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'bout I third of a mile from the centre et the city than the Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ay r Railway. The total length of railway would be nine miles, and if required, the whole distance would be laid down for a double line. At present, it was only intended to lay down the distance from Glasgow to Barrhead, nearly seven miles, On double rails. The stations on the route were contiguous to the Places which they were intended to supply. The witness was examined at considerable length as to the de tailed advantages of the line, and confirmed the statements which had been advanced by Mr. Hildyard yesterday. He was afterwards cross-examined by Sir T. PHILLIPS, but with. out eliciting anything in contradiction to his examination in chief. The engineering evidence was corroborated by Mr. Errington and Mr. Vignolles. Mr. Notman, manager of the Hurlet works, estimated the tota t raffic which would be carried on the proposed railway from them at 60,000 tons, The evidence of the witness was, however, decried until the traffic tables should have been put in. The Committee then adjourned. Gli OUP L. POUTSMOUTI-I .A.TIVIOSPEEILIC LINE. The Committee assembled at twelve this morning, Mr. IL B• Denison in the chair, with all the other members of the Committee Present, when Mr. Samuda was recalled and cross. examined at very consideralrie length, but notwithstanding the great tact of the counsel, nothing Was elicited to shake the testimony which he gave yesterday in ft 'our of the atmospheric line. Mr. Gibbons, the engineer of the Dalkey line, was again called, • and repeated what he had previously stated respecting the working Of the atmospheric principle on this line. Mr. Cubitt produced the model which he had promised, and ex. Plained the way in which the trains would meet and pass each Other, precisely in the way which we gave it on his previous e xamination, 3lr. Brunel confirmed the evidence of the previous witnesses, living additional force to his testimony, by stating that he pre ferred practise to theory, and that Mr. liawkesley's formula might serve for gas, but that in the present instaLcz it was inapplicable Se air. Mr. Joseph Cubitt was recalled, and went over the figures which See gave yesterday. This closed the atmospheric case, as the counsel stated, we be lieve, for the third time. The Committee then adjourned. LL. ZOND ON AND BRIGHTON (WANDSWORTH) EXTENSION. The cross-examination of Mr. Langridge respecting the traffic on the line was resumed by Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, but nothing of the least interest transpired. Mr. Edward Draix, surveyor, proved that the value of the land hquisite for carrying out the line would be 27,2001., the quantity for the line 66 acres. . Mr. Rastrick—lt engineer to the London and Brighton Railway Company. Surveyed the present line from Croydon to Wands- Worth last year. It began at Croydon-common, crossed the Croy ...den Railway, but did net in any way Interfere with the works as t hey were eighteen feet ten inches above it. The span of the arch Would be thirty feet. Thence the line proceeded north-west by Collier's waters and down almost to Tooting. Thence to the terminus. There were no engineering difficulties, the deepest cutting was only 15 feet; the highest embankment 18 feet 6 inches. The line crossed no turnpike-road on a level, and . only three parish roads on a level. The worst gradient on the line • Wee 1 in 100, and that was only for the distance of half a mile. The length of the line was 6 miles and 48 chains. The worst curve was one of halt' a mile radius, at the junction with the South. Western Railway; the next a curve of three-quarters of a mile tedius. It was a double line. The total expense of the engineering Work would be 91,7'264—via., earthwork 10,0001.; bridges, &c., 19 ,3854 ; occupation lodges, diversions of roads, &c., 6,6001. ; f encing, embankment, &c., 39,2684 ; stations, 6,9.804; contin dencies, 10,1901. Crosii.exa mined by Mr. AUSTIN—Did not understand that it w as intended to enlarge theSouth.Western Railway in consequence Of the junction with it of the proposed line. The principal cutting ul his line was at. Tooting, where the clay was stiff. Mr. Leather, another engineer, confirmed the testimony of Mr. Itastrick, regarding the eligibility of the line and the estimates he h ad handed in. • Mr. Parsons, late Chairman of the Brighton and London Rail. w ay Company, gave evidence in favour of the projected line. Mr. AUSTEN appeared as Counsel for the Croydon Rail *aY Company. He would show the Committee that this Bill Ought not to be now passed, and that it was desirable it s hould be postponed. He admitted that a central London terminus fo r the Brighton, Folkestone, Dover, and Portsmouth traffic w ould be most desireable, and that a west.end terminus would be tilkeivise most desireable. It was a question of vital importance to he Croydon Railway, as to whether the present Bill should be 1!11 sed. The Brighton traffic ran over the Croydon line, which was , °, fact part of the trunk tine to Brighton, and this, it was ob. 8 1 °us, would be most detrimental to the interests of the Company. 130 ,000/. had been expended on the Croydon Railway, on the faith fat the Legislature would protect their interests—be did not mean t° exclude the idea of benefiting the public; but what he con. t ended for was, that as long as the traffic could be carried over the e .: 0 3 , d0n line with convenience it ought not to be interfered with. Their present charges were most reasonable. He trusted th e Committee would not entertain any scheme which w ould operate to the disadvantage of his clients. The e ntoters of the projccted line had agreed to pay the South. western Railway Company 7,0001. a year, and the working of the g ape would cost more than 6,0001. annually, facts which should not ,""Pe the attention of the Committee in deciding upon the Bill 7ore them. 15,0001. a year was the estimated traffic on the p ro- ICt ed line, 9,0001. of which would be taken from the Croy. do -1 1 line ; but calculating the whole deduction of traffic howthe Croydon line, and remembering that what G uth -Eastern, passed over the Croydon line wound p ass over the not leis: than 15,0001. per annum would be ab 'aeted from the Croydon line. The Railway Committee of the 'eard of Trade deci,ied against the projected line, and added that the reasons adduced against its formation were conclusive; but th ey recommended a prolongation of the South. Eastern line from le Bricklayers' Aims (near the Elephant and Castle) to the Hun. terford Bridge. The Learned Counsel went on to show the dis. t drantages of the projected line, and called upon the Committee to elect the Bill. the Committee then adjourned till to-morrow. GROUP X. 11°Wthe Committee to whom this group was referred met in Room ~. 8, at twelve o'clock, Lord Courtenay in the chair. Present , Raring Wall, Mr. Poulett Scrope, and Mr. Darby. ‘.3riecor,:er AND CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY. ~:th_e cross examination of Mr. Parks, who had taken the traffic the li ne was their resumed by Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM, tih ! ben ) the third L'ay he has been under examina - Hg , e was cross_exzmined at great length with enosed on his direct ex „Peet to the coach traffic which L." had d -r as existing at present, and for some time past, on the i t Tosed line, also to the amount of inter:',ediate traffic, and, in. e t t eotially to the traffic which might reasona::ll' be expected from • h these sources, for the proposed railway, if it w...'re carried. k k r. DARBY took exception to the promoters claimin: 64,0001. th Probable traffic revenue unless they were prepared to stay that 7. had included that sum in the traffic tables. far HILDYARD said that even excluding that sum they had a t iv ,i 'w rev enue, w hi c h returned nine per cent., and this, in his li u ni° n, was sufficient to induce the Committee to pass the . as it was a larger amount of traffic than was usually mon projected railways. They had only mentioned this 1,7 1 ' traffic as likely to pass by this line, in which case the re -1,14 would be 12 1 / 2 per cent., but, excluding it altogether, they ullld have 9 per cent. Bl ether Committee then retired for a few minutes, to deliberate n e ther they would allow this traffic to be assumed. tO their return, the CHAIRMAN said the Committee were anxious 2 "B eertain whether the promoters intended to include the 64,000/. Part of the revenue or not ? ti tt 4 , r• HILLIARD said that, after the explanation he gave, it was T he Intention to do so. eross.examination of Mr. Parks was then: resumed. The In nber of fat cattle which the Cambridge and Lincoln line took 1 , 4 : it for as traffic from Lincolnshire to Smithfield and Islington s iti 2 0.000, and of lean cattle 6,040. Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Dixon, ti o 2 l r. Road made up the tables. He expected to carry cattle ep t . - Nottingham to London, because the line from Nottingham sai l `cd the proposed line. They expected 3,000 cattle ti t , 61,060 sheep from Leicestershire. These calcula hs torewere all made up by persons on whom they could rely were at present 250 horses passing yearly between Doncaster ti hd k;414 ewmarket, and he calculated that double that number would li or :f the proposed railroad existed. They might not be all race. lithr's other horses for training having the facilities of conveyance ts eo e tt the railway would give, would also pass to and fro. If s 114 2 0 /. represented the traffic in cattle of 83 miles, the Cambridge 44,4:Lincoln line, he did not know whether 56,0001. was an ex- Lv e traffic to claim for the London and York line. „, 4 011 ; 0 ,040 cattle from Lincolnshire, and the 4 , 680 claimed ha th . Other parts as anticipated to pass by the proposed line had whatever to do with the 10,000 cattle alluded to by Mr. tlai,, in i• In point of quantity he considered that as they had Is t rd credit for 14,135 tons of wool from London to York, 9,040 It, C laimed by the London and York line was a moderate estimate. tt s i e°4l t l not prove the tables of coal, general merchandise, or lts: They were drawn sip by Mr. Lane, who would give e vi de n ce tis - , s h eill• The witness was then subjected to a minu t e cross. e l i i 7nation on the coach traffic, which he stated in his direct exa 14.4tiori the London and York line had no right to claim credit for. lti st —e was a coach passing from Stamford to Leicester. He deducted loa ti "ach, because he considered that the passenger going by it Is tt , cl slot take the London or York line, going either north or tr td ". If upon 124 Irish coaches the number of passengers ex .ketl nine, he was not able to say whether that was an e k 7aive average number to form a calculation on with re. t m t to the English coaches. He considered that seven was " A ' t. Proportion. Aber a short re-examination by Mr. WEBSTER, t r ;" * . Pare,a railway traffic calculator, was then examined by Mr. li it considerable length, but his evidence was of a similar nature st h: l last wi tness . Toe Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. GROUP Z. 1 4 ,!trlin GREAT WESTERN PROJECT. 