The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-22 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS a M AJORITY—AYES, 317. - l itche ec i, . Asel , viseonnt Ferguson Sir R. A. O'Connell, M. J. 4%, 4 k oand u, „„ • aah . D, Sir T. D. Fitz b W maurice, W. O'Conor D on , e 0 4, 1 Fitzroy,. Henry o• Ferrall, R. 31. „ ur t , Captai n Fitzwilliam, G. W. Ord, William der hlowZ'Viscount Fleetwood, Sir P. Ossulst on, Lord r.e•Flower, Sir James Oswald, Alexandet Ata anl, 11,1, Peter ' Forster, Matthew Oswald, James Angell, Colitani Fox, C. It. Owen, Sir John Archbld, Robert Fremantle, Sir T. Paget, Colonel Arund_., Earl French, F. Pakington, J. S. ei 11 4 got, wiw arn Gardner, J. D. Palmerston, Visconti .„411li e , Col onel Gaskell, J. M. Parker, John Gibson, T. 31. Patten, J. W. Baird' Walter era, William Gill, Thomas Peel, Sir Robert &relay h . Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Jonathan tarki '' "'avid I Gladstone, Captain I'ol(la:ryes, E. W. 11 • y , Henry H rlng, F. T. Glynne, Sir S. Pennant, Colonel tarYig, T homas Godssn, Richard Philips, G. It. ,7. , g, W, B . Gordon, Captain p mark h -r ilard, E . Core, Montague l'hillpotts, John "rring to ßobert Pigot, David ll 11 1 iscotuit Goul btr 1 ~ron, Sir H Ii , Henry Pigot, Sir R. Graham, Si•ir J. Power, James itel:: jkorntliew Granby, Marqui2 Praed, W. T. 'new I t Granger, T. c. Pusey, Philip Ile titi , • 31. 1,, hek, Lord G Greene, Thomas Ravvdon, Col. illa,,,ackhurn .. t . r • Grey, Sir George Redington, T. N. akke, Sir c . r - . : .• Guest, Sir J. Reid, Sir John Hale, ft. B. Renton, G. W. J. It,_! r r a , ore, Richard. Half;)rd, Sir 11. Rice, E. R. to u lid4ier, ' W. H. Hall, Sir B. Roche, E. B. tora h °' H. G. Roebuck, J. A. 11 0tR Y v iek,p ete ,, Hamilton, W. J. Nt,etcl, Betio,' Hamilton, Lord C. Ross, D. 11. ' "ft John Harcourt, G. O. Round, John 41 on„; h la ~,,,;', -Admi ral Hatton, Captain lions, Captain 11,0,1rlOg,:Dr. Hawes, Benjamin Rumbold, C. E. 11;7 1 : t on, T. w Bayter, W. G. Russell, Lord J. Br W. • lleneage, G. 11. W. Russell, Lord E. Hu ° wltri gg, s Heneage, Edward Ch les l iit s Z l i l L Vis a c r ount lq•l,lee, Lord E. . • Henniker, Lord Hitele.y Sir R . Herbert, Sidney Seymour, Lord uller, 'Wier, E Hervey, Lord A. Shell, It. L. Butler l'•Edward li, ~.. • 8 . Hinde, John 11. Shelburne, Earl C,, ( ..ter -re Hobhouse, Sir J. Smith, Benjamin c'hg, G, B . '' Hogg, J IV Smith, Vernon vtaivell, E d ,,,, , • Holland, Robert Smith, T. B. C. 07 , ', It, 8 . ""rd • Ilohnes, W. _'Court Smythe, George c,W, IV, 1 1. r. Hope, Charles Somers, J. P. c:•!_ e reagh,v is Hope, G. W. Somerset, Lord G. avetidi os, , eolnit Horsman, Edward Somerville, Sir W. 'liven •". C. c h , ( bah, G . ,„. Howard, C. IV. Somes, Joseph th:Proan, H . "-' Howard, E. G. ctea, Irte, Howard, Philip H. , s . S t i tlis o -- i c i -c. v .. H. qor- 1 . W. Howard, Sir It. „ Itiondele Hume, Joseph 'Ay, SW 3',11 'AY, 1,,. • Hutt, William Staunton, Sir G. Stewart, John Cle , .... lngestrie, Viscount Stuart, Lord J. 0 M i- enta, Viscount James, William Stuart, W. V. cli c i r t •, Sir Geo, James, Sir IV. C. Stroll, Edward cih. e ", , !Toim 1,--' Jerirtyn, Ea,rl Sutton, Henry Clive' h'''sc°llllt. ~c lh den' 'l l l i• Jocelyn, Viscount Tattered, I J I. W. J ohnstone, Sir J. Tennent, ...0ekb....._ , -• Belly, Fitzroy Thesigcr, Sir F. Cotb o Zn, Si r G. L abouehere, Henry T T olleinache , ,F. J. Coleb;'`c, W. H. Lamblo., H. omhne, George ten,,coke, 81,..r. Lascelles, W. S. Towneley, John tei l i,, John Layard, Captain Trail], Geor.;e Cg o i7 , Wilh ain • Leader, J. T. Trelawny, J. S. COI% ' Si r C. H. Legh, G. C. Trench, Sir F. W. Corr4•llY, katth r. Lemon, Sir C. Trevor, 0. R. Co He Hen ry I v E. Lennox, Lord A. Tuite, It. 31. -'o`vvb„443', Lor e d Le VCSOII, Lord Vane, Lord H. Cr • —r W p - Liddell, It. T. Vernon, 0. 11. alg , • . Cvl ' ' l ' •C• -.pt, ,• ~ Lincoln, Earl Villiers, Charles batlii ) W illiam Lin dsay, Hugh Villiers, Viscount I) c hY, I, Walker, Richard 4, ner v• c r ,l Listowel, Earl D a , ~o lotie t Loch, James Wall, C. B. Des, 1) . A. s Macaulay, T. B. Walsh, Sir J. H. b o ttoll, T. V. S. Mackenzie, W. F. Warburton, H. beTll-eZZ4n: Pr• J. Mackinnon, W. J. Ward, 11. 0. 1:v0 4 404,1 01m H. .i4fc,c,enaftcnblarrai,Major . A. 1 1 1 % \ t s s n on , Watson, 11. tleirihoottrec?.hi 3PNeill, Duncan Wellesley, Lord C. Dbil. ll,o ll, p . I/ T. Mahon, Viscount Wemyss, Captain id t, -r.,, • h _ 6',.,..''Ward Mangles, R. D. Westenra, J. r. -- , ott c ... , orge Manners, Lord C. S. White, Samuel kkoit t . o 7,_ , Sir C. Manners, Lord J. IVhitmore, T. C. ritn l L 4 larrp t i s Marshall, IVilliam Wilde, Sir T. Dllitgi o tal, H. ~, Martin,Martin John Williams, William btearcm, ~,,,...• C W Wilshcre, W. iao4:V."'t Martin, T. W. Winnington, Sir T. Nr, Fred:riseltult Matheson, James Wodchcuse, Edmond ?..,t,-'s, b oia " Mines, R. M. Wood, Charles &mi l & n• Mitcalle, Henry Wood, Colonel T. Mitchell, T. A. 4A rl °l'' ' Sir j • 4 Mordaunt, Sir J. Worsley, Lord 4, 4 _ o, v i . r , ,0.. IVortley, John S. tiii""gb, \l s Qn. Morison General )41,,, e 1 f , Itt. H o c°;.!nt Murphy' 1' S ' 1 1 1, V ,3 ri n g ri h , t s c o . n l , vi.Vl.. W. k43'n'hste he r . E. Aturray,' Alexaneer Wynn, Sir W. ' 'I• A _ tt ~,Viscount Napier, Sir C. Wyse, Thomas .41 44 ' ' i chh Neville, Ralph Yorke, E. T. tste o ci n n qe, Si an' Newport, Viscount Yorke, 11. R. tt,,, - ai , -4 1, T. r j.,,, X icholl John Ft all,' • '-'• Nerrey;, Lord n ' (;°lo llel Norreys, Sir 1). J. O'Brien, J. TELLERS Young, John Baring, Henry ,ker„ , MINORITY —NOES, 184. ~ ,,i,. , da e:ics Maunsell, T. P. 4 1 -.'n ' Colo Eaton, R. J. 4 41Z 4 cler, ' Z I E g e rton,Maxwell, Miles, P, W. S. kriti. J . 1,. Nathaniel Egerton, Sir P. Charles rben_ l44 , Ea!, ~ Entwisle, William Morgan, . _ Morris, David ANlaotr, linnu Evart, William Mundy, E. M. Ark: 4ll , Cer,i n _*. Farnham, C. 11. Muntz, G. F. Aikf r ight, 6-`414 Feilden, }v. Neeld, Joseph 4 4 0:, L ora eorg e Fielden, John Neeld, John t tl atk W llla ei Fellowes, Edward Newdegate, C. N ' , errand, W. B. Newry, Viscount )344% JC°l6nel Earner, Sir E. attil f , • , .ine 'mat 'Nati ''jnn• liee4o4' 'The 4 * N o o ß r i thl ici a ,, n , d i ,.‘ s r . iscount Packe, C. W. !ler,;,,tt, W,91,7434 Forbes, William I•'fotlliott, Lord C. Palmer, Robert lierC° l l, yf".441 Forman, T. S. Palmer, George t er4 l r e Y , Cr, a v i° e r Fox, S. L. Pattison, James )14 eit d, Viscon...ll Fuller, Peclicll, Captain Itle t one, w "-"t Gore, W. 0. Philippe, Sir R. B. eerieitth., • S. Gore, W• It. 0. x „ Goring, Charles Plumptre, J.:P.I . 4 14 i • r. G e.,;i r ra, e ,4g e n our a n: 1 0: 1 ~, ,E: r vauj e .r. t l. e al. r r. d Polhill, Frederick 0 . 344 w, J. Pollington, Viscount b r !ght, J ot , rinisditch, T Powell, Colonel ~-, r ise , ,,, st •,,, Price, Richard 11_aroadley IL .nanyb urt Protheroe, Edward Brocklehurst, Lord l Brotherton, S. j• Basilic gh, W. Barnilton G 11. Rendlesham, Lord Brace, C. B. e . Il a I al To: ' ' 4 ' Nen, Co]oi I Ilasti 11, Rena Richards, Richard lire ~ e Haniner Si h.. ges, 11. ii . l b -4 0, L. w h r i lj ba . ld ... 10 , Rushbrooke, Col. 11 Le Y, Eti Intim l l l :lel r t ri ii D A ( :::: P c Ib 4ll . er, Sir J. Y. tJaol RlRt:o.idtiteleirs(l:,°(Cn4 G. L. ColonelDG enley, J. W Shaw, Frederick rrrell Sir C. /1111, Lord MW. Shirley, E. J. (.411°Ughs H , Hindle , * anapt,e,, •~• ~.. 3', Charles Shirley, E. P. l Cil a , , t, J. R. ...ornby, John Sibthorp, Colonel cblltan, A aron linghes 'W 13 Smith, Abel c•Ovoele, J. Ilumpliery . Aide tan Smyth, Sir 11. eZa..,toPlier h . .A. Y, AM ' brose ni Sptoner, Richard cr,T'lagton, si r mr liusseY, Thomas Spry, Sir S. T. P...m e ' I L A ' Jervis, J o h, Stanley, Edward _.,,_ A• Coh;;Intl, j . c. Johnson, General Stewart, P. M. tot e T,L. . lt, Johnstone Hope (1.,._,. • e t 0 , 1 111, zo:110_74ry:;,: C:oil d e e . rt 1 1 1 a ~ j 1 ( .. ° ; 4ll ln ei 1 rs b 'e l e 'C , 84 iii . I:;e4Nll:rn. Y - Stuart, Henry Taylor, Edward Taylor, J. A. Thompson, Alderman ~ }~• S, " lurk, Peter Fels, I ' S • Tollemache, John NI I. h . )(night W. 143% Ueor ge I(nightle ' Stn C• Trollope, ile ttl i eZ 3• ' W. II Law, C. k i Troubridge, Sir E• h s r i.r. ist j o . pher tifelll Walla °s, Lawson, Andrew Turn,r, Edmund ron, kin Larc T mor, Christopher b ei• Q4l ntin Leslie,'C. P• 'Anthony 11 ' 4 84 "11 ' B 4.;„. • Loftus, Viscottnt Sir it . L oPes Sir R. hNtke a ' R LJ. 11. s Lowther I Waddington, 11. . , -- J. •S. L..owther, Colonelbirl H. V VT : err v nr : e a lrl i , CS S °ir i i r °jl ß '.6 l lF. s u tth - ' l, Cie ° 4,;.l'otei, ~, : ge L:l.aeltenzie, T 1V Welby,itkley , G T . h E o , m a s h.. - qc0r,,,,L...-a . clean Don ald 1,--ellt6:"e, O. "' .` ll - Taggart Sir J. TELLERS. •Jtt lc , di, ir Mai nvvarb.'g, T. Inglis, Sir R. H. e, c al •G. Marton, George Bankes, George Ala.sterinan, John ..,. uit, . • TiN Np,, ---7 - - --- -. --„, ___ G .7.—_.....______ I-IN TEL LIGEN CE. The SaIstibSRECEIVED THIS DAY.) r,,• '-‘v-AVSBuR.„. „ , 1,-.‘ 710 - . ..itt r0 ,,._ .., ~.a.CES.—WEDNESDAY. sP. hp,",, % es ',Auee Stakes, of 20 sovs. each, h ft. Colts, li te 0 a s vi, , aist 41b. Mile and a qua: ter. (5 Subs.) . \treat ..... v attne, a . walked over , 4 441 kaeveizinu, ..... ........... 1 1. • A. Vf declared Handicap, of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and xi'. oat • 11;11, s , wit h 100 added. About two miles. e tmeat, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Ma()) itrr. . l'll'a Milt:ye . keWrr. ttors Salo 4. Yrs, 6st 131 b ... 44'8 Littil °IPTIan, 3 yrs, sst llb ,At ,e 'tkr„_e -latripton, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b 4., t t lit k, is l et §t e c t soue_rahaecr easily by a length. et ea, btaiarteh sYtag es on Monday and Tuesday Mr. T r ta, Itiv tin g _ yrs, won the Cleveland Hunters t 4 dtsr4 4 the c_ur ers, the Silver Cup, beating three 11 .ee e wereell'a staZel.and Stakes, beating six others. The Well eohteltaesciWOn by Mr. Squire's Isabel. The : ° kr41, 1) ,„ tI EI - 2 ------ -- 1 1 Oot t. urtt, . t v, NE AR GOSPORT. 14 :1 44 . 4b 4 e ee biaNtrAY.—A duel was fought last night near l....tia s. --.. Se co : d i „ . e tts were Mr. Seton, late of the 11 th sti. l . 4 te kt ._'_ , app ear ; ' . 4 . 1 4 enant H. C. M. Hawkey, of the Royal Is it T nk 4r 'Z'ich, on that at a soiree held at the King's-rooms, on h e krierw._"l etterttiul4laY evening last, Mr. Seton paid some tistsesillett7ds, i, the' -'11 to the wife of Lieutenant Hawkey, and ra:ththi„.44 4 black Public room, insulted by Mr. Hawkey, v e : t t i b. r!ihow,..t. guard and a villian, and told him if he would *" At ..‘t th e , ulu horsewhip hint down the High-street of Ports.. 4 sit u ' tie " l e thes e teh eo ib e i 2ve the ball-1001°, words were used Mr. Seton was endea- St ' . 7°4 a gof li " r°oll l, when Lieutenant Hawkey, who sloOve ei ro eesie a, rose, and attempted to kick him as he b ll '"‘ ten b ir the Wa, arranged, and at five o'clock ete l a: °Ptiosite C o,,'abatants met at Stokee.bay, near Fort kte t t k e t No t ~..Wles b ll Yde, on the Gosport shore. Lieutenant h to - ekhv ' " 14, acted as secured to Mr. het . on ; and 11 b0 ti otit ard L. P , I ' .. ee Wei ( 15 enae t li )m, of the Royal Marines, . lt. , the Paeet, aw keY. The combatants having arrived, h se - , e t ti st. Isom „ es was Measured, and the principals having been k Zia tsit hy h is , The pistogii°oll, when Mr. Scion fired and missed his vo w 0) didsecond °f Lieutenant Hawkey was placed in his , eta, at °f . - Esh l -,-, i „ not , -coca, and consequently Lieutenant telt gi, e4 "Plalie d :lave his shot. Other pistols were, ie I . l etit_ ) an d c° the combatants - the word was 10. 4 4 'tna " both p h ,. 4, Or ri . t H ai ., fired. Mr. Seton immediately a e ti "t sa lie gain g o,‘":`_eYt. without waiting to see the result %rt ti " i, t ; u...his antagonist, immediately fled with his re: w eloo t °4 boa rd a u nt to France." Mr. Seton was conveyed z„. eat ~_. la et „ i , Yacht in wng, and brought about half_ AL _g a r s , t to the Quebec Hotel, on the water's edge. A t en, th e " , Neoev,d call ed-- in, and it was discovered that Mr. t kii es 4 o' e l._ball Dtt dangerously on the right side of the 1 4 1th el 7k thi s sing.through and coming out on the left side. , VI but siLhe,n,tig Mr. Seton was pronounced rather '4 4 / 1 .,,.._ 0: ,0 h oPes are entertained of his recovery. ' 'RI -------- ; 1 1k k e toi tt li l tt t r ,„?