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65% 54; 178 26 139 21 2 3 4 28 8 1 4 23i 2 1u 6 4 2 4 ipotesi gear. 3,2609r l ' BesstA, of trade The sa l e for tirolif, ade Ls iuc to t," 0 ., 10151 ell sup' ` g adis aVe s 80, it. 711 ,1 VW- 0/ p; S, dine. the .1 cIY .ur‘ Wig ht ' Th e • ion e( )lesi urg übJe c" )f th. go o w pro . forlo th n les" com .t tb s , tress', Il'i l" 01 0 1 ride"' Pla ce 0 14 cloi!: e rror' le to vy to ~,.:.~ rottrtt 72bition SUN 0 FFI CE, Seven o' Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) CROWN-OFFICE, Auo. 1, 1845. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. CITY OF HERZFORD—Sir Robert Price, of Fox y. in the county of Hereford, Bart., in the room of Edward Lolton Clive, Esq., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 29. Her Mikity has been pleased to appoint General his Ma jesty the King of the Netherlands, G.C.B , to be a Field. Marshal in the Army. Commission to be dated July 28,1245. WAR-OFFICE, A opus's 1. 4.h Regiment of L ght Dragoons—Lieutenant R. Portal, ram the 41st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Arkwright, who ex change., Aug. I. Bth Light Drar,oons—Lieutrnant the Hon. J. Sandilands, to be Captain. by purchase, vice Mostyn, who retires ; Cornet IJ, V. Allen to be Lieutenant, by purcase, vice Sandilands; Saltmarshe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Allen, Aug. 1. sth Regiment of Foot—l.ieutenant W. B. L. Sleigh, from the 13th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Chichester, appointed to the 6th Foot, July =>9. 7th Foot —Captain G. R. Cummin, from the 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice Fraser, who exchanges, Aug. I. 25th Foot—Lieutenant G. E. Lane, from the 40th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Travers, appointed Paymaster of the 31st Foot, Aug. 1. 28th Foot.—Captain A. Fraser, from the 7th Foot. to be Captain, vice Cummin, who exchanges, August 1. 41st Foot.—Lieutenant E. Arkwright, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Portal, who exchanges, August 48th Foot.—Lieutenant F. N. Dore, from half-pay 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice H. V. Watson, who exchanges, Aug. 1. 67th Foot, Ensign W. B. Forde, to be Lieutenant by pur chase, se vice Sivew r ight, who r e ti res ; W. C. Ri varo l a , G en t., ~F-,esign by purchase, vice Forde, Aug. 1. Wtst India Regiment—H. Thwaites, Gent , to be a Pgut by purchase, vice Webster, promoted to the 3d West 'ngia Regiment, Aug. 1. 34 West India Regiment—Lieut.-Colonel W. T. Hunt, from half -pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet Colonel Sir R. Doherty, who exchanges, Aug. 1. Ceylon Ride Regiment—To be Captains without purchase— Lieutenant G. B. Ta tersall, vice Brevet Major Rogers, de ceased, June 8; Lieutenant W. Price, vice Tattersall, whose Promotion on 20th June has been cancelled, June 20. To be first Lieutenants—Second Lieutenant C. C. Darn ford. vice Tattersall, June 8; Second Lieutenant E. F. Tran chell, vice Durnford, whose promotion, on 20th June, 1845, hal beers cancelled June 20. Tr ' a r n o ch b el e l, August I.Secuud Lieutenant—J. M'Dougall, Gent. vice _ HOSPITAL STAFF.—W. Poole, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon to the Forces, vice Long, whose appointment has been cancelled, A bles t° ' l 1 . 8011 . -R AN Oat.—The Christian names of Ensign Thomp- T h ; ° I the 89th Foot, are Thomas Ranelagh John George. Lif e na mes of th e C or n e t, appointed to the 2d Regiment ofTv sha $ teuards, on the 11th July, 1815, are Sir Michael Robert wart, Bart. ADMIRALTY, AUGUST 1, 1845. tJarliament having granted money for the purpose of covering Ro e i xliense of providing retirement to 3041 Captains of the st Y I Navy, who shall be above the age of 55, or in some in anees, above the age of 50, on the following principle, viz. : That those Captains, who shall be at present, or who shall co me in turn to be, on the Half-pay List of 14s. 6d. a day, and tall be a b ove the aforesaid ages, m.ty b e placed on the Retired st at IL a day,with the designation of Rear-Admiral, and their widow s to be entitled to pensions of 1201. a year. e • ibose C apta i ns, who sha ll b e at present, or w h en t h ey wou l d 11 ft in tu rn to b e , on the Half-pay List of 12s. 6d. a day, may placed on the Retired List at 18s. a day, to be increased to wh _ d aYt and to have the advantages of the preceding clause th they vrould have come in turn to receive the 14s. 6d. on e 'Lffective List; and should they die while on the 18s. List, their Widow s to be entitled to 11t'1. a year. Those Captains, who shall be now on the Half-pay List of to °i t 7 6 it. a dav, may be placed on the Retired List at 16s. a day, wool ue increased to the foregoing scales and advantages as they .d have come in tu:n tu have received the fneler rates of Half-pay aforesaid on the Effective List ; and w n. the event of their death whl le on this 16s. List, their k t,°, 1 %8 to be also enitled to 110/. a year. rd , l "lLords Commissioners of the Admiralty deem it right to shall this public n o tice hereof, and to direct such Captains as be desi rous o f b e i ng pl ace d on the retired list, en the t er ms stated, to send in their names, specifying their respective 1 4 . te ree, next, their Lordships' intormetion, ptior to the Ist October on which day the iocreased ratts of pay will `ultrnence, should a sufficient number prove to be desirous of " li g themselves of this o ff er. deehuse officers who possess good service pensions, and who sack pension on accepting the retirement, w ill be allowed to retain 4 `,",yerision until they would have come in turn to be placed "'s Flag Officers' List, had they continued on the Effective Ist. S Bchoth, Captains as may be out of Europe, on service or P"ise;arid who may be desirous of accepting this retire. Pliati, will not priobr e excluded in consequence of not sending theii on to the Ist of October next... W. A. B. HAMILTON. , r l - 0 , omissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Cheslire. ' r e T he King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Vit - "e Dunham Troop -Getuge Harry Earl of Stamford and a pi e ngton to be Captain, vice Lloyd, Tesigned, July 25. Arley T roop -W. H. H ar p er , E s q., to be Captain, vice ZOke. resigned, July 25. be - Macclesfield Troop.-W. C. Brocklehurst, Gent., to T he ...tenant, vice DO, resigned, July 25. te rn ,: Wiley troop.-W. Worthington, Gent., to be Lieu % t, vice Wallace resicuied, July 25. e,,, 4l t h sions by the Lorg- Lieutenant of the West Riding of the y nr - ZrY of York, and of the City and County of the City of c av Irkshir e H ussar R eg i men t o f W es t Ridi ng Y eomanry 1... ' .airY--Lieutenant W. Ferrand to he Captain, vice York, Z"Vied ; Cornet R. Creyke, to be Lieutenant, vice Ferrand, o ae t noted; C ornet J. R . W. Atkinson to b e Li eutenant, v i ce on, resigned • The lon. A. Duncombe to be Cornet, vice ‘'reyke,promoted'; C. H i nes, Gent., to be Cornet, Tice Atkin tom, promoted, July 26. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. Castlemartin Yeomanry C be Cornet, July 29. avalry-W. M. Jones, Gent. to John DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Cadogan, jun stay warehousem, Brecon. BAN KRUPTCY ENLARGED. ▪ W illism Ililditch, grocer, St. Asaph, Flintshire, from July al to Aug. 14, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. BANKRUPTS. • James Tunks, market gardener, Scardell-terrace, Kensing to surrender Aug. 14, at one, and Sept. 12, at half-p as t t welve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane Sadgrove, Mark-lane. A W illiam Best and John Snowden, printers, Southampt on , "X• 14, at twelve, and Sept. 12, at two, at the Court of INlty n kruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, London ; alker and Co., Southampton-street, Bloomsbury. William Clark. baker, Royston, Hertfordshire, Aug. 8 and "Pt. 12 ,at half-past ten, at tie Cou r t of B an k rup t cy . B e l c h er , ttpassignee ; Hensman, Basing-lane, London. enry Decimus Walker, innkeeper, Eaton Socon, Bedford- It re, Aug. 15, at two, and Sept. 12, at twelve, at the Court of I.ls_s,lkruptcy. Pennell. official assignee, Guildhall chambers ; Boys, and Austen, Ely-place, Holborn; Day, St. Neot s, i 'P ti ngdonshie. twJohn Harrison Curtis, bookseller, &10-square, Aug. 8, at 11 ° ' and- Sept. 12, a t e l even , a t the C our t o f B an k rup t cy . 41411ws , uc ffi k ocial a r ssignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Lawrence and Blersbey. a n , i 4 mea Pe a k e , m i l l er, T o ll es h un t K n i g ht s , E ssex , A vg 11 pd Sept. 1 2, at half-past two, at the Court of lial.krupt,y. 4 :44, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; jr,hborongh, Austin Friars. ber: lln , Henry Walter, ironmonger, Southampton-street, Cam- Nurrey, August 11, at two, aud September 12, at 4t:.vizet,reatetthe Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, o'tcial assignee, gate"ureh-lane Lombard - street; Elm-lie and Preston, Moor ; datthews and Co., Gravesend. Se p - t n Beet, dyer. Bradford, Yorkshire, August 12, and ofti e j e a rber 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, y ard assignee, ' as signee, Leeds; Yonge and Hancock, '1 okenhouse- J - "don ; Freeman, Halifax ; Sanderson, Leeds. Yni.lB,7h Broadbent, woollen-manufacturer, Saddleworth, trie t "re, ll, and Sept. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis and ourt. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Norris, Allen, ; Heaton, Rochdale ; Com tenay. Leeds. It !id - e '',,as Powell, brick-maker, Kippax, Yorkshire, Aug. 11, Sig n p t. 1 , at the Leeds District Court. Hope, o ffi cial &s -um.. Leeds ; Williamson and Hill, Gray's Inn, London; \Ili!, Leeds. 1 4 alli stu Jamson thetaStlegate, Lincolnshire, Aug. g illse, Pt. 18, ' at t i w e :lve, at irmingham District Court. itlichLueciford-row, London ; King, Grantham; Bray, 13ir- Si nl • thl e t ; South, maltster, Spittlegate, Lincolnshire, Aug. 14, whit n , -14 . 18. at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. and lii2re, Official assi gnee, Birmingham ; White, Ketiney, • 1104ite, Grantham ; 'Bray, Birmingham. 1 4 4 4 Maddocks, victualler, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, u ,""striet :, 4 4 Sept. 11, at hall-past ten, at the Birmingham `-' o „tirt. Christie, o ffi cial assignee, Birmingham; Joh n - 14 ' Hanley • Smith, Birmingham. t! tWely ‘ es rson, - jell-moner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Aug. 15, 4 ' 1 44 e ' and Sept. 3 at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne T et c o P • , Yne; 1 , tut. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon -a, et,,," ° Y l e, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Crosby and Compton, Joh u teourt, Old Jewery, City. a nd se Idetoft, licensed victualler, Manchester, .Aug : 15, Hubs on P t * 5 , at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. street ' °> vial assignee, ;Manchester ; Appleby, Harpur ' Red Lion-square, London ; Oliver, Manchester. PRICE OF SUGAR. Reek Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the of the en age July 29, 1845, is 31s. 24d. per cwt., exclusive . UlltieS of Customs paid or payable thereon on the nu • .