'lal DUBLIN AND GALWAY LINE. At t he sitting of the Committee this day, tp r • Rowe, Counsel for the Galway Canal Company, proceeded layte before the Committee a stat ement of his case. He corn thtt e„ 'ed by commenting on the case which, he said, he conceived ,lii' - ' ° Jectors of the Dublin and Galway line had made out, and from their own evidence alone, he confidently relied the Ils,ntnittee would decide that the preamble of their Bill had not sl ,ll,„. l4nv ed. When first this project was spoken of the Conn. had two lines before it, namely, the Mullingar and the er. '4 and Galway. The former of those would pas s throu g h a 111;4 f er tile country , while the latter took its course thr ou g h the 141 4 k a nd unprodu ctive bog of Allen. He called upon the Corn. ' ,, s 4 ae to remember that the Canal Company, for whom he appeared, 1 44, 13nt a naonopolising company, but one in which a number Op u Ipns of small means had their little capital embarked, and 1 4 4 ; t he P roperty of which certain small annuitants relied for the klieb-"„s of subsistence; but even upon the grounds of public conve lit,Wei he would contend for it that this scheme should not be ap aotee,_dnr, and that the canal and the Mullingar line wonld be suficient 'h e s - ct all th e conven i e nce the public required. He then adverted to hkle 4alt ie tables laid before the Committee by the witnesses on be nlitte°l the Dublin and Galway line, and contended that the Corn forZhad already had ample proof that those tables had been 106 'Ton quite fallacious data, and therefore it was only lead. `4, - P l e astray when they were tempted to toke shares in such ta itt j itt * The Learned Counsel continued to address the Com. BUI at great length, and concluded by expressing a hope this sh o uld not be approved of. th: T tYLoR replied, and in doing so recapitulated the evidence tk 'otleZ,,n al Company at great length, which he contended was a ti — h o B company, and was anything but a useful company to ;A% ,Vos The Learned Counsel closed his address at 3 o'clock, a oln , - " e morn was cleared. After about a quarter of an hour the h e "la re - opened, and Ni,henamitax stated that the Committee had agreed that the :1 44 1 a l e of the Bill had been proved ; but they would require a '4l;:: . ° be inserted in the Bill, binding the Company to complete N il %More and Portarlington line. 14 Op 2 0 uNseir. said they would not have the slightest objection • •Th *'"* Co mmittee then adjourned. ‘‘::titvrou„TElNE `2l.—Baron de Romeuf, Lariy , - elik -r del . , and Sir William Tuyl left this afternoon in the Fame Th .: t rw Dieppe, en route for Paris. 4tirjhth 4 keei - thishop of Canterbury has been engaged 14, 1, e .Preceding week in holding comfirmations at Ramsgate, "errs ham, and other plates in his diocese. QUEEN'S BENCII-(THIS DAY.) (Before Lord DENMAN and a Special Jury.) ROSE V. GONIPERTZ AND OTHERS. This case—an indictment at the prosecution of Captain Rose for a conspiracy to obtain from him certain bills of exchange to the amount of upwards of 17,000/. by fraudulent representations— was: resumed this morning by the examination of witnesses for the del nice. I dr. COCKBURN, Q.C., in a most able and ingenious address, teplied on the part of the plaintiff, commenting severely on the ems rse adopted by counsel on the other side In attempting to shield the defendants under insinuations cast upon the plaintiff, and stigmatising the conduct of the former as of the most guilty and nefarious character. Lord DENMAN, in summing up, expressed a very strong opinion on the guilt of the defendant Gompertz, and urged on the jury the extremely suspicious nature of the transactions of the others ac.. cured; but leaving it to their decision whether the evidence was sufficient to tix positive guilty participation upon all. Unless, however, they thought that Francis Witham (the defendant, against whom the evidence was apparently moie conclusive than against the others, with the exception of Gompertz), or some one of the accused was jointly concerned in the fraud with Gompertz, all must alike be acquitted, as one alone could not be found guilty of conspiracy. The jury, after an absence of an hour and a half, returned a verdict of Guilty against Gompertz, Not Guilty against William Witham, and Guilty against Robert Witham, but accompanied with a recommendation to mercy in consequence of his youth. No verdict was returned against Francis Witham, he being dead, and his name having been introduced in the indictment to fix the guilt of conspiracy on any one of the other defendants, on whom alone, in connexion Kith the deceased, the jury might think the guilt was attachable. Exceptions were then taken by counsel to the verdict, and sentence was deferred. THE QUEEN AT THE PROSECUTION OF THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK V. BARNARD GREGORY, OF THE " SATIRIST." Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD (with whom was Mr. Wordsworth) stated the case for the prosecution. On the 2d day of De cember, 1842, the Duke of Brunswick preferred an indictment, at the Central Criminal Court, against the present defendant, for eleven separate libels, published in the Satirist newspaper, against the prosecutor's character. The grand jury at that time found true bills, arid by certiorari, the case being subsequently removed to the Court of Queen's Bench, a verdict was obtained against the defendant. This result wcs followed up by a series of the most unfounded libels, commencing on Dec. 4, 184'2. The jury might remember that a few years since a most revolting murder was com.. mitted in the neighbourhood of Waterloo.bridge on a female (Eliza Grimwood), on which occasion a person was charged with the commission of the murder, but was subsequently, from want of suf. scient implicatory evidence, liberated. On the sth of March, 1843, an article was published in the Satirist mysteriously imputing the guilt of that murder to the Dike of Brunswick. The next article set out in the information was one published on the 1 2th of March, followed up by another still more explicit of the 16th of April. and the last complained of, of the 7th of May, 1843. All these, without making any specific charge, insinuated that the murder of the unhappy woman was committed by th presont pro. secutor, and it was for this disgraceful suggestion, for which he need not say there was not even the slightest shadow of foundation, and which were made doubtlessly for the purpose of extorting money, he asked the jury to give a verdict consistent with the atro city of the case and the ends of public justice. Mr. William Carter, examined by Mr. WORDSWORTH, deposed to having held an inquest on the body of Eliza Grimwood, on the 2Sth May, 1838, in his capacity as Coroner for the county of Surrey, and that a verdict of Guilty of Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown" was returned. Other evidence was then adduced, including the formal proof of the inquest and verdict on the murder, the connexion of Gregory with the Satirist, and the interpetration put upon the libels. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) THE LONDON GAZETT! (THIS EVENING.) CAMBRIDGE-HOUSE, JUNE '23, 1845. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint the Rev. William Collett, 8.A., to be one of his Chaplains in Ordinary. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JUNE 20. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Major-General P. Fyers, C. B. , to be Colonel Commandant, vice Lieut.-General Parry, deceased ; Second Captain J. E. Dupuis to be Captain, vice Dickens, deceased; First Lieut. P P. Faddy to be Second Captain, vice Dupuis ; Second Lieut. C. W. Grey to be First Lieutenant, vice Faddy, June 14. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall. T. T. S. Carlyon, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; F. Howell, Esq., to be ditto, May 31. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire. T. G. Gisborne, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire. R. Dyott, Erq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, June 17. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland. Westmorland and Cumberland Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—G. R. G. Rees, Gent. to be Cornet, January, 20. BANKRUPTS. William Morton, gas-fitter, Fenchurch-street, City, to sur render July 4, at twelve, and Aug. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Loveland and Beckitt, Symond's-inn. William Rickman Lejeune, corn merchant, Southampton, June 30, at one, and July 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street ; Smith and Atkins, Sergeants' Inn; Mackey and Gir dlestone, Southampton. William Mussman, fancy stationer, Clarke's-place, High street, blington, June 30, at two, and Aug. 4, at half-post eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman -street, London ; Wright, Smith, and Shepherd, Golden-square. ;: — George Bowl e s an d Jos eph P a in P u cklington meat and b u tt er salesmen, Newgate-street, City, July 9, at half-past one, and August 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch.lane ; Young, Warwick-square, Ne wgate-street. James Walker, jun., butcher, Leeds, July 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; Mitton and Nestor, Southampton-buildings, London Dunning and Stawman, Leeds. Francis Ridd, surgeon, Nether Stoney, Somersetshire, July 8 and 29, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirt. zel, official assignee, Exeter; Boyle, Clement's Inn, London; Smith, jun., .Bridgewater; Stogdon, Exeter. William - Haddon, grocer. Denbigh, July 14 and 31, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan. official assignee, Liverpool ; M'Gregor, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, London ; Evans, Denbigh ; D. Evans, Liverpool. Matthew Colledge, coal merchant, Brinklow, Warwick.. shire, July 10, and August 4, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. hittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith, Birmingham. Il ARKEIs IN TLLLJGENCE. (From the London New Price Currtnt of June 24.) SOCA It.—To-day West India Sugar met with less attention but previous rates were sustained for brawn grey and inferior 3 al low kinds ; in home cases, however , a small reduction was iumswere in r request. e a,,i iy R E FINED.—To- disposed of subm'tted to for middling good and find grocery so r t s , o f which the supply is still o n the increase. A good business was transacte d; refining kinds ,aintdsndbeng the most ara lumps at 74s to 74s 6d, and brown grocery lumps 72s 6tl to 7.is. The market for bonded Crushed Sugar is firm at 40s 9d to 41s per cwt for first sorts. 3lanitlrins.—This Sugar has been extensively dealt in, and an advance on former rates of is to 2s has taken place for brown, grey, and inferior sorts of yellow, and 6d to Is per cwt for the better kinds. At auction 12,706 bags and 300 casks sold with animation. EAST IN DlA.—This afternoon of Bengal Sugar 5,684 bags were offered at public sale, and chiefly sold upon former terms, but not above ; fine white went at 57s good 545 to 54s 6d, middling 5:4 to 53s 6d, middling greyish 50s 6d to 51s, damp and washed 48s to 53. i. TEA.—The market has a firm appearance, and the trade for the most part inclined to increase their stocks. Congou has been in excellent request upon former terms. Pouehong has been largely dealt in at 4d to 9,1 for low to good quality. Twankay has fully sustained the former value. Hyson is much wanted, and prices are still advancing. In Scented Orange Pekoe a good deal has been done, and 3s Id to 3s 2d paid fur fine. For Gunpowder and Imperial prices are fully as high. FOILEIGN.