The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-02 00:00:00

Com- hich, ) W of tdford those be re- tisfac- of 6 mthly irst of man" ntitlea , x(tt‘ I of It May• and ' ha cold 'red by which rough 5 01100 usually ded in runtifal ommon out in au thor les N ith lament. fratight L . The r VI.); it ; th e and t h° nonit er are, 011 ie story r-fatt lec ,! xgat ne o vo are of James s nd t"; 3ias h line in; We i gu lid ; be still, ~.. bow' ee the° ink the)? brot her OP" • Ane° 01 rUMP etI k roi.. r. jj e .bo ;h . ; • coo lly% i burrliOo (Is mine • 11 . 1 4 1 ' in el*. 0 0010 B 0 ; A s 10, An n t DO' v j )0 " )ther of _ II s he 'yet al l 31 h iS c i al M in 0 m ore , rn iiuc Jyrs „ ce. n turn'' all ith and jcots of ith the nos tc . ) oiler r e 13° Toro the , in te.ta l , e !ti i" derl Lir Mot u ' . ard• •e S ' r es • h he tae CS ••• , mitt , * d it r bst th e O a "a • COURT 'iCULAtt. The Qaccn and Prince Albert toek a drive in a poncy Carriage from OsLorne House on Thursday afternoon. Lord Adolphus Fittularen;:e had the honour of joining the Royal circle at dinner. The Countess of Charlemont arrived at Oqiorne House on Thursday evening. Iler Ladyship has succeeded Lady P, rtnian as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Lady Portman took her departure. Major -General Wemyss, Equerry to the Queen, ar rived at o.horne House on Thursday. Yet v,lay the juvenile Royal family were taken their usual walks and rides in the forenoon, in the pleasure grounds. Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting to His Royal Highness Prince Al'oert, arrived yesterday at Osborne House. Field-Marshal his Majesty the King of the Nether lands took lc ace of the Duke and Duchess of Richmond yesterday morning, and left Goodwood at half-past nine o'clock, with the gentlemen of his suite in two of the Queen's carriages, for the Farnham station of the South Western Railway. His Majesty was attended by his Excellency Baron Dedel, his Excellency M. loud, Col. Baron Coehoorn, and Count Bjlandt. Previous to leaving Goodwood the King had been gra.' eiously pleased to intimate his intention of giving a cup of the value of 300 guinear, to be run fir at Goodwood races next year. His Majes.y and suite arrived at the Farnham station eta quarter past twelve o'clock. Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister, followed from Goodwood to the sta tion, and had the honour of accompaoying the King in the special train to town. The Royal party arrived at ten minutes past two &el 'ck at the Nine Elms terminus, where the King was received by Vi.3count Hawarden, Lord in Waiting, and the "on. Captain Hood, Groom in Waiting. 'The illustrious party immediately entered two of the Queen's carriages, and drove to Mivart's The King of the Nalherlands, attended by Baron Ded D„ j i and the Gentlemen of his suite, honoured the "" of Beaufort with his company at dinner yesterday, at his residence in Arlington street. His Majesty will review the troops this day, and will hones, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel with his company at dinner in the evening at their residence in Whitehall gardens. To-morrow his Majesty will dine With hi s Grace the Duke of Wellington at Apsley } louse, and on Monday the King will (it is expected) Visit her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Bushy House, 131131 13 , Park. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida of Saxe Wei mar, and the Princesses Anna and Amelie of Saxe Weimar, left Marlb , rough House in a car, iage and four, at half-past to clue o'clock yesterday, for her residence, Bushy Park. Mr. Hume, M.P., and Mr. George Duncan, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. A meeting of the Commissioners for promoting and I, l , l i!Ouraging the fine arts in the rebuilding the palace of o 'estositister, was held at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. The Commis sioners present were the Earl of Lincoln, Lord Colborne, Inglis,gh Hon. Sir Thbert Peel, Sir Robert Harry 1 Bart., Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M.P., and Sir homes Wyse. The meeting broke up at five o'clock. The Governor of the Bank of England had an inter ne* yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. „Mr. Murphy, the Mexican Minis . er, and the Duke de i'; 4ol telyor, Spanish Minister transacted business yes rthi}' at the Foreign-office. Wool Lord Stanley arrived in town yesterday from Good -I‘, Ir. Andrew T, nnent, Glasgow, and Mr. Drew, Shaw tiei'd. had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of Me h r. „, Earl Delawarr and Lord Monteagle had inter lwa yesterday with Sir R Peel. oz . D ispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial lice for the Governors of the West India Colonies. Strettell Brickwood,Public Works Loan-office, B,. u tn Sea House, and Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the o i t Ps and Taxes, had interviews with the Chancellor ` II C Exchequer yesterday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 8, GOODWOOD RACES—liiurisnmccoscLuDD). "Qepstakes of 25 soya. each ; for two vr (old colts, E Bst 71b. 411 ( 1 6111es, Sst 31b ; those by untried stallions, &c., allowtd DukD r Wreford's both, 51bs. T.Y.C. (7 Subs ) e Wreford's Wilderness (31bs) (J. Howlett) 1 of Richmond's Tug Net 2 Verulam's c. by Sir Hercules (31bs) " t o lo on Tug Net, sto 4 agst Wilderness, and 2to 1 I tt the Corumba colt. Won in a canter. e Anglesey Stakes of 15 sovs. each. The New Mile (17 tOrd r Subs.) Gentlemen riders. Bentinck's Coal Black Rose, 4 yrs, 10st 71b 1 .14 G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, 4 yrs, l Ist 3lb .... . . ne following also started, but were not placed :—Captain 8 7_ree.nurt's Sir Abstrupus, 5 yrs, llst 121 b—Mr Osbaldeston's tla, 4 yrs, list 121b—Lord Waterford's The Roper,4 yrs, ht e yet I )....... b;M a r. t C he . Dorrien's br c by Slane, out of Adela, 3 yrs, Duke of Richmond's c ' by Mus, out of Bel s t ' 3 rs, Sst 71b. s or 1 0 2 agst Roper, 4 to 1 agst Sir Abstruptis, 7to 2 agst W e e n a k a, 3 to 1 I it ' Croton Oil, and 6 to 1 agst Mus colt. head i t' a bad third. The GOODWOOD RACES.