‘ation thereof into Great Britain. P ROMISSORY NOTES. (From this Night's Gazette.) N ot es of the Average Aggregate Amount of Probmisn ihf..,ietes payable to bearer on demand, which have been f:tuarculation by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ire ,. the by g althel oth 19th dayer Banks of Julyin Ireland, during the four A end 1845, '3,et. of 4th and s t h V i ctoria, cap. 50 : pursuant to SCOTLAND. Cha rtered, Pri va t e, and Joint-Stock Banks £3,333,906 B ank of I reland IRELAND. Private and Joint -Stock Banks .... 3,860,475 2,633,657 Total ......... •••... IL L. WICKHAM . Stamps and Ta xes , A ug. 1, 1845. ET $ INTELLIGENCE. prom the London .New Price Curt cot of Aug. 1.) •--To-day West Innia Sugar was in excillent re -I},lest for all purposes, and 550 hhds and tierces were disposed 0 1 at Stiffer rates ; a larger amount of business would have been ~:nra:eteebdsinhgadroiotronoat been for the stiff rates insisted upon by ,Tearchants; the advance for the week is to is to Is 6d per cwt ; parent on brown and interior sorts. At )tiblieals sale 151 hl ids P ßarbadoes went at former rates. The of West India are on a more extended stale to-day. ellasart at NEI L--Te-d a y R efined Sugar met with eager lur aellittg e ra, and Th advanced rat es were paid, brown grocery (lumps 678 to 67 s 6d, and standard lumps 66s 611 to 6.fs per t -- with d• , market has become bare of goo d s . b on d e d crush , d sort,deutty to be bad unthr 43s 6d per cwt fur the first Al Au , 18 rrius—This afternoon several inquiries prevailed, and 4,6 s t 'Ls at p u bli c sale sold at stiffer rates, and }chow fet (.11ed o 478 ` low 44s 6d, and fine brown -itls Cd per ewt. b,.;;',,,Art INDIAThis afternoon at iviblic sale 4, 8 07 bags of 414: 13er!gal were offered, and nearly all taken in is per cwt • the gal g,od Khaur at 38s, damp du :iBs, middling Sfls to 36s fid, the part sold went at stlffee rates, arid fetched 34s to 35s for low damp ; 120 bags of low yellow wint at 43a 6d, and washed 42s 6d ; 1,882 bags of other sorts•sold at full rates, good white at 55s to 565, mid 54s to As 6d, low 52s 6d to 53s 6d, damp 513 to 54s 6d, good . teilov 50361 to 51s, and washed 495. Privately 1,000 bags of Dobai), No. 3, have been disposed bt. FOREIG tr.—This afternoon at publiosale 193 bags of Cartha gena Sugar were sold, low soft yellow at 24, 6d to 25s 6d, mid 275, repacked 245, and 12 Loaves ditto 28s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon the market was well supplied with Ceylon Coffee, five parcels comprising 3,426 Lags were offered at public sale; the trade evinced little desire to operate, and of the the Plantation a part only sold at a di cline on former rates of 2s to 4s. Of Mocha 74 bales were offered, and sold at the full worth. TEA. —Holders of Congou are unwil ing to take lower rates, but the demand has been lituited for the better descriptions: in the lower sorts, however, a fair amount of business has been done. Fur Pouchong the demand has been good, and prices rule firm. Twankay is not much in demand, and prices are a shade lower. 'l he market is dull for Hysen, ar dit is ctfficuit to get former rates. Imperial and Gunpowner have been pur chased with caution, although there are sellers at easier rates. Prices keep up for Scented Orange Pekoe. Sri ITS. — Prices ate supported for Jamaica, and a fair de mand has existed. For Leeward Island prices are fully as high, and a good business has been dune. Former prices a- e fully supported for Calcutta, and a fair demand exists. Deme rara has been in fair request at 2s 10d to 3s per gallon for strong quality. In Brandy the business transacted has been exceedingly limited, but holders, for the most part, will not submit to any further reduction. For Geneva the export de mand is brisker, and prices are firmer. Tue value of English Corn Spirits is lOs 2d per gallon, nett cash. Alota SSES. —To-day West India was more sought after, and 21s 6d per cwt. refused for 200 puns of fine Antigua. This afternoon, at public sate, 127 bags of white Pepper, and sold at 444 t for middling. Fa err.--1 he reports of the forthcoming crops of new up to this period continuing to be very favourable, in quantity, quality, and early shipment, appears to have induced several of the importers to lighten their stock : of Curiants there are sellers at 45s to 46s for Zante and Cephalonia, and 46s to 49s for Patras. Valentia Raisins are a heavy sale at 41s to 42. ; of Red Smyrna and Chesme a further decline has been submitted to. Innica.—Since the termination of the quarterly sale of East India a good demand has been experienced at the rates previously established, but nut above. Madre.' and Kurpah have fetched 2s to 2s 9d. Prices are lower than for many years. . . COCHINEL.—Although the stock is small, still buyers have operated with caution, and prices have declined Id for mid, and Id to 2d per lb for the better qualities. OILS .—A fair demand has been experienced for Olive Oil, but prices continue to rule low. Rape Seed Oil must again be quoted cheaper, and the trade are cautious in their proceed ings. For Linseed Oil prii!cs firm, and the demand on the spot has been good at 255, for forward delivery several contracts have been entered into at 25s to 35s 3d. Palm is not so much wanted, and prices are a little lower. Cocoa Nut is wanted. Prices are on the decline for Seal Oil but the de mand is improving. Cod is not offered at any further decline. Southern has been sold to a fair extent privately at lower rates. Sperm Oil has been purchased with caution, and pre vious rates are nit obtainable. TAti.ow.—This afternoon at public sale 70 casks of New South Wales Tallow sold at 38s to 40s lid ; 203 packages South American 2.6 s to 38s 9d; 60 tasks East India 41s to 41s 6d per ewt ; 123 casks of Palm Oil fetched 27s 9d to 28s 6d for middling and good. GREAT FIRES AT QUEBEC.—The High Bailiff of Westminster has received two letters from the Mayor of Quebec, begging him to hiing under the notice of the citizens of Westminster the distressed situation of the inhabitants of Quebec, occasioned by the two fires which have taken place there on the 28th May and 28!h June last. By the first fire 1,650 dwellings and two churches were thstroyed, and 12,000 inhabitants were left without hou, , e, food, clothing, or bedding. kßy the last fire 1,200 dwellings, two places of worship, tin ee . sehoolhouses, with stores and outbuildings, were destroyed, and at the of hi, writing to the High Bailiff, he states there Were 15,000 inhabitants scattered over the fields, without shekt r or food ; and he suggests to the High Bailiff that contributions of clothing, bedding, building materials— bricks, slates, tiles, tin, iron, nails, glass, rind other artielps of hardware used in building—should be for warded to Quubcc, addressed to Alexander Simpson, Treasurer of the Relief Committee. Any of the citizens of Westmirboter who feel disposed to respond to this application may have further 'particulars given to ;hem at the High Bailiff's, 40, Jermyn- street, St. James', ~nd he will thankfully receive any money donations on this account which: ntev it- r witted to him. BAlttisi OF' E.M.LAND. (From this Nigla's Gti zdte.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria. cap. :32, for the \P eek wading on Saturday, the 26th day 01 July, 1845. ?TM TT T, LONDON, rnlnAlt . _EV./ItflNGi AUGUST 1_1_11414 FALAI° „/ tYLY 31.—Wind fresh brae 26. 30th. Arid. Isabella - , James, Saldanha Bay, - and sailed for Dundee; Ste warts, Fisher, Pernambuco. I.frEt;ioof., JULY 31.—Wind S., fresh.—Arrd. Mary lard, Walker, Port Philip; Liniin, Gillman, Bombay; Clow ens of Uric, Fawcett, Mauritius ; Pearl, Raisbcck, Plum Island ; Jane, CilMero6ll; Chieftain, Clark, Bonny; LancasLire Sutherland, Jamaica ; Mini, Esquiage, il.ivantiah ; Libdin, Hagar, New Orleans; Marchioness of Bute, Scott, Mobile; I - Itrmitage, Badger, ditto; John Cum ming, Allen, Savapnah. CARDIFF, JULY 30 —Arrd. Morning Star, Miramichi. ChYDr., JULY 30.—Arrd. Madonna, Caldwell, liarbadoes; Elizabeth, Quebec. CLY 30 —Arrd. Elzabeth, Miramichi; Sym metry. Quebec; Amelia, North America. WucirtAfAvEN, JULY 30.—Ar, i t Samuel, Quebec. DUBLIN, JULY 30.—Arrd. Odessa, Vaughan, St. John's, New Brunswick. (Aunt, Juix 2S —Arrd. Flowers of Ugie, Mauritius. 29, Eleilthena, Porto Rico, and sld. tlir London; St. Lawrence, Robinson. St. Jollll'6, New Brunswick. Off, Governor Douglas, St. John's, New Brunswick. iiUI L JULY 30.—Arril. Warwick, Delano, New York. KiNsm.E. JuLy 29.—Arid. Ocean, Curry, Cumbelland, United States. IM I'M/A L PA RLI A M ENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled at the usual hour. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills. TIIE. DUBLIN AND GALWAY RAILWAY. The Lad of BESBOROUGH brought up the report of the Committee appointed to inquire whether it was expedient to ' prosecute the ssitness Stinton for perjury, which was to the following effect :—That the Committee had met and considered the subject referred to them, and that they were of opinion that although it was manifest that Stinton nad wilfulty contra dicted himself in the evidence given by him before the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the allegations against the Dublin and Galway Railway, contained in, the pe tition of John Pimm, presented on the 7th of July, it were ex pedient to direct that he be prosecuted. Lord CAMPBELL entirely agreed with the report, and had no di.ubt that the dignity of the House, and if ju.,tive would not be compromised by the course recom mended. He was anxious it should be understood that pro ceedings against this person would have been taken if the House had thought him guilty ; that persons would be fined or impri soned if guilty of equivocation or misconduct whilst giving evi dence before that House. If the same thing should occur again it was dearly in the power of the House to punish the parties, and that theywou:d surely be punished. Lord ELLENI3OROUGII was also in favour of the report. The report was then laid on the table. GRAND JUNCTION. Earl of DALHOUSIE presented a petition against the amalgamation of the Grand Junction, Leigh, and other lines. COMMONS INCLOSURE BILL. TLe Earl of FITZHARDINGE presented a from a Mr. Griffiths against this Bill. CUSTOM CONSOLIDATION BILLS. The. following Bills passed through Committee :—Customs' Lillis Repeal Bill, Customs Management Bill, Customs Regu lation Bill, Smuggling Prevention Bill, British Vessels Bill, Customs Duties Bill, Warehousing of Geois Bill, Cus toms' Bounties and Allowances Bill, Trade of British Posses sions Abroad Bill, Isle of Man Ti ade Bill. '1 he Coal Trade Port of London Bill passtd through Com mittee, and was reported. ( LEFT sirrisa.