupers Bill was read a second time and ordered to be com mitted. The Borough and Watch Rates Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed on Monday. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. Lord STANLEY moved the bringing up of the report on the Commons Inclosure Bill. He said the Bill contained one or two unimportant amendments, such as a proviso in respect to the mode of assessment, and another, preventing parties from building houses in any of the allotments of the field gardens. The Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. TAXING MASTERS COURT OF CHANCERY BILL. The House went into Committee pro forma on this Bill, and it was orderedto be reported on Monday. LAND REVENUE AMENDMENT BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. BOROUGH AND COUNTY RATES BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved that this Bill do go through Committee, which was agreed to, and the House then ad journed. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Aug. 1. The SPEAKER. took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. The reports on the following Bills were brought up :—Fol lett's Estate Bill, the Birmingham Blue Coat School Estate Bill, Sir Robert Keith Dick's Estate Bill, the ➢larquis of Donegal's Estate Biil, Sampson's Estate Bill, Winchester Col lege Estate Bill, Bowes' Estate Bill, and the Duke of Bridge water's Estate Bill. GLASGOW, BARRHEAD, AND NEILSTON RAILWAY. - - - The Lords' amendments to the Glasgow, Barrhead, and l~eilston (Direct) Railway Bill were agreed to. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the South Wales Railway B were agreed to. :MONMOUTH AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the Monmouth and Hereford Railway Bill were agreed to. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Viscount COURTENAY moved the consideration of the re port of the Committee on the Landon and York Railway Bill. Mr. WARD then rose, pursuant to notice, to move that the Bill be recommitted. It was with great pain that he ventured to trouble the House upon the present occasion to reconsider the decision that had been come to with re pect to the present measure. It was hardly possible at any time to induce the House to reconsider a de cision of any kind, and that difficulty was greatly increased in dealing with the decision of a Committee that had sat for no less than seventy-three days; under such circum• stances nothing woild have induced him to appeal to the House except a conviction that he had one of the strongest causes that was ever brought before the House. If the Com mittee had had time to hear all the parties concerned, siothing would have induced him to have brought forward the subject. He admitted that the Committee had Leen most persevering in their labours, but they had done great injustice to several parties, and had come to most im proper decisions, because those :decisions had been come to without hearing facts; and the rights of parties had been adjudicated upon without hearing either the facts or the parties themselves ; added to this, the report itself bore evident marks of the pressure which the Committee felt itself to he under in consequence of the difficulty of getting through the task imposed upon them at the present period of the session. Ile appeared there to argue the claims of the York and North Midland, the Midland Counties. and the Eastern Counties lines, whose cases had been decided upon without being heard. He was told that it was a difficult matter to dispute with a great trunk line, such as the London and York, but they had a right to consider themselves a great trunk line, and they had so considered themselves. They expected to be allowed to show the Committee that they could have effected a communication with York with a saving of a loillion and a half. If they could show this, and if they could prove that they had already nearly two-thirds of the line con struct.el, he hoped that the House would see the propriety of re-committing this Bill. They were at first admitted to be a competing line even by the Committee, for in the first instance, when the counsel for the Hertford and Bigglesvrade, and on a subsequent day Mr. Austin, for the Eastern Counties Company, made an application stating that he should satisfy the Committee that they were a distinct and competing party, and that, if ex cluded, they would be debarred from the examination of witnesses pro forma, the Committee decided that the Eastern Company's scheme should be admitted into Court, and its counsel be entitled to all the privileges of examining witnesses. Mr. DARBY—Does that extend to the general principle of competing lines? Mr. WARD—The Honourable Member for Sussex asked him if that extended to the general principle of com peting lines, why that Honourable Member himself said that they might be considered so, but said that in their examinatious they must be sure to confine them selves to what had been alluded to in the first examination. The Committee having thus decided, they expected that they should be considered competing lines in the fullest extent, and when, before the decision had been given on the preamble, counsel applied to the Committee that they might be allowed to blend the main evidencee of the competing tines as against the London and York line, with the object of saving the time of the Committee, the request was complied with. This resolu tion was dated the ith June, but he found that it was not acted upon throughout; and he begged to call the Noble Lord's attention to this fact, that that proposition and the resolution were materially altered in the report. Lord COURTENAY—What date do you call that ? Mr. WARD—The 7th of June. Application was afterwards made to the Committee to ascertain what course they would wish to have pursued with regard to the rebutting evidence. Be found, on examining the reports, that the Committee ordered that landholders and the other opponents should be heard after, and he held in his hand a resolution which was not to be found in this report. The resolution passed by the Committee was such as might have been acted on by all parties, but the next was of a very modi twi character. On applying to the short-hand writer for a copy of it he found that the re-olution stated that the land lords were to be heard next in order, but that the Committee would offer no objection to the course of blending the evidence against the London and York, and Mr. Hildyard Mated that he had arranged his case so as to class the rebutting evidence together, and the other competing lines had agreed to that course. This case was decidedly agreed to by the Committee thernselve3. Now the first iLtiniation they had of an intention to decide upon, the preamble was on the 12th of July, and then the counsel and the parties in support of the three corn rating lines objected, on the ground that they had not been heard. This objection was overruled by the Committee. OA the 14th of July. Now this decision they com plained of, because they had never been heard. There, were great advantages in the line from London to Big gieswade for bringing the manufactures of the north to the river terminus, which would be constructed in the course of the next three months. It was thought that all the parties concerned were judicially entitled to be heard—instead of that, however, a hearing was refused, and the Committee voted that the pre amble of the London and York line was proved in order to shut out all evidence from the other parties. Such was not the casa with the Committee, of which the Hon. Gentleman opposite was the chairman. Before that Committee there were three lines submitted between Portsmouth and London. Evidence on all of them was heard, and at last the Committee, after having maturely considered all of them, de cided on that line which they thought moat conducive to the pnblie interests. In the Noble Lord's Committee the practice was altogether different. On the 16th of July another appli cation was made to the Noble Lord by Mr. Talbot, on the part of the Eastern Counties line, to be heard, and the application was over-ruled by a resolution, which was distinctly opposed to that which was passed on the 7th of June. Evidence was win tendered on the 9th of July to the Committee, by Mr. Wells, on behalf of the Eastern Counties line, with respect to the river terminus, and again this application was decided against. They did not take one tittle of evidence on the importance of effecting a communication with the Thames at B ckwall, and yet the Committee attached the greatest importance to the ter minus of the London and York line. When the application was made to be heard, the Chairman told the counsel that it was an extremely proper application, but that the Committee could not entertain it. Even in the report, as regarded the London and York scheme, it was clear the Committee had heard sufficient rebutting evidence to give it clearly and fully. None of the rebutting evidence of the Direct Northern and Cambridge and Lincoln lines had been heard, and this evidence was necessary, in order that the whole bearing of the entire scheme might be properly sifted and adjudicated upon, and thus nearly the whole of the im portant part of the project was altogether put out. If the opposing lines had received fair play the traffic evidence of the London and York Railway would have been materially altered. This evidence was got up in so absurd and extraor dinary a manner that the Noble Lard thought proper to tell the promoters of the London and York line that the Committee could not receive their evidence as to the coal traffic as it then stood. In consequence of this hint the amount expected to be derived from the coal traffic was reduced from 300,000/. to 170,0001. per ennui.. If the competing lines had insisted at an early period of the case on producing rebutting evi• deuce, it would, perhaps, have been differently decided. He would appeal to the House whether or not the case of the London and York line was ripe for decision at the _present time. He contended that the Committee had come to a de cision with imperfect data, and with an insufficiency of facts. On Lord Lindsay's estate the Peterborough line had already been sanctioned, which traversed nearly the whole of his pro perty, and the . Committee bad decided that for the space of a single mile in the same field the London and York line should cross that railway, and had decided on a line which it was physically impossible to construct, unless another line, which had received the Legislative sanction, was altogether abandoned. He thought that the Committee, by the first paragraph of their report, showed a diffidence in the decision they had come to. They said they must come to a decision as the session was so nearly at an end: that might be a great evil, but it was a far greater one that the facts were net fully and completely in quired into. He had a perfect right to ask the House to re commit the Bill and suspend proceedings in the case, if . . it were only from the fact that important companies had not been heard before that Committee. They would have furnished a body of evidence against the project which would be of the utmost importance, but they were precluded doing so. When the London and York case had closed, an appeal W 39 made to the chairman that they should be heard by coun sel, but the request was not acceded to ; and he appealed to any Hon. Gentleman present, who had been chairman of a Comrstittee of that House, if that refusal were not unfair and contrary to precedent. Besides, the Committee had not been unanimous in their decision, and it was only by the casting vote of the chairman that the preamble of the Bill Was affirmed. Upon these grounds he asked the House to suspend further proceedings on this Bill. Mr. HUTT seconded the motion, and thought the House bad good reason to be dissatisfied with the decision of the Com mittee. As to the proceedings of the Committee, he did not wonder that they felt their physical energies giving way under the overwhelming mass of business before them : it was scarcely to be expected that their strength should keep up against such accumulating matters, and to that circumstance might be perhaps attributed their unwillingness to adopt a course more consonant with the regulations of the Howe. But to what ever cause it was to be attached, their proceedings were scarcely consistent with the rules of Parliament or the justice of the case. It was vety true that, as yet, they had not concluded their labours, but virtually and effectually they had concluded their labours with regard to the present Bill. The House, . . . when it nominated certain Members to inquire into a ease, come to by the casting vote of the chairman. Now, with but one exception, and that was taken by himself, all the Mem- i i hers took the same view of the question.