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Of, O ,l° D, Vio l os t gr. e of cs° t o ' b ie be P' e fi° f" -0 0 00 , 0 IP 000:;0 ej iiP:001to df Pe r" t ° :sc t ree ' gp o cio e o ft l ' e ,de O i A et t o sill ,or ; se( or lou e°t ee 's ish 0 , 0 1 ,1 toel Plication. But to the report of the Brard of Trade. They stated, first, that the South Wales and Monmouth and Hereford Rail. Ways form, together, a comprehensive scheme for d extending rail Way communications in connexion with the existing Great Western Railway, west of the Severn to Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, and along the whole course of &nth Wales to Pembroke and Fish guard; and after giving the respective length of lines, and re. (erring to the map—after stating that they were proposed to be carried out in conjunction with the Great Wes tern system, they spoke of the gradients. On this subject the report said that the gradients of both lines are in parts very severe, but not impracticable, and there is reason to believe that better gradients could not have been obtained without in curring an expense which, under the circumstances, would have been very undesirable. The works for the greater portion of the South Wales line are light; and, upon the whole, the lines present no extraordinary engineering difficulties. Then, after expressing generally the importance of the lines to the respective districts, it stated that the towns of 'Monmouth, Newport, Cardiff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Milford Haven, the whole of the great mineral districts of South Wales, and the counties of Hereford Monmouth, Glamorgan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke, will all participate directly in the advantages afforded by this improved communication ; and that the south of Irelaiid— and this was an important point, and be particularly re quested their Lordships attention to it—that the South of Ireland also, to the whole of which the South Wales line will afford the shortest communication to London, Bristol, and the south of England, will also participate in the benefits of the undeitiking ; and the advantage in a national Point of view of a line which covers such a great extent of coast, and affords a ready communication with the dock.yard at Pem broke, and with the station at Milford Haven is also considerable. He (Mr. Talbot) was not much in the habit of massing any Ln cornium on the Board of Trade, but in this instance he thought they deserved it. (LEFT SITTING. ) OXFORD, WORCZSTRII., ATZD WOMVZ7I7. HAMPTON, AND OXFORD AND RUGDY RAZZ WAYS. IMPORTANT DECISION. The Committee met today at eleven o'clock, Lord Auckland in the chair, and immediately afterwards retired to consider the preamble of the Bill and the clauses. After waiting for about three hours and a half, during which time considerable anxiety was manifested by those present in. terested in the two great Companies at issue, The Committee returned at half.past three o'clock, when the Chairman said that he had to intimate to the counsel on behalf of the two Bills, that the Committee had decided the preambles of both to be proved, and had directed him to report the Bills, with the a mendments, to the House. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at three o'clock When they will meet to agree to their report. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP X. LONDON AND YORK MINES. The Committee on these railways resumed this morning at the customary hour. After the late excitement kept up with uninterrupted intensity for so protracted a period, the temporary lull of this morning afforded a striking contrast to the previous tempest of conflicting elements, and it was really refreshing to see the altered air of both members, counsel, and shareholders. The self-complacency of the former, as if revelling in the delicious contemplation of the progress hitherto effected, and the important result yesterday attained, and the comparative composure of the two latter more interested parties, Were conspicuous evidences of yesterday's decision. After a brief interchange of mutual gratulations, The CHAIRMAN, addressing the counsel present, said that as no decision was come to in the House of Commons last evening, the Co mmittee thought it better to defer going into consideration of the clauses of the London and York Bill till a future period, and In the meanwhile to proceed with the case of the Cambridge and Huntingdon line. Mr. PAGET urged that the clauses common to both the accepted and rejected Bills, when divided, and all that were unopposed, might be discussed immediately. Mr. AISTIN, Q.C., contended that the Committee could not Proceed with clauses of a Bill which had rio existence; and teconded the proposition of the Committee to posipone the London and York case till a subsequent occasion. The CHAIRMAN, after consulting with the Committee, said, that While differing from Mr. Austin's opinion that the London and York Bill had no existence, and therefore that it could not be discussed, they had decided on proceeding with the case of the Cambridge and Huntingdon scheme, and as it was unopposed, ,and would not occupy much time, immediately after its termina "nn the clauses of the London and York Bill would be taken into consideration. lAIRORTANT LECISION. calvinnaDGE AND HUNTINGDON LENS. Mr. AUSTIN, Q.C., then proceeded,` open the case of this line, tt Stating that the promoters sought authority to constru c t Cline of railway from a point on the Eastern Counties line near O lt bridge to the town of H un ti ng d on. Th e pro j ect was one of nsid erable utility to the district, t ravers i ng th e i mportant market t ?‘" , of St. Ives ' would be about 16 miles long, an d cos t 150 , 0001 . e o e ngineering difficulties existed, and as it was u no pp ose d, h e it assured the Committee would pass the preamble of the Bill. an Mr. Borthwick, examined by Mr. AUSTIN, Q.C.—ls an engineer, in conjunction with Mr. Robert Stephenson, has been engaged ° l ay out the Cambridge and Huntingdon Railway. The line bWottld be 1 miles long, presenting no en g inee r i ng diffi cu lti es, t h ere e n'g no tunnelling whoever, and its course being a practical level. „ Thr oughout - it s en ti re l engt h t h e worst gradient is in 270, and th e curves are unusually favourable. By the plans, as deposited, 1 „ wai s proposed to cross two highways on a level, but they now I ;' t ended to cross it by a bridge of the ordinary Parliamentary B e , 813 . The cost of th e un d er t a ki ng w ill b e 150,0001., i nc l u di ng ' ,7 00/. for the land required. kr. Duncan, solicitor to the company, under examination by r • JAMES, deposed to the income anticipated on the line being n 8441., and handed in a list of the assents and dis'ents, the share -4°lders o f 2,000/. and upwards, and other formal evidence. The preamble of the Bill was then announced to be proved, and `O4l va rious clauses we re , w ith ou t oppos i t i on, agreed to, the Bill ue n't ordered to be reported to the House, with amendments, to- Morrow. THAM ES L ITTON.— At t hi s very beautiful and a small, but ad sequestered part of the Th ames we entered Oirab ly appoint e d h o t e l, ca ll e d the Swan; among the guests n e Were sever a l no b le lords and a noble ex-ambassader of celebrity. ilfa il of th e w i ts an d eminent writers jerorftdh, DI r ay . had ea gated there ( M r. Dickens, Mr. D. Jerrold, : Shr also ma c , Fie.)g r : to p -u .oy the fi ne a i r and seclusion h of this delightful spot on the g d with an attention, de. margin of the river, and also t e . ood things of mine host. he fare is varied and excellent, combine We noticed too, the lady ~e f ' n e e, and comfort not to be surpassed. mannered, "L Mr. Hanaper, who is a sweetly .ed,, the Flower of Ditton Pretty young female, worthy to be call finely formed, and Vale„ , , tronage he seems to She would indeed shine in"the Book of Beauty." The liberal and attentive host well deserves the pa thful natives the inn two you be rewarded with. There were also at of th e i sland of Borneo, whose playful manners 4 easY Tour on the Th ames , in July , interested all.— 4friamoncelB43, from Oxford to nin inhabitants , PAL L OF A ITOU3E.—TWO PERSONS KILLED.— ioetvveen seven and eight o'clock yesterday mor nding cries of dis :kbe villageof East Stanford were alarmed by a lou g d crashing noise, ."" i ch Was speedily followed by the most heart-re ue s t 8 . it Was quickly ascertained that the end plot of groud 1 -'4 ' l4 'B fm the rear of the churchyard . to an open fallen, and s n it house of a row ex_ ntended for the site of some new buildings, t ha i d ,ave been within '‘,,,'' almost certain that several persons must ~,'"e house at the time it fell, great con. in the employ The fallen house was rented by a man named Parker,. . ternation prevailed. O f M r j . Parker, with q, • oycelin, a maltster. the upper part of the il - Wren, resided on the ground-floor, . his wife and two ~otise, which consisted of two stories, being occupied by a man "ecr ne of his sons, ~anted Pyhe a brush.rniker, with two boys . (his sons) and a a, ce l ery man (his father). The brush-maker, wi i t . h o o'clock on the 117— by a neighbour to leave the f house at six t the day to sell his brushes. P,_ ( ".' , :ng of the accident, going io o m u_ o o fo r r the malt-house at fivtf o,aerloacer inalways lea . ves In d s I the rest of the inmates, consistingo N rk k , the morning, an Sr.W . A number of per. et 8 wife and children, together with Pyke's son and father, - '4l,liosed to be in the house when it fell. rubbish, and portions of the . a "' were soon at work clearing away s hortl y , terwards the body of short distance from the re 'Y Wishedcr and quite dead. At a the old man was discovered dread Itai i , was dug out, and -3 the old man, the body of Pyke's son entertained d hopes are . Of ~. r such injured theboy portions from the remaining po th"l°' En ' ' ' was alive, an of '',', ecovery. A faint cry e ruins stimulated the issuin g people to fresh exertions, and after a pa inful uninjured. The the of twenty minutes the men succeeded in taking o r h ° i 4l , s the ruins Parker's two children perfectly ae had sustained the ho'.uren slept . in a kind of press-bedstead, am' bed,p art of the rafters having fallen in a sloping position across t Weight of bod„ ..,. the materials above. f the unfortunate woman pre seot'.. the mother. The remains . o A further search discovered the 1 1 ; th y : a horrid spectacle, life being quite extinct. Several houses g had been shored up lat ely r°, ' , of which the fallen buil . i formed a part have been Pulled down, and the house in question Ateg ar th e a Dry to e recting some buildin gs , w hi c h are i n t en d e d to cross pace left by the demolished houses. iit (1 "1 CAS E OF MR. AND MRS. CAUDLE.— At Bow _ree,, _ es ha1t...7 terday, Mr. Francis Caudle, e whose loquacious better. tigetio: teranaitted for a month on Tues ay, attended to beg a mi fro t't the fine in order that Mrs. Caudle . might be released theuZseir, present co , nfinesnent. Mr. Jardine declined to entertain , &cation. It is (No ), e at Ports - report d that Captain Sir Thomas . Hastings t aouth 1 of the er-Genera 4.'s, Captain of the Excellent, gu k nnery-ship ord , Will succeed Mr. Bonham as Store eep . hi, er nes 10ePartment Sir Thomas is a distinguished war-officer ; all 'matters been at the ' l ees have been much in requisition . by the has departments _'"' gunnery instr nt . n on board the Excellent. -Iliration of the „„-`II)SSELst j u. io2l. The anniversary of the in 40uszeedek, bot Kling was celebrated to-day with the gr z e s a e te o st f tl,ien'n'itY. M. Van de Weyer will arrive here in the c b o c u eo au. will not immediately go to the Spa, as has tge morning the • Al ' E or A LuNATic.