_ t041.141.....1-_,lt EXPLOSION AND DESTRUCTION lardsl, b.:S o , lik e .7terdy morning, about half-past eight, an . 1,,,:, Xr. u.,„ the bridge, Old Kent -road. at the steam 44 , ..._..C11 )":'..EerS, On the banks of the Surrey Canal. I.4,,hilfilltelid:olll74BretvbehtY feet high, was blown about in all ih,,t t i i. ,va s , air. Tie fragments ascended about two hundred , * - 1: kt4Tlht eill i o netly see'enoiler, which weighs three tons and Ne f,,,e1l sbo feet, wh, by a man in the Kent -road blown tk,34, 1 ,, tu t he rut 101 l ,„__ nit vreut across the canal at that eleva • klii m #l 1 1 4 11 of z Zree f t _uTs from the premises,stone yard, ti t . lr,_ e th _ Ir. wai?,2lll, it was embedded about two feet. The ; 4: 01.,_u eigh,.,yt:s house became a heap of ruins, and the 11, Nililbei,:',"viei,";Trd are much damaged by he brick 1,..t t ,ter a - `2ocki wer' forced in all directions. The houses in th;ki`.!kts;: ll l tii ilud hi s ~_also Much shaken by the explosion. N t r sil;:vniq: o e n ti iiie. 34 W i ere fortunately the only persons t 4 o r.bre acitl i t d hav e been back 12 or 14 in number, had gone to 11),,t1,, petpig I,l4_,eseap,se but bacakmin a few 'ninnies. There were 4rkesrq th e al, ~„,',.._ the d eu ....__ O opgst e the most fortunate was t'rii 4 "l2l 4 ~e ek tie uuse ho„ o l ';' s 7 1 a leastn in Malsmott - N I th th ane of tk Sio n took l mate at 500 yards from the 4 t t l, e te4tld. saZoOr and uPPer rooPinaceit The lady was in the act of ,:t,:,tneht be te ateelling with't h o n r e a • I a r g d e piece of iron l a ia n s n s o e n d atvi t ' e tho eeti fure r e ,%.' l l eci , the wash-hand s l ' .. l2i nd7 elo l c ii t h o she a had but til4'l,y'q, 1 4 i l l% b e tr e Of th e , from, indeed so recently w that c she had not hel ( i )a dleP' the °l34'' and could not theree o than or t ...e le„, e ft , ba rge °n p of the destr uctivemissile. A poor ' , .ti th ' Itaiite, *4::ailin g „ i r a c l,al, was wounded on the hand Aetsh,4rezclsiszhe iusnsenvge over his hez. instant the the boiler and p e a r rt i s s at the ti rel the greatest suffer Y 'wounded while hts son, who was also t it Ned 1 . - or Doh r ue the e ' ititth th_end e , ee Of th e , ,Plosion took place, escaped unhurt. he tt z i r kis. rit ee 7 e ev er , ~..l-, c!lvislon were in immediate attend !ice to a number of workmen lu s ha hs' ''l " . • rt,,-, 8 arid 741 re attend ti "salvo to „ i 'ilng the daynng them safe, so as toy revent s. -44 vsst i her any th e .. the scene was viewed by many 'lleaZ. It A . 0310 ~echble , iught of the boiler to such a distance _ Te,t_, 'Arclagllne.,.. ~., . '4l.teiliarti's DietZ;rrinee Alberte ast purchased cutst4,, o" Auer it ora pesent Exhlbi- (F'r'om S he F r okS and Proceedings of the House of Commons WEDNESDAY, MAY 21. MATNOOTII COLLEGE BILL. Order f T 1 po s ed, „Third Reading read ; Motion made, and Question ytiod ,ro_, That the Bill be now read a third time :"—Amendment ) to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the cutst ,, ir.add the words " upon this (lay six months :"--Qu , estion pu divided :Ile word ` now' stand hart of the Question." The Ilott.e RAILWAY COMMITTEES (YESTERDAY.) rail, and that by water by steamers, the latter was slow owing to the navigation being bad. The distance between York and Hull by railroad was about 50 or 56 miles; the distance by water was about 60 miles; and by turnpike it was 40 miles. Had pre pared a table of the comparative charges of goods upon the present line and the new one. The present charge was 28s. Gd. per ton for goods from York to Gainsborough, for a distance of 51 miles, and the time occupied was two days; by the new hne the charge would be 13s. Gd. per ton, or a saving of 15s. per ton. Mr. George Robinson, linen manufacturer at Leeds, deposed that he had an extensive trade with the towns of Gainsborough, Lincoln, Newcastle, Boston, Oldham, Grantham, and all the other towns east of Lincoln. The charges he paid at present per ton for the transit of his gods from Leeds to Gainsborough were 15s. per ton; to Lincoln, 135., to Newark, 165., and to Gran tham, '26s. He made a calculation of the charges by the proposed London and York line, and he found he would have a saving of is. Bd. per ton from Leeds to Gainsborough, of 2s. per ton . to Lincoln, of 'ss. 3d. to Newark, . . and of 1:c. 6d. to Grantham ; besides which, the saving of time would be considerable, and the traffic would be much increased. The facilities of transit by the present modes of conveyance were slow and uncertain. Mr. John Barff, dealer in wool at Wakefield—His trade in wool amounted to about 23,000 packs per annum, or 2,500 tons ; the wool from the east of Lincolnshire now came by water ; but if there was a railway, it would come by that, as the freight would be very much reduced; the present cost was 28s. per ton, and the reduction would be about 10s. per ton ; the present cost of conveyance of wool from London to Wakefield was " ' . 2s. 9d., but he had received two notices lately, one of which was that there would be a reduction to 2s. Id., and another to Is. 10d., (Laughter.) The London and York line would bring York twenty ... liree miles nearer to London than any other proposed line. Wake• field was the largest corn and cattle market in the kingdom uut of London ; more than half of the entire exportable produce of Lin. colnshire went to Wakefield ; about _13,000 quarters of corn of al sorts was rectived weekly at Wakefield. Cross.examined—lf the Cambridge and Lincoln line was shorter and more convenient, which it would be if it went by Bourne, the wool from the north would be sent by that line. The Flockton coal-field would be from six to seven miles from the London and York station. No doubt, farmers living between Holbcach and Wisbeach would like to have a line of railway passing near them. The Committee then adjourned. Group N. WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Captain Moorsom was then examined by Mr. Rowe at great length on minute details in connexion with the expense of construct. ing the line, for the purpose of showing that his estimates were fallacious. Nothing, however, was elicited to show that this was the case. The witness was then cross-examined by Mr. B►RC►►AM on the part of the projectors of the railway. His evidence went to show that lines with steep gradients had been constructed at less ex pense than lines on a level; and that on such steep gradients and high inclinations trains were worked with as much velocity as those running on a level. He cited instances of this on the Birmingham and Gloucester, the Glasgow, and other lines, and said that undulating lines with short gradients might also be worked at a moderate expense. The Hayle Railway cost 7,0001. a mile without stock. He calculated about 8,0001. a mile as the expense of constructing this railway, exclusive of locomotion. The line between Truro and Redruth could not be constructed with the same convenience or expense on bridges as on levels. At that portion of the line which will cross a road at the Hayle causeway arrangements had been made with the trustees, with which they were perfectly satisfied. For more than two years passengers had been carried along the line between Redruth and Hayle down an incline of I in 22 and 1 in 91 ; upwards of 300,000 passengers had been conveyed along the line since it was opened for that purpose. He had never heard of any accident to the passengers cr to the trains. The trains on the Hayle Railway pass and repass on a level, and he never knew of any accident there. Colonel Pasley had reported that there was no danger in passing such roads on a level. Mr. DENISON said if they proposed to enter into Colonel Pasley's opinions on these matters they nao better have that gentle man before them. Mr. ALEXANDER said the report to which the witness referred was on the table of the House of Commons. By the CHAIRMAN—It was proposed to take iron from small branches of the Hayle Railway which led to mines in its vicinity, but which were now disused, to construct about two miles of the roposcd line. Mr. Whitley, a surveyor, was then examined by Mr. Rowe— He had estimated the land which would be required for the pur poses of the railway from Truro to Redruth (11i miles, or Ili acres), at an expense of 791. per acre. He had been acquainted with the district for 14 years. The mining land that would be re quired at Tresavein would be one-fourth of an acre and 10 yards. The waste part of the mine, independent of arable land, required would be three_quarters of an acre and ten perches. The whole land required here would be under an acre. The line would not interfere with mines at work. By Mr. DENISON—The present value of arable land ranges from 10s. to 40s. per acre. Not more than half an acre of orchard land would be required in the whole line. Half an acre of plan tation of thirty years' growth would be required. By Mr. AZEXANDE;—NearIy a third of 701 acres consisted of waste land, which could neither be profitably used for agricultural or other purposes. This was in. greater proportion in Cornwall than in any other county. A great portion of the land required was commonable—some portions of which were enclosed into small gardens by cottagers. There were not more than six acres of meadow land in this part of the line. It was not the intention of the Company to take any of the large smelting works at Garras wharf or at Calenick, as their terminus would be erected further down Garras wharf than originally intended. The estimates he had made he considered fair in every respect. Mr. Brunel was then examined by Mr. RowE—He said he pro posed to lay down the South Devon line on theatmosplieric principle His estimate of the permanent expense of a single line, exclusive of the atmospheric apparatus, was 2,3001. a mile. The use of the patent would cost an additional 500/. a mile. The weight of the rails on that line would be 551 b. each. The expense of the double line would be double that sum. Three tubes would be used for the first 20 miles, at 13i inches, between Exeter and Plymouth. In that portion the gradients are good. In one part they are very steep. In no part are they one in 50. The estimate of the expense he had given did not include the fixed engines. Each engine would consist of two halves, each pair having 100 horse-power. He spoke of the power as ge nerally understood at the present day. The engine -houses would cost from 500/. to 600/. It would be necessary to lay down an electrical telegraph at an expense of 1501. or 2001. a mile. The locomotive engines in use on the Great Western for the passenger trains weighed from 8 to 20 tons without the tender, but with which they would weigh from 30 to 35 tons. An inclined plane of lin 22 might be worked at ten miles an hour by a powerful engine with small wheels, weighing about 10 tons, with perfect safety. Power could be combined with lightness. The witness was then exa. mined on other matters in connexion with engineering, and cor. roborated in a great measure the evidence of Captain Moorsom with respect to similar points. The Committee then adjourned until to-morrow. Group F. THE GREAT WESTERN AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY EXTENSION TO WORCESTER AND DROITWICH. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. WUATELEY, 2.C., on behalf of the Stourbridge Canal Com. pany, objected to both projects, on the ground that the danger to the public from the construction of the lines over exhausted coal beds would tie very imminent. Mr. ALLEN objected on the part of a landowner, Mr. Hooka, who was seriously injured by one railway already passing over his grounds, and who would he still more injured if either of the pro jected deviations were passed, because those also would pass through his estate. Mr. COCKBURN, Q.C., appeared for Mr. J. B. West, a landowner near Stratford-on-Avon, and objected that the promoters of the London and Birmingham Extension had determined to cut through his estate, although a better line could have been laid down, which would have avoided his grounds altogether. The Committee, at four o'clock, adjourned till to.morrow. Group DD. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Ewart, Member for Dumfries, was then called—He said, from the position which he held in Dumfries, he was competent to state what the general feeling of the inhabitants was in respect of the proposed Glasgow and Dumfries line. He had no hesitation in saying that Use district with which he was connected was de cidedly favourable to it. He had been called upon to present a great number of petitions to the House in its favour, and these for the most part had been signed by the most influential peo ple in the borough. The port of Annan, with which he was ac quainted, was a rising place, and he had no doubt that in a short time it would become highly important. Dumfries was the county town, and extensive fairs in cattle, pigs, and sheep were held there. Large mineral fields also abounded in the neighbourhood, and it was very desirable that greater facilities should exist for the purpose of conveying their produce to the southern parts of the country. So great was the importance of Dumfries and Annan that in his opinion a trunk line of railway was indispensably necessary to be carried through them, and he was disposed in favour of the Dum fries line, because he considered it was the best adapted for the general interests of that part of Scotland. Mr. Maxwell, of Terreagles, deposed that the population of Dumfries was estimated at 72,830 inhabitants ; of Kircudbright, at 41,119; of Wig'on, at 31,195; and of Ayrshire, at 164,356. A. large inanufacturg and mineral trade was carried on. At present there was no railway communication through these dis tricts, and it was highly desirable that there should be one. Mr. Lenny, of Dallswinton, generally confirmed the evidence of he last witness. Mr. M`Cialloch, of Dumfries, tendered his opinion as to the best means for establishing a speedy communication between London, Sootland, and the north coast of Ireland. The distance from Lon don to Post Patrick was 407 miles, and If the train travelled at the rate of thirty miles per hour, the distance could be accom plished in thirteen hours and a half. It was from eighteen to twenty-one miles across the Irish Channel from Port Patrick to Donaghadee on the Irish coast, where it was proposed to erect a station, to belong to the County Down Railway. The time usually occupied in making the voyage across was one hour and a half. From Denaghadee to Belfast, which was the most important cool mercial town in all Ireland, the time occupied in going by railway would be one hour, so that the whole distance from London, through Scotland, to Ireland, could be travelled in sixteen hours. Group X. LONDON AND YORK LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterd&y.) Mr. T. S. Evers, J. P., was next asked a question as to the terms of an agreement made between the London and York Company and the Forsdyke Navigation Company; but it was objected to by the opposing Counsel, on the ground that the agreement should be produced if the witness was to be examined as to the contents of such a document. Mr PAGET said if he had the document in Court he would pro duce it, but he had not. Re-examination continued—ls of opinion that the public would derive more advantage,from the Forsdyke navigation being purchAsed by any Railway Company th t may be called into existence, and who would lower the tolls, than by that navigation remaining in the hands of its present owners. Cross.examined—Believes that to be the opinion also of Mr. Copeland, and one or two of his other partners. To the Committee—Does not think it would be more advanta geous: to the public to have the railway in the hands of one com pany and the navigation in another ; does not think that the fact of the railway and the canal running parallel would injure the traffic of the T atter; but the maximum rate of tops might be re duced. This witness was nearly three hours under examination. Mr. Edwara Reedyard, brewer, of Lincoln, was the next wit ness, and his testimony respecting the direct line was precisely of the same character as that of the last witness, localities forming the only difference. Ile said he would prefer having his corn by rail road to caw-4, because of the quicker mode of transit. Mr. Edward Clarke, residing near Lincoln, deposed as to the traffic between Lincoln and Boston, and that it would be very im portant to have a railway between those two towns. The line by Cambridge from Lincoln is not sound ground; there are a great number of drains on that line, and they would all require bridges or tunnels on th em . Th e opposing Counsel contended that these were purely engi neering questions. Mr . Sergeant KINGLAEE said that, as he was anxious to prevent loss of time, he would now proceed to call a witness from York. Mr. Newcombe, railway carrier, residing at York, was then called. He deposed that there was a great competing traffic going on from York to Hull between water and land carriage —the articles conveyed were confectionary, drugs, leather, soap, and groceries ; the land carriage was by THE SUN, LONDON, .THURS DAY EVENING. MAY 22 1A 4r). Mr. Lindsay, merchant of Belfast, confirmed the evidence of the last witness in every particular. Mr. Godwin, civil engineer to the County Down Railway, said that that railway was intended to communicate with the coast at Bangor or Downpatrick, and there would be no difficulty whatever in cennecting Donaghadee with the project. Very great interest was felt in Ireland for a better communication with Scotland, and the matter had been repeatedly discussed in the Chamber of Com merce at Belfast. He considered that the p:oject which had been described to the Committee was well calculated to effect the de sired object Mr. Murray, M.P. for Kirkcudbright, said he thought the Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway would benefit very much the county of Kirkcudbright ; and, in his opinion, it was important that the trunk line should pass as near that district as was possible. Mr. Dixon, of Hawick, gave evidence as to the relative commu nication between llawick, Dumfries, and Annan. Mr. Nixon, of Hawick, concurred with the last witness. Mr. Brown, landed proprietor in the county of Ayr, deposed that he was intimately acquainted with the district, and was well versed colnshire wools if this line were carried out; 50,000 packs, of '2 cwt. each, or about 6,000 tons, was the quantity sold each year in the Wakefie'd market. The half of this quantity was sold by the firm of which he was a member. He paid about 2d. per ton per mile for wool on the Manchester and Leeds line, and if this line were completed there would be a very great reduction on the cost of the carriage of wool. There would be also a saving of time in conveyance from Goole to Wakefield. At present, the average time occupied was two days, and by the proposed line only two hours would be occupied in the transit. Mr. William Moxon was next examined—He was a maltster in Pontefract, and carried on an extensive business in that line for the last 20 years. Was also the largest owner of buildings and lands in that place. The population of the Parliamentary borough was 12,000, and of the municipal' 000 ; the value of the rateable pro perty within the township was 15,000!. a-year. The principal trade of the place was malt, but it supplied also groceries and general goods to a very large agricultural dis trict. That town was principally supplied with corn and all kinds of home produce from the eastern counties, and the direction of the proposed line. The nearest railway communication to Ponte fract was Castleford, about three miles distant. He calculated that the quantity of coal and coke annually consumed for domestic and other purposes was 12,000 tons. If this line were completed, the saving on coal would be 4s. per ton for the bsst sort of coal, and from 2s. to 2s. 6d. on the inferior kind. The price of coal at the pit's mouth was 51. 6d. per ton, and in the event of completing this rail, the carriage would be per rail and canal, 2s. 6d. per tots, whereas they now paid 6s. 6d. The present price of coals was 12s. per ton, and by the proposed line he calculated they would get them for Bs. per ton, and the yearly saving would amount to 2,000/. He then deposed as to the traffic in earn and other mer chandise. Mr. John Haigh was examined by Mr. BLAND—He was a stone merchant, and lived near Halifax. The canal at present existing between Brookfoot and Goole conveyed annually about 1,000 tons of stone to Goole. The cost per ton from the quarry to the canal was 3s. 4d , and from the canal to Goole 6s. 6d. By the proposed line of railway the cost of carriage would not be more than 2s. 4d., and the saving of time, which was also cf considerable importance, would be very great. The time at present occupied was from three to four days, and in win ter, during the time of frost, as many weeks occasionally were spent. The time by the railway would not be more than three or four hours. '1 he distance from the quarry to Brookfoot was three miles, and from Brookfoot to Goole fifty miles. Mr. W. Ash, corn merchant and commission agent, examined by Mr. WILKINS, deposed to the extent of the trade in corn, which at present existed between Wakefield and Goole. The quantity of seeds, grain, &c., which arrived at Wakefield by Goole during the last year was 684,526 quarters. This principally came from Lincoln, Boston, Spalding, Wisbeach, Lynn, Yarmouth, Ipswich, Colchester, and other places on the eastern coast. The cost of car. riage was at present 15d. per quarter from Goole to Wakefield, but by the proposed line the cost would be about 9d. per quarter. This witness was subjected to a cross.examination by Messrs. PICKERING and HARDY, but no material alteration was made in th evidence given on his direct examination. _ _ Mr. S. Smith, butcher, and Government contractor at Leeds, examined—The conntry about Ripon and Ripley is a greal grazing country, and a railway through the district would be 01 great advantage. in its general produce. He had made particular inquiries into the matter, having had occasion to give evidence, on a former occasion, in the House of Commons on a similar subject. The population of Ayrshire had increased twofold within the last 40 years. There were 34 tile drain manufactories in the county. The number of blast furnaces for smelting iron was 11, and several more were now in course of erection. Extensive cotton, carpet, and bonnet manufactures were also carried on. The Dumfries line was conveniently laid out with respect to the various mercantile productions of the county, as it embraced all the princi. pal towns, and approximated to the sea coast. The first mineral railway that was made in Scotland was constructed in Ayrshire in 1808. The Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway would greatly improve the resources of the county, both in respect of its mineral, agricultural, and manufacturing interests. Mr Barclay, manager of the Catrine Cotton-works, said that the raw material for the works was all obtained from Glasgow, and when manufactured it was transmitted back for sale. The value of the goods which had been manufactured last year at the Catrine works was 61,000/. The present mode of conveying the manufactures to Glasgow was by carts, which carried the goods at the rate of 6d. per ton per mile, and if the railway were made they would be transmitted by it in preference. Several other witnesses were examined, who gave evidence gene. rally as to the traffic in various species of produce, which were to be obtained either directly or indirectly from various points along the line. Mr. Thomas Fountain, examined by Mr. BAINES—Had compiled the traffic tables from the observations of fourteen days and nights. Calculated a revenue of 73,1131. from passengers, and 64,5051. from goods, making a total of 137,6181. 