—To-day Foreign Sugar of all sorts was much wanted, and stiffer rates were paid ; a mixed cargo of white Brazil afloat, consisting of Parabia and Alaccio was sold fur Trieste at 28s 6d to 28s 9d, and a floating cargo of white Havannah at a high price, but the particulars at present have not transpired. At Liverpool a cargo of brown Parabia has been soul at 28s per cwt. . _ COFFEE.—This afternoon there was no public sales of any kinds of Coffee, but some parcels are advertised ; consisting principally of Jamaica. In Ceylon a fair business was done privately at firm rates, and good ordinary pale Native fetched 48s 6d to 493 per cwt. Foreign was enquired after, and 34s 6d per cwt paid for 500 bags of fine ordinary Rio. SPICES.—This afternoon at public sale 40 brls Jamaica Gin ger went at easier rates, low quality 31. ss. to 4/. 6s, and mid 51. to 61. Is. per cwt. Rtiat, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—To-day several pur chases were in Rum, and stiffer rates given; proof Leewards fetched is Bid to is 9d, and a parcel of Jamaica 32 per cent over proof of high flavour 4s 3d per gallon. At public sale 200 hhds and puns of Cognac Brandy (bankrupts' effects) were sold. Vintage 1843, 3s 8d to 35 9d ; 1842 ditto, 3s 10d to 3s 11 d ; 1838 ditto, 4s 4ti per gallon. Rtes.—To-day the demand was active for Bengal Rice, and 679 bags 2,278 pockets at auction were sold at very full rates. Privately several parcels of sound were taken for exportation at 11s 6d to 12s 6d per cwt. SALTPETRE.—The market had al improving appearance for rough, several purchases have been made by exporters, and the rates paid are fully equal to those previously esta blished ; the parcels disposed of by private treaty fetched 23s 6d to 27s for low to fine quality, and at auction 847 bags of Calcutta sold—very fine strong white large chrystals like re fined lit per cent refraction at 28s, good grey fair chrystals per cent 25s to 25s 6d, good middling dull grey 6i per cent 24s 6cl to 225, and 4i per cent good grey 25s 6d to 26s per cwt. In English Refined several purchases have been made, and 27s 6d to 28s per cwt are the rates paid. OlLS.—Southern has been in limited request, and a further decline in prices has taken place. The market for Seal is firm. Pale has realised 321 to 32/ ss, yellow and straw 291 10s to 311, and brown 281 lOs to 29!; 30 tuns at auction fetched 321 to 32/ 5s for Pale Seal. For Cod prices are steady. Sperm is wanted, and prices keep firm. In Olive many purchases have been made, holders accepting low rates. Prices continue on the advance for Linseed Oil. Rape is not much wanted, and prices are drooping. In Palm several purchases have been made at firm rates. With Cocoa Nut the market is yet sparingly supplied; it is much wanted. TALLOW.—There has been a failing off in the demant for Russian on the spot, and prices have slightly given way. For forward delivery a small amount of business only has been transacted, and quotations for the last three months of the year have declined to 415 to 41s 3d per cwt. INDIGO.—The quantity of East India declared for public competitition on the Bth of July has ueen increased to 16,431 chests. The business transacted has been extremely limited in all descriptions, but no reduction in prices has taken place. The deliveries continue to be as large as ever. COCHINEAL met with more attention, and several parcels have been sold by private contract at full rates ; indeed, in some cases a small advance has been given. The market has been sparingly supplied. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships araernbled shortly after Five &Clock this evening. . - - . . Lord CHARLEVILLE informed the House, that in con sequence of Lerd Gardnei's neglecting to attend his Commit tee, the consideration of the Glasgow Bridge project h,ad beep postponed. The Duke of RICHMOND observed that many of their Lordships were not aware of the great inconvenience arising both to public interest and private enterprise from such neg, lea of duty as the Noble Lord (Gardner) had evinced , He was sorry to perceive the disinclination on the part of his Noble Friend to attend the duty imposed upon him SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EYZNING, JUNE 24, 1848. and should move that a substitute be appointed to sup ply the place of the absentee Member, and that Lord Gardner be !!ordered to appear in his place in that House on 'd'hurs•- day next, to explain the reasons of his non-attendance. He, therefore, took the iih:rty of proposing to their Lordships that the Select Committee be requested to recommend another individual in his place that the parties may not be put to a useless loss of time and expence, and that Lord Gardner be requested to state in his place on Thursday next his reasons for not attending the Committee. Lord :BROUGHAM cor'n'ered that Lord Gardner must have laboured under some misapprehension and did not intend any disrespect to their Lordships. It was a mi,:take to sup pose that the attendance of Nobles Lords in that House was voluntary, as every Peer was bound to attend, and the precedentscompelling attendance were numerous, and a tine of 1001. had in some cases been imposed. In one case a Peer was fined because he did dot attend when requested, and he was committed to the Tower for refusing to pay it. Lord CAMPBELL had lately searched the journals of the House, in which he fou n d i nnumera bl e i ns t ances of the House compelling the attendance of Peers not only for the service of the House but on Committees. It also appeared that all Peers were coup elled not only to attend in their places when the role was called, but they were not allowed to leave the House until it adjourned.— (Laughter.) In the time of Charles I. they were not allowed to leave the House until the debate was finished. He r , joiced that the motion had been made. The Duke of WELLINGTON had not the smallest doubt that their Lordships had the power of enforcing the attend ance of Noble Loris, and that the Mile Lord had not attended the Committee this morning from mere inadvertence. He thought it totally unnecessary to adopt any measures in consequence. _ _ _ 1 he Marquis of CL A N RICA R DE rose, and was LEFT SPEAKING. HOUSE OF' cOMMONS. The SPrAKEIt took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. THE OXI'ORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON RAILWAY. Mr. BARNEBY moved the third reading of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolve, hampton Railway Bill. Mr. GISBORNE believed that the double line of rail pro posed to be laid down by the Bill could not be adopted with safety. Unless the clause whiel gave the power to make the line was struck out, he should oppose the third reading of the 13111. Mr. SHAW defended the course pursued by the Committee. Mr. GODSON remained .of the same opinion he had for merly enter ained with respect to this measure. Mr. 0. STANLEY thought there ought to be some clause introduced by which a certain mazimum rate of charge was established. At present the company would be at lib,rty to make any charge they pleased. He believed that. the report was not the same as it was when it was laid on the table of the House. He understood it had been altered in many essential particulars by the chairman. He should therefore move that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. Mr. SHAW said that he had merely corrected the report for the purpose of making it sense and grammar, but he had altered it in no important particulars. Colonel WOOD hoped the Hon. Member would not perse vere in his motion that the Bill be read that day six months, after the House had expressed its opinion so strongly in favour of the measure as it did the other night. If the clause objected to by the Honourable Member opposite (Mr. Gisborne), was struck out the Midland Welsh Rada ay would have no means of access at all. He believed that the Govern. remit would have to interfere, and make a uniform gauge all over the kingdom. He hoped when the Bill went into the House of Lords a clause would be introduced to make the Com pany adopt a narrow gauge. r. 0. STANLEY, seeing the feeling of the /louse, would withdraw his motion that th e Bill b e rea d a third time that day six months. Lord HOWICK thought it would be of the greatest public importance to establish a unfform gauge all over the kingdom. He was aware that the change of gauges would be attended with great expense, but he thought that experse might be well incurred. He hoped Government would take the matter into their own hands, because, if a change waflo be made, the sooner it was done the better. Slr GEORGE CLERK said the question to which the Noble Lord referred was one of very great importance, and certainly required the serious consideration of that House. He th,ught that he had observed, when last this question was before the House, that it would not be possible to expect those parties who had laid down railways on a particular gauge would be at the enormous expense of c h ang i ng their line, and changing their whole stock of carriage s an d waggons, and making an alteration in their tunnels, embankments, and cut tings. He thought it was most impirtant to inquire whether there was any inconvenience, and to what extent that inconvenience would prevail in different gauges being established. He thought this should be the first inquiry they should make, The Com mittee upon this Bill had come to no decision with respect to the gauge necessary to be adopted. They had reported merely as to the facility of transhipping goods. An inquiry ought to be instituted as to the degree of danger that would attend the establishment of railways on different gauges, and whether there would be any inconvience to the public generally by a differene in the gauges. He was ex tremely happy that the Noble Lord had raised this question, and thought it of the utmost importance that it should be fully considered and discussed. Mr. BRIGHT wished to say, on behalf of his Hon. Friend the Member for Stockport, that it was his Hon. Friend's intention to submit to the House, as a distinct proposition, the rescnution which he had submitted on Friday night, as an amendment to the motion for the reception of the report on this Bill. Mr. BARNARD thought it was highly important that this question of gauges should be settled. It appeared to him that no surveyor or engineer had given his opinion as to whether the gauge might not be placed between the narrow gauge of 4 feet 8i- inches and the broad gauge. This was a point well worthy of consideration. He believed that some persons held the opinion that a gauge of 4 feet 8} inches, was too narrow, while the broad, or 7 feet gauge, was too broad, and the point, therefore, which he thought they had to consider was, what would be the best gauge between those tw o limits. Sir G. GREY thought it was rather extraordinary that the Board of Trade had not come down to the House with a clause to provide for the establishment of the narrow gauge upon this line. Ile thought this was the more extraordinary atter what had fallen from the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite (Sir George Clerk) on Friday night. The Board of ',trade now recommended the promoters of this Bill to adopt a clause compelling them to do an impossibility—an impossibi lity— when the report of the 13oaro of Trade upon this suti ject :was considered—for they now called upon them to lay down the narrow gauge to the satisiaction of the Board of trade—the same Boa: d of Trade having reported that to lay down the narrow gauge, under such circumstances, would be impracticable. He must say that he thought the Board of Trade had another duty to perform than coming down to that House, and in plaintive tones endeavouring to smooth down their own reports. tSir G. CLERK said that after the majority of Friday night, and the decided expression of opinion given by the House, he had not thought it iiecessary further to interfere. After a feW words from ill.. V. STUART, which were quite inaudible, Mr. HODGSON lIINDE suggested that the further pro ceedings on this Bill should be postponed, in order that clauses might be introduced, compelling the broad gauge company to lay down the narrow gauge in addition to their own. ( was met with loud cries of " No, no.") Mr. COBDEN understood that the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite had ❑o objection to a commission being issued on this subject, as it would be preferable to a Committee of that House. He (fur. Cobden) would, therefore, frame his motion upon the subject accordingly. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. Captain bERKELEY then presented a petition from the inhabitants of Gloucester. The petitioners stated that they had heard with alarm that the Great Western Company in tended to carry their line under the River Severn instead of over it, and they therefore prayed the House to afford them protection.—(Laughter. ) The London and South-Western (2) Railway was reported to the House, and ordered tube read s second time on Thursday. reated calls of " Divide," and concluded by auppotting the motion for postponing the Bill. Mr. LOCKI.A. RT. who was also interrupted by calls fora division, said that the Bill was brought in by two members con nected with railways, against the expressed wishes of all the inhabitants of the locality. He supported the amendment. M. TANCRED, as Member fur the most :important bo rough on the line, hoped the House would hear a few word s from him. He had presented a petition against the Bill from the Mayor and 747 of the principal traders of Banbury. taking Banbury as the centre of the district through which the proposed line of railway was to be taken in a radius of ten miles, there were 70,000 of a population, who consumed annually 60,000 tons of coals. With the narrow gauge line there would be brought from South Staffordshire, but if the present line was constructed they would have to be supplied principally from Leicestershire, at a much clearer rate than it they were supplied from the former place, besides the great. inconvenience that weuld arise from the change of gael'...es. He did thi n k, un d er a ll t h e cir cumstances, the m o ti on for the postponement of the Bill ought to be acceded to. Lord VILLIERS briefly supported the third readic g of the Bill. He had been through that portion of the midland counties where the line was to be constructed, and there had been great rej.,icing when the news was received respecting the recent decision of the House on the Bill. Mr. BRAMS fON said with regard to the guages about which so much had been said, the House should recollect that the Board of Trade had power to enforce double lines of rails on both the broad and narrow guages at any time whenever they should think the traffic would require it. He would sup pert the third reading of the Bill. Mr. T. DUNCOM BE said that they were told by one Member that the question of the broad and narrow gauge had nothing to do with the decision of the Committee. On the other hand, the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin stated that it was precisely on that ground that the Committee had come to their decision. That Hon. Member, who was the Chairman of the Committee, had as.erted that If the Gre a t W estern pro j ec t h a d not been started the line to Oxford and Rugby would never have been constructed. That was an assertion which as Chairman of that Committee ought never to have been made, and was more in con sonance with the conduct of a partisan than of an impartial judge. Opposed to this there was the declaration of the London and Birmingham Directors, that they would apply the whole of their revenues to the formation of their line, rather than that it should not be formed. In addition to all this, they had the decision of the Board of Trade. It appeared that on this Committee there were two Scotchmen and two Irishmen. The two Scotchmen voted one way and the two Irishmen the other, so that it was the vote of the Hon. Member for Essex had decided the case. Now he had a greater opinion of the Board of Trade than he had of the opinion of the Ilon. Member for Essex, and this decision was in decided opposition to the Board of Trade, he thought that it might be reversed. without any itnpropriety. The decision of the Board of Trade was in his mind entitled to respect, yet, notwithstanding all this, he could not but come to the conclusion that the Board of Trade in this matter might be altogether dispensed with. After some further observations the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it ...... Majority ...... (LEFT SITTING.) 132 95 -37 LATEST PRICES OF SHARES IS RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE, AN OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. F, orre the Official List, VCIBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 24. RAILWAYS. Name of Company. Dividend per Amount Paid. Annum, Share. £ s. d. 2 10 0 1 7 6 100 0 0 17 10 0 3 0 0 20 0 0 70 0 0 2 0 0 30 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 Price. N. 1110 of Company: Dividend Amount 1 per oi' raid. I Pri Al.nurn. I Share. Albion Alliance Brit. and For. 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M. per cent. 81. per cent. 5/. per cent. p. et. & Ps. 51. per cent. 11. ss. s. tl. 50 (1 0 72 11 0 0 20 5 0 0 fi 5 0 0 17 50 0 7 2 10 1 10 0 0 40 0 0 I 5 0 0 10 s. d. 300 0 0 1100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 S 0 01 5 250 0 0 2 0 0 I 3 All pail. 20 3 0 0 3' 10 0 50 0 0 200 10 0 0 I 16. 513 1 29 1 10 0 0 45': 2 0 01 6, 51. per cent, 61. 10s. 11. Gs. 1631. pr cut, 100 0 OXFOIU) AND RUGBY RAILWAY. On the order of the day for the third reading of the Oxford and Rugby Railway Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS moved that it be postponed, as great number of lines were at that time before Parliament, which would be affected by the passing of this Bill. A de cision had been come to by the House the other evening, and he thought that the reconsideration of the question might be attended with considerable advantage, as he was well aware that many Hon. Members had voted on the question without leaving at all considered its merits. He considered that this inquiry would be attended with advantage to all, and he should therefore move the postponement of this Bill. Air. F. BORTHWICK opposed the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman, and contended that it was inconsistent and in expedient of the House not to sustain the decisions of the Com mittees, which were governed altogether by a regard for the public ihterest, to which all money local interests ought to give way. He could riot consent to follow the example of those lion. Members who supposed that they promoted the interests of their constituents by opposing the general interest of the public. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that no one more deeply re spected the decisions which the Members of those Committees came to than himself; still he did not think the House should always bend to them. Such decisions should not preclude those who had local information from stating their views to the House before the final adoption of any railway scheme. He had had nu objection to every com pany doing its best to forward their particular plans ; still, before the House agreed to any of them, he considered a full opportunity should be afforded to Members of local experience for laying that experience before the House. He should sup port the motion of his Hon. Friend for the postponement of the Bill. Alr. COLLETT—It appeared that the opinions of the Committee were by no means unanimous, and it was also evident from the evidence which had been adduced, that the traffic of iron and minerals was much better served by the narrow than by the broad guage. He did not see that the Louse would at all be interfering with the judgment of the Com- mittee was reconsidering the 'notion which had been put be fore them. The intercourse with Brighton and Norwich was carried on with the narrow gauge, and he wished that this principle was carried out on all the railways in the kingdom. Sir GEORGE GREY wished to say a few words on this subject, and should not have been induced to utter them, but that it was evident that the Committee were by no means una nimous in their decision. It appeared that the decision of the Committee was the difference of two and three ; and he thought, therefore, that it might be reviewed without any interference or disrespect. All, or most of the passengers who went by the Birmingham Railway, either pro ceeded to Birmingham or went on by the Midland Counties Railway, and it was therefore manifest that Rugby would be one of the very worst places at which the alteration from the narrow to the broad gauge could be made. 111 r. SHAW did not think that the question was between the relative merits of the narrow and broad gauge. The question was, whether it was the Lon.lon and Birmingham Company or the Great Western Company who were to construct this line of rail way. He was of opinion it it was not made by the Great Western Company it , would not be made at all. It would not pay the other Company, and it would very little more than pav the Great Westein Companl, but as it would draw the traffic to their trunk li n e it wou ld be their interest to make it, The Committee thought it was their duty to grant this line, He would not enter again into the broad and narrow gauge, which had been already fully discu-sed. Air. GISBORNE thought the Right Hon. Gentleman was wrong in approving of the narrow gauges. Rugby was the most inconvenient ',lace in the kingdom to make a break of gunge ; besides 4 the inconvenience to the passenger by ;this break, it would greatly it:crease the expense of the convey ance of goods and, in the case of coals, very much damage their quality ; the question of delay should be l,kewise taken it.to consideration. He considered that this plan of transhipping coals would form a complete bar to any traffic in that article.— (Loud cries of "Divide, divide," and " Oh, oh,")—avd so also of lime, and he could speak from experience on the subject, having be_n one of the largest lime burners in England.—( Oh, oh, divide.) 14 giving this branch to Rugby. they would prev, being carried beyond that town.—( eri ca of "Ororder.") With respect to the broad and nari:ow 'gauge, he was not mach in the habit of eulogising the reports of the Board of Trade, but in this case he thought their reasons were moo: cogent.—(cries of " Divide, " Order, order.") The Hon. Gentleman at iength gave way to the loud and re- 41. 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Dividend Amount I Name of Company. per of Paid. ; Price Annum. Share. ------- --!- -.0 . Bank of Scotland ..... Cl. per cent. s. d. 1 00 0 d ! 0 . 177 Royal Bank of Scotland Cl. per cent. . 100 0 0 171 British Linen Comp an y 81' per cent. 100 0 0 1 225 Commercial Bank .*. .. I G/. p er cent. 100 0 0 I 170 National Bank ... —.• • 1 6/. per cent. 10 001 16 Union Bank of Scotland 7 11. pr cent. 50 00i 95 1 ,4 Western 8ank....... 6/ per cent. 50 0 0 B4 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 7 , Clydesdale 8ank...... 1 61. per cent. 10 001 15 14 Eastern Bank .....