—( Hear.) Now with respect to the petitions of the North Eastern Corn pany and that of Lord Lindsay he should direct the attention of 1 the House to them very shortly. It appeared to the Corn mittee, on retiring and considering the matter, that these parties should be allowed to oppose and make a second attack out of the Midland Companies' purse. With respect to the Swinton and Lincoln extension of the Midlands Railway it appeared to the Committee that it could not be considered a competing line, as opposed to the London and York, because they entertained the same objection to it which had weighed with the Board of Trade—namely, that it passed round by Lincoln and Cambridge, and could not, therefore, be considered a direct line to York. They had also decided against the petition of Mr. Hudson on similar grounds. He begged to say distinctly that if a Com mittee had not the power of deciding which competing line they should adopt, he trusted he would never be placed on a Committee which had to consider a group of railways. He firmly believed that those who had not beea heard, if their evi dence was worth any consideration, they should still have an opportunity of being heard. Mr P. M. STEWART thought that the Committee had discharged their duty in accordance with the rules of that House. If Group X during its long sitting acted according to the prin, ciples upon which this House wished Committees to act, every other Committee with which he was acquainted this ses sien, and that which he had presided over, had acted perfectly wrong. The practice which they observed must be sanctioned by this House. The House should tell them the distance that they should go, and that they should not proceed further. But, instead of doing this, the Committee had gene on with a whole mass of projects, and had put them all at loggerheads together ; and, then, when this difficulty came in the way, they saw the mistake they had made. The Committee had the power to re-group their Bills, and other Committees having done that, the business became easier. Mr. DARBY made an observation across the table which was not heard'in the gallery. Mr. STEWART continued by saying, that the Committee had not heard the different projects separately and distinctly, and the result of their mode of proceeding was, that they had shut oat a great deal of rebutting evidence. He had no doubt but that the Committee believed that they were doing e hat was right, and had adopted the course which they conceived hest ; but, still, if they had re- grouped the Bills as they had the power to do, and as other Committees had done, much of the labour and difficulty would have been avoided• He did not mean to enter upon a discussion of the merits of the line, for he knew nothing of them ; but he did think that another course ought to have been adopted in reference to the , mode of hearing the evidence. He had a great respect for the Committee. and was aware of the labours they had endured ; but he should again say that his opinion was that they had adopted a wrong course. . Mr. P. SCROPE said he would wish to say a few words in explanation. The Committee bad made the best decision they could on thC Bills given to them to dispose of ; but it should be recollected, that they were involved in great difficulty by t means of the enormous mass of evidence laid before them.— He had stated that there was no security for life or property in'any part of the kingdom , but these de p redati o n s had not been I confined to Greece and Greek subjects, but the same system of rapine hid been pursued on the frontiers, of which the in habitants of Turkey were the sufferers. Those who were the defendants of Greece had a right to say that the Greek Go vernment should abstain from these proceedings. He might be told that these depredations arose from conflicts in Greece between the Russian, French, and Englishparties in that coun try. He took this for certain, that as for an English party there never had been, there never could be, and there never would be in Greece, any more than in any other country in the world, an English party. They wanted no party in any country, and the English party in Greece—that which was called an English arty in Greece—was that which was an English party:in Spain, and in every other country with which they had any relation. It was a national party—it was a party that looked alone to the interest of Greece, and it was only for the interest of foreign countries that they could have any motive for supporting or assisting in their relations with them. What earthly advantage could they ex pect or hope to obtain from Greece? The only interest England could have was, to give such support and confideoce as they could afford to parties in foreign countries who were best calculated and most disposed to promote the wel ( Hear.) He would just ask the House to look at the map, which was more like a spider's web, and say if it did not preient an amount of difficulty not easily disposed of. However, it would be seen by the map, that all those other lines were com peting lines with the London and York line, and they all had the benefit of cross-examina , ion ; but there was such a vast mass of it, that the rebutting evidence was not gone into, and the Committee conceived they had heard quite enough of the evidence. necessarily required that some report should be presented on each particular Bill, but at the present moment several Bills had been disposed of without a hearing or the slightest consideration, as much as if they had never appeared betore the Committee at all. For these reasons he considered it his duty to support the motion of his Hon. Friend for the re prosperity, and political independence of Greece. It was slit that there was some struggle between the parties he had alluded to. Alavrocordxto was supposed to be the represen tative of the English party. But he was sure that he would re pel with disdain any imputation of that kind. Colletti may also think that he is promoting the interest of Greece in driving the Greeks to despair by creating discontent and dissatisfaction. This state of things would make a man believe that Greece was unfit fur a constitutional Government, and one might be in duced to think that an arbitrary power was the only go vernment applicable to the state of Greece. Such an opi nion was totally unfounded. He could not believe that the Government of France could rely perfectly on the views which alone appeared to him an explanation of the conduct of Colletti. What benefit could France derive in crushing the interests of Greece, when its position enabled it to support that country? Greece could never become formid able among the powers of Europe : her size, her population, and her position, prevented her. She never could be any• thing but. a small, a prosperous , and a commercial country, iceh, Who attached such a , must feel a sympathy s w , h ro i c n h g sh fe e e y i i e n t g w t o o uld co b n e s . t t u T t i h o e n a Fre l l brty with the people of Greece. He would urge her Majesty's Go vernment, therefore, to appeal to the French Government on this question. It appeared that horrible cruelties were now going on in Greene,.and he 'would , remidd theM of the obliga tions which France, as well as England, contracted with re gard to that country. If they could:onlyi set aside those little petty jealousies, and these local vanities, as to whom may be the Minister in that country, and if they would but unite in a fixed determination that order ,hould be established in Greece, Mr. R. COLLETT thought the Committee should not have declared the preamble of the Bill proved, but should have sus pended the inquiry until next session. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion For the amendment Majority ~. -60 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 181). GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. THE ANNUAL MEETING. FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) . LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. This afternoon the annual general meeting of the Proprietors of the above Company was held at the Cotton Sales-room in the Exchange, in this town. John oss, Esq., Chairman of the Directors, took the chair. The Secretary ( Capt. Huss) then read the advertisement by which the meeting had been convened; aft& which he read the report, from which it appeared that the income had been as follows: — Coaching, carriages, horses, parcels, and mails, including proportion of traffic from the Manchester and Birmingham COM , piny .... ......£151,199 6 10 Goods, including live stock, toll on coals, and proportion of Manchester and Birmingham t raffic ...... Rents and interest ... £22,',326 4 4 That the Company have conveyed 90,500 passengers and 2.5,000 tons of goods more than in the first six months of 1814: That the expense of conducting the traffic has been 96,6361. 15s. 104., leaving a net profit of 129,6891. Bs. 6d. on the half year, being 18,5681. 19s. 9d. more than at the same period last year : That from the net i rr.fit of the half-year the Directors reeom. mend that the usual dividend of 51. per share (21. las. having already been paid f, r the first quarter) In.. nvw declared, and that the surplus of 15,7961. Is. 6d. be carried forward to the Reserved Fund, or " Rest," which will then amount t 045,4731. 