The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-02 00:00:00

lock ice 0 ad A ng so itil it )einii Diced SPORTING INTEL LIGEN CE. EAST SURREY (PECKHAM) RACES.—TUESDAY. The Victoria Stakes of 2 soya, each, with 15 added ; the se cond to save his stake ; the winner to be sold for 701. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. A. Dixon's The Star, aged. Ss I lib --(Hackett) 1 1 Mr. Trimming's Gazelle, 3 yrs. ist Mr. Wernitick's Arrian, aged, 9-t ; Mr. Henbow's Delusion, aged, Bst I llb ; and Mr Hatch's Kate Kearney, aged, Bst 111 b, also ran. Won easy. The Rosemary Stakes of 3 sovs. each. with 20 added ; the second to save his stake. Heats, twice round and a dis tance. Mr. Trimming's Gazelle, 3 yrs, 7st 61b ...( Evans) 2 1 1 Mr. Wesley's Jessie Hammond, 3 yrs, ist 6lb Mr. Gibson's Concealment, 3 yrs, 7st 61b Won cleverly. The Harkforward Stakes of 2 soya. each, with 15 sous added, the second to save his stake. Heats, twice round and a dis tance. (6 Subs. • ) 11 . 1 r. Pilgrim's Bob Booty, 5 vrs, 9st I Ilb ...(Mathews) 1 1 Mr. Hardy' s F a irpl a y, aged, 9st 1I lb • 0 2 Mr. Whittingt on ' s Gipsey, aged, 9-t, Mr. Taylo r ' s Littl e -thought-of, Bst 71b 0 0 Mr. Robinsou' s Tincton, aged, lost Won easy. The apart appeared to give general satisfaction to an immense assemblage of spectators. The list for to-morrow promises abundance of racing. . NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, 1845. The following is the programme fur the ensuing meet ing, which commences on Tuesday next. (The horses to which an asterisk is prefixed are now at Newmarket.) TrESDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and only 5 ft, if declared by ten o'clock the evening before running, &e.; for three yrs old and upwards. New T.Y.C. The July Stakes of 50 sews, each, 30 ft, for two yrs old, &c. New T.Y.C. * Lord Spencer's Titbit *Lord Albemarle's Smuggler Bill, and *The Little Vulgar Boy * Lord Exeb-r's b c by Cylwi e k, out ef Toga; and *b c by Colwick, out of N1,,e.!•.1 *Mr. Gurney's b c Ee Mr. Hook's Buttress Mr. W. R. Brown's Yo-r.1):•:ni *Mr. Robies's P.iwiihr , Colon. I Pe, rs.h.• e by Slanr , or.t %re!, Lord J. Fitzr .‘'s i t Vo!: Mr. I`..nt', It, ea, Mr. E. \-Ve;ktl's Gvzmul M,'. Gnli St , :ckleetdere and Fraudulent *Lord (..)(ord',:, ( bj Ells, out of Zipporch WEDNESDAY. . 501, for three, ors old, ist. 9 lb ; four yrs. 8s yrs, 9st 1c; six yrs, and a?ctl, 9st . 5 starting p,st of 'f.'.M.M. to the end of The Tow, 1)!...ve 1' 5(1 for three vrs fill es, Bst 3I:•). Last in Sweepstak-..s of 10 at of Mary Ann; and *b f 7t; 6ve From the Bst 7IZ: ; and distance of 8.0 yrs (Ad. Est 91b ; foer yrs, 8 ,- .t 7itt ; five yrs, Sst 10th ; six . yrs ab. 9st. T. M.lll. Winner to be sold ta,r 3001. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for Two yrs old, colts. B st 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. Last half or UM. Winner to be sold for 2001., &c. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old, colts, Bst 711), and fillies, Bst 41b. New T.Y.n. lv irn - K. to be sold for 100/., &c. *Mr. Shelley's Blanche, Bit 41h, agst Mr. Bouveriu's Science, Bst 11b. T.Y.C. 501. THURSDA.Y. Sweepstakes of 10 SOS's. each, for taco yrs ',ld 6st 1 ill , and three y rs , 9 st 11 1 b. New T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 2001., &c. *Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for all ages but two yrs old. From the starting post of 8.11., to end of N.-w T.Y.C. The Chesterfield Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 20ft, for two yrs old, &e. Last half of B.M. Lord Albemarle's Nell Cook Captain Spencer's Pix * Lord Exeter's .b c by Colwick, out of Toga ; and *la c by Colwick, out of Mecca Mr. Gregory's La Goualeuse Mr. Walker's Guzman Colonel Peel's c by Slane, out of Mary Ann ; and *i' by Slane out of Garcia *Mr. Marson's b c by Don John, out of Benda Lord Chesterfield's The Free Lance Mr. Ford's The Sempstress Mr. Herbert's b c by Venison, out of Pet ; and f by Rettnan Platoff, out of Ligty Lord Lonsdale's c by The Saddler, out of Barbakin Mr. Gull y ' s Fraudulent * Duke of Rutland's f by Caesar out of Ramadan's darn. The Plates, &c.. close the night, before running. The railway to Chesterford, sixteen miles from New market, will be. opened on Wednesday next. YOltK AUGUST MEETING. The Great Ebor Handicap Of 20 SOVS. each, 15 ft. and 5 only if declared on or before Saturday we• k. age st lb age st lbi Alice Hawthorn 9 9' Midlothian St Lawrence ............... a a 9 ;-sKing of the Gipsies 4 6 5 Winesour... ..... 58 1 pTohttel Sure.. ........... :11 4 8 131 Northumberland 5 6 4 .... 48 13 Elixir Discord ............ I , t Crikey Billy ... 3 6 0 Aristotle . ::.. ......... ... a 8 ' ".- Whip colt 3 6 f ... 6 8 9 l's 3 6 0 ) John o' Gauni ........... a 8 9 ('rim Con Mickey Free '• •••••• 4 8 8 Winchester ...... Pagan ........... 8 S Coh,-itess The Shadow" .. .. .... .... a a, 8 8 Little Hamptim Trueboy ............ ... 5 3 5 10 8 8 Newsmonger Valerian ... Eboricurn The 8e5t........ ::: 685 ., : t , ...... . 800 tee...... ~.. 5 r+ . Alitee, 3 5 9 of.T,re; ... 4 8 1 Portlier! Lady Skipsey ...... ••• 5 6 ,t Puy 3 5 7 Partbian ..... .. ...... 5 ~ (I S;atoptun Queen of 'fp; Lightnirer 4 7 12 l'w , g ... ..... . ...... 3 5 7 Bay Mourn. 4 7 12 Aoril 1‘1 ,,, 10y ... ...... 3 5 7 Atilton L4ra 1 7 Il.Ciumseg 3 5 6 Godfrey .............. 4 7 10 _Matta; Pau. , ty •••••• 3 5. 5 Storna‘th,r i 7 ‘; rtauda Roderick ... 6 7 9 I'y the;, 3. 5 h Pou,siii ... ........ ... 5 7 & La.,l 8a) ah 4 . 5 4 Beaufre,t ..... . ...... 4 7 7gr,t by Stump.; General Pollock ..... i 7 7 C a bi n B oy Princ e Royal . 47 5 L i ttl e .I,lin 35 4 Na worth ...... .. .. .. a 7 5 Cock Robin ....... ..... 4 5 3 1 The P r id e o f K i ld are 4 7 4 Psalin.inger 3 5 Yardley Everton 5 5 3 What 2 5 7 2 The Whi,t7er :3 5 0 4 7 '' Cn z 'di • Rowen a Croton Oil My Old Hack Porto Bello ... Jamie Forest Quebec Pedometer Alamode Vol-au -Vent Cataract Dt. Sangrado ... 46 10 Anti-Repealer ..... 34 10 Annandale Advice 46 9 Stittenham ... .. Ceekamaroo 4 6 9 Prescription . Sii Abstrupus ...... . 4 6 9 Guano Poor Soldier 5 6 9 Strea in..... ......... .... 3 4 5 Seaport 4 6 8F by ''hysician ..... ... 3 4 4 Miss Burns Connaught Ranger ... 3 6 7 Maria Dr. Husband ... ...... 4. 6 7 Extravaganza Moustache ...... •...•. 46 6 Th e Correct Card Jezail, 3 yrs, Ithuriel, 4 yrs, and Napier, 5 yrs, pay ft. NEWTON, 1815. Handicap for the Borough Cup. e age st lb Winesour i g st .. 5 9 11 Y ar dl ey . .......... a y e ..... 5 6 lb Aristotle . ....... •..... Trueboy •••••... Philip 5 8 3'Pedometer ............ 4 6 10 David Parthiart. . : ............. 5 7 9 Imaum 4 6 9 Roderick .............. 67 7 Little Hampton My Old Hack ......... a 7 7 Lady Sarah ...... ••••• 4 6 6 Quebec ................. 5 7 4 Hudibras Evertors ............. ... 5 7 4' Agriculture Nottingham ........... 57 3 Cock Robin .... 46 0 Bovrena .......... .. ..... 4 7 2 Staley JErebus .s.l .. 4 7 0 The Hermit 3 6 0 .. ena_ ......... 4 5 12 'ride! 1 .... : ............. 4 7 0 Obscurity kingiltteildare ...... 4 7 0 Wynyard etaard e . u _G u ipsies... 4 7 0 Secur,dus 4 pft a' ...... 3 7 0 ,gea t THE On Monday the ed n' b a y we match r circles, to b e the yachts long announced in the aquatic sporti ng cove yachts of this club, for a silver cup Lint h 'presented by Earl Fitzh a rdi nge, came off His Lordship sho ad Ma b de coat it conditional that the crews of the ting yachts adv u e l i d altt e ou en t t a ir id el composed of members o f t h e c l ub, an d t h at no such should be derived fr om pro f ess i onal seamen, and persons as are to be found in the fore-and-aft craft in the r iver and on the coast. This made the match of more than usual in terest, and though accidents were contemplated. and measures taken for their results, fortunately none of:Tinned. and the wh,le match was sailed in a creditab,e manner. The copra steamer Conveyed the company, amongst whom were the Duke of Marl borough, Lord Loftus, Lord Lisburne, Sir Houghton, &c., from London.bridge to Greenwich, where the match wds to count, and sail thence to Coal house Point and track to Gt..euwicti. The following are the names of the yachts en ,aged in the contest With their tonnage, tier.:— The Phantom 20 tout ; London, kinson, The Belvidere, 25 tons; London. Lord A. Paget. Prima Donna, 25 tons ; London. Mr. C. ft, Tazli Widgeon, London. Mr T. E. Snook. The start took place at Greenwich at ten mi , ut , past trcelcr o'clock, the wind blowing tolerably fresh from the western.by-nor. h Point of the compass. The Widgeon was the first to get .:was, but maintained her position only for a moment. The Belvidere took the lead off Blackwell, and kept it till the end of the match. She rounded the buoy at Coal house Point at nine minutes past three o'clock, p>w , and was pursued by the Prima Dolma, which rounded at fourteen minutes past three o'clock. The Phantom rouThied at fourteen minutes and a halt, and the Widgeon at twenty-seven minutes past three o'clock. The match hack !o Greenwich was not diversified by any incidents. The match was won by Lord A. Paget, in the Belvidere, which rounded the flag buoy at Greenwich at seven o'clock. The Prima Donna came in at st x minutes past eeven o'clock ; the Phantom at a qua. ter past ( flat hour, and the 'Widgeon at ten minutes atterwards. The a°rotriodore, Mr. Harrison, presented the cup to Lord A. Paget, and, amidst the cheers of the passengers, his Lordship returned thanks. The match altogether was a good one ; the crews were somew hat awkward, b u t th e i r zea l ma d e up f or t h e i r naut i ca l t i e aciencies, and as a whole the thing came off in good style. Osner, Mi. A. G. —__ - THE RICHMOND FLEET AGROUND.