• • • 131. per cent. 15 (1 0 ; 11!O Caledonian Bank ...• •61 per cent. 210 0 , 3 , !,i Eilinb.& (I lasgf,w Bank 5/. per cent. 50 0 7 ,i, City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. 8150 , 15 Scottish Union Ins. Co. 1 51. per cent. 2O 0 0 1 0 0 1 11.4 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 1 14N Incur. Co. or Scotlnd.. Si. per cent ! 10 0 0 All paid. I 10 North British Insur..• lg. per cent. ;200 0 0 10 0 0 28 Caledonian Fire lnsur. Ila per cent4loo 0 0 10 0 0 1 24 Edinburgh Life lnsur. 61. per cent. 100' 0 0 10 0 0 1 9 Ed in . & tilasg. R a il way 51. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 Ditto, 1 4 Shares.... i 5/. percent. 12 10 0 All paid. 19 Ellin., Leith, & Grant n 1 ;200 17 20 0 0 1514 wasp,. & Ayrshir Rail. .5L Ipercent. 50 0 0 All p a id . ! 66 % Glasgw& Greencknail. 2/. per cent. )25 0 0 All paid. I 19 Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. !25 0 0 All paid. 371 Dundee& Arbroth Rail, i 51. per cent. 125 0 0 All paid. I 36 Standard Life Assurnce. 5/. per cent. 150 0 0 210 0 1 8 Ellin., Leith, & Grantn Glaspv & Ayrshir Hail. I ulasgw & Green& Rail. Glsgw• & Garnkirk Hail. Dundee& Arbroth Rail. Standard Life Assurnee.l K - ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. FRENCH PLAYS. M. Arnal, of the Theatre Vaudeville, the most humourous of French actors, made a most successful debut here last night. The first piece was L' Ilumoriste, in which he acted the part of Remy, the cunning, simple servant of an old humourist with great gusto. His song "Je suis jaloux," and his account of his visit to the opera with sa chore Dorothde with a billet de favour (an order) for which he had to pay in the shape of fees about twice as much as he would have had to disburse had he paid regularly at the doors, and after all, got the very worst place in the house, where he could see nothing, was given with the most exquisite humour imaginable. He afterwards appeared as Aloquet, Tailleur en Maillots, and the husband of a rising opera-dancer in " Le Mari de la Dames des Chceurs," and in this he was admirable. Never has the union of love, confi dence, and jealousy, been more humorously developed than it was by 111. Arnal, in thus alinostexclusively Parisian character. It is almost necessary to have lived for some time in Paris to enjoy thoroughly the acting of 31. Arnal in these characters; they are as exclusively Parisian as Liston's Lubin Log was exclusively Cockney ; but those who know Paris and the Parisians will acknowledge that M. Arnal's delineation of Parisian life is quite as great as was Liston's delineation of London life. M. Arnal is a great actor, the greatest de lineator of Parisian cockneyisms, perhaps, in existence. We expect great things from his L' Homme Blasi. The theatre was well and fashionably attended. 31. Arnal made an un. doubted hit. PROP, USED EW PACKET STATION.—Some time since a recommendation was made (we believe by the committee of the Board of Trade), that a packet-station should be established at Bantry, in Ireland, as being a most advantageous point of arrival and departure for ships from America, &c. ; and it appears that a deputation from the directors of a railway which is intended to connect that port with Bandon have waited upon Sir Robert Peel to ascertain how far Government may be disposed to follow out the recommendation. The result of the interview was that the depu tation learned that Government as fully appreciate the importance of the matter as do our mercantile interests, and that they are giving it their serious consideration. DErliNcE or THE CoAsT.—Orders are, %le under stand, wily expected at this port to repair, erect, and arm with heavy guns of three miles' range, batteries on Drake's Island, Devil's Point, Plymouth Citadel, Redding Point, and Staddon Heights. —Plymouth Times, TIIE LATE CHILD MURDER AT GREENWICH.- Since the removal of Martha Brixey to Bedlam, for having, while in a fit of insanity, murdered the infant son of John Drake Ffinch, Esq., the bereft mother has received a letter from the matron, stating that the unhappy girl's head had been shaved, agreeably to the practice in that institution, and she had been habited in the prism dress. The effect of this has been so much to wound the pride of the convict, that she has repeatedly declared she had rather have been condemned to die and have been hanged than suffer such a degradation. The matron in her letter also declares that the un fortunate creature is no more mad than herself. This goes to shew that the horrid exhibition of strangulation is net so much dreaded as the alternative of permitting a murderer to linger out the re. mainder of life in a state of abject and complete slavery. LA W I.N CE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BEIVCII,June 23. (Special Jury Cases.) THE QUEE.N V. GUMPERTZ AND OTHERS, Mr. COCKBURN stated this was au indictment against Henry Gompertz, William Witham, and Robert Witham, for having conspired to defraud, under false pretences, George Pitt Rose, eldest son of Sir George H. Rose, Bart., and late a captain in the 9th Lancers, of bills or acceptances to the amount of about 17,0004, for which the prosecutor was either now liable or had been sued. These transactions had taken place in consequence of Captain Rose's temporary inconvenience for the want of money, which led him imprudently into a snare by confessing his embarrass. meat to H. Gompertz, who, under the pretext of relieving him, had, with others mentioned in the indictment, obtained accept ances to a large amount from hint in favour of H. Gompertz, for which he had received only 1,5001., or rather 1,2001., as 3001. was swallowed up in expenses, charges, and discount upon this past of the transaction. The indictment had originally comprised Charles Lewis ; but upon the intimation from Mr. Hobler, the attorney for the prosecution, that Lewis would serve thecase as a witness, he was not proceeded against. The first witness examined was the ; rosecutor. Captain Rose, son of Sir George H. Rose, Bart., and a captain on half-pay in the 9th Lancers, stated, that he in July, 1841, wanted some money, and was introduced to H. Gompertz, at Hatchett's Hotel, by C. Lewis, the attorney, for that purpose. H. Gompertz proposed they should raise money together. Wit. ness declined to do so, as he wanted only a sum to pay his father, in order that he should be restored to the entail of an estate which he had cut off. It was then proposed by Gompertz that the wit ness should accept a bill for 5,0001. He (the witness) said he should not have money m pay the bill ; but he finally consented to accept, Gompertz agreeing to make himself liable equally for its amount when due. !'he object was to raise finally 40,000/. Corn pertz said he could get Captain Rose 30,0001. of it. Afterwards another bill was accepted for 1,0001., and the captain then received 1,500/. in cash, or rather 1,2001., the expenses swallowing up 3001. of the 1,500/. advanced him on the 6,000/. worth of bills. Gompertz told him he was to get the 30,000/. from a Mr. Parker, a client, it was said, of Messrs. Witham, attorneys, of Gray's.inn.square. This hap pened in July, 1841. Mr. Parker was said to be a person of large property, residing both at Cheltenham and at Paris, having some trust.money of a lady who was a relative of his, and which he wished to place out in productive loans to her advantage. In August, 1841, the witness saw Robert Witham at the office of his father in Gray's Inn. A proposal was made to hint to take wine warrants for his acceptances. The wine was said to be Witham's and worth 2,0004, and he yiel.ied to the solicitation of Robert Witham to take the wine warrants, and to try to raise mo.iey upon them. He reluctantly signed stamped paper to the extent of 2,050/. , 501. to cover the expense; requiring, however, that Robert Witham should make and give him a written statement of the transaction, which was accordingly made out, stating that " our client," mean ing Mr. Parker, would complete the loan within a month. The paper was signed R. Witham for Wm. Witham. The wine war. rants witness never had, but he received instead certainly 2001. Afterwards an agreement was drawn up between the parties, con. tracting that the 2,0501. was to be deducted out of the general loan when effected. A new party now entered on the scene, and changed the character of the whole affair. The witness was applied to by an attorney named Parr, living at Poole, for a debt of 1,000/., due by the witness to a Mr. Slade. Mr. Parr received assurances that his client should be paid out of the loan that was then almost, they said, concluded, and an order was given him upon Withain for 1,0004, which, it was alleged, was not paid, because the order had not also been signed by Gompertz, as agreed upon. Mr. Parr, who had come up from Poole to town, where he had been delayed by these assurances for some days, became angry, and left London without receiving the 1,000/. He had not since been paid, owing to the deceptions practised upon the witness, who had bean much annoyed and injured in other respects by the effects of this con spiracy to defraud him, and to possess his acceptances, without re turning him their value, Mr. Montague Chambers and Mr. Hawkins were also engaged for the prosecution; Mr. F. Kelly and Mr. Humphreys for William Witham; Mr. Cowling and Mr. Watson for Robert Witham; and Mr. M. D. Hill and Mr. Peacock for Henry Gompertz. C:ptain Rose was subjected to a cross-examination, which lasted for three hours. Mr. F. KELLY exerted great ingenuity and per severance in his endeavour to shake his evidence. The witness acknowledged he had been some time acquainted with Gompertz, and that when the loan of money was discussed between them, that he had made the offer to produce his title deeds to his in heritance, as the ground of the loan he sought. These deeds were the basis of his title. He had told Gompertz at the time that he had cut off his entail to the inheritance, in consequence of his being in want of the money it was valued at ; that sum (8,0004) he had received from his fattier, Sir George Rose, who was, however, disposed to let him re.purchase the entailed right when he could pro. cure the money to pay his father what he owed him. In consequence of this proposition, thedeeds and a copy of theconveyance were sent to Messrs. Witham's office, at Gray's Inn. Mr. Sewell, the attorney of Sir George Rose, had been mentioned as a fit person to raise him the money. The estates were on examination found to be much encumbered by charges, perhaps as much as 60,000/. ; and it was said that there was no security for a lender of money to make any further advance upon the property. In 1839 he had applied to his father, and, through Lord Morton, obtained his consent to allow him to repurchase his reversionary interest in the estate of his father. It was arranged that he should do so upon advancing 7,0001.. and the interest due. He had three interviews with one or other of the Withatns about this affair; and Mr. Witham told him it was a Mr. Parker who was to carry out this loan, and that he (Parker) was his friend. Cross-examined by Mr. WATSON, Q.C.