The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-21 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, Lord Steward. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Miv 13, 1845. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Forester, to appoint Peter Ralph Shield, Esq., as one of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice Ellis, who retires. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John King, as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope for his Majesty the King of Prussia. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles Maynard, as Consul at Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope, for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The Queen has also been pleased to approved of Mr. Saul Salomon, as Consul at St. Helena for the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. de Vau• bicourt, as Consul at Dublin for his Majesty the King of the French. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 16. Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieut. D. W. Paynter to be Second Captain, vice Evelegh, retired on half-pay ; Second Lieut. IL S. Eliot to be First Lieut., vice Paynter, May 9. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 'Mar 19. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Lieut. C. Waller to be First Lieutenant, vice Carlyon, deceased, May 9. MEMORAIkIDUM.—The date of promotion of the under-men tioned officer has been altered, as follows :—First Lieut. H. S. Eliot, May 6. Commission signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Somerset. West Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieut, W. Blake to be Captain, vice Sanford, promoted, May 13. WHITEHALL, MAY 14. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Boodle, of Chet tenham, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be Master Extraordinary in the Iliqh Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Jacob Wicks, tea dealer, Bristol. William Aston, Sen., victualler, Aston-juxta-Birmingham. BANKRUPTS. George Clement and Henry Sammons, tea dealers, Stoke Newington, to su rren d er M ay 2 7, at h a l f-past one, and July 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official as signee ; Green, Great Carter-lane, Doctors'-commons. 'Victor Guigues, hotel keeper, Leicester-street, Leicester square, May 27 and July 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Dawes, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street. Henry Terry, licensed victualler, Battersea. May 29, at two, and July 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green official assignee, Aiderrnanbury ; Fisher and De Jersey, Aldersgate-street, George Tuppenny Peers, plumber, Ironmonger-lane, Cheap side, May 25, at el even , an d J une 25 , at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings ; Pain and Hatherly, Basinghall-street. William Stocks, merchant, Huddersfield, June 5, and July 3, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Jacques and Edwards, Ely-place, London ; Kidd, Holmfirth, Yorkshire ; Blackburn, Leeds. William Watson, licensed victualler, Wakefield, June 9 and June 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, :official assignee, Leeds ; Clarke, Chancery-lane ; Watson. Wakefield. William Davis, butcher, Tettenhall, Staffordshire, May 26 and June 23, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Knowle, Birmingham. Jacob Parker, cabinet-maker, Cheltenham. May 30, a one, and June 27, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Packwood, Cheltenham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. T. Lee, tailor, Odiham, Hampshire—first div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, May 21, and two following Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Turquand, Old Jewry. F. J. H. Muller, furrier, Addle-street, City—second div. of 3d. in the pound, May 24, and two following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. H. R. Stutchbury, bookseller, Theobald's -road—first dir. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, May 24, and two following Satur days, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. J. T. Nash and J. Tomlinson, jun., mustard manufacturers, York —second div. of 9d. in the pound, and on new proofs a first div. of 7s. sd. in the pound, May 19, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fearne, Leeds. B. W. Palmer, wine merchant, Daventry—a div. of 4s. in the pound, May 21, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook -court, Basinghall-street. F. Francis and T. Prancis, jun., corn merchants, Cam bridge—second div. of sd. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman—greet. E. Hinckley, money scrivener, Hinckley, Leicestershire— second div. of Is. 2%d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. M. Cooley, tailor, Spalding, Lincolnshire—first div. of Is. 4d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. W. Walker, hatter, Birmingham—first div. of 3s. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Smith, corn merchant, Southampton, June 20, at half past eleven—T. Kilford, cabinet maker, Southampton, June 20, at eleven—G. Pile and W. J. B. Staunton, wine mer chants, Bishopsgate-street Without, June 12, at half-past one. In the Country. R. and G. Charles, ship chandlers, Liverpool, June 12, a, eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—R. Almond, corn dealer, Orrell, Lancashire, June 11, at twelve, at the Liver pool District Court--W. Carpenter, innkeeper, Chippenham, Wilfshire, June 12, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court— W. Pell, linen draper, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 12, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—E. W. Peters, wine merchant, Coventry, June 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. G. Wagner, draper, Bloomsbury square, June 12—J. Breckels, bedstead maker, North-street, Finsbury-market, June 12—T. Dingley, draper, Strutton-ground, Westminster, June 10—W. G. Clover, linen draper, Holborn, June 10—J. Christie, stone mason, Notting-hill, June 10—J. Paulton, marble mason, High-street, Portland -town, June 10—J. Gibbs, bill broker, Jermyn-street, St. James's, June 11— J. A. Aick, carver, Leeds, June 13—E. E. Robinson, grocer, Wolverhampton, June 18—J. Pritchard, builder, Lilleshull, Shropshire, June 19--G Phillips, innkeeper, Leicester, June 11-411. and Jn. Woodhead, worsted-stuff manufacturers, Bradford, June 10—J. Wells, common carrier, Winchcomb, Gloucestershire, June 10—S. A. Fleetham, grocer, Hartle- Pool, Durham, June 10-11. Coleman, merchant, Arden-ter race, Camberwell-grove, June 10—S. Pears, wine merchant, Old Jewry, June 10—S. Turner, ironfounder, Bolton-le- Moors, Lancashire, June 10—W. Dees, J. Dees, and J. Hogg, builders, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 10—T. Gorton, jun., bookseller, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, .June 10—J. Gray, up hollterer, Manchester, June 10—A. W. Pollock, commission merchant, Liverpool, June 10—E. J. Chapman, civil l en gineers, Bradford, June 10. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Hickey and J. Agnew, boot makers, Liverpool—H. Threlkeld and W. Edwards, accountants, King-street, Cheap side—J. D. Nicol, J. Wright, A. Madden, and J. Smith, merchants, Bombay (as far as regards J. D. Nicol)-0. Sims and A. 11. Shaw, chyinists, Stockport, Cheshire—B. Ulla thorne, and F. Ullathorne, drapers, Preston—C. Cowgill, J. Hopkinson, 11. Hirst, B. Jetsop, J. Hirst, S. Riley, and T. Lumb, w oo ll en manufacturers, Huddersfield—W. Kingdon, jun., and J. S. Kingdon, attorneys, Exeter—R. Smithson and W. Pearson, ale merchants, York—J. Cocker, J. Worrall, and J. Cocker, cot ton spinners, Crompton, Lancashire (as far as regard s J . W orrall)—T. P. Moore and J. E. Christian, merchants, Liverpool —J. Grace, J. C. Grace, and G. Carlyle, painters, Liverpool (as far as regards G. Carlyle)—R. Young and W. Young, drapers, Brede, Sussex—Z.l. M. Dods, J. Linklater, and J. H. Linklater, attorneys, St. Martin's-lane —R. Pickering and E. Shaw, printers, Kingston -upon-Hull —S. Isaacs and J. Dyer, provision merchants, Chatham—J. Bell, S. llarries, and J. Harries, tobacco manufacturers, Shrewsbury (as far as regards J. Bell)—B. Johnson and J. F. Johnson, leather sellers, Langley-place, Commercial road —G. Atkinson and J. Sidebottom, joiners, Kingston-upon- Hull—D. Mallinson and G. B. Dobson, grocers, Halifax— J. Anderson and M. Bruce, joiners, North Shields—M. Black burn, J. Burrows, and W. Burrows, worsted manufacturers, Preston—W. Williams and R. Williams, joiners, Liverpool— C. Greenwood, W. H. Ebbs, W. W. Greenwood, toy mer chants, Great St. Thomas Apostle, City (as far as regards W. W. Greenwood.)_ On SiZndai,tWEightning steamer arrived at Deal, and proceeded for the river; and the Comet steamer passed Deal for Leith. The Queen, 110, Captain Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., has her stores and guns on board, and is expected to leave port, at Chatham, to-morrow or the next day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION -HOUSE, A cabdriver, named Edward Carrington, was charged by Mr. Softlaw, the proprietor of the Adelaide Hotel, London. bridge, under the following circumstances. The complainant said that, on Monday last, at half past three o'clock, his attention was called to a crowd of forty or fifty persons about the doors of his house, and upon going out he discovered a gentleman who had just arrived in a cab from the town terminus of the Brighton Railway, and who was endeavouring to prevail upon the driver to give up his luggage. Witness went up to the cabman, who was demanding two shillings for his fare, the fare for that very limited distance being no more than cightpence, stated who he was, and required that the luggage should be given up. The cabman being thus interfered with, commenced the most disgusting abuse, and damned and bedevilled witness and his cus tomers, too, in a manner not to be surpassed. Witness tendered him a shilling, which he considered it prudent to accept ; but the conduct of the fellow was so com pletely ruffian-like, that it was impossible to let it pass with impunity, and the case had therefore been brought before the Lord Mayor. The officer in whose custody the cabman was placed said that the defendant was quite notorious for the re volting language in which he addressed parties who re sisted his attempts to extort money, and was in the habit of boastimg of his success; and that on their way to the station-house he said he had been pulled up a little while ago before the Lord Mayor for blowing -up a gentleman, and fined 21, which he paid, as he would pay the penalty his Lordship would inflict on the present occasion. The LORD MAYOR—Oh, he is prepared to pay the penalty, is he? The officer—He says, my Lord, that you can do nothing but fine him. The LonD MAYOR—What have you to say, defendant? The cabman, who appeared to be quite contrite and humble, declared that he did not know Mr. Softlaw, or he never would have said a word about his fare; that he considered he was entitled to charge for luggage, and that he really thought a shilling was too little for such accommodation as his cab had afforded, and that he meant nothing by the language he had uttered. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Robert Shirreff, gunpowder manufacturer, Argyleshire, May 27 and June 17, at twelve, at the chambers of Cathcart and Wardlaw, Glasgow. William Buchanan, Son, and C., ta merchants, Paisley, May 15 and J une 14, at one, at o Ow e writing-office of Reid and Henderson, Paisley. COURSE OF EXCHA. Amsterdam ...... CF 12 8i Ditto, at sight.. 12 6i Rotterdam... 9 ... 2U. 12 Antwerp ............. 26 15 Hamburgh ...... M.B. 14 0 A.kona ............ . — Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto, 3 Taonths 26 10 Marseilles 26 10 Bourdeaux 26 15 Frankfort on Maine 123 Petersburgh, 3Us Berlin Vienna, effec. ft. 3 M lO 2 Trieste. ditto Madrid 36i Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville IGE.—(YESTERDAY., Gibraltar.......•• •• — Leghorn 31 Genoa 26 10 Milan Venice ........ •••••.••••• .. . • • Naples .• ... ..... 39$ Palermo, 1.47 0z... '... 119 Li5b 0n.. ......... 524 Oporto ........ 53 Rio Janeiro ....... 23 Bahia ....... Buenos A ......... ...... -- NewYoth. : :: ( l yssight ......... nut.t.tos, oz F0rei c , ! . ; , .! , 1,bar5..1:3 17 9 Portufr,x Coin 317 5 N ew Doubt )0n5..... 0 0 0 New );.',l.rir s ......... 0 4 9% Silver ~‘ tkra ...... 4 10i The LORDMAYOR—gOVV: I - shall not inflict any penalty upon you, although you supposed I should, but I shall send you to the House of Correction for one month, although you supposed I could not. The cabman—l assure your Lordship I shall never off,nd again. The LORD MAYOR-It is in my power to stop your licence, and that would put an end to your cabmanship altogether. Take care of the next offence—that's all I say to you.—The defendant was then committed. The above case was the third occasion upon which the Lord Mayor committed to prison a cabman who was able to pay the penalty without inconvenience; and his Lord ship inti mate d h is determination to substitute Bridewell for the pecuniary fine, according to the circumstances of the complaint. ItIARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of May 20.) SUGAR.—To-day an increased desire was evinced to pur chase West India Sugar; the business transacted was very extensive in every kind to supply the wants of Grocers and Refiners, the private purchases reaching 1,700 hhds and tress a larger quantity sold than for sonic years in one day; the rates paid were fully equal to those of Friday ; indeed in some cases 6d per cwt advance was obtained, several parcels of middling and good yellow Antigua were sold at 46s to 553 per cwt. A public sale of 116 hhds and 10 tierces of Bar badoes went off with spirit, at firm prices; viz., fine yellow at 52s to 53s 6d, gocd 49s to 51s, middling 46s to 48s 6d, and low 42s per cwt. The market for all Minds of raw Sugar closed with a firm appearance. itr.rfNlto.—To-day Refined Sugar was purchased with aridity by the Home Trade, brown lumps fetched 67s to 64 _ HORSEWHIPPING THE BELGIAN CHARGE D'AFFAIRES TO MEXICO. An occurrence which has excited great interest in Rams gate took' place in Friday last. M. E. Blondell, the Belgian ChargdAffaires, was going out to Mexico, in the Santa Maria, which vessel was obliged to put into Ramsgate for re pairs. M. Blondell went to London, and on getting out of a Margate omnibus he was asked by an Irish gentleman, named Lloyd, if his name was Blondell. Having replied that it was, he immediately received a severe horsewhipping from Mr. Lloyd. The matter came before the magistrates, J. Canham, Esq., and the Rev. G. W. Si c kl emore, on the next morning, and the office was very much crowded. Mr. Edward Blondell was sworn and examined by an in ptehaek evening r un d e i r , s e t f a o n r e d , te rpr English.eter t d e a p t o s a e b d o u t h t a fitfive did l o c n k o t o n s in getting out of one of the Margate omnibuses, on his re- TUESDAY WIGHT'S GAZETTE. and standard lumps 69s to 69s 6d per cwt. The supply of BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, goods is not ample for the demand. For bonded Crushed MAY 20, 1845. Sugar the inquires were numero us , an d pr i ces h ave advanced Notice is hereby gi ven , th a t t h e carr i ages coming to to 37s 6d to 38s per cwt, up on w hi c h terms many contracts her Majesty's Drawing Room, on Tuesday, the 27th of were entered into for forward delivery. May, are to f a ll i n t o li ne at the top of St. James's-street, MAunrrws.—This af t e rnoon th ere was no pa ' lic sale of come down the left h an d s id e, an d enter at the iron gate Mauritius. but privately some parce l s were sold at former nearest to the Palace, se t d own at t h e A rcade, return by the rates to a small advance. were fully equal to iron gate neares t t o M ar lb orough House, and pass through EAST o Pall-mall into St. Jam es ' s - square , by George. street. When at public sale amo un t e d to 3 ,307 b ags, the prin- Sugar ffere lNDlA.—This d afternoon the quantity of B enga l called, they are to pa ss f rom St. J ames ' s - square, by C harles- cipal part of which cons i s t e d o f white, and for which there street into hegent-st ree t, J ermyn - s t ree t , come d own S t. James's w as a brisk demand, and the rates paid street as before, take u p, an d go away th roug h P a ll- mall. those of the last aucti ons ; i n d eed, i n some cases. they were rather above. With M a d ras t h e market was more liberally No hackney carriages will be permitted to com e w ithi n th e gates. For all persons having th e p r i v il ege of the entree, supplied, and 5,752 b ags were su b mitted to public competi tickets will be delivered at th e B oar d o f G reen C loth, on lion, the whole sold a t t h e f u ll value. Friday next, between the hour s o f e l even an d three o'clock ; FOREIGN.—To-day th ere was much activity in the market f their carriages are to enter th e ga t e at C onst i tut i on -hill, for Foreign and F ore i gn E ast India Sugar, and an advance in proceed down St. James's Pa r k, th roug h S ta b le-yard, into prices took place ; th e p r i vate operat i ons are 10,000 chests of the Ambassadors' court, se t d own, and go out into yellow Havannah a t 26 s to 27s for good and fine, 1,500 chests Cleveland-row. The carr i ages o f t h e Am b assadors, Foreign low ditto 23s 6d, 3 . 500 b ags Manilla, without certificate, 23s Ministers, Cabinet Mi n i s t ers, an d G reat Officers of State, to 23s 6d, and s ome parce l s o f white Pernams and Bahia, but may afterwards wait in the Anibassador's-court, and those of the prices at p resent h ave not transpired. all other persons h av i ng the entree may wait in Stable-yard COFFEE.—To-day t h ere was only a limited demand for or St. James's-pa r k till ca ll e d ; t h ey are then to take up in the Mocha, and the market being muc h b etter suppl i ed a de same order as they h a d se t d own, an d pass away up the left cline in price s o f 2 s to 3s per cwt took place ; the parcels offered at p u bli c sa l e amounted to 1,088 bales, 118 ~t,- bales, hand side of St. J ames ' s - s t reet. N o carr i age will be ad -7 cases, of w hi c h 740 b a l es, 118 s -bales, and 7 cases were mitted with compa n y a secon d ti me w i t h t h e same t i cket, to prevent whi c h, it mus t b e pro d uce d at C onst i tution-hill- sold. Of C ey l on 195 b ags were withdrawn, the quality gate, and Stable-y ar d- ga t e a l so , w h ere a corner of it will be t orn being very i n f er i or . 75 b ags of Bahia were taken in at 26s for broken and ra th er m i xe d , and 23s for sea damaged off by the Marshalmen in atte n d ance ; an d no person can be allowed the privilege of the en t r é e b y any ot h er approach to first class. Jamaica me t w i t h eager purchasers, and 33 casks sale went at firm rat es . Th e a d v , public at 6 brls -- the Palace than the gates last mentio ne d. . . . ... ,ices come to hand from the Continental markets stating that a large demand had sprung up for Coffee, and that prices had risen, caused a demand here for Foreign Coffee, and some parcels were sold privately at former rates to a small advance; the market has decidedly a brisker appearance, indeed some holders decline to sell for the present. TEA.—To-day the quantity of Tea submitted to public competition amounted to 16,444 packages. There was little desire evinced on the part of the trade to buy, and only 2,000 pkgs were actually sold, at prices showing a decline on those of the last auction of 2d to 3d on fine Imperial arid Gunpowder, and Id to 2d on scented Orange Pekoe ; Congou of ordinary quality was a shade cheaper ; in the value of other kinds of Tea no change oc curred ; the biddings for all sorts were languid. Congou, ordinary sold a t 81d t o 9d , f resh and new kinds 9d to 10d : Caper, in 10 catty boxes, Is Id ; Orange Pekoe, fair to fine is 4d, scented good to fine 23 64d to 2s 9d; Twankay, common Is 2d; Hyson Skin, common ls ; Young Hyson, Canton and Twankay kind is lld ; Hyson kind 2s 2d to 2s 9d ; Imperial. Canton, and Twankay kind 2s 3d ; Hyson kind 2s 7d to 3s 2d ; Gunpowder, Canton, and Twankay kind 2s lld ; Hyson kind 3s to 3s 8d per lb. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—In Jamaica Rum a good business has been transacted to supply home and export orders, and full rates have been paid for the better and fine descriptions, but low and middling sorts, of which the supply principally consist, a decline in prices of id per gallon has occurred ; there has been a demand for Leeward Island Ruin, proof strength at is 7d to is 7id per gallon. Demerara Rum, the total quantity sold is 140 puns at 2s 6cl to 2s 8d for 30 to 34 per cent overproof, and stronger at 2s 9d to 2s 10d. Calcutta has been in extensive demand upon former terms. In Brandy good business has been transacted, but holders are yet unable to obtain any advance :—Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d; ditto 1839, hhds 4s 2d, puns 4s; ditto 1840, hhds 4s Id, puns 3s Ild ; ditto 1841, hhds 4s ld, puns 3slld ; ditto 1842, hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s 8d ; ditto 1843, hhds 3s 9d, puns 3s 7d ; ditto 1844, hhds 3s Bd, puns 3s 6d ; middling and good middling of the various vintages 2s 8d to 3s 6d, low 2s 5d to 2s 7d, and Bor deaux 2s 5d to 2s 6d per gallon. Geneva is more wanted; is 8d to is 9d is now the value of common export sort. English Corn Spirits lOs 2d per gallon cash, but the distillers are more inclined to sell at that rate. •RICE.—In Bengal an extensive business has been tran sacted, and at very full rates • the whole of the var i ous par cels offered at auction were disposed of to eager purchasers; fine bold clean white went at 12s, good white but rather dusty Its 6d to 12s, good middling ditto Its to Its 6d, mid ding ditto ils, low ditto lOs 6d to lls, small broken very dusty lOs 6d to lls, sea damaged first and second class lOs to lls 6d, third and fourth class 5s 6(1 to lOs per cwt. Of Foreign East India there is yet little to be had, and it is much wanted ; Madras yellow at 9s to 10s, Java white lOs 6d to 12s, and yellow 103 to 10s 6d per cwt. For Caro lina prices remain at 23s to 28s, but for Patna they have slightly risen, several parcels having been sold at 14s 6d to 18s per cwt. The supply of both is yet small. SAGO.—The demand has been very good by private treaty, and prices are on the advance ; 90 boxes at public sale this afternoon were sold at 27s to 27s 6d per cwt for small tine white Pearl. SPICES.—This afternoon Malabar Pepper met with little attention, and of 1,412 bags at public sale a part only sold at rather lower rates; fine heavy brown selling at 3id to 30, good aid to 34d, and grey 3hd per lb. Pimento is much in request, and 135 bags at public sale sold at stiffer rates, viz., good middling at 3d to 3hd, middling lid, goo d or di nary _id, and sea damaged 2id to 2id per lb. INDIGO.—The quarterly sale of East India has been fixed for the Bth July, the quantity at present declared is 2,000 chests ; the general opinion is that a very large quantity will be brought forward—by several of the trade it is estimated at 16,000 chests. The market is in a dull state. In Spanish little has been done, and former prices are not obtainable. OlLS.—This afternoon at public sale 30 tuns of Sperm Oil went at 83/ 15s to 84/ 15s, and 50 tuns Southern at 25/ 15s to 27110 s per tun. Linseed Oil met with more atten tion, and a large business was done privately at 25s per cwt on the spot. TALLow.