—YEsTERIDAT. N as racing this afternoon, with the exception of the 4 8411 Stakes and Chesterfield Cup, was left to the Illtisateurs, to whom a novel opportunity for a " mount" afforded by an announcement in the lists that bgentleme n wishing to ride for th e A ng l ese y, Mar c h, ...ex)tinelc. or Maidstone Stakes, mi g ht hie Lord George B entinck's horses enga ge d in those race 2" With this i tttility the largeness of th e en t r i es an d the numerical s trength of the cub 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 ridi ng i n several instances very superior, and the .. spec u l at i on 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 , n nsy days enough to satisfy their taste for the sport, flaying taken wing. Before we give the usual returns of Ihe racing, we should state that the King of the Nether lands took his deparlure for London at nine o'clock this t norning. His Majesty has given a gratifying proof of t he pleasure he received from his visit by signifying his intern in to present a cup to be run for next year, to be called " The Orange Cup," and to be weights for age. T he !Tv.) mateies which stood first on the card htswi g e l nle off, th. comae ue3, at La; f-past one o'clock, 'with I ke Chest rfit ld Cup, by subscription of 15 sovs. each, the surplus in specie; for three yrs old, &c. Craven . 41 Course. (41 S u b s .) t. . Etwall's 11;:gis, 3 yrs, 6st (Sharpe) 1 % ft% Grat vv i c k e ' s N ee df u l , 4 yrs , 7t-t 91b 2 • alor Jaerjues's Semiseria, 5 yrs, Bst llb The toll„wing also ran :—Lord Chesterfield's Knight tl'o Whistle—Duke of Richmond's Lothario—Col. e el'a Garry Owen—Mr. Meiklam's Philip—Mr. Mes • d's lleatunont—Mr. Herbert's Ajax—Lord Eglinton's (t2 eh e, e—Mr. G. Ongley's Queen of the Gipsies—Mr. et ,s The Altered One—Mr. Balchit.'s Moustache— Zu G. Bentinck's Miss Elis—Lord Eglinton's Vaude ,„'"e---Mr. Parr's Ninety-one—Lord Maidstone's Ar k.—lll's—Mr. Phillimore's Skeleton—Colonel Peel's Iler -3--Alr. Gill's Remorse—Mr. Gill's Richard Cricket.. getting -3 to 1 agst Miss Elis —4 to I agst Lothario % fl i r to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle-10 to I agst Re ' —6 e---10 to 1 agst Quebec -10 to I agst 2Egis-12 to tlgit Ilersey The Queen of the Gipsies, followed 3 ' . • " U Owen, Hersey, Ninety one, Miss Elis, Quebec, ~,; " I t l l, and Setniseria, the others lying in good places, lootnearly last. At the turn. lEgis threaded horses, uP the running, and carried it on to th serta,e stand, where • i; was challenged by Needful and Semi hut won, . si 4,l l ,"tit bein g caught, by a head ; Semiseria a good third, is;l l .l t l l .morse, Knight of the Whistle, and Miss Elis, T he p. ~ Mar c h Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, if declared, iZt. all ages, handicap, for all horses, ridden by Mem re ache Goodwood Club. Last three quarters of & b . ., tu iht of the D.R.S.C. (10 Subs), in each class, 35 "Y 5 sovs. each to the winner of the challenge. 40 Fist Class. 4 Llowth's Beatrice, 6 yrs, lOst 131 b (Mr. Moore) 1 , fi • Bentinck's African, 6 yrs, 1 Ist 91b 2 Sorella, 4 yrs, list 71b 3 Alamode, 4 yrs, list • Bentinck's All-round-my Hat, 4 yrs, list 31b 5 ! , 0• I ', • Bentinck's Naworth, aged, llst ........ Lod 4 laid s t one ' s Arcanus, 6 yrs, Ilst 13!b 7 k i ßßlinton'3 (Zoete; 5 yrs, 12st 1 ti'",tg —6 to 4 agst African, 4 to 1 agst Queb,, 4 to )4" alareode and 6to I agst Beatrice. v len tt 4 h t . r iee made all the running, and won easy, by a Lord March Stakes. Second Class. I , p n owth's Wolf Dog. 3 yrs (Capt. Williams) 1 I , " h ehesterfi e ld' s C oc kfight e r, 4 yrs, lOst 31b also started, but . were not placed : k z „ 141 G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, 43 rs—Mr. Wooley s p h IP I P, 4 yrs—Mr. Herbert's Ajax, aged—Lord e r . „ . "` ne lt' 3 Coal Black Rose, 4 yrs—Lord G. Bentinc s ---. 4 a, 42, 4 yrs--Lord Waterford's The Roper (II b), 4 yrs Do rim's Justice Greedy, 4 yrs. -s „ ttin g - 7 to 4 agst Wolf Dog, 5 to 2 agst Karnae, 6 ''gSt Croton Oil, 6 to 1 agst Example, 6 to 1 agst - vt -z ), 8 ,. to 1 agst Roper, and 8 to 1 agst Cockfighter. Ite et , ? ; ° " Dog imitated the Irish mare by taking the lead, Renting it, and winning cleverly by a length. Lord G. I,6ntinek'a two were only beaten by a neck. e N assau Stakes of 50 Boys. each (subscription), for thr ee yrs old fillies, to carry 83t 71b; the winner of ,nk th t. y ti : t l l 3' C : 3lm C u lea n r , well, Criterion, or Prendergast Stakes 4,(wrnarket, t o carry 3 1b extra; o f e i t h er Riddl es - Newmarket, Two Thousand Guineas 3 : l' One Th ousand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket, or rriwu g - room Stakes a t Goodwood, and the winner of the Great Produce Stakes at Ascot, to carry 61b extra; of the Derby or Oaks at Epsom, 9lb extra; a Winner of both Derby and Drawing-room Stakes to ea rrY 121 b extra; the owner of the second horse to rit_ Te _ Sii2ive 100 sovs• out of the Stakes. The New Alile. ¢ dubs.) b„,..R. W. Balkeley's bl f Qiieen Pomare...(Holmes) 0 "" of Richmond's Refracti on (91bi extra) 0 A dead heat. t:rhe fullowing also started :—Lord G. Bentinck's 4,7 " Z te it r u ,s d , e r , op L a or . d G. Bentinek's f Pug, Lord Chester " Stiteh, 14-,rd Eglinton's b f Britannia, Lord tutilleetting--6 to 5 agst Refraction, 7 to 2 agst Longi -10 t o 5 t° 1 agst Stitch, 7 to 1 agst Pug (taken), and A I a g st Queen Poroare, aniv,oery bad start, Refraction losing several lengths, °P_ engitude being left behind altogether. Topaz cut o t __ 1 • 11 work, followed by Pug and Britannia, Queen horses stand Stitch lying up. Refraction caught her rufni the rails, and on Queen l'omare taking up the 6.",,1ng at the distance, laid with Stitch and Topaz. The — "two Were beaten at the stand, and Refraction making erests in all ne all ended • shall s they ipecial y shall le oh- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAN MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1845. her rush, got np on the post, and mad.) it a dead heat ; Sriteh a had third. The - Maidstone Stakes of 15 sovs. each, ssith a renewal of the gift of 50 sovs. added by Lord Maidstone ; thre,! yrs old, 9st 91b ; four, llst 41b - ; five, list 131 b ; six, 12st 41b. The winner to be sold for 500 sovs. The Maidstone Course, three miles and about 100 yards. To be ridden by members of the Goodwood Club. (23 subs.) Duke of Richmond's Red Deer,4yrs.