—On Sunday aliernocii the Richmond steamers, on their way from that place neLondon, got a ground in that part of the river called Strand Gut, r Ke w. The first one that struck the bed of the Thames was the Richmond. She was followed by the Era, and as the others e it arae uP they g rounded also. Ihe Childe Harold and the Lalla °° kh, which run b etween Chelsea and Kew, were both stopped. „ 9`War on her way to Kew with two hundred passengers on board; e other, with a similar f re i g h t, was proceed i ng towards London. earner after steamer, tilled with people, came down from Hampton e'3. -It Twickenham, Richmond, and Kew, and at last there were :vessels aground. They were detained upwards of three hours , 41 the flood tide, which is two hours later than at London. "41., &Widths= of RAILIVA COMA' ft FEES ( ESTERDAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. CALEDONIAN ILAILIIVAY. This Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock, in the Vice- Chan lor's Court, Lord Radnor in the chair, when the examination of witnesses was resumed. Mr. Morris, who furnished Mr. Pare with a considerable portion of his data regarding the traffic on the route of the line, gave eri •ence to that effect, and to its general correctness. Mr. Nelson, butcher, of Glasgow, deposed respecting the number of cattle that passed through the district for the English market. The number of sheep and cattle was very large, and he had no doubt the greater portion would be carried along this line. Mr. Smith, factor, of Blackwood, near Glasgow; Mr Miller, factor, of Cambernauld ; Mr. Robson, of Dumfries, and Mr. Burrell, of Dumfries, severally gave evidence on the subject of traffic. These witnesses were all examined in the Committee of the House of Commons, and their evidence now was, in substance, but a repetition of what was stated there. Mr. Locke, civil engineer, was next examined. He went in detail through the various engineering peculiarities of the line, gradients, tunnels, cuttings, embankments, stations, &c., all of which have already been fully reported. With respect to the accommoda. Lion of Dumfries, it was the intention, he believed, to supply that town with railway accommodation, though their branch had been rejected in the Committee of the other House. He did not be lieve that the plans of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle were qualified for that purpose. They (the Caledonian) had agreed to have an independent station at Edinburgh, and also to cross the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway at Castlecory, without touching the railway. This was necessary, as the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company would oppose the construction of the present line, and was now acting in conceit with the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, against the passing of the Bill. Mr. ANDREWS cross.examined the witness at some length. He admitted that the Caledonian would not give much accommodation to the district of country through which the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle line was proposed to be taken. The amount of ac commodation, however, could be much increased by omnibuses horn the various towns to the railway stations. The Caledonian line passed through a c , nsiderable portion of country very thinly populated, yet, never' heless, it was a fine agricultural country. He surveyed the south of Semiarid, for the purposes of a railway. in 1836. and again in 184 u. He made reports of these surveys. The seer rest gradient he proposed in 1841) was 1 in 100. In the present plan, I io 75 was the severest. There were seve ral othets nearly as bovere. They could be very easily worked by locomotive eniones. There was a gradient on the Gloucester ami Birminglreat two ;rules in 'ungth lin 35, worked II a Neoinotive en,.; toe. It had always been work:ti by a neortiotive Th., severeness of the pradiews was rom,ens<eed by advantages of shortness of distance anti ,upetior gr. - dir tits and levels on other portions of the line. Mr. Locke was further cross.examined at great length respecting the cti*tanco: ,t) Glasgow and Edinburgh of the line under consi tieretion, compared with the Gleegow, Dumfries, asid Carlisle on the other side, and the Cal lisle, Hawick, and Edinburgh on the other, with the view of showing that the latter lines would turnish a much kuperier communic..tion hes w:xli the respective tetinini than the former. Mr. Errington, engineer, deposed to the general correctness of the evidence given by Mr. Locke. He was examined at cot. siderable lerigth on the in comparison with those pre,. posed for the Glasgow. Dumfries, and Carlisle line . With respect to these he ronsidered those on the Ca!edonia» line preterali:e, all thing :inn:noel ed. It was only a choice between a 1 'ading giadient of one in 75 and another of one in 100. with this advantage in favour of the former gradient that it traversed a slimier distamie than the lacier. There w,arld nut he a very great tnfferi.nce between working a gradient of oin, in 75 and one in lOn each the gnat improvement that had now taken place iii the power of loco. motive eilgii:es. With the es.aininativm of another witness, whose evidence was not of a material character, the cast fur the promoters of the line closed. The case for the opponents of the Bill wil. come on to-morrow at eleven o'clock, to which time the Committee adjourned. STANDING ORDBUS COMMITTEE. Lord SHAFTESBURY took the ehair in this Committee at four o'clock. The Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill teas passed, having complied with the standing orders. The Liverpool and Bury Bill also passed the Committee. GREAT NORTH 01' ENGLAND RAILWAY (RICHMOND BRANCH). This Bill passed Standing Orders. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP A. On the Chairman taking his seat this morning, Mr. AUSTIN addressed the Committee on the part of the pro posed atmospheric LONDON, CROYDON, CHATHAM, AND OR- PINGTON LINES, and entered at great length into the merits of the three proposed lines—the North Kent, the South-Eastern, and the London and Croydon—and pointed out the fact, that the proposed railway was in a direct line, which was not the case with either of the other railways. He (Mr. Austin) had been accused by Mr. Merrewether of privy conspiracy with the North Kent Company, because he had not exa. mined witnesses against the North Kent line; but he would de fend himself from that accusation by striking the death.blow to that line. He would show that their traffic case was absurd, it was grossly absurd, and he hoped when he had done so, his friends on his right (Mr. Merrewether and Mr. Alexander) would acquit him of the charge which they had made in his ab sence, for they dared not to make it in his presence.—(A laugh from Mr. Merrewether.) But they need not rejoice in the fall of the North Kent Company, for every oat in the coffin of that Company was also a nail in the coffin of the South-Eastern, since their case was entirely fituided on that of the North Kent Com pany, and was therefore as absurd ; indeed, it was more absurd. There were d.grecs of adsurdity, and the North Kent had net reached zero, to which point the South-Eastern Company Lad de , cenued The tir.t great W:4urdity consisted in Mr. Vignolles having calculated that he would draw off one-halt of the traffic from th, r iver, though he would not com;ete with the steam boats in I. os of prices; no man wishing to go (min London to Woolwieh, and knuwing that ha could go by s.ealit. WA , tor a -nilii'.g, GUM p:.y two shillings to go by the Notth Kent hue. &me id of who had a right to live, and no mete, might put his hand Ili i i, pocket aF:d pay two shillings for a less plea , ant passx..o than lie could get for one, but let . him take aoy rational animal, with a co' and shoe , on, and there was very little doubt of the nature of his en..ice. But there was .mother absurdity. Mr. Vigil°lles proposed tee take passengers coming to the station by laed at a rate of I ;)ii per mile, and to carry passenger: corning by water, at a rate of>l, per mile, though carried in the sane carriages and at the same rate. Now, such a thing as . this had never been done on a Scotch lute, It had never been stone on art English line, and he need hardly assure the Hon. Member on the Chairman's right (Mr. Roche) that it had never. .been attempted on an Irish line. He (Mr. Austin) was counsel for several Irish lines in other MOWS, and he always found that if John and Peter, or to speak more appro priately, if they took Patrick and Phelim the same distance, at the same ip ee d , and e i en in the sane car, they never thought of chargi ng 'P atr i ck a penny Willie they charged Phelan only a halfpenny. There we, many gentler absurdities in these traffic tables, but he would only dwell on the most prominent. Mr. Austin t au in several tables showing the exagg , rations of Mr. Vignol:es' traffic tables,• and all u d e d shortly to the traffic tables of the South. Eastern line.- He al so enteredtutu 'a clutailea repe t it i on of the evidence on the sti , jevt of the estimates of Mr. Vignolles, all the important poi, is en which have been published already in The Sun. Mr. Austin then said hat he had but a very few words to 4ay wish regard to the South Eastern line. His friends on the part of that line had no right to be there—they had no right even to oppose the North Kent line, as they had no Bill, but only a project. The oujectioirs to the tire tables of the North Kent line all applied to those of the South_ Eastern line, and besides the objection to giving a decision in fa your of what is at present only a project, it must be remembered that the South-Eastern Company had five other Bills be fore the Committee, and the total expense of these lines was calculated at 7,500,00131., so that between seven and eight millions of money were to be expended in Kentish speculations. The Learned Counsel then entered into the question of the gradients of the proposed atmospheric line. The question now be. fore the Committee was not whether the gradients on the pro. posed line were greater or less than those on the North Kent lines, but whether, if a line through this part of Kent were necessary, these were, or were not, the best that could be had ? Mr. Austin then entered into a series of arguments as to the practicability. of running locomotive carriages on gradients of 1 in 50, in case of the :allure of the atmospheric principle. Mr. Sergeant WRANGIMI replied on the part of the NORTH KENT LXNE, and also spoke at some length as to the evidence on the subject of the letters from Mr. Hignet, the solicitor of the Board of Ordnance, and was still spvaking when Mr. Speaker was announced to be at prayers. The CHAIRMAN then asked whether Mr. Wrangham would be able to conclude his address that evening, if the Committee were to sit till five o'clock ? Mr. Sergeant WRANGHASI thought he would. Mr. ROCHE said he was very anxious that this portion of the case should be concluded that night, as, being in the hands of a physician, ant having attended the Committee for five days, in direct opposition to his orders, he might not be able to attend the Committee if ii adjourned till to-morrow. ,The Chairman then left the room, in order to obtain leave to sit till five n'etock. On has return, Mr. Sergeant WR.ANCRAM continued his address, and re ferred to that part of Mr. Austin's speech in which he said that it was intended by the North Kent Com pany to charge 134 d. for each passenger by land, and %d. for each passenger by water. It was their intention to charge per mite for third-class passengers, 1 lid. for second-class passengers, and 2%d. t'or first-class passengers. It was for this reason that persons coming by water were set down at f4d ptr mile, as such persons were most likely to go by the third.cl4,B can iages On the conclusion of Mr. Sergeant WRANOHAM'S speech, The CIiaIRMAN 5.,.(1, that as it wa, now five o'clock, • and the Committee KV(' not powrr to sit beyond that hour, the vote could not he given this vveohsg. Mr MERREfWETHER, , uggestd that the Chmmittec might intimate their intention. Mr. Witaxonait said that it would be a great convenience to Coui,ei to know the intention of the Commix tee. Mr. ALEXANDER thought the Committee could give their votes with the consent of the parties. The CHAIRnAN desired that the rocnni be c:eared. After a short consultation strahgers were readmitted, and the CHAIRMAN said that the Committee would not give their forma l vote until toanorrow morning, but it w as th e i r i n t ent i on t o vote that the preamble of the London, Chatham, and North Kent Bi wag not proved, nor wa‘ that of the London and Croydon Bill . The Committee Rave no vote nu to thy South.Eastere as it we 001 y a projaCt. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. • C.;IMITI' . CHICBEIZSICER„ AND ponTs., .a . l O - 33 pon- rs . !LW' 5X OH .LX7.4 s. The Commiltte resumed the consideration of the claw.es of these various Bills this morning, and commenced with those of the Guildford, Chichester, and Port-mouth line. On the clause which provided for the erection of a station " at or near Godalming," some discussion arose, the Chairman wishing something more definite; but the subject was eventually left to the settlement of Messrs. Talbot and Gurney. The provisions of the London and Portsmouth Direct (atmo spheric) line, were then discussed, and the Committee were en gaged the remainder of the day in fixing the tolls and other formal arrangements for the rail. The time allowed for the construction was named at five years instead of seven, as originally required. A few technical alterations and additions were made, and the Com_ mittee adjourned at four o'clock. U 1011j1 - • P. THE SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. The Committee on the South- Wales Railway Bill, which had been referred back to them by the House of Commons, for the pur. pose of proceeding with the remaining clauses, in order ghat the Bi►l might be reported, assembled this morning at twelve o'clock, Mr. E. Buller in the chair. ..._ . Mr. COCLBURN took as objection to the clauses being proceeded with, and was about to state the grounds of his objection, when he was interrupted by The CnAiSmeN, who inquired whether, under the circumstances TA. N, LONDON,' WEDNEBDA MORNIN G of the case, the L,rned G..ntleman would persist in his opposi tion. Was he aware that the matter had been discussed in Parlia ment, and that the Bill had been referred back to them, to go through the clauses to enable them to report it ? Mr. CocKauaN suggested that the clauses, if taken at all, should be gone through sub mod°. The great difficulty, as it appeared to him, was the crossing of the Severn, and it would be useless for the Committee to proceed with the clauses, unless some plan should be suggested by which the Company could obviate that difficulty. The Committee must be satisfied that the passage across the Severn could be properly arranged with the Admiralty, otherwise . they would be precisely in the same position as they were when they last left the Committee.room. He was sure that if the sufficient powers could not be obtained an insuperable bar would be pre scnted to the further progress of the Bill. The Committee must feel that they could not proceed unless they were satisfied that the difficulty which was involved in the resolution they had come to on a previous occasion could be got over. The only way of resolv ing the difficulty was by referring the Bill to the Standing Orders Committee. The Bill had been before the Committee on the peti tion for the Bill, and he believed had also been referred to the Standing Orders Committee, which was to meet to-day, and if any diffieulty should arise on the standing orders the entire scheme must be destroyed. He was aware it had been proposed that the passage of the Severn should be effected by means of a tunnel under the river, but no positive statement to that effect had been urged; and even were the statement correct, before the Bill could be further proceeded with all the requirements of the stand ing orders must be complied with, and it must also be made clear that the altered line in an engineering point could be properly car ried out. Mr. TALBOT, in reply, said it appeared to bim that his Learned Friend had fallen into several errors in his statement. It was a serious mistake to suppose that the Committee were in the same position now as when they last left that room. The whole matter had been referred by the Committee to the House of Commons, and the House of Commons had decided in so distinct a manner that it could not be left to the suggestion of this or that individual as to what the course of the Committee should be. The House of Commons have clearly called upon the Committee to proceed with the clauses of the Bill, in order that it might be reported to the House. He could not see how the Committee could do other wise than proceed with the clauses, or they would be acting in con travention to the express order of the House. The CHAIRMAN said that it was the opinion of the Committee that the clauses should be proceeded with. The 21st clause, which affected thetpassage of the Severn, must be postponed until the Bill had been before the Standing Orders' Committee. Mr. DANIEL wished to be heard, in pursuance of a notice of motion made on Thursday last, in the House of Commons, by Cap tain BPrite!cy, to the effect that the petitions of Mr. Cambridge, Mr. White, Ali. Cothers, and of the Corporation of Gloucester, against the line of the Sot.h_Wales Railway, be referred to the ommittee on Group P, and that the several petitioners be heard ha counsel against the Bill. He wished to know whether he was C tnpetent to be heard ? Atter some conversation, The CLIAIRM AN said it was the opinion of the Committee that the Learned Couu>el could he heard in opposition to the clauses re. lating to the passage of the railway across the Sevet n. The clauses of the Bill were then proceeded with. The ?.Ist to the '27th clauses were postponed for consideration t 1 to..no,rrow. The CHAIRMAN observed that he expected to-morrow morning all parties who had clauses to propose would be ready to proceed without delay, and they ~.liou;d in the interim mutually exchanu clauses, so that no difficulty might he presented. At the close of the day's proceedings, Mr. D►Vis, who appeared for Sir T. C. Buvey and the It(v. Mr. Jones, complained that the overweening influence of the Great Western Company had deprived his clients of many advantages to which they were justly entitled, and he strongly reprobated the course which had been adopted by the promoters of the Bill. The Committet then adjourned till twelve to-morrow. A. CILMOILIDGE AND LINCOLN LINE. Tll F LONDON AND YORK CRISIS. The Committee protracted Iheir sitting last evening till a quarter past six o'clock, in order to give the Counsel for and against the point as to the validity of the deed of settlement of the London and York Company, which was raised yesterday by Mr. Hildyard on behalf of the Cambridge and Lincoln line, an opportunity to conclude their arguments, and those arguments having been brought to a close at that hour, the Committee adjourned till half-past twelve o'clock this day, at which hour a dense crowd had assembled round the door of the Committee room, and the deepest and most intense anxiety appeared to be felt by those interested as to the probable way in which the Committee would decide, while the question was kept continually passing from mouth to mouth " How do you think it will be—which way will they give it ?" At half-past twelve the Committee-room was thrown open, and they rushed in with such force that the room was crammed to the doorway in an instant. The Committee were present, and when all parties were admitted they retired to the next room, where they remained until one o'clock, and then entered the room, when The CHAIRMAN said, I have been instructed by the Committee to state that they have come to the following resolution—first, that it is competent for the Committee to decide the point that has been raised; and secondly, that it is competent for the Corn. mittee to authorise the London and York Company to raise the additional sum proposed. This announcement was received with an ill-suppressed cheer in the room, and loud demonstrations of approbation outside. Mr. HILDYARD begged of the Committee to allow him to wait for a few moments, until some of those who were making a noise in the room had left for the Stock Exchange.—(Laughter.) Order having been restored, he then proceeded with his statement. He said that the Committee having now decided that point adverse to the Company lie represented, he would new proceed to recapi. tulate the case he had made out for the Cambridge and Lincoln scheme, and contrast the merits of it with those of the London and York scheme. He would undertake to show the Committee th it the Cambridge and Lincoln line, even having engines of as great weight as those of the London and York Company, and trains as heavy, still they would undertake to arrive at the end of a journey or an equal number of miles many hours before the London and York trains could, owing to the superior gradients of the Cambridge and Lincoln line. These gradients, the Committee would remember, were, for the distance of 167 miles, not more than I in 300, and fur the whole of the rest of the tine not greater than 1 in 200, while on the London and York line they hat' not more than 48 miles having a gradient of loss than 1 in 2011, and they had in 110 miles a gradient not flatter than I iii 300 In audition to that, he would show that the whole of the Cambridge and Lincoln line ran through a Sit alit level valley the whole way, while the Lon. don and Yak line had merry heavy cuttings and embankments and tunnel , re make, %filch gave the Cambridge and Lincoln line the advantage of being able to arrive at York several hours before the Loudon and York trains could, though the former had to tra erse a journey ot 9?, miles longer than the latter. The Learned Counsel tiirm frifeectied to read portions of the evidence of his witnesses as to the engineering oialculties on the Cambridge and Lincoln line, and contended that they should be re garoled as nothing compred to those on the London and York line, on which, it had been deposed, that there be 80.000 yards of cutting per mile, besides many other difficultieN, of which no mason could be aware until he had ein..meneed eoeriiig into the bowels of the earth. Then let the Committee remember, also, the fact of the immense amount of opposition by landowners to the London and York line, and contrast it with that on the Cambridge and Lincoln line, which amounted just to one, and that a more trumpery opposition which he would scarce notice beyond a single observation or two. He begged of the Committee to look at the gigantic scheme of the London aid York Company, which could not be completed in less than three years, even supposing the contractor had his own way in everything, while the Cambridge and Lincoln line could be completed in eighteen months, owing to the superior facilities the nature of the country afforded. With these observations he would leave the case in the hands of the Committee, confident that they would b e guided in their d ec i s i on on ly by that which should 5 1. pear to them to b e most beneficial to the public service. The Learned Counsel having concluded his observations up on the general merits of the two cases, then said he would proceed to d eal with the respective merits of other competing lines, and then he would address himself to the traffic evidence he had elicited, and show how superior it was to that of the London and York. The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee would not sit later than four o'clock, at which time the Learned Counsel stopped, an d said he would resume his address to-morrow, and the Committee then adjourned. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. MONDAY, JUNE 30. The following Bills were read a third time, and passed : Wear Valley Railway. Middlesbro' and Redcar Railway. Cockermouth and Workington Railway. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (No. 2.) Preston and Wyre Railway Branches. W akefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway. Scottish Midland Junction Railway. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were agreed to : London and Greenwich Railway. North British Railway. Belfast and Ballymena Railway. NOTICE GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Select Committee on Group (K.) adjourned till Tuesday, July 22, at twelve. WESTMINSTER. HALL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,— The writer in your paper of last evening about Mr. Barry and Westminster Hall is labouring under a mistake, or wishes' to lead others into error, by stating that the large window at the south end is the work of the eleventh century. It is true, or allowed to be so, which is much the same now, that the hall was founded by Edward the Confessor ; but for the present edifice, unless it may be a part of the foundations, we may give our forefathers, in the reign of Richard 11., the credit. You may possibly think ine rather officious, and not any assistance; -but I am induced to write these few lines that a good cause (if you should have occasion again to refer to the subject) shotilfi not appear as a matter of great xa , ,igeration by a mistake in the date of four hundred ears. I fear we. shall soon have to deplore the loss of the iouth end of the' hail, which I know, in the architect's iesign, is doomed to destruction.—l am, Sir, &c. June 26, 1845. ZACCIIO. TO THE El)] TOR OF THE SUN. you permit me to direct your attention to allusion in your ieadinft article of last evening, which, ii'uncorrected, may possibly lead to misapprehension. You say that Mr. Barry has encroached considerably on the water way . of the river,. and imply that the ien croachment s, permasent. Now it is but fair to that gentleman to say that the present projecting platform is only temporary, and forms the site of a range of work shops, for w hien no othe-r room could - be found in tee vicinity of tne and that the walls of the " New Palace" will be washed h%- the waters of the river. In the same article I tint! the remark that the sun light of nearly eight eenturks has streamed Cirough the window ,of Hai`. I think two minutes' inspection ref the window nievrosi to will convince you that it is in the style knoo , n among architects as the " Decorated Gothic," a mode of building not known, and certainly not adopt. d, till the latter part of the four teenth or beginti,g of the fifteenth century. I depend on your impartiality, and on the sincerity of your desire to be in the right, and to ascertain and promulgate the truth even in the smallest matters, fur a favourable in terpretation of my bold but necessary strictures. I am, tiir, &c., p. June 26, 1845. [Hume, in his history of William Rufus, says:— "The monuments which remain of this prince are the Tower, Westminster IlaN, and London-bridge, which he built." We prefer the authority of Hume to that of Mr. Barry's friend " Zaccho," but regret that the must give him implicit credit, for he only confirms our suspicions, when he st a t es t h at t h e south end of the flan is " doomed to destruction." It is extremely probab:e, as stated by " Delta," that the south window has been re constructed, and consequently the light of nearly eight centuries has not streamed through the same glass, bgt that is not material to our purpose.—Ep. Sun.] IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 1. Their Lordships met soon after Five o'clock this evening. CORNWALL RAILWAY. Lord FALMOUTH presented twenty-five petitions in favour of the Cornwall Railway. NORTH WALES MINERAL RAILWAY. Lord BROUGH AM presented a petition from Mr. Whaley, of Sergeant's-inn, barrister-at-law, against the North Wales Mineral Railway. GRANTING LEASES BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. RAILWAY BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord BROUGHAM moved the adoption of the three fol lowing resolutions:- 1. That any Bill which is included in the second class, under the standing order of the 16th of August, 1838, and which shall be before this House in the present session, but shall not pass for want of time, shall be marked by the Chair man of Committees, and shall be proceeded with in the ensuing session, if such Bill be brought from the Commons in every re spect the same Bill as that which shall have been so marked by the Chairman. 2. That any Bill of the said second class which shall have been stopped in its progress through the House of Commons in the present session by reason of want of time, and which shall be brought up to this House in the ensuing session marked by the Speaker of that House as having been so stopped, shall be in like manner received by this House. 3. That those Bills which shall have been stopped in this House, and so marked as aforesaid by the Chairman of Com mittees, and also those Bills which shall be brought up for the first time next session marked by the Speaker of the House of Commons as aforesaid, shall be proceeded with upon the same notices as would have been required by this House under its standing orders during the present session, and upon no other notice. They had been reported, after full consideration, by the Select. Committee appointed by their Lordships, and the object of them was to facilitate the performance of the private business of the House during the present over-burdened session of Par liament. He would, therefore, move the adoption of the first resolution. The Earl of WICKLOW was willing to admit the justice of meeting the case stated by the Noble Lord, but he apprehended that the end would be better attained by an Act of Parliament than by those resolutions. The resolutions would not accomplish what a Bill would do. An Act would enable them to introduce the Bills in the next session of Parliament, ad condor', at the same stage precisely where they were left off in the present session, and with less expense to the promoters. After a few words in explanation from Lord BROUGHAM, The Duke of RICHMOND said that a Bill would not save expense to the parties. By a different line altogether more advantages in every respect might possibly be chalked out, and he considered it would not be doing justice to the pubic to bind down Parliament to one which, perhaps, would not afford so much public accommodation. The Duke of WELLINGTON said that it appeared to him that, even if they could close in the present session of Parliament any of these transactions, this would not prevent their Lordships from taking into consideration even the repeal of any Acts having reference to them in a future session. Lord HATHERTON agreed with his Noble Friend op posite (Lord Wicklow) that it was better to proceed by Bill than by resolutions. The difference that would arise in pro ceeding by thee methods was this. By adopting the resolu tions, the House would have to go through the same trouble some, tedious, and expensive forms with every one of the Bills, as at present. By proceeding by Bill, their Lordships could commence, in the next session, at exactly the same stage where the Bill was left off. He did not think that they were alto gether without precedent in adopting such a course, for in Divorce Bills, if he was not mistaken, a similar proceeding had taken place. Lord CAMPBELL was in favour of proceeding by Bill, instead of by resolution. The real object to be obtained was to provide that any railway Bill before the House should be treated as if the House had only been adjourned, not prorogued. In fact, to consider the two sessions as only one, as far as this class of Bills was concerned. . _ Lord BROUGHAM said that, at present, whether they should proceed by resolution or Bill was not the real question. It was as to the principle which the Committee had recom mended in the resolutions now before the House relative to giving Bills the benefit neat session of any progress they might have made iu the present. He did not, however, believe it was possible to draw up a Bill sufficiently intelligible to meet the case. . . _ Lord WICKLOW briefly explained the reason why he thought the course by Bill was preferable to proceeding by re solution. Lord BROTTGHAM said there was no precedent for pro ceeding by Bill in such cases. On the other hand, the House had proceeded by resolution in 1t317 and in 1831, under some what analogous circumstances. Lord STANLEY said the resolutions would only apply to Bills that stood exactly in the same position the next session as they did at the period of rising in the present. If any altera tion was made in the Bill it would deprive them of theproposed benefit. Lord BROUGHAM said this matter had been fully consi dered in Committee, and it was there the general opinion, after mature examination, that no Bills but those which re mained exactly the same, without amendment, should have the benefit of the resolutions. Lord REDESDALE, as one of the Committee, defended the view advanced by the Noble and Learned Lord. He ob jected to proceeding by Bill. Lord HASTINGS argued that the resolutions infringed upon the prerogative of the Crown, and, in his opinion, they ought to proceed with this matter by enactment instead dresolutions. He could not conceive it possible that there could be any difficulty in adopting this suggestion. Lord BROUGHAM had never heard anybody express him self with more entire ignorance of the subject.—( Laughter. ) He quite agreed with the Noble Lord that their course would be unconstitutional if the resolutions should have the effect of passing the Bills, but they would only allow Bills to pass through the Standing Orders Committee, which had been stopped short in the House of Commons by the termination of the present session. In a word, the object of the resolutions was to enable the preliminary notices of those Bills which had been given in 1844 to serve for 1845. Lord REDESDALE thought that his Noble and Learned Friend was in error respecting the orders of the House. The House had the entire controul of its own orders, and these were frequently set aside to facilitate the passing of a Bill in one Lord COTTENHA II said it was not necessary for their Lordships to pass any new regulations respecting &11s sent up from the House of Commons. After a few woods from Lord ASHBURTON, The LORD CHANCELLOR said that any Bill which came up from . the House of Commons would be received by their Lordships as a matter of course. Their Lordships could not decide upon any course, until they saw what resolutions the Commons might pass. He, however, agreed with his Noble and Learned triend, that their Lordships should proceed by resolution, and not by Bill. Lord BROUGHAM said, the Bills to which his resolu tions relat?d must commence la the House of Commons. But that House was waiting to see what their Lordships would do. The Commons would continue doubting, as to their own resolutions, until they aaw how their Lordships were re solved.—(A laugh.) The resolutions were then agreed to. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the third reading of this Bill. Lord BROUGHAM observed that he thought it hardly worth while to pass a Bill of this nature. If an action of tres pass had been brought in the case which gave rise to this Bill (the injury to the Portland vase,) the person who was guilty of the offence would have been quite sufficiently punished. Lord CAMPBELL would be sorry to see the penal code extended, but he believed the public was shocked to find that no punishment could be awarded for such an outrage as that to the Portland vase. He reminded his Noble and Learned Friend ( Lord Brougham) that this was not a civil injury, for which the recovery of damages was a sufficient recompense, but a crime which ought to be punished. The LORD CHANCELLOR—As he read the Bill, a per son who broke the finger of a ' , lager of Paris cast exposed for sale in a shop window, might be imprisoned for two years. That was too severe. Lord BROUGHAM hoped this was a House of Lords' Bill.