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SP; t)birV brqtrct4'- SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock. TUE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 1, 1845. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Forester, to appoint Captain J. G. Ogilvie, half-pay Unat tached, late of the 92d Highlanders, to be one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Johnston, who re tires. WHITEHALL, MARCH 29. The Queen has been pleased to order a cone d'elire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Ely to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the death of Doctor Joseph Allen, late Bishop thereof ; and her Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the slid Dean and Chapter, Thomas Turton, Doctor in Divinity, now Dean of the cathedral church of St. Peter, 'Westminster, to be by them elected Bishop of the said See. DOWNING- STREET, APRIL 1. The Queen has beer. pleased to appoint the Honourable george Warren Edwardes to be AuditsT of Accounts to the Government of St. Helena. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Reverend Thomas Eyre Poole, Master of Arts, to be Colonial Chalpain at Sierra Leone. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Jules Vi rieux, Esq. to be Juge de Paix for the Island of Mauritius. WHITEHALL, MARCH 31. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Edward Robertson, Master of Arts, to the church and parish of Tib 13ermore, in the presbytery and shire of Perth, vacant in consequence of the Rev. Weir Tulloch, the last Incumbent, having deserted the cure of the said church and,pariah. Commissions by the Lord •Lieutenant of Norfolk. Viscount Bury to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; R. H. V. Wal pole, Esq., to be ditto, March 13. BANKRUPTS. John Breckels, bedstead maker, North-street, Finsbury market, Finsbury, to surrender, April 8, at half-past twelve, and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Taylor, North-buildings, Finsbury-circus. John Reay and John Richard Reay, wine -merchants, Itark-lane, April 14, at half-past eleven, and May 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Trehern and White, Barge-yard-chambers, Bucklerabury. Thomas Holyland Williams, wine merchant, Chelmsford, April 15, at two, and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Sheriff, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Robert Cann, shoemaker, Woolwich, April 9, at half-past one, and May 9. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official asstgnee, Old Jewry Chambers; Biggen den, Walbrook, London. Augustus Radcliffe, sen., and Augustus Radcliffe, jun., patent glaziers, Hermitage• place, St. John's-street-road, April 9 and May 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, City ; M'Leod and Ntenning, London-street Fenchurch-street. John Schaffer, fringeman, Clark's-place, Islington, April 9, at half-past twelve, and May 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street; _Humphreys, Newgate street. Joseph North, blanket-manufacturer, Birstal, Yorkshire, April 15 and May 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Chadwick, Dewsbury ; Bond, Leeds. John Atkinson Hick, carver and gilder, Leeds, April 14, and May 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Hawkins and Co., New Boswell court, London ; Horsfall and Harrison, Leeds. John Whittaker, Druggist, Swansea, April 8, at twelve, and May 9, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; David, Swansea. William Harrington Lagoe, victualler, Atherstone, War wickshire, April 11 and May 9, at half-past ten, at the Bir mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming ham ; Harrison and Smith, Birmingham. BANK OF CEYLON. (From the Gazette of this Evening.) Return of the Average Amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Ceylon, Colombo, during the period from let Jsnuary to 31st December, 1844 :- I FromisNry notes in circulation not bearing interest Bills o .Zf excharioo in circulation, not bearing interest 4. 4.• 2,186 0 0 Mills and notes in circulation, bearing interest Nil. Balances due to other Banks 6BO 0 0 Cash deposited, not bearing interest Cash,deposited, bearing interest Total average of Liabilities £91,587 0 0 Coin and Bullion £72,342 0 0 Land or other property of the Corporation 4,198 0 0 Government Securities Promissory notes or bills of other Banks Balances due from other Banks Notes and bii.is discounted, or other debts due to the Corpor.%tion' not included under the foregoing heacls, but exclusive of bills of exchange purchased for remittances to Eng land, and the Presidencies Total Average of Assets £189,274 0 0 (Signed) F. , W. STANTON, Manager. T. G. CRAIG, Accountant. By order of the Court of Directors, HUGH MACKAY, Secretary. London, March 27, 1845. QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY. Flag Officers—Vies-Admiral Sir Thomas Baker, K.C.8., Vice Admiral Charles Wollaston, Rear-Admiral Samuel Jackson. Captains—John Baker, Thomas Huskisson, Augustus Vere Dury, John Gascoyne, Henry Probvn. Commanders—Henry Smith Wilson, W!jiam Usherwood, Bakhen F. West, Joseph Batt, Richard Clark, John Tresa bar, Bennett Fellows, William Symons, Joseph - B. Mant, James Brockman, Hans S. Elsmere, Thomas Hughes, George Brearley, Adam Grieve. Lieutenants—David T. Nightingale, Edward B. Hicks, James W. L. Shiels, Henry M. Short, Oilando H. Wilson, William Hewett, Robert R. Auchmuty, James Truppo, Edward N. Kendall, Thomas Stephens, George Vincent, Charles F. Wade, Martin S. Kirkes, Aug. P. Greene, Robert J. D. Waldilove. Masters--William Oliver, James Doidge. Chaplain—Charles H. Lethbridge. Mates—Endo Wells, Gerald Kingsley. Second Master—George S. Hall. Medical Officers—Physician Sir Isaac Wilson, Knt. , M.D. •, surgeons—Thomas Merchant, Steph en L an i gan , David "Watson, Charles M'Arthur, M.D., David P. Williams, Alex ander Sanderson, William D. Wilkes; Assistant-Surgeons— WAliam Cowling, Patrick H. Long, Hamilton Stewart, Coryndon C. Easton. Paymasters and Pursers—Richard Booth, Wm. Thomp son, James C. Cumming, John B. Cotman, Lemon L. Lellye'tt, William Harris. ROYAL. MARlNES.—Captain Thomas Gilbert ; First Lieu tenant henry Howard ; Second Lieutenants—Vesey Bishop, Bedinfield Pogaon. COljitSE OF EXCH.L Amsterdam CF. 12 Bil Ditto, at eight l2 6i Rotterdam 2 11. 12 9 Antwerp 26 20 Ramburgh M.B. 14 0 Altona .NGE.---(THIS DAY.) Gibraltax.... Leghorn .... 3l Genoa .... Milan ...... ........ Venice ..., Naples ..... ..o.z .... • 391 Palermo, d ier Lisbon 52 Oporto~ Rio Janeiro Bahia Buenos NewYoik.:::dyssight Philad?.?pl.; PRIM; ar BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign %;,.1.1, bars. £3 17 9 Portuga! ( .-191c1 Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New :);,112. 7 1 0 4 9i Silver 0 4 10i Paris, 3 days' sight 25 95 Ditto, 3 months 26 15 Marseilles 26 20 Bourdeaux 26 20 Frankfort on Maine 123 Petersburgh, 3Us — Berlin — effec. f 1.3 M lO 4 Trieste, ditto Madrid . 36.1 Cadiz Bilbao — Barcelona Seville IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. On the motion of Mr. WILSON PATTEN, the Winnock Rectory Bill was read a second time and or dered to be committed. The Newcastle Coal Turn Bill was read a second time. On the motion of the Earl of LINCOLN, the Not tiegham Inclosure Bill was read a second time. The Report upon the Birkenhead Company's Dock Bill was further c',nsidered, received, and ordered to be printed. Mr. D'ISRAELI presented petitions from Shrews bury for the better observance of the Sabbath. Mr. DODD then said that on that day week he would round a motion on the petition. SLAVE-TRADE. Sir J. Y.BULLER presented a petition from the Com mittpe of the Anti Slavery Society against the i 7 porta tion of slaves into the colonies. COLLEGE OF MAYNOOTH. . . The HON:IIE171BE11aln presented a petition against any further grant to the College of Maynooth. Dr. BOVVRING presented a similar petition from the Dissenters of Bolton. The petitioners stated that they were not averse to the mere principle of Roman Ca tholicism, but they objected to a Government grant to any religion. HOURS OF LABOUR IN FACTORIES. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition, signed by 8,000 persons, complaining that children from the ages of six to eleven were worked for some 16 and 24 hours, thereby injuring their physical and moral condition to an incalculable degree, and they prayed that the House should take the subject into consideration with a view of providing some remedy for the evil. ALLOTMENT SYSTEM. Mr. W. COWPER presented a petition from Holbeach, in Lincolnshire, in favour of an extension ol the allotment system LOCAL COURTS. Mr. BARNARD presented a petition from several places in Montgomeryshire, praying the House to pass a Bill at an early period for the establishment of local courts. EDUCATION.-MAYNOOTH. Mr. LEFROY presented petitions from Ireland in favour of the Church Education Society. Mr. R BULLER presented petitions from Stour• bridge, Taunton, and other places, against the proposed ittcrease of the grant to Maynooth College. 6 5ir It. INGLIS presented a petition to the same effect frov i a parish in the county of Cork. RAILWAYS. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Kinsale against the Cork and Bandon Railway Bill, on the ground that the company had not chosen the best line. Colonel T. WOOD presented a petition against the London and York Railway project. The Newport and Ponty-Pool Railway Bill was read .a second time and ordered to be committed. The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway (Tynemouth Extension) Bill was rea d a seco nd time, and ordered to be committed. • 'LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY. Mr. DODD rose to move, according to notice, that the yeti on - of the London and Croydon Railway Company, 1 4 layint; that the Report of the Board of Trade on the 4 entish lines m ay _ be referred b ac k f or re c onsideration, prese ntee ? 