6s. 4d., from which 40 per cent. for working expenses being deducted, would leave a nett sum of 82,5711. 2s. 3d., which would pay a dividend of IE4 per cent. on the capital. This witness was cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant BELLssis and Mr. Rost?ism, but nothing of material importance was elicited. Mr. Thomas Grainger, civil engineer, at Edinburgh-- Has been engaged in many lines, and is engineer to the Leeds and Thirsk. Is quite satisfied that the present line is the best, taking into con sideration the line as a link of communication to the north, the interest of the town of Leeds and the district. The line starts from Leeds, about 300 yards from the Commercial-buildings, in the centre of the town. The West Riding Junction, Leeds and Dews bury, and the proposed line are all on the same level. The line proceeds to Hasford, where a branch is proposed to the Leeds and Bradford line. On the main line the most severe gradient is lin 100. The land between the V alley of the Aire and the Valley of the Wharf is the most difficult part of the undertaking. From the main line branches will run on either side to Knaresborough and Har rowgate, joining at the same point. The city of Ripou is accommo. dated by a station close to the house, thereby placing it on the direct line. The whole length of the line to where it meets the Great North of England line is 38 miles 68 chains. A saving of distance of the Bradford traffic will be made to the extent of 23 % miles by the Leeds and Thirsk line. A viaduct will be made over the Valley of the Wharf, and a tunnel of 3,195 yards at Pannal, which will be ventilated by four internal shafts. The curves are generally favourable, the two most severe ones having a radius of 30, and another of 20 yards, but being near stations they are not of any in convenience. The estimated expense of construction is 890,0001. Has estimated the working of the line at 35 per cent. on the gross income, and considered theallowance of 40 per cent. a very liberal one. It would be practicable to carry the line across to join the Lancaster and Carlisle line. The distance from Ripon to Third( by the proposed line is 10 miles 69 chains, and by the Pilmoor line, 18 miles 40 chains. From Ripon to Leeds, by the proposed line, the distance is 28 miles 50 chains, and by the other, 32 mi:es 16 chains. From Bradford to Thirsk the respective distances arc 44 miles 11 chains, and 53 miles 18 chains. The Committee then adjourned till half-past eleven tomorrow, Group EF. DUNDEE AND PERTH RAILWAY, The Committee en the lines competing for this district resumed this morning by the examination of witnesses on the part of the promoters of the Dundee and Perth line. Patrick Wallace, examined by Mr. rONSONIIT—Is a Corn. missioner of Police, and member of the Town Council of Perth, and being the Government contractor for the conveyance of mails from Lancashire on the west, and York and Hull on the east, to the Lands End, is competent to form an opinion of the merits of the competing lines, and considers the Dundee and Perth the most advantageous pro ject hitherto devised fur that town. Is not capable of judging whether the navigation would be injured or not by the forma tion of bridges across the Tay. Mr. James Hoyle, miller, at Rochdale, examined by Mr, EVIL• KINs, confirmed the evidence of the last witness as to the reduc tion in the cost of carriage and the saving of time that would take place by the formation of this line, and also expressed his con viction that the general trade of the district would be greatly benefited by it. Mr. Chandler, corn factor and commission agent, Yarmouth, was next examined by Sergeant KINGLAKE—He deposed to the great trade in corn which at present existed between Yarmouth and Wakefield, by Goole. 165,785 quarters was the quantity during the last five years which passed between the two places. The facilities for landing grain at Hull were not so great as at Goole. The port charges were greater at Hull, and the warehouses were not so good as at Goole. He deposed at great length to the advantages that would result to . , trade if this line were laid down, William Marshall, examined by Mr. ANDREWS—Has been em ployed by the North British, Edinburgh and Granton, the Dundee and Perth, and other important railways, to estimate the traffic likely to fall on those lines, and to draw up tables of the existing trade The number of passengers conveyed by coach annually between Dundee and Perth is 35,406, and others from intermediate places, by gigs, &c., 27,535, making a total of 62,941. These he computed would be doubled on a railway communication, and would be carried at the rate of l*d. per mile. The passen gers between Dundee and Perth by steam amounted annually to 34,059, from districts in Fife to the former town to 6,174; dou bling, therefore, the number of land, and halving that of steam boat passengers, about 11,364/. would be realised for the former, and 6,4281. for the latter traffic—the total passenger revenue would con sequently amount to 17,792/. Goods and minerals at the same ratio, he had estimated at about 14,625/. Mails and parcels 1,200/., and cattle 300/., making, with a small allowance for other contin. gencies, a total of 33,917/. The present traffic in goods between Dundee and Perth by carts was 2,925 tons, conveyed at the rate of Bd. per cwt., that by lighters amounted to 8,442 tons, at the rate of between ss. and Bs. per ton. Calculating 33 per cent. as the portion of this traffic likely to fall on a line connecting the two towns, 1,995/. was the additional sum anticipated to accrue. Mr. David Webster, coal merchant, confirmed the accuracy of the preceding witness, but the estimate not being impugned by Mr. Forsyth (Who with Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., appeared on the part of the inhabitants of Perth and the Scottish Central Railway), the tables were handed in as evidence. Tht Committee, at the close of the examination of this witness adjourned until to-morrow (this day). COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Council yesterday afternoon at Bucking ham Palace, for the reception of an address on the throne from the Corporation of the city of Dublin. The Lord Mayor of Dublin arrived at the Palace soon after two o'clock, accornpani-d by the deputation from the Corpora tion, and attended by the Rev. Ralph Sadler, his chaplain, and Mr. T. J. Beasley, his secretary. His Lordship wore his state robe, with his splendid collar of S. S., and the large gold medal presented to the Corporation by his Majesty King Wil liam the Third. The deputation consisted of Alderman O'Brien, late Lord Mayor of Dublin ; Town-Councillor Patrick O'Brien ; Mr. Wm. Ford, town clerk ; Mr. Thomas L. Sumott, high consta ble; Mr. Thomas Reynolds, marshal; Mr. James Curran, mace-bearer ; and Mr. Thomas Ackins, sword-bearer. The Lord Mayor and the deputation passed to the Green Drawing-room. Her Majesty being seated on her throne, having Prince Albert on her left, and the Duchess of Buc cleuch (Mistress of the Robes) and the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe (Lady in Waiting) standing on her right, the doors of the Throne-room were opened. The Ministers and Officers of State, consisting of the Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the Com mander-in-Chief, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secre taries for the Home and Foreign Departments, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the Board of Control, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the Secretary at War, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse, occupied their usual stations on either side of the throne. Her Majesty's Honour able Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms lined the apartment, com manded by their Captain, Lord Forester. The Lord Chamberlain received the Lord Mayor at the en trance of the Throne-room, and conducted his Lordship and the deputation to her Majesty. The Hon. Frederick Byng and Sir William Martins, Gentlemen Ushers in Waiting, accom panied the deputation on each side. The Lord Mayor read the Address from the Corporation of the City of Dublin, relative to her Majesty visiting Ireland. His Lordship then advanced, and kneel:ng near his Sovereign presented the Address. by the increased facilities of communication which it would afford to the eastern counties, and the manufacturing districts. Mr. Moorehouse, limeburner, of Knottingley, examined by Mr. WILKINS, said that be had no doubt of being able to extend his trade if the proposed line were formed. He had facilities for doubling his business if he could procure a market, and this market he thought he could find in the manufacturing districts of Lancashire by this line. The railway would also supply Knottingley with coal at a saving of 2,200/. per annum, even if the present trade of that place were not increased. The rate of carriage, as compared with the present carriage, was made at a calculation of Id. per ton. He had thirty-seven vessels engaged in the coal trade. They were also engaged in carrying potatoes and strnes, and stones for the new Houses of Parliament, for the Nelson Monument, and Trafalgar. square, had been conveyed by them. Tames Miller, Esq., being examined by Mr. ANDREWS, entered at great length into the details of the engineering peculiarities of the competing lines, his cross-examination by Mr. Cockburn being reserved for the sitting to-morrow. Group L. PORTSMOUTH DIVISION. The examination of Mr. A. Mance (continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday)—Portsmouth derived its chief supplies, both of animal and farinaceous food, from Chichester and the neigh. bourhood. The fish taken near Portsmouth was carried to Fare ham and the neighbourhood within 20 miles. Though the car riage to London was expensive, there were 25,000 pads of fish, each weighing a cwt., carried to London during the last year. He thought the projected line was the most advantageous for the public, because it gave the shortest line to London and the best communi cation with the intermediate country, while the atmospheric line went round about to Chichester and was the longest line to London. With respect to the terminus at London, the passengers used for merly to come from the City, but now the bulk of the passengers came from the West-end. They formerly went to the City with their coaches, but of late years they had to change their starting place to the West-end.—To the examination of Mr. AUSTIN, the witness stated that he was a shareholder in the South-Western line, and his son was a carrier on that line. Portsmouth sent a great quantity of fish, especially mackarel, to the London market, which would be more advantageously delivered at Billingsgate than at Nine Elms, though in his opinion it mattered little by which line the fish came, provided it WAS in time for the morning market. There were formerly eight coaches up, and eight doown, through Petersfield. He was desirous of promoting the communication both with the east and west of the country, and the Brighton branch line would open that communi cation. Before the Gosport branch was made, the passenger traffic to the Isle of Wight had been diverted to Southampton. There had been • a jealousy between that town and Ports. mouth. The French steArri packats an moat in Cnatth ampton, though they called at the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour. and the passengers who embarked at Portsmouth had to go on board in an open boat whenever the tide served. The egg trade formerly went through Portsmouth, though a considerable portion of it now went through Southampton. The lambs brought from the Isle of Wight used to go through Portsmouth, though that trade had also been diverted, but he must allow that if the com munication were made good, the trade would be brought back again. The Queen returned the following most gracious answer : " I receive with cordial satisfaction this loyal Address from the Corporation of Dublin. " I hive ever been most anxious to consult the feelings, and to promote the happiness of my Irish subjects. " The wish which you express in gratifying terms, that I should visit Ireland, is an acceptable proof of the warm attachment of the citizens of Dublin to my person and Go vernment. ` 6 Whenever I may be enabled to receive in Ireland the promised welcome, I shall rely with confidence on the loyalty and affection► of my faithful subjects." The Lord Mayor received from the Queen a copy of the address, and kneeling, had the honour to kiss hands. Alder man O'Brien (late Lord Mayor), and Town-Councillor Patrick O'Brien, had also the honour to kiss hands ; and the deputation then retired from the Royal presence with the usual reverences. The Court was a ihmtia,l hy the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Captain of the Yeomen Guard ; the Vice-Chamberlain ; the Treasurer of the Household; Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting; Hon. Captain Duncombe, Groom in Waiting; Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Sir George Philip Lee, Lieu tenant of the Yeomen Guard; Lord Charles Wellesley, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Mr. James Bunee Curling, Adjutant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Mr. Ellerthorp, Adjutant of the Yeomen Guard; Sir Benjamin Smith, C. S. ; Messrs. Byng and Gordon, Pages of Honour in Waiting. Sir Robert Peel had an audience of the Queen. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jesty yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert dined at Fishmongers' Hall, yesterday. His Royal Highness was attended by the Marquis of Exeter, Mr. George Edward Anson, Marquis of Granby, Captain Francis Seymour, and Colonel Wylde. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess Stephanie of Baden, His Serene High ness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Douglas, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, Baroness de Strumfeder, Sir George Cooper, and Baron Roth de Schreckenatein. The names of Sir George and Lady Lee and Laly Thesiger were omitted in the list of company at her Majesty's State Ball on Monday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma jesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Warlborough House. The Royal Duchess also visited the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, at the Duke of Hamilton's residence, in Portman square. To the cross-examination of Mr. Sergeant TAISOURD,' Mr. Mance stated that the nearest point of the Isle of Wight to Ports mouth was Ryde, which was about four miles and three-quarters dis tant, white the nearest place to Southampton was Cowes, which was three times the distance. The only difference which would be made by the formation of a direct line to Portsmouth would be the diverting of the trade from Gqsport to Portsmouth. He had at tended a large meeting on the 7th of the month at Portsmouth, at which resolutions moved by the magistrates against the Chichester line were carried by a large msjority. To the cross-examination of Mr. WA DDINOTON, the witness stated that this meeting was called by the requisition of three thousand inhabitants. He thought that Portsmouth could not support two lines, and he believed that though the line to Brighton would be an advantage, yet he believed that the atmospheric line would be a certain failure. He thought that the portion from Chichester to Portsmouth would be the most pro fitable part of the line, but that if that part of the line were taken away the line could not pay. To the. CHAIRMAN, Mr. Mance replied that he thought that with moderate charges the capital would pay—he thought, 41 per cent., the distance being less, and the competition being saved. Mr. Fincham, the master shipwright in the dockyard at Ports mouth, stated that he had considered all the lines to Portsmouth, and he thought that the Government would be desirous to have a direct communication with the dockyard by rail for the embark _ The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden visited the Duchess of Inverness yesterday at Kensington Palace. Lord Hatherton, Mr. Beckett, and a deputation, on the sub ject of the Canal Companies' Tolls and Carrying Bills, had an interview with Sir George Clerk yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office, from the Governor of Sierra Leone. The City Remembrancer and a deputation, respecting the Coal Act, had an interview with Sir George Clerk, at the Board of Trade, yesterday. ing and disembarking of troops. This was, in his opinion, the only line which would give a direct communication with the dockyard, without passing through the town, and also it was important that the electric telegraphic communication should be made with the dockyard. To the cross-examination of Mr. FLOOD, Mr. Fincham stated that this line had no present communication with Sheerness, Chatham, Maidstone, and the other public establishments, but he believed that the South. Western line would carry it. At present there was no railway which did communicate with those establishments, and looking at the opportunities which would arise, he thought the pro posed line would give the best means of communication.—To the cross-cxamination of Mr. RAWLINSON, the witness replied that in his opinion it would be very inconvenient for the public interest for a rail to run across the glacis to the dockyard, there being property belonging to private individuals, and also in a military point of view. —To the cross-examination of Mr. GURNEY, the witness stated that the terminus proposed, though not so advantageous to the inhabi. tants of Portsmouth, would be much more so to the population of Portsea, which was much more numerous. OAL DIAIL ICET Prices per ton at C the close of the market :—Adair's Main, 14s6d; Buddle's West H ar tl ey, 17 s 6d ; Charlotte Main, 15s ; Chester Main, 15s ; Hasting's Hartley, 17s 6d ; Holywell Main, 16s; Nelson's West Hartley, 16s 6d ; Old Pontop, 14s; Ord's Redheugh, 14s; Taylor's West Hartley, 16s 6d ; West Hartley, 17s ; West Wylam, 15s 3d ; Wylam, 14s 6d ; Wall's end, Hilda, 15s 6d ; Killingworth, 15s 9d ; Putt's, 14s ; Bel mont, 17s 3d ; B ra dd y ll' s Hetton, 18s; East Hetton, 1633 d ; Haswell, 18s 6d ; Hetton, 18s; Lambton, 17s 9d ; Richmond, 17s ; Heugh Hall, 168 9d ; Kelloe, 17s 3d ; Adelaide, 17s 9d ; Barrett, 16s 6d ; Eden Hartlepool, 178; Evenwood, 15s ; Seymour Tees, 178 3d ; Tees, 17s 6d ; Derwentwater Hartley, 16s; Hartley, 16s 6d ; Powell's Duffryn Steam, 228.—Ships arrived, 44. Mr. G. W. Law, an auctioneer and agent, and member of the Town Council of Portsmouth—He had resided during the last seventeen years at Portsmouth, and was aware that the South- Western Company had projected a line to Portsmouth some time since. But this project had failed, and the inhabitants had since then been very desirous of a direct communication with London, and on getting there they had to cross the water to Gosport, and a loss of from three-quarters of an hour to an hour occurred, the floating-bridge by which the passage was effected being liable to get foul of her anchors and also to be stopped by goods. In his opinion the proposed Chichester line was the best, and the branch line to Havant and Fareham would materially add to the value of the line. In the discussion in the town council there was a majority in favour of the atmospheric line, the numbers being 26 against 16. On an inquiry at the meeting of the council it was stated by the town clerk, as the legal adviser, that as there were no surplus corporation funds, none could be applied for the opposition to the South-Western line; but at_ the meeting one gentleman offered to subscribe; and the Itown clerk, who was Ms* the solicitor of the atmospheric line, had asserted that funds would not be wanting. The witness had taken an active part in promoting the line, because he saw that great inconvenience had been suffered by the borough from the want of railway communication with London ; therefore, seeing that the projected communication through Horsham and the Brighton line had failed, he felt it his duty to support this project of the South-Western Company, and he had no interest whatever in the projected line, except that which arose from a regard for the public welfare of the town. Mr. Downey, a candle-manufacturer at Portsmouth, stated that before the railway was made to Gosport, he had his goods coastwise. He received them in quantities of from ten to forty tons at a time. Since the railway had been formed he had received all his goods by railway, but there was both expense and loss of time incurred by the necessity to cross the water at Gosport; and he believed that the projected line would not only be a benefit to him and others in business, in the way of carriage, but also by increasing the trade towards the western districts of the country —To the inquiries of Mr. FLOOD, the witness stated that he did not think that it would make much difference to the traders of Southampton, whether the London terminus was at Vauxhall or London-bridge. The meeting to which reference had been made so frequently was of a boisterou scharacter, and though it appeared to be unanimous, he believed tha I there were many persons present who were afraid to express their opinions, from the fear of being bullied down. He sent a great number of candles to London, the charge being Is. 4d. a box of a cwt. each for the earriage. He sent upwards of 5001. worth of candles there, being a quantity of about 1,500 dozen ; but he often sent 500 on one truck, to go westward. The goods brought to Portsmouth were delivered at his warehouse by waggon, and the charge of toll for a two. horse carriage, which conveyed about two tons of goods, was Is. 6d. for each passage across the bridge. PIRATES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. MESSINA, MAY 6.—The Rowena, Tregarth, arrived at this port, spoke the brig Garnett, of Hull, off Licata, the master of which reports having been chased, and attempted to be boarded, on the 21st ult., fifty miles west of Malta, by a schooner under Turkish colours, of about 250 tons, with painted ports, well armed, and manned, and a very fast sailer, which in attempting to board the brig, carried away her jib-boom, bowsprit, and the brig's maingaff, maintopgallant-mast, &c. STATE OF TRADE AT MANCHESTER.—There is no material change in the condition of the market this week. Yarn (with the exception of the better descriptions of mule yarn, which are rather dull) is in very good demand, and prices are again in some cases rather higher. For goods there is a steady demand, and prices are very firm. RocriDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MAY 19.—There has been a fair demand for flannels to-day, and rather better prices have been obtained. Though there have been but few buyers in the market, those few have purchased very freely. The wool market has been rather slack, but prices remain firm.—Manchcster Guardian. NEWSVENDERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.—Last evening a meeting of the supporters of the Newsvendcrs' Benevolent and Provident Institution took place at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet street ; James Harmer, Esq., in the chair. After a few preliminary observations from the Chairman, the secretary read the sixth annual report of the committee, which stated that the society could, from tke state of its funds, commence allowing some annual pensions, thus calling into action the primary object for which the institution was established. The funded capital of the society was 7501. During the past year the committee had received eight applicants, four of whom had becerelleved to the extent of 41. 10a., the other cases did not come within the rules. The report having been adopted, resolutioas were carried indicative of the gratification of the meeting at the pros perous state of the society, and passing votes of thanks to its various officers, at the same time requesting them to continue their services. A short discussion ensued with regard to the propriety of having the annual dinner, after which thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. The receipts for the past year amounted to 1391. 