—On Weduesday tria l , who,nhabitants of West bourne-street, Pimlico, were alarmed by a was declaiming in the most horrib:e and blasphemou o s f la io n - - a giaute, and otherwise exhibiting the strongest symptoms . e tY• After havin attacked a truck which stood in his way, he ?a4 towards draymagn, who was in the act of letting a butt do in w t n . .. of the cellars of the Pine -apple, and nearly kb d a h b i o m ut the 1 1 e.atiand then catching hold of a horse, began to beatt a u ntil he was taken into custody by several other wh policemen and oecurred 0 providentially came up before any se l rio . u u s st accident out 0. • It appeared that the poor fellow had on y J broken 1 4 ' i lt i ro n ost difficulty th e !an asylum in the neighbourhood. He was conveyed with to the station-house, and afterwards whenceearried escapes cab, under the care of a keeper, to the asylum belle ad I,l_ aped. t ab4EB (-YESTERDAY) — Two fires took place yes e'd-'" he first broke out shortly after twelve o'clock, in the aPartmeiss S "'• first broke J. Huntley, a lodger in the house of Mr. l'ity, baker, 44, Golden-lane, gilt ots etilty i, Barbican. The firemen had some effecting an entrance into the room, but when they P-s'tatned adtuission they found a pillow and an empty sack and ,: r e tt , r the flooring on fire. Mr. Braidwood reports the origin of t 0 the a' " doubtful." The woman Huntley was given in charge ~,,hi`eghe police by the landlord. Shortly after two o'clock . a fire, mousedtWas by awash- house flue taking fire and igniting the so, in Lev ii . t he Parlour chimney, occurred in the bed-room of Mr. Were burns bill iPa, by which the bed, bedstead, matirass , and furniture t:',,,,erd, and the room scorched all round very severely . ,...an ,cie able damage was done to the other parts of the bui!ding. wjetLe4 xexertions of the inmates, strangers, and police, the flames 1,! tlnguished without the aid of the engines. to o k iht TiATIIING IN HYDE PARIC—An alteration 414i4ri_oerpentie Riv in e Yesterday in the hours during which bathing is permitted Hyde Park. The hours during the re. 14, 1 .Z7r of the Seasonerwill be from five to eight o'clock in the don to tb 'la ,itne, and from eight to nine o'clock in the evening. blot P ATE l'iYrE MIL BOLTON CravE, M.P.—The re gentleman will be removed for interment from . Croy_ Ihr 0 family 'Elul at Worrnsbridge church, near Whitfield, D uring pa-e,r,.1,5e.rtl the (11....41.11_ri°8' ihe sitting of the 17th the Helvetic Diet question relative to the revision of the Federal corn realority of eight against the expediency of discussion ,reals Zed, of to be put off till next year. The principle of a total re- 0 . 4 1 7 1 the compact had, therefore, only gained the concurrence 1 . -I? 9111----t9l ‘ - - - aente, Argovia, Basle (country), Glaris, and Vaud IRELAND. DRAINAGE AND INLAND NAVIGATION. speculations of the day, and the general demand for labour. Turnips and potatoes look well ; though there is a fueling in some quarters that the latter have got on rather to, fa,t.—Dtahum Chronicle. DUBLIN, JULY 21.—A project of very considerable import ance was brought before Sir Robert Peel on Saturday last, by an Irish deputation, who sought the aid of Government in car rying into effect the recommendations of the Drainage Com mission foe connecting the river Shan non with Louth Erne, and thus uniting, by inland navigation, the provinces of Munster and Ulster. It is stated that this arrangement would afford facilities for the drainage of not le.-s than four millions of acres. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day, William Nagennis, Esq., in the chair. Mr. O'CoNNELn acknowledged the receipt of 127. from New York, and read a letter accompanying the remittance, which animadverted on certain expressions uttered by Mr, O'Connell on a late occasion, to the effect that if England rendered justice to Ireland, she might calculate on the assistance of Irishmen in enablin g her "to humble the proud eagle of America." What. he (Mr. O'Connell) said on the occasion referred to was, that it England did render justice, full and ample justice, to Ireland, she would be in such a position, through the co-operation of Irishmen, as to defy all the nations of civilized Europe, and would be even able to pull down the flag of America itself. Such was the sentiment he uttered, and he believed such was the sentiment of Ireland also. It was in consequence of the blustering of Mr. Polk with regard to the Oregon territory, a blustering which had since ceased, that he had been drawn into the observations com plained of. Mr. Polk evidently calculated on a di version in his favour in Ireland, should a rupture take place between England and America. Having expressed the gratification he felt at the opportunity afforded him of ex plaining, he moved the insertion of the letter on the minutes, and the thanks of the association to the writer. Mr. O'Co NELL again rose, and said as that was the last op portunity he should have for some time of addressing the associa tion, he considered it advisable to lay the present state of Ireland before the public. He wished it to be understood that he did not intend to be idle; on the contrary, he had cut out a considerable quantity of work for himself, which would occupy him during his sojourn in the country. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, her Majesty's Solicitor-General, in his late address to the electors of Cam- bridge, had stated that agitation and agrarian disturbances had ceased in Ireland; but, as a proof of his accuracy in the affairs of Ireland, he had to state, that he expected to have the pleasure of addressing 150,000 men of the county Wexford on the next Wednesday, and an equal number in Galway during the ensuing week. That was no sign that the agitation was subsiding ; and lest the Govern ment should forget that there were such people as the Irish, it was determined upon to hold two monster meetings during each month.—( Cheers.) The ministry had certainly altered their tone with regard to Ireland, and Sir James Graham had retracted his expression " that concession to Ireland had reached its limits," but he would never rest satisfied till Ireland was placed on a footing of perfect equality with England. The country, Its regretted to say it, was not in such a state of tranquillity as could' he desired. Prandial disturbance was rife in many coun ties. In fact, the country was not in such a state for twenty years past. Fermanagh was disturbed, but he could not even guess at the reason, as it was blessed with a large number of most excellent landlords, but nevertheless the "Molly Maguires" were busy in circulating their notices. That the country was disturbed there could be no question, and was it not melancholy to have her Majesty's Solicitor-General coming forward and stating deliberately that peace, order, and obedi ence to the law existed ? Yes, Mr. Fitzroy Kelly asserted that agitation had ceased in Ireland, and that tranquillity reigned. Whilst he gave the Government credit for their good wishes towards this country, he would ask, how far had the pro mises held out in the Queen's speech, at the opening of the session, with regard to Ireland been fulfilled? The Maynooth Bill had certainly been passed, but that measure was more valuable in its collateral nature than for the endowment which St. Swi thin's fhly pissed vtithoat a drop of rain falling but the hope for flue weather indulged in by those who have faith in saws and proverb, does not at present seem likely to be realised, for shin ers fell early on Thursday morning, and the clouds threaten more rain. The crops, however, have as vet been uninjured ; Lithough, fur their safety, an early change in the weather is devoutly to be wished. The fsw sunny days which have of late glad dened the farmers have enabled the hay harvest to be proceeded with, and though much remains to be cut and homed, fears for its eventual safety would now be prema ture. The grain crops are all in car, and wheat especially Iromises weft—Cu/lisle Journal. APPLEBY.--The crops throughout this neighbourhood, both hay and corn, are heavier than they have been known for several years. The hay harvest has com menced in most place, but the unsettled state of the weather has prevented much progress being made ; meadow grass, as well as seed, turns off extremely heavy, and a few fine R eeks are all that is now wanted to enable the farmers to house their abundant crops. The corn crops would also be greatly benefited thereby, as in some moist lands they are taking a little hurt from the continued wet. ? lisle Journal. A most glorious week of harvest weather—thousands of tons of hay have been ricked in the neighbourhood of Hereford in the primest condition. The sunshine must also have hnd a most beneficial effect on all kinds of corn and pulse, and the ripening procen must be gcing on so favourably and rapidly, that the corn har vest will be here in Vas days or a fortnight, sinless there be an unpropitious change in the weather. We have also improved reports from the hop districts.—Hereford Tunes. The wheat and potato crops are looking most promi sing, and there is at present every prospect of an abundant harvest. We have seen a specimen of Pilley's Green-top Swede, grown in the parish of Hemingbrough, two acres of which will average 2 feet 6 inches across, and the bulbs 4 inches in circumference. Tur n ip crops are, gem - rally speaking, looking very blooming and healthy. —Yorhshireman. STIRLINGSHIRE.—St. SWithill'S day has come and passed away in drought, and therefore the farmer may now rub his hands, or fold them upon his breast, or thrust them into his breeches pocket, or, in short, do anything with theta he likes but work, for the next six weeks ; for as we say in Scotland, "his bread is baleen" till that time. The sun will do all that now remains till the ..),7th Aug. We had showers till Sabbath evening, after which the weather cleared up, and the other three days of the week have been most delightful, promoting alike vege tation, the blooming of the wheat, and the carting home of the hay crop, much of which is now safely housed, and a better crop there has not been in this quarter in general for many years, with an excellent promise for the aftermath.—Stirling Observer. KiLmAnxecK.—Th ere has been a moderate fall of rain during the week, and the dry days which have been, being warm, have contributed much to the growth and ripening of grain. We have seen hay in several fields under " thack and rape." So far as we have seen or heard, bulbous pro ductions are in capital growth. Nothing like want in the potato crop appears to be anywhere felt. In the neighbourhood of Paisley we saw, on Wednesday, one of the finest fields of potatoes the eye could rest on. The blade is generally fresh and strong. it conferred. The discussions which it gave rise to plainly showed the innate hatred of the English people to the re ligion of the people of this country. The Colleges Bill he might look upon as passed, and were they to consider that measure as a boon which the Catholic prelates had pronounced to be dangerous to faith and morals ? It had been asserted that the opposition to this Bill would be moderated, but he was in a position to be able to state that the opinions of the Bishops with regard to it were un changed, and would continue so. It was reasonably ex pected that some alteration could have been made in the Charitable Bequests Act during the present session, but the answer of Sir James Graham to the question proposed by Lord Arundel, in the House of Commons on Friday night, has completely dissipated all hopes of amelioration. The Catholic Bishops, who had supported that measure solely on the ground that the amendments they suggested would be introduced, had remonstrated with the Govern ment on the treachery that had been practised upon them, but the answer to their remonstrances was, that the best con sideration of the Government would be directed to the points suggested ; but their best consideration just meant no con sideration at all. After referring to a variety of topics having reference to the future mode of carrying on the agitation, Mr. O'Connell concluded by giving notice of his intention to prepare and put in form, during his sojourn in the country, the following Bills, with a view to their adop tion by the British Legislature, and that each member of Parliament should be furnished with copies of them fully six weeks before the commencement of the next session : I. An Act to enable her most gracious Majesty to exercise without delay her undoubted prerogative to summon her Par liament of Ireland, to contain clauses declaratory 1. Of her Majesty's power and authority to issue writs of summons to all the Peers of Ireland, and writs for the election of Members of the House of Commons of Ireland, not to ex ceed the ancient number of 300. 