(Capt. I Lord G. Bentinek's John o'Gaunt, aged 2 Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Pythia, 3 yrs 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Pythia (t)-5 to 4 agst Red Deer —and 3 to I agst John o'Gaunt. Rea 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. Bentincles Naworth.... Lord G. Bentinck's Karnac 2 Lord G. Bentinck's African Lord Maidstone's Arcanus Lord Chesterfield's Cockfighter 0 Lord Howth's Beatrice, (61bs extra) Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorella 0 Lord Howth's Wolfdog (slb extra) 6to 4 each agst Sorella and Wolfdog. A fine race, won by a head. African close up. The Bentinck Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 50 added by Lord G. Bentinck ; three 3rs old, 9st 121 b ; four yrs, llst 71b ; five yrs, 12st 21b ; six •rs and aged, 12st 71b; winner to be sold for 100 sous ; Maidstone Course. Ridden by members of the Goodwood Club. (26 Subs.) - Lord-G. Bentinck's Best Bower, 4 yrs 1 Mr. O.baldeston's Fickle Wild Rose, 3.yrs ... 2 Several others ran. Betting —3 to 1 agst Plenitude, 3 to 1 agst Best Bower, and 5 to 1 agst Fickle Wild Rose. Won by a neck. Deciding heat for the Nassau Stakes. Duke of Richmond's Refraction Sir R. Bulkeley's Queen I'omare 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 I 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 23 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Ould Ireland 25 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's The Baron 23 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's 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 GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. THE ANNUAL MEETING. (FROM OWR OVN 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 Moss, Esq., Chairman of the Directors, took the chair. The Secretary (Caps. H mit ) then read the advertisement by which the meeting had been convened; after 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 pany Goods, including live stock, toll on coals, and proportion of Manchester and Birmingham traffic Rents and interest ... 2,199 10 5 £221,326 4 4 That the Company have conveyed 90,500 passengers and $15,000 tons of good a more than in the first six months of 18-14: That the expense of conducting the traffic has been 96,636/. 15s. 10d., leaving a net profit of 129,6891. Bs. 6d. on the half-year, being 18,568/. 19s. 9d. more than at the same period last year : That from the net srofit of the half-year the Directors recom. mend that the usual dividend of 51. per share (21. 10s. having already been paid ft r the first quarter) be now declared, and that the surplus of 15,7961. Is. 6d. be carried forward to the Reserved Fund, or " Rest," which will then amount to 45,4731. 6s. 3d., and added to the Depreciation Fund, present a total balance of 64,0081. Bs. 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 Carlisle 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 additions (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 railway undertakings. The various projects affecting the Grand Junction Railway, re 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 Board 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 for 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 12,000/. to 15,000/., 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 dissolving their friendly relations with the Grand Junction. They thought then, and still think, that the agree ment was a most favourable one for the Manchester and Bir mingham Company; but as that Company entered into con tracts with other parties, altogether inconsistent with their agreement, it only remained for the Directors to give them no tice that it would cease on the Ist of May last ; and acting 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 300/. 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 using the line on reasonable terms. In this they suc ceeded. The Churnet Valley project was lost, Numerous schemes have since made their appearance to supply its place; whether any one of them may ultimately succeed is not so se rious a question to the Grind 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 17,000/., 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 any forced abstrac 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 Mersey at Runcorn. A branch from this new line will pro ceed to Warrington, ao as to place that town on the direct line 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 the formation of a railway from Warrington 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 strong local interest. It will open new sources of traffic to the Grand Junction, without clashing with its interests; and having been invited to join it, the Directors 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 Carlisle Railway, and the probability of its being opened for traffic in the summer of next year. By 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 tinder the circumstances deemed it their duty to accept the same. They are also happy to remark, that the Caledonian Rail way, in which, as the Proprietors 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. M. 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 longer 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 occasisns, 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 2,600,00 J., including calls on the rail ways, we leave shares in our property valued at .the market price of the day's worth ; 13,889 shares in the Trent Valley, 250,000/. ; 5,000 shares in the Lancaster and Carlisle Com pany, 275,000/. ; 2,0[0 shares in the Caledonian, 10,000/. Our land, works, and machinery at Crewe, have cost 130,340/. ; 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, 1,620,660/.