—No further advance has taken place in the value of Russian, but former rates are well sustained. There has been a large business transacted on the spot, soap makers and chandlers purchasing freely, 38s 6d to 395 per owl, being the current rates paid for P.Y. Candle of first qua lity. For delivery a good deal has been done at 39s 9d to 40s per cwt for the last three months of the wear. Of Town Tallow the market has been nearly cleared at 39s to 39s 6d net cash : the supply is small for the period of the year. Other kinds of Tallow have been in excellent request, upon former ad vanced terms. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Admiral Sir John West struck his flag on board the Cale donia, at Devonport, on Thursday evening last, and pro ceeded to London, on leave of absence, for 14 days, Sir Samuel Pym, the Admiral Superintendent of the dockyard, at that port, officiating in his absence. The Melampus was paid advance of wages at Devonport, on the 17th instant, and sailed the following morning for South America. Lord Ca'craft visited the dockyard at Devonport, on Sa. turday last, after which his Lordship reviewed the troops al Mount Wise. The tiesuvius's (steam sloop) defects, which has been the means of detaining Lord Calcraft, will be made good by this evening (Tuesday), and will sail to-morrow morning, for America. Her Majesty's steam .vcssel Dee will sail from the Cove of Cork, for Liverpool, on the 21st instant, with the depot of the 90th Light Infantry Regiment on board, under the com mand of Major Eyles. The Dee will embark the 48th depot, at Liverpool, for Cork harbour. In Barnpool, at Devonport—Pandora and Styx. In Harbour—San Josef, Canopus, Caledonian, Seagull, Jackall, Vesuvius and Confiance (steamers), Sylph and Netley (tenders), Camel, Hamoaze, and Devon (lighters). The San Josef will be paid off on Wednesday next, when the Caledonia will be immediately commissioned to supply her place. All the seamen who have been in the ship three years and above will also be paid off and permitted to join any other ship, but all who are not fit for active service will not be entered on board the Caledonia, the object being to have the Caledonia efficiently manned and ready for sea, if required, in ten days. DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MA Y 21, 1845. The money was paid and the sureties entered into. M. Blondell has since sailed for Mexico.—Kent Herald. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) Group X. LONDON AND YORK LINE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Several other witnesses as to general traffic having been ex amined, Mr. T. Green, wharfinger, deposed as to the extent of the trade between London and Boston by water. Mr. John Varley deposed as to the extent of traffic in Totters hall in malt, bones, &c., and was of opinion that the proposed Lon don and York scheme would be most useful, as it would give a line of communication with London, Boston, and Wakefield. The depositions of the witnesses who followed went to prove the extent of saving of expense they considered would be effected in the item of land carriage of goods of all sorts, such as coals, corn, meat, &c., if the London and York line of railway should be formed. The Committee adjourned at a quarter past four o'clock. Group DD. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Mr. Andrews (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) said—Towards Cumnock existed the only difficult part on the line, and this eighteen miles, which would be more ex. pensive than any other portion, would be more favourable in other respects, as being a part In which the greatest traffic abounded. The Learned Counsel endeavoured to show the advantages in traffic which the line he appeared to support possessed on a compa rison of the merits of the two companies. The calcu. lations of the traffic in coal on the Dumfries line had been taken from existing sources, to which 50 per cent. had been added for expected increase. Along the line in various places were valuable seams of black band, and there could be no doubt that an extensive trade would be opened. The Hineferd coal. field, which was the largest in the line, had beet estimated as capable of yielding 90,000,000 tons. Various other mines also existed affording coals, black band, lime. stone, and ironstone, and these would also tend to increase the importance of the line. The Learned Counsel then stated there was no opposition offered to the continuation of the line by any landowner. He then quoted some extracts from the report of the Board of Trade, and also from a statement made by Mr. Locke in the year 1836, for the purpose of proving that the gradients at a place called Bedock.bridge were of so severe a nature that they would constitute a great obstacle to the opposing line being made. From Glasgow to Carlisle the ascents of the Caledonian line had been reckoned at 1,336 feet, and from Carlisle to Glasgow at 1,364 feet, and these elevations, in an engineering point of view, would form a serious difficulty. The Learned Counsel then opposed in detail the data on whichlthe competing company had estimated their traffic, grounding his objec tions principally upon the evidence in support of the mercantile traffic. upon the prospective character of the mineral traffic, and the ex. aggeration apparent in the item as to cattle and sheep, and also upon the fact that Paisley, Kilmarnock, and other places in Rem frewshire and Ayrshire, manufactured goods which required, from their peculiar character, speed in their transmission to the great markets of the south. He concluded his long address by urging on the Committee that whatever might become of the opposing line, he felt satisfied he had made out a sufficient case for the promo ters of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, to warrant the Committee in allowing the Bill to pass. Sir THOMAS PHILLIPS then called Mr. Nicholson, shipowner at Annan, as the first witness. He deposed that the general trade and steam boat communication of Annan were considerably superior to that of Port Carlisle, and that steamers bound from that place to Liverpool were frequently compelled to stop at Annan. There was a very large trade in curing pork carried on in Annan, and as much as 1,700 tons were produced last year, which were carried to Newcastle by means of the Carlisle Railway. A very extensive traffic also existed in :corn, grain, sl ites, and coals, of which con. siderable quantities were annually exported. Mr. Cowan, late cotton.spinner ht Carlisle, was next examined. He stated that there were 10,000 workers of cotton in Carlisle and its neighbourhood, and the manufactured goods were principally transmitted to Liverpool and Manchester. The port of Carlisle was exceedingly inconveniently situated for its trade, and the con tinual sanding up of the harbour presented a great obstacle to the coming in and going out of vessels. He considered the Glasgow and Carlisle Railway would be more beneficial to Carlisle than any other. Mr. Crichton, Provost of Dumfries, then deposed as to the pa. pulation of that town, which he estimated at 14,0001. Dumfries was a very inferior po-t, and during storms and high winds vessels were unable to leave the port. He had frequently known steamers to have landed their pas. sengers and cargo owing to the detention of the vessels. This inconvenience interfered very materially with the regular trade of the town. The river With was principally used in the traffic of coals. The witness then handed in to the Committee lists of the mai's, stage-coaches, and carriers going to and coming from Dumfries, and spoke generally as to the favourable nature of the Glasgow and Carlisle Railway. Mr. Gordon was about to be examined, when The CHAIRMAN said that, as his examination was likely to be Very long, the Committee would adjourn till to-morrow morning, at halrpast eleven. Group N. WEST CORNWALL RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Captain Moorsom was then examined with respect to the altera tions which would have to be made in joining the Hayle Railway to the West Cornwall. It appeared from his e►idence that no alterations of such a character as to require Parliamentary powers would be necessary. Then as to the line between Truro and Redruth, eleven miles and a half, which it is proposed to work by atmospheric traction, they would have to pass a number of public and private roads, sometimes on arches and sometimes on the level. In most instance the trustees of these roads had been consulted, and were willing to enter into arrangements with the Com pany for the land which might be required for the purposes of the railway. In no cases were they likely to meet with any great difficulty. The number of bridges on the whole line would be 61, exclusive of " culverts," the larger of which were included in the estimate of bridges, and the total expense would be 27.0004—f0r `• culverts," not included in the term bridges, 1,5061. The witness then de tailed the expenses of the masonry, the length and width of the bridges, the height of the arches, &c., of this part of the scheme. The witness was under examination on similar points as to the line from Penzance to Trevascus at the adjournment of the Corn. I mittee. Group R. DUBLIN AND DROGHEDA RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Ihe Solicitor of the Company was examined as to the capital of the Company and the mode in which it war to be raised ;—The ca pital was 150,000/. ; 40,0001. to be applied to the construction of the line, and 110,0001. for new stations. This sum was to be raised :n additional shares. Sir J. M`Nielle, civil engineer, examined—He said there were no engineering difficulties in the way, the gradients being one in 150 ; there were no tunnels; and the cuttings and embankments were very trifling, the deepest cutting being 22 feet, and the longest embankment 19 feet. Mr. Wreck was examined as to traffic and the probable income. The port of Howth was a place much frequented by the inhabi. tants of Dublin. After giving a calculation as to the amount of passengers and traffic that might be expected to pass along the line, he set down the receipts at 4,993/. 