2. Directory of the numbers to be elected by each county at large, county of a city, and county of a town. 3. Also by each present or newly to be constituted borough on the scale of population. 4. Defining the elective franchise to be extended to all resi dent householders. 5. To provide that the mode of voting shall be by secret ballot. 6. To provide that all statutes pmsed by the alleged United Parliament shall have force of law until altered or repealed by the Parliament of Ireland. 7. To vest in her Majesty, her heirs and successors, the Parliament-house in College-green, in trust for the Lords and Commons of Ireland, provision being made to give full compen sat ion to the Bank of Ireland. 11. An Act to establish in perpetuity the perfect equality in the eye of the law of persons of all Christian persuasions, awl to prevent for ever the existence in Ireland of any legal or temporal ascendancy, to contain clauses declaratory— ]. Of this Act being the basis of the repeal of the Union, and expressive of the solemn compact made with and between all the people of Ireland, in the awful presence of God, that persons of all Christian persuasions shall be and for ever con tinue on an entire and complete equality, legal and political. '2. Prohibitory of the Irish Parliament making or having authority or power to make any law, penal or restrictive, cat the score of religion. 3. Prohibitory of the Irish Parliament to endow, as a State church, any particular church, sect, or persuasion. 4. Declaratory that the ecclesiastical revenues belong to the State, and ought to be appropriated to purposes of education and charity. 5. Providing, however, that the vested interest of each in cumbent, episcopal or clerical, shall be fully protected during the respective lies of each, to become public property only as each life shall drop. 111. An Act to charge the estates of all absentees with an income-tax of 20 per. cent. Clause to define absenteeism: viz., non-residence in Ireland for six months in each year. IV. An Act to confirm the custom of " tenant right " where it at present exists, and to make provision for its gradual and well-considered extension all over Ireland. V. An Act to entitle all tenants upon conviction to full com pensation for all improvements heretofore made, or hereafter to be made, on the premises held by such tenants. VI. An Act to facilitate the partition and sale of lands sub ject to incumbrances, and to deposit in the public funds the purchae money, subject to the same trust to which the lands were liable. VII. An Act to take away from the landlords all powers of distraint or ejectment for non-payment of rent, unless the land be held under lease for a term of at least 21 years. VIII. An Act to repeal the poor-laws, and to convert the present poor-houses into ho'pitals for the sick, infirm, and aged paupers, and to provide for their support for six years, by charging the necessary expenses on the Consolidated Fund. IX. An Act to enable lessees for lives renewable for ever, to convert their tenure into perpetuities, making compensation for fines when payable. _ X. An At to empower tenants for life and corporations sole or aggregate, including the corporation of Trinity College, to grant leases in perpetuity. XI. An Act to direct that in all sales of lands sold under the authority of any court of equity, the estate should be sold in small lots, with a right of pre-emption to the occupiers. XII. That the principle of the Church Temporalities Act, enabling tenants occupying under lease for a term of years, with a custom of renewal to acquire perpetuity at a fixed rent, be extended to all leases held under any corporation, sole or aggregate, including the lands held under the College of Phy sicians and under Trinity College, Dublin. XIII. An Act to direct that such of the Crown estates in Ireland as are not required for the convenience of the public should be sold in small divisions, a right of pre• emption being given to the tenants in possession, the purchase-money to be payable by instalments. XIV. An Act directing that in all future conveyances the original deed should, as in the case of wills, be deposited in the Registry-office, Dublin, and that certified copies be admissible in evidence, except when the validity of the original deed itself shall be questioned. At the termination of the proceedings, Mr. O'Connell an nounced the rent for the week to be 3191. 18s. Id. DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE—JULY 21. GOVERNMENT FUNDS.—Three-and.a.Quarter per Cent. Stock, 101 i —Bank Stock, 208. MISCELLANEOI7S.—Grand Canal Debentures Six per Cent. Re duced, 68i 4—Ruyal Bank, 13i—City of Dublin Steam-packet Shares, 104—Ditto, 1836, al—Mining Company of Ireland, 14— Wick low Copper Mines, 18. RAILWAYS.—BeIfast and Ballymena, 6f (—Belfast and County Down, 3l—Cork and Waterford, 14—Dublin and Belfast Junc tion, 881 B—Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Junction, 24 — Dublin and Drogheda, 104—Dublin and Kingstown, 23b--s.,.kr dalk and Enniskillen, 21 3—Great Southern and Western, 23 — Great Southern and Western Extension, 121—Midland Great Western Railway and Royal Canal Company, 3g f —Great Wes tern Extension to Sligo, 21—Irish Great Western Dublin to Galway, 34 A—Kingston and Bray, 6k—Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junctions, 4 1—Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3/ Newry and Enniskillen, 34—Waterford and Limerick, 6i 4 Waterford and Kilkenny, 2 1—Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, 1 THE CROPS AND THE WEATHER We have had glorious weather in this part of the country since St. Switbiu's day, and there is at present more of the appearance of settled fine weather than there has been at any former time this season. Wherever the wheat crop had been beaten down it has recovered itself, and during the last two days it has begun to change its colour. The present year's harvest cannot be an early one, but if we have a continuance of such sunshine as we had yesterday, it will not be nearly so late as was feared. The rust that showed itself on the flag leaf of the wheat phint is quite gone, and the colour is clear and bright. Altogether the prospect, with re gard to this great crop, is wonderfully improved. All the other crops continue to be as beautiful and promising as ever they were known to be in the best of years, and the present fine weather will give them quality as well as bulk. The hay is all got in on the uplands, and by the end of the present week very little will he out, even in the water meadows. The hay crops are excellent, both in quantity and quality.—Liverpool Tinies. The crops are everywhere most abundant, and if the weather should improve, the yield will considerably surpass that of any former year within our recol lection. From the same cause, the wheat crops have improved little or nothing ; and the continual recurrence of the heavy rains, by which we have lately been visited, excites painful apprehen sions for the result, as any failure c f the crop, added to the comparatively barren condition of the foreign granaries, which are understood to contain little more than a week's consumption, would lead to most disastrous conse quences by its effect on the Money Market, the railway THE SUN, LON DON, THIT RS D A EVENIN(i, JULY 24, ifizts. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) IHOUSE OF LORDS. THE EREWASH VALI.= RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Woodhouse, the engineer of the line, conjointly with Mr. Jesse", and Mr. Bidders, was then called, and gave the usual engi neering evidence. The length of the maim line would be 13 miles 16 chains. There were eleven branches. The steepest gradient on the main line would be 1 in 215. One of the branches would have a gradient of lin 50. The heavy tt affic would be down the nclines. There wzs no enginecringdifficulty on the main lane, and this was, in his opinion, the best that mid be laid down through the Erewash Valley, and afforded the greatest accommodation to the coal district. The total expense of the line was estimated at 187,000!. This included the cost of the branches. Mr. MACAULAY cross-examined the witness as to a proposed line, of u hich a map was handed in. The witness thought the line in question far inferior to the Erewash Valley line. Mr. Woodhouse was re-examined by Mr. CALVERT. The CHAIRMAN here observed that the Ambergate line was before the Committee in a very indefinite manner. As a com peting line it could not appear before them as it would before a Committee of the House of Commons, but it was only as a com peting line that it could be evidence against the proposed line. Mr. CALVERT said that he was unwilling to make an objection to Mr. Macaulay's course, but thought it wa.s not regular to give evi dence in favour of what was, as fares the Committee were concerned, an imaginary line. Mr. Robinson, postmaster at Maidenhead, &posed that he knew no such person as Mr. Shackell residing at Maidenhead. Mr. Shackell came forward to be examined. He stated that I.e held a commission in her Majesty's service. Was a cornet. The date of his commission was 1815. The Committee, after hearing Mr. AUSTIN and Mr. ROWE at considerable length, decided upon not entering into the merits of the Bill without further notice from the House, if the allegations contained In the petition of Mr. Pym were considered proved. The evidence of Mr. Shackell was resumed—Lived for some time with his brother in Maidenhead. Received a pension of 261. a year from the Charter-house. Was paid it quarterly. Did not alwaysstop with his brother. Signed this contract deed, but did not know for what amount, nor the number of shares he had in it. Was at his brother's last Christmas. Might have been in London on Christmas.day, and had signed deeds within the last year to the amount of 50,0001., but could not then recollect the exact time at which he signed those deeds. Did not think it a prudent thing to keep any railway shares. He gave them to his broker, who disposed of them to the beat advantage,— (Laughter.) Paid deposits on the shares. Gave a reference to Cox and Greenwood's, from whom he received his half-pay. _ _ Mr. Edward Smith, stone merchant, 5, Regent's wharf, City basin, 7501., was the next name on the list. Mr. Smith deposed that his name and address was accurately de. scribed on the deed, but he had not signed it, nor authorised an) one to sign it. Cross-examined—His clerk might have written for some railway shares—he spoke to witness on the subject. The next name was George Stanley, &q., Hill house, Scull ampton-7,5001. Mr. MACAULAY said that, as landowners, his clients had a right to oppose this Bill, on the ground that there was a better line, which would not injure them. He would wish, however, to post pone the arguments on this point till to-morrow, as Mr. Alexander was nut present. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Stanley had no fixed re. sidence ; that numerous executions and writs have been issued against him ; that Hill-house is on the very boundary of the county and borough near Southampton; and the sheriff's officer swore that by stepping out at one door he avoided the sheriff's officer of the borough and got into the county, and vice versa when the county officer came, so that neither could catch him. The point was accordingly reserved, and the evidence continued. Mr. Bidders corroborated the evidence of Mr. Woodhouse. The working expenses of the line would be 3001. per mile. That was about 30 per cent, on the estimated traffic. The estimates had been made for works for a double line, the rails only being estimated for a single line. The estimated expense of the main line was 1 40,000/., which he thought was a very liberal esti.. mate. A single line would be sufficient for the traffic, as the whole of the coal expected to be carried on the line in one day could be taken by one train. It was proposed to call Mr. Vignolles to corroborate the above evidence, but an ohj , ction having beets raised to the admission of his evidence, a discussion ensued, the result of which was, that the Committee postponed the matter till to-morrow. The Committee then adjourned at half-past five o'clock. Mr. Taylor, in answer to a question from Mr. Rowe, said they would 13. a prepared fully to justify the Company, and to show that they had acted in an honourable and straightforward manner, but would not attempt to controvert a great number of the cases brought under the notice of the Committee. The Committee adjourned till to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP X. MOST IMPORTANT. THE DECISION ON THE LONDON AND Y0R.35 LINES. (Continued from our Afternoon :Edition of yesterday.) Quarter past Four. The Committee hare this moment entered, and, amid the mos' profound silence, GLASGOW AND MARRS:CAM RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Lord Blantyre and Colonel Moire pros ed that the landholders and inhabitants of the district were in favour of the short and direct line from Glasgow to Barrhead. Mr. Malcolm Hunter, a calico.printez of Crefthead, was well acquainted with the trade carried on betwoen Glasgow and Barr head, and considered the direct line well adapted to accommodate the wants of the district. Mr. Dunlop, an extensive cotton printer at Crayton, confirmed the testimony of the last witness. Mr. James Ramsay Vertman, manager of Messrs. Wilson's iron works at Glasgow, intimated that Messrs. Wilson had traffic passing along the route of the direct line to the extent of 62,479 tons per annum, which would undoubtedly come upon, and be In creased by the proposed railway. Mr. M`Lintock, a coal.owner confirmed the testimony of the last witness, and The Committee then adjournd till eleven o'clock to-morrow morning. The CumaataN said—l am instructed to say that the Committee have come to the resolution that the PREA MBLE of the LON DON and YORK COMPANY'S BILL IS PROVED, omitting the branches to Wakefield and Sheffield, which they consider it advisable t• postpone for subsequent legislation. This announcement was received with loud cheers. Mr. Sergeant Witallotism then made application for the Com mittee, or same member of it, to move in the House of Commons, that the preamble be received without the Sheffielda nd 'Wakefield branches. Lord COMITENAY stated that the Committc , c: t d not be re sponsible for any future proceedings, but they hits n. ti s t the next proceeding should be for the genus( benefit, and the Committee thought that this end would be best served by the Committee taking the Cambridge and Huntingdon line. That was the course they intended to take. After a few words from Mr. HILDTARD, this course was agreed upon. The Committee will, therefore, take the clauses of the London and York line to-morrow, and after those proceed with the Cambridge and Huntingdon. This was the arrangement at last agreed upon. The Committee then adjourned. IMPROVEMENT OF HALIFAX HARBOUR. (From TVillmer and Smith's European Times.) We intimated our intention, in our last publication, of throwing out a few suggestions fur the improvement of Halifax harbour. In fulfilling this promise, we do so with a becoming sense of our inability to treat the subject in a manner becoming its importance, as our acquaintance with the locale is necessarily imperfect, and was picked up during our passage to and from the port in question in the spring and autumn of last year. But, however unworthily we execute the task, we only claim for our crude conceptions the attention to which, upon investigation, they may be found entitled. If they are worthy the consideration of the practical and expe rienced our object is answered, and being so, their adoption cannot be too speedily enforced ; if other wise, nothing less humiliating can overtake them, than a speedy transit to that place with which, it is said, " good intentions" are paved. In either case the labour, such as it is, NA ill not have been fruitless, for we shall have eased our mind of a duty which we owe to our friends in Nova Scotia, in whose welfare we shall ever take a lively interest—to the splendid steamers, and to the lives and property which they are constantly carry ing to and from their destination. The present age prides itself upon being, par excellence, the age of me chanical progression, and the triumphs of art over ob stacles which in other times have defied human in genuity, show that the Creator has not FmEed man's faculties in working out his own redemption. The chief, merit., however, of the suggestions which follow is, that they are readily executed ; they involve, in pro• portion to the magnitude of the interests at stake, but a trifling pecuniary outlay, and cannot possibly duter by their va,tness or complexity. The present position of the port of Liverpool—with one exception the greatest maritime part in the world—demonstrates sufficiently how science and capital can triumph over great, and all but insuperable difficulties, and vessels of the larger tonnage can now at any hour enter a harbour where, formerly, such en advantage was unknown—unlocked for—undreamt of. The first approach to the shores of Nova Scotia is marked by the inconvenience and the dangers of the fop so prevalent at seasons of the year, in other respects the most favourable. The system of bell buoys intro duced at the entrance into the Mersey, at Liverpool, would obviate much of the difficulty and danger arising from the state of the atmosphere on the shores of Nova Scotia. The establishment on Sables Island, so honourable to the people of Nova Scotia, and so beneficial to the track, of the world, proves that they require but a hint to for ward any design in the cause of humanity ; and we take the liberty of suggesting that bell buoys should be laid down in such places as may be found, after careful atten tion to the subject, to be tne most suitable. The loss of the noble steamer (he Columbia would, in all probability, not have occurred, if a bell buoy had been near the place where she struck ; and when we consider the extraordinary difficulties which the uncertainty of the tides at the entrance of the bay of Sandy presents, we should say that the extreme point of the western coast would be a suitable place for one. . As the eastern coast is much lower than the western, and less bold, and very dangerous ledges of rock run out on different parts of that coast, it would seem to be absolutely necessary to have bell buoys there, and a selection of the points would be easily made. For in stance, a bell buoy on the Reck Head would be a great advantage, There is at present, we believe, a buoy, lut it is dumb, and the bell snail be found of incal culable utility in giving warning to the mariner of his position. Another bell buoy on the Polluck Rip, moored in thirty-five fathoms, is cL sirable. In addition to these there ought to be another bell buoy in forty-five fathoms gravel, which are good soundings, off the lighthousc, N.W. by W., distance about five miles from the light house. The dumb buoy at Thrumpcap shoals ought to be converted into a bell buoy. A light on Jedore Head, one of the most dangerous parts of the coast, and another on the White Islands, about twenty-seven miles from the harbour, would complete the necessary safety guides ; at present 150 miles of the eastern coast is without a solitary light. The detention of the mail for a few hours (and hours may be said to be days with the steamers when com pared with sailing vessels), in which all America, we may say the whole world is interested, is a subject of so much importance, that should it be deemed necessary we doubt not that all nations would readily contribute to carry out so useful a design, even upon the most ex tensive scale. But besides this, there have been times, and those times may come again, when hundreds of men-of-war have been employed on the North American station ; and we respectfully solicit the attention of the Admit ralty to a subject in which the highest interests of the empire are involved. The coasting trade of Nova Scotia, as well as the fisheries, the great business of large portions of the people of that province, are deeply interested in what ever would facilitate the approach to the harbours all along the coast ; and the general trade with all parts of the world which is carried on from Halifax would like wise feel the benefit of these well-intended suggestions, should they be carried out, as we hope will be the case, with the spirit and judgment that the undertaking de mands. The just prideTof science, which has produced almost a magical precision in the passage of our celebrated steamers, is indeed humbled, when, at the moment the voyage may be said to be completed, a barrier is sud denly presented to her entrance. Hew cheering at such a moment would be the welcome sound of the mariners' bell, giving confidence to the commander, and happiness to the passengers ; and the splendid steamer, bursting boldly through the fog, would afford another proof of the power of art to overcome the obstacles to human enterprise, and give delight and satisfaction to thousands whose deepest interests are concerned. It is rumoured that Sir Robert Price, who formerly represented Herefordshire, will offer himself for Hereford on the Liberal interest. COPYHOLDS.—The fourth report of the Copyhold Commission has just been presented to Parliament. !It states there has been a considerable, and it is a gradually extending, in. crease both in the number of enfranchisements and the value of the land enfranchised. The principal enfranchisements have taken place in the ecclesiastical manors. Since the last report of the Commission was presented 36 enfranchisements have taken place. TIIE SUPPOSED AIURDER AT NEWCASTLE—.The adjourned inquest on the body of Jane Kelley, who died at the in. firmary at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, under circumstances already stated, was held on Monday evening, when a great number of wit nesses was examined, whose evidence was very conflicting. The surgeon who made the post ',orlon examination, stated that she had died from inflammation of the outer membrane of the bowels, accompanied by a perforation into one of the intestines, but how these effects were caused, he could not say. There were no exter nal marks of violence. The jury, under these circumstances, re tui ned a verdict " that the deceased bad died of inflammation, but whether caused by violence or not there was no evidence to satisfy them." The prisoner, Michael Kelley, who tsas remanded on being brought before the magistrates soon after he was apprehended, and is still in custody, will in all probability be discharged. BATTERSEA FAIR.