—Had revoked his power to Greenwood to act for him as his agent. Francis and Robert Witham were brothers, included in the indictment, but Francis had since died. The witness denied strongly that he had ever told Robert that all was right about the loan, and all that was wanted to its accomplishment was, that he, Witham, should write a letter to thAt effect. When the first bill was given to Gompertz Robert Witham was present. The witness would not sign until after the documents were given him. Had settled a debt he owed Charles Lewis by a mortgage on his estate in the West Indies, independent of the money owing as compensation for slaves set at liberty by the Act of Parliament. Was then receiving 5001. a year from his father ; an annuity of 2001. a year frurn another source, and his pay of 1301. a year; altogether 8301. a year, payable quarterly. Gom. Mr. Sewell corroborated Captain Rose's statements in some par ticulars. Charles T. Lewis, clerk of the papers in the Queen's Bench Prison, produced his books containing the names of prisoners con fined. He referred to tte following entries therein:—Henry Gompertz, a prisoner for debts amounting to 22,0001., in 1839, liberated in 1840 by the Insolvent Act—again a prisoner in 1842 for 9,0101., liberated in 1843 by the operation of the Insolvent Act—again in 1842 a prisoner for 1,7001., liberated under the In solvent Act on the 10th of February, 1845. Mr. Peacock addressed the jury in favour of Henry Gompertz at considerable length. Mr. F. Kelly followed for Mr. W. Witham in a speech of great ingenuity and force, which lasted till past eight o'clock. When Lord Denman expressed his intention to hear tl.e rest of he argument to.morrow (this day). IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 23. IRISH LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, seeing the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies in his place, wished to ask what his intentions were respecting the second reading of a Bill upon their Lordships' table, known as the Irish Landlord and 'f e • nant Bill ? It stood for the second reading to-morrow, and he wished to tell their Lordships, that a more fatal and more ob noxious measure to the interests of the landed proprietors of Ireland could hardly have been brought forward, and he there fore wished to know whether the Noble Lord intended to carry it through in its present objectionable form, and containing the compulsory clauses. These clauses were most objectionable. They were founded upon a report lying upon their Lordship's table, the general contents et which, although in some part it gave some good information, convinced him that the concoc tors knew very little of the real state of Ireland. He would say no more at present, b ecause h e hoped to have another op portunity of stating more fully his objections, but he trusted Government would not venture to push it through parliament at this late period of the session. Lord STANLEY deeply regretted that his sense of public duty did not allow him to propose the postponement of the second reading of this Bill. He had to thank the Noble Marquis for the courtesy which he had experienced at his Lordship's hands in having communicated privately his intention to ask this question, and he regretted greatly that he could not comply with it. The Bill had been recommended by the Commission of which his Noble Friend was at the head, without he believed any dissension. That Commission had been composed of individuals all differing in religious and political opinions, and almost on every other subject, but all agreeing in this, that they were owners of property in Ireland. He should wish this Bill to go through Committee, and, if Noble Lords wished it, rather than its value should be impaired by any undue haste, he should be glad to refer it to a Select Committee up stairs, and have all the clauses thoroughly discussed and decided upon, so as to render it as appropriate as possible for the object which it had to serve, for he repeated that he should conceive its value to be very greatly diminished if it was supposed to be passed with any undue haste through the House. Lord STRADBROKE wished to ask whether the Noble Lord intended to say that this Bill had been brought in on a recommendation of the five Commissioners, because, if he understood rightly, the Commissioners repudiated the Bill as being any Bill of theirs. Lord STANLEY said that the object of this Bill was to give compensation for the expense which had been incurred by the tenant in the improvement of the land. This was an unanimous recommendation of the five Commissioners, and he was not aware that any of the principles of the Bill had been altered. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to inquire whe ther this Bill was to be passed this session, before the Com missioners had concluded their report, or whether they had concluded their report? Lord STANLEY said that would depend on the Com missioners themselves. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Duke of Portland, against this Bill, which he alleged would injure his property unnecessarily, as a better and a shorter line might be laid out, although perhaps not so good a one for the pro• prietors. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE wished to know whether railway accidents were ever reported to the Board of Trade, and it not, whether the Board was in the habit of in stituting any inquiries respecting such accidents; and if so, whether there would be any objection to report the result of such inquiries to Parliament. He consi dered that on e great advantage would attend such a course, he meant the publicity which would be given to them. He did not address one question so much with a view to the great and rich railways as the smaller and poorer ones. He wished the Noble Earl to state what was the usual practice on these occasions, and whether there would be any objection to report to Parliament the result of such inquiries if they were made. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said, that by an Act passed in 1840, and a subsequent Act, railway companies were bound, under a penalty, to report all accidents attended with loss of life within forty-ei g ht h ours a f ter t h e i r occurrence. And with respect to accidents where there was no loss of life, they were bound to furnish a report, but not so soon as in the former case. The usual course adopted was to wait for the report of the railway company, unless in cases of great moment, and when those occurred the Inspector-General was sent down immediately to inquire into the circumstances and report the result and the cause of the accident. The power of the Board, however, stopped there ; they could not compel the adoption of any suggestion which might be ne cessary to carry into effsct. with a view to prevent their re currence. As to the laying the reports before Parliament, he was not aware but such was the custom, but if not, of course there would be no objection to do so if required. The Earl of DALHOUSIE rose again, in reply to a ques tion from the Duke of Wellington, and said, that no report had been received by the Board of Trade, of the accident wi.ich the Noble Duke referred to as having occurred at Bridgewater. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. The Marquis of BREA DALBANE presented a petition against the Charitable Trusts Bill. RAILWAY TRAVELLING ON SUNDAYS. The NOBLE Ala Rents also presented a great number of petitions from clergymen and others in Scotland, against the desecration of the Lord's day, and praying their Lordships to compel railway companies not to run trains on the Sabbath. There was a general opinion amongst clergymen, magistrates, and others in Scotland, that trains only should be run on that day in cases of emergency, of illness, and for the conveyance of Government dispatches of importance. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from New castle in favour of this line. TESTS IN SCOTCH UNIVERSITIES. The NOBLE DUKE also presented a petition praying their Lordships not to abolish any of the tests in the Scotch Uni versities. THE CORN-LAWS—AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. The NOBLE DUKE also presented two petitions from Hamp shire—the first complaining of the last alterations in the corn laws; the second complaining of agricultural distress, and pray ing for relief. SMALL DEBTS BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of this Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND objected to that part of it which gave the governor of a gaol power to administer an oath. Be sides, that officer was often absent at the assizes, or in convey ing convicts from one gaol to inot her. He considered that the oath ought only to be administered by a visiting justice. This was the only objection which he had to the Bill. Lord BROUGHAM said, inferior officers, the Clerk of the Papers in the Queen's Bench, for instance, were empowered to administer oaths. They had no means of making a justice come to the gaol, and a poor debtor was unable to pay the expense. The Governor, in 99 cases out of 100, was at home when required. Last year, many persons were kept 10 days or a fortnight in gaol because no person was at hand before whom they could swear an affidavit. A debtor could not go to a justice, but was compelled to wait until he could come to him in prison. Lord PORTMAN understood that that portion of the Bill had been omitted, and such was the impression of many Noble Lords. Certainly, the shortening of a person's imprisonment was an advantar, but he conceived that no great delay would occur in obtaining the attendance of a justice to administer the oath. An oath was invested with more solemnity when admi nistered by a person in a high and responsible position. He wished his Noble Friend could have got rid of the oath in this case altogether, and hoped the words " visiting justice " would be added in the place of the words at present in the Bill. The Earl of WICKLOW thought that there could be no objection to accept the suggestion of the Noble Duke opposite, for there was no doubt but that the justices were very constant in their visits at their prisons, and when they could so easily be found, he thought it would be very objectionable to allow these oaths to be administered by the gaoler. Lord CAMPBELL really saw no objection to the adminis tration of these oaths as were prescribed by the clause of his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham), for certainly he was quite ready that the governors of gaols should be entrusted with this power. Several of them, he knew from his own ex perience on circuit, had served her Majesty both in the army and navy, and were to all intents and purposes gentlemen. They were generally treated with great respect, and he believed that these functionaries would administer oaths with much more solemnity than they were administered in the Court of Queen's Bench, or even in the Court of Chancery. When an affidavit was to be administered in the Court of chancery, the officer of the Court simply said to the witness, " Is this your handwriting P—kiss the book—a shilling ;" and on the payment of the fee the ceremony terminated. Even this did not pass in the Courts, but was performed in the passages. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, beside, it must be re membered that these persons were in no position to compel the justices HAM said that i n S cot l and the matter was toB BROUGHAM G Lard very different. There the oaths were administ ere d b y t h e es in ah not most th aewf caseul form,her.and with the utm ost t hm y e , b s u e t l such u o d l , e r g m h e s e n i t Lord CHANCELLOR —That was sufficiently evident from the way in which oaths were administered in the hall in that Hou-e. fßorOtyUWGitf-tileAssiNels couldbeii g swornhea ear testimony once, to a n t that, t , that, f 0 r: too, had Lo se rd en with so little form,that the swearer and the person being sworn, without at all inter rupting the ceremony. And with regard to an affidavit—mho ever heard of any solemnity in the administration of an affida vit? his Noble Friend had coolly asked him to alter the whole law of England in the administration of an eath. That was all. No matter whether the parties affected were Quakers, ...so_ _ ... . pats had seoptoti hub 114 I,boet the blip. but they wi-to olroh # Buck or Slade for services rendered to him Iths witner.s). 