6s. 3d., and added to the Depreciation Fund, present a total balance of 64,008/. tti. 10d. That the company's working stock of every kind is in the highest state of efficiency, and that they have been enabled to meet the increased demands upon them without difficulty, or in any degree impairing their character for speed and punctuality. They have to report that they have entered into a contract with the Lancaster and Carli,le Company to supply them with en gines, carriages and waggons for a period of years, and they consider that much benefit may arise to both companies from this arrangement. In order to fulfil their engagements, it has become necessary to make some additimis (not of a very ex tensive character) to their manufactory at Crewe. The report then proceeds— The session of Parliament now closing has been one of un- usual interest to all parties connected with'r.a iluNouidertakings. The various uojects affecting the Grand Junctiou quired the unceasing attention of the Directors; .and-- their anxiety was increased by the adverse decisions of the Board of Trade. It is with regret that the Directors refer to the failure of their negotiations with the London and Birming ham Company ; they had not ceased to anticipate a favourable issue, until all hope of adjustment was finally dissipated by the unexpected union, in. February last, between the London and Birmingham, the Manchester and Birmingham, the Trent Valley, and Churnet Valley Compa nies. With the Directors of the Manchester and Birmingham Company the Thard was, at the time, on the most friendly terms ; they had no intimation of any intended change, nor of the slightest dissatisfaction with their mutual arrangement ; an arrangement Which fur eighteen months has had the effect of transferring to the Manchester and Birmingham Company, from the proceeds of the Grand Junction Line, a net annual sum of from 12,0001. to 15.0001., and investing that Board with the entire control and management of their own traffic over the Grand Junction Line. The Directors offer no remarks on the course adopted by the Manchester and Birmingham Board in thus abruptly thstolving their friendly relations with the Grand Junction. They thought then, and still think, that the wi ' rer ment was a mo , t favourable one for the Manchester and Bir mingham Company; but as that Company entered into con tracts with other parties, altogether incorpistent with their agrecrnent, it only remained for — the Directors to give them no tice that it would cease on the Ist of May last ; and acting The report was received, and the Bill was ordered to be en grossed. Mr. S. WORTLEY observed upon the difficulty Commit tees had to contend with, from the present want of system and arrangement in the business which came before them, and sug gested that the Board of Trade should, in the interval between the present session and the neat, digest and lay down for the consideration of the House, some plan which would facilitate the progress of railway Bills. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from New South Wales, respecting the waste lands in that country. PROPERTY TAX. On the order of the day for the second reading of the Ex chequer Bills Bill. . Mr. C. BULLER had to put a question to the Right Hon. the Vice President of the Board of Trade, founded on a petition from an old lady of the name of Keene. She complained that during several years she had been assessed above 1501., when the had not that income, and she added that no redress could be had from the Commissioners. Mr. CARDWELL said that inquiry had been instituted into the circumstances, and it was found that the petition was groundless, as was also the general charge against the Com missioners. UNION WORKHOUSES. Mr. T. DUNCOM BE asked a question in reference to a practice that prevailed is the Mansfield Union Workhouse, of putting persons who sought shelter and food for the night on to a wheel in the yard four hours in the morning, previous to receiving any breakfast. If there was only one person to put on to the wheel, then it was pustomary for the governor of the workhouse tiC putmore weight on the,wheel in order to make it heavy—this was contrary to the spirit of the New Poor law, and he would ask the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Se cretary for the Home Department, as he had referred to it before, if any inquiry had been made into the matter, and what steps had been taken? Sir JAMES GRAHAM was decidedly of opinion that the practice referred to was opposed to the letter and spirit of the New Poor-last. He had represented the matter to the Poor law Commissioners, and if such a practice prevailed they would order the discontinuance of the practice. Captain OSBORNE said that considerable objections had been taken to the practice of bone grinding in workhouses by the Right Hon. Gentleman, when the subject was brought before the House on a former occasion ; he (Captain Osborne) expected it would have been put an en to ; but he was in formed it was still continued in many of these establishments, owing to the increased demand for guano for agricultural purposes. Sir JAMES GRAHAM replied that the practice which the Hon. Gentleman (Capt. Osborne) referred to was clearly contrary to law, and required interference; the present case was one in wbich he had no power to interfere. Captain OSBORNE hoped there would be some legislation on the matter. EXPLOSIONS IN COLLIERIES. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, he had another question to ask. It was in relation to the collieries of Durham, Northum berland, and South Lancashire. It would be recollected, that some time ago several lives were lost in the north of Eng land, in consequence of an explosion, and a commission was appointed, composed of Mr. Lyell and Professor Faraday. They had made their inquiry into the Haswell explosion, and furnished their report, yet no steps had been taken to afford additional security. He wished, therefore, some explanation on this head. He desired also to call the attention of the Right Hon. Baronet, to another subject. In the neighbourhood of Wigan, the law was constantly violated in the employment of females. It was also the practice in many places to pay wages in truck. He considered these matters ought to be in quired into. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said with regard to the two last practices—paying in truck and employing females in mines— they were directly contrary to law. Inspectors had been ap pointed to see that the law was duly executed, and he was happy to see, by the report which bad been placed on the table, it was generally carried into effect. He would, however, call their attention to-the cases the Hon. Member had pointed out; and if there was any infraction of the law the offending parties would be proceeded against. With regard to the other allegations, be had instructed the Commission which had been appointed to inquire into the smoke nuisance, to direct their attention to this question, and to report specially upon it. Mr. WAK LEY called the attention of the Right Hon. Ba ronet at the head of the Home Department to certain mal practices that prevailed in a union workhouse, the name of which, from the none that prevailed in the House, we could not catch. . Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he never heard of the circum stances alluded to; if he bad, a searching investigation should have been made into it. WAKLEY inquired whether the Right Hon. Baronet would now, in consequence of his (Mr. Wakley's) statement, institute an inquiry into the matter? Sir JAMES GRAHAM signified assent. AFFAIRS OF GREECE. _ _ _ On the question that the House go into a Committee of Supply, Lord PALMERSTON rose to bring forward the question of which he had given notice relative to the affairs of Greece. He said that in making his observations upon this subject, he could not fail to command the attention of the House, although it concerned neither the military, commercial, or even the pecuniary interests of the Members. As to military interests Greece was not of sufficient importance to form an essential element in the balance of European power; in her commerce she was not extensive enough to affect that of any other country, and in a pecuniary point of view very little interest could be felt; although by reason of a small interest payable on a loan effected with that country, any measure which was calculated to decrease her debt must be of comparative importance to those who bad assisted her. But the subject had a higher claim to the consideration of the House and the country inasmuch as it concerned the honour and good faith of the kingdom. The honour of the British Crown greatly depended on the pros perity of Greece. In that treaty, which constituted the king dom of Greece, of course a King was appointed, and that King being under age, a regency was appointed. That regency had been much calumniated. They committed great acts of cruelty among them, but, be their faults what they may, they conferred great permanent benefits on ithe Greeks. They es tablished municipal corwations, the freedom of the press, ' trial by jury, patrician assemblies, and a general representa tion. The Constitution which the allied Powers had promised to the Greeks, and which the King of Russia had also promised during his minority, had long been delayed. Great tyranny was practised, a lavish expenditure, and a squandering of the resources of the State took place, and an unnatural spirit of government was established. The finances of Greece were unable to cover the current expenditure, and the interest was thrown upon the three countries who were the guarantees. In September, 1843, by almost an unanimous act, a revo lution was brought about in the course of a few days, when a general assembly was made. Everybody who was disposed to look at the surface of things, and could not look at the springs of action in Greece, might have expected that when that Constitution was established things would have gone on in a different way. He was sorry to say that the Constitution had not turned out satisfactorily. The Minister that was first called upon to act in this constitutional system (Mavrocordato), an enlightened man, was soon removed from office, and his place was taken by a Minister of a different description. The present Minister (Colletti), who, educated in the school of Ali Pacha, imbibed in his earlier years prin ciples far different from those which were suited to his position as Minister, was then appointed. The Constitution was then set aside, and arbitrary acts of power were practised by every p a rty. Judges had been removed who had been thought likely to administer the law with justice, the liberty of the press had been shattered, tyranny had been exer cised, and instead of an army, the country had been filled with robbers and plunderers, who committed the must dreadful ex cesses on the unfortunate. population. -Cruelty had been prac tised on the people, and persons would hardly believe that in any Christian country in these days, professing to be a civilised nation, such abominations could take place as were practised in Greece. A number of individuals were said to have been swung by the feet, and when so swinging, were beaten, and wild cats were put into the loose dresses of the women. He handed in a petition from a certain number of persons in Syria, saying that they ihemselves were victims to this kind of treatment, and that they had been the greatest sufferers. Of course the reve nues of the country were squandered by those bands, and the State was left actually in arrears, and the interest was thrown upon the three guaranteed powers. With