—GICat preparations are being made for a splendid fair, which will be held in Battersea-fields, on Monday next and the four following days, on a plot of ground, situated between the Red-house Tavern and the Old House-at- Home Tap. All the principal shows connected with the Metropo litan fairs will be present OH the occasion, and several equestrian companies have already taken up their quarters, to assist in the amusement of the fair-going folks, who are expected from Londor. The various steam-boats will start every quarter of an hour, from the several piers, for the purpose of conveying passengers to and fro during the fair. THE FRENCH IN ALGERIA. The following defence for the atrocious massacre in he Debra appears in the Moniteur Algerien, of the 15th nitant : In order that the public may be able to appreciate that fatal event, it is necessary that they should know how important it was, in a political and humane point of view, to destroy the confidence which the people of the Dahra and other districts placed in the grottoes of Ouled Rhia ; all those tribes, considering perfectly secure those abodes, proved themselves at all times extremely unruly. Under the Turks, they repeatedly refused to pay the taxes, and when the cavalry of the Government pre sented itself; the entire tribe sought refuge in the caves and could not be compelled to pay their quota of the tribute. Abd-el-Fader himself was treated in a similar manner by the Ibehas, in their two revolts against him. lie succeeded, however, in reducing them by means of his great moral influence, which enabled him to prevail upon the neighbouring tribes to blockade them and cut off their supplies, but such an expedient would be inefficient in our hands ; the Arabs do not serve the Christians as they would serve Abd-el-Kader. Colonel Pelissier, after a successful ghazia on the terri tory of the Beni Zentes, summoned the Ouled Rhias to submit. A portion of the tribe reluctantly acquiesced, but the others having declined doing so, the Colonel was obliged to attack them. Their warriors, beaten in the field, withdrew into those famous grottoes, where they had beforehand placed their wives, children, cattle, and furniture. Colonel Pelissier invested them, not however without the loss of several of his men. When the in vestment was complete, he attempted to persuade them to come out through the medium of some Arabs who had repaired to his camp. The latter were fired upon and one of them was killed. Nevertheless, by dint of per severance, the Ouled Rhias were prevailed upon to ()pen a parley, which lasted the whole day, to no effect. They always replied, " Let the French camp be re moved, and we will quit the caves and submit." Colonel Pelissier repeatedly promised to respect their persons and property, not to treat them as prisoners of war, and merely insisted on the surrender of their arms. From time to time they were told that an abundance of fuel had been collected to warm them, but they obstinately refused to capitulate, and night was fast approaching. Was Colonel Pelissier to be deterred from his purpose by their obstinacy? The soldiers and chiefs would have loudly blamed him. The political consequences of such a de termination would have been fatal, for the confidence of the natives in the security of their grottoes would have increased. Should he attempt to carry them by force ? 'This would have been almost impossible, and, at all events, he would have lost many men in that subterra rean war, a result equally unsatisfactory for humanity. Should he content himself to blockade them fo - r fifteen days ; he would have lost a most valuable time for the submission of the Dahra, and could have afforded no assistance to Col. St. Arnaud, who was also operating in that district. After consulting awhile he determined to recur to the extremity suggested to him by the Governor-General, in a case of such emergency. A number of faggots were thrown from above into the entrance of the cave, which were afterwards set on fire. At one o' c l oc k i n t h e morn i ng C o l. Pelissier, moved by pity, caused the fire to be extinguished, but, unfortunately, it was too late, the catastrophe had oc curred. This cruel event, which afflicts us all and strikes our imagination by its n ove lt y i n t h e anna l s o f wa r, is not, in reality, more barbarous than many other prac tices in European warfare, which are not reproved, be cause. of their being regarded as indispensable evils. War, policy, and even humanity require that recourse be had to every means, however energetic they may b', to hasten its termination as speedily as possible. This is also serving the interests of philanthropy ; for wars, protracted by the use of feeble means, are the most ruinous and the most destructive of human life. Those incontestable principles once admitted, we ask if the siege of the grottoes is more cruel than the bom barding and famishing of the entire population of the strong towns in Europe. It is apprehended that the catastrophe of the Ouled Rhia will fill the hearts of the natives with a deep hatred for us. The Arabs will cer tainly feel hatred towards us: that feeling has always existed, and is likely to last much longer. 'This event will not increase it much ; but it will i ns pi re th em with a salutary terror, which will be equally favourable to the victor and the vanquished. The Arabs now per ceiving that they must submit to the French yoke, that they possess no longer any secure retreat, wilt lay down their arms and quietly employ themselves in agricultu ral and commercial pursuits, which will soon repair the evils of war. If, on the contrary, they had merely ex perienced an easy repression, in accord with the in judicious ideas of philanthropists, they would be often tempted to revolt, in order to recover their indepen dence, and those repeated insurrections would be at tended for them with disastrous consequences, which would render their situation much more cruel than it is at present, in consequence of the terrible blow with which they have been visited. It has inflicted upon them a serious injury, it is true; but its effects are merely momentary. " The interests of the victorious army, and of the en tire of France have also their rights. If, by our forbear ance, we suffer the spirit of revolt to endure, we shall often be compelled to repress, and consequently to sacri fice the lives of a greater number of soldiers and more money than if, from the onset, we had made an example. To follow such a course would not be serving the inte rests of humanity and philanthropy. Energetic repres sions produce the same results in all countries, whether in ordinary warfare, civil wars, or emeutes. It is prefer able, for the sake of society and humanity, to strike one decisive blow, than to be obliged to strike often." SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday Mr. Bedford held an inquest s at St. George's Hospital on the body of James Conner, aged twenty-eight years. It appeared by the evidence that on Friday last the deceased was employed at some new houses now in the course of erection in Eaton-square, Pimlico. Some other workmen were building a platform near the top, beneath which deceased was standing, when a large iron chisel, about 18 inches in length, fell from the platform, and struck deceased upon the head, cutting clean through the cap. He was immediately picked up, covered with blood and quite insensible, and conveyed to the above hospital in one of Mr. Cubitt's vans. Mr. Johnson, house.surgeon, said deceased, when admitted, had sustained a lace rated wound, between two and three inches in length, on the back part of the head, through which his brains were protruding, and adhering to the hair and clothes; a considerable quantity of brain appeared to have been lost. Deceased died on the following day Verdict, " Accidental death." • SERIOUS OFFENCE ON THE GREAT WVTEF N RAILWAY.— Wednesday's Government Police Gazette contains a description of two men, John M`Kenzie and John Stewart, who stand charged with having committed a misdemeanour, in placing a waggon on the hne of the Great Western Railway in the neigh. bourhood of Standish, in Gloucestershire, and endangering the lives of divers of her Majesty's subjects, and who having absconded on the 16th instant, warrants have been issued and rewards offered for their apprehension. STATIONERS' AND PAPER -MANUFACTURERS' PRO VIDENT SOCIETY.—The sixth annual meeting of this institution took place on Tuesday evening, at the Gerard's Hall Tavern, City, Vl. Gaussen, Esq., one of the Vice-Presidents, in the chair. The report of the last year's proceedings was of a highly satisfactory character. The object of this society is, first, to raise a capital of 10,0001., and then grant annuities or give relief to masters and their assistants in the trade who may, from age, infirmity, or needy circumstances, require pecuniary aid. It appears that the capital is already 5,500/. There is also a separate fund progressing to erect an asylum. At the Br, afford Petty cessions ye:terday, a ma named John Jones,of Greenford, was committed for trial, charged with assaulting his wife on the sth inst., who has only just re covered sufficiently to give evidence against him. They quarrelled about her treatment of a child, when Jones struck his wife two blows on the head, one of which caused concussion of the brain and made her insensible, in which state she remained for two days Her life was at the time in great danger, IMPORTANT DECISION. WAS.ErIELD, PONTEFRACT. AND GOOLE RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday. Mr. I,Vmxiss replied, and, in an elaborate speech, contended that no sufficient public grounds had been shown for throwing out this Bill. The engineering evidence adduced by the promoters proved in the most forcible manner that a railway was absolutely necessary to preserve the trade of Goole, and to extend that of Wakefield, Pontefract, and Knottingly, and no line which had yet been exhibited to their Lordships promised to supply those deside rata in the same degree as thepresent one. The Learned Counsel then went into detail as to the relative advantages to the minerals in the districts, and, after analysing the statements: of the opposing wit, nesses, concluded by hoping that their Lo rdships, after the full, fair, and patient investigation they had given, would be irresistibly led to the conclusion that a line of railmy was absolutely re quired, and that this was the very line to supply the present deficiency. The Committee then retired, and on their re- en t er i ng th e room . . _ The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had - agreed to the following resolution:—" That the Committee find the pre amble of the Bill proved, but consider it necessary, in reference to the 82d clause, that the execution of the works between the pro. posed station at Pontefract and the station at Wakefield be suspended until the company shall apply to Parliament for power to make the railway contemplated by that clause." The clauses were then agreed to, and the Committee broke up. THE GLASCIONIT JUNCTION* RAILWAY. Mr. ANDREWS then proceeded to cross-examine Mr. Walker, who said that, with respect to coal and pig-iron, the loaded waggor.s could be lifted by cranes from off the quay, and lowered into the holds of the vessels alongside. The weight of a coal-waggon, when laden, averaged