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. 'lhe reports on the following Bills were brought up :—Fol lett's 1 state Bill, the Birmingham Blue Coat School Estate Bill, Sir Robert Keith Dick's Estate Bill, the Marquis of Donegal's Estate Bill, Siti,ps,n's Estate Bill, Winchester Col lege Estate Bill, Bowes' Estate Bill, and the Duke of ,bridge wager's Estate Bill. quired into. Ho had a perfect right tatask the House to rei. commit the Bill and suspend proceeding; in the. ease, if it nere only from the fact that important companies had not been heard before that Committee. They would have furnished a body of evidence against the project which would be of the uto ost importance. but they were precluded doing so. When the L ,, ndon and York case hr , d dosed, an appeal was made to the Chairman that they should be heard by coun sel, but the request was nut acceded to; and he appealed to any Hon. Gentleman present, who had been chairman of a Committee of that House, if that refusal were not unfair and contrary to precedent. Besides, the Committee bad not been unanimous in their decision, and it was only by the casting vote of the Chairman that the preamble of the Bill a s s lias s s p,t ffir d f nied. urth„r proceedings c i eedi these ngs ro o g nth u i nd sli s asked the House to ill. Mr. HUTT seconded the motion, and thought the House had good reason to be dissatisfied with the decision of the Com- nnttee. As to the proceedings of the Committee, he did not wonder that they felt their physical energies giving way under tie overwhelmir.g mass ot busin , ss before them; it was scarcely to he ex; ected that their strength should keep up against such accumulating matters, and to that circumstance might, be pry hap. attributed their unwilling' esti to adcat a course more consonant w ttls the regulations of the House. But to what ever cause it was to be attached, their proceedings were scarcely con istent with the rules of Parliament er the justice of the care. It wa, vet y true that, as yet, they had not concluded their labours, but virtually and effectuarly they had concluded their labours with regard to the present Bill. The House, vet- en it nominated certain Members to inquire into a ease, neces , arrly required that some report should be presented nn each particular Bill, but at the present moment several Bills had been disposed ef without a hearing or the slightest consideration, as much as if they had never appeared before the Committee at all. For these reasons he considered it his duty to support the motion of his Hon. Friend fur the re committal ot the Bill. On the queAtion.being put from the Chair, Lord COURTENAY said that as Chairman of the Com mittee to which the grouped Bills had been intrusted, he might perhaps be excused if he stated to the House the course of pro ceeding, and as that, and not the peculiar merits of the pro jects, had been made the chief subject. of comment by the Hon. Member for Sheffield, he would confine himself as strictly as possible to meeting that particular question. The report which had been that morning laid before the Members of the House, mentioned' the numbered Bills which had been re'crred to the consideration of the Committee. The Hon. Member opposite complained of the apoloptie tone in which :he repurt was introduced ; it apology were discernible, he could assure the Hon. Member that it was not from any misgiving of error or irregularity. but that impressed with the stupendous charge with which they were intrusted they wished to evince a sense of that : insportenee,.and also shox their respect to the House. They, therefore, Weremaceutent tvith giving a mere dry and general de tail but explain the circumstantes hich led to their decision. He must be. permitted now to say that, although upon the merits of the -two Bills the Committee were not unanimous, but divides! in their decision, as respected the oourse of proceeding throughout their sitting, they were, invariably unanimous. Whether. therefore, right or wrong, regular or irregular, these proceedings were adopted in accordance with the decision of the Commit tee.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Sheffield had stated that an &revilement...lnd been .made, and a resolu tion adopted, vvhereiseakey elated their intention of including in one Bill the Sheff4dand Lincoln and Tottenham and Far ringeon-street Extension. That was perfectly true ; and it was on this ground that the Bills thus included, were considered as more or less in competition with each other, either in a direct line north and south, er, laterally east and west ; and subsequent to this at rangement, on a spe cial at plication, the Hertford and Bigkle.viade was added to the list by sub-grouping. That preliminary matter being settled, they proceeded to classify the schemes in the order in which they should be heard. The London and York was that taken first, because it was the first in point of faith. Throughout the entire case counsel were let in to cross-examine every witness, and it would be found, on reference to the repent, that one, two, three, four, and five Couusel exercised this right. If any Member had been present in the Com mittee-room during the seventy or eighty days that the Committee sat upon the line, he would have seen the course adopteed, and been enabled to bear witness to the accuracy of his statements. The Hon. Member had also referred to the resolution adopted by the Committee on the Several Members of the Committee had expressed a desire of coming to a decision en such parts of the case, as would not inflict injury on other parties who had claims to be heard before the Committee ; and, as far as the leading lines were con cerned, it was .unsidered necessary and desirable to eome to some resolutions on such parts of the scheme as would involve this arrangement of the business. In pursuance with this application was made before the case of the London and York was gone into, and when on an objection was taken to it in respect to certain errors which were alledged to exist. in the plans of that scheme, that the whole case be- ' tween the two great lines should be taken, and that the counsel on behalf of toe Direct Northern should state the places at which they proposed to prove the effect of the errors specified to be so great as to reinter the work impracticable. It was at the same time reqnested by counsel on the side of the London and York, that the Committee should come to a dee'aien on the mei its of that scheme atter the termination of the Tottenham and Farringdon-street case. Himself and his Hon. Colleagues' on the Committee concurred in saying in answer to the application that on the Monday following they would give their decision separately on those applications. On the Monday they met, and came to the conclusion that when the cases of the Direct Northern and Farringdon-street Extension lines were closed, they would proceed to con&der the merits of the two competing lines before them, for effecting a second trunk railway communication between London and York, viz.:, that of the London and York Company, and that which con-, sisted of the Cambridge and Lincoln- the Direct Northern, and the Frrringdon Extension lines, in conjunction with the, Eastern Counties Ralway, already executed as tar as Cam-, bridge. All were agreed on this resolution. We were guided by the arguments of the revert of the Board of Trade in ex cluding that part of the Midland Counties Railway which was; considered to be in competition with the London and York line. They considered that it would he eeceedingly objec tionable to extend further the Midland Counties scheme considering the circumstances under which that Company had acted. They took that step with due deliberation subject to the responsibility of that House. They felt justified that the course they took was in conformity with the interests of all parties concerned. An appli , atiun was made to them on July In, on behalf of the Eastern Counties and the York and North illidland Companies to be allowed to present. rebutting evidence against the London and York line.s The application was made by Mr. Talbot, and an answer was returned to the. effect that the Committee, in the exercise of its discretion, considered the London and York, the Cambridge and Lincoln. the Direct Northern, and the Tottenham and Farringdon Extension, with the existing Cambridge Railway, were the only two schemes that competed inter se as it respected a direct trunk communication from London to York ; and thus the Cambridge and Huntingdon line should be taken next in order. These resolutions were come to, after a due examination of evidence and a careful consideraton of the question. The opposition of Lord Sidney bad been referred to, and on that subject he would say a few words. Counsel on behalf of that Noble Lord had been heard, witnesses called and subjected to examination and; cross-examination ; man y questions were asked by the members of the Committee anti a map of the place was used to guide them in their inquiry.. In fact, it was not without much care and consideration that the Committee decided, and then not before the case on behalf of the Noble Lord had been fully heard. The principle on which the Committee was, at every stage of their business, to select such Bills as might be considered competing schemes, and to view them in connexion with each other. The House had entrusted the Committee with a certain discretionary power, and it had been honer ly and he trusted impartially exercised.. 't hat was the resolution they had acted upon. He was not corocious of having omitted any part of his duty as a Member of the Committee, but thought all of them had acted in ac cordance with precedent, and in conformity with the immense interest involved in the ca-e. He would not further say, then, that they had endeavoured to do the best they could, and hoped the House would consider that they had not acted in any way improperly. IN G WALL said he felt very strongly that the attert ton of the dou , e should be drawn to the manner in which the London ant Yore Committee aced—if that Committee had adopted the same principles as had been acted upon in other. a great numl,er of the complaints of his Hon. Friend the mem ber for Sheffield would have been mini cessary. He and most men enter into the merits of the case, but thought the Committee had taken every pains tr.) arrive at a proper result. ( The Hon. Member spoke in so low a tone of voice, that one while sentence of what h e uttere d was not audible in the gallery.) Atter lib .er va t ion s from several other Members, the House divided— For the motion .... Fut the amendment Majority (LEFT sirrirtu.) -60 The Directors of the. Bank of England have con tributed lUO'. to the testimonial to Mr. Rowland Hill. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—f his morning, at an early hour, a large number of sporting men assembled in the Great Park, to witness a match between Mr. Lawrence's bay filly mad Mr. Webber's bay colt surprise, for 30/. The conditions of the match west, to walk a mile for 101., trot a mile for 101., and gallop a mile for 10/. The walk came off first in Queen Anne's ride —even betting, mare for choice. The cob took the lead, kept it the whole of the distance, and won cleverly ; the mare broke and was pulled round twice. The trotting match came off next-2 to 1 on the cob; both started off well together, and there was no perceptible advantage on either side for the first halt mile. The cob afterwards broke twice, thus allowing the mare to come in an easy winner. The galloping match-3 and 4tol on the mare; the cob made the running at starting at a strong pace, which he kept up fur three.quarters of a mile, when he was challenged by the mare, but he defeated her easily by a length. The horses were cleverly ridden by their owners PRoPER ACKNOwLf DGMENT Os' ENGLISH 11U mANITY.—The painful disclosures inserted in The Sun a few days since, respecting the dreadful wreck of the Dutch Incliaman John Hendrik, on the island or St. Paul, and the vigorous efibrts of Captain Roseby, of the Chance, to save the unfortun a t e crew, h as, it Y 7T Tuesday, it attracted the att ent i on of the Dutch Government. it was made kn own at Lloyd's that the Government gra talluded to had awarded Captain R oseby a handsome will b e il O gold medal, for the humane and prompt steps he adopted in res. cuing that portion of the ill.fated crew which he safely brought to this country, and for his unremitting exertions for ten entire days to preserve the unfortunate creatures that wcre - left on she island. Every inquiry has been made of the later arrivals as to whether the nine poor fellows drilled away in the boat, or those lefk on the rocks, had been set n ; but not the slights st information could be learned respecting theta, and that they have all perised there is no doubt. IGNORANT AND FATAL TREATMENT OF DROWNING FeKsoNs.—Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest yesterday, at the Silver Cup, Croon r-street, on the body of Thomas Bollans, aged twelve yea's. The deceased, with several other boys, was bathing in the canal clo,e to the Chalk-toad, when he went out of his eepth and sunk. He was s hortl y afterwards taken ou t apparen tly alive, and held by the feet with his head to the gro un d, t o l e t th e water escape from him; and after that operation was b roug h t to Coroner re m arked surgeop, who pronounced lif e extinct. The upon the popular and fatal practice of holding persons apparently drowned with their heads downwards ; and re commended the application of friction in such eases. Verdict, ' Accidental death.' • • WESTER?. (218CUIT.— in Benjoin }Anson WB3 con victed at Bodmin of the wigul murder of Ruth S eaman, his house ketveratt Penzance, and sentenced to death on Wednesday evening. our Th The readers N'ICTORI.I. PARK . --The works are now i n very active operation, and considerable progress has been made in the erection of the principal lodge .entrance i n the approach from Betl , nal-gieen, v,iiich is being built in the N orman style of archi. tecture. A . jutting this the piles have been sunk in the Regent's Canal for the err ction of the suspension bridge, which is at an angle of the two roads frontihe Hacku placed up round t h e park, and on c y and Bethoal- green roads. Nearly the whole of the palia 'As been the roads through it there is a handsome iron railing. A CrlA , TTiirj-`jf-f;teiday a fellow named George Sidler, a cabman, living at Mile-end, undertook for a wager of 20s. to e.t wOliiii the space of two hours a leg of mutton, weighing 911, , a pick of peas, anti 51b. of potatoes, which he accomplished, hn t g twelve minutes to spare. During his meal he drank nearly three quarts of beer, and at its conclusion declared he could have managed a ?Lund or two more within the same time. LATEST PRICES OP SIIAItES IN RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, ANI) OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, L'I:BLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1. ZAIZWAYS. Lune of Company. Aberdeen ..... Armagh, Culeraine, SL Porirtish ...... . ..; Birmingham & Gloster Ditto, New,i69.7idia.l Do. Half Shares .. Lews,& Mist. Bristol aiitl Exeter .... Do. New liitto and Gloucuste)! Caledonian .. . .. '.anthridge and Lincoln Chester and Holyhead Chichester & Brighton' Churnet Valley .• • •• • • Coventry, Bedworth, Nuneaton .. • • •..... Coventry and Leicester Cornwall •• • • • • .. • Direct Northern ...... Direct Norwich ...... Pits, iteccles, & Yrnith Dublin & Itellast• June. Ditto and Galway . Do. and MulUngar • Eaatern Counties .• • • Do., Perpetual, No. I Ditto, ditto, No.-2... 1 Eastern Union .... Do. Extension • • • • .. Edinburgh & Glasgow, Ditto, Quarter Shares ! . I Do. /' - e;v Quarters . • Ely ani'ltedford ,•• • • :;rand Junction •• • • • . Ditto, Half Shares • • Ditto, Quarter Shares St. Southern & Western Do. Extension.. •• • • Do. Additional• • .. •• 11.• eat North of England Ditto, New .• • •• •• Do. New • ..... • 4;reat Western Ditto, Halt' Shares Ditto, Fifth 5........ Guildford, Furnhatn, & Portsmouth .. •••••• Harwich • • • • ••.•• .... llull and Gainsborocghl Hull and Selby ....... Ditto, Quarter Sharesl Do. Half Shares .... Kendal & 'Windermere Kentish Coast ........ Lancaster and Carlisle Leeds and Bradford. •. Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto. Half Shares. Ditto, Quarter Shares !..ndon & Birmingham Ditto, New Thirds.. Ditto,New ► Shares London and Blackwall London and Brighton.. Do. Consolidated tithe "..ondon and Croydon Ditto, Guarntd. 5 p. c. London and Greenwich Ditto, Pref. or Priv .. London and S. Western ; Do., New Cons. Bths Ditto, New Do. New .... London and York ... . . Lndonderry & Coleraine Do. & Enniskillen .. Lynn and Ely ...... Do. & Derehant Manchester and Leeds Ditto, Half Shares.. • Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Sixteenths .4. Manchestr k firming. Ditto, Quarter Shares Midland ............. Ditto, Fifths Do. New Ditto, Birm.& Derby Newcastle & Berwick Newcastle & Carlisle. • Newcstle & Darl. June.' Do. New Brandling Newry & Enniskillen Newark and Sheffield.. North British •• •• • • •• Do. New • • • • • • ..• Northern and Eastern . Ditto, Sail), iss,s/.0 Ditto, Quarter Shares , North Kent .......... North Wales., ........ :Norwich and Brandon. Ditto, New ....... Oxford & Worcester .. l'reston and Wyre nichnuid & W. E. June I t ugby ..... • • • • • • • • Scottie] Central . • .. Do. Midland. • ••• • I Sheffield and Lincoln.. Sheffield & Manchestr Ditto, Quarter Shares! Shrws.,Wolv.,Dud.,lllr.l .South Devon .... • • • South-Eastern & Dovr. Ditto, New its. Do. New, No. 2 Do. New, No. 3 .... South Walee .• • • Staines and Richmond' Trent Valley ......... Trent Valley andlioly- head Junction Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall.... • • .. Yarmouth & Norwich.' Ditto, New . ••• • I York & North 1111ciland Ditto, Half Shares • • Do., Scarbro' Branch Ditto, Selby Scrip .; Ditto, Extension .... Bordeaux and Toulouse Do. and Cette Boulogne and Amiens. Dieppe and Pails June. elt. Northern of France Lyons and Avignon.... Orleans and Vierzon Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris & Lyons (Lamtte) Do. (Gannerott's).. 1)o. (Calon's) Paris and Strasbourg .. Paris & St. Quentin • • Paris and Orleans..... Paris and Bonen Royal North of Spain.. Rouen and Bane .... Sambre and Meuse.. • • Strasbourg and Bale Tours & Nantes (Mac kenzie's) ..3. Do. (Leveyres) Divideud per Ann - tun. Amount of Share. X s. d. 41. Os. per SII. 11. 25 - 0 0 [lOO 0 0 125 0 0 50 0 0 0 109 0 01 1 • 21 165• per eh, I 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0" 0 50 0 se 2000 25 0 • 25 0 0 50 • 0 '0 29 0 •O' 25"'0 '0 -50-0 .0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 t 3 4 " 6 t 3 4 50 0 - 0 25 .0 0 50..0 12 10 Q 12 . 10 0 25 0 0 100 0 . "0 50 - 0 .0 25 0 50 0 -0 50 0 0 LO 0 0 100'0 0 40 .0 30 0 '0 li.o 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 Bs. per sh. 21. 5s p. eh. I Is ad pr. eh, 10/. per ct. 101. per et. 101. per ct: 6/. Os. 1/. p. sr. VI. per ct. 81. per ct. V. per ct. IV. 10s. pr. sh. 1170. 6d. yr oh 91. percent. 91. per cent. 91. per cent. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 65. 131. Os. persli 16e. per oh. 41. per share 10s. pr. sh. 15/.125. per sh,' 121.25. per ski 12/. per share. 61. per cent. r.125,6d.p.c. j4l. Os. per sh. IL per share. 11.148.10d.p.51 2!. 58. 15s. 11.105.6d.p.5.1 ,2s. 10d. p. Oil 50 0 _0 20 0 0 25 0 0 b 0 0 0 12 10 0 .24 0 0 25 0 8 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 [OO 0 0 50 0 0 25 '0 0 32 0 0 25 0 0 1613 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 13 15 9 9 0 0 12 15 4 18 17 2 41 6 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 .0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 6 5 0 40 0 0 ~10 .0 0 Paid. _1 Trice. 4s. 6d. 10/. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per ct. 20 0 0 40 0 0 X s. d. 2 10 0 1% 134 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0. 0 50 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0• 33 2 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 tO 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 2000 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 .0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 e 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 12% L 9 10% 354 22% 29 -5%'• P• 1 34 P. 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 .0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 18V 2!4 ' /25 214 1% 1% 106 55 343 j 1 lyj 29% 93 66 179 2% 13 , ‘ 5 14 12% 45% 18% 16 7% 5% 1% • 2 % 2 291, 24 110 DOC X.B. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per I of Paid. Prim Annum. Share. Soininercial •• ,ast and West India 5%1. pr cent.. Stock. east Country •• . 11. per sh. 100 0 0 London • • 4%1. pr cent. Stock. r. 4 Katharine •••• • • •• 5 per cent. Stock. Southampton •••• • • • • 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 X s. d. 140 21 118% 0 0 0 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. A s. d. Albion ........ .. Alliance Brit. and For 6 per cent, 100 0 0 11 0 0 20 Ditto Marine... .. Atlas 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 17 British Commercial Clcricl,Med.&Gen.Lifc 51. per cent. 100 0 0 2 ,10 1 6% County ............ „ 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 98. Crown .............• iand 6/. ss. W.. 3 4000 - 5 0 0 10 Eagle • Economic Life & 30s bs 5 per ct.,} 1000 0 0 250 0 0 . . Eng. & Scot. Law Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 European Life. ...... Freemasons' ...... •• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 Globe Guardian . ..... ...... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50% Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 12/. per cent. 500 0' 0 50 0 0 235 imperial Life... .. .. 