regard to that point, he would take leave to ask the Government why they did not at length insist upon the execution of that treatied stipulation, by which the Government of Greece was bound to apply to the payment of the interest of the debt the first produce of the public revenue. He was sure that if that were done it would go some way to alleviate those debts. The Government of Greeco would be compelled to have recourse to some method of economy, and as thew were in the capacity of creditors of Greece, and guarantees of the independence and integrity of Greece, they ought to give strong admonitions and urgent representations to the Government of Greece on these matters. committal of the'Bill. On the question being put from the Chair, Lord COURTENAY said that as Chairman of the Com mittee to which the grouped Bills had been intrusted, he might perhaps be excused if he stated to the House the course of pro ceeding, and as that, and not the peculiar merits of the pro jects, had been made the chief subject of comment by the Hon. Member for Sheffield, he would confine himself as strictly as possible to meeting that particular question. The report which had been that morning laid before the Members of the House mentioned the number of Bills which had been referred to the consideration of the Committee. The .Hon. Member opposite complained of the apologetic tone in which the report was introduced ; if apology were discernible, he could assure the . . Hon. Member that . it was not from any misgiving of error or irregularity, but that impressed with the stupendous charge with which they were entrusted they wished to evince a sense of that importance, and also show their respect to the House. They, therefore, were not content with giving a mere dry and general de tail, but explained the circumstances which led to their decision. He must be permitted now to say that, although upon the merits of the two Bills the Committee were not unanimous, but divided in their decision, as respected the course of proceeding throughout their sitting they were invariably unanimous. Whether, therefore, right or wrong, regular or irregular, these proceedings were adopted in accordance with the unanimonsdeci- PlOll of the Committee.—( Hear.) The Hon. Member for Sheffield had stated that an arrangement had been made, and a resolu tion adopted, wherein they stated their intention of including in one Bill the Sheffield and Lincoln, and Tottenham and Far ringdon-street Extension. That was perfectly true ; and it was on this ground that the Bills thus included were considered as more or less in competition with each other, either in a direct line north and south, or, laterally, east and west ; and subsequent to this arrangement, on a spe cial application, the Hertford and Biggleswade was added to the list by sub-grouping. That preliminary matter being settled, they proceeded to classify the schemes in the order in which they should be heard. The London and York was that taken first, because it was the first in point of fact. Throughout the entire case counsel were let in to cross-examine every witness, and it would be found, on reference to the repent, that one, two, three, four, and five counsel exercised this right. If any Rlernber had been present in the Com mittee-room, during the seventy or eighty days that the Committee sat upon the line, he would have seen the course adopted, and been enabled to bear witness to the accuracy of his statements. The Hon. Member had also referred to the resolution adopted by the Committee on the 7th of June, to the effect that the Committee cannot, with a view of instituting a comparison between the population in the district within ten miles on either side of the London and York line, and within a similar distance of the Cambridge and Lincoln line, admit the population on lines which are not before Parliament. The Hon. Member stated that that resolution applied to lines competing with the London and York, whereas the fact was that the Cambridge and Lincoln line, being the principal com peting scheme, the promoters were informed that if they des sired to show that a further portion of the country beyond the ten miles could be secured by the line as then before the Com mittee, it might be done on the same principle as that adopted by the Committee in the previous part of the investigation. Several Members of the Committee had expressed a desire of coming to a decision on such parts of the case as would not inflict injury on other parties who had claims to be heard before the Committee; and, as far as the leading lines were con cerned, it was considered necessary and desirable to come to some resolutions on such parts of the scheme as would involve this arrangement of the business. In pursuance with this application was made before the case of the London and York was gone into, and when an objection was taken to it in respect to certain errors which were alleged to exist in the plans of that scheme, that the whole case be tween the two great lines should be taken, and that the counsel on behalf of the Direct Northern should state the places at which they proposed to prove the effect of the errors specified to be so great as to render the work impracticable—it was at the same time requested by counsel on the side of the London and York, that the Committee should come to a decision on the merits of that scheme, after the termination of the Tottenham and Farringdon-street case. Himself and his Hun. Colleagues on the Committee concurred in saying, in answer to the application, that on the Monday following they would give their decision separately on those applications. On the Monday they met, and came to the conclusion that when the cases of the Direct Northern and Farringdon-street Extension lines were closed, they would proceed to consider the merits of the two competing lines before them, for effecting a second trunk railway communication between London and York, viz.: that of the London and York Company, and that which con sisted of the Cambridge and Lincoln, the Direct Northern, and the Farringdon Extension lines, in conjunction with the Eastern Counties Railway, already executed as far as Cam bridge. All were agreed on this resolution. They were guided by the arguments of the report of the Board of Trade in ex cluding that part of the Midland Counties Railway which was considered to he in competition with the London and York line. They considered that it would be exceedingly objec tionable to extend further the Midland Counties scheme, considering the circumstances under which that Company bad acted. They took that step with due deliberation, subject to the responsibility of that House. They felt justified that the course they took was in conformity with the interests of all parties concerned. An application was made to them on July 16, on behalf of the Eastern Counties and the York and North Midland Companies, to be allowed to present rebutting evidence against the London and York line. The application was made by Mr. Talbot, and an answer was returned to the effect that the Committee, in the exercise of its discretion, considered the London and York, the Cambridge and Lincoln, the Direct Northern, and the Tottenham and Farringdon Extension, with the existing Cambridge Railway, were the only two schemes that competed inter se as it respected a direct trunk communication from London to York ; and that the Cambridge and Huntingdon line should be taken next in order. These resolutions were come to, after a due examination of evidence and a careful consideration of the question. The opposition of Lord Lindsey had been referred to, and on that subject he would say a few words. Counsel on behalf of that Noble Lord had been heard, witnesses called and subjected to examination and cross-examination ; many questions were asked by the members of the Committee, and a map of the place was used to guide them in their inquiry. In fact, it was not without much care and consideration that the Committee decided, and then not before the case on behalf of the Noble Lord had been fully heard. The principle on which the Committee acted was, at every stage of their business, to select such Bills as might be considered competing schemes, and to view them in connexion with each other. The House had entrusted the Committee with a certain discretionary power, and it had been honestly and he trusted impartially exercised. That was the resolution they had acted upon. He was not conscious of having omitted any part of his duty as a Member of the Committee, but thought all of them bad acted in ac cordance with precedent, and in conformity with the immense interest involved in the case. He would further say, that they had endeavoured to do the best they could, and hoped the House would consider that they had not acted in any way improperly, Mr. BARING WALL said he felt very strongly that the attention of the House should be drawn to the manner in which the London and York Committee had acted—if that Committee had adopted the same principles as had been acted upon in others, a great number of the complaints of his Hon. Friend the Mem ber for Sheffield would have been unnecessary. He would not now enter into the merits of the case, but thought the Committee had taken every pains to arrive at a proper result. (The Hon. Member spoke in so low a tone of voice, that one whole sentence of what he uttered was not audible in the gallery.) He could not think, looking at the question of com munication from London to York, that it could be said the Committee had doge wrong in coming to the decision it had done. The Committee bad given indications of their wish to hear all the opposing lines, and they would have heard them if they could have come to a decision before the Parliament was prorogued. On the whole, he thought the Committee had exercised a sound judgment, and he trusted, therefore, that the House would not accede to the motion of the Hon. Member for Sheffield. Mr. DARBY said that if the Committee had exercised an improper discretion he fur one trusted the House would recom mit the Bill. He trusted, however, the House would look at what the system of grouping was, and that they would look at the effect upon it, if it was to be said that the Committee did not exercise a sound discretion. The Hon. Member for Shef field had totally mistaken the principle upon which the groups were classed. If the Committee were not to exercise a discretion each railway would have to he sent to a separate Committee. He was prepared to maintain that the Committee had taken not only the right course but the only oue it could take. It was upon a general agreement of counsel that the Committee had pursued the course which was so much com plained of by the Hon. Member for Sheffield. The Hon. Gentleman had laid that the decision of the Cununittoe was and that the Constitution which had been grant d by:the three Powers should be firmly supported, he (Lord Palmerston) could not persuade, himself that Prussia would not also concur wit% them, and he could not believe that their joint efforts would be made in vain. England had a right, nevertheless, to enjoin a strict ac:herence to the treaty, and any display of energy on the part of England could not fail to have a good effect in Greece. In times of peace England should