31st March, be printed. The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Member had better postpone his motion till the time of public business. Lord G. SOMERSET thought that if the Hon. Gen• tletnan intended to found a motion on the petition— Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to order. He did tux think it was fair to prevent a Gentleman from stating his reasons for asking that a petition be printed. There was no occasion to put off the motion till the time of Public business, as such motions were generally acceded to as matters of course. Lord G. SOMERSET thought that the Hon. Member for Finsbury was rather out of order in calling him to order. He was not :going to state any objection to the motion, but only to ask if it were the Hon. Member's intention to found any distinct motion on the petition when printed ? The SPEAKER said that the notice of the Hon. Member must be brought on amongst the other notices on the paper at the time of public business. Mr. DU NICOMBE thought that th ese m otions should me discussed before entering on the business of the day, end for this simple reason, that Members might have notices o f t hi s kind for consideration, and yet these m ight not co me on for six weeks at least. He thought the notice ought to be taken into consideration before the actual business of the day commenced. Ann- Irg , c l rents , DOEC e ' )Ut m nitte yr. in steal sand h side ted im s, au° ar,ged a Gil!' ie CV ' avert), ❑d the ;as in e ndeu• ,soners )1e ap 3 sunix 0 math it:P. 'Street,. reet oa rough tealing Ik -pO 4 g . othe r a p ro- De Yr• •'street Lived 10 k, 'aster House mes s o f Igra'sre- nily do of the :pectecl Ladies cted to e nthaui d Lord lm. , g ran.' I port' Graud :altla at ri PaS5.- io on 5 Tim We' ; Hoe' ~ near 3. W S ' Hotel, e 7 con in tole- ,t wed - Surviii or he r it over ,re eX from riodical TAB ow'm of to the mor e rn of ed and title of a deli minary rors of )m Li , heavy ructive w hich , om. If-I e be fen I( 'sting tkrSea , 3ettl bIY , nt , or tr)alble ,w,one The House, lion or in the 1.18 41, CLIP. -,,ember railway re and c.lock• -called be no hat be 3 pro whiob, ed un- cpense ersea -11 into fIT POOR LAW IN IRELAND. Mr. BELLEW presented petitions from several places in the county of Louth against the unequal assessment under the poor-law in Ireland. MEDICAL PROFESSION. Lord DUNCAN presented petitions in favour of some provision for upholding the respectability of the medical profession. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE, on the part d the Hon. Member for Leicester (Sir John Easthope) gave notice of the presentation of a petition from two persons con fined in the House of Correction at Leictster ' com plaining of imprisonment for the non-payment of poor rates. Lord LINCOLN gave notice, that on the 14th, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the drainage of lands. Mr. WARD postponed his motion relative to the burdens on land till that day fortnight. Mr. HUME said he should bring for ward his motion respecting Sir Henry Pottinger on that day fortnight. Mr DODD gave notice that he should move, on Thursday next, at the time of private business, that the report of the Board of Trade respecting the extension of the Croydon Railway to Ashford be referred back to the Board of Trade. Sir CHARLES NAPIER gave notice that, on going into Committee of Supply, he should call the attention of the House to our naval ports and arsenals, and harbours of refuge. MR. AGLIONBY AND THE " TIMES." AGLIONBY, in allusion to an article which had appeared in that day's Times, said it was not his intention to found a motion upon it, inasmuch as to do so, he would have to move that the publisher of that paper should appear at the bar. The article in question referred to a letter which had appeared, ad dressed by Mr. Carrington to Lord Howick, the Chair man of the Committee on New Zealand, in which it was stated that be (Mr. Aglionby) between the first and recond days of the examination of Mr. Carrington before that Committee had induced that gentleman to modify his evidence. He only now mentioned this subject, as he intended to take the earliest opportunity of calling the attention of the House to it ; but he would, at once, state that the assertion which had been made had no foundation in truth. QUARANTINE LAWS. Dr. BOWRING wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet opposite a question. It was in the recollection of the House, that during last session it was resolved that measures should be taken to modify the quarantine system, and that such steps should be taken as would lessen the grievances which the commercial world laboured under both at home and abroad. Now, he wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet what had been done to carry out the wish of the House on that subject ? Sir GEORGE CLERK begged to state that her Majesty's Government entered into anegotiation with the Governments of France and Austria, that the three. G overnments should agree to carry these measures into practice. In France there was no objection, but the Austrian Government wished to have a report from me dical officers of their own. He would inform the Hon. Gentleman (Dr. Bowring) that no such report had as yet been received, and that the matter now stood in pre cisely the same state as it did when brought before the House in July last. He trusted, however, that they would obtain information on that subject very soon. NORTH KENT RAILWAY. Lord HOWICK said that he observed in a news paper of Saturday last an advertisement for the report of the promoters of the North Kent Railway ; on the last notice given it appeared that the Board of Trade made their decision without that document. The promoters sought an interview on a day when it was in convenient for the Board of Trade to receive them, and on the day appointed it was inconvenient for the pro moters of the line to attend, and the decision was made in their absence. He would wish to know whether that was true, or whether the Board of Trade had published that they gave their decision before they considered the subject ? Sir G. CLERK said the terms of the advertisement to which the Noble Lord had referred 'did not contain a correct account of the circumstances connected with this railway. If any mistake had arisen with regard to the announcement of the decision of the Board of Trade on the subject of that particular railroad, it must have arisen entirely on the part of the railway company. It was not the practice of the Board of Trade to request personal interviews with the promoters of railways, but he be lieved the system they pursued had been this :—They required the parties to send in the fullest do coumentary evidence, detailing the advantages to be derived from the scheme of which they were the promoters. In a great many instances these parties had requested to be allowed to have a per sonal conference with the Board of Trade, for the purpose of elucidating many points which docu mentary evidence could not fully and clearly ex plain. The Board of Trade had always expressed them selves ready to receive all parties, and he believed the promoters of this railway applied for a personal in terview on the 6th of January last. They were, how ever, informed that upon that particular day it was not convenient for the Board of Trade to have a conference with them, and they therefore named a subsequent day, he believed the 22d January. On the 21st of that month however, the solicitor for the promoters of this scheme called at the Board of Trade, and stated that it was impossible for the parties to attend on the 22d, but that gentleman did not, at the time, make any request to have any further day named, or the Board of Trade would have been perfectly ready to receive the promoters. The Board of Trade waited till the last moment before giving their decision, but no application was made by the promoters of this line ; and it would be remembered that the Board of Trade had intimated to the House and the public that they should be prepared to give their de cision upon the majority of railway schemes before them by a particular day. The House would recollect that the Board of Trade had all the documentary evidence which the promoters of this scheme considered essen'tial to their case before them, but it appeared from the advertisement that they had some further documentary evidence, which the solicitor had not pre sented to the Board of Trade. The Board of Trade, how ever, had had sufficient facts before them to enable them to come to a decision upon the question before them, and the result of their decision they announced in the Gazette of last Friday. Subsequently the solicitor called at the Board of Trade, and expressed his regret and surprise that the Board had riot had an opportunity of considering certain documents. There was no doubt the solicitor was informed that the fullest consideration would be given to these documents if he deposited them with the Board, and he (Sir George Clerk) had not ahe least doubt that if these documents contained important information upon this question, his Noble Friend at the head of the Railway Depart ment and the Board itself would not only give it the fullest consideration ; and if it contained sufficient grounds to induce them to alter their decision, they would not have the slightest, hesitation in doing so. But he must candidly tell the House that he did not think these documents would disclose such information as to induce the Board of Trade to come to a different decision to that which had already been announced. If any mis apprehension had risen, it was on the part of the pro moters of the railway, and not on the part of that de partment of the Board of Trade. Nor could they com plain that no intimation bad been given to them that further evidence was required, because it was left to them to request an interview, which they had neglected to do. It was clear, therefore, that :no blame could be attached to the Board of Trade. The report detailing the reasons upon which the Board of Trade had come to decision in the case of this railway would be laid upon the table of the House in the course of the present week, and it would be for the House or a Committee to judge whether that report contained sufficient reason to justify the decision of the Railway DepartMent of the Board of Trade. Mr. DUNCOMBE. begged leave to ask a question upon this subject. It was this—he would wish to know if the decisions of the Board of Trade were the decisions that were Gazetted? and if they were, w ere those de cisions final? The reason he asked this question was this—if any new information should be acquired upon any line so announced as decided Upon, and that the Board of Trade should find that information of such a character as to induce them to alter their opinion, would there then be a new announcement in the Gazette ? Sir GEORGE CLERK said he had not the least idea that the Board would make any alteration in their decisions ; but at the same time he could say, that the Board of Trade would, as an act of justice, alter the whole bearing of the announcement made in the Gazette, if the additional information were of such a nature as to demand that course. Mr. LABOUCHERE understood that the practice of the Board of Trade was to announce their decisions in the Gazette; now he wished to 'know if the Board made any announcements in the Gazette before they had made up their minds ?