12s. :100 0 0 10 0 0 16% Indemnity Marine. .. • 1/. sh. & be. 100 0 0 il3 1 . 29% Law Life Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% London Fire .•••• • • • . 10s. 25 .0 0 12 10 0 . 16 London Ship .10" 0 16 Marine . 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 14 0 0 10% Med. litvlid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20' 0 0 210 0 2% National Life • Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 5O 0 0 , 2 0 0 2/. 2s. Phoenix - - 210 Protector Life .....• • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s. Provident Life ... Bock Life .. .. .. .. Royal Exchange Si. per cent Stock. 163 Sun Fire ....... .. - - Ditto Life . 1/. 61. - - Universal Life LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount - Name of Company. per • of Paid. Price Annum. Share. . . X s. d. X a. d Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 173 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 170 British Linen Company St per cent. 100 0 0 227 Commercial Bank .• • • 61. per cent., 100 0 0 171% National Bank 6/. per cent. • lO 0 0 • 16% Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. 60 0 0 99 Western Bank.. ••• . • • 6/. per cent. .-, 50 0 0 $5 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. .6 0 0 7% Clydesdale Bank 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 15% Eastern Bank. .. Caledonian Bank ••.• • Gl. per cent. .2 10 0 4 4 I:clink& Glasgow Ilank N. per cent. • 5 0 0 7% City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. 815 0 16 seottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 8 1% Hercules insurance Co. 71. per gent. 1100 0 0 40 0 0 14% Insur. Co. of Scothul.• 5/. per cent. 'lO 0 0 All paid. 10% North British Insur% • • 9/. per cent. .200 0 0 10 0 0 28% Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent.lloo 0 0 10 0 0 24% Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% Edin. & (ilium. Railway 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0, 0 84 Ditto, % shares .. • • 5/. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 19% Edin , Leith, & (Jrantn , 20 0. 0, Ai 0 0 19% (;lasgw & Ayi•shir Rail. 51. percent.. : 50 0 0 .All paid. 82% Glasgw& Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. •25 0 0 All paid. 21 111s1.rw S; thunkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 15 _0 0 All paid. 3734 Dundee& Arbroth Rail.. 5/. percent. , 25 0 0 All paid. 36% Standard Litt Assurnce. 51. per cent. 150 00 I 2'lo 0 8 IBSLTE DEPARTMENT. X. X. Notes issued Other securities... '2,9134,900 Gold coin and bul lion 13,244,126 Silver bullion 1,999,394 £29,243,520 I £29,243,520 J. H. ELSEY, Deputy Cushier. Dated the 31st day of July, 1845. :PARTMENT. Government secu rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 10,607,877 Notes 7,942,485 Gold and silver coin 549,998 £32,639,701 ELSEY, Deputy Cashier. 1845. GLASGOW, I3ARRHEAD, AND NEILSTON RAILWAY. The Lorth' amendments to the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neliston (Direct) . Railway Bill were agreed to. SIi:TH WALES RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the South Wales Railway Bill were agrred to. AIONMOUTH AND HEREFORD RAILWAY. The Lords' amendments to the Monmouth and Hereford Railway Bill were agreed to. LONDON' AND YORK RAILWAY. Viscount COURTEN AY moved the consideration of the re port of the Committee on the London and York Railway Rill. Mr. WARD then ruse, pursuant to notice, to move that the Bill be recommitted. It was with great pain that he veutuied to trouble the House upon the present occasion to reconsider the decision that had been come to with re pect to the present measure. It was hardly possible at airy time ter induce the House to reconsider a de etaion lit any kind, anti that difficulty was greatly increased in .sealing with the decision of a Committee that had sat for no less than seventy-three days ; under such circum stances nothing wo !Id have induced him to appeal to the House except a conviction that he had one of the strongest causes that was ever brought before the;House. If the Com mittee had had time to hear all the parties concerned, nothing would have induced him to have brought forward the subject. He admitted that the Committee had been most persevering in their labours, but. they had done great injustice to several parties, and had come to most im proper decisions, because those ;decisions had been come to without hearing tacts ; and the ,rights of parties had been adjudicated upon without hearing either the facts or: the parties themselves ; added to this, the report itself bore evutent marks of the pressure which the Committee telt itself to be under in consequence of the difficulty of getting through the task imposed upon them at the presentperiod of the session. He appeared there to argue the claims of the York and North Midland, the Midland Counties, and the Eastern Counties lines, whose cases had been decided upon without being heard. He was told that it was a difficult matter to dispute with a great trunk line, such as the London and York, but they had a right to consider themselves a great trunk line, and, they had so considered themselves. They expected to be allowed to show the Committee that they could have effected a communication with York with a saving of a million and a half. if they could show this, and if they could prove that they had already nearly two-thirds of the line con structed, he hoped that the House would see the, propriety of re-committing this Bill. They were at first admitted to be a competing line even by the Committee, for in the first instance, when the Counsel for the Hertford and Biggleswade, and on a subsequent day Mr. Austin, for the Eastern Counties Company made an application stating that he should satisfy the Committee that they were a distinct and competing party, and that, if ex cluded, they would be debarred from examination of witnesses pro forma, the Committee decided that the Eastern Company's scheme should be admitted into Court, and its Courted be entitled to all the privileges of examining witnesses. Mr. DA ItßY—Does that extend to the general principle of competing lines? Mr. WARD—The Honourable Member for Sussex asked him if that extended to the general principle of com peting lilies, why that Honourable Member himself said that they might be considered so, but said that in their examinations they must be sure to confine them selves to what had been alluded to in the first examination. 'the Committee having thus decided, they expected that they should be considered competing lines in the fullest extent, and when, before the decision had been given on the preamble, counsel applied to the Committee that they might be allowed to blend the main esidencee of the competing lines as against the London and Yurk line, with the object of saving the time of the Committee, the request was complied with. This resolu tion was dated the stir June, but he found that it was not acted upon throughout; and he begged to call the Noble Lord's attention to this fact, that that proposition and the resolution were materially ahered in the report. Lord COURTENAY—W hat date do you call that ? Me. W A RD-1 he 7th of June. Appl.catien wee afierwards made to the Cutramitee to ascertain what course they would wish to have pursued with regard to the rebutting evidence. He found, on examining the reports, that the Committee ordered that landholders and the other opponents should be heard after, and he held in his hand a resolution which was not to be found in this report. he resolution passed by the Committee was such as might have been acted 01/ by all parties, but the next was of a very modi fied character. On apply ing to the short-hand writer for a copy of it he found that the resolution stated that the land lords were to be heard next in order, but that the Committee would offer sin abjection to the rouse of blending the evidence against. the London and York, arid Mr. Hildyard sated that he had arranged his case so as to class the rebutting evidence together, and the other competing lines had agreed to that course. This case was decidedly agreed to by the Committee themselves. Now the first intimation they had of an intention to tirade upon the preamble was on the lttth of July, and then the counsel and the parties in support of the three come peting lines objected, on the ground that they had not been heard. This objection was overruled by the Committee on the 14th of July. Now this decision they com plained of, because they had never been heard. There were great advantages in the line from London to Big gleswade for bringing the manufactures of the north to the river terminus, which would be constructed in the course of the next three months. It was thought that all the parties concerned were judicially entitled to be heard—instead; of that, however, a hearing was refused, and the Committee voted that the pre amble of the London and York line was proved in order to shut out all evidence from the other parties. Such was not the case with the Committee, of which the Hon. Gentleman opposite was the Chairman. Before that Committee there were these lines submitted between Portsmouth and London. Evidence on all of them was heard, and at last the Committee, after having maturely considered all of them, de cided on that line which they thought most conducive to the public interests. In the Noble Lord's Committee the practice was altogether different. On the 16th of July another appli• cation was made to the Noble Lord by Mr. Talbot, on the part of the Eastern Counties line, to be heard, and the application was over-ruled by a resolution, which was distinctly opposed to that which was passed on the 7th of June. Evidence was again tendered on the 9th of July to the Committee, by Mr. Wells, on behalf of the Eastern Counties line, with respect to the river terminus, and again this application was decided against. They did not take one tittle of evidence on the importance of effecting a communication with the Thames at Blackwell, and yet the Committee attached the greatest importance to the ter minus of the -London and York line. When the application was made to be heard, the Chairman told the counsel that it was an extremely proper application, but. that the Committee could not entertain it. Even in the report, as regarded the London and York scheme, it was clear the Committee had heard sufficient rebutting evidence to give it clearly and fully. None of the rebutting evidence of the Direct Northern and Cambridge and Lincoln lines had been heard, and this evidence was necessary, in order that the whole bearing of the entire scheme might be properly silted and adjudicated upon, and thus nearly the whole of the im portant part of the project was altogether put out. If the opposing lines had received fair play the traffic evidence of the London and York Railway would have been materially altered. phis evidence was got up in so absurd and