15s. This was estimating the passengers at the rate of Is. and Is. 6d. each. The Committee decided the preamble of the Bill to be proved, and proceeded to the consideration of the clauses. All the clauses were agreed to except one, which was postponed in order to have an amended clause inserted. The further consideration of the Bill was then adjourned till to-morrow. DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. Austin was proceeding to open the case on behalf of this line, when Mr. ALEXANDER said he was desirous, before his Learrfed Friend opened his case, to know whether it was intended that the Newry and Enniskillen line should be considered as a competing line with the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway. It was a previous un derstanding that they should not be viewed in that light, but now he was informed that his Learned Friend intended to count both the Dundalk and Enniskillen and the Newry and Enniskillen as competing lines. This was a breach of good faith, and a ♦iolation of an agreement entered into between the engineers of the two lines, Sir John Rennie and Sir John lll`Niclle, on behalf of the respective companies. Ile trusted the Committee would not allow this to be the case. The Learned Gentleman concluded by reading the agreement. Mr. AUSTIN said he should require the agreement to be proved. Mr. ALEXANDER then called Mr. Leach, the solicitor of the Newry and Enniskillen line, who stated that he drew up the agree. ment read at the instance of the Company, and with the consent of Sir John Rennie and Sir John M'Neille for whom he acted. He furnished a copy of it to Sir John M`Nielle. The latter gentleman stated that he was fully empowered by his Company to treat in re spect of all engineering matter. He (the witness) attended both Sir John Rennie and Sir John M`Nielle, and was witness to the execution of it by both. Mr. AUSTIN cross-examined the witness at some length—He . said he had the materials for the agreement furnished by Sir John Rennie, but a draft of it had been supplied to Sir John liVNielle. There was a paragraph written in pencil by witness after the first draft was furnished ; and though it was drawn up at the instance of Sir J. Rennie, he (the witness) had the decided impression that Sir John M`Nielle had assented to it, though it had not been fur. nished to him for observation till the perfect copy was supplied for execution. No objection was taken to it till after the agreement was signed by b oth parties. On re.ex athhiation. the witness stated .that the Company had religiously observed the conditions of the agreement. turn from London, he was accosted by the defendant, who asked him "Are you not Blondell 2" and immediately beat him most unmercifully with the whip, and not content with this, he afterwards struck him with his hands, cut his nose, and broke his spectacles. Would swear that he had given Lloyd no provocation whatever. In his cross-examination by Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Blondell swore positively that he could not speak or understand English, nor did he know a Major Anstruthers. The assault was also proved by two other witnesses, who were not examined. Mr. Lloyd said, in defence, that last winter he had been attacked by two drunken men in Brussels, and that he had hurt one of them in self-defence. That understanding one of them to be servant to M. Blondell, he had called to com plain of his conduct ; but the man having complained that he (Mr. Lloyd) had followed and beaten him without any cause, M. Blondell said that ke should believe his man's statement in preference to his (Mr. Lloyd's). He had gone the next day to the police with a friend, to answer any charge against him, and was told that the man had been to complain, but that from the bad character of the man they would not .take his charge. He then wrote to M. Blondell, requiring him to retract his words of the previous day. He (defendant) then received a visit from the police, saying that the charge was renewed. He was sentenced to fifteen days' imprisonment by the police magistrate, but this sentence was set aside by the Court of Appeal, on its being proved that the two men had been heard to say, " Let us follow that Englishman, and fight him," and that he had only acted in his own defence. Having ascertained that the truth had been told to M. Blondell by another servant, and the Court having also decided that the man was in the wrong, he thought himself entitled to an apology from M. Blondell, which, however, he could not obtain, and had threatened him, that if he ever caught him in England, he would horsewhip him. He had so caught him, and kept his word: If the magistrates wculd send the case to the ses sions, he would undertake to get witnesses from Belgium to prove the provocation he had received from M. Blondell. He knew that he had no right to take the law in his own hands, but he had not done so till every other means of pro curing justice had failed. The defendant was then about to refer to some documents respecting the affair at Brussels, which the magistrates told him could not be gone into. He then called Robert Pritchard, waiter at the Castle Hotel, who de posed that M. Blondell asked him in English to fetch a po liceman, and to tell him where Captain Hodges, the Belgic Consul, lived. He also deposed that, after being horse whipped, M. Blondell attempted to kick Mr. Lloyd in the groin, when the latter threw away the whip, and fell to work with his hands. The Bench said that nothing which had been stated by Mr. Lloyd was a justification for the breach of the peace he had committed, and fined him 5/., at the same time calling on him to find sureties to keep the peace, himself in 100/., and two sureties in 50/. each. Mr. Harkendale, butcher, deposed as to the extent of the sale of cows, sheep, and other live stock at Boston, which he considered was very great, as was also the quantity of slaughtered meat sent thence to the London market. The evidence of this witness closed the case of the London and Birmingham Company in support of the Bill. Mr. DANIEL, on the part of the Birmingham and Gloucester line, opposed the Bill of the Great Western for constructing the branch from Worcester to Droitwich, there falling into the former line. He contended that, independent of the principle of vested rights, which he did not desire them to urge, when a deviation from a certain existing line was admitted to be necessary, it was much more consistent with justice as well as con. venience, that its construction should be entrusted to the line from which it would diverge, of whose original property it might almost be deemed an integral part, than to a company which had travelled from a distance, wholly foreign and unconnected with either the existing railway or the community it would accommodate. Mr. Mathew Plerpoint, a surgeon, of Worcester, on examination by Mr. WIIATELEY, Q. C., deposed to a pledge entered into by the inhabitants of Worcester to support the branch from that town to the Birmingham and Gloucester line, who, while feeling consequently the binding character of the engagement, preferred the deviation line as projected by the Great Western to the branch diverging from the Birmingham and Gloucester. Nothing material was elicited by the cross-examination of this witness, whose evidence was solely confined to the feelings of the localities and the comparative merits of the broad and narrow gauge, on which latter subject he admitted his total ignorance. At four o'clock, the Speaker having been announced at prayers, the further examination of witnesses was adjourned. Group L. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. Clue, a manufacturer of naphtha and pyroligneous acid, at a place about half way between Godalming and Petworth, stated that he sent about two tons of goods a-week to London, at a cost of 30s. per ton. He also dealt largely in the materials for hoops, which also came chiefly to London. He used about 100 tons of coals a year, which he got from Little Hampton, at a cost of ss. 6d. a ton for carriage. He also deposed to the difficulty and inconvenience of getting lime from Dianton. He knew the line of the railway well, and he believed that it would save him at least fift y per cent. in the cost of carriage of his goods to London. His expense at present on that head was about 2004 To the cross.examination of Mr. Rawlinson, the witness stated that be expected that the cost would by the railway amount to about 15s. a too. The cost was to be 105. a ton for forty miles, but from this there was to be a deduction of thirty per cent for the weight and distance. Mr. Benjamin Challing, of Petworth, a grocer and spirit-mer. chant, stated that he got his grocery from London, by waggon, at the rate of 30s. a ton. We had also bacon, hams, and pork, and other similar articles from Cork and Limerick, which were imported at Arundel, from which place the carriage to Petworth was Bs. a ton by water, and 10s. a ton by land. If the goods could be landed at Portsmouth, a great convenience would be obtained in saving the loss of weight. He got his cheese from Lymington and Win. chester, and some from Fareham. The carriage from Winchester was 355. a tan. The goods which came from Lymington were brought by sea to Arundel, and th ence to Petworth by river and canal, the cost being 235. a ton. The formation peef this r cent. In carriage from railway ywoeld mboestpaartss,evinlt of fro m 30 to 40 and more than that from Lon don, and offered much greater advantages than the atmospheric line, which was too far off to be at all useful to Petworth. The distance of the Chichester line was about three miles from the town, but this he conceived would be no serious disadvantage. Mr. James Monk, a grocer and dealer in Irish provisions at Midhorst, confirmed the testimony of the previous witness. They were about ten miles from Petersfield, and would be about three 'wiles from the station on the Chichester line. Mr. Thomas Downer, a grocer, maltster, and dealer in Irish provisions at Curdford, about four miles north-east of Petworth, confirmed the testimony of the two previous witnesses, and stated his impression that there was a general wish for the railway in his neighbourhood. He sent about 700 quarters of malt to London, that they sold the bulk hill o ; ; . but he suffered great inconvenience occasionally from the detention of goods on the canal by frost and other causes. e hoo l c i l of W ey and d ei i r t Mr. George Turvill, a farmer at Shalford, on the road Pl um corn at Guildford market. He also grazed largely during :mg winter, Guildford to Godalming, stated ► '„ood communica. tion with Guildford. At present they to pass over a would i p d u r b c h e a saed great hiss t ockin advantage the n e t o i g h m bo a u k r road very expensive from tells all the wa• Guildford. Petersfield market was alsou• both t o C hichester and . one.fourth of the Chiches ter market, the latter being one of t' ate best markets in the country. It was of importance to have 7. choice of markets in the spring, and this railway would provie,c ir. Mr. B. Horne, the cr, A ch proprietor at Charing.cross, stated that before the rsilway was opened there were seven coaches to Portsmouth, but that now there was only one which ran to Guild. also ford. There were two coaches both ways to Chi c h ester daily, which stopped at r .suildford The proprietors of these coaches had been obliged to m.dve their coaches from the Bricklayers' Arms -road to a route wi - sich brought them In by Piccadill y. There was now little a'..rommodation on the road in the vicinity of Guild ford and Chichester. To the inquiries of Mr. Gurney, Mr,. Horne stated that three-quarters of the passengers %fere taken up after the City Branch coach passed weAward of Temple -bar. To the cross-examination of Mr. Rawlinson, he replied that the Petersfield district was not so thickly studded with gentlemen's seats as on the other line of road, and the waybill never produced sufficient passengers to support a short coach, and none had ever been established from Petersfield alone. The coaches to Portsmouth all ran from the City, but the Chichester coach ran to the Bolt-in- Tun. The branch omnibus from the City started three-qtrarters of an hour before the train, and the toll was from Bd. to Is. for a pair-horse carriage. The cost of carriage of goods from the Vaux hall terminus to the City was from ss. to 6s. a ton. After the Portsmouth branch of the railway was opened there was one coach left, and all the passengers came into London by the west-end. Mr. Silverlock, the Mayor of Chichester at the present time, stated that he had during the greater part of his life been connected with the trade of that place. He confirmed the testimony of Mr. Home, and said there was an omnibus to Chichester from the Woking station, two to Shore. ham, a coach from Portsmouth through Chichester to Brighton; there were also two coaches to the Shoreham station, and he believed that the opening of this railway would greatly increase the trade between different parts of the country, and the line was decidedly the best for the town. Two petitions had been presented in favour of it, one from the inhabitants, and another signed by the Mayor and Town Council. Another had been attempted against it, but it had failed. He thought it very desirable to have a direct communication with Portsmouth, and also with Guildford. By the proposed line 20 miles of distance to London, and a corn. munication would also be made with Havant and Farcham, which neither of the other lines proposed. The quantity of corn sent from the neighbourhood of Chichester last year was about 18,000 quarters...