—( Some Noble Lords said " No.") Well, he was really ashamed to see that the House of Commons sent up a Bill pro viding that a person found guilty of the offence charged, might be imprisoned, with hard labour or without, for such a period as two years. Lord CAMPBELL —Why, this Bill was introduced in the other House by the Solicitor-General ; and it was a somewhat strange course that his Noble and Learned Friend on the wool sackshould endeavour to throw a slur on it. The LORD C HANCELLOR—It was new modelled under the superintendence of his Noble Friend (Lord Wharncliffe). He thought that the punishment should be restricted to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, or with private whip ping, but not both. Surely that punishment was quite enough. This amendment was agreed to, and the Bill was read a third time. The West India Relief Bill went through Committee. DOG STEALING. The Duke of BEAUFORT moved that the Dog Stealing Bill be read a first time. The motion was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. CORN FROM CANADA. The Duke of RICHMOND—His Noble Friend the Secre• tary for the Colonies had said some time back that it was im possible to state what quantity of corn came from the United States to Canada, as .no return had been received from that bountry. He wished to know if the return had been received s i nce , and if so, when it would be produced ? Lord STANLEY promised to make inquiries, and if the return had been received, h e s h ou ld not have the slightest ob. j ec tion to produce it. Their Lordships then adjourned to Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMoivs, July 1. The Sir HrE was introducedcEotttookthec chair shortly xir. sinon ybeforeF ouerttnd o' a eloek Sir JODir. Pringle, and took the oaths, and his seat for Edinburgshire. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The , (Dublin to Galway) was reported VALLEYmoved YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND R A I LWAY. The Lords' amendm ents to t he York a n d N ort h M i dl an d ortedlr.ish Great Western Railway Railway (Harrogate Branch', Rot —••• were agreed to. RAILWAY. Lord HA E R R R E Y VV RUNCORN AND PRESTON BRO OK RAILWAY. The Runcorn and P reston Bro ok Railway th e furth er cons id erat i on o f 1 1 Bill was read a third time and p: , ssed. the report on the Ere wash Valle y Railway Bill. Sir HENRY IIA LFORD moved that the Rill be re committed. He conside red that the Committee, i n th e course they had ado; ted , had g one out of their way, and had not thoroughly sifted the m easure. V A A S N II E Mr. R. SPOOYER seconded the motion. Lord HARRY VANE defended the course pursued by the Committee. Lord G. SOMERSET considered that the Committee had come to a sound conclusion. Mr. ENTWISLE said that the railway was intended to confer a benefit on.the manufacturers in the neighbourhood, yet it had stopped short a mile and a half from the most im portant of them. Mr. HUTT defended the conduct of the Committee. After some observations from Mr. GREENE, Sir H. HALFORD withdrew his amendment, and the re port was received. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Capt. MANGLES moved that the report on the Landon and South-Western Railway (Metrepalitan Extension, No. 1) Bill be received. Mr. WARBURTON objected to the high rate of charge agreed to by the Committee for carrying coals. . Lord G. SOMERSET considered that some modification ought to be made in the charge for carrying coals, and suggested the postponement of receiving the report. Mr. MANGLES, in postponing the receiving of the report till to-morrow, said that, although he was not one of the mem bers of the Committee, he understood they were unanimous on the subject of the charging for carrying coals. The report was; then ordered to be received to-morrow. AGRICULTURAL AND - COMMERCIAL 'BANK OF IRELAND. . iln the motion °UNE. QRQQ4NL :the Lords' amendments to this Bill were agreed to e _ ~,...„„::_;-:. , ___ _ __ JULY 2, 1845 DITDDESTON AND NECHELLS IMPROVEMENT BILL. Sir. T. TR OUBRIDGE brought up the report on the Duddeston and Nechells Improvement Bill, which was agreed to. GLASGOW BRIDGE. On the motion of Mr. J. OSWALD the Lords' amendments on the Glasgow Bridge Bill were agreed to HEAVISIDE'S DIVORCE BILL. On the motion of Sir J. Y. BULLER, this Bill was read a second time. THE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY AND THE RAIL- WAY COMMITTEE. Captain BERKELEY then moved, ;That no private Bill for the construction of railways, or other public works, to which the consent of the Almiralty is required, will be committed, until the decision of the Admiralty shall be communicated to the Howe," be made a standing order. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thought the House ought not to agree to this proposition, because it was, in fact, asking the House to suspend its proceedings until a Govern ment board gave its opinion on the railway schemes brought before it. This wai the most extraordinary pro. position he h a d ever heard.--(Hear, hear.) Certainly the Committees had the means of arriving at a more correet esti mate of the value of the Bills before them than the Board of Admiralty could possibly have. He was quite in opposition to the motion of the Hon. a n d G a ll an t M em be r . _ _ Mr. WA RlifißT6NClid not see WWthe House should be precluded from going into the evidence on any railway project until they had received the consent of the Board of Admiralty. Mr. J. S. WORTLEY opposed the motion. Captain BERKELEY replied. His argument watt that the Admiralty should have the power of protecting the public, and individuals also; and he would give the House an illustration. Supposing an individual had a right to a ferry over a navigable river, and that a projected bridge would destroy his interests as well as the navigation of that river. He was too poor to prosecute an opposition before that House, but he memorialised the Board of Admiralty, and they took effective measures for that purpose. He should take the sense of the House on the subject. After a few words from Sir G. CLERK, The House divided, when there appeared— For the motion 22 Against it . 7O Ma . tority — NEWPORT AND PONTYPOOL RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. DARBY, this Bill was read a third ime and passed. NORWICH AND BRANDON RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. COBDEN, the report on the Norwich and Brandon Railway Bill was received. GLASGOW JUNCTION RAILWAY. The report on the Glasgow Junction Railway Bill was also brought up and received. _ . ABERDARE RAILWAY. Dr. BOWRING brought up the report on the Aberdare Railway Bill. R IILWAY COMMITTEE. Mr. GREENE brought before the House the further con sideration of the report on Itiilway Bills. Their Lordships had similar resolutions under their consideration, and a, it was important to carry out the intention of both Houses in a har monious manner, he would not press his resolutions at present. Instead of this, he would move, that the Committee on Rail ways be revived, that the resolutions be referred to it for censideration, and that they report thereon to the House. Lord G. SOMERSET said that under these circumstances it was not his intention to press the resolutions of which he had given notice. He would postpone them till the report of the Committee was brought under the notice of the House. Mr. L A BOUCHERE thought there was no better course that could be adopted than that recommended by the Hon. Member for Lancaster (Mr. Greene). He thought the resolutions of the Noble Lord would be of very little use—much delay had occurred io consequence of the want of a proper understanding with the House of Lords, which would have much facilitated the progress of railway business. Sir GEORGE CLERK thought very considerable pro gress had been made with these railway Bills, and that there was no great reason to complain of delay. Mr. STUART WORTLEY said that the difficulties in which they had been plaeed suggested the propriety of estab lishing some uniform rule to be acted upon by both Houses of the Legislature. He would take this opportunity of asking his Hon Friend whether he intended to pursue the course, of which he had told the House not long since ? He had proposed to suggest an inquiry into the railway business of the ensuing session of Parliament, and among the points which he had proposed to inquire into, none perhaps were of greater import ance than the continuance of the regulations connected with the Board of Trade, as at present administered. He thought it extremely desirable that during this session some definite reso lutions should be laid down, whether it was prudent that the railway projects already in existence should submit their cases to the Board of Trade in the same manner as those which had passed during the present session. His Honourable Friend would readily admit that now was the time, but he would ask, were the railway projects that should be proposed during the present session to be included in any ulterior regulations that might be applied to the Beard of Trade ? Lord SANDON said it would be better to postpone to ano ther session the proposition of altering the regulations of the Board of Trade as to the projected railway schemes, as they had not yet come fully before the House. It would, however, be perfectly competent to consider, ulteriorly, the schemes which had been already projected or contemplated, as much as those which had been disposed of. Lord G. SOMERSET said that he did not think that the decision of the Committee ought at present to be taken into consideration. The moment at which the question could be answered had not yet arrived. But as his Hon. Friend the Member for Lancashire (Mr. Entwine) had said, it was of the utmost importance that the matter should be duly con. sidered, and when the time should arrive he would be ready to give a proper reply. SMOKE PROHIBITION. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition, signed by nearly all the inhabitants of Birmingham, in favour of the Smoke Prohibition Bill. Mr. E. ELLIS presented several petitions, and amongst them one from the county of Fife, against it. TEN HOURS' BILL. Lord ADARE presented several petitions in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill. ADVERTISEMENTS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the news agents in London, praying for a better adjustment of the ad vertisement duties. TEN HOURS' BILL. Lord ADARE presented several petitioni from plaees in Ireland praying fora ten hours' Pill. WRIT FOR EXETER. A writ was moved for the city of Exeter, in consequence of the death of Sir William Follett, late Attorney-General. SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL. The order of the day for receiving the report on the Smoke Pr..hibition Bill was read, on the motion of Mr. MAC KINNON, for the purpose of being postponed to Wednesday, the 9th inst. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Lord ARTHUR LENNOX moved for leave of absence for Mr. W. Forbes for six weeks, on account of dangerous illness in his family.—Agreed to. LUNATIC ASYLUMS. Mr. CHRISTIE moved for several returns relating' to lunatic asylums.—Ordered. CUBA SUGAR. Sir R. PEEL, by command of her Majesty, presented copies of the correspondence which had takes place between her Majesty's Government and the Government of the Queen of Spain, on the subject of the importation of sugar the produce of Spanish colonial possessions. —Ordered to be laid on the table. LUNACY BILL. Mr. WARBURTON wished to know whether it was the intention of the Noble Lord the Member for Dorsetshire to proceed with the Lunacy Bill to-morrow ? Lord ASHLEY intended to bring on the Bill to-morrow at five o'clock. Mr. WARBURTON asked when the returns would be ready by which the c unpensation to parties, provided for in the Bill, was to be regulated? The answer of the NObLE LORD was inaudible in the gallery. Mr. CHRISTIE wished that the Noble Lord (Lord Ashley) would lay on the table of the House a return of the expenses incidental to the Lunacy Bill. Lord ASHLEY said that he would undertake to-morrow to state the expenses in every department respecting this Bill, as far as it was possible to do so. Mr. M. GIBSON said that they were in the habit of leaving a great number of Bills on the paper till the end of the session, and then abandoning them. lie would ask the Right Hon. Baronet if it would not be convenient to state, on some early day, the measures which would be abandoned and those which would be proceeded with. He received letters every day about measures that he did not know would be proceeded with this session, which he could not reply to. Sir R. PEEL said that he would take the earliest oppor tunity this week of stating the measures which would be pro ceeded with this session. REDUCTION OF THE PERIOD OF SERVICE IN THE ARMY. Captain LAYARD, according to notice, moved—" That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be pleased to direct inquiry to be made how far the reduc tion of the period of service in the army, from the present un limited term to ten years, would tend to procure a better class of recruits, diminish desertion, and thus add to the efficiency of the service." He would ask, not only the indulgence of the House, but its kind attention, while he detailed to the House the immense amount of crime, and particularly that of desertion, winch existed at this period, and which would be prevented by the institution of this inquiry. He wished to bring it forward, as much aa possible for the benefit of the army to which this country owed so much. He would now read, from the same document, a list of the number of desertions that had taken place from the British army in Greet Britain, in the last thrt e years ; they were as follows :—ln the year 1842 the deserrions amounted t0`.',154; in 1843, to 1,432; and, in 1844, to 1,592; making a total of 5,208. of which 2,086 had been retaken, or rejoined. In Ireland the desertions had been as follows : —ln the year 1842 the de sert ions amounted to 631 ; in 1843, to 426 ; in 1844, to 518, making a total of desertions in Ireland of 1,594 in three years, of whom 1,159 were either retaken or rejoined; or, making a grand total of Great Britain and Ireland, of 7,537. from which, however, were to be deducted 4,638, as those who had be .n retaken or had rejoined. But still that left 2,899 men who were stilt not forthcoming ; and if he hal no other argument to support his case, this alone would he sufficien , . to warrant him in bringing forward this motion. The same re•urn showed that 23.190 men had been imprisoned in the same period ; but of vou se many of those were persons who had been im prisoned several times; and he had heard of one instance where a man who has l been lint six or seven years in the army had spent the greater part of that time in prison.— ( Laughter ) The great cause of complaint in the army was, that young men ssho entered it were under the impression that they entered fur life ; and few, indeed, listed irons a love for the service, but from distress, or from having had a quarrel with their families. The Honourable and Gallant Member then read an extract from a work on the army, which gave many lustiness of the grievances soldiers laboured under, and the artifices resorted to by parents to prevent their sons enlisting. The Hon. Member then quoted a case from the United Service Gazette, where a woman, fearing her son would carry ha threat of enlistment into effect, be the assistance of her &tighter bound him, when in a state of intoxication, and chopped off the thumb of his right hand. The ratio of suicide in the army was at the rate of 1 in 20, and could the House wonder at the despair which would prompt the men to such acts, when considered the number of years for which they were retained in the army ? Why, he did not believe that any general in that House—no, nor any Secretary of State, would undertake the duties of his pest, if he thought he would be compelled to remain there for ever !—( Loud laughter.) How much, then, should they pity the man who, destined to toil and hardships, was elated by no hopes of its termination or relief ? From these large numbers it might well be supposed that there would be a great deficiency, but it was well known that though the strength of each regiment was nominally 1,000 men, the real number authorised to be borne on the books was 1,100 ; and in the army at home the recruiting-sergeants were autho rised to enlist thirty men more than the complement of the corps. Most men whose term of service had nearly expired, might be retained in the depots, whilst the young men might be sent on foreign service. By the rules of the service, it was established that there should be pensions aecording to the length of service. To those who had served the longest time there was to be a pension of is. a \noek, but there was an equalisation of pension according to the rate of service seven, ten, and twenty-one years. Now if it were to be left to the pensioner him-e.f, he entertained not the slightest idea but that he would quite as readily take pension for two lives instead of one. It was but right that those who had seen the longest service should have the greatest advantage. Sir Henry Hardinge, than whom there was no greater friend to the sol dier, had expressed his desire that there should be no change from ten years to twenty years. The rule which had been es tablished in the army was, that in the event of a man being bought off after his enlistment, 301. was to be paid for a man in the cavalry, and 201. in the infantry. After seven years' service the rate was seduced to 251. for the one service, and 15/. for the other; and after ten years' service it was still fur ther reduced to 201. for a man in the cavalry, and 101. for one in the infantry ; and so went on to be re duced according as the term of service increased. Those officers examined before the Committee said a great part of the army was made up of very bad materials—in fact, the dregs of society, who could find no other employment. Enlistment for a limited period, and the abolition of flogging, would, it was thtaight, induce a better class of men to enlist. Unlimited enlistment, or for life was, as Mr. Fox and Mr. Wilberforce remarked, unsuitable to the genius of the British Constitution. When Sir R. Peel brought forward his Budget, and spoke of the forty-five colonies to which they had to be sent, and mentioned the increase of duty upon the soldiery, he should likewise have expressed the resolution of the Government to improve the state of the army. Such a reform would serve the country as much as any thing that could be undertaken. Then, with regard to the expense, let them consider the enormous expense which was incurred in arresting deserters. That would make an immense difference in the army estimates. He had consulted many officers on the subject, and they all said that he was perfectly right, but that they did not think he would get it. He, however, was certain that, eventually, that which he asked for must be granted. In support of his argu ment, he would quote the authority of Dr. Jackson, and a medi cal authority on such a subject was entitled to the highest consideration—( Hear, hear) —for it was univer sally admitted that the medical officers of the army had paid more attention to the moral and physical oondition of the men than any other officers. The Hon. an] Gallant Offi cer here read an extract from the work of Dr. Jackson, in which that gentleman gave it as his opinion that limited service in the army tended to promote habits of mora lity and good citizenship among the men, whilst unlimited ser vice produced habits of immorality, and tended to separate the men from their fellow-subjects. He entreated Hon. Gentle men to consider how they voted on this subject. They could not shield themselves behind the argument that they knew no r thing of military matters. No knowledge-of military matters was necessary for the decision of this question--all that was re • quired was a knowledge of what was right and what was just. Let them consider well before they destroyed the hopes of men who had maintained the honour of the British flag in every quarter of the globe. Let them consider the enor mous amount of desertions, 7,337; the enormous number of cor poreal punishments, 3,355. The enormous number of army criminals, in three years, 28,190. These things ought to be considered. He would wish to refer the House to the opinion of a gentleman who was once in that House, but who was re moved to a higher situation, which he thought no gentleman in the House would be bold enough to gainsay. He meant Sir Henry Hardinge, wise stated that he must confess that a shorter period of service might be sdvant , geously introduced. He (Captain Layard) did not know who would support him, but he thougi.t that the whole House should support him. He was of opinion that the Government could in,t refuse to take this matter under their consideration, as Sir Henry Hardinge stated that it was well worthy of their attention. The Hon. and Gallant Gentleman concluded by moving the Address. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT said that he would not occupy the House at any very great length while he stated his reasons why he could not accede to the motion of the Gallant Officer. He would endeavour to state very shortly and simply the grounds on which the opinions both for and against this motion were founded, and he would leave the House to judge for them selves whether or not sufficient grounds had been shown for taking any steps in the alteration of a system which had been established for several years with success. It was an argument very frequently used, that the system of enlistment for ve:y short periods obtained in foreign countries with great advan tage. The Gallant Officer stated that enlistment for life was contrary to the genius of the Constitution. In foreign coun tries, where there was a very short period of service required, enlistment was compulsory, not voluntary, as in this country. When Lord Castlereagh introduced his measure for the regu lation of the period of military service, it was provided that every man entering the army should enlist for a period not less than five years, and not exceeding seven years, and the bounties which were paid to every individual so enlisting amounted to from 21. to 21. 