—(Cheers.) We were able to place 34,0001. the last year to increase our reserved fund. I do not shrink from a comparison whh 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. Moseer then, in a very feeling speech, proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman, who briefly replied, and the meeting separated. GREAT CENTRAL SARDINIAN RAILWAY COMPANY, SO, King William-street, London.bridge, July 30, PB4& The Duke di Lante di Montrefeltro, President, &c., &c., having summoned a full board for this morning, stated that, in consequence of an official interview he had yesterday with the Count de Revel (who, in the absence from London of his Excellency Count Potion, Minister Plenipotentiary of Sardinia, is acting as Charge d' A ffaires), he was happy to be enabled to inform the Directors, that the Sar dinian Government had seen with satisfaction the forming of this Company for the laying down of a railway through the island of Sardinia, and that so soon as the deputation shall be prepared to start for Turin for the purpose of receiving the final and exclusive concession of this line (the only one in the Sardinian States which will be granted by that Government to a foreign company), the Embassy of his Sardinian Majesty in London will, with pleasure, provide the deputation with letters for the authorities at Turin. The Noble Duke further communicated to the Provisional Com mittee that Count de Revel had heard that his Excellency the Mar quis di Villamarina, Viceroy of Sardinia, had arrived at Turin from Cagliari, and from what the Duke di Lante could understand, personally to express to the superior Government at Turin the anxiety manifested by the inhabitants of the island for the speedy copstrnctien or this important railway.—By order, G LANDELS, Secretary. 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 BESBOROUG II 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 S.ed 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 wou)d surely be punished. Lord ELLENBOROUGH was also in favour of the report. The report was then laid on the table. GRAND JUNCTION 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 froze 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 Bill 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 bearings—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 he would therefore 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. fhe 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 ELLENBOROUGH said that the law ought tobe renewed from year to year and not for five years, the principle of which Ise did net understand. After a few words from Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Wick low, and the Duke of Wellington, their Lordships divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority for the Bil' 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 ime and passed. STOCK-IN-TRADE BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Lerd WHARNCLIFFE the Removal of 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 Inclosuro Bill. He said the Bill contained one or two unimportant amendments, such as a proviso in respect to the mode of assessment, and anott.er, 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 ordered to 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. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aug. 1. The SrEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. Ihe 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 Marquis of Donegal's Estate Bill, 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 Glaggow. Barrhead, and Neilston (Direct) Railway Bill were agreed to. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the South Wales Railway Bi 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 London 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 world have induced hint 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, nothing would have induced him to have brought forward the subject. He admitted that the Committee had been most persevering in their labours, but. they hail done great injustice to several parties, and had come to most im proper decisions, because those 'decisions had been come to without hearing facts ; arid 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 be under in consequence of the difficulty of getting through the task imposed upon them at the present period of the session. He appeared there to argue the claims of the York and North Midland, the Midland Counties, and the Eastern Counties lines, whose eases had been decided upon without being heard. Ile 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 l i e allowed to show the Committee that they could have effected a communication with York with a saving of a million and a half. If they could show this, and if they could prove that they had already nearly two-thirds of the line con structed, he hoped that the House would see the propriety of re-committing this Bill. They were at tirst admitted to be a competing line even by the Committee, for in the first instance, when the counsel for the Hertford and Biggleswade, and on a subsequent day Mr. Austin, for the Eastern Counties Corni:any, mado an application stating that he should satisfy the Committee that th e y were a distinct and competing party, and that., if ex cluded, they would be debarred from the examination of witnesses p r o holm, 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 examinations 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 evidences of the competing lines 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 7th 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 yon call that? Mr. WA RD—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. He 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 i n t hi s report. Th e resolution passed by the Committee was such as might have been acted on by all parties, but the next was of a very modi fied character. On applying to the short-hand writer for a copy of it he found that the resolution 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 th e ev id e nce against the London and York, and Mr. Hildyard stated that he had arranged his case 50 as to class the rebutting evidence together, and the other competing lines had agreed to that course. This else was decidedly agreed to by the Committee themselves. Nose the first it.timation 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 com • petir , lines objected, on the ground th a t t h ey h a d not b een heard.' This objection was overruled by tke Committee on the 14th of J uly. Now