extraor dinary a manner that the Noble Lord thought proper to tell the promoters of the London and York line that the Commatee could not receive their evidence as to the coal traffic as it then stood. In cons« quence of this hint the amount expected to be derived from the coal traffic was reduced from 300,000/. to 170,0001. per annum. if the competing lines had insisted at an early period of the case on producing rebutting evi• dente, it would, perhaps, have been differently decided. He would appeal to the House whether or not the case of the London anti York line was ripe for decision at the present time. Ile contended that the Committee had come to a de eistan with imp, rfeet data, anti with all iesutticietaty of facts. On Lord Lincliaty's estate, the Peterbmottah line had already been sanctioned, w boll traversed nearly the whole of his pro perty, and the Committee bad decided that for the space of a single mile in the same field the London and York line should cross that railway, and had decided on a line which it was • physically imposs.ble to construct, unless another line, which had received the Legislative sanction, was altogether ahandoned. • He thought that the Committee, by the first pat agraph of their • repert, showed a diffidence in the duels'. n they hart come to. Titey said they must reuse to a decision as the ression was so nearly at an end: that might be a great evil, b ut it was a far greater one that the facts were net fully and compl e t e l y in. 1 29 0 0 20 0 0 BANKING D; Proprietor? capita 114,553,000 Rest Public deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings banks, Commis sioners of National Debt, and divi- dend accounts) 2,933,908 Other dep05it5......10,745,613 Seven day andother bills X 32,639,704 Dated the 31st day of July, IRAILWAY COMMITITE. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The Eastern Counties (Cambridge and Huntingdon) Railway Bill passed through Committee. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP X. sztzrrxram AND LINCOLNSHIRE LINE. The Committee on this project, comprising Viscount Courtenay, Mr. Wall, Mr. Scrope, and Mr. Darby, commenced business this morning by the resumpton of Mr. Fowler's evidence re-pect ing the engineering character of the line. Mr. Gooch, C.E., under examination by Mr. Webster, corro borated the accuracy of Mr. Fowler's estimates, and attested the superiority of this line •ver that of the London and York by Bawtry. Mr. Bendel, C.E., examined by Mr. HOPE—Has, in company with Mr. Fowler, gone over the country between the termini of this line , and considers it the best that could have been selected. The junction with the Grimsby line is most favourably effected, anti forms a most important ingredient in the accommodation afforded the districts, more especially to Gsinsborough, and collaterally to Hull, by forming au indirect communication with' Sunderland, and thus enabling the coal to be brought down speedily and econo mically to the districts intersected by this line, while it offers iataral accommodation wholly excluded by the Bawtry branch of the London AIM York. Mr. Fowler, a land valuer of thirty years' experience in Shef field, deposed to having surveyed the line of this railway, for the purpose of computing the cost of the land, &c., on all the line ex. cept between Lincoln and Gainsbornugh, and gave in the following estimate : Purchase of laud Damage to propel ty Land scheduled not requited 563 5 0 Buildings not required Contingencies Besides other items. Mr. Jetfcock, a land valuer, who had been engaged to make an estimate of the cost as between Lincoin and Gainsborough, stated that the sum he named for that construction was 82,2881. 7 s . making, in all, a gross cost of 100,7781. 9s. Id. This having closed the c..se of the promoters of the line, Mr. Tausoz, Q.C., then addressed the Committee on behalf of certain parties who considered themselves aggrieved by the course of the projected Sheffield and Lincolnshire line. As representative of Mr. Hutchinson, in the first place, he complained of the rail way passing within 240 yards of that gentleman's house, and so encircling it, that from whatever window the family:looked out, the embankment, and nothing but the embankment, of the line is visible. Some witnesses had insinuated that Mr. Hutchinson's posi. Lion was analogous to that of a retired tradesman, inasmuch as he chose to domicile in a cottage. From the poets, and other equally infallible evidence, it was known that in " cottages was subs:an tial happiness to be found." Whether Mr. Hutchinson had been fortunate enough to find that substantial happiness, he did not know ; but sure he was he enjoyed both comfort and luxury there. And it was generally believed that the principles of the British Con stitution, so much vaunted for their indiscriminating justice, were essentially those of equal protection to the man whose birth was cha racterised by the discovery of a silver spoon within his month, ..sad the less fortunate, though not Jesshonoured man, who had earned equal wealth by greater toil Such protection was now sought at the hands of the Committee, and he felt assured that the suppliants would not appeal in vain. With respect to Mr. Foijambe, even a greater grievance was incurred. The line would intersect his pro. perty for a distance of no less than four miles, and de stroy portions of different estates, whose .beauty and va'ne could not be exaggerated. But, forsooth, it was said that Mr. Foijambe's opposition was on account of his pursuit' as a fox. hunter being threatened with diminution by the construction of this line ; and Mr. Vernon and Lord Lincoln had not thought it unbe coming their high position to impute such interested motives to their neighbour. Were it not for the respect he felt for the pri vileges of those gentleman he should, and with much more justice, suggest that Mr. Vernon's consideration for the shares he held in the Sheffield line, and Lord Lincoln's interest in having his father's tim ber, conveyed to market upon the rail, induced them to give the evi dence they did. But the fact was that physical infirmity had long since prevented Mr. Foljambe from enjoying his favourite sport, and it was purely from the dread of residential injury that he peti tioned against the line. And as to the necessity for thus encroach- ing :on — the rights of property, what were the districts the promoters wished to accommodate ? The town of Work sop was the only one to be touched in intersection, a town comprising but 6,000 inhabitants, and without traffic enough or through communication to support its publicans. Such being the unimportance and even inutility of the line, he called upon the Committee to regard the just complaints of parties who felt themselves aggrieved, and reject a scheme unprofitable alike to the country and the promoters. The Committee then, at half-past three, adjourned till twelve tomorrow. LLOYD'S )A Y LONDON, AUGUST I.—Wind this day at noun, S.S.W., fresh breeze, and tine. DEAL, JULY 31.—Wind W,S.W. to S.W.—Arrd. 30th, Attenden, iNystron, - .New °deans, tOr liai.:Juirgh. 31st, Calodonia, Irvine, Para; Reisiek Wood, Brown lierbice ; Princess Royal, Gayiner, River Gambia; St. Thomas Petersim, Porto Pico, for liuulburgh ; Lord Mitcalte, Foster, Quebec; British Empire, Moiweald, ditto; Alinda, Wtio; Stately, ditto; Venetia, Kiiight, ditto; HercuEs, Lightfoot., ditto ; Camden, Armstrong, ditto. Arrived from the river for, 4incinater, Law!ceston ; John Heyes, Wo4,d ward, Adelaide, Abberton, Purchase, ditto. n, David son Bombay; GratirtLie, 1 arrest, st. John's, New Brous ; Andromache, Honduras; Ann Eliza Jane, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, JULY 31.—Wiod W.s.NN .—Arrd. 60111, 1‘ limn and James, Wilson, Sciacca. asst, Edward, Quebec. 2 0 0 2 0 0 JOINT-sTocz MINIM ' Dividend Amount Name of Conipany. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ s. d. Australasia •• • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 33 Britsh North American 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 .0 0 49 Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - 26 Colonial . • . .0. 15 Londn and Westtninstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27% London Joint-Stock... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 :10i Metropolitan — 25 0 0 710 0 • l'rovincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 51% Ditto, • . s/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 National of Ireland .. 57. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 20% Nat. Provneial of Eng. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 d 37% Ditto, New••••••• • • 5/. percent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 25 0 0 26 Union of London.•• • • 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13 1 7 6 ,100 0 0 17 10 0 3,b 0 20 '0 0 70 '0 0 2 0 0 30 0 .0 .6 .0 .0 110 0 15 0 0 1 (20 '0 0 I 2. 0 -0 1 5 0 1..5 0 3 0 . 0 2 10 0 1 0 e 1 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 2 10 0 14 16 0 6 13 4 0 13 '4 10 0 1 10 50 0 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 I'l 5 0 15 . 7 1 2 0 50 : 1 : 00 0 2 10 0 1100 " 0 ' 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 s 0 0 0 50.0 0 20 0 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 7 6 50 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 1 10 0 1 7 6 20 0 . 0 5 0 0 100 0 0 50 '0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 10 0 0 2 3 0 50 0 0 25 0 . 0 6 0 0 12 • 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 , 7 73 0 0 32 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 40 0 0 4 0 0 Stock. • 2 0 0 2 0 0 Stock. 1 10 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 1 10 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 ;15 0 0 30 0 0 12 10 0 2 15 0 I . 5 0 12 0 I 1 0 0 2 10 • 0 50 • - 0 $ 1 0 0 1 0 0 • 2 10 • I 10 0 1 '5 0 95 0 0 $ _0 0 2 10 0 20 0 0 S 0 0 7 0 0 2 10- 0 2 10 0 ,1 0 0 2 0 0 ~ // ..v1•0 Name cf Cempany, Dividend Amous per of Annum. Share. F:ast London tg. 100 0 0 grand Junction ...... 3/. 46 11 4 Kent .. ......... ••• .• 21. 10s. IGO 00 i Vauxhall .......• •• • • 'N. per cent. 100 0 0 West Middlesex ••,• • • • 41. 16s. pr ct. 63 12 9 l'r ce. . . CANALS. ......., _ ...... - - ... I Dividend Names of ' P Dividend „„„ Names of P r i ce Companies. 2 per ' '''"-• Companies. n u rber m. mAnnum.' 44 co An -- - ---- £, i Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.55. p c 72 Monmouthsh 100 9/. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. 70 lintgomrysii 100. 51. 9P Barusley• ••• 160, 01. 180 31acciesileid. 100 - la Basingstoke.. 100 - 5 Neath .. .• • • 100 201. 365 Brknk&Abrg 150 ; 5/. 85 Nottin g ha m . 150 12i 260 Cromford .. • • 100 181. 150 Peak Forest. 78 31. - . 4P. Dudley lOO 41. 80 Regent's .. .. 33 11. Derby ••• • • • 100 81. 103. Rochdale ..... B.i 4/. Elismre&Chs,l33 41. 58 Sh ro p s hi re . • 125 81 . Eyewash •• • !100 321. • 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 124 Forth & Clyd!100 4/. 