—(Laughter.) Sir G. CLERK begged to say that the Board of Trade were always ready and anxious to give their fullest con sideration to every information sent them on this sub ject ; and when the parties giving this information should state to the Board the nature of the information they were always told that such information would be sure to receive the fullest and most careful consideration. Lord HOWICK conceived that his question bad not been quite answered yet. What he wanted to know was, was this a decision of the Board of Trade, or was it not ?—(Hear, hear.) If it were not a decision why was it Gazated? And if it were, why should the announce inept be made in the advertisement in the papers that he had already read ?—(Hear, hear.) REPEAL OF DUTIES. Mr. E. BULLER, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) in his place, begged to ask him when the deferred discussion on the repeal of the duties on tallow and other articles of commerce, could be brought on without in convenience to the Government. He was anxious to consult the convenience of the Government ; but it was necessary that the country should know when these duties would cease. Sir R. PEEL said that he could not, at the present moment, say when the business could be taken up by the House, but he would take the very earliest oppor tunity of naming a day. In the course of the week he would be able to see the progress of the business in the House, and when he knew what position it stood in , he should be able to fix a day. He believed the Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) had a notice on the books which stood for Tuesday, and if not before, he believed he should be able to state on Mon day what day could be taken for the purpose. Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Government busi ness was usually taken on the Wednesday, Sir R. PEEL said that whenever Government mo tions were taken on the Wednesday, it was by the courtesy of the House, and not as a matter of right or according to rute ; but he had no objection to take the business on Wednesday, but, in the course of the week, or on Monday at latest, he would name a day. SANATORY REGULATIONS OF LARGE TOWNS Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN begged to call the atten tion of the Noble Lord at the head of the office of Woods and Foresfs (the Earl of Lincoln) to an extremely important petition which he had presented the other evening from Limerick, and to ask the Noble Lord whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govern ment to extend the provisions' of any Bill which they might introduce upon the sanatory regulations of large towns to Ireland. The Earl of LINCOLN said that the report of the Bommissioners had only been presented to her Majesty in January last, and he could, therefore, say what the provisions for the Bill might be, but without pledging the Dovernment to any particular course of proceeding he might say that he anticipated the power of the Bill would be extended both to Scotland and Ireland. AUCTION DUTY. Captain PECHELL wished to know from the Righ, ion. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer when it was his intention to go ipto Committee upon the auction duty, and he also wished to know at what period the duty would cease atter the passing of the resolu tion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he should be happy to bring the question forward at the earliest possible moment; and it was only because he understood that it was to be opposed that he was not enabled to bring it forward heretofore. The time when he would be able to bring it forward would depend on the army vote. The moment that vote was obtained he would name the day on which he would bring forward the question of the auction duty. The reduction of the duty would be effected at the earliest possible period after the passing of the resolution. Captain PECHELL wished to know from the Hon. Gentleman opposite, the Member for Dorsetshire (Mr. Bankes), whether it was his intention to oppose the re duction of the auction duty, and whether he would divide the House upon it ? Mr. BANKES said it was his intention to follow up the motion of which he gave notice at an early period of the session ; and he would take the sense of the House on the question of the auction duty, and the propriety of applying the auction duty to a certain particular pur pose 2—(Laughter.) Mr. WARD said he would postpone his motiou rela tive to the burdens on land till the House was in pos session of the Hon. Gentleman's statement. MR. AGLIONBY AND MR. CARRINGTON. Mr. AGLIONBY said, that as he felt called upon to bring under the notice of the House a letter of Mr. Car rington's, reflecting upon his conduct as a member of a Committee, and as he understood that the most conve nient time for doing so would be when the House was going into a Committee of Supply on Friday, he begged to give notice that he would call the attention of the House to the subject on that day. He was anxious that a member of the Committee should not rest under such mil imputation. COLONIAL ACCOUNTS. Dr. BOWRING then rose to move that a Select Com mittee be appointed to inquire into the state of the colo nial accounts and the means of improving them. It would be needless for him to urge on the House the im portance of the subject, which must be apparent to any one. A paper had been laid on the table of the House a few days ago which showed that this country had forty-one colonies, with a population of 5,000,000, of people; the imports from them to the United 'Kingdom amounted annually to between 10,000,0001. and 11,000,000/. sterling, and the exports represented 17,000,000/. sterling, of which nearly half was of Bri tish produce, and British manufactures. These colonies employed 3,000 vessels, and 900,000 tons of shipping. Whenever colonial questions were introduced, the House must be surprised that no accounts could be bad or at least very imperfect ones. The two latest ac counts came down to the 2d of August, 1844, and the Bth of 4pgust of the same year. There were no accouEts of many of the colonies later than 1843, and of others none later than 1842, whilst from the important colony of Newfound land there were no accounts at all. Neither were there any accounts from Fernando Po or the Falkland Islands later than 1840, though a sum of 20,0001. had been granted to the Falkland Islands at various times by this House. There was no uniformity, no general plan or purpose. They all stood on an independent basis, and each returned accounts as the functionaries pleased. Many of them gave no account whatever. In some of the colonies a very few lines were sufficient to dispose of the receipts and expenditure. In St. Christopher's seven lines dis posed of the receipts, but ten lines were devoted to the expenditure. In some colonies there was no distinction made between fixed and incidental revenue. In others what was elsewhere called fixed revenue got the name of inci dental; in others the application of the terms was reversed. In the Cape of Good Hope the accounts were kept in a manner different from that adopted in all the other colonies. There was one column for abso lute receipts—another column for arrears and debts — In some cases they had charged for the collecting of the revenue ; in others they had not ; and in others that charge was under a different head. The Hon. and Learned Member then entered into a statement of the accounts furnished by the different colonies. He thought they should know how the sums advanced to the colonies had been disposed of. He would also draw attention to the mode of auditing accounts for these places. When Sir George Murray was Colonial Secretary he had pro mised that the colonial budget should be regularly brought before Parliament. That had not been done. It appeared from the evidence given before the Com mittee, that in 1837 the colonial accounts of 1831 had not been audited. The accounts of all the colonies were in arrears. The accounts of Ceylon had not been audited for eleven years ; those of South Australia had not been audited for seven years ; those of Mauritius for seven wars ; those of the Cape of Good Hope for eight years ; those of Malta for six years ; those of Upper Canada for six years, and those of Wes tern Australia for five years. The most extra ordinary :rensons were given for the non exa mination of these accounts. They said they had not clerks enough to get through the work. That the persons whose duty it was to examine them were ill. The arrears were continually accumulat ing—after a few years the accumulation was sent to the audit office, and there they declared that it was impossible for any human being to examine the accounts, and then an order was issued from the Treasury to allow all these accounts to pass without audits—(Marks of dissent from Sir Robert Peel.) The Right Honourable Baronet expressed his dissent from that statement, but if he would inquire he would find that it had been done again and again, He was quite willing to do justice to the efforts of successive Governments to accomplish this object. One great object had been accomplished—the separation of the military from the civil. accounts. If a proper system were not adopted in keeping the colonial accounts, ure- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAYI EVENING , APRIL 1, 1845. Sir G. CLERIC said that all documents sent in to the Board of Trade, conveying information that the Board had not had when making the announcements in the Gazette, would be embodied in a report, and the whole then laid before the House for its consideration. Mr. HAWES wished to know if he understood the Hon. Baronet to say that those announcement might appear in the Gazette, subject to such alterations and modifications as subsequent information might induce the House to make, when the report mentioned by the Hon. Baronet should be laid before Parliament. Sir G. CLERIC—The Board of Trade might be taken by surprise by the receipt of such information as had been alluded to, and therefore those documents would receive the attention they deserved. NEW ZEALAND. Mr. AGLIONBY begged leave, on bi half of Mr. Charles Buller, who was absent, to give notice of a mo tion relative to New Zealand. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN moved for leave of ab sence for Mr. William Miles and Mr. Phillip Miles for six weeks. —G ran ted. In answer to a question from Mr. AGLIONBY, Mr. G. W. HOPE said that the papers the Govern ment had received from New Zealand would Le laid on the table on an early day. In answer to a question from Mr. TUFNELL, Mr. G. W. HOPE said that the Government were willing to do anything that would meet with the appro bation of Hon. Members. Mr. TUFNELL thought the information of the hon. Gentleman was hardly precise enough. What he wanted to know was, whether the parties to whom he re ferred would be subject to any compulsory proceedings? Mr. G. W. HOPE said that to what extent the direc tions of Lord Stanley would go he could not say, and whether cr not Lord Stanley would wish the Governor to carry out his instructions within any specific period he could not say, and what his decision would be with respect to those who might not be able readily to get rid of their property within such period, if it:were fixed, he was equally ignorant. BOARD OF TRADE. Mr. HAWES said that seeing the Noble Lord, the Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Granville Somerset) in his place, he wished to ask him when the House might expect another report from the Board with which he was connected ? He was led to hope that this report would be shortly forthcoming, from the long time which had elapsed since the date of the last report. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that he could not at the present moment say when the next report would be ready, for from the amount of business which the Board had to transact there had not at present been an opportunity of preparing it. Mr. HAWES said he thought that it was time an other report was prepared, and that the question was a sufficiently reasonable one when he recollected that the date of the last was December, and there was, in his opinion, sufficient ground to expect another by this time. gularities must necessarily take place. He trusted that this would not be treated as a party question. It was a question of great national importance, and he trusted that both sides of the House would co-operate in endeavouring to improve the present system- The system of double entry had again and again been recommended by the commissioners of public ac counts. There ought, no doubt, to be some general system of control exercised as to the way money was to be drawn from the public chest. Some system ought to be universally adopted. He did not suggest that there should be any interference with the expenditure or receipt in the colonies, but the ex penditure and receipt should be honestly and clearly acknowledged by some general uniform system. In this country there should be some means of ascertaining with regard to the colonial expenditure —at present the pe cuniary state of the colonies was represented in a very un satisfactory state. The House cf Commons should re ceive from year to year a colonial budget , containin g the estimate of the receipts and expenditure in the colonies. The Hon. Gentleman then read the resolutions he wished the House to adopt:— " 1. That in the opinion of this House, a uniform sys tem of accountancy should be adopted in all the depart ments of Government, the plan of double entry, as re commended by the Commissioners of Public Accouuts, being the basis thereof. " 2. 'I hat, for the protection of the public revenue, and the exercise of an efficient Parliamentary control, the gross revenues should be paid without deduction into her Majesty's Exchequer, and all issues therefrom be autho rised by a Parliamentary vote. " 3. That no department of expenditure be allowed to be a department of receipt other than by credits on her Majesty's Exchequer. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. On the question, being put, Mr. HOPE said that, if he understood the ion. and Learned Member aright, his proposal simply was to ap • point .such Members (as were in the House) upon this Committee, in order to make a report from the printed evidence already before the House. He understood also that the estimates of the colonies were to be laid before the House in detail, in order to receive the sanction of the House. Dr. BOWRING--Oh ! no no. Mr. HOPE was at a loss to understand what the Hon. Member meant by his motion. As regarded the Crown colonies, her Majesty's Ministers did assume a responsibility, and they had for years been endeavouring to improve their ;ondition, and he trusted that in soma measure they had done so. But it had been in the habit to leave the coloni?s to transact their own affairs—(Hear)—as , they themselves were best acbnainted with them. They had the choosing of their own officers—of their own constabulary, and they were at liberty to adopt those laws most convenient to themselves, without in in every case requiring the sanction of that House. He did not, however, wish to object to the appointment of the Committee sought for by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. Mr. HUME said the most lamentable ignorance pre vailed iu this country on the condition of the colonies. He must not interfere with the local administration of colonial affairs ; but what he coiplained of was a total of management, regularity, and uniformity. It was im possible ter any Colonial Secretary in such a state of thingsto administer Colonial affairs in a satisfactory man ner—thus Colonial accounts were in entire confusion. With regard to the mode of lev3ing colonial taxes he did not agree with it, because it dealt unfairly with the products of this country. There was no uniform system by which the import duties were regulated in the colonies, and he very much re gretted this, for if there was tome uniform system established, it would not only make the ac counts more clear, but tend materially to reduce the public expenditure of the country. His opinion had always been that the colonies ought not to be of any expense to the country, but so far from this being the case now, they were paying annually enormous sums for their maintenance. After a few words from Dr. BOWRING in explana tion the motion was agreed to. POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE. Mr. SHIEL rose and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of April 1.) SUGAR.-To- day there was a good demand for bright ye low, and the best Refining descriptions of West India Sugar, which fetched full rates, but inferior and brown kinds were purchased with caution, at prices rather under those of Friday, the market was well supplied with such, and mer chants generally inclined to sell; but of good and fine yellow and grey, the quantity on sale was limited. REFINED.-To -day many parcels of Refined goods were taken by the home trade, and standard lumps fetched 65s to 66s per cwt. Crushed Sugar manufactured u nder bond is wanted at 31s per cwt. MAURITIUS.-This afternoon importers of Mauritius Sugar were generally not disposed to submit to any further decline in prices, but the trade evinced little desire to operate, and of 5500 bags offered at public sale, not above two-thirds sold at prices that averaged those of the last auction ' • very fine bright yollow went at 54s 6d to 565, fine 50 s to 51s, good 47s to 48s, good middling 45s 6d to 465, middling 43s to 445, low 41s to 42s 6d, grey middling to good 42s 64 to 475, ordinary 41s to 425, fine brown 38s to 38s 6d, good 37s 6d, middling 35s to 36s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon 834 bags of Manilla Sugar, without certificate, were offered at public sale, and sold at a decline of 6d to is per cwt, good brown rather foxey cloyed went at 17s Gd, and washed 16s to 16s 6d per cwt. With Bengal the market was again well supplied ; four parcels amounting to 5,051 bags were submitted to public com petition, the better descriptions of white met with a good demand, and commanded full rates, but inferior brown and yellow kinds m et with a dull sale, and prices declined 6d to Is per cwt; fine white went at 52s to 545, good 50s to 51s, middling 49s to 49s 6d, low 45s 6d, ord soft date 42s to 445, damp and washed 89s to 535, low sound yellow 38s to 40s, middling 45 s 6 d good 47s to 48s, damp and washed 36s 6d to 475, sound grey 42s to 43s 6d, damp and washed 40s to 435. Of Madras 3,150 bags were offered and only partly sold at easy rates, low damp brown went at 32s 6d to 345, middling 35s to 365, and good 37s to 3ss 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.-There has been an increased demand for all descriptions of Brazil Sugar, and very full rates have been paid for white, and rather higher for brown ; the private operations are a floating cargo of fine new brown Bahia at 19s 6d, and one of Pernambuco in bags at 19s 6d, both for a near Port, and 100 chests of old Bahia on the spot at 22s for com mon white, and 18s per cwt for brown. This afternoon 80 chests of white Bahia sold privately at 228 per cwt for low quality. MOLASSES.-West India have met with. little attention, and prices are still drooping, the private opera er cwt. East tions are 120 puns St. Kitt's at 175., and Trinidad 17s 6d p India may be procured upon law terms, still very few buyers are to be met with. COFFEE.-This afternoon 2,198 bags o f East India Coffee Bankrupts effects were offered at public sa le and sold at mo derate rates, viz., Ceylon black Triage at 105 to 13s Gd, better quality was disposed of at from 14s 6d to 18s 6d, chaffy 9s, Padang good ordinary mixed with blacks 21s to 21s ld ; Manilla blacs 13s to 18s, and chaffy Ils 64 per cwt. Ceylon was purchased with caution, by private treaty, and 46s to 4Gs Gd accepted for small parcels of good ordinary Pale. In other kinds of Coffee there was very little busiOnesns done 2 pri vately, and none was offered at auction . Friday 00 bags of Ceylon Coffee, will be offered at pu blic sale. TEA.