121., thus making a difference of 12s. in the bounty money. Up to the year 1829 that system had been continued, but it had subsequently been modified in va rious ways, as it was found to interfere very materially with the efficient working of the service. The modifications, however, which had been made were not found sufficient, and still further alterations had taken place. At present men were enlisted for not less than fifteen years, after which period they might be discharged gratuitously, but they had it also in their option to serve for a further period of seven years, and of thirteen years, thereby securing a pension varying according to the length of service, for the remainder of their lives. The Right Hon. Gentleman then adverted, but it was in so low a tone of voice that it was next to an impossibility to catch a word in the gal lery, to the military statistics of her Majesty's colonies in the years 1825 to 1828, and contrasted them with the last five years, for the purpose of showing that desertion had decreased one-half, and that otherwise the moral standing of the British army was greatly elevated. He concluded by eulogising the present condition of the troops, and assured the House that nothing would be wanting on the part of the Government to maintain the ser vice in that efficient condition. Mr. HUME said that the motion of his Han. and Gallant Friend was of a more important character than a great part of the House seemed to be aware of, and he was of opinion that the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just 'sat down proved that the British army was in a most unsatisfac tory state • and if the returns which he ( Mr. Hume) had ordered many weeks ago, and which had been in the possession of the Government for the last nine months, had been laid before the House, he could have clearly shown to the House that things were not in the very good condition described by the Right Hon. Gentleman. If he would look back to the past terms of service, he was confi dent that the Hon. Gentleman would blame himself for not having answered this return. A great portion of the punish ments, as was evident from the returns, had been occasioned by foreign service. He only regretted that those re turns were not made more perfect. The Hon. Gentleman opposite had fixed 16 years, but he thought that if 10 years were allowed for the period of service, and not fifteen years, as was devised by Sir H. Hardinge. the man who was discharged fruit the army would be fit for *oeial service. When he looked at the returns in his hand, he was convinced that there was no army in the world which suffered such severe punishments. In several instances he saw very long im prisonments, and he was anxious to point out the serious loss which the public service endured in consequence of this se verily. This practice had evidently an injurious effect, and he thought, therefore, if the period of service was shortened, it would be of essential service. He seas quite sure that if the farmer's sons were sure of obtaining their discharge after a service of seven years, it would tend to increase the numbers of those who came into the service of the army from the middle ranks. Look at the case of habitual drunkards, and all those offences which tended to lower the character of the soldier. He was quite ready to admit that their clothing was properly taken care of, but still he thought that this was a system which ought to be improved. It was no party question, but one in which they were all concerned, and he trusted that there would be no demur, bat that the Government would at once grant the in quiry. Certainly no evil could possibly arise from it, and there must be an advantage if it were only to settle the feel ings of those whom it concerned. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS said, that it clearly appeared that the man who wanted to enlist, was just as likely to enlist for the long period as the short one. He found by the returns that when the service was limited the detertions were as nu merous as when the reverse prevailed. But there was a bonus given previously for them to leave the service. By the war rant of 1829, the payments for service had been stated, and he did not think that the measure was at all likely to en sure the efficiency of the army, and no good whatever could possibly arise front the passing of this motion. On the whole, he thought, that no case whatever had been made out, and he trusted that the Government would not be led into a train of conduct which, at the best, could only be mischievous. . . Mr. WILLIAMS said, that the return of desertions and punishments was a sufficient answer to all the argu ments. He thought that ten years' service was a long period, and he thought that the better plan would be to give seven years' service, and three years further for permission to enter the army. He should certainly give his support to the motion, and only trusted that it might be instrumental in ob taining all the benefit which he desired to effect. Captain LAYARD said, that he thought that the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary at War, had made no reply to his observations. The desertions in Canada had been ex cessive. But what had been done for the army ? He cer tainly had done a great deal for the army, but he did not un derstand how it was, because so much had been done, that nothing further was to be effected. The great evil was the deprivation of hope, and it was because there was no opportu nity whatever after leaving the army for do;ng anything. The term of fifteen years was therefore manifestly too long. The Hon. Gentleman stated, that lie (Captain Layard) had as serted that the suicides in the army had been greatly increased. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT explained that he did not mean to assert to the extent just st .ted. Captain LAYARD asserted, on the contrary, that the sui cides had very largely increased, yet he believed that great good had been done, and would be done. Sir Henry Hardinge gave his sanction to his plans. During several months he had anxiously considered all the points, and the result had been a conviction that the unlimited term of service was, of all things, most injurious both to the soldier and the service.— (Cries of "Divide, divide.") Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, when Captain LAYARD said he should relinquish his intention to press the motion to a division, as he saw that the sense of the Houee was against such a proceeding, and he was always anxious to avoid anything which might tend to occa sion an unnecessary division of f, c lin g . PUBLIC EXECUTIONS. _ _ Mr. M. MILNES begged to call the attention of the House to this evils attendant upon the present mode of conducting public executions in this country. The question he would ask was simply this—was the present procedure one which could be justified on the score of tiectsrity ? He denied that it was, and he referred the [louse to the mode in which executions were conducted in Pennsylvania, New York, Mary land, Jersey, Ohio, and other states in North America. In all there places the criminal was executed inside the walls of the prison. He was in hopes that this practice would soon be come the law of the land in this country, and he augured favourable that this would soon be the case, when he consi dered the order which had lately been issued by the Right Hon. the Home Secretary in reference to that subject. The proper authorities, and those only whose presence was absolutely necessary, were now permitted to attend at the solemn scenes preparatory to this awful spectacle. To such an extent was this refitted cruelty ( if he might call it so) carried, that. even so late as 1766, a poor boy—a mere child was. on some charge of sterileee, first tortured by four or five executioners, and afterwa. dr burnt on a slow fire. This occurred in France, and a few years before that, a high family in Portugal for a charge of attempted assassination, were subjected to the severest tor tures. Moreover, if these gladiatorial spectacles were productive of any public benefit it might, to a certa in extent, palliate prove barbarity. But so far from that being the, cas e, he u that they had the very contrary effect. .f he sheriffs, in times ago. were knosn to eat, drink , an d enjoy themselves on the seqffold, and the executioners n ot unfrequently quarrelled among themselves about the rope , a nd the ()lie elmdid nut get it ti led for disappointment. The effect on those who witnessed th e s e exhibitions was equally injuriousin a moral point of view. "Who, he would ask, were those who were generally pr esen t on these occasions ? The y were the dissolute and the desperate ; and not unfrequently women—even young women—made up a part of the crowd. In fact, it was regarded as a mere amuse ment, a subject of barbarous diversion. In Catholic vountries, public executions assumed m o r e th e a pp earance o f a re li g i ou s ce remony. Theprisoner was a tt en d e d by p r iests, and all the appliances of religion, and he went to death in the spirit of a r eligious victim. In some of th e G er man Prote s tant States, also, they , accompanied the criminal to the scaffold, singing hymns. Is,ow we have taken away all the effects of terror which this display would have upon the spectators. The Hon. Gentle man was proceeding to point out the advant -,, e9 which would arise if the execution took place within the walls of the prrecn, and if pablicity was given to the execu.tica through the reporters only, who would be permitted to be present, An Hoif. X.E>IDER moi;d that the House be counted; and there being but thirty-two I%lezobers present, the House ad journed at Eight o'clock. PARLIAMEN TAR Y VISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the house of Con".." •1 MONDAY,a JUNE 30. COLLEGES (IRELAND) BILL.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) First Clause (Grant of 100,0001., out of the Consolidated Fund, for building new Colleges in Ireland) :—Her Majesty may direct to be issued or paid out of the Consolidated Fund, such sum as shall be needed by the Trustees hereinafter mentioned, for purchasing or pro viding lands, tenements, and hereditaments, for the use of such new Colleges, and for the necessary buildings :—Amendment :proposed, page 1, line 17, after the word " buildings," to insert the words " in eiding the building of the halls hereinafter mentioned :"—Questlon put, ". That those words be there inserted." The Committee divided : MINORITY-AYES, 42. Acland, T. D. Glynne, Sir S. Rawdon, Colonel Archbold, Robert Henley, J. W. Redlngton, T. N. Baring, Thomas ilope, Alexander Repton, G. W. J. Blake, M. J. Inglei, Sir R. H. Russell, Lord J. Blake, Sir V. 'ter, D. S. Russell, J. D. NY : Bramston, T. W. Lambton, H. Shell, R. L. Browne, R. D. Maher, N. Sheridan, R. B. Browne, W. O'Brien, J. Smith, Vernon Chapman, B. O'Brien, W. S. Somers, J. I'. Clive, Viscount O'Connell, D. 6vmerville, Sir W. Cowper, W. I'. O'Connell, J. Stuart, W. V. Dawson, T. V. O'Conor, Don Wrightion, W. B. Dickinson, F. 11. Ogle, S. C. TELLES!. Esmonde, Sir Thos. Pluinridge, Captain Wyse, Thomas Gardner,J. L. Protheroe, Edward O'Connell, M. J. MAJoRITY--NOES, 117 Adam); Sir T. Eacott, Bickham Newport, Vi RCA:alit A'Court, Captain ' k'arnham, C. B. Nicboll, Joita Antrobus, Edmund Fitzroy, Henry Palmer, George Arkwrig,lit, George Flower, Sir James Parke:. .lithn bailey, J., jun.: Furman, T. S. Patten, ... 