7s. 2d., and the disbursements to 126/. 14s. 4d., leaving a balance in the treasurer's hands of 121. 12s. 10d. THE GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.- We are glad to hear that Mr. Satan= will be enabled, after defray ing all the expenses of the recent concert, which amount to about 2001., to hand over to the committee of the Governesses' Benevolent Institution the handsome sum of 2241., Including forty guineas in do nations. _ The Committee was then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow Tilil F •INS BURY DISPENSARY.—The annual di nner in celebration of the establishment of this old and excellent charity took place yesterday at the Albion Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. Lord J. Russell presided, but was obliged almost immediately after the re moval of the table-cloth to retire, in order to att en d th e festival at the Fishmongers'-hall, arid meet his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Noble Lord's place was filled by the lion. Mr. 11. Russell. There were also present Mr. G. Ityng, M.P., Mr. W. li. Whitbread, Mr. I'ownall, Mr. Bodkin, M.P., Mr. Sheriff Hunter, and about fifty other gentlemen. Messrs. Robinson, Lloyd, Sporle, and Edney con ducted the musical arrangements. The company, as usual, testified their loyalty and good feeling towards the objects of the dispensary, by drinking the usual toasts. The healths of Mr. Lyng and of the Chairman were also drunk. The amount of subscriptions was an nounced at 2501. The report showed the dispensary to be in a flou rishing situation ; but at the same time urged the necessity of conti nuous efforts on the part of its patrons to meet the demands made by an increasing population upon its resources. The company separated shortly before eleven o'clock. Group W. WAKEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND G OOLE RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. George Thompson, collector at the Wakefield station of the Manchester and Leeds line, was next examined by Mr. WILKINs— He deposed to the nature of the traffic which at present existed between Goole and Wakefield. Grain was th e principal traffic on the line. In 18 41 , 809,659 —in 1842, 662,956—i n 1 843, 691,033 —and in 1844, 684, 526 quarters arrived in the Calder and Hebbal basin, from Goole. This was a 'weekly average of 1 3,693 quar ters, and employed 14 , 949 vessels in the carriage. Mr. Boll; who was one of the most extensive woolstaplers in Wakefield, was examined by Sergeant KINGSLAKE. - -The charge of conveyance for wool was 10s. per ton by railway from Hull to Wakefield, and there would be a saving of 4., per ton on the Lin. hands of the Durham coalowners, which renders the coal trade from th• south absolutely impossible. Coals are 2s. 6d. dearer at Thirsk than at York. The West Riding coal, which is very valuable, is now prrctically shut out of the market. The feelings of the inhabitants of Thirsk, with the exception of a few con nected with the North of England, are in favour of the proposed line. At a public meeting of the inhabitants held about six weeks since, an unanimous vote in favour of the Leeds and Thirsk line was passed. Cross-examined by Mr. DENISON—The public meeting was in favour of a line from Leeds to Thirsk. Before the Great North of England line was opened the price of coals at Thirsk ranged from 5155. to 165., now they are about 12s. 6d. Is not aware of any reason why, in the event of a Leeds and Thirsk line being made, the south coalowners could not compete with the north coalowners. Mr. Morton. recalled by Mr. BAINES—Was present at a public meeting at Ripon, on the 17th April, when the present scheme was unanimously preferred to the Pilmoor branch. _ _ The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Group R. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Patrick Ternan, steam-packet agent and merchant, of Drogheda, was examined at some length respecting the traffic of the port of Drogheda, and in reference to the Kells branch. He handed in a table, drawn up by him, illustrative of this point, and considered the line proposed would confer the greatest benefit on the district. The principal traffic in passengers and agricultural produce through the port of Drogheda was from the west, by Navan and Kells. There were four steamers plying to Liverpool, and the passengers taken by these packets per annum were—labourers, about 40,000, and cabin passengers, 4,000. This included all the arrivals and departures. The latter were much greater than the former. Mr. MALLEY, for the Newry and Enniskillen Railway, and Mr. BOYLE, on the part of Lord Rossmore, against the branch to Kells, cross-examined the witness at some length, without leading to any particular results different from that given in the examina tion in chief. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. The consideration of the clauses of this Bill was resumed on the termination of Mr. Ternan'e evidence, when The CHAIRMAN said, that several of them were in such a state that they would have to be drawn up afresh before the Committee could pass them. They would therefore postpone the further con sideration of the 13111 till the first business to-morrow. Mr. Smith, corn.dealer and miller of Drogheda,was next examined. The greater portion of the grain that was shipped from Drogheda was brought from the country around Kells, Navan, Cavan, Long. ford, and Meath. The amount of oatmeal and flour shipped yearly from Drogheda was from 30,000 to 40,000 tons, sent principally to Liverpool, Glasgow, and Preston. There were about thirty four ships belonging to the port, of which four were steamers. There was an annual importation of coal into Drogheda from Eng. land of 65,000 tons, a great portion of which would be conveyed into the interior by the branch to Kells. The harbour charges of Drogheda were very low--considerably lower than those of Dub lin_ Coal was char/aril at the rate of fid_ urr ton_ To Mr. MALLEY—He considered a line from Navan to Drogheda would be much better supported by traffic than one from Navan, as the harbour dues were low, and Drogheda was one of the best corn markets in Ireland. There was a great amount of flour ground in and about Drogheda. His own firm alone manufac tured 35,000 barrels of flour per week. The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. Group E. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. lioxley, re-examined by Mr. HILDYARD—The law appli cable to the velocity of fluids was also applicable to the expansion of fluids. With respect to friction through a pipe, it was not necessary to take into account the quality of the pipe. There had been experiments made In France on glass tubes, which were highly polished, but the velocity was not greater than that of the iron pipe. By Lord WORSLE T — lndividually he had no objection to the y atmospheric principle, but t h e laws of nature h a d a very great ob jection to it. Had no d oubt it would answer very we ll on s h or t lines ; but on a lon g li ne of railwa if one pipe bec ame injured, the whole train would be delayed till the tube was repaired. It would be like attempting to cross a bridge where an arch had broken down. The speed of the train did not depend upon the weight, so long as the we i ght was no e o ver forty tons. The speed depended upon the v e l oc i ty with wh i ch the a i r w as exhausted. The air could not be ex h austed by a large eng i ne quicker than by a small one. Mr. Scott Russell was examined by Mr. HILDYARD as to the result of certain experi ments on an inclined p l ane . The result of his evidence was not of the slightest importance to the atmos pheric principle. The Committee adjourned at 0 0 minutes to four to twelve o'clock to-morrow, (HASTINGS, RYE, AND ASHE ORD Sub-Committee, No. 1. THE BRIGHTON, LEWE S, A N D HASTINGS RAILWAY EXTENSION). The Select Committ ee on this Bill sat to- d a y at twelve o'clock, and proceeded to he ar ev id ence regarding t h e lands and houses in parishes through which thi s projected l i ne would pass, as to the quality of the property w hi ch would be depr eciated by it, and to prove the corm, tness of the pl an laid b e fore the Committee. The allegations of th e i ncorrectness o f the plans, &c. were sustained. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY (WANDSWORTH There were several a ll egat i ons ma d e BRANCH) against this Bill, to the effect that the markings in the plans and sections were incorrect, that the datum lines were not specifically :narked, and that owners and occupiers, through whose property, &c., this proposed branch would pass, had not been given notice before the time limited in the Act. '' The Committee were of opinion that the standing orders had not been strictly complied with, but that the owners and tenants refused to give any information. It having been announced that the Speaker was at prayers, the Committee adjourned at four o'clock. Group IL LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Committee decided that the preamble had been proved. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE ON IRISH RAIL. WAY BILLS. This Committee re-assembled to-day at half.past two o'clock, Sir George Grey in the chair. The nature of this day's evidence was to show the extreme difficulty in complying with the standing orders while the land tenure of Ireland remained as it was. The Committee rose at four o'clock. Group B• The Committee met this morning at the usual hour, and pro ceeded with the LEEDS AND THIRSK LINE. Mr. DENISON, on behalf of the Harrowgate Junction Company, applied for a warrant to compel the attendance of a Mr. Joseph Dawson, who was in town, but refused to attend. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. P. M. Stewart) said he would grant a Speaker's order, but he hoped the witness would be worth it, as it was rather an expensive proceeding. Mr. Winkham, banker at Knaresborough, was examined by Mr. Burma—There is an extensive corn .market at Knaresborough, which would be greatly benefited by the proposed line. There is an inexhaustible supply of limestone in the neighbourhood of Knaresborough, the greater part of which is burnt in the districts lying west of the Leeds and Thirsk line. The proposed Ripon and Collingbridge branch from the Great North of England would not be anything like an equally beneficial one to the district. Cross-examined by Mr. B. C. ROBINSON—Some of the districts west of the Leeds and Thirsk line are not very productive. Mr. T. Simpson, linen manufacturer and banker at Knares borough, stated that the trade of the town is not so good as for merly, owing to the absence of communication with Leeds. The cost of sending goods to Leeds Is now 10s. per ton, which would be materially reduced if the proposed line was constructed. The price of gas in Knaresborough is 128. 