-To. day the trade purchased T e a with reluctance, and the biddings were languid at the pu blicsales ; of the total quantity offered, amounting to 10,536 pkgs, the small propor tion of only 1,500 were actually disposed of, including 900 pkgs of Pouchong ; but previous rates were generally sup ported, in some cases a small decline was submitted to. Congou, fresh and new kinds went at 10%d, ra coa to ra str is to is Id, blksh if Pekoe kind 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; Souchong, good is 4d to ls 6d, fine 2s ; Pouchong, low to good 4d to 7d ; Flowery Pekoe fine and very fine 3s to 4s Gd ; Caper, in chests lop, in catty boxes Is 3d to is 6d; Scented ()range Pekoe, good to fine 3s 3d to 3s 44; Twankay, common is ld to is 3d; Hyson kind, common lld ; Hyson, fine to superfine 2s 9d to 3s 6d ; , Young Hyson, Canton and Twankay kind is 8 d to 2 s 2 d ; Hyson kind 3s ld to 3s ; Imperial Canton, and Twan kay kind 2s ld to 2s sd; Hyson kind 3s Id to 3s Gd; Gun powder, Canton, and Twankey kind 2s 2d to 2s 64 ; and Hy son kind 3s Bdd to 4s 4d per lb. SPICES.-This afternoon Black Pepper met with little at tention, and the sound of 1772 bags of umatra at public sale the was taken in at 2d dame ed of whit for good light black rather stalk and dusty being the former value; t he g chief part consisted all sold, but at easier rates ; sea damaged firs: class 2id to 2id, the second class 21d, third class bad see damaged and repaclied 24 to 2clhd, and very id per lb. Rum,BRANBY, AND HOLLANDs.—Although there are sel lers of Calcutta Rum at a further reduction in prices, still few purchasers are to be met with, r and onllso puns have been sold at is 8d per gallon, proof, with certificate; the stock is still on the increase. In Brandy the operations hhds 48 4d, puns 4s 2d ; ditto are upon a more extended scale, and prices have 'made ditto 1842, hhds 4s ld, puns a stand; they rule as follow :---Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 4s Bd, puns 4s 6d ; ditto 1839, hhds 4 1 s 84 5 1 d, hh pun ds 3s lld ; ditto 1843, hhds 35 lid, puns 3s 9d ditto 1844, s4s4s4d3,d ;pudnitsto4slB4o2d hhds 3s 9d, puns 3s 7d ; middling and good ' middling of the various vintages 2s 8d to 3s 7d, low 2s 6d to 2s Bd, and Bordea ux 2s 6d to 2s 7d per gallon ; the value of common export Geneva is Is 9d, and fine, fit for duty 2s 4d to 2a 10d per ga llon —previous rates are well supported for English Corn Spi rits. To-day there was a better demand for all descriptions of Rum, but holders were unable to obtain any advance in prices • proof Leewards selling at is 10d, Calcutta proof Is 8d to 'lB 8 1 Ad, Jamaica 3s 3d to 4s, and fine 4s 2d to 5s per gallon. Of East and West India several par cela have arrived during the last few days. RlCE.—Bengal has fully sustained the former value •, low white has been disposed of by private treaty at lls to Ils 3d, middling 1 is 6d to 12s, good 12s 3d to 12s 6d, and fine 12s 9d to 13s per cwt. Tne maiket is firm for Foreign East India. Madras yellow is fetching 9s 6d to 108 per cwt •, white Java at lls to 12s 6d, and yellow 9s 6d to 108 6d per cwt. Cleaned Rice at 14s to 18s for Patna, and at 23s to 28s per cwt for Carolina. COCIIINEAL.—At previous rates a good business transacted, and at auction 120 bags of Honduras silvers were all disposed of at 4s 9d to 4s lld per lb for low to middling, by private treaty some parcels of black and silvers have been sold. SALTPETRE.—Rough has met with more attention, but merchants have been unable to obtain any advance in prices, and at auction 2,000 bags of Calcutta were all disposed of; good white refraction 34 per cent at 26s 6d, good yellowish grey 6i per cent 265, good strong dry gr e y 5 i to 5 per cent 26s to 26s 6d, not refracted 23s 6d to 255, damaged 22s to 24s 6d; 461 bags of Madras fetched 25s for sound, 10 per cent refraction, being generally previous rates. TALLow—This afternoon there was little business done in Russia Tallow, and 388 3d to 38s 9d accepted for P. Y. .Candle of fine quality on the spot. OILS—Fur Linseed Oil the demand on the spot has been brisk at 25s 3d to 25s 6d, and for forward delivery many con tracts have been entered into at 25s 6d to 26s ; ship ping orders are coming in more freely, and the con sumption is on the increase. In Rape several transactions have taken place at 37s 6d to 38s for pale, and at 36s 6d to 375 per cwt for brown. Palm has sustained the former value. For Cocoa Nut Oil prices are sustained—Ceylon realising 27s to 28s, and from Sydney 24s to 25s 6d per cwt. In Sperm there ass been a good business transacted at $6l to 88/ for fine British, and at 83/ to S 5/ par tun for Arne rimi of first quAfity, Fish Qiis are lit t le wanted; C o d le hald for 211 j la§ to 80; per tun, pale Seal selling at V/ to 31/, yellow 271 ips toVl leg, str4w 29/ to 29/ 105, and brown 26/ to 27/1 at public sale 92 tuns of Southern were sold, fine at 29/ to 29/ Ms, Ord to good 261 10a to 281 lEs, 3 tuns of low Cod Oil 2415 s to 241105, 3 casks Cods Foots 201 lOs ; 3 casks Dog Oil 24155, and 1 cask of Pot Head 231 lOs per tun. Olive Oil is held with firmness • Galipoli at 411 lOs to 42/ ; Spanish and Barbary 401 to 41/, and other descriptions 391 to 39l lOs per tun.. Towx HALL, WINDSOR —Yesterday morning two boys, named Henry Eden and Francis Johnson, of the re spective ages of twelve and fourteen years, were charged before Thomas Clarke, Esq. (Mayor), and William Legh, Esq., with having broken open a tin box, containing moneys belonging to the mother and brother of Eden, and stolen the whole of its contents, amounting to U. 18s. It appeared from the evidence that the two boys left Windsor as soon as they had effected the robbery, and returned pennyless on Saturday last, the day after the execution of John Tawell, at Aylesbury. On being. apprehended the boy Eden ad mitted he had broken open the box, by forcing the staple of the padlock, and taken the money, in order to enable him to go to Aylesbury "to see the Quaker hung." Aylesbury is upwards of thirty miles from Windsor. A stir is likely to be immediately made for having a line of railway from Kelso to somewhere in the neighbour-• hood of St. Boswell's, which will connect the proposed line between Kelso and Berwick with that between Edinburgh and Hawick.—Newcastle Journal. RAIL wA Y IN TELLIGENCE. LONDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL JUNCTION. ANDOVER, SATURDAY EVENING.—This morning a very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood took place at the Town-hall, to con Sider the subject of the formation of a line from Basing stoke to Andover, and from thence to Salisbury and Yeovil. Giles Westbury, Esq., the Mayor , took the chair, and there w ere present the Hon. and Rev. S. Best, R. Etwall, Esq., M.P., for Andover ; Colonel Iremonger, the Rev. Walter Blunt, the Rev. Henry Fowle, Rev. W. Smythe, Rev. C. H. Ridding, Rev. W. Powney, Rev. Christopher Dodson, Thomas Phillips, Esq., J. H. Everett, Esq., Harry Footner. Esq., Town Clerk ; and many of the landed proprietors, as well as many of the principal inhabitants. A deputation from Basingstoke attended, consisting of C. Simmons, Esq., the Mayor ; Messrs. Cottle (Alderman), Blunden and Gibbs. Joseph Locke, Esq., the engineer, and F.T. Bircham, Esq., were present on behalf of the South-Western Company, and the following gentlemen attended as a deputation from the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Company :--John Chap man, Esq., J. J. Kinloch, Esq., G. Webster, Esq., W. S. Boyd, Esq., D. M. Johnston, Esq., F. Giles, Esq., and Lewis Crombie, Esq. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said he had received a requisition, very numerously signed, re questing him to call this meeting, to consider the subject of more efficient railway communication. The town of Andover had long been without the advantages which other towns of less importance possessed, and he should be glad to find that the meeting that day would be pro ductive of beneficial results.—(Hear, hear ) The Hon. and Rev. S. BEST moved the first resolution, to the effect that a line from some point at or near Basing stoke, on the South-Western Railway by Andover to Salis bury, would promote the convenience of the public, and be highly beneficial to Andover, and a large district now unprovided with railway communication, connecting them on the one hand with the metropolis, and on the other with Salisbury and the west of England. He could look back to a time when railways were regarded as an evil, but he was glad to find that they had now arrived at a better state of feelins„ on that subject, and thrown to the winds their foolish objections. He thought the proposed route should provide for both the eastern and western districts every accommodation, connecting the metropolis, Salisbury, and the west of England generally.—(Hear.) The main reason which had conduced to the prosperity of the town of Andover was, that it was situate on the direct line of communication between the metropolis and the west of England. The wonder of the age, as they used to call the " Telegraph" coach, passed through Andover on the line from London to Exeter. Weyhill, with its great and important fair, ought also to come in for a share of consideration in the formation of a line in that district. The people of Andover would never rest satisfied with their present position, or with a line which took them as much time to reach it as it did afterwards to proceed onwards to London.