this decision they com plained of, because they had never been heard. There were great advantages in the line from London to Big glesm ade !or 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 Jul • lictally entitled to he 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 ease 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 most conducive to the public 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 attain 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 Blackwall, 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 eJuld not entertain it. Even in the report, as regarded the Londonand 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 Lord 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 300,0001. to 170,0001. per annum. If the competing lines had insisted at an early period of the case on producing rebutting evi dence, it would, perhaps, have been differently decided. He would appeal to the House whether or not the case of the London and York lino 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 bad already been sanctioned, which traversed nearly the whole of his pro perty, and the Committee had 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 altcgether 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 came 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 was made to the chairman that they should be heard by coun sel, but the request wa4 not acceded to; and he appealed to any Hon. Gentleman present, who had been chairman of a Committee of that House, if that refusal were not unfair and contrary to precedent. Besides, the Committee had not boen unanimous in their decision, and it was only by the casting vote of the chairman that the preamble of the Bill vas affirmed. Upon these grounds he asked the House to suspend further proceedings on this Bill. Alr. -HUTT seconded the motion, and thought the House had 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 House. But to what ever cause it was to be attached, their proceedings were scarcely con istent with the rules of Parliament or the justice of the case. It was very 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, 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 before the Committee at all. For these reasons he considered it his duty to support the motion of his Hon. Friend for the re 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 ject!., 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 unanimous deci sion 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, er, laterally, east and west ; and subsequent to this arrangement, on a spe vial 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 report, that one, two, three, four, and five counsel exercised this right. If any Member 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 lion. 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 dra 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 zonsidered 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 arid 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 Hon. 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 be 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 hail 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 prineiple 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 had 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.) Ile could not think, looking at the quest ion of com munication from London to York, that it could be said the Committee had done wrong in coming to the decision it had done. The Committee had given indications of their wish to hear all theopposing 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 lion. Member for Sheffield. Mr. I)ARBY 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 lock 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 be sent to a separate Committee. He was prepared to maintain that the Committee had taken not only the right course but the only one it could take. It was upon a general agreement of counsel that the Committee bad pursued the course which was so much com plained of by the Hon. Member for Sheffield. The Hon. Gentleman had said that the decision of the Committee was come to by the casting vote of the chairman. Now, with but one exception, and that was taken by himself, all the Mem bers took the sante vier of the question.—( Hear.) Now with respect to the petitions of the North Eastern Com pany and that of Lord Lindsay he should direct the attention of the House to them very shortly. It appeared to the Com 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 w hich 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 been 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 sion, 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 gone 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 out a great deal of rebutting evidence. Ile had no doubt but that the Committee believed that they were doing what was right, and had adopted the course which they conceived best ; 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• Ile 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 had made the best decision they could on the Bills given to them to dispose of; but it should be recollected, that they were involved in great difficulty by means of the enormous mass of evidence laid before them.— ( 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 present an amount of difficulty not easily disposed of. However, it would be seon 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-examination ; 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. Mr. R. COLLETT thought the Committee should not have declared the preamble of the Bill proved, but shou!d have sus pended the inquiry until next session. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion 79 For the amendment Majority —6o 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 next, 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 8.11. Air. 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 she had not that income, and she added that no redress could be had from the Commissioners. ➢ir. CARDWELL said that inquiry had been instituted into the circumstances, ar.d it was found that the petition w•as groundless, as was also the general charge against the Corn missioners. UNION WORKHOUSES. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE asked a question in reference to a practice that prevailed in 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 customary for the governor of the workhouse to put more 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 GRA HAM was decidedly of opinion that the practice referred to vras opposed to the letter and spirit of the New Poor-law. 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 end 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 which he had no power to interfere. Captain OSBORNE hoped there would be some legislation ou the matter. CRICKET. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS' MATCHES.—The first of these in teresting and exciting contests commenced at Lord's on Wed nesday, but the stormy state of the weather prevented any great progress being made. This match was HARROW v. WINCHESTER.—The vast contrast between the contending elevens created an additional interest, which it will readily be conceived was greatly increased towards the latter part of the match, because, whilst the Winchester gentlemen were all young men and grown in proportion, those of Harrow, with the exceptions of Currer and Blayds, were particularly small, and in fact were much younger than their opponents. It will, notwithstand ing this disproportion of age and stature, be found that the " little ones" had very nearly run off with the laurels of the day, for although they were put in for their second innings with a score of 190 against them, they manfully took the bull by the horns, and played one of the best " up hill" games that has been seen upon this ground for many years. WINCHESTER. R. J. Bateman, Esq , hit wicket ...... 9 run out ...... 24 F. Bathurst, Esq~ b Jones E. Twopenny, Esq., run out C. W. Kendall, Esq., c. Vernon .. 0 b. Jones ... 0 A. Ridding, Esq., b. Tedway lO run out 2 E. Barchard, Esq., b. Jones R. J. Baker, Esq., c. Platt R. Morris, Esq., b Tudway J. W. Dewar, Esq., h Jones 7 b. Blayds ... 11 J. Piggott, sq., b. Blayds J. Randall, Esq~ not out Byes 1, wide (Jones 2, 11PKenzie 2, Byes 2, wide Blayds 1) 5 Blayds4,Tud way 1) 9, no balls (Ver non) 4 ...... 15 HARROW. E. Blaydo, EFq ,c. Ridding, b. Kendall 12 b. Dewar ... 26 H. Vernon, Esq., c. Randell 0 hit wicket... 3 T. Platt, Esq., b. Dewar E. Currer, Esq., b. Kendall C. 0. Eaton, Esq., b. Kendall A. Cameron, Esq., b. Dewar 3 b. Kendall... 0 G. Gurney. Esq., b. Kendall H. M'Kenzie, Esq., c. Bathurst A. M'Kenzie, Esq., b. Dewar M. Jones, Esq., not out 2 b. Dewar ... 1 A. Tudway, Esq., b Dewar 0 not out 5 Byes 6, wide (Kendal 10, Dewar 3) 13 19 Byes 3, wide (Baker 4, Kendall 1, Dewar 6, Morris 1, Barchard 5), 23. No balls (Dewar e, Baker 4), 10 36 62 178 The Winchester won by 12 runs. The match yesterday was with Eton v. Harrow, and corn. menced at eleven o'clock. CITY STEAM BOAT COMPANY.—A new fleet of Thames steamers commenced plying upon the river on Wednesday, and the occasion was celebrated by a dinner at the Tivoli-gardens, Battersea, at which the Di ectors and principal Shareholders in the Company were present ;;C. L. Francis, Esq., chairman of the Directors, presided. About 100 gentlemen wete present. Upon the removal of the cloth the usual loyal and patriotic Oasts were given and duly honoured. The principal toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Citizen Steamers," was then given, and in doing so the Chairman intimated that it was their intention to build twelve boats to represent the twelve City companies; how ever, six only were at present completed. The toast was drunk with all the honours. The Chairman's health was then drunk, followed by that of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London. After passing an evening of great conviviality, the company separated. - - • As before mentioned, the unfavourable state of the weather during this critical season of the year has caused many to feel no little alarm, thinking that a deficient crop may, as on former occasions, exercise an injurious effect on the currency. But it is to be recollected that this is the first harvest season under which the new banking system will be fairly tried, and that the country issues will now be able to counteract to an unlimited extent the endeavours of the Bank of England to influence the ex• changes. Hitherto, when the Bank have endeavoured to prevent as far as possible the efflux of gold caused by a short harvest, by raising the rate of discount, the country issuers have steppsd in to supply the gap, and the de si ;ned reaction has been impossible. Now, on the contrary, these have lost their expansive power, and the Bank will be enabled to exercise their restrictive power to a much less extent and for a more limited period, so that the exchanges would speedily right themselves under all ordinary circumstances. There is, to be sure, one argument on the other side, and that is, that the country banks have not yet issued to the full amount authorised. But all will see at osice that this power of expansion exists only to a limited extent, being, as shown yesterday, only 850,8951., with which no great mischief can be done.—Timer. A BOY SHOT.—On Tuesday afternoon, during the cobtest which took place at the Horileydown Regatta, a party towed across the river to the Tower.stairs, where, having landed, they proceeded across Tower-hill, preceded by a band of music, to the house of one of the successful competitors of last year, for the purpose of regaling themselves. One of the party had a large pistol, which he was nourishing about, when it suddenly exploded, and its contents lodged in the arm of a boy named John Marshall, of Red Lion-street, Wapping, who, with several other lads, was walking with the pro cession. The poor boy was completely stunned by the shock, and fell senseless to the ground. On being lifted up it was feared he had been mortally wounded, from the quantity of blood which issued from the wound. He was conveyed to the nearest cur geon's, who found that the wadding of the pistol (which fortu. nately had been loaded with powder only) had lodged in the upper part of the arm. He was subsequently removed to St. Thomas's Hospital. THE FATAL STEAM BOILER EXPLOSION AT LON DON-BRIDGE.