6sl. per 1,0001. cubic feet, and at Leeds only 6s. Bd. If a competition were to take place between the coal fields of Durham and the West Riding, the price of gas at Knaresborough would be much reduced. The Pilmoor line would do us no good at all. Mr. Hutchison, lead manufacturer at P akeley-bridge, spok e to the benefit which would accrue to his neighbourhood by the pro posed line. Mr. Fisher, banker at Ripen, and Mr. Morton, agent to Miss Lawrance, also spoke to the anticipated benefit which would accrue to Ripon from the making of the Leeds and Thirsk line. John Nelson had been a carrier from Bassam to Leeds for 20 years. Seventeen men with carts were employed in the convey. ance of butter, eggs, and cheese to Leeds. Believes that the proposed Leeds and Thirsk line would be far better than any other to the east. Mr. Mark Melburn, farmer at Thirsk, and Secretary to the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, examined by BAINES—Has calculated the number of cattle passing from Thirsk to Leeds. At Bedale there is a very important fortnightly fair held, from which about 6,000 sheep and 1,820 cattle annually are sent to Leeds. Bedale is 7 miles from the Leeds and Thirsk line, and 1534 miles from the Pilmoor line. The country for three miles on each side of the Leeds and Thirsk line is one of the richest agricultural districts in the kingdom, especially for barley and sheep. About 40,000 quarters of barley are annually sent from those districts to the West Riding. The town of Thirsk is at present not on any line of railway, and will derive great conve. nien „ item the proposed line. The North of England is in the • 11VitrEit1 A L PA KLIAMEN T. fiOUSE OF COMMONS, May 21. The SPEAKER took the Matt at the usual hour. Mr. SPOONER, presented a petition from a gentle man, whose name we did not heat, praying to be heard by couns:l against the London and South-Western Me tropolitan Extension Railway and the South-Eaitcru Mr. WALKER presented a petition against the Rye and Tenterden Railway. MAYNOOTH BILL. Mr. CUMMING BRUCE presented petitions from Peebles, North L-ith, Edinburgh, and various other towns against the Ministerial measure for the increased grant to Maynootb: that from Eiinburgh was signed by 3,750 persons, including Dr. Dewar, Dr. Hunter, and other eminent divines. Colonel CONOLLY presented a petition from several places in Ireland against the grant to Maynooth. Mr. PHIsLIP HOWARD presented a petition from Carlisle, signed chiefly by the Roman Catholics of that town, but comprising also the names of the mayor and the other influential inhabitants, in favour cf the in creased grant to Maynooth, which the petitioners de signated as " a wise and foresighted measure." Mr. BARNARD presented a petition from Green wich against the law of debtor and creditor, as, at pre sent existing, and praying for the establishment of local courts for the better promotion ofjustice. Mr. FORBES 1 resenttd a petiiioa from Sterling against the grant to Maynooth. Mr. DIVETT presented a petition from:Exe'cr in favour of that measure. Mr. B. BALDWIN presented petitions against th South-Eastern Railway Extensions and the Ashton a Staleybridge Railway s. MAYNOOTH Pt , titions against the grant to Maynooth were pre svntcd by Mr. Dugdale, Mr. B.)wies, and De. Nieaol. IRISH BANKING. The Lou' Mayor and two of the Aldermen of the City of Dublin appeared at the bar, and presented a pe tition from the corporation, .praying that the Hibernian Joint-stock Banking Company, and other new joint-- stock banks in Ireland, should be included in the provi sions of the new 13i11 for the regulation of banking in that country. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented petitions fn'm the Wesleyans of Northampton and Derby against the grant to Maynooth. The O'CONOR DON brought up the report of the Committee on the Nottingham and Leicester Railway Bill. Mr, PAKINGTON moved for leave of absence to Mr. Dowdeswell for a fortnight.—Agreed to. Mr. BROTiJERTON moved for leave of absence to Mr. Marsland for three weeks.—Agreed to. The Cansi Companies' Tolls Bill passed through Com mittee, as did the Canal Companies CAtrriers' Bill. The reports were ordered to be received on Wednesday next. Mr. A. S. O'BRIEN Moved the second-reading of the Malt Drawback Bill, and believing that it was not the intention of the Government to oppose it, he suggest( d that it should be ordered to be committed that day week. Mr. CARDWELL feared that the Hon. Member fur Northamptonshire had mistaken the feeling of the Go vernment towards the Bill ; he believed some serious ob jections were entertained against it, and as to the prin ciple of the Bill, it was, to say the least, equivocal. Mr. S. O'BRIEN explained that the principle of the Bill was to place a drawback on the too general adoption of malt as an article of food for cattle, and he had under stood from his Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, that he was inclined to give his assent to the measure. Sir R. PEEL assured the llon. Member that he had misunderstood the observations of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The greatest difficulties were anticipated in the furtherance t,f the Bill, and at the least it would be desirable to postpone its consideration. The second reading of the Bill was consequently postponed to this day week : , SINDE. . Mr. MANGLES said, that seeing the Right Hon. Baronet in his place, he wished to ask a question con cerning the proceedings of the East India Board with respect to Single. Since the possession of that province there had been no information laid before the House as to the mode under which that province should be governed. He thought, therefore, that it was not misplaced if he asked, in the first place, under what jurisdiction Sinde had been placed since its occupation; secondly, what its revenues were derived from; and, thirdly, by whom they were received, and to what purposes they were applied? It was contrary to the Constitution of England that revenues should be received without any notice being given to Parliament of their application. _ Sir It:PEEL said that it was usual, upon the acquisi tion of any territory in India, to place it, as soon as it was possible, under the directiim of the Board of Direc tors In the first instance, however, it was placed under the jurisdiction of the Secret Committee. He could not at present lay the information which the Hon. Member desired before the House, but as soon as be could do so without prejudice to the public service he would give all the information in his power. Mr. MANGLES only required information respect ing the judicial and financial arrangements of the dis tract, and he would certainly await the convenience ol the Right Hon. Baronet for the details which he sired. MAYNOOTH ENDOWMENT BILL— ADJOURNED DEBATE. Colonel VERNER presented several petitions against the Maynooth grant. Several other Hon. Members presented petitions for and against the grant. Colonel VERNER then rose to resume the adjourned debate, but for some minutes the Honourable and Gal lant Gentleman was inaudible, in consequence of the noise occasioned by Honourable Members leaving the House. We understood the Honourable Gentleman to say, that nothing but an imperative sense of duty would have induced him to trespass upon the House on the present cccasion. He had not prepared himself with a speech.—(Cheers.) He had beard of an officer, who said he would rather fight a battle than make a speech, and for his (Colonel Verner's) part, he would rather walk twenty miles than have to make a speech. The Right Hon. Baronet spoke in a tone of triumph of the silence of the great bulk of the Irish Protestants on this subject, but it did not arise from any indifference or friendly feeling towards the Bill, but from fear of danger and persecution. Again, many Protestants were ren dered apathetic by the mode in which . these petitions had been treated in this House. Manufactories of chain armour had been established in Ireland for the use of the gentry, but these manufactories were not able to supply the increasing demands upon them. The Repeal party were allowed to meet and agitate, whilst the Protestants of the north of Ireland were placed under severe restrictions.—(Hear.) The reason of the proceedings of the Presby terians of Belfast, according to the letter of Dr. Cook, was not because they objected to the grant, but that they were fully aware of the manner in which their petitions would be received in that House. A similar feeling was prevalent in Aniaagh. He would trouble the House with only one letter more, and it was from a Protestant clergyman. The Gallant Member then read the letter, which was in substance that, the reason the writer alleged for the Protestants of Ire land not petitioning against the measure, was because they apprehended they would be treated with scorn and con tempt. He then continued by saying he hoped it would not appear that he had taken too much upon him self in saying that the Protestants of Ireland were net favourable to this measure. In all his experience as a Member of Parliament he never heard of a measure that had so little to recommend it as this. The argument used in its favour sppea s red to him to be this:—that for fifty years the Government had been doing wrong, and now they would do a greater wrong. He remembered when the Right Hon. Baronet at the bead ofher Majesty's Government proposed a remedial measure for the then disturbed state of Irelan 1, he said that if that measure should not have the desired effect, he would come down to this House and ask for additional powers. Let him (Col. Verner) ask had agitation in Ireland ceased since then ? He denied that it had ; on the contrary, con cession after concession had been made to Ireland without any effect. A more than sufficient concession had been male. As to those Honourable Gentle men who believed the doctrines taught at Maynoath, he could only say he did not understand what they meant by the extension of a belief in such doctrines, when they were to be supported and propogated at the expense of those who differed from them. He would very mueh regret to introduce into the House his opinion to influ ence it in any way, but he could not refrain from stating that he thought it of more importance that the fund s should be rather awarded for the propagation of pure Protestantism, than for the spread of the Roman Catho lic religion. There was one observation that he could not refrain from making, and that referred to some ob servations that had been made in the course of the de bate, which, in his opinion, tended to compromise a prin cipal feature of British feeling. He could not but think otherwise than that the present proposed measure had been wrung from the Ministry by fear, although it pained him much to say so. If ithe Maynooth measure was really to be wrung from Ministers, from the appre hension of what the repeal party would do in Ireland, he would tell them to place their trust in the wisdom and courage of Englishmen, and at once let a termination be put to their doubts. He warned them that this measure would not answer the result they desired, nor would it conciliate the repeal party of Ireland. Let them know what Ireland really wanted.—(Laughter.) Let the Government ascertain what would satisfy them.—(Continued laughter.) He could assure the Right Honourable Baronet that this measure would not do so. He had told him so in the most direct terms, and he repeated again that this measure would not satify them. The Government had trifled session after session with that country. They had made concession after concession. They had made another con cession this year, which would be followed by another and a greater. It was but right and proper that the House should know the worst, that they should under theyhaancldttoheethe expect—and would the h whole that a they and had whatto expect,far as they c ou ld poss ib ly be, t y be prepared, as happen afterw ar d s. T hey would have the that might of preparin g th emselves for any aft:rre concession opportu t n h ity a t the Govern ment i n i ts wisdom might be inclinedtegrant. Lord HARRY VANE could assure the House that he would confine his observations to as limited a com pass as possible. He felt it necessary in a few words to state the reasons why he supported this measure, seeing that he had received several letters expostulating with him upon the vote which he had given upon the previous stage of this Bill. Since that time the increase of population had been so great as to require an increase' of the body who supplied the spiritual necessities of Ireland. He should hare thought that an increase to the incomes n me o s t o b f ethcoosnesiindderiveid duals who supplied that wan t would unreasonable. But he must confess that he cared not so _. J ~~~ ~.