10,500/. was the amount of the accepta nces obtained by Gomp er t z an d hi s parties. He was embarrassed by these fraudulent bills being out in the market, but it was useless trying to settle with his other creditors, such as Mr. Bayley and others, until he had prosecuted these fraudulent parties, and got Lp the biils. His w:;ole debts were trifling. Those for which he had received value were only 2,000/., which he could pay with the produce of his commission, which alone was worth 2,250/. He would certainly repay all he had received, independently of the resources of mortgaging his other property. Mr. R. H. Parr, attorney, residing at Poole, detailed theicir cumstances under which he came to town to recover fur Mr. Slade 1,0001. owing to him by Capt. Rose. Mr. Lahee, auctioneer, of Bath, stated that Gompertz had dis. counted a bill accepted by Captain Rose with him. He had been assured first by Gompertz that Rose had a large interest in rever sion, which he was about to sell, and this bill was to be paid out of the proceeds. The Withams were consulted. The son said that 55,000/. was to he advanced by Parker to Rose. He explained that Mr. Smith, of Bedford-row, was acting for Mr. Parker; that the order of time would be observed as to the payment of the bill. The father was writing, with his back to him. Being asked if he would advise a client to advance money on such a security as this, he gave an answer in the affirmative. He then advanced 60/. more to Gumperiz. Receiving a note from him to introduce him to Mr. Parker, at Hatchett's, he took pains to find him out, but the landlord said there was no one known there of the name but the driver of one of the short coaches.—(Great laugh ter.) The witness never had the note, or got his money. A clerk in Hoare's bank proved there was no one banking at their house in 1841 of the name of Parker, residing at either Paris or Cheltenham, or having 55,000/. to put out in their hands. Mr. Du Pastsuier, clerk to Mr. Mattock, solicitor, had in 1841 been induced by Gompertz to lend 300/. on an acceptance of Rose, on the assurance that he was then raising 45,0001. on a sale of his estate in reversion, the decds for which were then preparing. Mr. Witham, being applied to, said he knew nothing of the transaction. Thu money advanced was never repaid. A bill passed to Mr. Elderton for 500/. The acceptance of Capt. Rose was put i 11. l , erdeen Armagh, Coluraine, Portrush • • • • • • Birmingham & Gloster. Ditto, New, isg. 1)o. Half Shares • • • • Brighton, Lews,&,llast.i. Brikol and Exeter I: Ditto and Gloucester Caledonian ........ '.lanibridge and Lincoln Cheater and Holyhead Chichester go Brighton Churl tet Valley ... Coventry, Bedworth, & Nutieaton Coventry and Leicester Cornwall • . Direct Northern Direct 'Norwich Disc, Beetles, & Dublin & Belthst June. Ditto nod Galway I Do. and :\lullingar • • Eastern Counties . Do., Perpetual, No. 1 Ditto, ditto, No. 2... Eastern Union .• ..... Do. Extension Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto, Quarter Shares Do. New Quarters Ely and I;ed-tord Irairl Junction ...... Ditto, Half shares Ditto, Quarter Shares: ,t. Southern & Western Do. Extension...... Do. Additional Nortliof England Ditto, New ......... 1)u. New ..... reat - Western ....... Ditto, Half Shares.. Ditto, Fifth 5........ Guildford, Farnham, & Por,smuutli •• . • [arwich Lull and Gainsborucgh ;till mid Selby Ditukquarter Shares, Ilalttillares Kendal 8.7.. Windermere Kentish Coast ........ Lancaster and Carlisle I Leeds and Ilradford... Liverpool & Manetiestr pitto. Half SteLres Ditto, Quarter Shares 7.oinion & Birmingham Ditto, New Thirds.. Ditto, New IA Shares London and Madman London and Brighton.. Do. Consolidated Mils :.ondon and Croydon Ditto, Guarind..r, p. c. Londoi. gild Greenwich Ditto, l'ref. or London and S. Western Do., New Cons. Sths Ditto, New ........ Do. Ncw London and Y0rk..... Lndondcrry & Coler..ine, Do. & Eimiskillen Lynn and Ely 1)o & Derhani . lanchester and Leeds Ditto, Half Shares.. Ditf o, Quarter Shares Ditto, Sixteenths ... Manchestr & Binning. Ditto, Quarter• Shares Midland . Ditto, Do. New ••• • • • • • .. Ditto, 13i7tn. Derby Newcastle & Berwick Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newestl(:& Darl. June, Do. New Brandling Newry Newark and Shethe North British . . Do. New .. Northern and Eastern . Ditto, Scrip, 183.5/. d. Ditto, Quarter Shares North Kent.... North Wa1e5.. ........ Norwich and Brandon Ditto, New Oxford & Worcester .. Preston and Wyre itiehmnd & W. E. June. Rugby • • • • • . SeottislCentral ...... Do. Midland— ...... Sheffield and Lincoln.. Sheffield & Manchestr Ditto, Quarter Shares Slaws.,Wolv.,Dud.,Bir. South Devon South-Eastern 1)ovr. I)itto, New iss. 32/.dis. 1)o. New, No. 2 • • • • 1)o. New, No. 3 • • • • South Wales ..... •• • • Staines and Richmond' Trent Valley • • • • ••• • . Trent Valley and Holy-, head Junction ....-.. Waterliird Si: Kilkenny, West Cornwall.... . Yarmouth & Norwich.i Ditto, New . York & North INthiland Ditto, Ilan' Shares • • 1)o., Searhro' Branck Ditto, Selby Scrip • • Ditto, Extension ..• • I Bordeaux and Toulousel Do. and Cette • • • • • • Boulogne and Amiens. , Dieppe and Pat is June. Gt. Northern of France Lyons and Avignon • • 3rleans and Vierzon • • Orleans & Bourdeaux Paris & Lyons (Latlitte) 1)o. (Ganneron's) • • • • Do. (Colon's) • • •• • • Paris and Strasbourg • • Paris & St. Quentin • • Paris and Orleans. • • •• Paris and Rouen .. • • • Royal North of Spain• • R. nen and Havre •• • • Sambre and 31CUSe • • • • Strasbourg and Bale •• Tours & Nantes (Mac kenzie's) • • • • Do. (Levevres) .. •• • • V - 20 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 JOINT-STOCIE ga rms. Dividend A mount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ---- X s• 4. £ e. d. .Australasia .• •••• • • • • a per cent, 40 0 0 40 0 0 35 Ilritsli North American 4/, per cont. 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 Commercial of London 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22 Colonial,. ...... .... • • 5 /. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 1514 Louth' and WeAtininstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 90 0 0 26% London Joint-Stock .•. 6/. per cent. 50 00 10 0 0 14 q Metropolitan ••.•• • • • • 25 0 0 710 0 Provincial of Ireland.• • 81. per cont. 100 0 0 25 0 0 51% Ditto, New,• •..• , • 87, per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 National of Ifeland •• 51 . per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 204 Ditto, Nat. Provncial of Eng. 5 /. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 38 25 0 0 25 0 0 26?:i IJn!on of London.. •• • 5 /. per cent. 50 0 0 lf r 0 0 12N New.At tst i:alia• • • • . .. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Union f DOC K ', Dividend ' Amount Name of Company. I Per of P a id, Price. Annum. Share, oonrm uirc io 3/. per cent. ..tosCk. d:cot awl West India pr cent. Stock. East Country ...• • ... 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 London St Katharine ...• .• • • 5 per cent. Stock. Southampton • • Bs. per sli. 2/. 5s p. sh. Us 3d pr. sh 101. per et, 101. per et, 101. per et, GI. Os. p. sh 1/. p. sit. Si. per et. 81. per et, Si. per et, 131. 10s pr. sh. 17s. Gd. pr sh 91. percent. 91. per cent. 91. per cent. 10/. per ct. 101. per ct. 101. per et. V. Os. per sh. IGs. per sli, 41. per share 10d. pr. sh. 15/.125. persh,l 121. 2s. per sh.l per share, 61. per cent. 11.125. Gd. p.c U. Os. per qh.l 11. Per share.) 1/.148.10d.p.5j 2/. ss, 15s. 1/.105.6d.p.5. 2s. 10d. p. slit 4s. (id. 101. per et. 101. per ct. ...... 101. per et, 2% 134 32 27% 100 13% p. %2 . i 2% 71 17% 7 34 2 1 A 224 112 1214 250 208 118 5 14 1% 107% 22 2i3 2 10 0 1 0 0 1 7 6 50 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 1 10 0 1 7 6 20 0 0 5 0 0 .00 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 2 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 6 25 0 0 6 0 0 12 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 1 7 6 73 0 0 32 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 0 40 0 0 4 0 0 Stock. 2 0 0 2 0 0 Stock. 1 10 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 1 10 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 45 0 0 30 0 0 12 10 0 2 15 0 1 5 0 12 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 1 10 0 1 5 0 95 0 0 8 0 0 2 10 0 15 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 11!, 42 19% 4 2 3 / 24 Gy 2 71 2% 47% 19 171 84 6% 18' 21 4 35 , 4 3 29 1 4 20!:„ 110 42y, 301% 11% - ..„ , .., :. ... .. I i t t i lAPtioisl44o77Wprlrl 4 - " Uri t o t . 01 At '1 . 4 Ito tha tustimoiiy of Isis NobfiN au tearaau 'mu , ho q. uii • bear equal evidence to the high respectability of the gtoluras both at York and Lancaster. Of Mr. Higgins especially, the governor of the gaol at Lancaster, he could speak, for he knew it for a fact, that the member for the county, on his late visit to his constituents, had dined with him, which was more than he would eo with every one of the visiting justices. In many instances he knew the governors of gaols to be of the highest respectability. The Duke of RICHMOND suggested that the probability was that the probable reason for the visit of the Member for Lancashire to the governor was, that the majority of his con stituents were in gaol.—(Laughter.) Jesting apart, he would suggest that the wording of the clause should be so altered, as to allow the gaoler or deputy gaoler to administer the oath in the absence of the justices in the neighbourhood. That would be a compromise between the two plans. Earl RADNOR said that he thought it was highly requi site that the alteration should be made, as he feared that this Locity in the administration of an oath not only in their minor affairs, but also in - the courts of justice, was very rapidly under mining the morality of the people. Lord BROUGHAM would avail himself of the Noble Duke's suggestion, and he would, therefore, alter the passage in the clause so as to make it lawful for the governor of a gaol to administer the oath unless the attendance of a visiting or other justice could be obtained within 12 hours. After scme further discussion the Bill passed through Com mittee, and their Lordships having resumed the report was brought up and received. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. SCOTCH TOLR BiLL. The Duke o f RICHMOND moved the third reading of this Bill. Lord POL WORTH moved the insertion of a chum ern ' powering the justices of Scotland to license toll-bars, provided there was not a public-house within two miles of the spot , where the toll-bar was situated. The Duke of ROXBURGH opposed the clause, and sup ported the Bill as it stood. There were already too many licensed public-houses in Scotland, and he was glad their Lord ships had entertained a Bill for restricting their number. The Duke of MONTROSE supported the clause. He thought it was a great convenience to travellers and ca-riers that toll-bars should be licensed, for they were mo.stly situPted in parts of the country where a house of refreshment could not be met with for miles and miles round. Lord CAMPBELL said the licensing of toll-bars only bene fited the road trustees, and as he thought the people of Scot land had already been sufficiently demoralised by these houses, he should oppose the clause. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH reminded their Lordships that, under an existing Act of Parliament, no toll-house could be licensed without the recommendation of the road trustees ; and, acting upon this Act, they had recommended that almost every toll-bar in the country should be licensed, because the toll of itself was unable to pay the interest of the trust. The trustees had thus beer enabled to raise larger sums of money on the tolls than they otherwise could have dune had there been no such Act. The alteration in the law, he had no doubt, would be beneficial to the country at large, but it would, at the same time, entail' great and serious difficulties upon many important trusts in Scotland. With respect to the amendment he did not think the restric tion to a couple of miles was sufficient. He admitted that in some parts of the country the traffic was not sufficient to main tain an inn, and it was highly desirable that some provision should be made in the Bill to meet such cases as these. It was not so much he thought the system of granting licences to toll bars that had tended to demoralize the people as the system of granting licences to small shop-keepers, and thus inducing ser vants and others to go and deal with them for the sake of the dram. After a few words of explanation from Lord CA MPBELL and Lord POLWOATH, The Earl of HADDINGTON hardly knew how to vote. but he thought under the circumstances the number of miles mentioned in the clause ought to be increased. Lord KINNAIRD should vote against the clause proposed by his Noble Friend. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH did not know much about Scotland, but it appeared to him that the interest of all parties would be consulted by allowing toll-bars to be licensed for the sale of spirits, if the nearest public-house was not within five miles. Lord BEAUMONT said that was more than was sought by the amendment. If they put " five miles" after the word " to." he conceived that the object sought for would be gaineJ, as a toll-bar could not then be licensed for the sale of spirits, it a public-house was within five miles of either side of it. The Duke of RICHMOND considered that if they put in any saving clauses, the trustees of the roads would be too strong for them, many of whom were desirous that their toll bars should be licensed in the way they were, that they might obtain a larger revenue from them. If a clause were inserted for the purpose of giving the trustees compensation, they would not object to the Bill. For many miles, in some of the most remote parts of Scotland, there were no toll-bars, but those that existed were opened during the whole of the Sab bath, and added greatly to its desecration. He considered the Bill was of great importance to that country, and could see no reason why there should be one law for England and another for Scotland. For the purpose of giving time, be should postpone the :id reading until Friday. CHA BITABLE TRUSTS BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. SCOTCH BANKING. The Earl of RIPON moved the second reading of this Bill. He said two measures had been passed for regulating joint stock and other banks in England, and that they were generally admitted to be wise and just, and that the advantages expected to result from them to ths public interests, considering the short time that had elapsed since they were passed, had been fully realised. The Government had, therefore, been induced to propose a measure for regulating the banking of Scotland, on a somewhat similar plan. He admitted that the present system had not produced any prominent evils, but, as regarded the general security of the banking establishments of the United Kingdom, a more rational assimilation between the banking system of this country and Scotland was exceedingly desirable. It was not proposed to desrive the banks of Scotland of the privilege which they enjoyed of issuing notes below Si., but simply to impose some limitation on the amount of the issues. There were 19 banks in Scot land, an average was to be taken of their whole monthly issue separately, as well as collectively, for 13 months between the Ist of May 1844 and the 31st of May 1845, and that the ave rage of the total issue in these 13 months should be the maxi mum amount of the future issue of each and all of these banks; but in order to give the greater accommodation they were . allowed to issue any quantity of notes they pleased, so long as they were in proportion to the quantity of coin which might be in their possession for four consecutive weeks. The average maximum circulation of Scotland was to he 3,363,000/. in notes and in other securities. As he had said, they weuld be empowered to make a further issue to any extent, provided they had coin to the amount in their possession. This additional amount would be one-fifth of the regulated issue or 60,0001., making a total of 3,663.0001, This was a larger amount than they had issued during any stated time. For the year ending December their issue amounted to 3,486,000/., so that that sum gave them the power of materially increasing their issues. These were briefly the main features of the Bill, which he was of opinion would not cause any inconvenience to the monetary affairs of Scotland. Lord RADNOR said the measure was an unnecessary inter fereuce with the banking system of Scotland. There was an old maxim, that when anything was going on to the satisfac tion of all parties. that it should be left alone. He was, there fore, at a loss to know why the Government wished to inter fere with the banking system of that country. Lord Eldon once complained of a modern practice which had grown into use, of not stating in the preamble of a Bill, the effects which it was intended to realize, and the mischiefs which it was proposed to remedy. This Bill was a remarkable instance of this remark. The preamble stated that, " whereas it is expedient to regulate the banking system of Scotland," &e. It should have stated the grievances which it was proposed to obviate in the banking system of Scotland. The people of that country had not com plained of it —on the contrary ; they were very much annoyed at the proposition. No inconvenience—no failure had resulted from it. There were only two failures in 1842. In the report of the Committee on the renewal of the Bank Charter, it was stated that the failures of banks in England from 1808 to 1820, amounted to 113 ; but, in Scotland, during . that time, there was not a single failure. Why, therefore, the system was to be assimilated to that of England. he could not conceive. The Committee which sat in Ins, on the expediency of abo lishing the 1/. note,bore testimony to the excellence of the system, and was in favour of retaining the 1/. note. From 1'787 to 1812 there were only two cases of bankruptcy in the banking establishments of Scotland. The Ccmmittee of the House of Commons which sat on this subject, of which Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Huskisson, and others were members, was unwilling, without any proof of the necessity—what proofs had the Noble Lord given ?—to destroy a system so admirably calculated, in their opinion, to economise the capital and improve the condition of the people and promote industry. If the banks were so prudent as to keep so large a sum of gold at present, where was the necessity of endeavouring to make them act less prudently? He thought it very foolish to inter fere with a system which, it was admitted on all sides, was already managed so admirably ; and he could not therefore see what could induce the Noble Lord to interfere at all. It was in evidence, that notwithstanding the increased population —the increase in trade and commercial prosperity—and not withstanding the establishment of the branch banks, the paper currency was diminished. He thought the substitution of paper for gold was one of the most ingenious inventions of modern times, and as he considered the present Bill was alto gether unnecessary, and was against the wishes of the people of Scotland, he was bound to give it his most decided oppo sition. He therefore moved, as an amendment, that it be read a second time that day three months. Lord KINNAIRD expected that there would have boen a larger attendance of Scotch Peers on the present oc casion, as they all seemed to be of opinion that the Scottish banking system, as it at present existed, did net require any alteration. The largest average issue was 3,500,000 e, or thereabouts, and as it was not proved that there existed any abuses in connexion with the system, he would say " Not Content" to the present Biil, believing as he did, with the Noble Earl who had just sat down, that Legislative inter. ference with the system was altogether unnecessary. The Earl of DALHOUSIE said, that the Noble Lord op posite had protested against the Government for having intro duced the measure on the ground that the present system worked well. For his part, he did not question that there had been comparative safety and considerable advantageeonnietc:ids with the present banking sy s t em i n S cotland, and he would not question the great adva n t age o f t h e 11. system ; but quite a mistaken notion that the present Bill would interfere with any of those advantages. Her Majesty's Government could not give a stronger appreciation of the value they at tached to them, or a greater desire to secure their permanen c y. The sole object of th e present B ill was, that if the banks a Scotland hereafter exceeded their present issues, they must de einqutaimnteitsypaosft,goitldwaansdnisialvinelry. owlifndg iffitocuthlteierseadiadi nsootobneelyninfetlht ness with which they could make a run upon the Bank of Eng land • and the present Bill was intended to meet All emergenc y of that g sort, and t o prov id e that the banks shall not exceed their present circulation without a corresponding amount of gold and s il ver. U nder these circumstances, he considered the present Bill was an improvement upon the present system. After a few words in explanation from the Earl of RADNOP„ The amendment was negatived without a division, and '.he Bill was ordered to be committed on Thursday. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. This Bill was read a second time. HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY ALTERATION. This Bill was read a third time and passed, LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY E,XTEN• SION. This Bill was read a third time and passed. The House adjourned shortly after Eight o'clock. ROUSE OF COMMONS, ,Tsr , e 23. COMMON LAW PROCE-S Mr. Sergeant MUR el-1Y (in continuat•, on ) proceeded— The Noble Lord haft said those Bills had been dealt with with out his authority. The Member for Cit.encester would con firm his statement that he had distinctly told the noble Lord that those 13tils could not be passed during the present session, and the Noble Lord had assented to what he had stated. He could not be blind to the fact that the statement which had gone forth, though made ir, a moment of jocular hilarity, was calculated to do serious evil any to him especially. The impression out of doors was that be ad committed a gross breach of confidence, and betrayed the I ithr the n A igh, itc" b3d :till gild