— An inquest was held on Wednesday evening, at Guy's Hospital, before Mr. Payne, on the body of Samuel North. Cott, aged forty-five, an engineer, employed on the Wasp, Rich mond steamboat. Thomas Clark, an engineer, said that on Fri day last he was in the engine-room of the Wasp, Richmond steam boat, which had just arrived at Dyer's.hall Wharf, London.bri.lge, when he heard an explosion, and saw a rush of steam and ashes from the fire door and ash.plt. He immediately ran up to the deck, calling to the deceased and another man in the engine-room to follow him. Witness thought he had come up, but in a few . _ minutes, not finding him on deck, he went again to the engine room, and saw him crawl up severely scalded. He could not tell from what cause the explosion occurred, excepting from a defect in one of the tubes. Mr. Thomas Meacham, managing engineer to the Greenwich Ironworks, said that on the day after the explo. sion, he made an examination to discover the cause of it. Lie had not sought long before he discovered that a tube used to convey flame through the boiler had given way. It was defective from having been burnt too much, but whether before or after it was put in use, he could not say. The witness said that the tube had been proved to bear 14elb. to the inch, and had been in use only about ten weeks. Explosions of the kind were of very frequent occur rence, but the engineers usually escaped unhurt, and no investiga. tion taking place, the public knew nothing about them. The house surgeon of the hospital said the deceased died from the effects of the scalds on Tuesday. Verdict, " Accidental death." MURDER AT EASINGWOLD, YORKSIHRE.—An ad journed inquest was held at this place on Monday last to inquire into the circumstances of the death of Joseph Windsor, a child seven years of age, who had died on the 17th ult., after having par taken of something which his stepmother had administered to him under the pretence that it was brimstone and treacle. Before taking the mixture the boy was in excellent health, but after he was seized with excessive sickness and purging. He refused to take the stuff at first, and it was not until his schoolmistress had been called in to intimidate him to take that which she beiieved to be wholesome, that he was forced to swallow the mixture, which afterwards proved to be poisonous. A surgeon was called in, but the boy died in a few hours, and a post mortcm examination being made, left no doubt that poison had been administered. The re sult of the inquest was a verdict of " Wilful nsurdcr against Jane Windsor, the deceased's stepmother," and on Tuesday last she was committed to York Castle to take her trial at the next assizes. ETON COLLEGE, THURSDAY.-- t'he following are the names of those who have appeared in the intermediate exami nation for 1845, arranged according to years :-17. Stanbrough. 16. Booth, Headlam, Smith, Still, Joynes. 15. Wayte, ma. ; Borradale, James, Eq. ; Green, Constance, Wolferstan, Cole ridge, Bidwell, Coke, Earle, mi.; Page. 14. Stacey. Not classed, Williams, Brown, Hankin. The above classification im plies only the relative merit in those of each year, but not the re lative merit of those in different Tears toe4cft letter. 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 Prof. ssiir 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 had 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, he 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. WAKLEY 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 noise that prevailed in the House, we could not catch. . . . . . Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he never heard of the circum stances alluded to; if he had, a searching investigation should have been made into it. Mr. WAKLEY inquired whether the Right Hon. Baronet would now, in consequence of his (Mr. Waklcy'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. Ile said that in snaking 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 had assisted her. But the subject had a higher claim to the consideration of the House and the country inasmuch as it concerned the honour arid 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 corporations, 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 (Mavrocorda[o 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 party. Judges had been removed who had been thought likely to administer the law w ith justice, the liberty of the press had been shattered, tyranny had been exer cised, and instead of an army, the (ternary had been filled with rubbers 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 I hat in any Christian country in these days, professing to be a el. nation, such abominations could taae p l a ce as were pract 'set! in ave s ung Greece. A number of individuals were said h been tot seaten,__a e i w n wild by the feet, and when so sw in g in g , cats were put. into the o loose dresses f the women.handed in a petition from a'eerta in number of persons in H Syria, saying that they themselves were victims to this , kind of treatment, an d that they had been th e g reatest sufferers. Of course the reve nues of the country were squandered by those bands, and the State was :eft actually in arrears, and the interest was thrown upon the three guaranteed 'sowers. 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 [ Greece would be compelled to have recourse to some method of economy, and as they 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. He bad stated that there was no security for life or property in any at of the kingdom, but thendepredations had not been confined to Greece and Greek subjects, but the same system of rapine had 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 English parties in that coun try. lie 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 oth er country i n the world, an English party. They wanted no party in any country, arid the English party in Greece—that which was called an English party in Greece—was that which was an English party.in Spain, and in every other country with which they had any rela , ion. 