train hi to 6 tons. This 'was the practice pursued at Newcastle and other coal-exporting places, but was not gene rally followed at Glasgow. A balance-weight was sometimes attached to the cranes. The waggons, when loaded and swung from the crane, were a descending weight, and when emptied of their contents in the holds of the vessel, being lighter than the balance-weight attached to the crane, they would ascend by the power of gravity. To erect these machine would be attended with considerable expense, and if the vessels were sufficiently low in the water, tilting the contents of the waggons into their holds would probably be a more expeditious mode. The Noble CHAIRMAN interrupted the cross-examination, and said he did not think it was necessary that this evidence should be gone further into.: Mr. ANnaiews replied that he would not press it further. The witness continued—Sheds bad becen recently erected on the south side of the harbour, but, speaking from recollection, they were four -feet wider than those which had been constructed on the north side. Mr. M‘Gregor, of the Board of Trade, was next examined—He said that the room in the harbour at Glasgow was not more than sufficient to accommodate the steam-boat trade, the foreign traffic, and the Custom-house department. In his opinion the construc tion of a line of rails on the quays would materially interfere with the traffic. The Custom.house Commissioners, with the consent of the Treasury, had power to restrict the exportation of coals, wool, and other articles not paying duty, to certain places wh;ch they might see fit to appoint ; so that in point of fact if the Commissioners found that the minerals brought by the proposed railways on the quays should interfere with the general traffic, so as to prove detri mental to the revenue, they could prevent their exportation from that place. The examination of these two witnesses, all the substantial facts of which have been stated, occupied the Committee the entire day, Their Lordships adjourned until to-marrow, OXF01121), WORCESTEn, AND WOMATER ILEUVICPTORT (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. TALBOT then proceeded to address the Committee in reply, and in behalf of the Bill before the Committee. He went at length into the whole case, addressing himself to all the points which had been adduced before the Committee against the Bill by the several petitioners. He dis.mssed the objections on the subject of transhipment, the difference of gauges, and the question ofeonmeti. tion between the London and Birmingham and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railways, which he considered preposterous and absurd, especially when it was considered that the London and Birmingham line was seeking a way direct to Manchester, independent of the Gra.td Junction, th rough the projected Trent Valley and other schemes; and th at Mr. Hudson, the great amalgamator of railways, had guaranteed the shareholders of the Birming ham and Gloucester 6 per cent. on their capital. Having gone through this part of his subject, he went into that of the estimates which had been impugned, showing that the answers of Mr. Brunel clearly met that objection, and concluded by speak ing to the toll clauses, which he affirmed were no breach of faith, but had been fairly introduced into the Bill, the tolls of which were considerably lower than those proposed by the Tring scheme. On the termination or the Learned Gentleman's address The Noble CHAIRMAN intimated that the promoters of the Bill had better be prepared with their clauses in the morning, so that all might be before them before giving the decision on the preamble. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. IRISH GREAT WESTERN (DUBLIN AND G ALWAY) RAILWAY. Their Lordships met at eleven o'clock, in the Lord Chancellors' Court, Earl Bathurst in the chair. The other Noble Lords pre. sent were Earl Wynford, Lords Calthorpe, Lilford, and Forester. The line of evidence which had been pursued on the previous day was not resumed. Mr. ROWE proceeded to call on a different class of witnesses. Several subscribers had caused letters to be sent to the different provincial Postmasters to various addresses. The first was the case of Mr. Frederick Bond Hughes, whose name was affixed to the sub. scription deed for 2 ,0001. Mr. Rows called --- Mr. Brewer, postmaster of Reigate, who deposed that he received letters fcr a gentleman in London, who designated himself as Frede rick Bond Hughes, of Newington:terrace Dover.road. Witness, ac cording to this gentlema n ' s directions, took in letters so addressed. Knew no such person residing at Reigate. The letters were regu larly forwarded to Reigate, and from London letters were sent by Mr. Hughes, which passed through the Reigate post-office, and which were addressed to several railway companies about the country. Mr. Reed, a gentleman in the service of the Company, was next examined—He deposed that he had in his custody a great number of letters of allotment. Several letters came from Glyn's bank with their backs torn off, but those which came from the Union Bank were entire. The signing of the deed took place in the Company's offices in Cornhill. There were two rooms there, one 1 of which witness occupied a good deal, and the other, an inner room, the Committee met in. There was a Committee of Directors ap pointed to superintend the allotment of shares. Witness went into the employment of the Company in November, after the allotment of shares had taken place. Me e ti ngs of the Committee were held once and sometimes twice a Week . Sir William Young gave up the prominent position he occupied as chairman, and it was occupied by General Caul field subsequently. Heard that the reason that Sir William Young gave up the post was ill health. Mr. Fitzstephen French was Chairman of the Parliamentary Committe e . No signatures t o t h e deed took place on Christmas -day. A g rea t number of si gnatures were affixed to the deed on th e 26th and 2. 7th of D ecem b er. On those party im proper signing put down a fi ct i tious signature, days General Caulfield arid Mr. Wh itmore looked in p er h a p s once or twice, to see what progress had been made. E very precaution of the deed, and ht li ne a d wo b na been e i s in instantly t a aknetni instance,i expelled o wherex d prevent fictitious name accounted for the erasure which appeare d on the deed. Rowe stated that a petition had be en presented against the Bill by a Mr. Barry, and it a pp ear ed by a n ote on the minute book that he (Mr. Barry) h ad been induced t o w i thdraw his opposi peilca any from the roo m. The expunging of this opposi tion by a sum of 250/., and 5001. 111 case the Bill passed success fully through the Standing Orders' Committee. This arrangement was reported to t h e Committee by Mr. F. F rench. The Bill was happily thrown out by the S tandin g Orders' Committee. Mr. George Ward, postmaster at St. Alban's, deposed that he had received letters from Mr. Edward Grogan at St. Alban's. That person wrote several letters to him from October to the present time. He received a letter from Mr. Grogan requesting witness to send such letters as might reach the St. Alban's post office for him to Park -place, Devonshire-street, Mile-end-road. Mr. Grogan signed for 5001. Witness proceeded to s ay that he sent several letters there for him. Never knew any such person as Mr. Edward Grogan. I he next case was that of Mr. Anderson Clifford who was a , subscriber to the deed for 1,500/. Mrs. Jane Caroline Evitts, postmistress at Staines, gave evidence showing that precisely tire same sort of machinery had been used in this case as in the other. The next case;;Stbat of W illiam Henry Drummond, gen tl e . man, Watford—sum subscribe d, 1,000 /. ; date Dec. 1844 ; sum paid up 501. Mr. Hearne, postmaster at Wat fo rd , gave evidence o f a s i m il ar ---" li --. nature. The next case was that of Mr. Alfred Weeking, wh o appeare d on the subscribing deed as a gentleman residing at G oole—sum subscribed for 1,000/. ; sum paid up 50 /. ; date Dec. 1844. The postmaster at Goole furnished the same sort of t es ti mony. William Shackell, gentleman, Maidenhead, Berks, 3,5001.; sum paid up 175/., was the next name on the ded. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. „.... MINORITY-AYES, 20. Antrobus, Edmund Collett, W. It. Strickland, Sir G. Arkwright, George Crawford, W. S. Thornely, Thomas Barkly, H. En t wisle, William Walker, Richard Bentinek, Lord G. Fie Lien, John Ward, H. G. Blaekburne, J. I. Fuller, A. E. Brotherton, Joseph lCe!nh!e, Henry TETZ.ER7. Brages, W. 11. Protheroe, Edward Lernon,:Sir C. Clay, Sir W. ReHeston, Colonel Nichol!, John MAJORITY-NOES, 43. Aldam, William Gore,,,lontague Russell, Lord J. Baird, William Greene, Thomas Scutt, Francis Baring, W. B. Harris, Captain Sheridan, It. B. Benhow, John Hill, Lord M. Spooner, Richard Berkeley, 11. F. Howard, Philip H. The Ager, Sir F. Berk ley, Grantley Hussey, Ambrose Villiers, Charles Broadley, Henry Mackenzie, W. F. Wekley, Thomas Bruce, Lord E. • Mackinnon, W. J. Wan - n, John T Buller, C. • • Meynell, Captain Welh.‘sley, Lord C. Chute, 'W. L. Mihms, R. Monekton Williams, W. Clifton, John T. Mundy, E. M. Wood, Colonel T. Cripps, William Muntz, G. P. Duncan, George P.t.lmer, Robert Duneombc, Thomas Patten ' J. W. Duncombc, 0. 'When, Captain Fitzmaurice, W. Pringle, Alexander TELL^RS, llawcs, B. Denison, E. B, DUDDESTON AND NECIIELLS IMPROVEMENT (No. 2) BILL. Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time:"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words "upon this day three months:"—Question put, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 78. A'Court, Captain Duncombe, A. Wilms, R. M. Antrobus, Edmund Duncombe, 0. Morgan, Gamins Arkwright, G. Egerton, W. T. Newport, Viscount Bagot, William Entwisle, W. Nieholl, John Baring, W. B. Esteourt, T. G. B. Northland, Viscount Benbow, John Feilden, W. Patington, J. S. Bennett, Philip Fuller, A. E. Palmer, George Bentinck,'Lord G. Gaskell, J. M. Peel, Jonathan Beresford, Major Gordon, Captain Polhill, Frederick Blackburne, J. I. Gore, M. Pringle, A. Bowles, Admiral Greene, Thomas Itashleigh, W. Broadley, H. Hamilton, George A. Richards, Richard Bruges, W. H. Hamilton, W. J. Round, John Buller, Sir J. Y. Hope, Charles - Rous, Captain Burrell, Sir C. Hope, G. W. Russell, Charles Campbell, Sir Hugh Houldsworth, T. Sanderson, R. Carew, W. H. Inglis, Sir It 11. Scott, Francis Chute, W. L. Jermyn, Earl Sibthorp, Colonel Codrington, Sir W. Lockhart, W. Smyth, Sir H. Collett, W. It. Lowther, Sir J. 11. Somerset, Lord G. Cripps, William Lowther, Colonel Thornhill, George Darby, George Lygon, General Trollop, Sir J. Denison, E. B. Mackenzie, T. Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Douglas, Sir H. Mackenzie. W. F Young, John Douglas, J. D. Masterman, John TELLERS Duckworth, Jir S. M axwe ll , J . P . Sumner, Rich . ard Dugdalc, W. S. Mildmay,A. St. John Newdegate,C.N. MINORITY—NOES, 52. Agllonby, HA. Dundas, Admiral Pulsford, Robert Baine, W alter Esmond*, Sir T. Smith, J. A. Baring, F. T. Fielden, J. Somerville, Sir IV. Barnard, E. G. Forster, Matthew Tancred, 11. W. Blake, M. J. French, F. Thsmely, Thomas Blake, Sir V. Gibson, T M. Towneley, John Bouverie, E. P. Hustle, Archibald Tufnell, Henry Bowling, Dr. Hume, Joseph Turner, Edmund Buller, C. Humphery, Alderman Villiers, Charles Buller, Edward Lascelles, W. S. Wakley, T. Butler, P. S. Lemon, Sir C. Wall, C. B. Christie, W. D. Mangles, R. D. Warburton, Henry Colborne, W. R. Marjoribanks, S. Ward, Henry Collins, W. Mitcalfe, Henry Wawn, J. T. Denison, W. J. Mitchell, T. A, Denison, J. E. Morris, David Dennistoun, John Napier, Sir C. Duncan, George Ogle, S. C. Duncombe, T. Paget, Colonel TELLERS, Muntz, G. F. Brotherton, J. SUPPLY Motion made, and Question proposed, " That the Order of the Day for the Committee of Supply be now read:"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, " this House regards with regret and ap prehension the state of affairs in New Zealand ; and that those feel ings are greatly aggravated by the want of any sufficient evidence of a change in the policy which has led to such disastrous results," in stead thereof:—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : A'Court, Captain MAJORITY-AYES, 135. Estcourt, T. G. Maxwell, J. P. Farnham, E. B. Meynell, Captain Feliden, William Morgan, 0. }Miner, Sir E. Mundy, E. M. Fitzroy Henry Neeld, Joseph Flower, Sir J. Neeld, John Forman, T. S. Neville, Ralph Fremantle, Sir T. Newdegate, C. N. Fuller, A. E. Newport, Viscount Gardner,J. D. Nicholl, John Gaskell, J. M. Northland, Vlscoun Gladstone, W. E. ossulston; Lord Gladstone, Captain Packe, C. W. Gore, Montague Pakington, J. S. Goulburn, Henry Palmer, Robert Graham, Sir J. Patten, J. W. Granby, Marquis Peel, Sir R. Greene, T. Peel, Jonathan Grimston, V scount Petulant, Colonel Halford, Sir 11. Pringle, Alexander Hamilton, C. J. Pusey, Philip Hamilton, W. J. Rashleigh, William Hamilton, Lord C. Richards, Richard Harris, Captain Rolleston, Colonel Herbert, Sidney Round, John Hope, Charles Rous, Captain Hope, Alexander ganderson, Richard Hope, G. W. Sandon, Viscount llotham, Lord Seymour, Sir 11. Houldsworth, T. Smith, Abel Hussey, Ambrose Smith, T. B. C. Hussey, Thomas Smyth, Sir H. Inglls, Sir R. H. Somerset, Lord G Jernlyn, Earl Spooner, Richard Jocelyn, Viscount Spry, Sir S. T. Johnstone, Sir J. Shirt, H. C. Jones, Captain Taylor, Edward Kemble, Henry Thcsiger, Sir F. Lefroy, Anthony Thornhill, G. Lennox, Lord A. Trench, Sir F. Liddell, H. T. Trevor, G. R. Lincoln, Earl Trollope, Sir J. Lockhart, William Vernon, G. 11. Lowther, Sir J. 11. Vesey, Thomas Lowther, Colonel WElletley, Lord C. Lygon, General Williams, T. I'. Mackenzie, T. Wood, Colonel T. 31ackez.zie, W. F. Wortley, John S. Maclean, Donald Yorke, E. T. 11'Neill, Duncan Manners, Lord C. /Martin, C. W. Mastcrman, John Acton, Colonel Antrobus, Edmund Arbuthnott, 11. Arkwright, George IL J. Baird, W. :ald win. Barry wring, Thomas Baring, W. B. Benbow, John Itentinck, Lord G. Blackburne, J. I. Bokicro, 11. G. Borthwiek, Peter Botfield, Beriah Bowles, Admiral Bradshaw, James Bramston, T. W. Briseo, M. Broad Broadwood, Bruce, Lord E. Bruges, W. li. L. Buller, Sir J. Y. Buubury, Thomas Cardwell, Edward Carew, W. H. P. Chapman, Aaron Cheltea, Viscount Cholmondeley, Chute, W. L. W. Clifton, J. T. Clive, Vlseotult Clive, R. IL Cockburn, Sir G. Collett, W. R. Corry, Henry Cripp:4 W. Darner, Colonel Darby, George Denison E. 11. Dick!mon, F. 11. Dodd, George Douglas, Sir IL Douglas, J. D. S. .Duckworth, Sir J. Duncombe:O. East, James B, Eastnor, Viscount Egerton, W. T. Efitivisle, Escott, Ilickhrun TELLERS. Baring, Henry Young, John MINORITY-NOES, 89. Aglionby, H. A. Gibson, Milner Protheroc, Edward Ahlam, William Grosvenor, Lord It. Fulsford, Robert Anson, Colonel Massie, Archibald Roebuck, J. A. Baring. F. T. Hawes, Bsnjainin Ross, D. It. Barnard ; E. G. Hill. Lord M. Russell, Lord J. Berkeley, Captain Hindley, Charles Russell, Lord E. Bernal, Ralph Holland, Robert Seymour, Lord Blake, M. J. . Howard, P. IL Sh e ll , It. L. Bouverie, E. P. Howard, Sir R. Shelburne, Earl Bowes, John Hume, Joseph Smith, J. A. Dowsing, Dr. Hutt, William Somerville, Sir W. Brotherton, J. Lemon, Sir C. Stewart, P. M. Byng, G. S. Leveson, Lord : Strickland, :sir G. Christie, W. D. Macaulay, T. B. Tancred, IL ,W. Clay, Sir W. Di 'Taggart, Sir J. Tollemache,, John Cobden, R. Mangles, R. D. Tower, Christopher Colborne, W. N. R. Marjoribanks, S. Troubridge, Sir E. Colebrooke, Sir T. Mitcalfe' Henry Tufnell, Henry Collett, John Mitchell, T. A. Turner, Edmund Denison, W. J. Moffatt, George Villiers, Charles Denison, John E. Morris, David Wakley, Thomas Dennistoun, John Muntz, G. F. Walker, Richard Duke, Sir J. Napier, Sir C. Warburton, H. Duncan, George Norreys, Sir D. Ward, 11. G. Dundas, Admiral O'Connell, M. J. Wawn, J. T. Dundas, F. Ogle, S. C. Wilde, Sir T. Esmonde, Sir Thos. Paget, Colonel Williams, William Fielden, John Paget, Lord A. Ferguson, Sir R. A. Palmerston," Lord TELLERS. Fitzroy, Lord C. Flumridge, Captain Ingestre, Viscount Forster, Matthew Pousonby, C. F. A. Buller, Charles THE EXPERIMENTAL FLEET. We publish the following observations on the subject of the Channel Fleet. They are from the pen of a naval officer:— The decision of the present Board of Admiralty to maintain the effective and disposable force, provided for in the naval esti mates, in the British Channel, is deserving of unqualified ap probation. The proportion at present so employed equals a fifth of the seamen and marines voted for the year. At peace in all quarters of heglobe, from the extended colonies and settlements of Great Britain, it will perhaps be found impracticable always to retain so large a demonstrative force in the English Channel, but the wisdom of the Admiralty in arriving at this determina tion to collect the present fleet, is based on the soundest rea soning. The provisions and stores supplied to this fleet direct from our home naval establishments is t.n actual saving of 15 per cent., independent of repairs —obviating the expensive necessity of hiring transports to victual a fleet in the Mediter ranean, which has until this period been the rendezvous of British ships of war. But now less importance being attached to the value of such a position, - from the rapid advances steam power is introducing into naval movements, it must be admit ted that the eligible and effective station for line-of-battle ships is the English Channel, whether for the direct influence it exer cises on our political relations with foreign Government?, or the confidence it imparts to the subjects of this country, witl whom this service has been always a cherished and deservedly prized arm of defence. Time, and the judicious improvements In paying seamen their wages in monthly allowances instead of the old manner, at the expiration of three or four years, has made Jack a more re flective being, and his first great improvement in his position is attributable to Sir James Graham, when he presided over the Admiralty. Discipline has made such happy progress in lessen ing corporal punishments that the notion which universally pre vailed that a British ship of war was unable to maintain interior discipline, without proceeding to a foreign station, now no longer exists. The mutual benefit, too, received and conferred on the sailor by giving him an opportunity of laying out his wages in England, instead of a confined harbour like Malta, in which Jack was robbed of half his earnings to make some three or four individuals there wealthy in the extreme, is not to be overlooked; and, keeping a Channel fleet in peace willdo much to make the service popular with the mercantile marine. The Admiralty also are enabled more efficiently to superin tend the valuable experiments now under trial, than if they were deputed to a Commander-in-Chief on a foreign station ; but it is to be hoped the present Admiralty will allow more publicity to be given to the results of these experiments than it furnished to the brig experimental squadron in the autumn of last Sear. Up to this time not a document has been laid be fore the public as to its results; and the public, who have indisputable right t o b e en li g h tene d on t h e success or fail ureof the such interests, are alone indebted t o the creditable effo rts the daily press. A serie s of c i rcu l ars h ave e manat ed h s p u i l e t e s e of em the al, Ad miralty, all tending to supp ress f a ir inquiry. T f last line-of-battle ship squa dron were dragged forth e from rthre interests i nvo l ve d and no better auspices await the present. The only assurance the public can obtain is that the it reports will be made to t h e proper authorities, with whom will remain, until f rom sus- pense will proceed indifference to the important in the trials. General Morison paired off w i t h Lord H Major k General o n . Tuesday, the 15th inst., in favour of L ord Palmerston's motion ew on the Spanish treaties. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —BAD HEALTH FOR TWENTY YEA aS.—IMMEDIATE RELIEF BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.— Extract of a Letter from the R ev . G eorge Prior, Curate of Mevagh, Letterkenny, Carrygart, I re l an d , M ay 2, 1845 To Professor Holloway.—Dear Sir,—Withi a short dis tance of my house resid es a small farmer, who, o fr more than twenty years, had been in a bad state of health, and never got but a moment's relief. Airs. Prior procured a box of your Pills for him, which did him so much good, that I heard him say that for twenty years previously he never ate his food and enjoyed it so much as since takinc , your Pills. Signed, G eorge Prior.'' Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, and by almost all who sell medicines throughout the civilised world. (From the Vofes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 23. SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL. Clause (Provided always, and be It further Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be constructed to extend, to any steam or fire-mgines used or employed in or about any mines, collieries, ir,n works, or speltre works, or for the purposes of win ning and working, making, burning, calcining, or manufacturing of iron, copper, speltre, and iron•st ne respectively, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding) brought up, and read a first time : — Motion made, and Question put, " That the said Clause be now read a second time." The House divided:— IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMOIVS, July 23. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) SMALL DEBTS BILL. On the rretion of Sir J. GRAHAM, the House went ieto Committee on the Small Debts Bill (No. 3). The differ nt clauses, with a few verbal amendments, r agreed to, as were also the schedules, and the report w ordered to be received to-morrow at twelve o'clock. ESTATE BILLS. Mr. GFEENE moved that all estate fills brought fie es the Lords be allowed, during the present session, to be re:e: a se :owl time on giving one clear day's notice after the rep t from the Committee on petitions for private Bills shall h: - reported either that the standing orders have been comph d with, or th a t no stan di ng orders apply to such Bills ; and tb A the Committees on all such Bills be allowed to sit, on giro one el, ar day's notice.