—(Cheers.) The line now propelled by the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Com pany. was the best that could be adopted. The engi neering difficulties or facilities would probably be ex plained by Mr. Locke, a gentleman who had made a direct communication between the metropolis of England and that of France. If it was determined to make a line connecting the west with the east—Andover must be that line. By whatever company it was undertaken, very little time must elapse before its construction should be commenced. He trusted that ere long the people of Andover would be in possession of those advantages which railway communication offered, and which had up to the present time been denied them. Mr. MORTIMORE seconded' the resolution, which was put, and carried unanimously. Mr. ETWALL, M.P., suggested that this would be the proper time for those gentlemen wbo attended on behalf of the South-Western, and London, Salisbury, and Yeovil lines, to state their opinions, so that before proceeding farther the meeting might be put in possession of the necessary facts. Mr. LOCKE said he would very readily give any in formation that might be required of him. His object, however, in visiting Andover that day, was to hear the opinions of the inhabitants. He quite agreed with the Hon. and Rev. Gentleman who proposed the first reso lution, and he might say that if the Board of Trade sanctioned the South- Western scheme, the Company were determined on making the line to Salisbury via Andover. The Rev. Mr. Siurrne asked Mr. Locke how far west ward the South-Western Company would go ? Mr. LOCKE replied that at present he had received no instructions to proceed beyond Salisbury. Mr. JOHN CHAPMAN said he regretted that important business had detained at Lincoln the Honourable William Ashley, the Chairman of the Committee of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil line, and he read a letter from the Honourable Gentleman, expressive of his regret at being prevented from attending at Andover on that day. That gentleman, however, felt the greatest interest in the suc cess of the line, on no account more than for its in tended transit through the town of Andover. Never, he (Mr. Chapman) thought, was there such an extraor dinary anomaly and oversight, that while other parts of the country were adequately provided with railway ac commodation, this important district was left completely isolated. When the Great Western Company was formed, the avowed object was a direct communication between London and Bristol, at which point it was sup posed the line would terminate. The line had now been extended to Exeter, and he had no doubt it would answer the purposes of that Company. Still it did not sa tisfy the inhabitants of Andover, Yeovil, Salisbury, or even the inhabitants of Exeter themselves. It appeared to him that the South-Westero pointed to the natural line of railway into the western districts of the country; but as the great lines had shown no disposition to meet the wants of the people of many important districts, it became the duty of the inhabitants of neglected towns to make a movement in their own behalf. R a il ways cemented, as it were, a social compact throughout the kingdom, and bound men together as one family ; Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, and part of Devon, however, were still beyond that family circle. The company he represented (the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junc tion) were determined to make a line not only to An dover and to Salisbury, but to Yeovil also.—(Cheers.) An independent companY had been formed for making a line' from Yeovil to Exeter, so that the Communication would be direct and complete. The company he repre sented were quite prepared to go on. Every encourage ment had been held out to them.—(Cheers.) Mr. GILES, civil engineer, put in a plan of the line of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction. It appeared that the line will establish a direct communication be tween London, Salisbury, Yeovil, and the West of Eng. land, traversing in its course many wealthy, populous, and important districts. Commencing at Wortmg, near Basingstoke, it will proceed by Whitchurch, Andover, and Salisbury, to Yeovil, by which means the connexion between the east and west coasts will be complete. In connexion with the projected line from Exeter to Yeovil, it will, Mr. Giles remarked, form the shortest and most direct communication between London and Exeter, whereby a saving in distance of thirty miles will be effected. The distance from London to Salisbury will be about 80 miles, to Yeovil 120 miles, and to Exeter 165 miles. The length of line to be constructed will be about 75 miles. Mr. ETWALL, M.P., moved " That the landowners and other influential persons interested be invited to give their support to the Company projecting the best line through the above-named district, and to aid in carrying it out." He thought that the meeting should be unequivocally told whether either or both of the projected lines would come very near the town of Andover.—(Cheers.) It would be the duty of the inhabitants to watch closely the movements of both companies, and to take care that whichever line should be constructed should come into or near their town.—(Hear, hear.) His Honourable and Reverend Friend had very properly adverted to the objections which many landowners bad formerly entertained on the subject of railways, but which were now entirely removed. He (Mr. Etwall) had never entertained such views, convinced as he was from the commencement that railways would tend greatly to the promotion of the prosperity of the country. Mr. GILES, C.E., said the line he intended to adopt (the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction) would pass close to the north side of Andover, and would be of the greatest advantage to the town. Mr. LOCKE, on the part of the South-Western Com pany, remarked that it was not from indisposition to give information on the matter, but simply that he was not in possession of the requisite details. He might, however, say that, whatever line the South- Western Company might adopt, it would come as near the town of Andover as possible. From this course no slight expense would deter them. He was somewhat disin clined to enter into these matters, because be had fre quently found that much mischief had arisen from the premature discussion of details. Mr. PHILLIPS having seconded the resolution, it was put and carried. Mr. MARSH admitted that for a long time he enter tained antiquated prejudices on the subject of railways. He had now abandoned them, and was desirous of seeing a line constructed such as that proposed. He would like to see it extend not only to Andover, but to Salis bury, Yeovil , E xeter, and to the Land's-end. The Company who would carry them the farthest should have his support.—(Hear.) Mr. CROMBIE, as one of the promoters of the Lon don, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction, might be per mitted to say a few words in reference to the ques tions which had be e n as ise d. He had no idea till h e entered the train at London that morning that any official persons cow? d with the South-We s t ern Com eeteally were to he present, although he was glad to see th e m there i doll* mizht otherwise have existed whiol would now be cleared up. With reference to the position of Andover, on the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil line, he might remark that the instructioas given to the engineers were, that they- should csme as near to the town of Andoype as possible.--(Cheers.) Ue Was liatilla to ititono %he meetin; of the illteutiou of Exeter. Mr. WEBSTER confirmed Mr. Crombie's statements relative to the communications which had been made with the South-Western Company. Mr. CHAPMAN, while he disclaimed all vexatious op position to.au established company, expressed the deter mination of the company with which he was connected to carry out the scheme which they had proposed. He was quite certain that the line was wanted, and he pledged himself, on the part of the company, that he would not be daunted either by the South-Western, or that Le viathan, he might say, " crooked leviathan," the Great Western. Mr. LOCKE, in answer to a question, stated that the South-Western Company had no intention of going to Mr. MORTIMER denounced the proceedings of the South Western Company, and contended that if they had succeeded in getting their Hookpit deviation line, which was reported against by the Board of Trade, a line to Andover would never have been heard of.— (Loud cheers.) The town, he thought, had been very Unfairly dealt with by the South-Western Company. Mr. Foommt, the town-clerk, thought the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Company were entitled to the thanks of the inhabitants. Without pledginr , the meet ing to either party, ho would move a vote of thanks to the deputations which had attended on the part of both companies. , Mr. TuomPsoN, ex-mayor, seconded the motion, which was carried nem. dis. Mr. LOCKE and Mr. CHAPMAN severally returned thanks. The MAYOR acknowledged a similar compliment paid to himselt; and the proceedings terminated. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 31. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY—NAVY ESTINIATES. Sir CHARLES NAPIER (in continuation) said— He thought, before the House voted more money for the construction of steam-boats, they ought to have an assurance that some person would be ap pointed to inquire into the subject. It was useless for Members to suppose that they did their duty in voting for the motion that had been proposed. It was the same thing with regard to those Ilon. Gentlemen near him, who had a fellow feeling with the official gentlemen on the other side of the House, because they had some expectation of being in the same position themselves. They were, therefore, always found in the same lobby when it came to a vote. Now there was the Retribution, a steam-vessel, of 1640 tons. She was larger than a frigate, but did not carry a gun on her main deck, and it was morally impossible to fire her stern guns. There was a still larger steam-vessel, of 1830 tons, which was so built that it was impossible to get her guns out. She had no stern posts, though he had heard that two had been cut in her. He should like to see them, however. The Samson was in the same category exactly, and he thought that the machinery in the Samson was worse placed than in any of the others. It was higher up, and he would defy a shot to be fired into her engine-house without carrying away her machinery, it was so exposed. With regard to the Firebrand, Captain Corrie, who went with the experimental expedition, and than whom there was not a better officer, nor one who would give a fairer report, said of her that she was perfectly useless. He would say nothing of the Vulture, because he had not been on board of her, and he would not state any thing that he did not know. The Cyclops was intended for a frigate, but it was found that she would not carry guns on her main-deck at all ; and the Gorgon frigate had to be cut down to a corvette, and the sooner the same was done with the Cyclops the better. He now came to the steam sloops. They consisted of 24, and they cost 462,1041. without the machinery , and the machinery cost perhaps as much more, but they were only fit to be • used as packet vessels. Their engine houses were so high that it was impossible for a shot to be fired into them without destroying their machinery. lie had had a great deal of conversation with the best engineers of the country, and they had told him that if a proper sum of money were paid, there would he no diffi culty in reducing this machinery to a level with the main deck, to bring it at least as low as thecylinder, thus exposing nothing but the piston-rod and the connecting rod, and he even believed that it would be possible to get the eccentric rod into a hollow tube so as' o preserve from the shot of the enemy. Now the steam-pipes also in all these steam-vessels were carried along the deck about the water-mark ; so were the steam boxes, and it was altogether a farce to call thew., steam-vessels vessels of war. If they took one of them and fired a shot along her decks without damaging her engines he would never open his mouth again.