\ much for that as for the principle of prottqgfriFE — _ rteitrien of the majority of the people of t tit'do ttirYM:4ll7 at d he did think that if it had been so contrary as it was represented to be to the sentiments of the peel le of England, tbey would have had annual and repeated meetings at Exeter-hall to express the feelings of the people against it. The grant, he must confess, derived in his opinion great importance from the way in which her Majesty's Government had acted in making the grant. Their mode of proceeding evi dently' showed that there was to be a new policy pursued with respect to religion. Sir R. Inglis, and the Gentlemen who had acted with him, had endeavoured to fasten on her Majesty's Government last night, a disregard of the wishes of the people ; but he had found that the dislike of the people of this country was rather to the source from which the means e - ere to be derived, than to the purpose to which those means were to be applied. lie had himself presented many petitions against this 13111, but there was not one which did not dwell on • that particular point It seemed to him that there could be no -grounds whatever for the objections raiaed by the Honourable Colonel who had just sat duwr, and the Right Honourable Baronet the Member for Oxford, and by the Recorder for the City of London. They at least were not opposed to ecclest eaxsttienai,lietriticlemow;ments They would have no of to provided those extensions were made to the church to 'ivhich they belonged.—(hear, hear.) It did not seem to him, therefore, that that principle was fouticled on religious grounds. lie could not under stand how Hon. Members could imagine that Ireland could he governedesuccesfully by the system of exclud • ing from the benefits of State provisions six millions of people, ought of a population of eight millions He had w e heard the Hon. Gentleman state by what other sys tem leelard could be governed than that of concession, The lion. Member who had just spoken had said that concession after concession had been made, aid yet there was no benefit derive d. Was he (Lord H. Vane) to think that the Hon. Geeth man desired to govern Ire land lily force ? He wo u ld lik e to k now w h ether that had not In en tried—whetheri had not been unsuccessful, tied whether on account of its non-success the Govern ment had been obliged to adopt the principle of con cession which hai been so long recommended to them ? There was one argument which he had heard, that cer mite parties, rather than consent to this measure, would eencede repeal ; and they gave this reason, that they could never agree to endow a religion from which they so widely differed. But they should remember that while the doctrines of Roman Catholicism remained the principles of the great majority of the people of Ireland, this was the only mode by which justice could be ren dered an injured, and conciliation made to an exasperated, people. Deeming the proposition expedient, because it was just, he should give the Government, in their attempt to accomplish it, his most sincere and ,cordial support.—(Cheers.) Mr. COLQUHOUN would abstain from treating the question in a religious or polemical point of view, as it had already been discussed in that form so - ably, by the Wght Hon. Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford. last night, although the dense anal most legi mate feeling of the country decidedly was opposed to it on those grounds. But he would rather treat it as a question of State policy, and follow the Noble Lord who preceded him, in considering it in that light. The rea son why this petition had not been signed by more than nine clergymen was, because, as the Bishop of Cashel had stated to him, it had not been sent to him in time, before the nine clergymen who had signed it had un guardedly put it in the newspapers.—(Laughter.) He could not see that there was anything very ludicrous in that. His correspondent fiirther stated that he had got another petition, signed in Dublin by over 260 Protestant clergymen, and that, in fact, the Protestant clergymen of Ireland were unanimously against it. If his Right Hon. Friend understood the position of Ireland as well as his friend the Recorder did, he would not be surprised at the Protestant clergy not coming forward uponoccasions of this kind, because they dreaded being denounced by the Roman Catholic priests. He had received two letters, one of which was from.the Rev. Mr. Pool, who lived in the CounteeTipperary, and the writer stated that in his parish there were eight Protestants upon whom mur derous assaults had been committed ; for of these bad fallen victims, and two had been mutilated for life. This showed the state of alarm in which the Rev. Gen tleman lived. The other gentleman, whose letter be held in his hand, was a clergyman of the name of O'Grady, who lived near Castlecary. He stated that he and another clergyman had been attacked on their way to church. He said he knew of nothing that he had done to give offence, except that he had been the means of converting two Roman Catholic families.— (Hear, hear, from Mr. Sergeant Murphy.) Did the Hon. Gentleman mean by that cheer that the people of Ireland were in such a state of vassalage that they dared not change their religion if they pleased ?—(Cheers.) He would now briefly state his objections to this mea sure. When the Conservative party were in Opposition, the House must well re-collect the position which they task with respect to Irish affairs. If that party wished to maintain a character for consistency, they ought to adhere to those principles which they maintained when in Opposition. However strong the feeling of the lower classes of Protestants in Ireland against the Catholics, he thought that the feeline; amongst the better classes had been much modified. As far as the Roman Catho lics were concerned, he believed that the better party then in Ireland had a desire- to put a stop to that agita tion which was at present existing in that coun try, and which prevented the introduction of capital into Ireland. If the Government would act on a straightforward principle, they would have a strong Roman Catholic party upon their side. The Go vernment, however, seem inclined to conciliate the par ties which were now agitating Ireland. One party had a powerful organ called the Nation. Its articles were full of vigour, fire, and animation, and he had read them with touch pleasure. a, they were so eell written, that it almost made one wish to be a rebel to write such fiery language and to read such writing. This party, therefore, was a dangerous one, and it was most dan gerous to attempt to admit its claims. What had been the conduct of the Government in dealing with these parties in Ireland ? They brought in the Bequests Act last session, and no objection was to be raised to that mea sure. It had, however, been denounced by a large party in Ire-land ; but it was applauded by the Young Ireland party, or the party represented by the Action. Mr. O'Connell, in Conciliation Hall, had said, that before he could give it his support he must have the imprimatur of the Catholic clergy. The Nation contended that no reference was to be made to the clergy. Iu this, how ever, the two parties were cordially agreed, namely, in the wish for the severance of England from Ireland. The Irish part of her Majesty's Government was not so strong as the English part of the Government, while it ought to have been the strongest. The Nation, or re publican party in Ireland, said this, and agitation of course sprang up. There was the agitation of the O'Connell party, and the agitation of the Nation party, both parties having one object—the severance of the two countries. Such was the state of the north of Ire land at the time of the monster meetings that the Under- Secretary for Ireland had declared his conviction that the peace of those districts was seriously threatened. A. circumstance had been reported to him (the Under- Secretary) that a Roman Catholic and a Protestant who had been previously walking together in feelings of perfect amity, had then separated in jealous defiance; each went out at night armed, having his house bar ricaded, and liv e d i n distrust, if not hatred, towards the other. His H on . F r i e nd, Mr. Lucas, had felt that if the Irish Protestants rose in the north, the Roman Catholics in the south would be equally exaspe rated, and the peace of the country be endan heenisyoubgehtfoltioorwepdowbeyrsthtoo prevent a crisis w gered. In the t emer g ency o c u y ld most fatal consequences. He had applied for po wers , but to whom ? Was it to the military ? Was it to the constabulary ? No, he entrusted the safety of Ireland to e c n the Protestant Church, and to the clergy of that coun try.—(Hear, hear) He besought them to use all their influence over the naturally irritated feelings of their flocks ; they bad, to their honour, adopted that course ; and to them, he feared not to avow, was owing the pre servation of the peace of Ireland.—(Cheers.) If such had been the course of the Protestant Church in Ireland, what had been the conduct of that House towards it ? (Hear, hear.) Why, when that Church approached the Government with a request—not asking for sordid emo lument, nor for increased revenues, but asking for secu rity throughout the country, urging truly, "You have put down our Protestant associations, put down also repeal organisation; you have put down our Orange lodges, put down their monster meetings." And when they asked for a - grant to their schools, as was accorded the English Dissenters, not wishing to put down the system of national education, though fro its principles they conscientiously differed, but asking the House to give them, for the instruction of their 100,000 Protestant children the same as they freely bestowed on the 35,000 Roman Catholic children, what was the Right Hon. Baronet's reply?—;Cheers.) When the request was preferred by the meekest prelate on either Bench, dig nified by noble blood, but better by Christian charity, ay INwle oww m ofhiar6 o tl:asth r roti e eotolrni aoillaiu,ndfdt treated bid: its oi l stes i wnne3rgeioedtsnhcs measure t oec h ri .la a iti mn, i n iaoddt anei t w3f: h :aetn e lt orsa shee p peiantvr r rfficiec o oleo u ilpitna d tay) lts e t.hrae_e s eie t dl na;etl:ido(n incivility.—(Hear.) mightear g e. )i e f , ya almost Andprayer now, enopso I la an evinced c h e hear.) a ? r ) Theßu t article scoffing and spurning it as a sop, and that was the feeling of the of quoting jiigginass, %alinoraautthheorßitieg• ht h l a i d o n s p . ( T e r u o n e e t q w u a a l s ly s o p f l o m n . n d . important s ec ti on it represented—(Hear, hear)—and But if th e y wante d a proof of the working of such a sys tem as the one now proposed, they had only to look at France, where the Monarch had been obliged to entreat the leader of the Opposition to extricate him from th e difficulties which the Roman Catholic establishments had entailed. If such were the danger attending a sys tem in a country where the Bishops and clergy of the Roman Catholic Church were nominated by the Go vernment, and therefore fettered by the obliga• tions, and kept in submission to the yoke of their supporters, what was to be expecte' d from establishments held under no controul ? The Parliament here had no such hold on the. Church etf Ireland, they possessed no veto in the nomination of their bishops, they could not degrade fur misconduct, nor punish fur resistance. Yet, with all these advan tages on the side of France, what was its position ? The Right Hon. Baronet, in 1838, in adopting the views a the Member ter Selkirkshire, who, to his honour, had course than another Member, who had preferred place to preferred principle to place, a somewhat more creditable not of Popery—for hear")—had talked 'of the progress, n from even escaping that word had been sacredly guarded • either principle or reason—(Laud cries of Hear, Roman Catholics Catholics, but of that section . of the ' • Europe, who wished to subordinate civil government ecclesiastical rule.—(Hear, hear.) the lips of the Right Bon, Baronet—nor ßo o m f the Roman g overnment to lie would ask him whether, after the recent experience of France, reduced to such straits as that country was by the ultra-montane party—whether, after such ex.. S r 47 _- e I s 4 I sit• otbig Ore s nt his r ind Is c:al . c tha t a ii* - arr ord Of