- There were two daily waggons to Fare ham, and one to Fareham, Chichester, and Portsmouth, besides several carts every day. There were also a great number to Brighton every day. This railway would bring the coals to Chichester from the water conveyance, and thus they would be ob tained more cheaply by Chichester In the surrounding country than by London. The hoo trade would also be greatl p y served by the formation of the railway. The goods which came coastwise to Chichester last year were about 800 tons. He had himself received last year between 400 and 500 tons of oil.cake from London, which heshould have had down by railway. The charge for goods coastwise was from 15s. to 20s. a ton, and then there would be land carriage, so that he believed that he should save about '2O per cent. on the carriage of his goods. The station at Chichester was as conveniently placed as it could be with propriety. The feeling in the neighbourhood of Chichester was now decidedly in favour of the proposed line, and that feeling had been growing during the last few months. Mr. J. T. Haynlar, a merchant and miller at Chichester, stated that in his opinion the insufficiency of the communication between Chichester and Guildford was ass impediment to the interest of both towns, more than a day being required to go from one to the other and back again. He dealt largely in coals, but had lost some business in consequence of the coals being obtained cheaper from Little Hampton than he could supply them; but he should recover his advantage by the forma tion of the railway. He had been in the habit of sending goods to London, but delay, sometimes so much as a fortnight, frequently occurred, and he should get goods now from London both cheaper and quicker by rail than water. Mr. Wyatt, a fanner, and coal and timber merchant, at Hems worth, stated that he supplied his own neighbourhood with , coals, and that he should get his coals cheaper by rail than he now did, Sir John Rennie depirsed to his having an interview with Sir John M'Neille before the Bills were brought before the Standing Orders Committee. That gentleman at that time expressed his opinion that it was a great pity that the two Companies could not come to an arrangement. He went on to say thiet he was fully empowered to treat for that Company in making an agreement, and said it would be well if he (the witness) could get similar power from his company. The matter was laid before a meeting of witness's company, and he received powers to effect a settlement. From conversation in a subsequent interview with Sir John M`Nielle, at which Mr. Leach was present, the latter gen tleman threw the results into the shape of an agreement. This was afterwards executed by both parties on a Saturday, but, on the Monday following, he received a note from Sir John M'Neille, stating that there was a misunderstanding regarding the agree ment, as he understood the suspension of competition was only to extend so for as the standing orders were concerned. In answer to Mr. AWSTIN, the witness stated that Lord Jocelyn, on the part of the promoters of the Dundalk and Enniskillen line had, on the Tuesday following the execution of the agreement, objected to it, except so far as the standing orders had been con. cerned, and that the Noble Lord had intimated that Sir John WNielle had no power to act further in the matter. Sir John had previously admitted that he had been mistaken in the purport of the agreement after he had executed it, but thought it was, neverthe. less, a proper arrangement to be carried out. It was stated, in the re-examination of the witness, that th Com pany, on the faith of this agreement, had stayed all proceedings with relation to the opposing of the Dublin and Belfast Junction, and were not now in the position they formerly were to oppose that line. The Committee then adjour ed till to.rnorrow, without de. ciding the I oint. Group F. LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAYS. The examination of Mr. Stephenson (continued from our After.. noon Edition of yesterday)—Taking Stafford-on-Avon as the centre with a similar radius of ten miles, the population accommodated by a line traversing the district, would be 68,724. He proposed to effect a junction between Worcester and Birmingham by a deviation branch through Bristol and Gloucester, which, leaving the Severn and pro. ceeding to Droitwich, would diverge a mile and a half thence to the Birmingham and Gloucester line. The highest speed generally em ployed on the London and Birmingham line with the narrow gauge was 30 miles an hour; the weights of four first class carriages filled with passengers f►om 20 to 23 tens; the heaviest engine that was any where employed weighed 22 tons, but the heaviest 14-inch cylinder and 18-inch stroke engine, running on the London and Birmingham, was under 14, perhaps not exceeding 13, tons. Reexamined by Sergeant WRANGFILM —Was not interfered with by e.ther director, agent, landholder, or other influential party, but consulting alone his own conviction as to the most in expensive and easy and accommodating line, he had selected the one now proposed. There was no difficulty whatever in attaining greater speed on a narrow than could ever be employed on a broad gauge. Mr. Dockery, examined by Sergeant WRANGH AM—ls resident Director of the London and Birmingham line, and, under the direction of Mr. Stephenson, surveyed the line for the present scheme, and drew up an estimate of its cost. The total sum which he accordingly computed as necessary for the entire construction was 3 , 8 40,0091., of which 2,700,0001. was allotted for the portion of the line to Dudley, 348,8431. for earth work, and the remainder for works and other contingencies. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEN—Surveyed the line to Stour. bridge under the orders of Mr. Stephenson, and was enjoined to follow the valley line. He was not requested to make z.ny exami nation to test the possibility of forming a line to Dudley without tunnelling. Mr. Saunders, a land-surveyor, was examined by Sergeant WRANGHAM—Estimated the compensation for 84 acres of land, including buildings, at 188,1501. Mr. Wood, examined by Sergeant WRANGHAM—IS a civil en gineer, and, from his considerable experience in that capacity, is enabled to say that the confusion of gauges, and their meeting on a line, would be necessarily attended with inconvenience, if not danger. Mr. liawkshaw, being examined by Sergeant WRANGNAM, merely confirmed the evidence of the preceding witness, as to tha difficulty and danger of adopting the broad and narrow gauges on the same lines. Mr. Bury, the superintendent of locomotives on the London and Birmingham Railway, deposed to the rate of speed attainable or attained on that line. The average of the quicker trains was now 37 miles an hour, and though a greater speed might be with safety employed, yet when accidents did occur the consequences at a lower velocity were 'Jess likely to be serious than at an increased rate. Mr. T ALBOT rose to speak, whereupon The CHAIRMAN interfered, and the room was cleared, Lpon our return, Group B. LEEDS AND THIRSK LINE. Several witnesses were called to prove the desirableness of the proposecl scheme. Mr. Gott, Director of the Company, knew the country through which the proposed line would pass, and was convinced Aie locality. th,, t no th . better scheme could b e suggested for the advantage of Mr. HILL, for the L ee d s W aterworks, examined r r. Gott, wh o did not think th a t any i n j ury would accrue tie (he supply of water to the town by the construct i on of the lire near -- BAENEs —Resides at N ew b y pre,ent sch eme, and also Leeds. a in exam by ur. T the the proposed branch li ne from Pdmore to Harro ga t e b y the North Ha t o of England Company, and was decidedly convin ce d t h at the Leeds rdde and Thlrsk was the mast likely to be advantageous to the town of Leeds. .;.:e of a similar c h arac t er was adduced, after which he(:'th comermeivuidieeradjourned. Group W. WI!..IOEFIELD, PONTEFRACT, AND GOOLE RAILWAY. The Committee on this line assembled at twelve o'clock. The examination of Mr. Patten, the collector of customs, was resumed by Mr. Wilkins, who appeared on the part of the pro moters of the line. The witness stated, that the export trade from the port of Goole consisted chiefly of British manufactures. The greater part of the goods exported went to Hamburgh and the Netherlands. The import trade consisted principally of sheep's wool, and various kinds of timber from the colonies. The number of foreign ves sels entered Inwards in the port in 1839 was 131. In the year 1844 the number was only 44. From the opening of the port of Goole in 1828 to 1839, the year previous to the opening of the Hull and Selby line, the average of foreign ♦essels entered inwards was 138, and the average of vessels outwards during the same period was 119. During the last five years the number of foreign vessels trading to the port of Goole had very much decreased. The Custom.house revenue had also been materially injured by the opening of the Hull and Selby line. Mr. PICKERING said he would not dispute a single item of im" ports or exports from Goole. Mr. R. Chambers, commodore of the pilots of the port of Goole, was then called.—His evidence went to show the facilities afforded by the port for carrying on a foreign trade. Captain Laws, R.N., the manager of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, was examined—He stated that he was acquainted with Goole and its traffic. In his opinion, if the proposed line were carried into effect, a considerable amount of goods now sent to Hull would be sent to Goole, as the land carriage would be very considerably shorter, and the cost of carriage would be the same. By the existing line the distance between Manchester and Hull was 9811 miles, but by the proposed line it would be only 74 miles. The shipping accommodation at Hull was very insufficient for its trade, and that trade was daily augmenting. The witness was pror:eeding in his evidence, when the announce. ment was made that the Speaker was at prayers. Group EE. DUNDEE AND PER FEI (NORTH) RAILWAY. The Committee upon the Dundee and Perth (North) and Dundee and Perth (South) Railways, the Scottish Midland, and the Aberdeen Railways, assembled in Room No. 19. Present, the Right Hon. F. Baring, Mr. Pretheroe, Mr. James, Mr. Gill, and Mr. Alderman Copeland, Mr. AUSTIN, after a variety of preliminary matter had been dis. posed of, proceeded to open the case on the part of the promoters of the Bill. The line which it was proposed to make was 20i miles long, and its object was to effect a local communication between Perth arta Dundee, and by a junction line with Arbroath, which had a communication with Aberdeen. • The direction and advantages of this line the Committee would find to be stronko, pointed out in the report from the Board of Trade on the a "Liject of the proposed line. That report said, " The construc tion of the Scottish Midland would render the Dundee and Perth line unnecessary, as part of the through line from the north to Perth. But looking at the importance of the town of Dundee, which, as the seat of extensive linen manufactures, is much connected with G.asgow, Liverpool, and other commercial and ;manufacturing towns in England, it appears to us desirable that it should enjoy a connexion with the general railway system of the kingdom; and as this connexion can be effected by a line of twenty miles and a half, the estimated cost of which is only 2 00,0001., and which will moreover be the means of introducing coals at a cheaper rate into Dundee, and of accommodating a con siderable traffic between that town and Perth, we cannot hesitate to