— (Laughter.) Now he held in his hand a list of the steam-packets which had been lately built, some eight in all, which had cost, each of them, about 58,7521., exclu sive of the machinery. He had the bills at that mo ment—(Laughter)—but he would come to the ships that had been built, and here he would speak from per sonal knowledge. He had been on board of the Centaur, the day before yesterday, and he found that she was in the same category with the others; but it was not yet tou late to alter her, and to give her stern guns on the maiu-deck. He believed they were all pretty near the build of each other.—(Hear, hear.) The Govern ment had at last, however, appointed Mr. Pit cher to build a steam-boat, and he (Sir Charles Napier) would call it the first steam-boat they had cp. plicable to the purposes of war, as upon it they could point four guns aft and two for'ard. They could also have two swivel guns pointed from the fore deck. On the authority of such men as Mr. Pilcher, he was willing to undertake a great deal of responsibility. He would not hesitate to deepen a vessel for the purpose of enabling her to carry two hundred tons of coal additional. He approved of the building of iron steamers, as in the case of the Vulture ; for he was one of the first to build an ironsteamer, and he was the first to cross the Channel in one. But as they were at present constructed he thought that they were dangerous. It was to be re membered, that if a shot passed through iron plates, the iron would not be so easily plugged as wood ; and he, therefore, should recommend that there should be a considerable quantity of timber along the iron, the whole length between wind and water. He would recommend the Gallant Officer to make the experiment of passing a shot through a steamer to try the result. It had been his intention to move for a Committee ; but after the statement which had been made in that House, he really thought it would not hurt the dignity of the admirable row of those gentlemen who were out of office, if they were to order a commission to inquire whether the existing system was the best. Sir G. COCKBURN, who sp tone o oke in so lo w a of voice as to be scarcely audible in the gallery, said, given he Donee thought his e H f otnh. the and various GalG al a nstuFh subjects Friend whichough h t to e have had brought under the consideration of the House. With regard to the steam navy, he would state, that it was established at a time when the system of steam naviga tion was not so we ll understood as it wasat present. When the present Government came into ,office, the principle up on which steam frigates were built was that of having the that eatthemachinery Penelope ove the ware level st of was the o water. I e believed am r the best and most serviceable in the service, and he could not but think th a t th e emp l oyment o f such steamers be beneficial t o a ll part i es . I n those steam-vessels, must be whole of the machinery being under water, it was as safe as magazine stores. He could assure the House that the Admiralty had not failed in giving encouragement to projectors in the art of ship-building, and everybody who suggested an improvement in the construction of ships to the Board of Admiralty, had a fair trial. Ile felt very much obliged to the Gallant Officer oppo site (Sir C. Napier) for the suggestions—the valuable suggestions—he had made ; and the Admiralty would be always most anxious to take advantage of titew.— (Hear, hear-) He thought it right te, state, howeve that Mr. Finchen deelipßd to carry out the re , — tions of ciellallt Officer. In nail', as ooinpared with 0-- • mated them " _vmthenda __.pect to our steam —.41. of our neighbours, be esti - ... tam to two—our steam navy had 30,000 his company to benefi t the town, by bringing their line close to it. In all probability it would run by Andover, near the workhouse. Every one knew where that was. It had been alleged that his company had come into a part of the country into which they had no right to enter. This he denied. The South-Western Company had made their election when they framed their line. After reaching Basingstoke they deviated from the western course, and went south to Southampton. They had no right, there fore, to claim the country between Basingstoke and Ex eter as theirs. But he had still a stronger case for the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Company. He could inform the meeting that his company, the Yeovil Company, had put - forward no plan, had made no movement, until it bad been explicitly understood that the South-Western Company did not intend to construct a line in that direction.—(Cheers.) A communication with the influential parties in the South- Western Company had taken place, certainly not viith an idea of binding either, as if by written agreement, but merely with a view to ascertain whether the South-Western Company had any intention of making such a line. The answer given was distinct—that they . had no such intention. It was believed that their hands were tied. The country was, therefore, open to an independent company. His company had no intention, at first, of stopping at Yeovil; but having, in the course of their formation, ascertained that a party in Exeter were forming acompany to construct a line to Yeovil, a communication with that. party took place. The London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Com pany having received from them an assurance that their intentions to proceed were sincere, desisted from pressing the extended scheme. If, however, the Exeter and Yeovil Company should falter, there was plenty of time to .make his company a lA.indon, Salisbury, and . Exeter Company," and that would most certainly be done.—(Cheers.) They knew the feelings of the inhabitants in the district and the wants of the country, and they would not disappoint them. Their capital was sure ; reserving, as they would do, a few shares for those persons along the line who hail not. yet applied for them. He would wish that neither the surveys which the South-Western Company were makinz, nor the attempts of the Great Western Company to monopolize, those districts, would prevent them from going on, after the late declaration of the Right Hon. the Premier in the House of Commons. As they had adequate means, they would proceed in their work, and, by taking the project in hand at this early part of the year, it would allow them full time for accoraplishing the work they had in hand.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CnoluniE, in reply to an inquiry as to how long it would take to reach Exeter by the proposed line and the narrow guage, said, not longer, in proportion to the distance, than the wide guage. They could run quite as fast on the narrow as on the broad guage. On the Brighton line they had been for some time rur.ning a fast train the whole distance, fifty-one miles being completed in an hour and a quarter. It was quite a mistake to suppose that the narrow guage was not equally as safe as the wide guage for that route. Mr. LOCKE said the South-Western Company had never any intention of giving up this line, as they had long since determined on constructing a line to Salisbury via Andover. _ _ . horse-power to their 20,000 horse-power.—(Hear, hear. ) Regarding the allusions which had been made to old and imperfectly constructed ships, it should be remembered that a long period had elapsed since their construc tion, but yet not one of those ships bad been t'roken up, and only one of them was made a receiving-ship. It was not at all extraordinary that changes should be made in the construction of ships, now that some of the old models had, by the progress of science and experience, become obsolete ; in fact, the great cause of alteration was, the increase of science. —(Hear, hear.) How ever, Hon. Members should not run away e ith the ides that all the ships in the last war were bad ones ; or of an inferior construction ; it should be recollected that during the war, the Inconstant, a frigate of small power, compelled a French man-of-war, which was clear ing the harbour of Malta, to lower the topsails and yards, and actually engaged with her until one of our line-of-battle ships came up. Yet this French man of war was considered the ee plus ultra of French genius. The Hon. and Gallant Officer mentioned other instances where British ships of much inferior size and force were victorious over foreign vessels. It was true enough, as observed by the Hon. Member for Montrose, that Eng land was the only nation which, at the close of the war, had not a scientific Board fur naval affairs. A school of naval architecture had been subsequently established, which bred many excellent seamen ; but he thought the present system was as well calcu!ated to encourage genius as any other. It was an extraordinary fact, that, notwithstanding all that had been done to wards uniformity---to secure a principle which might be gc nerally applied to ship-building—the Admi ralty had been unsuccessful ; and the meet ex cellent steam-vessels had been constructed on totally different principles. As an instance, he might quoted the Espiegle and the Flying Fish—both admir able vessels, but both constructed in different modes. Several plans bad been proposed, amongst others the parabolic curve, by Lord Dundonald, but he would not anticipate the results until they all