exercise no political influence, except that which was used for the benefit of those over whom it was exercised, He looked on feelings of conquest as sue of those distinguished relics of bygone days. Instead of looking for the glory of military conquest, they should look to those greater glories which consisted in the cultivation of the arts of peace. It was in the spirit of the people of this country, and must always be in the spirit of the Government of this country, be the Government what it may be, to endeavour, as far as its political influence may extend, that so far it should be exercised to protect the weak, to rescue the oppressed, to extend civili sation, and to confer, as far as they were able to do, the bless ings of peace and independence on all nations over whom they may have any power. There ought to be no jealousy with regard to England, either in the mind of the French or Russian power in Greece. They were bound in duty toexert all the influencetowhich their treaties or their political position entitled them, to secure to Greece that happiness which was the object of the treaty of 1827 and 1830. He had no motion to cake on the subject ; but he could not read the statements in the public papers, and permit the ses sion to pass over without some remarks upon them. He was sure that the Government felt the same sympathy for Greece, and he trusted they would do that which would prove success ful, through the assistance of the .Greek nation, who owed to this country the establishment a a 'free Constitution, , and owed also to this country the further obligiatinn of tieing secured in the enjoyment of those constitutional privileges which, with the concurrence of their own Sovereign, had been conferred upon them. . . Mr. B. COCHRANE wished to remind the House tha, K log Otho accepted the throne of Greece on condition that the stipulations respecting the existence of the new-formed Constitution should be fully carried out. In 1843, that Sovereign wielded the sceptre under very different circumstances from those now existing in his realm. At present the intrigues of an unprincipled and incompetent Minister harassed and dis graced him ; for though the maxim, 4 ' that the King can do no wrong," applied t the sovereign power of Greece, yet the misconduct of a Minister brought odium alike on the Govern ment and the Monarch. M. Colletti's conduct was such as to entail ruin on the State, and stagnation to the commerce of the country with which he was associated. He not only actively sowed the seeds of anarchy among the subjects, but sedulously went about to the Foreign Mariners. codiplaining severely of the others' conduct. But when Mavrocordato could not make up a Government collectively of all whom he desired, rather than injure his country by indecision, or the adoption of a Ministry solely composed of members opposed to him, he com promised successfully, and formed a Government comprehend ing the united elements of both parties. What was the feeling which M. Piscatori entertained of the • character of M. Colletti? Why, he publicly declared at Athens that that Mi nister's interference had brought about all the calamities which now threatened the country ; for this reason, he could not re gret that the subject had been started, as it gave the British Government an opportunity of expressing its opinion of the conduct of Ministers abroad. Ile paid a willing tribute to the admirable course pursued by General Church, but that officer had himself complained of the vacillation and negligence of the Government at home. Sir IL PEEL said he readily admitted that this country had a special interest in the prosperity of Greece. They stood in the character of public creditors, and the debt incurred by Greece had not yet been paid, although she had contracted obligations which she was unable and unwilling to discharge. England, therefore, had a special right to interfere and see that the conditions were fulfilled, at the same time that it guarded the maintenance of self-government—the safeguard of the inte grity and independence of the country. No one was happier than himself and her Majesty's Government, when despot is rule was terminated, and a popular Constitution was established in Greece. England had insisted on the satisfactory fulfilment of engagements, and complained of the delay; while Greece was told she could remain passive no longer. At the same time the Government was unwilling to press too eagerly on Greece for the fulfilment of these claims. Ile fully agreed with the Noble Lord that they hail the power to enforce the payment of the debt; that Greece ought to bear that in mind, and moreover that they had the right even to take a portion of the revenue to repay themselves. But they could not resort 'to this extre mity at present, without endangering' the ptaen'of that coun try, and changing the popular form of government which now so happily existed there. lie felt he had not the same opportunity as the Noble Lord opposite (Palmerston), nor the Hon. Member near him (Mr. B. Cochrane), of discussing the conduct of certain Ministers, although he was free to en tertain his own private opinion on the subject. As a Minister of this country, it would ill suit him to criticise publicly the character of M. Colletti, or the Foreign Miniiters with whom he acted. Such a discussion once commencedwould reach to limits it were difficult either to anticipate or prevent, and he therefore thought it would he very unadvisable to enter at all on so delicate a question. He abstained from expressing any opinion on these transactions. It had been the subject of represen tation from this Government- But he would decline, under pre sent circumstances, the expression of any opinion on them. He concurred in the encomium which had been passed on that distinguished man, General Church. His character stood too high to be affected in the slightest degree by any statements of a derogatory character that had been made respecting him. As he stated before, those were subjects which he would not now enter upon. They were matters of representation and remonstrance from this Government, and of course it could not be expected that he would follow the Noble Lord into these de tails. The Noble Lord had explained very fairly what should be the conduct of England towarr's other nations—that it should do justice to all, and b 3 above those petty interferences which marked the conduct of other countries. He fully concurred with him, that we should not dictate to them how they should manage their internal affairs.—( Hear, hear.) Let this country continue to exhibit that character and he would never despair of England acquiring that influence in other nations to which she was justly entitled, and which she had a great right to claim. Other countries might pursue a different course, and if any former Government bad by its in termeddling interference departed from that dignified position, their course was very clear, and he had no hesitation in saying that it would conduce far more than any other to the per manent benefit of the country. Those countries who had in terfered had alleged, as their reason for doing so, their desire that the best and most patriotic makshould be selected as Minis ter. But if that principle were to he admitted, where was the proceeding to end? Every country, no matter how opposed in interest, might claim the same privilege. He was, there fore, afraid that the principles contended for by the Noble Lord were not exactly such as became the dignity of this country. He did not wish for any English party. He only wished for such influence as this country had a legitimate right to acquire. The Noble Lord said that there never was a period when England possessed less influence abroad. If the Noble Lord meant an influence based on an intermeddling and active interference— if he meant an influence acquired by an officious intrusion into the internal management of the affairs of other nations, he admitted at once that England had not that influence. But if he meant that influence which England had a just right to ex pect, and which her exalted position among the nations of the earth legitimately entitled her to have, he offered to the Noble Lord a denial as distinct as his asseveration; and he would fol low the Noble Lord' s e xa m ple, and would allege no reasons for that opinion.—( Laughter. ) He would hold himself relieved, therefore, from going into the subject further, and he would now conclude by placing his asseveration against that of the Noble Lord--.( Loud laughter)—as he had produced no facts in support of his statements. 'lke subject then dropped. • The House then went into Committee, and a vote of 20,0001. was agreed to for • the sufferers by the late fire at Quebec. On the motion that the order of the day be read for bring ing up the repo r t on th e J o i n t-Stock Bank (Ireland and Scot land) Bill, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained that it was not his intention to proceed with the Bill, but he was anxious to give this public notice, that he would hold him self at liberty to apply the principles of the Bill to any joint stock banks that might be established between the end of the present session and the beginning of next session. He gave this public notice, to prevent any injury that might be sus tair ed by the ignorance of parties with regard to his intention. He wished it, therefore, to be understood, that he reserved to till interim, t e l maot ( Government e ica r o n yn m st right hi e ar n ee t re t n h : e leoersasiaisr y. . to apply to any , banks that might be established any r e g u l a ti ons th a t th e G ov ernment might, in the The further consideration of the report was then adjourned The reporton the Fees (Criminal Proceedings) Bill was then brought up and received. The Real Property (No. I) Bill was read a third time and passed, and also the Assignment of Terms Bill. The Silk Weavers Bill was read a s'cond time. The Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Society Bill was read a third time and passed. The House then adjourned, at Eight o'clock. ADELAIDE GALLERY.—Yesterday the Indian Prince Dwarkanauth Tagore, attended by Sir Robert and Lady Burton, paid a visit to this establishment to witness in operation the model of Pilbrow's Atmo.pheric Railway. His Highness inspected the model with the utmost minuteness, and expressed himself highly gratified with the ingenious invention of Mr. Pilbrow, who was himself present, and explained to the illus.. trious visitor the' nature of the mechanical construction of the model. The Prince visited also the other parts of the esta blishment, witnessing the various exhibitions going forward at the time. Murphy, the Mexican Minister, and the Duke de Sototnayor, Spanish Minister transacted business yes terday at the Foreign-OE9e. ...