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 fare, prosperity, and political independence of Greece. It was said that there was some struggle between the parties he had alluded to. Illavrocordato was supposed to be the represen tative of the English party. But he was sere 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. Sh e never cou ld b e any• thing but a small, a prosperous, and a commercial country, which she yet would be. The French, who att ac h e d suc h • . . strong feeling to constitutional liberty, must feel a sympathy 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 Greele, and he would remind them of the obliga tions which France, as well as England, contracted with re gard to that country. If they could:onlAset 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 should be established in Greece, and that the Constitution which had been granted by:the three Powers should be firmly supported, he (Lord Palmerston) could not persuade himself that Prussia would not also concur with them, and he could not believe that their joint efforts would be made in vain. England had a right, nevertheless, to enjoin a strict adherence 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 ene 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 to'exert all the influence towhich 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 make on the subject ; but be could not read the statements in the public papers, and permit the ses sion to pass over withcut 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 of a free' Constitution, and owed also to this country the further obligation of being secured in the enjoyment of tho e constitutional privileges whieh, with the concurrence of their own Sovereign, had been conferred upon them. Mr. B. COCHRANE wished to remind the House that King 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, " that the King can do no wrong," applied to 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 subject., but sedulously went about to the Foreign Ministers complaining 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 feelirg which M. Piscatori entertained of the character of M. Colletti? Why, he publicly declared at Athens that that Mt 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. He paid a willing tribute to the admirable course pursued by General Church, but that officer had himself complained of the vacillation mid negligence of the Government at home. Sir R. 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 bad net 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 despotic 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 claim.. He fully agreed with the Noble Lord that they had 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 peace of that coun try, and changing the popular form of government which now so happily existed there. He 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 Al:luster of this country, it would ill suit him to criticise publicly the character of AL Colletti, or the Foreign Ministers with whom he aeteil. Such a discussion once commenced would 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 t is Government- Hut 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 Eugland towares other nations—that it should do justice to all, and be above those petty interferences which marked the conduct of other countries. He fully concurred wish 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 had 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 bad in terfered had alleged, as their reason for doing so, their desire that the best and most patriotic wan should be selected as Minis ter. But if that principle were to be admitted, where was the proceeding to er.d? Evi ry 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 hail a legitimate right to acquire. The Noble Lord said that there never was a period when England possessed le=s influence abroad. If the Noble Lord meant an influence based on an intermeddling and active interferenee— 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 it 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 example, 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. The subject then dropped. The House then went into Committee, and a vote of 20,000/. was agreed to for the sufferers by the late tire at Quebec. On the motion that the order of the day be read for bring.. ing up the report on the Joint-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 between the to any o i( f )in th t e was anxious to give this public no t:ce, e tpa t t iii lifi l s i v l o l u t lil 11.11 him selfsto ekatblainbkesrttyb that t o of next session. He resent session and the beginning gave P • to prevent any injury that might be sus tained by the ignorance of parties with regard to his intention. He wi,lied it, therefore, to be understood, that he reserved to the Go vernm ent the right to apply t o an y banks that might be es tahli-hed any regulations that the Government might, in the interim, consider necessar y. The further coneidei ation of the report was then aejourned till that (lay three months. The report on the Fees (Criminal Proceedings) Bill was then brought up and t eceived. The Real P. eperty (No. 1) Bill was read a third time and passed, and also the Assignment of Terms Bill. The Silk Weavers Bill was read a second time. The Naval Medical Supplemental Futid Society Bill was read a third time and passed. The House then adjeurned, at Eight o'clock. ADELAIDE GALLERY.—Yesterday the Indian Prince I)siaganauth Tagore, attended by Sir Robert and Lady Ilurt on, paid a visit to this establishment to witness in operation. the model of l'ilbrow's Atmo , pheric Railway. His Highness in.pected 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 constructio❑ of the model. The Prince visited also the other parts of the eats,- bEshnient, witnessing the various exhibitions going forward at the time. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—BCD3IIIIiII Ellison wns con victed at Bodmin of the wilful murder of Ruth Seaman, Ills house keeper, at Penzance, and sentenced to death on Wednesday evening. The circumstances o the case mutt be frv,.h in the recollection of our Leaden, :;om- ation read, WUS 31 di on for ill ap shall , me- IN