105 D0.1.k Fd St 12 61. p. c. 11 GrandJ anent' 100 71. 120 Stirrd &Wore 140 28!. 440 Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 28 Shrewsbury.. 12. , 15/. 230 - Glumorgnsh ~172 13%!. 210 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 360 Glstr& Brklyi 00 - - 8 Strtird on Av 79 11. 10s. 27 Grantham .•1,150 121. 100 Severn and liuddersiield. 57 - 20 WYe Bail. 26 11. Bs. 29 Ketnit & Avn 39 7s. bd. 7 Trnt & 31r-1 50 30/, 445 Lancaster .. • 47 1/. 10. 40 sey, q sh. Leeds& Li yrp, 100 341. 560 Thams &Med 19 - 10 Leicester .. • .1140 10/. 105 Worestr 84] 78 41. 49 Lelcstr& Nth' 83 4/. 60 Birthing. Lough borogh 142 701. 1050 Wilts &Paks 67 11. 4s. 11 . • . ' GREAT CENTRAL SARDINIAN RAILWAY COMPANY, 80, Kipg William.street, Londsn.bridge, July 30, 1845. The Deeke - di Lante di Montrefeltro, President, &c.,&c., having summoned It full board for this morning, stated that, in consequence of an official interview he had yesterday with the Count de Revel (who. in the absence from London of his Excellency Count Pollen, Minister Plenipotentiary of Sardinia, is acting as Charge d'Affaires), he was happy-to be enabled to inform the Directors, that the Sar dinian Government had seen with satisfaction the forming of this Company for the laying down of a railway through the island of Sardinia, and that so soon as the deputation shall be prepared to start for .Turrn for the purpose of receiving the Anal and exclusive concession of this line (the only one In the Sardinian States which will be granted by that Government to a foreign company), the Embassy of his Sardinian Majesty In London will, with pleasure) , provide the deputation with letters for the authorities at Turin. The Noble Duke further communicated to the Provisional Com mittee that Count de Revelhad heard that his Excellency the Mar. quis di Villamarina, Viceroy of Sardinia, had arrived at Turin from Cagliari, and • from what the Duke di Lante could understand, personally to express to the superior Government at Turin the anxiety manifested by the inhabitants of the island for the speedy construction of this important railway.—By order, G LANDELS, Secretary. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) GOODWOOD RACES—T un.srar (coxerxpEri). Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each ; for two yrs old colts, Bst 7lb, and fillies, Bst 31b ; those by untried stallions, &c., allowed 31bs; both, slbs. T.Y.C. (7 Subs.) -- - Mr. Wreford's Wilderness (31bs) (J. IIowlett) 1 Duke of Richmond's Tug Net Lord Verulam's c by Sir Hercules (3165) 11 to 10 on Tug Net, sto 4 agst Wilderness, and 2to 1 agst the Corumba colt. Won in a canter. .... The Anglesey Stakes of 15 sot's. each. The New Mile (17 Subs.) Gentlemen riders. - . Lord G. Bentinck's Coil Black Rose, 4 yrs, lOst 71b 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, 4 yrs, I Ist 31b 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Captain Ilarcourt's Sir Abstrupus, 5 yrs, Ilst 121b—Mr. Osbaldeston's Sorella, 4 yrs, list 121b—Lord Waterford's The Roper,4 yrs, IQst 41b—Mr. C. Dorrien's br cby Slane, out of Adele, 3 yrs, 9st 31b—and the Duke of Richmond's c by Mus, out of Bel videre, 3 yrs, Sst 71b. 5t6 2 agst Roper, 4to 1 agst Sir Abstrupas, 7to 2 agst Sorel* sto 1 agst Croton Oil, and 6 to 1 agst Mus colt. Won by a head; Sorella a bad third. CRICKET. THE Finnic SCHOOLS' MATCHEIZ—The first of these in teresting and exciting contests commenced at Lord's on Wed nesday, but the stormy state of the weather prevented any great progress being made. This match was HARROW v. WINCHESTER.—The vast contrast between the contending elevens created an additional interest, which it will readily be conceived was greatly increased towards the latter part of the match, because, whilst the Winchester gentlemen were all young men and grown in proportion, those of Harrow, with the exceptions of Currer and Blayds, were particularly small, and in fact were much. younger than their opponents. It will, notwithstand ing this disproportion of age and stature, be found that the " little ones" had very nearly run off with the laurels of the day, for although they were put in for their second innings with a score of 190 against them, they manfully took the bull by the horns, and played one of the best " up hill" games that has been seen upon this ground for many years. WINCHESTER. R. J. Bateman, Esq , hit wicket ...... 9 F. Bathurst, Esq., b Jones E. Twopenny, Esq., run out ... .. 24 C. W. Kendall, Esq., c. Vernon ...... A. Ridding, Esq., b. Tedway lO E. Barchard, Esq., b. Jones R. J. Baker, Esq. ' c. Platt R. Morris, Esq., b Tudway J. W. Dewar, Esq., b Jones... 7 J..Piggett, Esq., b. Blayds l6 J. Randall, Esq., 'not out .... 0 Byes 1, wide (Jones 2, M'Kenzie 2, Illayds 1) 5 ' • 6 run out 24 run out b. Jones b. Jones run out ' — 2 c. Platt 2B b. Blayds IS run out 2 b. Blayds not out l9 c Platt Byes 2, wide (Jones 4 Blayds4,Tud. way 1) 9, no balls (Ver non) 4 ..... 15 itAnnow. E. Illayda, Esq , c. Ridding, b. Kendall 12 11. Vernon, Esq., c. Handel! 0 T. Platt, Esq., b. Dewar E. Currer, Esq., b. Kendall C. 0. Eaton, Esq., b. Kendall A. Cameron, Esq , 1... Dewar 3 G. Gurney. Esq., b. Kendall 11. M'Kenzie, Esq., c. Bathurst A. M'Kenzie, Esq., b. Dewar M. Jones, Esq , ., not out 2 A. Tudway, Esq., b Dewar 0 Byes 6, wide (Kendal 10, Dewar 3) 13 19 b. Dewar 26 hit wicket 3 b. Morris l6 b. Dewar 75 b. Dewar ll b. Kendall 0 b Kendall 4 b. Dewar b. Dewar 1 b. Dewar • 1 not out 13ves 3, wide (Baker 4, Kendall 1, Dewar Morris Barchard 5), 23. No balls (Dewar !faker 4), 10 30 62 The Winchester won by 12 runs. The match to-day is with Eton v. Harrow, and com menced at eleven o'clock. How TO GET FREE QUARTERS IN LONDON. —Why the deuce don't you make yourself useful to the commonwealth by calculating a gradient, laying down a curve, or preparing a table of traffic in order to obtain the proper qualification for a railway wit. mess ? Nothing in this world is easier. You hare only to sit at your window for a given amount of hours once a week, and note down the number of cabs and carts which jingle along the Brownie law ; and, it you like that better, to ascertain the quality of the soil three feet beneath your own winecellar, and you are booked for a month's residence in London, free quarters in a first-rate hotel, five guineas a day, and all expenses paid.—Blachwood's Magazine. THE BRITISH PENITENT FEMALE REFUGE.- Yesterday the annual general meeting of the friends and subscri bers to the British Penitent Female Refuge was held at the asylum, Cambridge-heath, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee, arid transacting the usual business of the society. The Rev. George Greaves, M.A., in the chair. The Rev. J. Glanvitly, secretary, read the report. Since the formation of the society in 1829, 844 females have been admitted. At the last annual return 34 were left in the asylum; since that time 24 have been received, making a total of 64 who have been upon the foundation during the year. Of that number, 19 have been sent to respectable situa tions, 9 reconciled and restored to their friends, 1 left the asylum, and 1 died in the house ; leaving at present 33 upon the establish. ment. The debt of the society has been reduced during the past year from 454/. Ss. 2d. to 471. Is. Bd. The income amounted to 1,6271. 12s. I 1 d., and the expenditure to 1,442/. 145., leaving a balance in the bankers' hands of 1741. lie. 11d. Zhe report was unan►mously adopted, and the meeting broke up. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS , July 31 . - - - GREAT WESTERN (DUBLIN AND GALWAY) RAILWAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had not read the evidence, and as it would be difficult to prosecute the witness on the whole of the evidence he had given, perhaps the Noble Earl would point out those passages with respect to which he considered he ought to be prosecuted.—(The Noble Earl conferred with the Lord Chancellor, and pointed out the particular parts of the evidence.) The Earl of BESBOROUGII then said the part of the evidence to which he wished particularly to call the attention of their Lordships, with a view to his prosecu tion, was that part in which Stinton denied that he knew Baldwin, and in which he afterwards, on being con fronted with Mrs. (bolding, admitted that he did. A person named Stanley was called in, who iden tified him as a person who hail signed the con tract-deed ; that he left the room, and, after an absence of half an hour, returned and signed the deed in another name ; that he went out a se cond time, and again returned in about half an hour, and signed under another name.—(liear, hear.) Hart, the clerk, could nut undeitake to say that he signed in more than one name—in any other name than the one in which he received the script. Ilis motion was that the Attorney-General be directed to prosecute this person. Lord CAMPBELL said, from his experience of pro secutions by order of the House, which frequently were unattended with the results which were expected, he should strongly advise the House to well consider the case before they came to the resolution of prosecuting. The person acknowledged that he had signed the deed in other names than his own, and had c onsequently acknowledged his guilt, and havinr , thus been guilty of gross impropriety, he ought to have been reported to the House. In such a case, the judge who tried it would tell the jury that he had not committed perjury. lie was, no doubt, guilty of great prevarication ; but, as he had said, he did not think that a charge of perjury could is main taineds gaiust him. Lord COTTENIIAIi said from what he had heard of, the evidence and of the way in which the witness ex plained himself, he apprehended that there would be great difficulty in prosecuting him for perjury. But where a witness grossly misconducted himself, as in this case, it should be referred to the Attorney-General, who should prosecute him if he thought fit, and, there ,ore, the House should direct that officer to prosecute hi m . He apprehended that there was no danger of a person escaping, unless the Attorney-General should happen to a come to a wrong decision. Lord CAMPBELL said the Attorney-General had no jurisdiction without the direction of the House, whose servant he was, and whose injunctions he was bound to obey. In the great case of Stockdale the Attorney- General was ordered to prosecute by the House. The Earl of WicKLQW said that if the Committee Midi' Gil quwitiOiiite''i4 inriasg,"l7:77t7on O.A about to commit perjury, and if you do so, aft - er this in. timation, you are amenable to judgment, and they will be obligedln take cognizance of it." - . Lord MONTEAGLE said that their L,rdAiips could not well avoid taking notice of the matter, , had they not already exhibited very great incon.istency in not proceeding in the case ; for the individuai had had it in his power to have put himself out of the reach of their Lordships. The whole case exhibited a system of fraud and trickery : which might be provided against by their Lordships' House. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR, who supported the suggestion of Lord Montesgle, Lord BESBOROUGFI moved that the case be re ferred to a Select Committee of the House for.. investi gation. .. •• • Lord CO FTENHAM did not see that the House could proceed against the individual John Stinton for an offence, if the offence were not committed against the House. The Earl of DEVON suppinied the motion of the. Noble Lord (Lord B..sborough).—Agreed to. Lord REDESDALE presented petitions from. Weste winster, and the City of London, praying for the po-t -ponement of the Lunacy Bill. The House then resolved itself into Commiltee on the Bill for the protection of Seamen entering Merchant Ships. The Bill then went through Committee, pro forma. The House resumed. TITHES. • Lord CAMPBELL presented two petitions, praying a rectification of the statute respect rig the commutation of tithes. The Noble Lord added that legislation on the subject was absolutely necessary. But for that Act, the commutation of tithes would have lung since taken place all over the kingdom. The LORD CHANCELLOR said different construc tions had been put upon Lord Tt nterden's Act on this subject, and he agreed with the Noble Lord in thinking that legislation on the suhjoct t' as tuts. beck ) . tite(s.ary. He would, next session, bring in a the.subjtet. STATE OF GREECE, Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition against the 28th clause of the Lunacy Bill. The Noble Lord then adverted to the state of brigandage on • tl.e frcntiers of Greece, to which he had some time ago called the atten tion of the House, and to which he now wi-lied to direct the attention of the Foreign-office. The interests •of France and Englaod were identical as regarded Greece, and it was incumbent that a good understanding r-hould exist between them ; but it could not be denied that French interests, partictearly in nwirtri: , 2 Iry ttrp, were now predominant in Greeee.—(lbar, heai.) The question that he wished to put was, if 1::c Foreign office were informed of the state of Cie, frontier between Greece and Turkey, and, if -,,, whether they had taken any measures on the and also whether they had sent out instrivitions to ty;•,-.• Edmund Lyons, to have General Valence removed iron: the frontier. The Earl of ABERDEEN would not deny but tnc peculiar state of Greece might justify the Noble Lord in Lringing the question before their Lordships, which, under other circumstances, he would not have b:-en warranted in doing. He did not mean to say that Engl.md had not a right to interfere in the aflitirs cif Greece, for she had borrowed a sum of this country, the interest of which had not been paid, and England.was consequently, by the treaty, justified in interfering and having . the revenue so adjuAed that her own, claims might be - satisfied. The Greek Government would do well to remember that this was not a vain formality, but a real right, which could be exercied whenever this country thought proper. However, they relied upon the faith of the Greek Government to keep faith Kith this country, and act in a fair and honest in,:nner. Ile would not attempt to conceal the pain he felt at tile present un fortunate state of Greece. Outrag(s had h• en committed there, murders and robberies, and violence of - almost every kind—and, in short, the state of Greece was any thing but tranquil and orderly ; at - the same time he felt bound to say that, as a Minister of another State, he had no right to express an opinion as to the Govern ment of Greece, nor as to the causes which led to • the present unfortunate results. He had given such advice to M.Coletti as he thought prudk:nt and useful, and hoped it would have due weight in the councils of Greece. With regard to the excesses on the frontiers, ho felt bound to say that they had been grossly exaggerated. The population on the frontiers were but imperfectly civilized, and if the Cretans of old were proverbial for lying, the Greeks of the prest nt day were proverbial for robbing. He did not deny that outrages had taken place OR the Turkish and Grecian frontier, but he must, say that these outrages bad, both in nature and extent been grossly exaggerated, it was likewise utterly untrue that the Greek Government had encouraged these pro ceedings—the reverse was the fact. The supposition that Greece would go to war with Turkey was most absurd ; hOw could a bankrupt State without any military force do so? And even if Turkey were not able to cope with Greece, was there not the explicit declaration of the -three great Powers, Russia, England, and France to pre vent any such contingency. If Colletti had fur a moment imagined such a thing, he should be put into Bedlam. if there was such a place as Bedlam in Gr.& ece. The Noble Lord was under a misunderstanding, as regarded Valence. He was not a commander as sup posed of any considerable force, but only the leader ,of l 8 undisciplined men. There was therefore nt,t the slightest ground for uneasiness on the part of the il'Ort.. There was no truth in the ins , nuation that English interests were on the decline in Grevee►. English inte rests there were as strong as ever and it was only rea sonable to think they should be so, as ten Englishmen visited Greece fur one of any other country. its long a 3 English merchants were honest in their dealings, wealthy and enterprising, to long would they comman: respect and Collttti, if inclined could not undemir, - ; such influence. There certainly were English, Fr.tecit, and Russian parties in Greece; the m's'imunr• us that there was no Greek party there ; that was what was desirable ; and he hoped one would, before long, take up a position in Greece. —(Cheers.) The subject then dropped. LONDON COAL TRADE BILL. Lord DALEIOUtiIE moved tile secont! reading c Coal Trade of London Bill. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said that any observations he might make were not from any hostility to the Bill, but he wished to show what th Noble Earl had omitted in framing it. The tax, 11(3 admitted, had been originally improperly imposed, *DI it was not till 1840 that the Government of the day considered it advisable to direct that th tax should be placed under the surveillance of Commissioners appointed sih:eially for the purpose. In that year, 1840, the revenue derived front this tax amounted to nu less than 125,0001., showing an importa tion of 2,500,000 tons of coals. In 1841 the amount had increased by 400,00 t) tons, yielding an a,lditional revenue o f 20,0001. ; in 1842 it had increased 200,000 tons, giving an additional revenue of 10,0001. ; and in 1843 it was further increased 100,000 tons, or an addi tional revenue of 5,0001. In 1844 in consequence of the str;ke in the collieries, it was true that th importation had fallen off to such an amount as to show a decrease of 3,5001. For the half-year end ng last June an in crease again appeared of 30,000 tons, or 6.000/. addi tional revenue, and thus an actual revenue, of 165,0001. had been received by taxing this absolute necessary of life. While this injustice continued, any measure purporting to improve the position of the trade would be delusive and unsuccessful, and falling as the tax did upon the poor and the con sumer, who virtually were the parties importing the commodity, it was a gross hardship upon the labouring classes, who stood most in need of the article thus denied them, and he implored the Government to IN lill• draw it. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER differed from the Noble Marquis in his anticipations of the inutility of the measure. He regarded it as a most important means of pi otecting both the trade and the consumer. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said the Noble Marquis who had just sat down had gone over a much lsrger extent of ground than was necessary in considering the present measure. The question before their Lordships was, whether they would, as heretofore, levy the rate of a penny p-r ton to be applied to a corn exchange, or that it should be applied to purposes of improving parts of the town where great physical misery and social evil prevailed. The simple issue before their Lordships was. whether or not a penny per ton should be applied to work out the great and salutary benefits to which Ire referred. After s few words from the Marquis of LONDON DERRY, the Bill was r.ad a scs-nrl ion:. LUNATIC BILL. Thi Bill, with the amenlmental, was rcltd a third eerie and passed. BONDED CORN BILL. • This Bill was also real a third time and pt.,55 , ...d. SELLING AND LEASING RAILWAYS. This Bill was likewise read a third time and passed. CONSOLIDATION OF CUSTOMS BILL. The Earl of DALHOUSIE moved the second readiag of this group of Bills, wid:.ll he characterised as Dils that were not likely to elicit any discussion. After a few words from Lori MONTEAGLE, the Bills were severally read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. REAL PROPERTY BILL. - This Bill was rend a third time, and passed. FISHERIES IN DIELAND BE,L. • This Bill a•as read a thir.l time, and passed ; • the Militia jr a Bill, the AsAistant Barristers Bill, and the Masters and Workmen's Bill. Several other Bills were advanced a stage, mut lag House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, .Tula 31. BRAZIL SLAVE-TRADE BILL. On the order the day fur bringing up the report on thisßill,being read, Mr. MILNEU GIBSON sad he wished to mtke a few remarks on this Bill. He said ho 'had particularly ex mined the provisions of the 8111, and was unable to view it in any favourable light The treaty amounted to this, that it was a declaration of the intention of the Executive Government, and they could not hold that the subjects of that country were to be dealt with by a mere declaration of the Executive Governm,nt. They could not hold that any Power could bring the subjects into 61 criminal tribunals, and indict punishments short of the laws under which they lived. The Governinent of Brazil had passed no such law as that they should be punished for carrying on the slave trade, anti the Govern:lli pct of this country had official kno.sl , dge that such law did not exist. The Eng'ish Government could not possess the power of punishing them when th,• lan s of their own country could not punish them. If there were such a law in their own country, it then remr.ined a question whether they could punish them in this country for a breali of their own law. He tield-Ab.A to be most unquestionab!e, and was at a loss to understand the explanation which her Majesty's Attorney-General gave to them when the subject was before the House , on a former evening. This measure appeared 'to him J s . o _ -~- ~-- S _. ~. ~ 5 ~,,~ : ...~. 4274 2'25 122 3 1 41 106 6 /4 193 89 The isfe d ' The the tpis from drl o of the M • I t4 i f