report our opinion that, notwithstanding the sanction of the Scottish Midland as the preferable line for through communication to the north, the construction of the Dundee and Perth line ap pears to us, upon public grounds, to be justifiable." The course of communication to which the formation of this line would lead, would be from Dundee and Perth to Falkirk, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and the North, Liverpool, and Hawick, where there were vast coal fields, which at present werenot capable, from the absence of a facility of carriage, of being brought to Dundee or to Perth. Then t here would be a communication by one or other of these means with Fifeshire. With regard to what might be denominated the competing line, " the New Tyle line," that was 33 miles in length, having gradients of such a frightful nature as almost to be perpendicular, such as 1 in 19, whilst another was as much as lin 20. Besides, there was on that line a tunnel of a quarter of a mile in extent; but such a thing was not demanded on the line under the consideration of the Committee—and, moreover, whilst the Scottish Midland was merely a single line of rail, on the Dundee and Perth the rails were double. Strictly, therefore, these could not be called com. peting lines. The cost of this line would be 200,000/. ; there would not be a single tunnel, a single bridge, nor even a single viaduct, with the exception of that immediately at Perth. The line, too, although so short, would run through a district of, and afford accommodation to, a population of 112,000 persons, of which number there were as many as 70,000 at Dundee. He should call evidence to show both the local passenger and traffic advantages of the line. Mr. D. Baxter, Mr. W. Thom% and Mr. A. Symons, were then examined upon these points. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock, LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Gloriana, Webb, from Bengal, off mouth, sailed J an . 27; Cape, March 26 Pl y - Arrivals in T a bl e Bay, Cape of Good. Hope—Welling ton, Liddell, and Northumberland, Bird, March 22, from Madras; Ann, Caithness, from Algoa Bay; Ann, Reva, 21st, from Newcastle; Active, Reliant, 22d, from Buenos Ayres to Mauritius ; Lord Hungerford, Pigott, 23d, from Calcutta; Leander, from Crozets ; Margaret Drake, 24th, from London and Angra Pequena ; Indian, Mackie, 26:h, from Angra Pequena; Isabella, Cauvin, from WTalwich Bay; Fulmar, Dagnall, from Bird Island; Packet, M'Kinlay, and Alice Haviland, Turner, from Angra Pequena ; Plantagenet, Datinett, from London. Departures from Table Bay—XL, Williamson, Nandi 21llwood, Hindley, Di c k son, Alcyone, Storr, Mary ltay, E, Hope, Robson, Julius Cmsar, Smart, Alexander Robertson, Maclachlan, 22d, Sophia, Sil lands, 23d, Abel Gower, Foster, 24th, all to Saldanha Bay ; Richard Mount, 23d, to Adelaide ; British Queen, 25th, to Simons Bay ; Arab, Cooke, to Saldanha Bay ; Rosebud, 23d, to Natal ; Fortitude, 26th, to Ceylon. Departures from Simons Bay—Re ga li a Effleck, March 22, to L on d on ; H.M.S. Osprey, Crawford, 24th, to China. Arrivals at Janeiro—Rebecca, March 27th, from Loudon to Hobart Town. --........,......... H ... BATHS AND WASH -HOUSES FOR THE J. A BOURIN G CLA SSES. —A deputation, consisting of Mr. C.'tton and Mr. William Hawes, the Chairman and Deputy- 9 1 4 . tr man, and others, including Mr. Bali-, the civil engin' er to the Committee, had the honour of an interview at Buckingham Palace, on Mond a y, w i t h hi s Royal Hi gh ness Prin ce Albert, to submit to his ex atnination the model and drawings for the proposed first establishnt 'in, which is intended to be erected in Whi techapel. 1 lis Royal Highness took great interest in the subject, al 'd expressed an earnest wish for the success of ene schen4 ' of Which, and of the plans, he expressed hisfiapprobatio% and that the projected line would be a great advantage to Chichester and the whole of the neighbourhood around it. At the conclusion of this witness's evidence the Committee ad journed WI to-morrow at twelve o'clock. Sub.. Committee, No. 2. BIRKENHEAD, MANCHESTER, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The Committee decided that the general allegation had not been sustained. The next allegation was, that the notices pub. lished in the Gazette and newspapers were inaccurate, inasmuch as the said notices related to a railway to Manchester from the Cheater and Birkenhead Railway, and the proposed railway was not intended to go beyond the Grand Junction Railway. This allegation was sustained. GUILDFORD, CHICHESTER, AND PORTSMOUTH RAIL. WAY (FOR ADDITIONAL PROVISION). In this case the standing orders had not been complied with. The Committee adjourned at halt past three. Group FF. NORTH BRITISH (EDINBURGH AND DALKEITH LINE.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. WIIATELY, Q.C., on the part of Sir Robert Dick, of Pres tonfield, Bart., objected to several clauses in the Bill, on the ground that an agreement had been entered into between Sir Robert Dick and the Directors of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith line, on the latter applying for a Bill for the construction of that line, to the effect that locomotive power should not be permitted to run (thereon, and that no terminus or station should be constructed on any part of his (Sir R. Dick's) property. The Learned Counsel argued, that inasmuch as the scope of this Bill was the attainment of ob. jects which were strictly prohibited by the agreement entered into between Sir Robert Dick and the Directors of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith line, these clauses could not be entertained by this Com mittee. The CHAIRMLN stated that the Committee had decided that Mr. Talbot had no right to reply, and further, that Sir It Dick's name should be omitted in the clause. Mr. CLARK then proceeded to make a similar objection on the part of Mr. A. Wauchope, of Niddric, and Mr. J. Wauchope, whose names were included in the same clause, and who were placed in the same situation as Sir R. Dick. Mr. TALBOT said, there was an obvious distinction between the two parties, inasmuch as Sir It. Dick had provided in his agreement that locomotive power should not be used, and that therefore he might be said to have placed a limit to the traffic on the line; but in the case of Messrs. Wauchope, the way leave was granted, with a prospective view to any description of power that could be em ployed on the line, and to any amount of traffic that might pass over it. At the conclusion of the Learned Coonsel's address the room was cleared, and on our return, The CHAIRMAN asked the counsel for Afessri. Wauchope whether any offer had been made by them for the sale of their rights ? Mr. Sergeant WRANGIUNI stated that some such proposition had been made, to the effect that 500/. per annum should be paid by the Company as a consideration for the increased annoyance and use made of their property, being an augmentation of 3001. upon the sum formerly paid. The room being again cleared, upon our return, The CHAIRMAN remarked that the Committee did not think that under the 59th clause of the present Bill, Messrs. Wauchope could obtain an adequate consideration for the increased use made of their property. They, therefore, suggested that the parties should meet and come to some arrangement before the meeting of the Committee to-morrow. The Committee was then adjourned until to-morrow (this day) at twelve. Group 11. The Committee to consider the projects in this group assembled at twelve o'clock. Present, Viscount Barrington (Berkshire), Chairman; Mr. Christie, Mr. Leader, Mr. Bannerman, aisd Mr. Bottleld. KENDAL AND WINDERMERE RAILWAY. This was an unopposed Bill. The clauses of the Bill were read through. They presented nothing objectionable, and therefore, with the preamble, received the assent of the Committee. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. Mr. HOPE stated the case for the Company, who applied for leave to shorten their line, to the extent of half-a-mile, at Lan caster, and at the same time to connect the railway with the river at that part. Mr. Errington, the engineer, described the advantages said to be derivable by the public from the proposed alterations in the line, when the Committee adjourned. IMPERIAL PA RLIAMEN T HOUSE OF LORDS, Mau 20. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack shortly after Four o'clock. The Marquis of Sligo and Lord Keane took the oaths and their seats. THE ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day by Commission to the Exchequer -bills Bill, the Liverpool Docks Bill, the Bradford Gas Bill, the Southwark Improvement Bill, the Glasgow Turnpike Road Bill, and several Private Bills. --- MAY N Lord KENYON presented 2S pvtitions fom places in Cheshire and S omersetshire, and 5 from places r in Munster, against the grant to Maynooth. Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from the Dis senters in Stafford apainst the grant to Maynooth—but stating that they thought that all property which had been taken from their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects should be restored to them. OAKINGHAM CHURCH. The Marquis of NORaIANBY rose to present the petition of which he gave notice yesterday, It was exceedingly lengthy, but as he was fully in pos session of the facts of the ease, he would take the liberty of stating them to the House. The petition was from the parishioners of Oakimtham, in Berkshire. It appeared from the petition that the population of the parish was upwards of 4,000, and the extent of the parish 8,000 acres. The Dean of Salisbury was rector, patron, and ordi nary of the church. The tithes had been commuted for 1,6001. a year, and on the last renewal of the lease, the dean had received the sum of 2,c00/. as the fine, although the an nual rental was only made to appear as 261. The curate's stipend was 1501. a year, of which 401. came out of the tithes, and 261. from Queen Anne's Bounty:. Owing to the dean being ordinary, there had been no visitation for several years, and the church had got so much out of repair, that the parishioners were afraid to attend it. An architect had been employed to survey the building, who reported it to be in a state of great dilapidation. A vestry had been summoned, who were unanimous in address ing the ordinary with a request that the repairs might be effected. The ordinary referred them to the lessee, Mr. Jacob—that gentleman employed his own surveyor to go over the building, arid he reported that the building was not in that dangerous position which it was stated to be, and he ac cordingly refused to make the repairs. The parishioners upon this applied to a learned civilian for his opinion upon the case. His advice was that the parishioners might repair the nave, and the rector the chancel; that they might levy a rate, with the con ent of the parishioners, but not without it. They again made a representation to the dean, and on further inquiry, it turned out that the lessee was bound not to restore the chancel, but to keep it in its present state. The worst part of the business was, that a letter lately appeared from the Dean in the pub lic papers, from which any one would suppose that only a partial statement of the case had been laid before him, while he was in possession of the whole of the facts. The parishioners were prevented from repairing the nave, because from ano ther survey of their architect it appeared that if they repaired one part of the building the probability was that the whole would come to the ground. The case was simply this, was it right that 4,000 persons should be deprived of the power ol repairing the church by a rate levied by themselves, and placed in that anomalous psi tins, too, by one who was, in his own person, ordinary, patron, and rector. He would conclude by moving that the petition do lie upon the table. The Earl of HADDINGTON presented a petition against the Maynooth Bill. THE GAME-LAWS. Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions from Dun fermline, Cupar, and Kirkaldy, in the county of Fife, against the game-laws. The petitioners stated certain grievances in the operation of those laws of which they complainel. The first grievance set forth was the injury inflicted by those laws on the tenant farmers. This, however, he looked upon as a matter of contract between land lords and tenants, and if the latter did not take care to protect themselves from the ravages of game by the provisions of their leases, it was their own fault. A great deal had been said against the landlords on this head. They had been accused of great injustice, and likened to the nobles of France before the revolution. In his opinion, there was not the slightest pretence for such a charge. The tenants had the power of protecting themselves if they would. With regard to the second grievance, he must say the r eetitioners had reason on their side. It was the state of thq law with regard to poaching and the killing of game. roe country suffered very much from the crime of poaching, from the conflicts between poachers and keepers, and by the murders which, in many instances, had resulted from those con flicts. In 1811 there were 3,000 game convictions. The present year 0,1,ey amounted to nearly 5,000. During the years from 1 `:.;84 to 1844 there had been 42 instances of homicide from conflicts between poachers and gamekeepers, and 25 convictions for murder during the same time. The evils arising from these laws were not only the individual suffering inflicted upon the violators of the law, but the ill-feeling that was created be tween rich and pnor, between the members of the aristocracy and the community at large. He should not like to see an alteration of the law that would interfere with th e field sports of the gentleman of this country, but he hoped they would be limited in such a manner as would do away with the existing evils of the system. He hoped that if the Government did not take up the question, that a Noble Lord present ( Lord Deere) would take it up, and introduce a measure to do away with the grievances of which the petitioners complained. Lord DACRE said, that as he had been so pointedly alluded to by the Noble Lord who had just sat down, he would say a few words on the subject to which their Lordships' attention had been called.—( Hear, hear.) True it was that he had moved for a Committee to inquire into the nature and general character of the game laws, and that in the year Itl3l he had been successful in effecting certain altera tions and modifications of them. It would not, however, be proper in him to allude further to the subject at present. He saw with regret the evils to which the Noble Lord (Campbell) so eloquently referred, and he sympathised with every feeling which the Noble Lord expressed in respect to them. It was impossible, however, to put down poaching as long as they had not the sympathies of the people along with them. He had a Bill actually prepared in reference to the game laws, but as there was a Committee at present sitting on the subject in an other House, he, as a matter of delicacy, deferred bringing forward his measure till he knew what decision they would come to on the subject, or what would be the result of their labours. Under these circumstances, he would not at present say more on the matter. Lord HA THERTON never approved of the present system of the game-laws. He thought that t he alterations introduced by the Noble Lord who had just sat down were a very great improvement. But, nevertheless, a great deal still remained to be done. The injustice which still existed was so great as to render it extremely desirable that a measure should be brought forward to suppress it. With respect, for instance, to the preservation of hares he considered that something should be done. It was, in his estimation, a monstrous and unjust act, and he could never reconcile his mind to such a pernicious portion of the game-laws. The whole evil consisted in the excessive preservation of hares, and entertaining as he did this decided opinion, he had thought it his duty at least to point out the anomaly to their Lordships, trusting that others more competent than himself would adopt and carry out his sugges tions. —( Hear, hear.) Lord STRADBROKE, while agreeing with much that was urged in opposition to the game-laws, considering that nothing was more correct than some of the arguments advanced by the petitioners, dissented from the observations which fell from the Noble Lord who preceded him, in reference to the preservation of hares. It was his firm belief that the stringency of the laws in that particular arose chiefly from the difficulty in preserving them ; and he could not conceive how an enactment whose tenor was to protect the interests of one branch of the com munity, without the slightest injury to any other, should be deemed either pernicious or unjust. He regretted the circum stance mentioned by his Noble Friend, that thirty-five murders, within ten years, had been committed, arising out of collisions between the destroyers and defenders of game. He could only say that, while being himself a strict preserver of game, on no one occasion had any serious affray occurred on his estate ; and he could not admit that any alteration such as the Noble Lord opposite ( Lord Hatherton) had suggested was either neces sary or advisable. MA YNOO T H. Earl FITZ WILLAM presented a etition against the sale of spiritual liquors on the Sabbathp. As also one against the so-called endowment of the college of Mayneoth. This latter, the Noble Lord observed, had been presented by Dissenters, «ho objected to the grant, not on the grounds of its being an endowment of a Roman Catholic establishment, but because they protested against the State conferring gifts for the upholding any Church, whether Protestant or Homan Catholic. The spirit of the petitioners must be understood therefore to be equally as strong against the endowment of the former as of the latter Church. He entirely dissented from the whole scope and view of the petition, both as regarded its hostility to the grant to Maynooth, and its opposition to all ecclesiastical establishments. For his part he looked upon this endowment of Maynooth as a payment of a small instal ment of what was due to the people of Ireland. He did not say the Roman Catholics of Ireland, but the people of Ire land, because the Roman Catholics were in truth the people, and it was a misnomer to designate them in any other way. He would go a step further and express his satisfaction at the further measures which the Ministers had proposed for estab lishing academical institutions in Ireland ; but before he alluded to that subject he would express his belief, and les hope, so far as the Maynooth Bill was concerned, that her Majesty's Minis ters intended to go much further than that. All he would say was, that if the Ministry intended to stop there, they were per sons who did not comprehend the results of the measures which they had proposed ; and as he believed they were perfectly competent to form ajust judgment on their own measures, hegave them credit for the intention of doing a great deal more than they had done, and he was glad to give them credit for such intentions. With regard to the colleges which it had been proposed to establish, he had understood that there were per sons possessing more enthusiasm than religion —persons who mistook names for things —who looked rather to their anticipa tions than to the recollections of their own early life, who had called these colleges Godless colleges. He should be extremely sorry if any establishment in this country could justly be de. sigiiated by such a term. He would take leave to think that those persons who had invented the term had applied it very erroneously. He would take leave also to think that those persons, if they had been educated in the academical establishments of this country, could not have any very accurate recollection of the period which they had passed at those establishments. Although it was true that thore were theological professors there and theological lectures were deiivered, yet he apprehended, with the excep tion perhaps of the two Right Rev. personages he saw sitting on the benches opposite, that there were few among their Lordships who, while they were at Oxford or Cambridge, had attended the lectures of the theological professors. And with respect to their being educated at Oxford, those who had been educated there in later times might,:perhaps, recollect not only that they had not attended such lectures, but that the highest authorities in the university, if they had net prohi bited, had strongly recommended the students nut to attend the lectures of the theological professor.—(Bear.) He was not one of those who believed that the establishment of these colleges would lead to the disastrous consequences which these persons predicted. He was not afraid that they would tend to propagate infidelity. Infidelity was much more likely t o ar i se f rom t h e h ost il e spirit which actuated one sect against another, and if they could succeed in educat ing th e y out h s o f diff erent sects together—in inducing them to take their enjoyments and recreations togeth er , t h ey werald go a long way towards destroying that spirit of intoler ance with which each sect regarded the other. The Noble Lord concluded by presenting the petition. The Marquis of NORNIANBY presented a petition from a person of the name of Percival, praying their Lordships to appoint a Committee to inquire into the constitution of the Commission with respect to lunacy. The Noble Lord despaired, at the present period of the session, of the appointment of the Committee. Before, however, he made any motion on the subject, he was anxious to hear what course the Government intended to pursue on the subject. The Duke of MONTttOSE presented several petitions against the grant to the college of Maynooth. The Earl of KINN AIRD presented similar petitions. The Alarquis of BRE A DA LB AN E presented forty-four peti tions from different parts of Scotland to the tame effect. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from Derby praying for relief to the agricultural classes. Lord BEA UMONT gave notice that, on Thursday next, he should move for papers with respect to Greece. Lord MOUNTCASHEL postponed the motion of which he GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY; w ooed , The discussion upon the report of this Bill was "-- when Aid ot Mr. ENT WISLE con ti nue d — l f the Hous e - - s ;hroUg ed • -t to have the de c i s i ons o f t h e i r C ommittees contin ire Per t before them, so pro l ong i ng the session to an jeer-n they would receive the report. r ANA Afier a few w or d s f rom M r . Alderman COP.r.''' The House divided, when there appeared— 73 For the motion For the amendment ... ........... .