„. _ under advice, they are now taking the necessary legal measures to establish their claim to their full mileage share of the traffic. In the mean time, and till the question is decided, the differ ence, amounting to about 3001. a week, is not included in the published statement of receipts. In the Trent Valley Railway (now leased to the London Company, at a dividend equal to that paid to their own Share holders), the Grand Junction Company holds stock to the amount of 277,7801., and the Directors' attention was limited to obtaining a clause in the Bill to secure to themselves the power of u-ing the line on reasonable terms. In this they suc ceeded. The Churnet Valley project was lost, ,-Numerous, schemes have since made their appearance to-supplyits :place; whether any one of them may ultimately succeed is not so se rious a question to the Grand Junction Company as might be supposed. The trade between Manchester and the South has Always been greatly over-estimated ; and in order to relieve the minds of any proprietors who may have apprehensions on the subject, it may be mentioned, that the total sum received by the Grand Junction Company during the last half-year, for traffic of all descriptions passing between any part of the Man chester and Birmingham line and London and Birmingham line, including London and Manchester, falls short of 17,0001., or less than 8 per cent, of the income. In order, however, to protect themselves as far as possible against the threatened attack on the East, it became necessary for the Directors to seek an alliance in the South ; and the Com mittee of the House of Commons in their report on the Oxford, Rugby, and Wolverhampton Railways, distinctly alludes to the necessity of affording to the Grand Junction Company a' fresh inlet to London; and securing them against ant qrced alAtrae tion of their traffic. Upon the whole, therefore, on contrasting the position of the Company at the commencement of the session with its pre sent prospects, the Directors consider that there is cause for congratulation. Having thus briefly reviewed the past, the Directors 'must now allude to their future intentions, so far as they are already determined on. One of the most important is the shortening of distance be tween Liverpool and Birmingham. Arrangements are com pleted with the Duke of Bridgewater's trustees, the Admi ralty, and the Conservators of the River, for crossing the ;Hersey at Runcorn. A branch from this new line will pro ceed to Warrington, ao as to place that town on the direct hoe to Liverpool. A junction will also be made with the St. Helen's Railway. In connexion with this extension, the Directors have agreed to become interested in ttie : .tormation of a railway from )yarringl on to Stockport. It appeared to them that these important towns were entitled to railway communi cation, and that,the through traffic could be more efficiently worked by means of a friendly alliance with the Grand Junc tion Company, than with any other party. The proprietors are aware that the Potteries Branch Bill was thrown out after passing the ordeal of the Committee of the House of Commons. It is not the intention of the Directors to renew the application, because the line, on a more extended. scale, has been merged in that of the Derby and Crewe Com pany. This scheme appears in every respect most eligible for the district, and the Directors finding it warmly supported by local influence, did not hesitate to contribute a portion of the capital. The " South Staffordshire" project, extending from a point on the Midland Line, near Alrewas, passing through Lichfield, crossing the Grand Junction Railway at Walsall, and proceed ing thence to Dudley, has recently been brought forward, sup ported by an unusually strpng local interest. It will open new sources of traffie..uthe Grand Junction, wi„tilot4 da.sbingisith its interests; and :Waving been invited to jeiliit have agreed to embark in it to the extent of one-fourth of the proposed capital. The aggregate of the above engagements is 600,000/. With respect to the Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Rail- way, the Directors are not at the present moment in a position to speak ; but a communication will be made on the subject shortly. The Directors have observed with pleasure the rapid progress made in the works of the Lancaster and Catlisle Railway, and the probability of its being opened for traffic in the sumrner.of next year. 13y virtue of their interest in this Company, the Grand Junction Company became entitled to an allotment of 2,500 shares in the York and Carlisle Company, and under the circumstances deemed it their duty to accept the same. They are also happy to remark, that the Caledonian Rai' way, in which, as the 1 roprietors may remember, the Grand Junction Company holds 2,000 shares, has obtained a Bill. The opening of this line, together with its various extensions towards the north of Scotland, cannot fail to be productive of essential benefit to the through traffic of the Grand Junction line. It was intended to have proposed at the present meeting na issue of new quarter shares ; but the terms of creation of the stock cannot be determined upon until the Amalgamation Bill is decided. Under these circumstances, a special meeting will be called for the purpose, so soon as the session is over. The Proprietors have to elect three Directors, to supply the places of Messrs. Gladstone and Sandbach, who retire by ro tation, and Mr. Roskell, who has resigned. A vacancy having occurred during the half-year, by the re signation of Mr. John Cropper, it has been filled by the elec tion of Mr. P. 1. Stewart, M.P. for Renfrewshire. The CHAIRMAN then addressed the Proprietors, and said, the report of the Grand Junction Directors ' which has just been read, places you so fully in possession of what has passed during the last six months, so eventful to railway interests, that on the present occasion I shall forbear troubling you with further detail. This is the more desirable, because each suc ceeding month makes such extraordinary changes, that I feel our Directors should be left freely to watch the interests com mitted to their charge, so as to be enabled to take such mea sures from time to time as the necessity of the case in their judgment demands. If any Proprietor calls for information, I will, as I have. always done, endeavour to satisfy him. It now becomes a duty I owe to you to inform you, that with the close of the proceedings of this day, when my office of Chairman of this Company ceases, I propose retiring from that most honourable and important posi tion. The state of my health has compelled me to announce to my colleagues that I can no hanger sustain the mental and bodily exertion which the office of your chair man demands. I wished to have retired earlier, but remained until now at their request. It is not my intention to vacate my seat at the Board; and after having received so many acts of kindness from my colleagues on trying occasions, whoever succeeds me may rely upon my desire to support him.— ( Cheers.) As a matter of record, I beg to state that we have expended the sum of 2,600,000/., including calls on the rail ways, we leave shares in our property valued at the market price of the day's,Worth ; 13,b89 shares in the Trent Valley, 250,0001. ; 5,000 shares in the Lancaster and Carlisle Com pany, 275,0001.; 2,010 shares in the. Caledonian, 10,0001. Our land, works, and machinery at Crewe, have cost 130,3401. ; our surplus capital, undivided, is 64,0001. ; our stock of engines, carriages, and waggons, is worth 250,0001, leaving for stations, and a road of 104 miles, unincumbered with debts, 1,620,6601.—(Cheer5.) We were able to place 34,0001. the last year to increase our reserved fund. Ido not shrink from a comparison wi;h any other railway. Your confidence has always been most gratifying to me. The post of work ing Director must now, as it ought to do, devolve upon a younger man ; but no one, I assure you, can be mors sincerely or more anxiously alive to whatever promotes the interests of our Grand Junction Railway. The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst loud cheers. The report was then received and adopted, and a dividend declared. Messrs. Gilbert Winter, Charles Turner, and Charles Law rence, were elected Directors. Mr. L. MOSELY then, in a very feeling speech, proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, who briefly replied, and the meeting separated. In our wiverti , log columns it will b 2. seen Mr. George Robins is about to transmogrify Brandeston Hall (near to' Woodbridge) into its original state—that is, to renovate and restore its original beauty in the style of our Queen Elizabeth, and thus render this mansion what it claimed to be in days of yore—meaning thereby to render it worthy the occupation of the M.P. for the county, or for the town of Ipswi;h. This is to be done by tender, and, as Mr. R 's name is " ready mone✓," there will be no lack of applicants to lave the first preference. It is to be got ready so that a tenant may partake, in September, of the advantages of the manors, which are very extensive, lots of game strictly preserved, and the right of fishing In the river Deben, Which extends two miles through Mr. Robins's estate. Mr. Adair's park and woods are in close alliance with the park of Brandeston Ha11. 7 .-/pswieh Express. The Directors of the Bank of England have trihuted 100!. to the testimonial to Mr. Rowland Hill. YOUNG ENGLAND.—Lord John Manners and the members of this spirited and well intending party will be de lighted to find their views carried out by the liberal proprietor of the Surrey Zoological Gardens, who, we see, proposes to give fetes on the 4th and sth of August, illustrative of old English games and sports, when the rising gen ?ration will have an opportunity of witnessing many of those pastimes which procured for this country the title of « Merrie England." ' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE GOODWOOI) RACES.—YESTERDAY. The racing this afternoon, with the exception of the Nassau Stakes and Chesterfield Cup, was left to the amateurs, to whom a novel opportunity for a " mount" was afforded by an announcement in the lists that " gentlemen wishing to ride for the Anglesey, March, Bentinck. or Maidstone St..kes, might hire Lord George Bentinck's horses engaged in those races." With this facility the largeness of the entries and the numerical strength of the club in riding members, it was to be ex pected that the finale to the meeting would be consistent with its commencement, and so it proved; the sport was ample, the riding in several instances very superior, and the speculation uncommonly brisk. The attendance, however, was moderate, several of the fashionable visi tors, probably frightened by the threatening state of the weather in the morning, or, mayhap, having found three }may days enough to satisfy their taste for the sport, having taken wing. Before we give the usual returns of the racing, we should state that the King of the Nether lands took his departure for London at n►ne o'clock this morning. His Majesty lies given a gratifying proof of the pleasure he received from his visit by signifying his intenti tit to present a cup to be run for next year, to be called " The Orange Cup," and to be weights for age. The two matches which stood first on the card havieg gone off, the races commenced, at half-past one o'clock, with The Chesterfield Cup, by subscription of 15 sovs. each, the surplus in specie; for three yrs old, Sac. Craven Course. (41 Subs.) Mr. W. Etwali's /Egis, 3 yrs, 6st (Sharpe) 1 Mr. Gratwicke's Needfhl, 4 yrs, 7st 91b 2 Mr Jacques's Semiseria, 5 yrs, Bst llb The following itso ran : —Lord Chesterfield's Knight of tl,e Whistle—Duke of Richmond's Lothario—Col. Peel's Carry Owen—Mr. Meiklam's Philip—Mr. Ales - tyn's Beaumont—Mr. Herbert's Ajax—Lord Eglinton's Quebec—Mr. G. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies—Mr. Carr's The Altered One—Mr. Balchin's Moustache— Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elis—Lord Eglinton's Vaude ville—Mr. Parr's Ninety-one—Lord Maidstone's Ar canus—Mr. Phillimore's Skeleton—Colonel Peel's hier sey—Mr. Gill's Remorse—Mr. Gill's Richard Cricket. Betting-3 to 1 agst Miss Elis-4 to 1 agst Lothario —7 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle-10 to 1 agst Re morse-10 to 1 agst Quebec-10 to 1 agst Agis —l2 to 1 agst Hersey. The Queen of the Gipsies, followed by Garry Owen, Hersey, Ninety one, Miss Elis, Quebec, Needful, and Semiseria, the others lying in good places, jEgis nearly last. • At the turn, ./Egis threaded horses, took up the running, and carried it on to the stand, where she was challenged by Needful and Stroiseria, but won, without being caught, by a head ; Semiseria a good third, and Remorse, Knight of the 'Whistle, and Miss Elis, wet I bp. The March Stakes, of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, if declared, for all ages, handicap, for all horses, ridden by Mem bers of the Goodwood Club. Last three quarters of • a mile of the D.R.S.C. (10 Sub.), in each class, 35 pay 5 sovs. each to the winner of the challenge. at Class. Lord Ho wth's Beatrice, 6 yrs, I Ost 131 b (Mr. Moore) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's African, 6 yrs, list 9lb 2 Nix. Osbaldeston's Sorella, 4 yrs, I Ist 71b 3 Mr. Mostyn's Alamode, 4 yrs, list Lord G. Bentinek's All-round-my Hat, 4 yrs, llst 314 5 Lord G. Bentinek's Nawurth, aged, Ilst Lord Maidstone's Arcanus, 6 yrs, Ilst 131 b 7 L--rd Eglinton's Quebec, 5 yrs, 12st Betting —6 to 4 agst African, 4 to 1 agst Quebec, 4 to 1 agst Alamode, and 6 to 1 ugst Beatrice. Beatrice made alt the running, and won easy, by a length. March Stakes. Second Class. L')rd Howth's Wolf Dog. 3 yrs (Capt. Williams) I Lord Chesterfield's Cock tighter, 4 yrs, lOst 31b The following also started, but were not placed : Lord G. Bentinck's Croton ; Oil, 4 yrs—Mr. Wooley's Example, 4 yrs—Mr., .II4.1) - crit's Ajax, aged—Lord G. Bentinck's Coal Black Rose, 4 yrs—Lord G. Bentinck's Karnaa, 4 yrs—Lord Waterford's The Roper (h b), 4 yrs —Mr. Dorrien's Justice Greedy, 4 yrs. Betting-7 to 4 agst Wolf l)og, 5 to 2 agst Karnac, 6 to 1 agst Croton Oil, 6 to 1 agst Example, 6 to 1 agst Ajax. 8 to 1 agst Roper, and 8 to 1 agst Coekfighter. Wolf Dog imitated the Irish mare by taking the lead, keeping it, and winnin. , cleverly by a length. Lord G. Bentinck's two were only beaten by a neck. The Nassau Stakes of 50 sovs. each (subscription), for three yrs old fillies, to carry Bst 71b; the winner of the July, Clearwell, Criterion, or Prendergast Stakes at Newmarket, to carry 31b extra; of either Riddles won h, Column, Newmarket, Two Thousand Guineas or One Thousand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket, or Drawing-room Stakes at_Ooodwood, and the winner of the Great Preduce Stakes at Ascot, to carry 61b extra; of the Derby Au. Oaks at Epsom, 91b extra; a winner of both Derby' and- Drawing-room Stakes to carry 121 h extra; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs. out of the Stakes. The New Mile. (24 Subs.) Sir R. W. Bulkeley's bl f Queen Pomare...(Holmes) 0 Duke of Richmond's Refraction (91bs extra) 0 and their property. " The head guard is responsible for the due placing of the signal lamps and coach lamps on the train, and for a proper supply of hand lamps, flags, fog signals, and spare coupling chams with each train, in perfect order fer use. The head guard will always have a red and green flag with his train by day. and both guards will have their hand lamps with them, which, together with the engine and tail lamps, will be lighted at sunset or in foggy weather. Each guard will, in all cases requiring it, on the signal . being given, namely, the tremulous sound of the whistle, apply the break to the carriage on which he is riding, and re move it on the engine man giving one short sound of the whistle, and, on descending the incline from the Dartmouth Arms to the New-cross station, invariably apply the break, with or without the signal being given. In case of any accident occurring, so as to impede the pro gress of a train, the under guard shall be dispatched to the nearest station astern of the train to give notice thereof. and ' in his progress thereto shall fix at a distance of half a mile from the point of obstruction a red flag by day, or a red light by' night (in addition to the fog signals), so as to indicate danger to a coming train. Measures should also be taken to advise the clerk at the nearest station a-head of the occurrence. " Should the accident occasion the stoppage of both lines of rail, the head guard will send the stoker or other servant of the company, and, in the absence or inability of either, then go himself in advance of the train, to place the signals on the opposite line of rail to that which the train is on, in the same order as to distance, as is above, and in the fog signals, directed for the under guard, by which precaution both lines of rail will be protected. " The security and safety of pwaengers being the chief duty of the head guard, he shall, in all cases of accident to or stopping ie a train, use his utmost endeavours to secure that object iu the first place, and on this account be shall not, under any pretence whatever, quit the train, unless he be • released therefrom by his superior officer, or he finds it ne cessary himself to plant the signals in the front or rear of the train. Information having been conveyed to the guard of a train that the line of rails on which his train is advancing lo blocked up in front, he will on no account attempt to proceed on the. wrong line of rails, unless he has received full authority for so doing ; and when travelling on the wrong line the speed of the train shall not exceed fifteen miles an hour during the day time, or in foggy obscure weather, or after sunset, six miles an hour will be the greatest speed. " The guards and breaksmen will make themselves the' roughly acquainted with the signals established on the railways and will always have copies of them in their possession. They will also have order books, with the various " guards' eg new orders," issued by the superintendent, copied into them: Every guard is to deposit 101. with the secretary for the hones* and faithful discharge of his duty. " They will on TIO account allow persons to ride on the room of the carriages, neither will they exchange their trains or duties with each other without permission from the superiP' t endent. " Any failure in the observance of, or departure from, tiler regulations, will he visited by fine or dismissal, and the for ret ' tore of the bond to be given in terms above-mentioned. " Each officer is provided with a copy of these regulations, and on taking o ffi ce, certifies to receiving them, and binds h im " self to observe and obey them, together with any other orders, and instructions which may from time to time be given him b/ his superior officers. " 'the witness Smithers, the porter at the Tunbridge statio.n, and who accompanied Walker, the engine driver, with M e pilot engine to overtake the train, stated, it will be remota: tiered, at the magistrate's inquiry, that they could not r e., ceive the train until they had arrived within 20 yards o wa, It was, however, satisfactorily proved beyond all doubt tb,." the Perishurst station, where the collision happened, could distinctly observed for upwards of three-quarters of a mile er the line. " Respecting the report that an engine had accomP ed the train from Dover, propelling it at the rear, it was fully 1 04e ,fd tained not to be the case, and that the only engines 01401 were two in front of the train. - ea! ;: . General Pasley:l;;:l7:course of the investigittie n ! ihs iressed his conviction that the accident had arisen trlgeigi mproper act on the part of the head porter at Tinav r i iid n ot sending the pilot engine to overtake the train; yet be c° .b e best attribute any blame, as that step had been taken for t ad of reasons, to prevent an accident As regarded the %dot of the engine -driver, Walker, he was of opinion that he eh exercised that caution which he ought to have Per Wake well knowing that he was closely following in the t h a t t ita the train. Yet at the same time he was disposed to t his_ towhat driver must have laboured under some misconceptiert;, gu ard, lights he was conveying. He further observed that instructions, not having seen that the tail signal lights Shelly, had failed in his duty in not obeying his erly adjusted before the train left Tunbridge. end " The Gallant General then took his departure for town, will, it is expected, make his official report of the calamity to the Board of Trade in a few days. " Although Mr. Hare, the magistrate of this town, 061 ; rated the engine -driver, in dismissing the charge against ,i'' for carelessly and negligently cawing the collision, the " P ; parry having considered it to be their bounden dut to distlo were prop him from their service; as also Shelly, the bead guards. " omitted the most important part of his duty, viz., ascerta— that the signal lights were correctly fixed on the train. to " Sir George Hayter, and the two other sufferers knol.t., be injured, wet e reported yesterday to be going on favouravu TRADES DELEGATES' CON FERENCE. FIFTH DAY. At the meeting of the Delegates yesterday, the 0° 1 13 „; inittee appointed to frame the plan for the o rgaoisad, ~t• the trades - 'ought up their rvport, which was r e , 11 ,0 and having undervae some slight amendments , " A dead heat The following also started :—Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude, Lord G. Bentinek's f Pug, Lord Chester field's f Stitch, Lord Egliuton's b f Britannia, Lord Exeter's Topaz. Betting-6 to 5 agst Refraction, 7to 2 agst Longi• tude, 5 to 1 agst Stitch, 7 to 1 agst Pug (taken), and 10 to 1 agst Queen Pomare. • J. very bad start, Refraction losing several lengths, and Longitude being left behind altogether. Topaz cut out the work, followed by Pug and Britannia, Que:n Pomare and Stitch lying up. Refraction caught her horses at the rails, and on Queen Pomare taking up the running at the distance, laid with Stitch and Topaz. The last two were beaten at the stand, and Refraction making , her rush, got up on the, post, and made it a dead heat ; Stitch a bad third. The Maidstone Stakes of 15 toys. each, with a renewal of the gilt of 50 sovs. added by Lord Maidstone ; three yrs old, 9st 9lb ; four, llst 41b; five, Ilst 131 b ; six, 12st 41b. The winner to be sold for 500 soya. The Maidstone Course, three miles and about 100 yards. To bo ridden by members of the Goodwood Club. (23 subs.) Duke of Richmond's Red Deer,4yrs.(Capt. Williams) 1 Llrd G. Bentinck's John o'Gaunt, aged 9 :iMr. W. H. Johnstone's Pythia, 3 yrs 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Pythia (t)-5 to 4 agst lied Deer—and 3 to 1 agst John o'Grannt. 