had a fair trial. The llon. and Gallant Officer had alluded to alterations made in the construction of steam-vessels recently built. The Surveyor of the Nary, one of the most accomplished sailors in the navy, had, certainly, directed some alte rations, and he thought he should be allowed to carry them out without interruption. He hoped the House " would allow the estimates to be gone through, after the explanation he had given. Captain BERKELEY was glad to hear the lion. and Gallant Officer state our superiority in point of steam vessels over our neighbours. He did not think the pam phlet of the Prince de Joinville was written in a hos tile spirit, but it kindled a wholesome spirit of improve ment in the British public as ree arded our navy, which was of the utmost importance. He thought the increase sought for was necessary, and he should support it cor dially. The best way to preserve the peace of Europe was to maintain and fortify our maritime power. The Prince de Joinville had suggested a steam navy as the best mode of bringing the contending Powers into a hand and hand conflict. If such should be the case, he be lieved that, taking former occurrences for our guide, we should be, in ninety-nine encounters out of a hundred, successful. Then it was in the power of the British Government to fit out a fleet of steam-vessels, from her mercantile superiority, capable, not only of contend ing with France, but with the whole world. If they were to refer to Glasgow, to Liverpool, and the other great ports of our commercial intercourse, and which formed* the entrepots of the navy of the kingdom, they would immediately see the immense power which the country possessed in the way of a steam navy, and how available they would be in the ability to form a steam navy for the purposes of war. If the Committee would allow him to suggest, he would say that the best way to form a navy of this kind would be to establish some power, by which they would be enabled to form a steam navy by which this country would be enabled to meet the power of the whole of the world. They had little to do but to place pivot-guns on the decks or these steamers to render them most effective vessels of war ; and they might estimate, from the return of the mercantile navy, the number of effective vessels of war which they could command, and by them they would be enabled to calculate their prowess for effective war fare. This power might, it was true, be indefinitely extended ; and if the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secre tary for the Admiralty were anxious that it should be extended, he for one was not anxious to restrict his powers nor those of the Government. The question, as it appeared to him, was as to how far the Government were entitled to this vote of credit on the strength of their past performances. For his part, he conceived that all that was necessary was to invest the Govern ment with a power to make arrangements with the proprietors of these vessels as they stood at present, any at a moment send them to sea. Now he had a plan to suggest, and he did so with considerable diffidence, but yet, as the object was the public service, he did not con ceive that any trespass that he might make on the patience of the House would be too great to obliterate the im portance of the public service, and he was exceedingly desirous that if the powers which the Government pos sessed were used to enlarge the effect of this mercantile power, there would at once be a steam navy that would be able to compete with that of all the world. What ho would beg to suggest would be, that the navy should be drilled upon the custom of the marines, and what he wished was, that the navy should be drilled according to the fashion of the marines and in the same divisions as the marines were classed. If they did this, the navy would be able to act as marines, and the whole force would become one of effec tive artillery. His object was to couvert the navy into as valuable artillery as the navy had proved theniselves to be (luring the tune of war. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN said, it should be recol lected that all these men were trained. Captain BERKELEY said that he was aware that the question which had been raised by the Right Hon. Baronet, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, was one of great importance, and he was aware that many of the marines had been trained under the admirable system of Sir John Pritchard, at Portsmouth. By that system the whole of the sailors had become gunners, but it should be recollected that marines were engaged during a long series of years, that they were occupied during the whole of their engagement in a continual series of exercises. The marines were engaged during a period of twenty-one years. Throughout the whole of that period they had the full opportunity of rendering themselves effectual ; and he must say that, while he acknowledged the claims of the navy, he MUSS at the same time acknowledge that the marines were entitled to equal respect. He believed that the designs of Sir W. Symonds had done very great good, to the naval service ; but he must, at the same these, say that it was necessary also to consider the feelin gs o f t h e men who were engaged in that service, and wh a t th e i r c l a i ms would be in the event of war. Under these circum stances, he trusted that the Members of that House would well consider what they were about, before they voted those immense sums for the use of the navy. Captain ROUS said that he fully felt the effect of the observations 'of the Hon. Member for Ripon, and that he was alive to the great importance of those points which that ion. Gentleman had introduced. With him he was inclined to complain of the way in which these things had been represented to the House. He had complained that the Eurydice was a donkey frigate, but he must beg to dissent from this opinion for the fact was that it was necessary to distinguish between these donkey frigates, of which the Hon. Gentleman seemed to be so fond, and others of the same class which were of a much more weighty order. The fact was that the Eurydice was of 940 tons burthen, and the general class of frigates to which he had alluded were not more than 600 tons, and he thought, therefore, that the opprobrious term of " donkey frigates" might be obviated by a little altera tion in the estimates. Sir G. COCKBURN explained by stating that these " donkey" frigates had been built before the im provements in naval architecture had been obtained. Captain ROUS said, to a certain extent, this might be true,. but the fact was, the Admiralty had been reduced • to the position of cutting down vessels from their real grade to that of an inferior one, in order to obtain-the effective benefit of their qualities ; for instance, a vessel of 900 tons burden had been reduced to one of 600 ; line of-battle ships had been made frigates, and frigates had been changed into corvettes. lie would adduce this one instance—that of the "Penelope," which, from a frigate of first-class character, had been extended into a steamer.—(Great laughter.) Now he thought such a sum as 1,273,0001. ought not to be expended without a full knowledge of the facts which required it being ex plained to the House. With respect to line-of battle ships, he must say that the business was better observed, but he could not forget—and if he had forgotten, the observations of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary the observations conservation of ther. Pitt, navy, shortly to the Admiralty would have reminded him—th a t no less a sum than 200,000 , 0001 . had been expended since the ecoPlleea He perfectly a_ter t e ed in th the the peace of Amiens —that it was necessaryto render this r country perfectly independent of all foreign powers in the way of naval architecture and 1806, he had moved the a • ppointment of a Select Committee on the state of the dockyards ; and he did not think that the same retains Prime Minister s which had been granted to the in 1806, when the country was in a state of univ ersa l war, should be refused in 1845, when the Country was in a state of peace. At the present moment, we had 306 vessels, including 88 sloops and other smaller vessels, and el ? f •riga es t . At that time— the time to which he referred—there was no less than 1,100 vessels of one sort or other in commission. Of these, a great number were some of the line, and some of the lowest class were 50 gun frigates. Now, he held the surveyor of the navy in the highest esteem. In 1841 to 1844, it would be advisable to give a full statement of the state of the navy in every class of ve asel, and he believed the expenditure of 100,0001. would be little thought of by the country if it were necessary to put the navy in an effective state ; and to render the people satisfied that their favourite service was effective in every portion of its department. For these reasons, he was exceedingly happy to find that an experimental squadron was about to be sent to sea ; and he trusted that if three months were not sufficient that they would take six to establish the respective qualities of the ships of the squadron. He had heard the late experimental squadron had not been able to find a gale of wind, and that they had sailed with all their canvas set, and that occasionally double reefed top-sails had been used, when in fact they ought to have been under royals. He be lieved that large ships were the very worst school which could possibly be used by officers in the navy, and he was anxious that men who were to be used as effective officers should have the best possible education. Instead of the ten " lazy" sail of the line, he would have twenty, and those ho would snake the best possible school for young officers ; T .:ie had been led to understand that the Admiral tie which the lion. and Gallant Mom boy referred..;iad been sixty years in the navy. Nov be k"_ a y b in s to -- be a man of first - rate educat ion—of hi g h attainment in his profession, and of consummate experi ence;of that but still he thought that the experience Gallant Officer was insufficient bzi prove a case which was intrinsically bad. He (Captain Rims) was aware of his serer in the Mediterranean, but still he must f•P` ~__~ rder Ga. I it by )urt, 1, pier was bund iding er at were rani beelm fused this 'ase(' t o uble dl ba resent vines