1 . W. Baillie, Colonel Forster, Matthew Peei, Sir It Bailie, '.‘" alter Fremantle, Sir T. Peel, Jonathall Barkly, Henry Gask.ell, J. M. Philips, G. 11. Baring, W. B. Gill, Thomas I'igot, Sir R. Barrington, Viscount Gladstone, W. E. Polhill, Frederick Bateson, Thomas Godson, Richard Praed, W. T. Bellew, It. M. Graham, Sir J. Tringle,alextunler ilentinc,k, Lord G. Grimston, V scount Puscy, Philip Bernal, Ralph Halford, Sir 11. Roebuck, J. A. Bernard, Viscount Hamilton, G. A. Ross, D. R. Bolder°, 11. G. Hamilton, W. J. Shaw, Frederick Borthwick, Peter Hampden, Kenn Smith, Abel Boyd, John Hamner, Sir J. Smith, T. B. C. Brotherton, Joseph Harcourt, G. G. Somerset, Lord G. Bruce, Lord E. Havves, Benjamin Spooner, Richard Buller, C. Hayes, Sir Edmund Stansfleld, W. R. C. Busteild, William Herbert, Sidney Stewart, John Cardwell, Edward Hervey, Lord A. Sutton, H. M. Chapman, Aaron Holmes, W. A'Court 'foment, J. E. Chelsea, Viscount Hope, Charles Thornhill, G. Christie, W. 1). Hope, G. W. Trench, Sir F. W. Clements, Viscount Ilumphery, Alderman Tuite, 11. 31. Clerk. Sir G. Jennyn, Earl Vivian, J. Ennis Cockburn, Sir G. - Jocelyn, Viscount Waklcy, Thomas Colebrooke, Sir T. Jones, Captain Walker;.ltichard Collett, John Kemble, Henry Warburton, 11. Coote, Sir C. 11. Lawson, Andrew Wawn, J. 'l'. Corry, Henry Legh, G. C. Welby, G. E. Crawford, W. S. Lincoln, Earl Wellesley, Lord C. Cripps, William Lockhart, William Williams, William Damer,',Colonel Lyall, George Wortley, James S. • Dawnay, W. H. Bygon, General Wortley, John S. Douglas, Sir C. Mackenzie, W. F TELLEItS. Duncombe, A. Martin, C. W. Baring, Henry Entwisle, William Mitchell, T. A. Lennox, Lord A. Tenth Clause : , --.That her Majesty - shall be Visitor of New Colleges, and that the power of appointing the Professors shall Le vested hi her Majesty, her heirs and succoisors, until the year 1848, and after wards as shah be otherwise provided by Parliament, or in delimit of any provision to the contrary, in her Majesty; her Leirs and succes sors :—Ainendment proposed, page 5, line 1, to leave out from " suc cessors" to the end of the Clause, in order to add the words, " and that ou any future vacancy occurring in the Professorships of the in tended- Colleges, such vacancy be filled up by such candidate as, after due public examination before competent examiners, hereafter to be appointed, shall be declared by them (being otherwise qualified by character and conduct) to be the most competent to discharge the duties of such Professorships :"—Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause." The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 141. Adana, Sir T. D. Escott, Bickham Mettle, Fox Arland, T. D. Fitzroy Henry Meynell, Captain A'Court, Captain Flower, Sir J. 11111nes, U. M. Adderley, C. B. Forman, T. S. Mitchell, T. A. Aldam, William Fremantle, *it' T. Morgan, O. Baine, Walter Gardner, John D. Morris, David Baring, F. T. Gaskell, J. M. Mundy, E. M. Baring, W. B. Gill, Thomas Napier, Sir C. Barrington. Viscount Gladstone, W. E. Newport, Viscount Bateson, Thomas Godson, Richard Nicholl, Jolui Bentinck, Lord G. Gordon, Captain Palmerston, ViscotUat Bernard, Viscount Graham, Sir J. Patten, J. W. Roldero, H. G. Grey, Sir George Peel, Sir It. Borthwick, Peter Grimston, Viscount Peel, Jonathan Bowes, John Raiford, Sir 11. Pigot, Sir R. Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, J. 11. Polhill, F. Boyd, John Hamilton, George A. Freed, W. T. Branaston, T. W. Hamilton, W. J. Pringle, Alexander Brotherton, J. Hamilton, Lord C. Pusey, Philip Bruce, Lord E. Harcourt, G. G. Rashle , gh, W. Buck, W. L. Harris, Captain Repton, G. W. J. Buller, Charles Hawes, B. Rous, Captain Buubury, Thomas Healey, J. W. Sandon, Viscount Burrell, Sir C. Herbert, Sidney Scott, Frances Cardwell, Edward Holmes, W. A'Court Seymour, Sir 11. Carom', W. H. P. Hope, Charles Shaw, Frederick Chelsea, Viscount Hope, G. W. Smith, A.. Christie, W. 1). liotham. Lord Smith, T. B. C. Clerk, Sir George Inglis, Sir R. H. Somerset, Lord G. Clive, Viscount James, Sir W. C. sPoener. Niellara Clive, it H. Jerinyit. Earl Sutton, if. .11. Cockburn, Sir G. Jocelyn, Viscount 'laneri.d, A.' o , , Colebrooke, Sir T. Joi/stone, Sir .1. 'newton, J. L. Connolly, Colonel Jones, Captain "rower, l'iwistui , h , - Corry, Henry tier, 1). S. irelawny, J. S. Courtenay, Lord Lambton, H. Trench, Sir F. W. Craig, W. G. Lawson, Andrew Verhon, G. 11. Crawford, W. S. Legh, G. C. Villiers, Viscount Cripps, William Liddell, 11. T. Vivian, J. Ennis Darner, Colonel Lincoln, Earl Waddington, lA. S. Dawnay, W. H. Lockhart, W. Warburton, 11. Denison, E. B. Lowther, Sir J. H. Wawn, John T Dick, Quintin Mackenzie, T. Wellesley, Lord C. Douglas; Sir C. Mackenzie, W. F. Wortley, James S. Duncombe, T. 3l`Neill, Duncan Wortley. John S. Duncombe, A. 31alion, Viscount TELLEay. Egerton, Sir I'. Mangles, R. 1). Baring, Henry . Eutwisle, William Martin, C. W. Lennox, Lord A. MINORITY-NOES, 47. Archbold, Robert Ew art, William Protheroe, Edward Barron, Sir 11. Forster, Matthew Rawdon, Col. Bellew, R. M. Gore, Robert Redington, T, N. Blake, M. J. Hamilton, C. J. B. Ross, David R. Bouverie, E. P. Holland, Robert Russell, Lord J. Bowring, Dr. Hope, Alexander Sheil, It. L. Browne, R. D. Maher, N. Sheridan, It. B. Browne, W. Manners, Lord J. Smith, Vernon Chapman, Benjamin Martin, John Somers, J. I'. Collett, John O'Brien, J. Somerville, Sir W. Curteis, H. B. O'Brien, W. S. Stuart, Ltrd J. Dawson, T. V. O'Connell, D. Stuart, W. Y. D'Evncourt, C. T. O'Connell, M. J. Tulle, H. 31. Dickinson, F. H. O'Connell, J. Dundas, David O'Conor Don TELLERS. Easthope, Sir J. Ogle, S. C. Wyse, Thomas Emmett:, Sir T. Oswald, James Ebrington, Viscount REPO ELT OF THE TIT LIE COM MISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES. Tithe Commission-office, May 31 and June 18. Sir,--It is our duty to report to you the p.ogress of the commutation of tithes in England anti %S'ales to the close of the year 1844. We have received notices that voluntary proceedings have c.nninenced in 9,594 tithe districts; of tnese notices 39 were received during the year 1844. We have received 6,964 agreements, and confirmed 6,616 ; of these, 87 have been received, and 121 con tinned during the year 1844. 4,545 notices tier making awards have b,-en issued, of which 674 were issued during the year 1844. We have received :,324 draughts of compulsory awards, and confirmed 2,821 ; of these 643 have been received, and 646 confirmed during the year 1541. We have received 8,338 apportionments, and confirmed 7,919 ; and of these 813 hare been received, and 1,034 confirmed during the year 1844. In 9,437 tithe districts, as will be seen from the above statement, the rent-charges to be hereafter paid have been finally established by confirmed agreements or confirmed awards. We have in our possession voluntary agreements and draughts of awards, as yet unconfirmed, which will in clude 851 additional tithe districts ; and make a total, when completed, of 10,288 districts in which the tithes arc commuted. We have to repeat our regret that no decision has been given on the disputed points arising out of the sta tute of the 2d and 3d of William IV., C. 100, commonly called Lord Tenterden's Act. In the numerous cases which must be determined by the final interpretation of that Act we are at present unable to proceed with any confidence in our own deci sions, or rimy hope that such decisions will be ac quiesced in be the parties, or confirmed by the coerta. This difficulty, of winch we pointA out the exist ence and the consequences in our last report, becomes of course of more urgent importance as our labourz. in other respects draw nearer to their close. The disputes which existed as to the recovery of rent charges due from railroads have been removed by a clause of the 7th and Bth of Victoria, c. 85. On the other points recommended for legislation we have found no reason to alter our opinion. We are glad to be able to stste that the power we now possess of legalising exchanges of glebe lands rdid ex changes of rent-charges for a limited portion of itttitt are found extensively useful, We venture to recommenl, that before the Tithe Commission expires, similar power, perhap'; slightly mo dified, should be invesnel is sumo permanent public body. The superintendence of the operation is attended by very little labour or difficulty. We have the honour to be, Sir, Your faithful and obedient servants, W. BLAMI RE, T. WENTWORTH BITLLER, B. JONES. To the Right Mn. Sir J. R. G. Graham, Bart., &c. followingetun Theatre r i e i i d s t u i r n i n g g u i t s h h e e dh.companyfewy h : _ a v ti e s v i o t ) e a d i the T L I ; (11)figBhenauesfisirPrincein h G e s c s o o rg f eof C a mbridge. L e inster, nst the Duket e Du of k e m a a n r i l l b D o r a o c u h g e h s Marquis of flead,ort, Marchioness Cornwallis, Marquis and Ai are hioriess of Blandford, Earl and Countess of Harrington, Earl and Countess Delawarr and family, Earl of Munster. Earl of Charleville, Earl and Countess of Wicklow and family, Earl of Huntingdon, Lady Rivers, Lord Burgbersh, Lady Sophia Devoux, Lady 'Jervis, Lord Suffield, Lady Bateman, Lady Mary Capron, Lady Hays, Lord Ranclagh, Lord Alex ander Ru-sell, t art and Countess of Shelburne, Lord and Lady lrigestre, Lord Bexley, Lord Guern.cv. Lcrd Vivian, Sir Charles Kent, Lady T)rwhytt, Lady Joilarrll, Sir Henry Webb, Sir Charles Shackerley, Sir Benjamin Hall, Sir J. Copley, Captain Fenwick, Captain Tyrwhitt, H. Villesbois. Esq., Sir Thomas Heathcote, Lady Scovell, Lady Charlotte Deniston, &c. INGENIOUS TOBACCO SMUGGLING.—On Monday a seizure of casks, which contained 2001bs. of cigars and cheroots, was made on board a vessel at Brewer's-quay, Lower Thames_ itrect, by an officer named liCrgman. The ver.el had nT_ rived from Holland with a cargo of butter, cheese, and other goods, and seven beer cashs, which were directed to " Brewer's wharf—to be left till called for," and were about to be landed as empty casks in the usual manner when the revenue officer, Kirg man, having a suspicion of something wrong, took off the head of one of the casks, and it appeared at the first glance to be quite empty, but on a closer inspection he found the barrel was lined with a tin case of the same shape, and between that and the barrel itself the cigarc and cheroots were concealed. lie then opened the other barrels, and found them lined with tin in the same manner, and a similar quantity of cigars and cheroots in each. He imme diately seized the casks and their contents, and rolled them to the oueen's Warehouse, at the same time giving information to the Board of Customs, who ordered the vessel to be put under seizure also for the present. Each barrel contained about 301bs. of cigars and cheroots. They are of the test qua'.i'y, an,: the , cllity upon thorn &lanais 90. f eau- The ;day ation :ock. vect. n the !fore )rds), eatb, ,era‘ then / which ; at o! i ortb• froo San' rre, 4 . 1 —re* Oat the kink the ,gtou end pth. ►rles evere ofol4l U. body, ed of any the ged this an), ;on. otal e of the the TVTI