'lei Deer made the running, at a slow pace, to the turn round the hill, where John o'Gaunt passed him, improved the pace, and went on with a strong lead to the stand. Red Deer then went up, ran a few strides with him, and won easy by half a length ; Pythia a bad third. Time was so badly kept, that this race was run one hour after the time. •-• • Challenge for the March Stakes. Lord G. .Bentinek's Naworth (Mr. Rolt) 1 Lord G. Bentinek's Karnac 2 Lord G. Bcntinck's African Lhrd Niaidatones Arcanus Lord Chesterfield's Cockfighter Lord llowth's Beatrice, (6lbs extra) Mr. Osbalde.ston's Sorella Lord Howth's Wolfdog (61b extra) 6to 4 each agst Sorella and Wolidog. A fine race, won by a head. African close up. The Bentinck Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added by Lord G. Bentinck ; three %rs old, 9st 121 b ; four yrs, Ilst 71b ; five yrs, l2st 21b ; six yrs and aged, 12st 7lb; winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; Maidstone Course. Ridden by members of the Goodwood Club. (26 Subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's Bestßower, 4 yrs 1 Mr. afbaldeston's Fickle Wild Rose, 3 yrs 2 Several others ran. Betting —3 to 1 agst Plenitude, 3 to 1 agst Bestßower, and 5 to 1 agst Fickle Wild Rose. Won by a neck. Deciding heat to; the Nassau Stakes. - . _. .__ Duke of Richmond's Refraction Sir R. Bulkeley's Queen Pornare Produce Match, 100, h ft ; Mr. Phillimore's Lady Anna received forfeit from Mr. King's Lady Trampoline, Bst 41b each ; Last Mile. Match, 500, 50 ft; D.R.S.C. ; Mr. • Clifton's Notting ham, 5 yrs, received forfeit from Mr. Johnstone's Pythia, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b each. ST. LEGER BETTING IN THE MORNING. 7 to 4 agst John Day's Lot 5 to 2 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 7 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Mentor 10 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England 10 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Merry Monarch 14 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Annandale 16 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa 25 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland 25 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's The Baron 25 to 1 agst Major Yarburgles Red Robin 25 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam 40 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon 40 to 1 agst Mr. Painter's The Paella 50 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Clear the Way GROWTH or SILK AT NORWICIL—A person named Leeds, a working ,cooper, living in St. Edmund's, Norwich, has this year about 10,000 silk-worms, which have just corn• menced spinning in a room at the top of his house, without any artificial heat ; they have been this . year in the most healthy state, he having lost scarcely 20 from the time of hatching. Mr. Leeds has now materials for several splendid silk dresses. one of which it is contemplated to send to her Majesty.— Chelms ford Chronicle. RESURRECTION OF A 'THREE-THOUSAND YEAR OLD PEA.—In the year 1838, Sir Gardner Wilkinson brought from Egypt a vase of great antiquity, which had been dug out of a mummy-pit. This vase was presented to the British Museum, and was opened in the presence of several anti quarians; but it contained only a small quantity of dust and a few seeds, among which were peas, vetches, and wheat. Three of the peas were presented to Mr. W. Grimstone by T. J. Pettigrew, who kept the peas by him until. 1844, when, having purchased the Ilerbary at Highgate, he set them in a pot of composite. The pea soon sprang from its three-thousand-year trance into vegetable life—not into green leetable life, but yellow, as if' it had been jaundiced with a diseased liver. This yellow appearance, arose, no doubt, from its being confined in a hot frame. When it had attained sufficient height it was carefully transplanted into the open garden ; the ealk thrived, blossomed, and, in August last, Mr. Grim stone harvested fifty-five seeds from its pads. These fifty-five peas have beers planted this year, and all of them have now thrown up their stems, their blossoms, and their pods, and again give hope for an abundant increase. This pea has many peculiarities, one of which is, that the pod pro jects through the blossom, leaving the latter behind it, while the generality of peas push, or, rather carry off the blossom at the tip of their pods. Mr. Grimstone was offered, last year, twenty pounds for twenty of these peas, which ho refused to accept, preferring rather to multiply than to sell. The bloom of this pea is white and of a bell form; that of our pea having . wings something like those of a butterfly. A visit to Mr. Grimstone's herbary to see this production from the antiquated Egyptian grandfather pea is well worth the trouble. EAST INDIA HOUSE.—The Statue of the late Maquis Wellesley, by Weekes, has been removed from the Royal Academy, and is nos placed on a temporary pedestal in the General Court Room, iweintratory to its being . fixed in its destined position. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON rH SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Tv troai no E, Palms. Y —Yesterday afternoon Major-General Pasley, the Government Inspector-General of Railways, ar rived by special train, accompanied by Captain Charlewood, R.N., the superintendent of the line, and Mr. Cubitt, the lecomctive engineer, to investigate the circumstances attend ing the late serious collision at the Penshurst station. Pre- viously to his arrival, however, he had entered into the inquiry at the latter station, so as to be fully acquainted of the facts connected with the accident, and then left to conclude it at this place. The proceedings occupied several hiiurs, in the course of which the different witnesses, who were examined before the magistrate at the examination of the engine driver, gave similar testimony, a full report of which has already appeared. During the inquiry the regulations adopted by the Company fir the guidance of the guard and other officers engaged on the line in their respective duties came under consideration, and as of late many reports have been circulated condemnatory of the management of this particular line, it is but an act,of justice to the Company to mention the most important instruc tions that. affect the safety of the public : " The head guard will receive his instructions from the station clerk who will start the train, and from the moment it is set in motion the guard will be held responsible for its regu ' larity and safety. It will be his duty exclusively to see that the carriages are properly coupled, and that the train is pro.. vided with all requisites to ensure protection to the passenger*, agreed to. next pgropead that eaed POWERS AND arti DUTIE h S.. r —The was Central b Comdmittee Oa f o r rect and control the general proceedings of the A s sociati°% i y and in the name of the Association. They shall receive a , " plications from the Trades for advice and assistance, and 5 1 , 0 e• act thereon as they may deem requisite. They shall by o ts diation, arbitration, and legal proceedings, protect the in ter a ll and promote the well-being of the Associated Trades i n i ll caves of trade disputes and difficulties. They shall proreeteij measures, political, social, or educational, which are to improve the condition of the labouring classes. They they appoint such clerks, agents, and subordinate officers 0 e ial may deem expedient. They shall summon the annual of 0 0 11 Conference, as provided by the laws ; and, generally, they take the most efficient means in their power to promote uge ects o! the Association. Ttie above paragraph contained a power to the Chlt mittce to object to, or approse of; "strikes," W.,-of after a short discussion was struck out, upon a 5 11 " hands, there having appeared to be, For striking out the passage 27 .1 Against it Majority for striking out The Delegate from the Woolcombers of Brad,f°o,,e said, it was his intention to move that the votes of tu..., • delegates who voted for or against strikes should ber e , corded, for it would be, he had no doubt, very satiBll tory to.their constitut.nts. • The meeting adjourned at the usual hour. PROMISSORY NOTES• (From last Kight's Gazette.) voolis' An account of the Average Aggregate Amount o f - be et' sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have fro in circulation by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of four land, and by all other Banks in Ireland, during the } Tit to weeks ending the 19th day of July, 184 5 , p ursue — the Act of 4th and sth. Victoria, cap. 50 SCOTLAND. .Q.l 906 Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks IRELAND. 3.860,475 Bank of Ireland Private and Joint-stock Banks Total ••••• H. L. WICK° Stamps and Taxes, Aug. 1, 1845. u dOr: EXTENSIVE MILITARY DESERTION,-_, -- ,101. - stand that during thc time the 87th Regiment lay in to" — n , so Castle, upwards of seventy soldiers deserted from its rankh l e a t ar as we know, remain yet at large. It is supposed t i , ti ,, e c suo e facilities afforded for employment on railways is chietic i t"; of these deserters remaining undiscovered.—Edinbu r g h WHAT IS METAPHYSICS ?—A Scotch blacicslit being asked the meaning of metaphysics, explainecihothe follows :—" When the party who listens dinna keti , : na ken party who speaks means, and the party who speak° "` what he means himsel, that is metaphysics." --- MARRIED.• l o ath On the 29th ult ,at St. Margaret's, Westminster, P." to ! 4 _: , sq•, of Glaubran Park, High Sheriff of Carmartheasbirelece CA,,rlAtt, eldest daughter of Sir George Campbell, and I) to Lord Campbell. v; of .., On Wednesday, the 30th ult., at. St. Janns's, . 'ec_r the -.; Jon , Ere,kriek Bird, Esq , to Harriet, fifth daughter o' I:tte 'I h9mas Denham, Esq , of Regent-street . DEng r On tlle 301.11 ult., at St. Paul's Church, Islim;torl, 11 sing John Dain, architect, I,eicester, to M ur Y 0f J 5 daughter of the late John Barton, Esq., and niec e Freebridge, Esq., of St. Paul's• terrace . genii On the 31st ult., at Sr. John's, Hampstead, Thomas d a 0 ,_.. 0 , 11-• Ropn, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., to Mary EMllla, SCCon ar ter of Basil George Woodd, Esq., of Hatfield, IlamPste DIED • At Of- At Paris, on the 231 ult , after several years of g,'"_ e gi.-. feti ng, nie: i tM C al t a ' s 'i l li a ° t n i Native Infantry, Thompson, gargare t - At. Jermyn-street, London, the 27th ult., pq. , on a nal', Frances Erskine , second daughter of John Duch of Carbeth, Stirlingshire, aged 6 years. heat' Pine° formerly of the 16t3 On the 28th ult., at Doddington vicarage, Le;,fli Radcliffe. tht W,Al:ioiday. tio ;(.411 Lilt . I..t.vr,nce, of ttl(l_,lel Kinon, in the 85th votr t,, . Of 140,1,14.0 n . FriLtQd and t'ublisliud by MUlill o jl2 , s "- 11 2 , Strive , Printer, at The Sus Office, r ' , l nt y of rand. in the Precinct of the Saver, in Middlesex, Saturday, August 2, 1845. • BIRTH& r A ptgil l At Montreal, Canada, on the sth ult., the lady c the Go' Brownrigg, Military Secretary to the Itight BO' vernor-General, of a son. . latlY At Pilton• house, on Friday, the 18th ult., th e 0 1 . '0 0 ' Lieut. Col. Whyte, of the 7th . Queer,'s own Ilussars, of On the 25th ult., at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, thentaw bor . Ado n B. L. Jemmett, Esq., M. 8., of a son, prematurely At Blackheath, on ThursdaN', the 31st ult Duff, of a daughter.