•• ...... t Majority in favoue of the amendment..., ye ast Lord HOWICK thought it incumbent on the 'l e . chair' to introduce some regulations with reference to t" it, a nd in upon railways. In some cases charges were very 14 ., high er , others very low. His opinion was, that in some essL ii h . charges were established than were consistent w ' eO 6 00 6 welfare of the public. This House ought as is t 0 to make these alterations, as they could not be Maine& 6onll,tr House of Lord s . I n one ra il way 3d. A ton Per charged upon coals, in another only Id., corneae: l % o v th e where the comp e titi on was great. On many ° l g o 10 to charges for pa ssengers were 3d., 21, and I%d. a el 00 4 e first, second, and thi r d c l ass . N ow these c h arg es were 50 0 With respect to the old companies, he believed the re Goverr 0 redress to be had ; but h e b e li ve d t h e o bject et to o rder di ment in introduci ng thi s new stan ding t he 'to establish a new rate o f c h arges to do e th:, ferent conveyances of the new companies, and reds sty that should be deemed to be unreasonable. Th' l :401 v i ol tion of great importance, and before the present r"' at cro were read a third time he trusted the Chrrer rune take up the question. tha t 11 Sir G. CLERK concu rre d w i t h th e Noble L rld of the would be a very proper question for the consideratthel Board of Trade; but beyond a suggestion he did none'- a ld should have anything to do with it. Mr. LAB OUCHERE did think the Board of boshlig direct their s er i ous a tt ent i on to t hi s question lion j e to establish some regu l ar i ty as we ll as modern josel' h charges.--The Bill was then agreed to. Mr. HINDLEY moved that the petition of Ils f r' At otoa' Higginbottom, clerk of the Commissioners of Police ° tbe Cetni under-Lyne (presented 19th May), be referred t° s o; mittee on the Manchester and Salford Waterewrkist.ithe Pep' that it be an instruction to the Committee to perr e " as tioner to be heard by counse l or agent. high it Mr. GREENE resisted the motion,. after W withdrawn. • Bill Ras The London, Bedford and Birmingham Railway Cher ie then read a secon d t i me . the Mr. R. PALMER b roug h t up t h e repo rt oe and Holyhead Rai:way Bill. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS presented a petition i ofli°lll. of the Wexford and Carlow Railway Bill. i n strtleti en E: Me. T. DUNCOMBE moved that it be an, from h , the Committee on the Tottenham and Farringel from Clef , ' tension Railway Bill, in the matter of the peti,tb ill. The rer enwell, to hear the petitioners against the said an aa o rder by son he made that motion was, because ther e f ag ta that had n ot which the Committee could not hear any ePoetuhtledwstriking of t he been presented at least three days hefor have been iul: Committee ; but in the present case it ". possible that the petition could h a ve b een Indeed, he felt time, owing to the peculiar circumstances. at al l , Id ligation would he almost unnecessary to make this aPP„„ w itted d he did so because he had heard that another td"r& „ nes tles refused to hear a petition circumstanced as the one in his motion. The motion was then agreed to. presented in c130.. t NORTH WALES RAILWAY. a . It th e Mr. FITZROY KELLY presented a petition IA-in North Wales Mineral Railway Bill. The Belfast Lough Drainage Bill was read a seconi a ' t m via Mr. WARD p resen t e d a petition against the S heP ` e Lincoln line of railwa notice should, d alter night, HUME gave notice that he on that p 6 , iag et night, bring the subject of the services of Sir Henry n er before the House. Mr. H. BERKELEY said that he had a notice on th e I,Psorl with relation to the Insolvency Act. He wishe d `- % t, th e whether, if he postponed his motion till Thursday 0 :, t i " te Right Hon. Baronet would make a house.--(Laug Sir R. PEEL said that it had not been usual, of late to keep the 29th of May as a holiday, and he t." O. present state of business would not allow it this sessto,.., s ker Mr. B. OSBORNE gave notice that, on the should d 7 001 1 60 leaving the chair on the Irish Colleges Bill, he sh r l i aa i gs ioa instruction to the Committee regulating the & honours in the Universities. bet e g Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that, on t he e n t s e r elso c h proposed for the g ran t o f money to t h e P res byterians he should move that such vote be rejected. I i REPEAL AGITATION IN IRELAN at to tb Mr. FERRAND said he had a question to Pa aat e sc e Bight Hon. Baonet the Secretary of State for the '" at if . partment. He r had not given notice of the questi ne ' The tl ee ; Right Hon. Baronet required it he would do so• ret i c e r l ia l tion had reference to the following subject :—He P t e s • s Joe di n a recent number of a Dublin newspaper, the Frew:a ott t he I : e d that a repeal demonstration was about to take place we e of Tara, and the programme of the demonstration Member ro d 0 ; 0 in the following words :—(Here the Hon Me mb t i o s advertisement, stating the order in which their m ee est ian f r o assemble and then continued by sa‘ing)—His_V., the Year whether her Majesty's Government were prepare" la te 1845, as they were in 1843, to assert the maiesetylof rePe ?le e rs or were they to permit Mr. O'Connell and th trample the law under foot ? fle r°. tie rt Sir JAMES GRAHAM sa id th a t though the i n ten d at Member had no t g i ven hi m not i ce of hireit.--("the to ask the qu e sti on , h e wou ld , h owever , answer oath° i 0 hear.) He was aware that a popular assembly ke place Hon. Gentleman h a d ment i one d was a b o ut to toat badge' e Ireland, and h e b egge d t o say t h at t h e L or d Lioutelgi at c ool ceived directions t o t a k e care t h at t h e pe ace of t should be preserved on that occasion.—( Hear, hear'' 6 CALL OF THE HOUSE. 11 0 hs ad Mr. HUME said he had a question to st: goose , a ° o notice on the paper for the 22d, for a call of th ao ht e & he wished to know if that notice could be b re old that day? notice tber The SPEAKER sa id t h e H on. M e mber's . 0 come on in the o r d er i n w hi c h i t was placed • irks heir notices. t- o f Sir R. PEEL hoped that Hon. Members would t a ge t the right of precedence in order not to cause the P r P tha t 10 the Maynooth Bill.--( Hear, hear.) He understood. waive .0 Hon. Member for Wolverhampton had consented t old do th right, and he did hope that other Hon. Members l e af.) same, in order to facilitate the public business. --( 0 0 NEW ZEALAND. addressed th e rge l Captain ROUS said, the last time he rta i cha t o on the subject of New Zealand he brought eeesiclered' earl iest against the New Zealand Company. Now b e , c° o the ere if he did not prove the assertions he had ma° , at the) ! t he opportunity, Hon. Gentlemen might consider to „ Deo os groundless. He did not wish to interrupt the D i u: l ' oo on '- House, but he was anxious to express his s ent _ A that subject of New Zealand. a derst & ' . asbe r Sir ROBERT PEEL repeated, that he Se -- be ir the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton and the * n _i ° „ - ; t ate" for Westminster (Captain Rous) would not h r iic l a motions to. night. He (Sir Robert Peel) verY fi re ou - se prer whether Hon. Members had come down to the I - . t he to take a part in the discussion. Mr. C. HULLER sa id i t was necessary to s avetat t be c : New Zealand Comp an y were mos t anxious to h H e rep e t h ogef made against them in that House fairly discussed he Ws a ito es however, tell the Hon. and Gallant C ap tain that des , the then pr e p are d t o di scuss t h e que stion which he _tb t r.fon to bring bef ore th e House—namely, the V e i l her 04 - 1 0 he treaty of Waitangi, confirmed and approved 7_ . „ v ibe s .he ought to be maintained with the strictest integ . r l tY ha j ao e l f r et (Mr. C. Buller) came down to the House te t e , anta in T h ich slightest impression that the Hon. and Gallen `'.. ha r r ges w to take an opportunity of bringing forward any he had to make against the Company. He •••• w 0 i 0 had not told the precise nature of those chargs..4 owe; under these circumstances, tell the Hon. and e Ci ar a c i T to that he was exceedingly glad that he 1? was te P tbe seeesaemee the pledge which he had given to substautla be ha d net , he he had brought against the Company. n cursbJet down at all prepared to enter into a debate the the bi hoped that the Hon. Member would adopt t : t pis been pointed out, and withdraw his motion. Captain ROUS said he had made tw° distinct h e Told tich could he s" against the New Zealand Company, vvl understood. If he had been one of t f h u e n not have rested till they had been e _ ba d r r would have been happy if any Hon. 11!eino r a _ onoo te_V o id ward the subject which might give them it Neal Af to o discussing the whole question respectincr 7 Co° ll4° o Y estie e Compiny. It was more for the sake . the are eS' anything else, that he was desirous of O""_si i t imes _ re die forward. However, he should be the read at directorss",_r the ;iernectetorerbris•oiungtt rroi . wo , _ sons to bring forward the motion. If_ ix we elss for oily , posed to remain comfortable for the next six We eks aspersions he had cast upon them—( 61 de. urn 0 . should not object to it. that eur ch te e° Mr. M. GIBSON deprecated the rule ar...5. ar : Alaugo) bate should take precedence of other m tr_ dop t this N ht is ' e venience would arise if the House wedreitik: to he at As far as he was concerned, he shoul Zealand question better than the Mo b. The Hon. Member then withdrew the S . ---C m() tio L nf° Nr. j e L l : Y r : le he Colon 14to Mr. TUFFNTEHLELCp°osLtp°oNneirEI his of dated the ,1 e v or. of ell February, ethcereGtaoryveorfnoSrtaotef forc es eir February, 1845. fr " eq l th don e ay en iste, his m Mr. WATSON postroned his motion jta comps olts , he correspondence between the East so. 1 775 to 183 • h to t he respecting at Lucknow, from the year .n Robert ' tithe respecting the appointment of Captain had given notice till Friday next, with respect to coroners' inquests. The Earl of ZETLAND presented several petitions against the grant to Masnooth from places in Yorkshire. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS BILL. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE this Bill scat read second time CIERKENWELL IMPROVEMENTS. On the moti on o f L r d REDESDA LE the Bill for for min g a new street to Cerkenwe.l-green was recd a third time. Their Lordships adjourned at half-past Six o'clock. 110 USE OF COSIMONS, May 20. The SPEA.IiER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. The report on the Scotti s h Central Railway Bill, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, and several ()the! Bills were brought Lilian(' agreed to, and the Bills orklered to be engrossed. GRAND .JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. On the motion fOr the further consideration of the Report on the Grand Junction Railway Bill, several Pe titihns wire presented against it. Mr. RICARDO rose to oppose the Bill, and s aid that it will1:1 greatly injure a large portion of his constituents i without conf e rrin g an y benefit upon the district thrire 't, which it passed. He protested on the part of his consti titen, i against the Bill. He did not consider it a project which tvae; d l in any respect promote their interests. He, therefore , mo v ds that the furth e r co nsi d era ti on o f i t b e p os tponed till that I six months. Mr. W. PA TTE N vindicated the decision of the CO sitter Mr.. HAWES, as Chairman of the Committee to which the Bill had be en re f erre d, d e f en d e d t h e decision to whco had ome respectiOßNEng the Bill. Air. GISI3 said that the inhabitants of the Potterio were all opposed to this railway. re Air. Alderman COPELAND opposed the Bill, " I r e ground that it would exclude the formation of a railway o ° - advantageous to the district. Lord G. SOMERSET said that if it had been pravedto the Committee that the company who applied for the 13i" I; t ai sessed capital enough to carry out the purposes, th e Y: 6 , have been mu c h di s p ose d t o report i n f avour o f the trea s-- d e . Mr. F. FRENCH, as a member of the Committee' fende the rept. After a kw or words from Mr. H. BERICELiV an d Mr ' RICA RDO, , o f lb. Mr. ENTWISLE addressed the House in report, when he was interrupted by horse to The Usher of the Black Rod, who lied the the House of Lords to attend a R al s r umm°. • —ommission• , bid su pper. - On the SPEAKER'S return he stated that the 01. I 'o bßeoeyna to ° A s t s h e e n t E g lo i t. u- e s vet t o o f e P v e e e r r a s l , Bills._h' a(dFohreviarbiilchheroolle:ra,' Report.)