—Ordered, DUDDESTON AND NECHELLS IMPROVEMEN r BILL. Mr. SPOONER moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr. MUNTZ said he had that morning received a requ A from his constituents to tako a last division upon this ebnox:is Bill. It would operate most unjustly upon his constituents, d he therefore moved that the Bill be read a third time that el , six months. Mr. SPOONER said oily two alterations had been made • a the Bill, but they were not of such a nature as to give ate Hon. Friend a right to say that it had come from the C. le mittee in a more defective s ate then ashen it was reterred te Mr. BROTHER-lON said there were seven boards nits in the borough of Birmingham, many of which were self-elee I, often causing much useless expense to the inhabitants. '; .e objections to the Fill were so various., that he could not cc• r what hail induced the He-use to place it it: its present see e Sir C. BURRELL mid that there bad been no good grow d shown for reversing the decision of the Commit'ee. Ile se '- ported the third reading of the Bill. Mr. HUME said it was proposed to pass a Bill which wee I d prevent union of action and economy of system in the toe. a which it affected. The amount paid for the collection of re' , s would pay for all drainage. He knew nothing of Birmingle- tie persor ally, but was well aware that the principle of the lad would affect must injuriously the interests of that town. Mr. NEWDEGATE supported the Bill. The Hou-e then divided, when there appeared— For the Bill Against it 152 Majority LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY BILL. Mr. BECKETT DENISON sail the select Committee aO - to inquire into the merits of this Bill had this day co . to a decision, after a protracted sitting extending over a pee i .4 of 73 days, and with the exception of two branches to Wah field and Sheffield, the Committee had declared that the wb. to Bill was proved. He had now to make an application to t a House to divide the London and York Railway Bill into leo or more Bills. Mr. MILES seconded the motion. Mr. WARD did not rise to make the slightest opposition •es the decision of the Committee, but he merely willed to noes a.statement on behalf of the proprietors of a competing line '3 one of the branches, who had been put to considerable expen e during the 7 t days, in securing the attendance of witness and counsel before the Committee. The promoters of t: e Sheffield and Lincoln line, he believed, was a competing line ' o one of the branches omitted by the Committee, and they co sidered that it was extremely unfair that this motion should la allowed to pass without a previous notice, and iu fait before t' report of the Committe had been laid before the House. Lord COURTENAY wished to state the grounds whieit had induced the Committee to strike the two branches out ,1 the preamble of the Bill. The Committee had done so sinWey upon the ground that there were other lines before t' s Committee which might be considered as competi lines with those branches to which the Honourable AlemL had referred, and in justice to the promoters of those lines, tea Committee did not think it right or fair that they should cons to a conclusion upon those branches until these lines bad le.; g under their consideration. With regard to the proposition the Hon. Member, he could state that the Committee les t no possible objection to it. Mr. BROTHERTON suggested that the propostfion ha..l better be postponed till to=morrow. Mr. BECKETT DENISON said there was not ti., slightest wish on the part of the promoters of the London en•f. York scheme to prevent the fullest possible discussic, t taking place in Committee upon the two branches and the lines mentioned by the Honourable Member for Sheffield. Ti only object they had in view in making this proposal was t enable the Committee to go on with parts of their Bill. tl preamble of which they had that day proved, in order that .c might not be kept back or thrown over to the next session. After a few words front Mr. WA RD and Mr. ESCOTT, whi. were quite indistinct, Lord G. SOMERSET wished to know whether his Nob 9 Friend would state his opinion to the House, whether or n this motion should be granted. If he thought that t motion should be granted, he ( Lord G. Somerset) could, f course, g ive his vote its f avour o f it. Lord COURTENAY said he could not at present expre. his opinion as to whether cr not the application should I.a granted. An opportunity would be given for adjudicatiag or portion of the scheme, cn which portion the Committee did think themselves at liberty to adjudicate. Sir JOHN LOWTHER hoped that the Hon. M e e, r would postpone his motion to another period. Mr. DARBY expressed an opinion that the motion ought n.t to be postponed. Mr. DENIi'ON then said be would withdraw his motion. LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY. The London and Croydon Railway Enlargement Bill vas read a third time and passed. MANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY, No. 2 The Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill was read a tie. d time and passed. WEST LONDON RAILWAY EXTENSION. The Lords' amendments to this Bill were taken into •cen sideration and agreed to. ACADEMICAL EDUCATION. The O'CONOiI DON presented a petition in favour ef general system of academical education for Ireland, from a county in Ireland. Mr. ESCOTT presented a petition from a private soldier, named William Folic!, complaining that he had been illegei dismissed the service, and praying for inquiry. The H. t. Member gave notice that, to-morrow night, he should me se that the petition be printed with the votes. Mr. SCOTT presented several petitions from turne'lze trusts in Scotland against the Bill for abolishing spirit been' es to toll-bars in that country. COUNTY RATES BILL.—PRIVILEGE. Upon the motion that the Howe go into Committee on Conny Races Bill, Mr. F. FRENCH rose :Intl said, I tee, Sir, in the poric papers a report that a breach of the • privileges of this Howe has been committed, in reg rd to a speech bet g published in the Times rewspaper of yesterday min l ing, which is attributed to me, and declared to be tee. correctly attributed—in fact, that I never made IDOL a speech. Now I dare say than there are many o nourable Members in the House at the aresent mcmeet who can bear me cut in stating that every single w: reported in that speech sees spoken by me in this [louse. I sat by the Noble Lord the Member for the City of Lonece, and on the Ministerial Benches sat the PrimeMinitter, the Right lion. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Dope. t ment, and many other persons, end every one of them will voinh that the report its the Timcs is literally and who ly correct.—(Hear, hear.) I came into the House without coy idea of speaking on the subject, but an opportunity appear ed to me to offer itself, and I made some notes sal le in the House. I happen to have those notes rill in my possession, and I have compared t .n with the rpecch, as reported, and they bear out literally the accuracy of everything in the speech. Now a reply to it it speech has come from another quarter —a very powerful quo r ter. It is perfectly true that from lhng practice the individcal may wield his weapons with greater dexterity than I can, let I have yet to learn that, when occasion may require it., I CP :1. not strike as hard a blow as he can. I neither court nor far him, but it is not my intention to carry on a war of abto 0, which would neither accord with my own feelings, or be c. ti sistent with my position as a Member of this House. I thek I may trespass on the House for a few minutes, while I mete my position with respect to this matter. The House is aware that for many years I have taken a good deal of interest in t:.e subject of railways for Ireland. Some years ago, when apr position was made for constructing railways in the south ,f Ireland out of the public fund', I opposed it, believi ng a line to the west w ou ld be wire conucive to the interests •.1 the United Kingdom, and tend more to develop the resourc: s of Ireland. In the year IE4I, shortly after the Right Hon. Gi.n. tleraan at the head et the Government came into power, I broup lit the subject at considerable length under the notice of the Housse The railway—the Irish Great Western—which gave rise to the present question, was not got up by solicitors or engineer as these things usually are—it was a Noble Friend of tni;.% and myself who were the promoters of the line. We exit rienced the greatest hostility as well from a rival company ..s • from all the stock-jobbeis in the kingdom. Every possible ex pedient was resorted to, to throw obstacles in the way. N. os withstanding all this, shares to the amount of from two to tine a millions of money were applied for. I will now state shortly It a circumstances connected with the allotment of these sitar. . All applications were placed in a committee of directors. i t had been stated, however, that considerable negligence Ii .1 been shown with regard to these applications. I can say, ho a.. ever, in reference to this point, that a respectable company in Edinburgh, Messrs. Miller and Hope, stockbrokers, had t',a selection of the applicants in that part of the country, and I ea quite sure that they would allow no individuals on the subset tion list unless such as were respectable. In London the It Ys - were deposited with Mr. Hazeltine, and several persons, includi .11 the solicitor for the Bill; and Mr. Harris another soli c it, went round and inquired i n t o th e respecta bi r' lity of the parti A provisional Committee was also appointed to inquire into liee application, and to make the allotments. Shares to the amount of two millions were thus allotted. Notice was subsequently given, that unless the subscribers paid up the calls, the deposit on the shares would be forfeited. In consequence of the de.iee sion respecting the standing orders, the money was not to iire had. General Caulfield and others then came forward :ad said that they would pay up the money and take those stall Is. It was a mis-statement, however, to say that the dii cle tors had held any shares in the company for the p tae pose of trading in them with a view to pr , I never in my life held above forty shares in this or any of air railway. I hold there at this moment. I have never pa• ted with one of them ; and, under these circumstances, I thin it as s very hard that it should be imputed tome that my exertions us behalf of this line had been influenced by any pecuniary ese sordid motive. I assure the House that to the extent of forte shares I am interested, and no further, and my loss could not, in any case, exceed 301. There are a number of of Milli werful in dithings connected with this matter , which I do not thi n k i t necess ary to introduce before the H ouse. I admit they occur in the speech I made ; b ut I me a dvert to one statement which represents v l i in t d l u e i d a 1 see c anvassing for the support of a another place. T hat is perfe c tl y true.---( H em ..) that gentleman for ebout two m i nutes, and that was all ; and I f should ore awbaer aware, that his pmlaycepotowaernsswoefrretahseonalinleggawteiornes. so asked him to withhold hi s opposition until my Noble Frend glrewaats, not the tin he- an interview of two minutes I could convince this gentleman, - It has been asserted, also, that the statement I made v ith respect to the agents were • untrue. The statement which I did make before was, that there were interviews with the agent, and that five letters were written—anti that, I repea - , is true. So far, I was correct. It was said that the agent was not permitted to open the snbj •ct. As to brow beating the witnesses, I had not cone so. I rece: ved the evidence from themselves; end with reference to Nlr. Parkes, whose name was mentioned, he merely proved that in forty railway sehemes the systeni was the very sense as in this tine. There is another circumstance to which I wish particularly to refer ; I allude to some words which I spoke under great ex citement. lam aexicius that that imputation should not re main, and I am prepared to state that the strong personal ex pressions which I made use of towards that individual was under a mistaken feeling, as I have since found that he did not make use cf the expressions which I did; but although he n ade use of words to the same effect, I Lave no hesitation in as .th drawing all the personal expressions which I made use of to wards that individual : and further I will state, as every scan should do, who has made a mistake as I did, my regret that I used any expressions, offensive either to that individual or to any other persor. Mr. CLIVE said, as Chairman of the Commi 'tee to which the House had referred the Bill, he night be permitted to say a few words with respect to the I 1 1 ,